How to win lane as Vayne against Locke · 50.69% win rate (1,156 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
You stat-check him in every honest window — his only outs are the mark tax and the totem, so give him neither and Vayne runs the lane.
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 Vayne's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Locke.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Vayne | Tumble spacing and W true damage beat his level-1 trades. |
| Level 2 | Vayne | Silver Bolts shred straight through his grey-health at level 2. |
| Level 3 | Vayne | Condemn wall-stuns punish his level-3 E Ashen Pursuit gap-close. |
| Levels 4-5 | Vayne | Your kiting and true-damage scaling keep you ahead through 4-5. |
| Level 6 | Vayne | Final Hour stealth dodges his R Purgatory commit at 6. |
| First item | Vayne | Post-item your W bolts out-damage his single burst window. |
| Two+ items | Vayne | Late, percent-HP true damage and R stealth beat his whole kit. |
Levels 1-3 are about range discipline: his Q reaches 950 against your 550, so eat no free marks — step off the line and let it run its 10s cooldown. Silver Bolts' third-hit true damage burns straight through the health his W Soul Ignition refunds, so trade once he has stepped in.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Vayne's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Vayne 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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Nobody on paper — a 50.69% win rate over 1,156 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Vayne vs Locke is a genuine skill matchup: 50.69% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Vayne vs Locke win rate is 50.69%, an even lane decided by execution.
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