Matchup

Heavy AP damageHeavy CCHigh burstStrong engage

You are stronger early — look to snowball before your opponent scales.

Build vs Neeko

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

Scorchclaw Pup
Health Potion

Core build

Eclipse
1DPS
Sundered Sky
2Bruiser
Maw of Malmortius
3vs AP

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Death's Dance
5vs AD

Summoner spells

411100%

Anti AD

Plated Steelcaps
4vs AD
Death's Dance
5vs AD
Guardian Angel
vs AD

Anti Tank

Black Cleaver
5vs Tank
Profane Hydra
vs Tank
Youmuu's Ghostblade
vs Tank

Other options

Sterak's Gage
Survival
100.0% WR2 games
PrecisionPrecision
ConquerorConqueror
TriumphTriumph
Legend: AlacrityLegend: Alacrity
Coup de GraceCoup de Grace
InspirationInspiration
Magical FootwearMagical Footwear
Cosmic InsightCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Early (0-15)
Mid (15-30)
Late (30+)
LeeSinLee Sin
NeekoNeeko
Aggressive
Careful
Careful

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