Locke·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Locke Top build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Sixth Sense and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Bone Plating and Revitalize in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Lich Bane as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Shadowflame. For your last 3 items, you should build Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 46.8% winrate over 8 231 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Cut Down in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Revitalize in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Dusk and Dawn as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Shadowflame as a third item. You want to finish the build with Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 45.0% win rate across 1 095 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Locke Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, First Strike, Cash Back, Triple Tonic and Cosmic Insight as your primary rune tree, and Sudden Impact with Treasure Hunter as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Lich Bane as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Shadowflame as third item. The last 3 options are Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Zhonya's Hourglass. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 57.5% win rate over 322 matches played.

Situational Locke Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Locke build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.