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Neeko Mid build & stats

MageSupport C 324 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
50.9%
Pick rate
0.4%
Ban rate
0.7%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Start with

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
400 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
50.0% 18 games

Build in this order

Hextech Rocketbelt 1
Hextech Rocketbelt
2,650 gold
Imperial Mandate 2
Imperial Mandate
2,400 gold
Zhonya's Hourglass 3
Zhonya's Hourglass
3,250 gold
8,300 gold
71.4% WR 14 games

Boots

Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
1,250 gold
66.7% 9 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Inspiration Inspiration
53.3% WR
15 games · 5% pick
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Inspiration Inspiration
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Teleport
55.2% 67 games

Max order

Blooming Burst Q Tangle-Barbs E Shapesplitter W
46.7% 15 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Neeko

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Neeko wins 50.9% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (324 games).
  • Most common core: Hextech Rocketbelt → Zhonya's Hourglass → Stormsurge — 35% win rate over 17 games.
  • Take Arcane Comet as keystone: picked in 41% of games with a 52% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Syndra (82% over 11 games). Hardest: Yasuo (36% over 11 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Neeko scales: 54% win rate after 35 minutes versus 43% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Imperial Mandate
Imperial Mandate
71.4% WR
14 games · 4% pick
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
16.7% WR
6 games · 2% pick
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Imperial Mandate
Imperial Mandate
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
40.0% WR
5 games · 2% pick

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
50.0% WR
18 games · 6% pick

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
55.1% WR
89 games · 27% pick
Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
50.0% WR
16 games · 5% pick
Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
66.7% WR
9 games · 3% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
80.0% 2% (5)
70.8% 7% (24)
66.7% 2% (6)
63.9% 11% (36)
58.1% 13% (43)
57.8% 31% (102)
47.2% 16% (53)
33.3% 3% (9)
33.3% 1% (3)
33.3% 1% (3)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
50.0% WR
26 games · 8% pick
Electrocute
Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Inspiration Inspiration
53.3% WR
15 games · 5% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Cosmic Insight Cash Back
Sorcery Sorcery + Inspiration Inspiration
66.7% WR
6 games · 2% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight

Keystones

  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 54.7%16% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 47.7%14% pick
  • Summon Aery Summon Aery Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies. 60.0%3% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 55.2%21% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 50.0%13% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Blooming Burst Q Tangle-Barbs E Shapesplitter W 46.7%15 games

Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (75%), Q → E → W (33%), Q → W → Q (0%).

  • PInherent Glamour

    Neeko can look like an ally champion or as other units on the map. Receiving immobilizing crowd control, casting damaging spells, damaging enemy towers as a non-champion, or your disguise taking damage equal to its healt...

  • QBlooming Burst

    Neeko throws a seed dealing magic damage. The seed blooms again on hitting champions or killing units.

  • WShapesplitter

    Neeko passively deals bonus magic damage every third attack, briefly increasing her move speed. Neeko can activate to send a clone in a direction and recast to change the direction of the clone.

  • ETangle-Barbs

    Neeko slings a tangle that damages and roots everything it passes through. If the tangle kills an enemy or passes through a champion, it becomes larger, faster, and roots for longer.

  • RPop Blossom

    After a short preparation, Neeko leaps into the air, knocking up all nearby enemies. Upon landing, nearby enemies are damaged and stunned. The preparation is hidden if Neeko is disguised.