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Recommended Items
Runes: Comet - Poke Page
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
Spells:
Flash
Ignite
Items
Threats & Synergies
Blitzcrank
you win 2v2 hard perma but 1 gank and its GG. Rocketbelt is nioce for dodging hook or full tank and passive bait him to hook you with ult prep
Caitlyn
One of best combos. You can both poke early. she can q over your root in minion wave and once you have 2 points into root she can trap combo it. In teamfights she doesn't need as much peel so you can go for big ults more often.
Caitlyn
One of best combos. You can both poke early. she can q over your root in minion wave and once you have 2 points into root she can trap combo it. In teamfights she doesn't need as much peel so you can go for big ults more often.
Champion Build Guide
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Welcome tomatoes! I am Doglightning an Challenger Neeko Support main. I have been playing league since season 3 but s9 was my first season I really tried to progress as I was done with school. I hit Diamond for the first time playing Neeko support and managed to climb my way up to Master by the end of the split. Now in s10 I have hit grandmaster from being a plat player a year ago. To me this is proof of Neekos viability as I am not just a high elo player I actually managed to climb to high elo using this champion! This guide is updated for Season 10, so you know the information to be the best comes from the best and ensures YOU get the most up to date information possible. Why Neeko support? Other the the fact that she's hella fun and cute! She's also got good synergies with most adcs and is good vs most tanks and healers. She can play many different styles. Engage, disengage and vision control are all things Neeko excels at. I like to think of her like a lower dmg Zyra but has the ability to engage more aggressively. If you are looking for an off meta support then I strongly recommend Neeko! |
+ Good base damage + Great CC + Peel/Engage + Lane bully + Excellent at vision control + Only mage support with an escape + Fun passive Neeko is an very underrated support. She can disengage with Tangle-Barbs & Pop Blossom while still able to look for engages when her Flash is off cooldown. Neekos vision control is one of the best in the game imo because of Shapesplitter allowing her to safely ward alone without getting caught. She is also the only mage in the game with an escape thanks to Shapesplitter so you can pick her into engage tanks and not int if you get caught. |
- Low range - Squishy - Falls off late - Hard to play from behind - High skill floor - Gets flamed by teammates Neeko has short range for a mage because she has an escape which most mages don't have. Unfortunately this short range makes her a harder champ to play at first and very weak into mages who will out rage you. Neeko is very squishy and falls off late game so you will need to end games ASAP. The worst part about Neeko imo is that she is off meta so people will instantly blame you when you are losing so you must have thick skin and mute these type of people! |
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Predator is a good option if you think you don't have kill pressure in lane and want to roam. Say its a Ezreal and Soraka then you will be safe to leave adc 1v2 and roam early. First back get your Boots and look to roam mid or top. When you hit 6 you have insane lane pressure since you can hard engage at any point. |
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Ghost Poro is better in low elos because for one the enemy is less likely to sweep wards making it easier to stack compared to higher elo where they enemy is constantly sweeping wards before you can convert them into powos. |
Ingenious Hunter is a must if you are running Predator as it significantly reduces the cd. Also is mandatory if you plan on running the enchanter neeko items. |
Second Wind is a very good option vs poke lanes. In combination with Taste of Blood you will be healing about an extra 200hp b4 first back which is more than a extra pot. |
Overgrowth scales really well later into the game since you get free health from the support item and 300hp from Hextech Rocketbelt. Unflinching is good if the enemy bot lane as a lot of cc and you want free tenacity. For example this rune is really good vs Nautilus. |
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Guardian is good if you have a weak early adc and want to protect him from getting all in from the enemy support. If the enemy support engages on your or the adc just walk in range of Guardian to proc the shield and block a ton of damage. |
Never can go wrong since if you don't get plates in lane it's still useful to help push towers later. Font of Life is kinda useless early. It heals when people auto attack people that you have rooted for a % of your hp. Early because you don't have hp it barely heals anything. Later when you finish Hextech Rocketbelt and Bulwark of the Mountain it will start to heal a decent amount in teamfights. |
Second Wind is good into poke lanes where you are just constantly taking damange. Bone Plating is good vs all in lanes where you wanna avoid getting bursted. |
If enemy has a lot of cc than Unflinching is really good. You can get this and Mercury's Treads to avoid getting cc chained. |
Zombie Ward is good for scaling to late game and getting lots of free vision when sweeping wards. Also gives 30ap later. |
Relentless Hunter is good if you wanna go full ap Neeko and be able to rotate around the map faster as you don't need item cdr with just protobelt. |
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Arcane Comet is amazing if your lane is very easy to poke out. This inherently means its worse into shields and heals because they will just sustain the poke out. Landing a good root lvl 1 or 2 will guarantee that the comet and scorch both hit giving 35 free dmg on your first spell that hits which is the same dmg as electrocute. |
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All the options in this part of the tree are viable but I think Celerity is the best. This rune will add about 9 ms when you finish your boots and will add about 15 ms everytime you use Shapesplitter. |
Waterwalking is imo a really clutch rune. Neeko is a early/mid game champ. the movespeed from Waterwalking allows better roaming in the early game while giving movespeed for big ults mid game. By this I mean a lot of the game winning Neeko ults are around baron and dragon making the extra 25 ms in river very valuable. |
Hextech Flashtraption is really fun with Nimbus Cloak because you can combo the extra ms with your Shapesplitter to get some extra distance in the stealth. |
Biscuit Delivery is very good when taking Arcane Comet because you will oom in lane taking Blooming Burst level 1 and Biscuit Delivery gives you 10% of your missing mana back. |
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Inherent Glamour (Passive): Neekos passive allows her to disguise herself as an ally. Imo there are two uses that are super important. One is you can use the passive you hide your ult cast and two that you gain the base movespeed of the ally you turn into. Make sure when roaming you are getting the best ms champion. As for trickery just play around with it changing into low hp allies and try to bait the enemy. Click to watch a few passive tricks |
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Blooming Burst (Q): For Support Blooming Burst isn't that good which is why I leave it at one point usually. Since it bounces when it hits a target you can use it to check if enemies are in bushes. Not to much more to say about this spell. |
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Shapesplitter (W): Neekos clone is one of her most unique spells and has many functions. you can use it to dodge spells, deaggro minion wave, start a slow push, trick enemy, avoid ganks and many more. If you want to see how to do these tricks then click right here! |
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Tangle-Barbs (E): Tangle-Barbs is the bread and butter of Neeko support. The first target hit will be a half duration but every target after that will be double duration which at max rank is 3 SEC! Try to always send your root through the minions before you hit the enemy. An EXTREMELY IMPORTANT trick is you can root then flash after to make the root harder to dodge rather than flash then root after. Click here to see how it's done. |
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Pop Blossom (R): Pop Blossom is probably one of the most satisfying abilities in the game. You can hide its cast with neekos passive then flash on the enemy at the last second and they won't know what hit them. Its important that you don't only use Pop Blossom for engages when you get to teamfights. You need to learn to use it for disengage just as much as you engage with it. Try holding it in teamfights sometimes until maybe 10 sec later rather than blowing it at the start! Full combo example. |
trades. Adc's like Kai'Sa, Lucian and Tristana all want to get their full dps combo off
and long roots help enable your adc to carry. There are also adc's that can combo your root
if you put extra points in it. Great example is Caitlyn can easily trap under your root once
you have 2 points in it and Xayah can Q auto and E to combo your root with her own root.
Another side benefit of maxing root immediately is once you hit 6 you can Tangle-Barbs
into a Pop Blossom without having to worry that they might flash out of your ult since the
extended root duration is 2.4 sec by the time you hit lvl 6.
It is important to note that you do not want to max Tangle-Barbs vs mobile adc's that can
dodge the root like Vayne, Lucian or Ezreal. Also vs Sivir you do not want to max
root or she will just spell shield it. Max Blooming Burst and make her choose between getting
poked or rooted.
are more just looking for quick trades. Adc's like Ezreal, Varus and Ashe are great
with this since they can poke with you early and look for all ins once you hit lvl 6. Since Jhin
can extend a lvl 1 root easily with his Deadly Flourish it is a good idea to do the poke style
with him. Also vs Morgana you can break her rank 1 Black Shield with a rank 3
Blooming Burst so its good to level this style vs her.
Why W then E first?
1. Shapesplitter has no mana cost so you are much less likely to oom before first back.
2. Once you hit lvl 2 you can stealth out of a bush and look for an empowered root for an easy first blood.
3. If you get ganked early it's better to have Shapesplitter and Tangle-Barbs then Blooming Burst.
4. In an early all in you will get more dmg out of Shapesplitter which is why I run Attack Speed.
5. You can trade very efficiently with Shapesplitter lvl 1 since it cannot be dodged and you can deaggro the minion wave after you trade to take no dmg in return. Deaggro technique.
6. If you cannot trade lvl 1 say its a Draven Nami then you can use Shapesplitter to push the wave and hit lvl 2 first.
Why max W 2nd?
Starting Items
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This video of me vs Aphromoo is great at highlighting the power of starting Shapesplitter into Tangle-Barbs. Level 1 you want to be autoing the minions to get your empowered auto then poking the enemy. Notice how after I auto the vayne in the video I instantly pop Shapesplitter to deaggro the 3 ranged minions that would of attacked me! I then predict a gank coming and since I had Tangle-Barbs I am able to CC the graves and save my adc. If I had started Blooming Burst I would have done less dps then Shapesplitter and probably wouldn't have been able to make this play happen. |
If you are in a lane where you are in a losing matchup this is okay since Neeko can win at 6 even if you fall a bit behind. Remember to use your passive Inherent Glamour to disguise your ult and look for flash ults to catch your opponent off guard. If you are losing lane so bad that you cannot win at 6 go roam. Using Inherent Glamour to look like a jungler can really throw top/mid off when you gank!
Once mid game hits you want to be getting vision around the objectives your team will be fighting over. That could be drag/baron/ a tower. Utilizing Neekos Shapesplitter will be key to safely getting vision down without needing a teammate to babysit you. Neekos ability to safely ward alone is one of her greatest strengths as a support and it's why I max Shapesplitter 2nd. To reduce the CD and increase your ms for engages. Speaking of engages lets go over your role for teamfighting. This can be difficult to learn as Neeko can act as your teams engage/disengage. Once you get into this phase of the game ask yourself a few questions. Does my team have better engages then me? Will my adc need peeling? Is my adc very fed? These are really important into discovering your role in a teamfight. If your team has great engage like a Zac then you should let him engage. You can follow up his engage with your combo but this is when you need to ask yourself if your adc needs you too peel. If it's a self peeling adc like Kai'Sa, Xayah or Ezreal feel free to follow up on your teams engage but if its a Jinx, Ashe or Jhin you should consider holding your Pop Blossom for peeling them. Defending against Baron pushes is something Neeko is great at. Since your adc will have a tower to protect them this is a great time you use your Sweeping Lens and go hide in a flank. If you use Inherent Glamour to disguise yourself as a teammate and come from behind with a big Pop Blossom & Hextech Rocketbelt & Flash combo this can be an easy way to come back in games. Teams with baron always play over aggressive and if you have been peeling all game they won't expect you to be flanking them! Just remember you might lose your team games when learning when you need to be an engager and an peeler but you need to just keep failing until you learn the best times to be doing each role. Most mage/enchanter supports can only disengage and peel. Neekos ability to engage is what makes her so fun! |
I used JHOIJHOI guide Making a Guide to create this.
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