How to win lane as Yasuo against Locke · 49.95% win rate over 2,100 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yasuo | Wind Wall and your passive shield blank his level-1 Q poke. |
| Level 2 | Yasuo | At 2 the flow shield plus E spacing out-trades his Ritual Nails. |
| Level 3 | Yasuo | Level 3 double-Q into E dash trades free through his W self-damage. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yasuo | Levels 4-5 flow shield and mobility beat his grey-health commit. |
| Level 6 | Yasuo | Level 6 Last Breath off a knockup juggles him and nullifies his R totem. |
| First item | Yasuo | First crit item spikes your autos past his W burst window. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | Sustained crit plus Wind Wall shuts down his poke and execute late. |
Levels 1-3 he cannot touch you: the flow shield eats his opening poke, Wind Wall blanks entire Q Ritual Nails volleys, and E Sweeping Blade through minions lets you start and end trades at will while his W Soul Ignition burns his own health for damage you dodge - stack Q stacks and bully.
The full Yasuo 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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