Champion sheet · Mid

Locke

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

22.8%#18 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.8%picked in 1,958 of 28,636 games
Ban: 16.0%3,737 bans over 23,358 games, against 38.9% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid49.7% between 47.7% and 51.7% over 1,722 gamesSoloQ 50.3%: no clear gap

Median length28.6 minsoloQ 26.8 min

Amateur: 28,642 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 894,455 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 Jarvan IV in amateur play: +9.4 pts over 145 games, range above zero.+9.4 pt145 games
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
3.1%
SoloQ
4.2%
3.1% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 4.2% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
17.0%
SoloQ
38.9%
17.0% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 38.9% in soloQ over 361,874 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.6 min
SoloQ
26.8 min
Median of 28.6 min in amateur play, against 26.8 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Electrocute, then Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesElectrocute87% · 73,221

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite85% · 71,395

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 279 games

Core (3 legendaries)26% · 9,293

26%of soloQ games

Lich Bane
Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

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.

575+47 vs 528

850-49 vs 899

1,069-110 vs 1,179

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

Lockemid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 95% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

5.4takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

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%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Jarvan IV in amateur play: +9.4 pts over 145 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

Topgap to expected

Gnar62.5% · expected 51.2% · 56 g+11.3 ptSoloQ -0.3

K'Sante60.2% · expected 51.8% · 98 g+8.4 ptSoloQ +0.6

Camille55.2% · expected 46.9% · 67 g+8.3 ptSoloQ -0.7

Renekton54.0% · expected 48.2% · 100 g+5.8 ptSoloQ +1.0

Sion52.7% · expected 50.3% · 74 g+2.4 ptSoloQ -0.4

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV60.7% · expected 51.2% · 145 g+9.4 ptSoloQ +2.8

Lillia56.3% · expected 46.5% · 48 g+9.8 ptSoloQ +1.5

Jayce58.7% · expected 51.3% · 46 g+7.4 ptSoloQ 0.0

Qiyana52.3% · expected 47.0% · 65 g+5.3 ptSoloQ -0.2

Cho'Gath52.4% · expected 48.2% · 42 g+4.2 ptSoloQ +0.6

Midgap to expected

Aurora64.3% · expected 50.5% · 42 g+13.8 ptSoloQ -1.3

Xerath62.5% · expected 50.1% · 40 g+12.4 ptSoloQ +5.5

Viktor54.0% · expected 49.2% · 176 g+4.7 ptSoloQ +3.8

Hwei58.7% · expected 48.4% · 46 g+10.3 ptSoloQ +2.3

Veigar64.9% · expected 54.4% · 37 g+10.4 ptSoloQ +4.2

ADCgap to expected

Jhin59.4% · expected 52.0% · 128 g+7.4 ptSoloQ -0.3

Kai'Sa56.2% · expected 50.2% · 146 g+5.9 ptSoloQ -0.4

Varus60.5% · expected 49.2% · 38 g+11.4 ptSoloQ +0.1

Caitlyn52.9% · expected 47.9% · 138 g+5.0 ptSoloQ +1.4

Aphelios59.7% · expected 53.6% · 67 g+6.1 ptSoloQ +0.3

Supportgap to expected

Karma63.5% · expected 52.3% · 85 g+11.2 ptSoloQ +1.4

Nami63.9% · expected 52.8% · 36 g+11.1 ptSoloQ +1.2

Nautilus52.2% · expected 49.4% · 159 g+2.8 ptSoloQ -0.2

Seraphine50.6% · expected 48.5% · 83 g+2.1 ptSoloQ +0.8

Pyke51.4% · expected 50.6% · 37 g+0.7 ptSoloQ +0.3

With

Topgap to expected

Ambessa55.6% · expected 50.2% · 90 g+5.3 ptSoloQ -0.9

Sion53.1% · expected 49.1% · 98 g+3.9 ptSoloQ +0.6

Camille59.2% · expected 52.5% · 49 g+6.7 ptSoloQ -2.5

Gnar52.6% · expected 48.2% · 76 g+4.4 ptSoloQ -1.1

Dr. Mundo52.8% · expected 47.0% · 53 g+5.9 ptSoloQ -2.0

Junglegap to expected

Qiyana65.1% · expected 52.4% · 43 g+12.7 ptSoloQ +0.9

Skarner60.0% · expected 47.2% · 40 g+12.8 ptSoloQ +0.3

Graves62.2% · expected 49.8% · 37 g+12.4 ptSoloQ +1.9

Lee Sin51.4% · expected 49.4% · 148 g+1.9 ptSoloQ -0.6

Nocturne52.5% · expected 47.2% · 61 g+5.3 ptSoloQ +0.1

ADCgap to expected

Lucian56.5% · expected 48.8% · 85 g+7.7 ptSoloQ +0.1

Kalista63.9% · expected 52.2% · 36 g+11.7 ptSoloQ +1.7

Zeri59.6% · expected 52.6% · 52 g+7.0 ptSoloQ -0.4

Ezreal48.4% · expected 46.5% · 155 g+1.9 ptSoloQ +1.3

Yunara52.7% · expected 52.0% · 169 g+0.7 ptSoloQ +1.9

Supportgap to expected

Milio51.8% · expected 47.8% · 85 g+3.9 ptSoloQ +1.2

Neeko58.5% · expected 51.2% · 41 g+7.3 ptSoloQ -1.3

Nautilus50.6% · expected 50.0% · 164 g+0.6 ptSoloQ -1.1

Blitzcrank55.1% · expected 51.7% · 78 g+3.4 ptSoloQ 0.0

Bard58.3% · expected 52.6% · 48 g+5.8 ptSoloQ -0.4

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.

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