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Neeko
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Neeko Guide

the Curious Chameleon
Mage
Support
Tier C 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 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

Average KDA
2.8 / 6.3 / 12.4
ratio 2.4
Damage / min
530
CS / min
1.4
Gold / min
318
Kill participation
50%
Vision / min
2.79

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

How to play and combo preview

Written guide · based on the official ability texts

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's strengths

  • Her disguise lets her approach without being identified, and the wind-up of her ultimate is invisible while disguised.
  • Tangle-Barbs roots several enemies and grows if it passes through a champion or kills.
  • Pop Blossom knocks up then stuns every nearby enemy.

Neeko's weaknesses

  • The disguise breaks if she is immobilized, casts an offensive ability or takes enough damage.
  • Her abilities have long cooldowns (Shapesplitter 16 s, Pop Blossom 120 s).
  • Fragile: without her engage, she has no escape.

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
Pop Blossom R Tangle-Barbs E Blooming Burst Q Shapesplitter 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
Blooming Burst Q Shapesplitter 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.

See all 4 Neeko combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

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

Riot's official tips for playing Neeko

Build, runes and summoner spells

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).

Most-built items

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.

Hextech Rocketbelt93.5% of games · 55.2%
Zhonya's Hourglass29.8% of games · 50.0%
Frozen Heart10.9% of games · 63.3%
Imperial Mandate10.5% of games · 62.1%
Stormsurge7.6% of games · 52.4%
Shadowflame4.4% of games · 58.3%

Skill order

Max order : Q > E > W66.7% · 15 games
123456789101112131415
QQ●●●●●
WW●●●
EE●●●●●
RR●●

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).

Starting items

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 2976 gold, 15 CS, 2874 XP. At 15 min: 4602 gold, 23 CS, 4487 XP.

Summoner spells

FlashHeal Flash + Heal56.8% · 192 games
FlashIgnite Flash + Ignite51.4% · 72 games

Most-played runes

Arcane Comet
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
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

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

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

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

Counters and matchups

Who counters Neeko as Support

Karma Neeko: 35.3%17 games

Karma has the edge in 65% of the 17 Support duels against Neeko. See the Karma guide.

Who Neeko is strong against

Karma35.3% · 17 games

How to play against Neeko

Riot's official tips.

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

Neeko Support: what our games say

Laning phase against the Support average

MeasureNeekoSupport averageGap
Gold at 10 min29762918+58
CS at 10 min1514+1
XP at 10 min28742711+163
Gold at 15 min46024507+95
CS at 15 min2320+3
XP at 15 min44874325+162

Measured over 32 Neeko games with a timeline; the average covers 51 champions played Support in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

short under 25 min56.2 %80 games
medium-length 25 to 35 min55.4 %168 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.

Neeko in another role

RoleGamesWin rateCS/minGold/minMost-built items
Mid5058.0 %6.9418Hextech RocketbeltStormsurgeShadowflame

Roles where we have at least 40 Neeko games.

Abilities

Inherent Glamour
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.
Blooming Burst
QBlooming Burst
Neeko throws a seed dealing magic damage. The seed blooms again on hitting champions or killing units.
Shapesplitter
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.
Tangle-Barbs
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.
Pop Blossom
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.

Other Support champions to know

Most played

Nautilus49.9 %Lulu51.2 %Thresh50.1 %Nami49.0 %Bard50.9 %Alistar52.8 %Karma45.9 %Leona51.7 %

Strongest (at least 100 games)

Poppy56.9 %Zilean55.0 %Galio54.2 %Brand54.2 %Lux53.6 %Maokai52.7 %LeBlanc52.3 %Elise52.2 %

Frequently asked questions

What is the best build for Neeko?

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).

Who counters Neeko?

Neeko's toughest matchups as Support are Karma (35.3% win rate over 17 games).

What are Neeko's best matchups?

Neeko posts its best win rates against Karma (35.3%).

What game length suits Neeko best?

Win rate stays steady whatever the game length (55.4% to 56.2%): a reliable pick in every phase of the game.

Which runes should I play on Neeko?

The most-played rune page uses Arcane Comet with the Inspiration secondary tree (166 games, 59.6% win rate).

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