How to win lane as Locke against Zac · 51.43% win rate (593 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He out-lasts, you out-floor — the lane is a farm-off where your execute eventually makes his HP bar a rounding error.
Track: Zac's E — Elastic Slingshot (21–9s cooldown). Long-range engage — interrupt the charge or punish the cooldown.
Read from Locke's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Zac.
This is Locke's own plan; across 593 pooled games the lane is leaning Locke.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Even on skill at 1 as your on-hit poke meets his blob sustain. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays a skill trade around his healing blobs. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 remains even as your Q burst trades with his sustain. |
| Levels 4-5 | Zac | Levels 4-5 favour Zac: Slingshot engage and blob sustain spike him. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is even-ish as your R totem can execute an over-committed Zac. |
| First item | Zac | First health item and blob revive out-heal your grey-health steroid. |
| Two+ items | Zac | Late Zac's HP pool and revive survive your poke and execute threshold. |
Skill matchup at 1-3: your P Silver Stake on-hit and Q poke can chunk Zac, but his blob passive heals most of it back, so trade only when his blobs are gone. Don't get grabbed by his double-Q.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Locke's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Locke vs Zac report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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Locke, slightly — a 51.43% win rate edge over 593 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Locke has a small statistical edge (51.43% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Locke has a slight edge (51.43% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Locke runs Electrocute · Sudden Impact · Sixth Sense · Ultimate Hunter · Bone Plating · Second Wind vs Zac.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — sustain drags them back above your floor. Build Lich Bane first, then Shadowflame / Zhonya's (vs dive), with Mercury's Treads.
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