Singed vs Locke — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Singed against Locke · 57.2% win rate over 500 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Winnable despite the lane — Locke owns 1 of the 7 game windows, yet the win rate favours Singed: survive their windows and the game is yours. Singed wins 57.2% of games vs Locke in top lane (500 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillLevel 1 is even — your poison trades evenly against his on-hit poke.
Level 2Even / skillAt 2 the lane hinges on whether he dodges your Fling, not on raw stats.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 stays even: your Mega Adhesive setups balance his Q burst.
Levels 4-5Even / skillThrough 4-5 it is still a coin-flip revolving around your Fling cooldown.
Level 6Even / skillAt 6 your HP and mobility offset his fresh ult in a straight fight.
First itemLockeHis first item makes Purgatory execute your low-HP poison retreats — his one clear stage.
Two+ itemsEven / skillWith items your tanky run-it-down style neutralises his single-target burst — even again.

Early game (levels 1–5)

The whole laning phase is an even scrap: your poison trades into his on-hit poke, level 2 onward hinges on whether he dodges Fling, and Mega Adhesive setups balance out his Q burst. Play your normal tempo game — proxy, run, poison — and let the coinflip stages pass without forcing anything.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Singed 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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