Neeko

Neeko Build

the Curious Chameleon

Role: Support Pick Rate: 1.8% Win Rate: 50.01%

Recommended Build

Summoner Spells

Flash Flash
Heal Heal

Skill Priority

Q E W

Items

Start
World Atlas
Health Potion
Core
Celestial Opposition Celestial Opposition
Hextech Rocketbelt Hextech Rocketbelt
Ionian Boots of Lucidity Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Late
Zhonya's Hourglass
Morellonomicon

Runes

Most Played
Sorcery
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet 84% · 50.1% WR
Manaflow Band
Manaflow Band 65% · 49.5% WR
Transcendence
Transcendence 64.8% · 49.4% WR
Scorch
Scorch 83.2% · 50.1% WR
Inspiration
Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight 1.3% · 54.5% WR
Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery 0.9% · 54% WR
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Health Scaling
Health Scaling
Best WR
Sorcery
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet 84% · 50.1% WR
Nimbus Cloak
Nimbus Cloak 18.6% · 52.2% WR
Celerity
Celerity 18.3% · 52.3% WR
Scorch
Scorch 83.2% · 50.1% WR
Inspiration
Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear 0.7% · 53.8% WR
Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight 1.3% · 54.5% WR
Ability Haste
Ability Haste
Health
Health

Skill Order

Q
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
W
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
R
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Win Rate by Elo

Iron Iron 42.34%
Bronze Bronze 47.16%
Silver Silver 47.85%
Gold Gold 48.43%
Platinum Platinum 49.46%
Emerald Emerald 50.21%
Diamond Diamond 49.40%
Master Master 49.80%
Grandmaster Grandmaster 50.23%
Challenger Challenger 60.00%
All Elos All Elos 49.92%

Best Counters and Matchups for Neeko

See all counters for Neeko

Top 5 Counters Against Neeko

Galio
39.1% WR -9.5%
Taric
39.6% WR -6.7%
Zilean
44.7% WR -1.8%
Tahm Kench
Tahm Kench Matchup detail
45.9% WR -1.3%
Sona
46.7% WR -0.3%

Top 5 Best Matchups for Neeko

Mel
60.3% WR +5.0%
Swain
59.9% WR +9.6%
Maokai
54.9% WR +7.8%
Sylas
54.7% WR +4.2%
Lux
54.3% WR +5.6%

Patch History

V14.17
  • Inherent Glamour Undocumented / New Effect: Can now transform into a Voidmite. Undocumented / Bug Fix: Applying Touch of the Void against any structure no longer breaks her disguise if she is disguised as a non-champion.
V14.16
  • Inherent Glamour Bug Fix: Immolate aura VFX no longer shows when disguised as a non-champion. New Effect: Mountain Dragon Soul's shield now breaks when disguising as a non-champion.
V14.14
  • Inherent Glamour Undocumented / Bug Fix: Infernal Cinders VFX no longer shows while disguising as a non-champion. Undocumented / Bug Fix: Enemy Sundered Sky's Lightshield Strike VFX no longer shows while disguised as a non-champion.
V14.9
  • Stats Selection radius increased to 120 units from 90.
  • Shapesplitter Bug Fix: Recasting no longer counts as unique cast instances for the purposes of activating Spellblade and triggering Kassadin's Force Pulse's passive.
V14.7
  • Shapesplitter Bug Fix: While duplicating an expression or Recall, Neeko can no longer redirect the clone after emoting by using Move Pet Click on a visible enemy unit. Undocumented / Bug Fix: Using an Emote during the cast animation of Blooming Burst or Tangle-Barbs no longer extends Shapesplitter duration while also granting Neeko full control of the clone during the extended duration.
V14.6
  • Shapesplitter Bug Fix: Ivern no longer sees disguised monsters as having an enemy (red by default) health bar instead of the intended friendly health bar (blue by default).
V14.4
  • Shapesplitter Bug Fix: Recasting the ability no longer sometimes causes the clone to visually teleport to the targeted location.
V14.3
  • Shapesplitter Bug Fix: Now properly inherits Smolder's horn in the model due to tier 1 upgrade of Super Scorcher Breath.
V14.2
  • Inherent Glamour Bug Fix: Being disguised as a minion near turrets no longer causes them to lose their backdoor protection.
  • Shapesplitter Bug Fix: No longer sometimes causes her to become stuck in her running animation.
  • Winter Wonder Neeko, Bewitching Neeko, Street Demons Neeko Pop Blossom Bug Fix: Outer ring indicator no longer appears non-horizonal under certain circumstances from the enemy's POV.
V14.1
  • Inherent Glamour Bug Fix: Dark Harvest and Heartsteel no longer reveal her when she's disguised.
  • Shapesplitter Bug Fix: No longer scales with ultimate ability haste.
  • Pop Blossom New Effect: Knockup no longer moves enemies outside of the stun range.
V13.24 - December 12th Hotfix
  • Inherent Glamour Bug Fix: No longer allows Neeko to attack and unintentionally gain attack damage and attack speed when transforming into a non-attacking unit.
V13.24
  • Inherent Glamour Bug Fix: No longer is allowed to inherit the attributes of more than one unit at a time, which sometimes lead her to have 2.5 attack speed.
  • Star Guardian Neeko, Prestige Star Guardian Neeko, Prestige Star Guardian Neeko (2022) Shapesplitter Undocumented / Bug Fix: Using the ability during Homeguard no longer causes the wings VFX to become permanently attached to her model.
V13.22
  • Stats Attack windup reduced to 20% from 21.48387%.
  • Shapesplitter Bug Fix: Clone's Recall now properly displays the VFX for Honor 5 or Challenger recall.
V13.20
  • Shapesplitter Undocumented: The empowered attack no longer triggers against wards and jungle plants.
V13.19
  • Pop Blossom Bug Fix: VFX is no longer visible to enemies from the Fog of War.
V13.18
  • Inherent Glamour Bug Fix: KDA score no longer changes based on unit she is disguised as.
V13.13
  • Inherent Glamour Bug Fix: Can now attack when transformed into a Totem Ward, Farsight Ward, or Control Ward.
  • Blooming Burst Cooldown increased to 9 / 8.5 / 8 / 7.5 / 7 seconds from 7 at all ranks.
  • Shapesplitter Base damage changed to 40 / 75 / 110 / 145 / 180 from 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170.
  • Pop Blossom New Effect: Now breaks Inherent Glamour after 0.5 seconds of casting.
V13.12
  • Inherent Glamour Bug Fix: Can no longer use basic attacks while disguised as a Zombie Ward.
V13.10
  • Inherent Glamour Bug Fix: Passive disguise no longer breaks from basic attacks if disguised as a monster that had died. Bug Fix: Players that ping her items while she is disguised will no longer reveal who she is disguised as. Bug Fix: In-game reporting system no longer reveals her disguise on the scoreboard. Bug Fix: Target champions only setting now properly takes the disguise into account. Bug Fix: No longer retains 2.5 attack speed after transforming into a minion or monster while standing next to a ward which the passive chargeup can start on. Bug Fix: Activating the disguise for an allied Ahri using the Spirit Blossom Ahri skin and having Spirit Rush active now properly causes the disguise to lose the empowered form of that skin after the buff times out.
  • Blooming Burst Bonus monster damage increased to 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 from 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70.
  • Shapesplitter Bonus monster damage increased to 75 from 50.
  • Pop Blossom AP ratio increased to 120% AP from 100% AP.
V13.9 - Gameplay Update
  • Inherent Glamour New Innate: While within 300 units of a non-epic monster, minion, trap, ward, pet, or plant, Neeko stores their Sho'Ma over 2 seconds. Only one of these units can be stored at a time and she can clear out the Sho'Ma of the current unit to change the disguise to a different one. Afterwards, she can transform into that unit by selecting them in the interface. Removed: Disguise no longer breaks upon taking damage. New Effect: Disguise now also breaks upon the form taking lethal damage or when Neeko becomes immobilized or deals damage to a structure while in the form of a non-champion. Removed: Disguise no longer modifies her attack speed or movement speed if the unit's values are higher than hers. Cooldown reduced to 6 seconds at all levels from 25 − 10 (based on level). Bug Fix: Jungle companion now properly becomes invisible while she is disguised as an allied champion.
  • Blooming Burst Bloom base damage reduced to 35 / 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 from 40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140. Bloom AP ratio increased to 25% AP from 20% AP. Effect radius increased to 250 from 225. New Effect: Now deals 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 bonus damage against monsters per bloom. New Effect: Casting the ability beyond its maximum range will now cast the ability at maximum range instead of having her walk into position to throw it.
  • Shapesplitter New Effect: Can now recast the ability in order to send her clone to the target location. New Effect: Clone now plays her Blooming Burst, Tangle-Barbs, dance, joke, taunt, laugh, and Recall animations and their respective sound effects. New Effect: On-hit now deals 50 bonus damage against monsters. Clone now spawns directly on top of her, instead of 100 units in front of her. Bug Fix: Now properly copies certain debuff effects.
  • Tangle-Barbs Base damage reduced to 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 from 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220. AP ratio increased to 65% AP from 60% AP.
  • Pop Blossom Cooldown increased to 120 / 105 / 90 seconds from 90 at all ranks. Base damage reduced to 150 / 350 / 550 from 200 / 425 / 650. Damage AP ratio reduced to 100% AP from 130% AP. New Effect: Now knocks up nearby enemies for 0.6 seconds after starting the windup. Stun duration reduced to 0.75 seconds from 1.25. Removed: No longer shields her for 75 / 100 / 125 (+ 75% AP) after starting the windup, increased by 40 / 60 / 80 (+ 40% AP) per champion, for 2 seconds.

Recommended build

What players actually run on Neeko on the current patch: summoner spells, skill priority, starting, core and late items, runes and skill order.

Every entry comes with its pick rate (how often it is chosen) and, where available, its win rate. For runes, Most Played is the page the majority takes and Best WR the variant that wins most among those with enough games: when they differ, the second is usually the sharper choice, the first the safer one.

Win rate by elo

Neeko's win rate in each rank tier, from Iron to Challenger, plus all tiers combined.

A champion that climbs with rank is usually one that rewards mechanics or game knowledge; one that peaks in low elo is often easy to pick up and punished by better players. Read the tier you play in, not the average. Tiers with no data for this patch are hidden.

Counters and matchups

A preview of the counters page: the five opponents Neeko struggles against the most, and the five it beats most often, on the current patch.

Percentages are Neeko's own win rate in each duel, with the gap to its overall win rate. The full lists, with every matchup that has enough games, are on the counters page linked below each table.

Patch history

Balance changes that touched Neeko, patch by patch, most recent first, as published in the official patch notes.

The ten latest patches are shown, the older ones fold out. Use it to read the win rate movements above: a jump right after a patch is usually a buff or a nerf, not a change in how people play the champion.