How to win lane as Sylas against Locke · 53.45% win rate over 2,131 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — your Q poke against his on-hit trades, no favourite. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | At 2 the lane hinges on him dodging your Q, not on raw stats. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 stays even, revolving around your W-healed trades. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Through 4-5 short trades keep the matchup a coin-flip. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 your W heal and mobility offset his fresh ult in a long fight. |
| First item | Locke | At his first item Purgatory executes you through the Kingslayer heal — his stage. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | With items your ult-theft and mobility neutralise his single-target burst — even again. |
The whole laning phase is an even scrap: your Q poke trades into his on-hit pressure, and the exchanges hinge on landing skillshots, not stat checks. Poke with Q, take W-healed trades when his cooldowns lapse, and treat the coinflip stages as farm time — neither of you can force a decision yet.
The full Sylas 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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