The ever-expanding hero roster of League of Legends continues to grow with the addition of Locke, the game’s newest arrival.
Riot Games officially unveiled Locke on June 9th, revealing his full list of abilities to the public, and it’s already turning heads within the community.
While the Mid-lane AP Assassin champion being added to the LoL roster had already previously been leaked, this is the first time we’ve had the chance to take a look at his detailed kit.
In this article, we’ll check out everything you need to know about Locke in LoL, and explain all the abilities that the Ashen Exorcist will bring to the table.
LoL Locke Abilities Explained
As per the lore, Corvin Locke throws nails, performs dark rituals, and comes from a long line of Demacian occultists.
“Born into lies and hypocrisy, he learned young that demons aren’t the cause of humanity’s darkness, but the consequence. Now, Locke tears through every soul, exposing its darkness, intent on making the world a more honest place… one exorcism at a time.”
Here’s a list of all the abilities of Locke in LoL, as confirmed by Riot Games:
Passive – Silver Stake
- Locke pins enemies’ souls with his attacks, dealing bonus magic damage On-Hit, increased based on the enemy’s missing Health.
Q – Ritual Nails
- Locke readies a set of Soul Nails to throw forward, dealing magic damage and marking enemies hit. The nails apply a slow based on stacks. Attacking the enemy consumes the Soul Nails, dealing magic damage per stack. Restores a portion of cooldown and mana for unspent Nails.
W – Soul Ignition
- Locke releases his own seals, gaining Move Speed decaying over time. While this effect is active, he suffers % health true damage per second but heals back a portion of damage taken plus an additional amount based on missing health and time passed. The seals remain unbound for a few seconds and can be Recast to end early.
E – Ashen Pursuit
- Locke blinks to a location, dealing magic damage around him. Afterward, his next attack dashes to his target, dealing magic damage to all enemies in his path. Each of these hits consumes Soul Nails. Cooldown resets on takedown.
R – Purgatory
- Locke kicks a binding artifact to a location that opens on arrival, shooting chained Soul Nails at enemies in the area, dealing magic damage and slowing. Marked Champions that are brought below a threshold are pulled inside and killed. If a Champion is executed, the duration of the binding is reset on other affected Champions. After a few seconds, the artifact seals itself and is left on the ground if a Champion was sealed. If Locke picks up the artifact, he permanently increases the execution threshold and refunds a portion of his current cooldown for each Champion sealed.
LoL Locke Release Date
As confirmed by the devs, Locke will be available to play in the LoL PBE servers starting today.
For everyone else, mark your calendars: Locke will officially hit the live servers on June 24, 2026, alongside the release of patch 26.13.
