How to win lane as Zac against Locke · 48.57% win rate over 593 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Even on skill at 1 as his on-hit poke meets your blob sustain. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays a skill trade around your healing blobs. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 remains even as his Q burst trades into your sustain. |
| Levels 4-5 | Zac | Levels 4-5 are yours: Slingshot engage and blob sustain spike you. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is even-ish - his R totem can execute you if you over-commit at low health. |
| First item | Zac | Your first health item and blob revive out-heal his grey-health steroid. |
| Two+ items | Zac | Late, your HP pool and revive survive his poke and execute threshold. |
Levels 1-3 are an even skill dance: his Q Ritual Nails on-hit poke taxes your walk-ups but every blob you pick up undoes a nail's worth of chip, and your Q Stretching Strikes threat keeps him honest - trade patiently, hoard blobs, and let your passive sustain grind the small exchanges even.
The full Zac 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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