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Locke vs Malzahar

In the mid lane on patch 26.21, Locke is among Malzahar's worst matchups in LazyElo players' lobbies: at least 8 games in the matchup, a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%.

Patch 26.21Mid767 lane games

Malzahar wins 51.7% of its 484 mid games on patch 26.21 (tier A), and Locke is one of the opponents it does worst against: this is a counter by the site's rule. Locke itself wins 46.6% of 283 games there (tier C). The games are those of LazyElo players and the players they met, at their own elo, not Emerald and above.

The per-champion pages: Locke counters and Malzahar counters.

Locke mid games
283
Malzahar mid games
484
Min. games per matchup
8
Patch
26.21

Locke vs Malzahar at a glance

Each champion's own line per lane, and which side the matchup falls on there by the site's counter rule.

Midmeasured

Locke vs Malzahar in the mid lane
ChampionTierWin rateGamesPick rateIn this matchup
LockeC46.6%2832.5%Beats Malzahar: Malzahar has it among its worst matchups
MalzaharA51.7%4844.3%Loses to Locke: among its worst matchups here

Tiers and win rates are each champion's own mid numbers on patch 26.21, from the Mid tier list. “Loses to” means at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%.

Jungle

Locke vs Malzahar in the jungle
ChampionTierWin rateGamesPick rateIn this matchup
LockeB45.8%480.4%No counter relation with 8 games
MalzaharToo few games in this lane for a line of its own.

Tiers and win rates are each champion's own jungle numbers on patch 26.21, from the Jungle tier list. “Loses to” means at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%.

How Locke plays this matchup

Riot lists Locke as assassin and mage, on mana, and rates it 6 for attack, 4 for defense, 2 for magic and 5 for difficulty on its own ten-point scale (Data Dragon). Those ratings describe the kit, not the matchup; what the games say is below.

In the mid lane on patch 26.21, Locke is tier C with a 46.6% win rate over 283 games (2.5% of mid picks). Against Malzahar it does better than that: Malzahar has Locke among the opponents it loses to most, with at least 8 games in the matchup. The lane is on Locke's side on average; your own record in it decides whether it is on yours.

Locke's other worst mid matchups on this patch: Locke vs Galio, Locke vs Akali, Locke vs Orianna. Whether a matchup is a counter follows from six things, range and sustain first: what decides a counter.

How Malzahar plays this matchup

Riot lists Malzahar as mage, on mana, and rates it 2 for attack, 2 for defense, 9 for magic and 6 for difficulty on its own ten-point scale (Data Dragon). Those ratings describe the kit, not the matchup; what the games say is below.

In the mid lane on patch 26.21, Malzahar is tier A with a 51.7% win rate over 484 games (4.3% of mid picks). Against Locke it does worse than that: Locke is one of the opponents it loses to most, with at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%. Playing Malzahar here means playing for the lane you get: give up the early trades its kit does not win, keep the CS and wait for your item spike or your jungler.

Malzahar's other worst mid matchups on this patch: Malzahar vs Aurelion Sol, Malzahar vs Syndra. Whether a matchup is a counter follows from six things, range and sustain first: what decides a counter.

What each side builds

The lane builds of both champions in the mid lane: the finished items and rune pages seen most often over all their opponents, not against each other alone. The shared games hold no build per matchup.

Locke

Most built items

Games · Win rate

The finished items Locke ends mid games with most often.

  • Lich Bane91.0%47.6%
  • Spellslinger's Shoes75.3%47.1%
  • Shadowflame69.5%52.1%
  • Zhonya's Hourglass41.6%51.7%
  • Rabadon's Deathcap30.8%54.7%
  • Stormsurge28.3%51.9%

Runes

Games · Win rate

The keystone with its secondary tree, most played first.

  • Electrocute + Precision56.5%47.2%
  • Electrocute + Resolve38.4%46.9%

Builds rest on 279 Locke games in this lane on patch 26.21 whose items were shared; every item and rune page above was in at least 10 of them. Games: the share of those games with it. This is Locke's mid build over every opponent, not a build for this matchup.

Malzahar

Most built items

Games · Win rate

The finished items Malzahar ends mid games with most often.

  • Spellslinger's Shoes86.4%51.6%
  • Liandry's Torment81.2%54.6%
  • Blackfire Torch77.4%53.0%
  • Rylai's Crystal Scepter58.8%52.0%
  • Shadowflame32.2%53.9%
  • Malignance24.7%45.8%

Runes

Games · Win rate

The keystone with its secondary tree, most played first.

  • Deathfire Touch + Inspiration44.2%51.0%
  • Deathfire Touch + Precision13.4%53.4%
  • Summon Aery + Precision12.4%53.7%

Builds rest on 478 Malzahar games in this lane on patch 26.21 whose items were shared; every item and rune page above was in at least 10 of them. Games: the share of those games with it. This is Malzahar's mid build over every opponent, not a build for this matchup.

Other matchups

Each champion's other measured pairs on this patch, the ones it loses first.

Locke's other matchups

Locke counters, every lane.

Malzahar's other matchups

Malzahar counters, every lane.

Your record in Locke vs Malzahar

  • Your plan, asked first

    Once LazyElo can tell that Locke or Malzahar is your lane opponent, a card in champ select asks for your plan against them, and only then shows the notes you wrote earlier.

  • Your record in it

    Games, wins and losses, when you last played the matchup and your average KDA in it, plus your CS and gold difference at 10 minutes from the games with a timeline.

  • How others did

    How other players in your stored games did in the same matchup, with the number of games.

Matchups is part of Plus; the free plan shows the best 3 picks from your pool. The feature: your own notes for this matchup.

Questions and answers

Does Locke counter Malzahar?

Yes, in the mid lane on patch 26.21: Malzahar is among the opponents it loses to most, with at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%, in the games of LazyElo players at their own elo. Up to three such opponents are listed per champion and lane; Locke is one of Malzahar's.

Does Malzahar counter Locke?

Not in our data on patch 26.21: Locke does not have Malzahar among its worst three matchups in any lane with at least 8 games. That can mean the matchup is close, or that it has too few games here yet; the page says which numbers it rests on.

How many games are behind Locke vs Malzahar?

5,667 ranked games on patch 26.21 in total; in the mid lane Locke has 283 of them and Malzahar 484. A matchup is only called a counter from 8 games between the two, and the data keeps the lists, not the count per pair.

Where is the win rate of Locke vs Malzahar?

Not on this page, on purpose. The shared data behind the site holds each champion's own tier, win rate and games per lane and the list of opponents it does worst against, not the win rate of every pair. Showing a number the data does not hold would be a guess, so the page shows which side the matchup falls on and both champions' own lane numbers instead.

Play Locke vs Malzahar with a plan you wrote yourself

In champ select LazyElo weighs this matchup against your own record on each champion in your pool and says why it suggests a pick. Once it knows your lane opponent it asks for your plan, then shows your notes and your record. You still pick and lock yourself.

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