# Locke Counters Who counters Locke? Best and worst picks against Locke by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Locke in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/locke/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/locke/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Locke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/locke/) ## Page Content [Locke guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/locke/) [Play against Locke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/locke/how-to-play-against/) [Locke counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/locke/counters/) Best and worst picks against Locke in Mid at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Pantheon, Kassadin and Anivia beat Locke most often. Akali and Fizz win the laning phase against Locke by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Locke Highest win rate versus Locke in Mid. - 1 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 202 games 55.5% - 2 [Kassadin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kassadin/) 627 games 54.7% - 3 [Anivia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/anivia/) 438 games 54.6% - 4 [Katarina](https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/) 1,343 games 54.1% - 5 [Talon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/) 413 games 54.0% - 6 [Aurelion Sol](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurelionsol/) 360 games 53.9% - 7 [Akshan](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akshan/) 483 games 53.8% - 8 [Vex](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vex/) 777 games 53.8% - 9 [Galio](https://baronbuff.com/champions/galio/) 1,207 games 53.5% - 10 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 187 games 52.9% - 11 [Ahri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ahri/) 1,580 games 52.1% - 12 [Vladimir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vladimir/) 764 games 52.1% - 13 [Ziggs](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ziggs/) 134 games 51.5% - 14 [Lissandra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lissandra/) 988 games 51.2% - 15 [LeBlanc](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leblanc/) 1,032 games 51.2% ## Worst picks against Locke Lowest win rate versus Locke in Mid. - 1 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 149 games 41.6% - 2 [Smolder](https://baronbuff.com/champions/smolder/) 133 games 42.1% - 3 [Orianna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/orianna/) 576 games 44.3% - 4 [Cassiopeia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/cassiopeia/) 201 games 45.3% - 5 [Azir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/azir/) 371 games 46.9% - 6 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 452 games 47.1% - 7 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 804 games 47.8% - 8 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 1,093 games 47.9% - 9 [Brand](https://baronbuff.com/champions/brand/) 171 games 48.0% - 10 [Syndra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/syndra/) 1,454 games 48.1% - 11 [Veigar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/veigar/) 844 games 48.2% - 12 [Hwei](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hwei/) 705 games 48.4% - 13 [Viktor](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viktor/) 1,796 games 48.4% - 14 [Vel'Koz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/velkoz/) 165 games 48.5% ## Best lane counters vs Locke Largest gold lead over Locke at 15 minutes in Mid. - 1 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 150 games +252 - 2 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 107 games +33 ## How to play against Locke Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Poke heavily at level 1 before he unlocks his mobility tools to establish an early health advantage. - Force trades immediately after he misses his Q to deny him the bonus burst damage from consuming marks. - Place vision over walls in the river to spot his roams, as his E allows him to bypass standard lane brush wards. - Base and heal before contesting neutral objectives to deny his missing-health passive damage and R execution threat. - Hold hard crowd control for the exact moment he commits his E teleport into your backline. ## Where Locke is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Locke's damage peaks against wounded targets and marked enemies, so entering fights healthy and disengaging before his execution window denies his burst. - His E commits him into the backline and his W trades current health for delayed healing, so hard CC and focused burst can kill him before he escapes or recovers. ## Locke counters: questions ### Who counters Locke in Mid? At Gold+, Pantheon (55.5%), Kassadin (54.7%) and Anivia (54.6%) have the highest win rates against Locke. ### Who does Locke counter? Locke wins most often against Lucian (41.6%), Smolder (42.1%) and Orianna (44.3%). ### Who wins lane against Locke? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Akali (+252) and Fizz (+33) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Locke. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Mid Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mid/) - [Akali counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/counters/) - [Fizz counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)