How to win lane as Yone against Locke · 50.87% win rate over 1,783 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yone | Level-1 Q pressure and safety out-trade his Ritual Nails. |
| Level 2 | Yone | At 2 your mixed burst plus his W self-damage favours you in trades. |
| Level 3 | Yone | Level 3 Q3 knockup into E soul-dash lets you all-in and snap back out. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yone | Levels 4-5 your E safety and burst beat his grey-health commit. |
| Level 6 | Yone | Level 6 Fate Sealed catches his W window and nullifies his R totem. |
| First item | Yone | First-item mixed scaling spikes past his W burst window. |
| Two+ items | Yone | E return-dash and R engage let you dictate fights and dodge his execute late. |
Levels 1-3 you set every term: Q Mortal Steel out-pressures his Q Ritual Nails at equal range, your mixed-damage trades hurt more because his W Soul Ignition burns his own health to answer them, and once Q3 plus E Soul Unbound is online you have an all-in that exits before his counter-burst lands.
The full Yone 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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