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Neeko Guide

the Curious Chameleon

Mage

Support

Tier A Support

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 A among Support champions (#8 of 39, 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.

Averages measured over 275 Support games played with Neeko, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

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.

Role in team fights

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.

The disguised ambush

R › E › Q › W

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.

Harassment

Q › W › AA AA

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.

The root

E › Q

When: An enemy is isolated.

Tangle-Barbs roots every enemy it crosses; if it kills or passes through a champion, it grows and the root lasts longer.

The disguised trap

R › E › Q › AA AA

When: You are disguised as an ally and the enemies are grouped.

Pop Blossom: its wind-up cannot be seen when disguised; nearby enemies are knocked up then damaged and stunned on landing; follow with Tangle-Barbs and Blooming Burst.

Laning phase

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.

Common mistakes

• Breaking your disguise before the engage.
• Casting Tangle-Barbs with no trajectory.
• Forgetting the clone's recast.

Riot's official tips for playing Neeko

• You can set her passive to use hotkeys in the options menu. The default is Shift+F1~F5
• Try to use Inherent Glamour sparingly, ineffective uses will put enemies on the alert.

Build, runes and summoner spells

Summoner spells

Flash + Heal56.8% · 192 games

Flash + Ignite51.4% · 72 games

Most-played runes

Arcane Comet + Inspiration

59.6% · 166 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Nimbus Cloak62%

Celerity51%

Scorch99%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Cosmic Insight99%

Magical Footwear64%

Shards

Adaptive force94%

Adaptive force92%

Health66%

Arcane Comet + Domination

52.4% · 82 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band66%

Transcendence72%

Scorch94%

Secondary tree · Domination

Ultimate Hunter73%

Cheap Shot68%

Shards

Adaptive force80%

Adaptive force77%

Health scaling61%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

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.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team54.4% · 79 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Hextech Rocketbelt 54.0%

Zhonya's Hourglass 50.0%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team58.5% · 65 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Hextech Rocketbelt 59.7% ▲

Zhonya's Hourglass 47.1%

Frozen Heart 72.7%

The item that stands out most is Hextech Rocketbelt: 59.7% win rate, +4 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team53.4% · 131 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Hextech Rocketbelt 53.7%

Zhonya's Hourglass 51.3%

Imperial Mandate 44.4%

Frozen Heart 53.8%

Stormsurge 50.0%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

How to play against Neeko

• Standing behind minions against Neeko is very dangerous as Tangle-Barbs become stronger.
• Pop Blossom's warning visuals are invisible if Neeko is disguised.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Neeko's matchups.

Abilities

PassiveInherent Glamour

Neeko can look like an ally champion or as other units on the map. Receiving immobilizing crowd control, casting damaging spells, damaging enemy towers as a non-champion, or your disguise taking damage equal to its healthbar breaks the disguise.

QBlooming Burst

Neeko throws a seed dealing magic damage. The seed blooms again on hitting champions or killing units.

WShapesplitter

Neeko passively deals bonus magic damage every third attack, briefly increasing her move speed. Neeko can activate to send a clone in a direction and recast to change the direction of the clone.

ETangle-Barbs

Neeko slings a tangle that damages and roots everything it passes through. If the tangle kills an enemy or passes through a champion, it becomes larger, faster, and roots for longer.

RPop Blossom

After a short preparation, Neeko leaps into the air, knocking up all nearby enemies. Upon landing, nearby enemies are damaged and stunned. The preparation is hidden if Neeko is disguised.

Frequently asked questions

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