Matchup

Heavy AP damageHeavy CCHigh burstStrong engage

You are stronger late game — farm safe and avoid early trades.

Build vs Neeko

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

Doran's Shield
Health Potion

Core build

Spirit Visage
1vs AP
Heartsteel
2Survival
Randuin's Omen
3vs AD

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Warmog's Armor
5Survival

Summoner spells

61262%
41233%

Anti AD

Plated Steelcaps
4vs AD
Thornmail
5vs Hybride
Dead Man's Plate
vs AD

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

DPS

Titanic Hydra
Bruiser

Other options

Warmog's Armor
Survival
Overlord's Bloodmail
HP
100.0% WR1 games
ResolveResolve
Grasp of the UndyingGrasp of the Undying
DemolishDemolish
Second WindSecond Wind
OvergrowthOvergrowth
InspirationInspiration
Magical FootwearMagical Footwear
Approach VelocityApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedHealth ScalingHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Early (0-15)
Mid (15-30)
Late (30+)
DrMundoDr. Mundo
NeekoNeeko
Neutral
Neutral
Neutral

Neeko's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Inherent Glamour (P)

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.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
39s16s12s
68s16s12s2m
97s15s12s2m
117s14s12s1m45
167s12s11s1m30
187s12s10s1m30

Playing against Neeko

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

1

Check for suspicious ally movements on the minimap — an ally behaving strangely might be a disguised Neeko.

2

Her R has a visible windup: dash or Flash out of the zone before the stun.

3

Neeko is squishy without her burst: if she misses her R, she has nothing impactful left.

4

Her E root is a linear skillshot — stay behind minions but not aligned with them (it passes through).

Source: op.gg + LTL Engine · Patch 16.9.1 · May 9, 2026