Katarina vs Neeko
How to Beat Neeko as Katarina
based on 3,690 Katarina vs Neeko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Neeko Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Neeko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Neeko as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Neeko
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
Advice to Win Against Neeko
Pop Blossom's warning visuals are invisible if Neeko is disguised.
Standing behind minions against Neeko is very dangerous as Tangle-Barbs become stronger.
Katarina vs Neeko Counter Stats
How to Counter Neeko with Katarina in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several valuable Katarina vs. Neeko counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Neeko’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Neeko. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Katarina usually has a much larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes more damage than Neeko. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Katarina and Neeko
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Who is Better, Katarina or Neeko?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Katarina usually fairs equally well when playing against Neeko, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Katarina makes an ok counter to Neeko.
While Katarina does have a lower win rate compared to Neeko, when on opposite teams, Katarina also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Katarina into Neekoas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Katarina has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Neeko. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Neeko matchups, Neeko is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Katarina is a somewhat poor counter for Neeko. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Katarina against Neeko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Katarina in order to counter Neeko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina on average gets a similar amount of CS as Neeko. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Katarina versus Neeko build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Katarina used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Neeko than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Katarina had an average winrate of 49.5% when countering Neeko with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Neeko as Katarina, Katarina players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Katarina vs Neeko clashes, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.5% winrate overall.
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