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 show several important Volibear against Neeko matchup stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Neeko’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Neeko..
Volibear usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Neeko. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Volibear usually fairs equally well when facing off against Neeko, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Volibear makes an ok counter for Neeko.
While Volibear does have a lower win rate than Neeko, when on opposite teams, Volibear also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Volibear into Neeko.
Moreover, Volibear has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Neeko. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Neeko matchups, Neeko 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 teamfights.
Volibear is a somewhat poor counter for Neeko. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Volibear against Neeko.
If you would like to truly master Volibear 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 suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Volibear on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Neeko. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Volibear versus Neeko build include Frozen Heart, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Volibear bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Neeko than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Volibear had an average winrate of 49.8% battling Neeko with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Neeko as Volibear, Volibear players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Volibear vs Neeko counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Neeko as Volibear are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.