Champion profile

Locke in draft

Played at Mid in 92% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Presence (pick + ban)

19 %

picked or banned · 32nd of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 8.2%

Picked 7% · 438 of 6,540 gamesBanned 12% · 401 of 3,272 drafts with bans

Win rate at Mid

Everything below reads on 401 games at Mid. · 422 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (3,272 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 27, 2026, 1:37 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftOpening ban: removed in phase 1.What the scene picks when it is banned: not measurable yet.

02 · In a compWhat sets it apart from other mid lanersMap pressureDuelistDamageSplit-pushFew teamfightsCarries its own killsNo poke

03 · With / againstGood against Jarvan IV.Good against

Jarvan IV71%51 gamesBad againstno clear pairBad duo withno clear pairGood duo with

Sion66%32 games

04 · BuildOne path: Lich Bane.

Electrocute

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Where it is played

Share of Mid picks taken by Locke, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

4.5%27,736 picks out of 610,295banned in 38.7% of games · 38,068 of 98,270patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Tournaments

tournament code games

3.2%299 picks out of 9,366banned in 12.9% of games · 243 of 1,886patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

4.7%103 picks out of 2,194lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17region filter not applicable

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 0% and 33% since 16.12 · 26.9% on 16.21 · 25.7% on 16.20

show the detail of the 10 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	26.9%	2,671	Electrocute92% · 167
16.20	25.7%	7,858	Electrocute91% · 492
16.19	20.6%	6,733	Electrocute91% · 346
16.18	22.1%	5,762	Electrocute94% · 315
16.17	18.5%	5,728	Electrocute94% · 271
16.16	17.8%	5,992	Electrocute89% · 270
16.15	19.0%	5,530	Electrocute91% · 242
16.14	33.3%	5,702	Electrocute93% · 396
16.13	25.1%	7,391	Electrocute93% · 355
16.12	0.0%	5,118	—

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Opening ban: removed in phase 1.

401 bans of 3,272 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: priority pick — taken in G1, burnt afterwards.

G16.6%
G26.4%
G3+3.6%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Viktor17

Ahri14

Sylas11

series, of 126 where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (126), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

Read at Mid, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

No champion comes out more often at Mid when Locke is banned: both teams keep their usual picks.

401 games where it is banned · 2,644 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

Comps with Locke ban these champions in phase 2 more often than other comps.

Galio×1.75

× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

Phase by phase

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Damage / mintick = the mid laners

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Gold vs. direct opponent

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Not measured after 20 min: gold then follows the game's result.

Map pressuretakedowns outside its lane

Lane · 5–14 min5.4 takedowns outside its lane before 15 min · mid laners: 3.2

After 15 min

Measured before 15 min only.

Damage to champions per minute, at equal gold · gold against the direct opponent on a fixed ± 1,000 scale · map pressure before 15 min

In fights

itmid laners
Damage absorbed per minute.
Share of its takedowns taken with several allies.
Share of its takedowns taken in a duel.
Damage from its four allies per kill when it takes part: a high rank means it lets its allies carry the damage, a low rank that it carries it itself.
Riot CC score per minute.
Share of its team's damage.

Bar centred on mid laners: to the right, more than them; to the left, less · fixed order, never sorted by value

What it is, what it is not

What marks itMap pressureDuelistDamageSplit-push

What it is notFew teamfightsCarries its own killsNo poke

Labels set by the server: the fact's criterion when it has one, otherwise the role rank (from 75 or at 25 and below)

Its tempo

level 6 at 5:12 (5:12), 1st item at 11:48 (11:54), 2nd at 20:06 (20:24), 3rd at 25:12 (26:36).

401 games · median minute of each milestone, mid laners in brackets

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

Facing	Games	Reading
SyndraMID	88	Evenbetween 40% and 58%
WukongJGL	59	Evenbetween 42% and 63%
Jarvan IVJGL	51	Favourablebetween 59% and 80%
ViktorMID	44	Leans its waybetween 45% and 68%
OriannaMID	43	Evenbetween 37% and 61%
Kai'SaADC	43	Favourablebetween 50% and 74%
MilioSUP	39	Leans its waybetween 41% and 66%
NautilusSUP	37	Evenbetween 38% and 64%
AhriMID	35	Leans against itbetween 33% and 59%
RakanSUP	34	Evenbetween 34% and 61%

show 95 other pairs

OrnnTOP	33	Leans its waybetween 46% and 73%
Xin ZhaoJGL	33	Leans its waybetween 41% and 68%
JinxADC	33	Favourablebetween 52% and 78%
LuluSUP	33	Leans against itbetween 32% and 60%
YunaraADC	31	Leans against itbetween 29% and 57%
LucianADC	30	Leans against itbetween 33% and 61%
CaitlynADC	28	Too few for a rate (28 of 30)
RenektonTOP	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
KarmaSUP	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
AmbessaTOP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
ViJGL	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
LeonaSUP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
AsheADC	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
K'SanteTOP	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
NocturneJGL	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
BraumSUP	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
JhinADC	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
XayahADC	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
TristanaADC	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
SeraphineSUP	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
CamilleTOP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
NamiSUP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
ThreshSUP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
SivirADC	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
QiyanaJGL	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
EzrealADC	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
AlistarSUP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
SionTOP	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
RellSUP	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
GnarTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
JaxTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
OlafTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
RumbleTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
SkarnerJGL	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
GwenTOP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
MalphiteTOP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
ShenTOP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
ZaahenTOP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
Lee SinJGL	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
SejuaniJGL	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
GalioMID	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
AkaliMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
Miss FortuneADC	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
AatroxTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
HweiMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
RyzeMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
ApheliosADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
VarusADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
Renata GlascSUP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
Dr. MundoTOP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
GragasTOP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
AuroraMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
VeigarMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
YoneTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
Kha'ZixJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
TrundleJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
CorkiADC	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
ZeriADC	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
BardSUP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
BlitzcrankSUP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
Cho'GathJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
LilliaJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
MaokaiJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
ViegoJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
YoneMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
SyndraADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
ZiggsADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
FioraTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
GarenTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
PoppyTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
AmumuJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
Cho'GathJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
AniviaMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
LissandraMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
XerathMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
ViktorADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
NeekoSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
UrgotTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
PantheonJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
SylasJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ZacJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
SylasMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
TaliyahMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
VexMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
PoppySUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
PykeSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
Cho'GathTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
TrundleTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
GravesJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ShyvanaJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
CassiopeiaMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
KalistaADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
MelADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
TwitchADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
JannaSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 105 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 401 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

The usual build

Read on patch 16.21, filtered regions.

Patch + region16.21 · 81 games
Patch16.21 · 182 games
2 patches720 games
Window401 games

Keystone + secondary tree

Electrocute+

Resolve

93% · 75 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite

61% · 49 games

First maxed skill

100% · 81 games

show 4 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orConqueror+Resolve4% · 3 games
orElectrocute+Precision31% · 25 games

Other spells

orFlash + Teleport37% · 30 games
orExhaust + Flash3% · 2 games

81 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

One item path, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Lich Bane96% · 11:36
Shadowflame73% · 19:54
Zhonya's Hourglass54% · 26:48

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).