Neeko vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Neeko
based on 3,690 Neeko vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Neeko vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Neeko vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Neeko
Tips for Playing as Neeko against Katarina
You can set her passive to use hotkeys in the options menu. The default is Shift+F1~F5
Try to use Inherent Glamour sparingly, ineffective uses will put enemies on the alert.
Advice to Win Against Katarina
Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.
Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.
Neeko vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Neeko in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some valuable Neeko against Katarina counter stats that can help you realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Neeko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Neeko may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Katarina..
Neeko normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes less damage than Katarina. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Neeko and Katarina
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Who is Better, Neeko or Katarina?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Neeko usually fairs equally well when playing against Katarina, with a 50.5% win rate. As a result, Neeko makes an ok counter to Katarina.
While Neeko does have a higher winrate than Katarina, when they face off with one another, Neeko also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Neeko into Katarina.
Furthermore, Neeko also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Neeko vs Katarina matchups, Neeko is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Neeko is a decent counter for Katarina. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Neeko against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Neeko to counter Katarina during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Neeko usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Katarina. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well 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 exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Neeko versus Katarina build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Shadowflame. When Neeko bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better against Katarina than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Neeko boasted an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Katarina with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Katarina as Neeko, Neeko players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Neeko vs Katarina counter picks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.5% win rate overall.
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