Locke ARAM Mayhem Build

The Ashen Exorcist. A below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #150 of 173 champions.

CPatch 26.21AssassinMageNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: C
Win rate: 46.3%
Pick rate: 3.7%
Rank: #150 of 173
Games: 852,258
Patch: 26.21

How to play Locke in ARAM Mayhem

Locke is a below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier C, #150 of 173 champions, with a 46.3% win rate over 852,258 games.

85% of Locke's damage to champions is magic, so enemy magic resist is what slows it down.

The AP build, ability power items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Shadowflame, Lich Bane and Rabadon's Deathcap, with a 47.1% win rate over 675,675 games. For boots, most players buy Sorcerer's Shoes, but Gluttonous Greaves rank higher.

The cards that do best on Locke are Take'em Down Down Down, The Boom and the Bass and Back To Basics. Cards built around ability power fill most of the top of its list, followed by attack damage. Skip Master of Duality and Surge Field when you can: they do worst on Locke. A pair to look for: Ethereal Weapon with The Boom and the Bass.

Take Flash and Mark (88% of players); Ghost is the common alternative. Max Q (Ritual Nails) first, then E, then W.

Locke ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Locke game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

AP build · top ranked

47.1% win rate · 92% of Locke games · 675,675 games

Start

Amplifying Tome
Guardian's Orb

Core items, in buying order

Shadowflame
Lich Bane
Rabadon's Deathcap

Boots on the AP build for Locke, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	24%
No boots	33%
Sorcerer's Shoes	38%

Situational, after the core

Banshee's Veil6% buy it
Stormsurge26% buy it
Void Staff55% buy it
Zhonya's Hourglass30% buy it
Hextech Gunblade2% buy it
Cryptbloom2% buy it

Most bought items

Shadowflame93% of games
Lich Bane82% of games
Rabadon's Deathcap69% of games
Stormsurge46% of games
Sorcerer's Shoes43% of games
Void Staff42% of games
Zhonya's Hourglass27% of games
Gluttonous Greaves17% of games
Luden's Echo13% of games
Dusk and Dawn9% of games

Best augments for Locke

Every card with enough Locke games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Locke's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

1Escape PlanTier A
2FireFoxTier A
3Blue BarrierTier A

S- and A-tier cards for Locke

9 S tier and 24 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Locke in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier S	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Ethereal Weapon	Gold	Tier S	Your Abilities apply On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects. 1 second Cooldown per target.
Wooglet's Witchcap	Prismatic	Tier S	QUEST: Possess Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. REWARD: Get Wooglet's Witchcap.
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier S	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier S	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier S	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
Blade Waltz	Prismatic	Tier A	Makes you untargetable while you dash at and deal (30–150 (by level) +10% Bonus Attack Damage+6% Ability Power) damage to enemies 8 times…
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Warlock Juicebox	Gold	Tier A	Gain (10%+3.5% Ability Power) Omnivamp.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier A	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
FireFox	Silver	Tier A	Autocast: Gain 25% movement speed and conjure three flames that orbit you every 9 seconds, targetting the closest visible enemy in range and…
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Heavy Is The Crown	Gold	Tier A	Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease…
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier A	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
Swift and Safe	Silver	Tier A	Gain a (65–290 (by level) +26% Ability Power +65% Bonus Attack Damage) Shield for 2 seconds after a Dash or Blink (5 seconds Cooldown).
Big Brain	Gold	Tier A	Gain a (300% Ability Power) Shield. Resets on death or 70 seconds after depletion.
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Don't Blink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 1% bonus damage per 10 Movement Speed more you have than the target.
Phenomenal Evil	Gold	Tier A	Permanently gain 1 Ability Power when you damage enemy champions with Abilities. If taken as your second Augment, starts with 40 Ability…
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Totentanz	Prismatic	Tier A	Replace a Summoner Spell with A Dance with Death. A Dance with Death: Become Unkillable for 5 seconds and blink forward. If you get a…
Upgrade Stormsurge	Gold	Tier A	Stormsurge's Squall now always detonates in an area, dealing (10%+2% Ability Power) maximum Health magic damage to all nearby enemies. Enemy…
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Goldrend	Prismatic	Tier A	Damaging a champion with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional (50–150 (by level) +20% Ability Power +40% Bonus Attack Damage) magic…
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
ADAPt	Silver	Tier A	Convert Bonus Attack Damage to Ability Power, and gain (15%) Ability Power. Converts at a rate of 1.67 Ability Power per point of Attack…
Twin Fire	Silver	Tier A	On ability damage, fire 1 plus (3% Critical Strike Chance) missiles that deal (10–30 (by level) +7% Bonus Attack Damage+7% Ability Power)…
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.

Average on Locke
53 cards, best first

Below average on Locke
31 cards, best first

Weakest on Locke
6 cards, best first

Best first augment for Locke

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Locke's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Take'em Down Down Down, Weapon of Destiny and Ethereal Weapon come out on top.

The best augments for Locke in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Take'em Down Down DownTier S	Take'em Down Down DownTier S	Take'em Down Down DownTier S	Take'em Down Down DownTier S
2	Weapon of DestinyTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Back To BasicsTier S
3	Ethereal WeaponTier S	Ethereal WeaponTier S	Ethereal WeaponTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S
4	The Boom and the BassTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Ethereal WeaponTier S
5	Back To BasicsTier S	Wooglet's WitchcapTier S	Blade WaltzTier S	Warlock JuiceboxTier A

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Locke, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark88% of players · 46.4% win rate
Flash + Ghost10% of players · 45.5% win rate
Flash + Ignite0% of players · 46.7% win rate

Skill order

QRitual Nails
EAshen Pursuit
WSoul Ignition

Max Q first. 91% of players use this order (47.3% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Locke in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 17.9 / 12.7 / 17.7
KDA: 3.01
Damage to champions: 40,097
Damage taken: 38,174
Self-mitigated: 30,049
Healing on allies: 9
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 13 s
Kill participation: 65%
Game length: 16:29

Damage type

Physical 6%Magic 85%True 8%

Questions and answers

What is the best Locke build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Locke: Shadowflame, Lich Bane and Rabadon's Deathcap. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Locke in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Locke, best first: Take'em Down Down Down, The Boom and the Bass, Back To Basics, Ethereal Weapon and Wooglet's Witchcap. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Locke good in ARAM Mayhem?

Locke is tier C on patch 26.21, #150 of 173 champions, with a 46.3% win rate over 852,258 games. That makes it a below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Locke in ARAM Mayhem?

For Locke's first pick on patch 26.21: Take'em Down Down Down, Weapon of Destiny, Ethereal Weapon, The Boom and the Bass and Back To Basics, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Locke counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.