When this happens I always think that the player who insta lock feels really good just with that character. In my case, I am a newbie, just several days playing, and I manage well with just Ringo (lane) and Koshka (jungle). In one game one player started selecting Koshka and instalocking,the secondplayer selected Ringo without locking, I choosed Ringo too, he did not lock the character after several seconds and started opening ardan too...so my interpretation was " I prefer Ringo but...

Mmmm... I have been in the same situation several times and in some cases a 1 vs 2 was an advantage just because I was able to farm gold quicker and in others it was a nightmare because the couple was able to hunt me and make me loose a lot of time... I suppose that it depends a lot of performance and skill in both sides... Best, Haltair

Oka, I am a newbie, I started with the game on Saturday. No MOBA experience, no jungle vs lane experience nothing (AoC and GW2 player). After some games I realized that I was doing almost everything wrong and started reading a couple of guides. I got to karma 5 and focused playing with Ringo and Koshka (just to compare both environments lane and jungle). My best results were a 20-5 (10,4k) with Ringo and 16-3 with Koshka. I suppose that those who played with me the first games were pissed...