Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
Pop Blossom's warning visuals are invisible if Neeko is disguised.
Standing behind minions against Neeko is very dangerous as Tangle-Barbs become stronger.
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some strategic Sivir vs. Neeko counter stats that may help us understand the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Neeko’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Neeko..
Sivir usually has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Neeko. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sivir usually fairs equally well when taking on Neeko, with a 50.2% win rate. Therefore, Sivir makes an ok counter to Neeko.
While Sivir does have a higher win rate compared to Neeko, when on opposite teams, Sivir also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sivir into Neeko.
Furthermore, Sivir has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Neeko. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sivir vs Neeko matchups, Sivir is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Sivir is a decent counter to Neeko. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Sivir against Neeko.
To truly master Sivir in order to counter Neeko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir usually gets more CS as Neeko. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Sivir versus Neeko build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better versus Neeko than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Sivir boasted an average winrate of 50.2% when countering Neeko with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Neeko as Sivir, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Sivir vs Neeko counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.2% win rate overall.
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