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Hwei vs Locke

Mid Lane Matchup

Hwei vs Locke MID matchup tips: who wins, how to trade, wave control and common mistakes.

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Who Wins

Pre-6, you win this lane through sustained poke and wave control — your range advantage lets you punish every Q stack attempt Locke makes, and levels 1-3 are relatively safe for you as long as you respect his level 3 all-in if he lands two Q stacks.
Post-6, Locke's R execution threshold becomes a real threat in extended fights, so you need to avoid letting him build sealed souls off minions and must respect his burst window when you're below roughly 40% health.

Your best trading pattern is to use your longest-range spell combinations to poke Locke during his Q stack attempts, forcing him to either back off or engage without full stacks — both outcomes favor you.
If he commits to an E-W all-in, your goal is to burst him down faster than his W sustain can compensate, which requires having your full rotation available and not having wasted spells on the wave.

Push the wave consistently to deny Locke the slow-push setup he needs to safely stack Q — a fast-clearing wave forces him under tower where his all-in range is limited and your poke is safer to land.
Be careful not to shove so aggressively that you lose track of his position, as a flanking E from off-screen with pre-stacked Q is exactly how he converts kills even against wave-dominant opponents.

Do not stand still while casting your spell combinations when Locke has Q stacks on you — his E dash covers significant distance and your cast animations are long enough that he can close the gap and consume all stacks before you finish your rotation.
Respecting his all-in timing means moving unpredictably between spell casts, not just after you see him start his E animation.

Created on 07/02/2026

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