How to win lane as Master Yi against Locke · 49.4% win rate over 233 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Locke | His nail poke and on-hit stakes bully your bare melee kit from level 1. |
| Level 2 | Locke | At 2 his poke-slow pattern still beats your single Alpha Strike answer. |
| Level 3 | Locke | Level 3 stays his - marks into W burst chunk you while his E dodges your engage. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 even out as your resets and ramping attack speed let you farm through the poke. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is a skill window - Alpha Strike can dodge his totem execute while Highlander forces the all-in. |
| First item | Master Yi | Your first item and Wuju true damage out-race his burst window. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | Two-plus items your resets and true-damage DPS out-scale his one-combo kit. |
Levels 1-3 are his: Q Ritual Nails poke plus on-hit stakes bleed your bare kit, and his E Ashen Pursuit reset slides away from the single Alpha Strike you can answer with - do not force it. Take what CS is safe, Meditate the chip back, and remember every minion matters more than pride here.
The full Master Yi vs Locke 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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