How to win lane as Wukong against Locke · 54.89% win rate over 1,166 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Wukong | Level-1 Crushing Blow shred and Q-reset autos out-trade his Ritual Nails. |
| Level 2 | Wukong | At 2 your armor-shred trades plus his W self-damage make every exchange yours. |
| Level 3 | Wukong | Level 3 Warrior Trickster baits his E and W, then you reappear and punish. |
| Levels 4-5 | Wukong | Levels 4-5 your Q-reset all-in with clone outdamages his grey-health steroid. |
| Level 6 | Wukong | Level 6 Cyclone knocks him airborne and nullifies his R Purgatory totem. |
| First item | Wukong | First-item armor and clone-baiting keep you winning the all-in. |
| Two+ items | Wukong | Cyclone as a reset and your passive sustain keep you ahead into every teamfight. |
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.
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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