Trundle vs Locke — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Trundle against Locke · 50.81% win rate over 248 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Trundle is favoured — Trundle owns 4 of the 7 game windows to Locke's 1. Trundle wins 50.81% of games vs Locke in top lane (248 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1TrundleChomp bites through the wave, steals his AD and heals you - level 1 is yours.
Level 2TrundleAt 2 his W Soul Ignition burns his own health to trade while your bite sustain wins the raw HP math.
Level 3TrundleFrozen Domain at 3 turns every skirmish into your healing zone with bonus attack and move speed.
Levels 4-5TrundleThrough 4-5 you stay ahead on stolen stats and sustain - he cannot out-trade you on your ice.
Level 6Even / skillAt 6 it is a skill check: Subjugate wins the all-in unless he times R Purgatory to execute you mid-drain.
First itemLockeHis first-item burst plus a saved execute totem lets him delete you before your sustain matters.
Two+ itemsEven / skillLate fights come down to skill - whether he lands the totem on you after Subjugate or you drain him down first.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-4 are your playground. Chomp heals you and strips his AD while his own W Soul Ignition burns his health bar to trade, so every exchange tilts your way - fight on your ice, Pillar his E Ashen Pursuit escape path, and tax him for every CS he walks up to take.

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The full Trundle 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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