Locke
Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · All regions- Pick
- 7.0%picked in 1,981 of 28,499 games
- Ban
- 16.6%3,769 bans over 22,763 games, against 40.3% in soloQ
Amateur: 28,845 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 64% · EUW 26% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 661,121 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.
At a glance
Four answers, each one opens its chapter.- What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
- How to play itElectrocute, then Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.



- In a compMap pressure first: more map pressure than 98% of mid laners.Map pressureDuelistDamageSplit-push
- With / againstBetter than expected against Aurora in amateur play: +16.9 pts over 43 games, range above zero.+16.9 pt43 games
- In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.
What changes in tournaments?
3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 3.1%
- SoloQ
- 4.4%
- DraftBanned less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 17.1%
- SoloQ
- 40.3%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 28.6 min
- SoloQ
- 26.9 min
How to play it?
Electrocute, then Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
Lich Bane
Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Map pressure first: more map pressure than 98% of mid laners.
- Map pressuretop2%5.4 · mid laners: 3.2
- Takes its kills in duelstop6%29% · mid laners: 23%
- Team damagetop17%24% · mid laners: 21%
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
What marks it
- Map pressure
- Duelist
- Damage
- Split-push
Like other mid laners
- Damage in mid game
- Absorbs damage
- Crowd control (CC)
What it is not
- Few teamfights
- Carries its own kills
- No poke
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Rank 76 in lane, 26 in mid game and 20 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, ahead of 95% of mid laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among mid laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Damage in lane · rank 76 of 100 among mid laners575 · median 528
- Damage in mid game · rank 26 of 100 among mid laners850 · median 899
- Damage in late game · rank 20 of 100 among mid laners1,069 · median 1,179
- Gold at 15 min · rank 97 of 100 among mid laners+544 · median +25
- Gold at 20 min · rank 95 of 100 among mid laners+779 · median +71
- Map pressure · rank 98 of 100 among mid laners5.4 · median 3.2
- Absorbs damage · rank 58 of 100 among mid laners562 · median 489
- Plays teamfights · rank 8 of 100 among mid laners49% · median 55%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 94 of 100 among mid laners29% · median 23%
- Lets allies carry kills · rank 3 of 100 among mid lanersrank 3 of 100
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 37 of 100 among mid laners0.5 · median 0.7
- Team damage · rank 83 of 100 among mid laners24% · median 21%
With whom, against whom?
Better than expected against Aurora in amateur play: +16.9 pts over 43 games, range above zero.
Best results
Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.
Against
With
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
- Renekton109 games52.3%gap +4.1 ptsSoloQ: 52.1% · 2,371 g
- K'Sante101 games62.4%gap +10.0 ptsSoloQ: 53.1% · 2,336 g
- Ornn95 games44.2%gap -5.1 ptsSoloQ: 49.4% · 1,734 g
- Ambessa91 games47.3%gap -2.0 ptsSoloQ: 51.5% · 2,235 g
- Sion75 games50.7%gap +0.4 ptsSoloQ: 50.5% · 1,370 g
- Malphite69 games49.3%gap -1.1 ptsSoloQ: 49.8% · 2,448 g
- Camille68 games54.4%gap +7.0 ptsSoloQ: 48.3% · 2,453 g
- Aatrox65 games49.2%gap +0.9 ptsSoloQ: 50.2% · 2,325 g
- Yone60 games56.7%gap +6.6 ptsSoloQ: 50.5% · 3,499 g
- Gnar58 games60.3%gap +9.4 ptsSoloQ: 50.5% · 1,735 g
- Jax50 games44.0%gap -5.6 ptsSoloQ: 50.5% · 2,501 g
- Shen48 games47.9%gap -5.1 ptsSoloQ: 46.3% · 1,500 g
- Zaahen48 games39.6%gap -7.8 ptsSoloQ: 47.9% · 1,435 g
- Olaf44 games47.7%gap +0.9 ptsSoloQ: 50.3% · 1,520 g
- Dr. Mundo41 games61.0%gap +7.7 ptsSoloQ: 49.2% · 1,336 g
- Fiora30 games56.7%gap +7.8 ptsSoloQ: 50.2% · 2,415 g
- Jayce26 games—SoloQ: 50.9% · 3,247 g
- Darius21 games—SoloQ: 50.3% · 2,297 g
- Gangplank20 games—SoloQ: 49.8% · 2,259 g
- Garen19 games—SoloQ: 49.8% · 2,007 g
- Irelia17 games—SoloQ: 49.6% · 2,033 g
- Jayce6 games—SoloQ: 50.9% · 3,247 g
- Jayce6 games—SoloQ: 50.9% · 3,247 g
- Malphite5 games—SoloQ: 49.8% · 2,448 g
- Wukong168 games47.6%gap +0.2 ptsSoloQ: 48.5% · 2,692 g
- Lee Sin152 games50.0%gap -0.1 ptsSoloQ: 49.7% · 6,124 g
- Jarvan IV151 games62.3%gap +10.7 ptsSoloQ: 53.3% · 3,175 g
- Vi105 games46.7%gap -2.8 ptsSoloQ: 52.1% · 1,819 g
- Xin Zhao93 games43.0%gap -6.6 ptsSoloQ: 52.5% · 1,281 g
- Nocturne73 games34.2%gap -18.2 ptsSoloQ: 57.5% · 992 g
- Qiyana66 games51.5%gap +4.1 ptsSoloQ: 49.4% · 3,936 g
- Sylas65 games50.8%gap +1.7 ptsSoloQ: 50.1% · 2,891 g
- Viego56 games50.0%gap -0.9 ptsSoloQ: 51.7% · 3,182 g
- Lillia50 games56.0%gap +9.4 ptsSoloQ: 49.7% · 2,025 g
- Jayce49 games57.1%gap +5.8 ptsSoloQ: 53.8% · 1,095 g
- Cho'Gath43 games58.1%gap +9.1 ptsSoloQ: 50.8% · 1,820 g
- Trundle37 games45.9%gap +1.1 ptsSoloQ: 52.6% · 228 g
- Pantheon33 games57.6%gap +4.1 ptsSoloQ: 57.4% · 418 g
- Skarner33 games39.4%gap -12.1 ptsSoloQ: 47.1% · 681 g
- Kha'Zix32 games46.9%gap -2.8 ptsSoloQ: 48.6% · 3,552 g
- Hecarim24 games—SoloQ: 49.7% · 3,098 g
- Graves23 games—SoloQ: 50.7% · 3,413 g
- Nidalee20 games—SoloQ: 49.5% · 2,327 g
- Talon20 games—SoloQ: 50.8% · 3,214 g
- Kayn16 games—SoloQ: 52.0% · 1,940 g
- Elise14 games—SoloQ: 48.8% · 1,988 g
- Rengar5 games—SoloQ: 48.4% · 1,940 g
- Syndra241 games49.8%gap +1.1 ptsSoloQ: 53.0% · 4,050 g
- Viktor172 games53.5%gap +4.3 ptsSoloQ: 55.4% · 3,699 g
- Orianna129 games53.5%gap +1.9 ptsSoloQ: 55.5% · 1,852 g
- Ahri103 games41.7%gap -6.5 ptsSoloQ: 49.9% · 3,228 g
- Galio77 games41.6%gap -10.3 ptsSoloQ: 48.0% · 3,999 g
- Akali75 games41.3%gap -7.6 ptsSoloQ: 47.6% · 4,122 g
- Lissandra54 games55.6%gap +4.3 ptsSoloQ: 49.8% · 2,071 g
- Hwei46 games58.7%gap +9.6 ptsSoloQ: 52.8% · 1,547 g
- Sylas46 games43.5%gap -6.9 ptsSoloQ: 50.5% · 3,307 g
- Aurora43 games67.4%gap +16.9 ptsSoloQ: 48.7% · 1,620 g
- Xerath42 games59.5%gap +8.9 ptsSoloQ: 55.7% · 1,160 g
- Ryze38 games47.4%gap -3.8 ptsSoloQ: 54.5% · 1,058 g
- Yone36 games36.1%gap -10.5 ptsSoloQ: 46.0% · 3,697 g
- Veigar34 games64.7%gap +11.7 ptsSoloQ: 56.0% · 743 g
- Twisted Fate32 games50.0%gap +1.1 ptsSoloQ: 49.8% · 2,470 g
- LeBlanc31 games35.5%gap -14.1 ptsSoloQ: 46.9% · 2,127 g
- Galio21 games—SoloQ: 48.0% · 3,999 g
- Zed18 games—SoloQ: 49.9% · 2,627 g
- Yasuo17 games—SoloQ: 48.0% · 2,960 g
- Ekko8 games—SoloQ: 49.8% · 2,553 g
- Galio8 games—SoloQ: 48.0% · 3,999 g
- Yunara155 games39.4%gap -8.3 ptsSoloQ: 50.7% · 5,993 g
- Kai'Sa151 games55.0%gap +4.3 ptsSoloQ: 50.0% · 7,145 g
- Caitlyn140 games52.1%gap +4.2 ptsSoloQ: 53.1% · 4,341 g
- Ezreal135 games44.4%gap -8.7 ptsSoloQ: 54.7% · 4,634 g
- Jhin128 games59.4%gap +6.9 ptsSoloQ: 50.7% · 8,330 g
- Lucian118 games47.5%gap -3.6 ptsSoloQ: 51.7% · 3,205 g
- Jinx108 games50.0%gap +1.6 ptsSoloQ: 51.0% · 5,226 g
- Xayah104 games46.2%gap -2.7 ptsSoloQ: 48.1% · 2,849 g
- Tristana83 games55.4%gap +5.3 ptsSoloQ: 47.4% · 4,414 g
- Aphelios65 games58.5%gap +4.6 ptsSoloQ: 50.3% · 4,009 g
- Ashe65 games52.3%gap +3.9 ptsSoloQ: 52.2% · 1,729 g
- Sivir58 games51.7%gap +1.5 ptsSoloQ: 51.3% · 1,586 g
- Miss Fortune55 games52.7%gap +1.5 ptsSoloQ: 51.5% · 1,794 g
- Zeri50 games42.0%gap -4.2 ptsSoloQ: 49.1% · 2,973 g
- Varus40 games60.0%gap +11.3 ptsSoloQ: 51.6% · 1,334 g
- Kalista22 games—SoloQ: 49.6% · 2,414 g
- Draven15 games—SoloQ: 50.0% · 2,229 g
- Nautilus161 games52.2%gap +2.1 ptsSoloQ: 50.7% · 5,015 g
- Lulu145 games47.6%gap -4.4 ptsSoloQ: 50.8% · 5,923 g
- Milio111 games51.4%gap 0.0 ptsSoloQ: 53.9% · 2,102 g
- Braum106 games48.1%gap -0.4 ptsSoloQ: 48.5% · 2,668 g
- Rakan96 games44.8%gap -4.4 ptsSoloQ: 47.7% · 2,512 g
- Leona95 games48.4%gap -3.0 ptsSoloQ: 49.5% · 3,295 g
- Thresh95 games45.3%gap -3.4 ptsSoloQ: 47.4% · 6,352 g
- Karma92 games60.9%gap +8.6 ptsSoloQ: 53.2% · 3,332 g
- Seraphine89 games52.8%gap +3.7 ptsSoloQ: 51.3% · 2,004 g
- Rell78 games44.9%gap -1.2 ptsSoloQ: 47.1% · 2,520 g
- Alistar66 games47.0%gap -1.5 ptsSoloQ: 46.4% · 3,380 g
- Blitzcrank63 games50.8%gap +3.4 ptsSoloQ: 48.6% · 3,311 g
- Yuumi45 games33.3%gap -15.2 ptsSoloQ: 55.3% · 2,188 g
- Bard44 games43.2%gap -3.9 ptsSoloQ: 51.0% · 2,861 g
- Nami39 games64.1%gap +12.0 ptsSoloQ: 51.7% · 3,220 g
- Pyke30 games50.0%gap -0.1 ptsSoloQ: 50.4% · 2,360 g
- Janna19 games—SoloQ: 48.8% · 3,058 g
- Senna6 games—SoloQ: 50.3% · 2,384 g
Ban it or pick it?
Priority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.
Pick rate as Mid
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+4.4%57,739 picks of 1,322,237ban 40.3% · patches 16.20 to 16.22
- Amateur tournaments3.1%1,324 picks of 42,630ban 17.1% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro4.7%105 picks of 2,252bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
26.6% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as Mid- 6.2%G1460 games of 7,398
- 5.9%G2437 games of 7,398
- 4.6%G3+135 games of 2,949

