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Locke vs Gwen

Jungle Matchup

Locke vs Gwen JUNGLE matchup tips: scuttle control, predicted pathing, invade windows and common mistakes.

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Scuttle Contest

At level 3, you lose a prolonged scuttle fight against her if she gets to stack her passive healing through extended Q snips — your W true damage self-damage puts you in a health deficit over time and her sustain will outlast your burst window.
You win only if you land 3 Q stacks before engaging, then immediately cash in with E into W all-in to burst her before her healing becomes relevant.

From level 6, your sure win condition is landing 3 Q stacks at range before she can close the gap with E, then blinking onto her with E and activating W to maximize your attack speed burst while consuming stacks — if she pops W to dodge your abilities, disengage and reset rather than fighting inside her mist zone where she is untargetable from outside.
You cannot win a sustained fight inside her W zone, so your kill window is strictly the 2-3 seconds before she activates it.

She will likely start red side or blue side depending on matchup preference and path toward early scuttle at level 3, potentially looking to contest or invade your jungle if she identifies a weak side.
Her clear is not exceptionally fast, so a standard 3-camp clear into scuttle is her most predictable path, and she may look to duel you at scuttle if she has HP advantage.

Do not activate W for the attack speed buff while fighting inside her W mist zone — the true damage you take per second combined with her passive healing and sustained Q damage will drain you faster than your W heal can recover, and you will lose the extended trade decisively.
Save W activation for when she is outside her mist or when you are certain your burst will end the fight before the true damage accumulates.

Created on 07/19/2026

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