Champion sheet · Mid

Locke

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

21.7%#22 of 173 champions

Pick: 7.8%picked in 234 of 3,003 games
Ban: 13.9%305 bans over 2,188 games, against 30.9% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid49.8% between 44.3% and 55.3% over 219 gamesSoloQ 49.7%: no clear gap

Median length29.6 minsoloQ 27.7 min

Amateur: 2,850 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 246,424 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 tournaments2 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 / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
15.4%
SoloQ
30.9%
15.4% ban rate in amateur play over 1,653 games, against 30.9% in soloQ over 113,099 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.6 min
SoloQ
27.7 min
Median of 29.6 min in amateur play, against 27.7 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% · 16,535

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite86% · 16,310

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 46 games

Core (3 legendaries)25% · 2,351

25%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?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

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.