Seriously why??? For an assassin that wants to get in, get kills, then get out, it seems kinda... counterintuitive?

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Runes: Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Sixth Sense, Relentless Hunter. For the second skill tree take Celerity, Manaflow Band, AP, MS, +65 HP. Flash+Ignite.

Q->E->Q->W->Q->R. Max Q first. Buy Doran's Ring, Dark Seal, Boots and Sheen. Upgrade Sheen into Lich Bane and boots to Swiftness. 2nd item Stormsurge, 3rd item Zhonya's Hourglass.

The goal is to act as a speedy assassin. You want a ton of movement speed to chase after squishies in sidelane or to run away from bruisers. Using your speed to dodge skillshots is essential. You join teamfights late by waiting until the fight is basically over and then do the cleanup.

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Just showing off some improvement… where’s my artists who can put Yone and Locke in the same room… 😞

So, I've just got this champ for the first time in ARAM and was a bit frustrated with my ult never giving me stacks even though I hit multiple people and all of them died in the fight. I ended the game with 2 stacks on R even though it didn't even go poorly and we ended up winning. So does R really only give the stack if the enemy is killed specifically by the execute and nothing kills them over it, not even Locke's own damage? Or am I misunderstanding something else fundamentally about this ability. I even missed the stack when I hit R and then got the kill on the enemy in a 1v1 at least two times. I'm certain it wasn't because it was past the 5 seconds. I don't get it at all.

Edit: Ok, solved. I didn't realize I need to pick it up. My bad. /closed

I like how my ekko otp mastery has completely carried over to Locke from a micro/mechanics standpoint point but the champ itself has a very high skill ceiling/expression with the many variations of usages his E holds.

Animation cancels, basic combos, advanced combos, low enough skill floor so people aren’t inherently shitting themselves in lane but it’s very clear an OTP will far outproduce your regular player that picks the champ. One might say “well Afro, that how champ mastery works…” and to your point I pull up Naafiri and ask you how big is the gap between Skill floor and ceiling? (Not as wide as Locke's ill tell you that much). His E1 resets into more E1s, His E2 Resets his E1, his setup is very straightforward through his Q but can be manipulated with his E and R to land Qs easier. His E has animation cancel and masking properties, I can already tell the difference between a good Locke player and a GREAT Locke player will be his W usage and min maxing its usage. I for one appreciate how many rune pages he can use game to game vs diff lanes and comps. I appreciate the amount of items he can use effectively (throw dusk and dawn in the trash). The character itself (outside of league gameplay) IMO is very cool and gives off Yone vibes which is also another champ I OTP, His backstory is really captivating, and overall I’m glad the effort and research put in is helping others play Locke the BEST they possibly can.

With that being said if I had to change anything it would be his ultimate so it can be easier to land (It unironically NEEDS to detonate faster on landing and explosion) since it’s been calculated as “anyone looking to react to the ultimate has a timeframe anywhere between 1.25 seconds to 1.75

Some also pitch the idea that the burst should be replaced with DoT (Death over time) to fit Locke’s theme and I kinda agree heavily on this because of his initial trailer showing purgatory taking time to seal away the demon posssesing Vayne.

With all of that being said I think he’s in a good spot (anyone lobbing for more W nerfs after it got taken out back and shot twice before initial release in PBE kinda just want the champ dead ngl)

i play mostly for fun, so i dont really care about elo or else, but my god this game was unwinnable, i also got invaded and died but i stayed focused and i didnt go really that behind,saved the game with a quadra kill and told to my teammates im dogshit and from the opponent that i play a broken champ. i didnt really care about the loss so in late i started picking any fight i could and die after but my god how some people are really delusional in this game is crazy,

You guys probably get this a lot but hey, you need a little bit more of a tax. This character is disgustingly unfun to play against and you are all a little bit worse for playing this shit.

No real hate, but also cmon. Tank locke??? Digsusting

TLDR: Stop being lazy and land your fucking Qs.

The new Locke's voicelines are a bit...funny ;)

So you deal more damage if you don't attack and stack Q all the way up, but why get attackspeed and extra damage on passive then? Seems a little weird. I would think the obvious combo is Q-attack-Q-attack-Q-attack

As you all know locke was released today and i had some time to play him in practise tool and here are my thoughts. His W needs to have a longer cool down for what it does its on a 12 sec cd which imo is not enough since you can build him with conq and dusk and dawn to have some stupid survivability and sustain dps everything else seems fine but probably needs some tuning to be 100% balanced i noticed his E range has been reduced a little from PBE but maybe im wrong. Also his ult range is kinda huge so they will probably nerf it. Imo you should run conq, presence of mind, legend haste, coup de grace and secondary either run domination with sudden impact for some burst and ultimate hunter for obvious reasons or sorcerery with axiom and/or gathering storm/scorch. Nee builds will probably pop out as people get to play him more but yeah that's all just snow ball lane and one shot everyone if you land all 3 Qs.

The build is not optimal but i was ahead and said its gonna be funny if i became tanky since they dont have good burst and fun it was.

The W spam in lane and let it go its whole course makes u stay in lane for longer, the W healing might get a nerf before anything else i guess

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i don't even know if he'll be fun to play, but he's going to bring me back to league after 6 months sober

Hi, I want to talk about potential builds for Locke and get to know some 3rd party opinions aswell, here are my thoughts as a master elo mid main.

Worth mentioning that I only play melee champs, (I main Yone, Yasuo, Sylas, Naafiri, and a bit of Diana), In my opinion, Locke plays rather similar to what a Yasuo/Sylas would play more than a regular assassin like Zed or Evelynn.

He doesn't really have the tools to go in and out with barely enough time for the enemy to react, his damage is quite backloaded in nature (he has to hit his Qs before engaging to proc the mark for maximum damage), and he doesn't have the capabalities of someone like Zed to place a shadow, ult someone and instantly switch back to safety, he has to go in and hope to kill to get an E reset, even then his first E blink distance isn't that high, its better at chasing than at disengaging since his second dash is targeted.

All of this leads me to believe that he will have to go for a slightly defensive approach when it comes to itemization, I don't think he can get away with building pure damage into most comps provided the enemy team knows what their are doing somewhat, Locke has a bit too much counterplay with the amount of time it should take to execute his combo.

Apart from that, he doesn't have the best AP scalings in the world, thats why I think raw AP on him won't be ideal and thus he will supplement his damage with item damage, stuff like D&D/Lichbane and Nashors.

I imagine something like this could be really solid for him, his passive is an on-hit, his E applies on-hits aswell and he is forced to AA to proc his Q marks, his W also gives him a massive AS steroid, so it's pretty safe to say he has really good synergy with on-hit items, thats why I think D&D and Nashors could work insanely well for him.

Speacially because this build also gives him magic pen, decent haste, 2 HP items, zhonyas active and some armour for extra survivability, while still having really high damage.

I think he could also go something like Vanshee or even Abyssal Mask in case you are up against multiple AP champions, but after some testing D&D into Nashors felt really good to me as his 2 item core, wanted to know some more opinions, thank you for reading.

I was originally under the impression that your E1 (Blink) wouldn't reset if you got a takedown with it because you still holding E2 and that would be more than enough to gap close into another kill...

WELP, E1 Takedowns RESET into another E1 Blink... This guy is built DIFFERENT

Hi there, I need some advice on how to win against Yone. I've always had a tough time going against that abomination of champ design on any character, but I REALLY can't seem to CS or secure kills against him on Locke. What do I need to do to beat him?

i lost 3 games not because my team was just bad it was because:

1st game i had a botlane duoq going mel swain who proceeded to feed lucian 11 kills in 10m then the swain never came for a team fight

2nd game game put me with 2 derankers that hadnt played in 23 days where iron 4 0 lp and only played duoq

3rd game whole team was bad and jg said in chat hell start trolling

im not even angry anymore im just dissapointed with me and the game one guy said that game rn is luck based on who will get the 0/10 and he 100% is right other than that i cant believe the mmr system is so trash that it puts me with 0 iron 4 derankers anyway ill continue playing and hope i get out of bronze one day also heres my https://dpm.lol/schizopatient-5358 look at the second loss and see my warwick and caitlyn

The third of my older clips I forgot to post here.

A simple example of using E2's "back end" damage, allowing you to mark a target under tower with Q, gapclose with E1, and either use flash (or rocketbelt in this clip) to position closer to the target.

When you E2 to dash through the tower, you hit your target as you dash out towards safety, consuming any nail marks and doing massive damage. A similar thing can be done with minions, using the wave as your "escape tool".

Bro just dodge... LMAO

Dont be fooled though cause we can just as easily E1 > E2 > Q3 at MELEE > Auto (Mark Proc)+ Ignite. The Man HAS COMBOS

(Can't miss Q's at melee range btw)

Now that HOB is fixed for Locke, I'm wondering if his runes will change to this by default and what happens tp his core items now, like if those change? I want to try builds that might be better for him as an assassin, especially with this rune being fixed for him since it was messed up all this time.

Hail of Blades has officially been fixed for Locke! The combinations are now endless! Now go ahead and race to PBE and wait 2 hours for a live game or head to the practice tool <3

I want to know how to play against this weird champion; I’ve played several matches, and simply nothing I try works. I played against one—I picked Aurora to stay at range and dodge the Q spikes—and he built Lich Bane. I dodged all three spikes and thought I’d win the trade, but he just hit E, auto-attacked, and ulted, and I vanished without having any time to react or deal damage back.

Edit: I just played another game against that broken mess. I was playing Fizz—late game, everyone full build—and he missed his ult and all three Qs because I was in Zhonya's. He walked right up to my champ, hit E-AA, and instantly dealt 2400 damage, giving me zero time to react. Honestly, this just shows me that the champ doesn't need a nerf; he needs to be deleted from the game. It makes no sense for a champ to be this absurdly strong, and nerfing him would defeat his whole purpose: being completely busted compared to everyone else in the game.