Neeko with Garen
How to Synergize Neeko and Garen
based on 3,907 Neeko with Garen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Neeko Garen Synergy Summary
Best Neeko vs Garen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Neeko and Garen
Tips for Playing as Neeko with Garen
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 Understand How Garen Will Play
Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.
Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.
Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.
Neeko Garen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Garen as Neeko in LoL
The Neeko Garen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Garen, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Neeko sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Garen. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Garen helps Neeko perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Neeko tries to synergize with Garen, she gets a small increase in her complete damage output. This could signal that Garen provides protection for her to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Neeko is played together with Garen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Garen.
Additionally, when Neeko plays with Garen on the same team, she often receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Garen does a poor job of protecting Neeko in teamfights.
Synergies between Neeko and Garen
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Is Neeko better when played alongside Garen?
There is no one best companion for Neeko that will no matter what be her #1 synergy. Yet, Garen is a not very good companion for Neeko. By locking into the same side as Neeko, he lowers their win rate by -2.3% to 47.1%. This shows that there is a negative bond between Neeko and Garen that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Garen has a lower difficulty than Neeko. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Garen teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by pairing Neeko and Garen together, you may not be granting your team a lot of support. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that fills this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of your Garen ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Neeko in order to pair well with Garen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to have in your Neeko and Garen synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Neeko combined at least these three great items in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Garen than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Neeko boasted an average win rate of 47.1% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Garen with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, Neeko players should use 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 players used for Neeko and Garen pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Garen with Neeko are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.