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

Doran's Shield
Health Potion

Core build

Black Cleaver
1vs Tank
Voltaic Cyclosword
2vs Tank
Titanic Hydra
3Bruiser

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Trinity Force
5DPS

Summoner spells

41252%
41434%

Anti AD

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

Anti AP

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC
Spirit Visage
5vs AP

Anti Tank

Youmuu's Ghostblade
5vs Tank
Serylda's Grudge
vs Tank
Bastionbreaker
vs Tank

DPS

Trinity Force
DPS
Spear of Shojin
Bruiser
Hullbreaker
Bruiser

Other options

Sterak's Gage
Survival
100.0% WR1 games
ResolveResolve
Grasp of the UndyingGrasp of the Undying
DemolishDemolish
Bone PlatingBone Plating
OvergrowthOvergrowth
PrecisionPrecision
Presence of MindPresence of Mind
Legend: BloodlineLegend: Bloodline
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Early (0-15)
Mid (15-30)
Late (30+)
YorickYorick
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