Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
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 stats shown on this page clarify some important Vladimir vs. Neeko counter stats that can help us grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Neeko’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Neeko..
Vladimir typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Neeko. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vladimir usually wins when taking on Neeko, with a 51.2% win rate. Thus, Vladimir makes a good counter for Neeko.
While Vladimir does have a higher winrate compared to Neeko, when they face off with one another, Vladimir also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vladimir into Neekoas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vladimir also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Neeko. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Neeko matchups, Vladimir is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Vladimir is a decent counter to Neeko. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vladimir against Neeko.
To truly master Vladimir to counter Neeko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir most often accumulates more CS compared to Neeko. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They 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, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Vladimir versus Neeko build include Frozen Heart, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Vladimir included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Neeko than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Vladimir had an average winrate of 51.2% battling Neeko with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Neeko as Vladimir, you should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Vladimir vs Neeko counters, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Neeko as Vladimir are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.