Neeko, the Curious Chameleon, is a mage and support champion of medium difficulty. Across our 325 analysed ranked games, Neeko is mostly played as Support (85% of its games), and more rarely in Mid (15%), with a 54.9% win rate in that role: tier C among Support champions (#33 of 38, ranked by win rate). Neeko's damage is mostly magic (88%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate stays steady whatever the game length (55.4% to 56.2%): a reliable pick in every phase of the game.
Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22
Averages measured over 275 Support games played with Neeko, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.
Neeko is a chameleon mage-support: her passive lets her take on the appearance of an ally or a unit, until she is immobilized, casts an offensive ability or takes damage. Blooming Burst blooms twice, Shapesplitter sends a clone, Tangle-Barbs roots, and Pop Blossom knocks up then stuns.
Neeko approaches disguised, casts her ultimate to knock up and stun every nearby enemy, then roots the runners with Tangle-Barbs. A single successful engage can decide the fight, but she gets no second chance if the ultimate is missed.
When: You are disguised near the enemies.
Pop Blossom: the wind-up is invisible if you are disguised, you leap knocking up and on landing you damage and stun; Tangle-Barbs then roots.
When: An enemy is within range.
Blooming Burst damages and blooms a second time; every 3 attacks, Shapesplitter deals bonus damage and speeds you up.
See all 4 Neeko combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →
Disguised, you can surprise: the wind-up of your ultimate cannot be seen if you are disguised. Blooming Burst blooms again if it hits a champion or kills.
Builds vary a lot; the most-built finished items are Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Frozen Heart (the first is bought in 93.5% of games).
Item choices vary too much for a single core build to repeat: these are the finished items most often owned at the end of the game, with the share of games in which they are bought.
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The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 32 games).
At 10 min: 2976 gold, 15 CS, 2874 XP. At 15 min: 4602 gold, 23 CS, 4487 XP.
For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).
We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Neeko's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.
No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.
The item that stands out most is Hextech Rocketbelt: 59.7% win rate, +4 points versus its usual win rate.
No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.
Karma has the edge in 65% of the 17 Support duels against Neeko. See the Karma guide.
Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Neeko's matchups.
| Measure | Neeko | Support average | Gap |
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| Gold at 10 min | 2976 | 2918 | +58 |
| CS at 10 min | 15 | 14 | +1 |
| XP at 10 min | 2874 | 2711 | +163 |
| Gold at 15 min | 4602 | 4507 | +95 |
| CS at 15 min | 23 | 20 | +3 |
| XP at 15 min | 4487 | 4325 | +162 |
Measured over 32 Neeko games with a timeline; the average covers 51 champions played Support in our ranked games.
Best result: short (under 25 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.
Roles where we have at least 40 Neeko games.
Builds vary a lot; the most-built finished items are Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Frozen Heart (the first is bought in 93.5% of games).
Neeko's toughest matchups as Support are Karma (35.3% win rate over 17 games).
Neeko posts its best win rates against Karma (35.3%).
Win rate stays steady whatever the game length (55.4% to 56.2%): a reliable pick in every phase of the game.
The most-played rune page uses Arcane Comet with the Inspiration secondary tree (166 games, 59.6% win rate).
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