Wukong vs Locke — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Wukong against Locke · 54.89% win rate over 1,166 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Wukong is favoured — Wukong owns 7 of the 7 game windows. Wukong wins 54.89% of games vs Locke in top lane (1,166 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1WukongLevel-1 Crushing Blow shred and Q-reset autos out-trade his Ritual Nails.
Level 2WukongAt 2 your armor-shred trades plus his W self-damage make every exchange yours.
Level 3WukongLevel 3 Warrior Trickster baits his E and W, then you reappear and punish.
Levels 4-5WukongLevels 4-5 your Q-reset all-in with clone outdamages his grey-health steroid.
Level 6WukongLevel 6 Cyclone knocks him airborne and nullifies his R Purgatory totem.
First itemWukongFirst-item armor and clone-baiting keep you winning the all-in.
Two+ itemsWukongCyclone as a reset and your passive sustain keep you ahead into every teamfight.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-3 you dictate everything: Crushing Blow shreds his armor while Q-reset autos win the exchange his Q Ritual Nails starts, and once W Warrior Trickster is up you bait his E Ashen Pursuit and W Soul Ignition onto the clone, then reappear and take the trade against empty cooldowns.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Wukong 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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