Neeko vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Neeko
based on 4,059 Neeko vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Neeko vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Neeko vs Leona Counter Build
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Starter Items
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Core Neeko Items
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Guide to Countering Leona as Neeko
Tips for Playing as Neeko against Leona
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 Leona
When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.
Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.
Neeko vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Neeko in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some influential Neeko versus Leona counter stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Neeko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Leona’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Neeko may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Leona. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Neeko typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Leona. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Neeko and Leona
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Who is Better, Neeko or Leona?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Neeko usually loses when facing off against Leona, with a 47.0% win rate. Therefore, Neeko makes a bad counter for Leona.
While Neeko does have a lower winrate than Leona, when facing one another, Neeko also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Neeko into Leona.
Additionally, Neeko also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Leona. This 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 in League of Legends, in Neeko vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Neeko is a garbage counter to Leona. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Neeko against Leona.
Other Champion Matchups Against Neeko
Additional Information for Neeko Players
How We Calculated Our Neeko vs Leona Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Neeko to counter Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Neeko usually picks up much more CS compared to Leona. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Neeko versus Leona build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Neeko included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better countering Leona than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Neeko had an average win rate of 47.0% when countering Leona with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Leona as Neeko, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Neeko vs Leona matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Leona as Neeko are presented for every ranked division. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.