How to win lane as Mordekaiser against Locke · 47.91% win rate (1,004 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He needs six clean windows to do what your one all-in does — deny the nail stacks and Mordekaiser turns his blink lane into a walk home.
Track: Locke's Q — Ritual Nails (10–6s cooldown). The nail marks are his whole engine — without 2-3 stacks on you his blink-in barely dents; sidestep the recasts and punish the ten seconds of nothing.
Read from Mordekaiser's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Locke.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Even at level 1 — your shield trades into his mark poke, but neither of you can force a kill. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 comes down to spacing — land your Q-into-shield combo and you win the trade; miss it and his marks bank free damage. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 stays even — your Darkness Rise DoT ramp runs level with his mark stacks; nobody wins a trade outright. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain a spacing duel with no clear favourite — keep farming and make him work for every mark. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 stays even — your shield sustain matches his grey-health game, and neither ult auto-wins the exchange. |
| First item | Locke | His first item is the danger spike — Purgatory can execute you inside your own Realm of Death, so a low-health R all-in is suicide. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Post-items it evens out — your shield trades against his duel-and-execute threat; the better opener wins. |
This is an even, knife-work lane: your whole trade is Q-into-W shield, his is stacking marks and banking grey health. Land the isolated Q and you chunk him; whiff it and he pokes for free. Farm with E when pressured and keep trades short until Darkness Rise has fuel to ramp on.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Mordekaiser's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Mordekaiser 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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Locke, slightly — Mordekaiser wins 47.91% of 1,004 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Locke has a small statistical edge (52.09% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Locke has the slight edge (Mordekaiser wins 47.91%), though it stays close.
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