Support
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari is the support item that buys a team-wide second: one well-timed area shield cancels the enemy engage window.
This is a window item. It changes neither your damage profile nor your durability over the fight: it buys the split second where the enemy team planned to drop someone.
It excels in drafts that fight grouped against an engage composition, where a single well-timed active is worth more than any passive stat.
Strategic summary
Locket of the Iron Solari is the support item that buys a team-wide second: one well-timed area shield cancels the enemy engage window.
Its value is not in the stats but in the timing: the shield covers the whole group at once, so it is worth more the tighter your team fights and the more the enemy relies on a single burst.
Meta snapshot
Stats
- Health+200
- Armor+30
- Magic Resist+30
- Ability Haste+10%
Build path
Cloth Armor→
Negatron Cloak→
Kindlegem
Buy when
- The enemy team looks for grouped engages and concentrates its damage into a short window.
- Your team fights front-to-back and stays within range of each other.
Avoid when
- The game is spread out: your carry is alone in the side lane and the area shield never reaches them.
- Only one target needs saving, and a cleanse or a single-target heal does the job better.
Champion examples
Braum is already posted in front of his carry: the area shield naturally layers onto his own shield at the moment of contact.
She initiates and stays in contact; the active lets her cover the allies following her into the engage.
Karma stacks shields: adding an area layer makes her team very hard to break through with a single burst.
Comparisons
Redemption heals from range, even without being there; Locket protects the exact moment of contact. Redemption for long fights, Locket against a single burst.
Mikael saves one target from a lockdown that would kill them; Locket saves the whole group from a burst. The first answers picks, the second answers wide engages.
Shurelya buys movement to enter or leave, Locket buys margin to stay. Pick based on whether your composition wants to engage or to hold.
Common mistakes
- Activating it at the start of the fight, before enemy damage goes out: the shield expires for nothing.
- Building it when the team plays spread out: the shield reaches nobody but you.
- Doubling up another Locket in the same team: the value is halved for 20 seconds.
- Relying on it against damage spread over time, where a heal returns far more.
- Delaying the buy to late game when its value comes from being there for the first engage.
Build contexts
Against a burst engage
Against a composition betting everything on a simultaneous entry, the area shield turns their window into a failure.
Front-to-back teamfight
In a fight where everyone stays grouped, a single active covers the tank, the carry, and the support at once.
Dual-resist support
Armor and Magic Resist in the same purchase: useful when enemy damage is mixed and you have to hold the front line.
Special family
Protective Aura
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FAQ
When should you buy Locket of the Iron Solari in Wild Rift?
When the enemy team plays grouped engages and your own team fights tightly: the area shield only has value if several allies are in range.
How much does the Locket of the Iron Solari shield absorb?
From 250 to 370 damage over 2.5 seconds, on you and nearby allies, with a 60-second cooldown. The value is halved if another Locket has already shielded the target within the last 20 seconds.
Which supports use Locket of the Iron Solari well?
Braum, Leona, and Karma get the most out of it, because they are already in contact when the enemy burst goes out.