Zed

he can time your ult/root

throw root behind yourself if he does ult you

Katarina

outdmgs you a ton :(
can dash before your root hits her
save your root for after she lands on u/dagger (aka use it defensively, NOT offensively)

Galio

across the map ult (take TP to match his R or roam when he is roaming/missing), insane mr, punishes you easily if you mess up, good gank potential for enemy jg

use w to block his dash (can usually tell if he starts walking up on you)

Fizz

zhonyas very very necessary here

save a minion clone copy if you know his ult is up. if you hear his ult voiceline ("SHAAARK"), insta-change into minion to dodge the ult. must time it right; if you do it too early fizz will e onto you, kill your minion copy, revert you back to neeko and you will get hit by ult

Xerath

go comet

so much poke + across the map ult

he is rly squishy tho/has skill shots so dodge well, bait his stun out/block with clone, and punish him.

always ping when he has level 6/ult up, and follow him if he isn't showing in lane/roaming! he most likely will be ulting ur bot from river, so pay attention!

Sylas

go eletrocute

easy to poke, easy to root, easy to kill.

can start w level 1 to harass him with w passive (empowered auto attack)

play in ur wave if he walks up to u, so minions can block his E (dash/stun ability).
try not to use w clone to block his E as it will give him HP back; instead, use it to go invis and move urself AND ur clone away from him

Corki

Qiyana

BRING IGNITE!! dont underestimate her despite her being melee. she can burst you down easily early w ignite early (lvl 3) if you're even remotely poked down/missing the slightest hp, and she has insane reach to get to you from halfway across the lane. do not be greedy with TP and just recall if you're half/low, don't hug walls/your tower when she has ult/hits 6.

if she's aggressive, she will have her wave pushed under your tower, which makes it an easy gank for your jungler.

if she goes invis in her brush, walk back but move your clone into her brush to spot where she is

Janna

annoying asf for suppko;

if you try to ult her she'll just ult you away. save ur ult for AFTER she ults

Ahri

electrocute>comet feels better in this lane

Akali

Akshan

a good akshan is pretty oppressive to play against; will be able to tower dive you with E and get away with it

they always take ignite, so be aware of his early game damage.
can E to a corner of the lane and jump you; block his e animation with your w clone.

ping when he's missing as he might be stealthed walking in river to gank your bot/top.

Anivia

Ambessa

Annie

go electrocute

be wary when she has 3 stacks up, not 4; an experienced annie will stay at 3 stacks to bait you into coming closer to try to poke her, then spam abilities onto you to stun you.

Ashe

use W to block her ult

slows are pretty annoying but try not to put yourself in a position where she can get her Q off on you.

Aurelion Sol

use your E+Q combo when he's Q'ing wave (channeling ability)

don't stand in wave to avoid taking damage from his E AOE.

he scales later in game

Aurora

Azir

Brand

go comet

a lot of poke; stand away from minions to avoid getting poked

when his abilities are down you can try to poke him with your abilities up

Cassiopeia

Diana

Draven

Ekko

Ezreal

similar to cait; if you try to ult him with his E up, he will just E away, so make him use it first before you initate.

pokes you a lot :(

Caitlyn

outranges you.

if you try to ult her with her E up, she'll just E out of it, so make sure she uses it first.

Cho'Gath

Gangplank

Garen

you outrange him, so laning phase isn't too bad. just don't get in melee range or close enough.

if you're half hp past lvl 6, and you waste your E, he can kill you with ignite > R.

Yone

i prefer electrocute in this match-up; comet is decent too though!

give him lane/wave prio when he has his Q knock-up up (tornado around him)

if you try to E him, he can just counter E your root, so save your E when he uses his first or you are guaranteed to hit it.

Yasuo

will windwall when you E/root him, so just use Q to poke instead.

don't stand close to your wave as he can easily dash through it to hit/Q you. same thing for when you're matching him sidelane

Zyra

a lot of poke, however very squishy.

Ziggs

go comet. he pokes a lot so u want to do short trades; can go electrocute if you're confident you can burst him perma

Zilean

counters your ult with his (revive)

Zoe

electrocute/comet are both good options here; go off personal preference/playstyle. (i would go electrocute though)

use W to block her E (sleep), or if you did get hit by E, use W right before you get CC'd and use clone to block her Q for yourself.

Viktor

take comet as he pokes so u want to do short trades

outscales you

if you can get ahead of him early it helps to an extent

Vex

use w to block her ult

bait out her fear before engaging on her (red bar under her HP); you can tell if it's up depending on whether it's yellow (fear filling up) or red (any ability she uses will use up her fear bar).

Vel'Koz

take comet for short trades
outranges you + pokes u a lot

Veigar

outscales you late game.

if he's chasing you to try to ult you, change into a non champion (minion for example), so he cannot cast ult on you (must do this BEFORE he presses R on you as the ult animation can still follow through if you convert mid veigar R animation)

Seraphine

Soraka

actually don't underestimate soraka mid. can heal off your clone, so try not to put in a spot where she can Q it (circle that she calls down)

yes she is very squishy but she can still do decent dmg to you and E/silence you when you ult on her

Twitch

twitch mid usually perma roams a lot, so spam ping when he is missing !

relatively squishy tho. buy pink wards when he tries to go invis to get away to catch him.

Smolder

Tristana

can insta engage on you with her jump (W)

Teemo

the only thing he has against you is his E (blind) + very squishy + easy to ult him (no cc)

just e + q perma, if he blinds you then w for invis to stall for blind CD.

Twisted Fate

electrocute viable here

ping when he is about to hit 6
ping when he IS level 6
ping when his ult is up

take tp and save it for when he ults

be aware of your teammates hp or if they are overextended and TF is missing, so you can rotate on time
(use w in river to roam faster)

Leona

suppko

change into minion to dodge her E (sword that brings her to target direction) to avoid being hit by it

Talon

Taliyah

pay attention when she's lvl 6 as she'll be looking to roam with it to other lanes.

Tahm Kench

Syndra

out-ranges you and has a high damaging ult.

Swain

bait out his ult, and do not engage on him if his ult is up! (big red radius around him; his ult gives him bonus damage and healing per target affected)

wait until his ult is on CD, then you can re-engage.

don't play in minion wave so he has to decide if he wants to hit wave or do damage to you.

walk sideways when he tries to E you (E is his root that he pulls out and recasts to pull you back in)

Sivir

will shield your E so save ur E and poke her with Q until she uses her shield

Skarner

Sion

rly rly hard for neeko to deal with

he's simply too tanky for neeko at every stage of the game; you end up out of mana before he's close to low + hard for her to match him in sidelanes too. either try to swap with your top laner or rush liandries.

if you're ahead/fed then it's somewhat manageable but still difficult

if you hear his ult, use w + recall (to stall clone despawn); stand behind clone to make it block sion ult for you

Ryze

outscales you, and becomes very tanky with ROA once he builds it.

Renekton

has a crazy distance closing dash, so use your E/root sparingly to defensively root him if he tries to dash onto you

Rell

suppko

Rakan

suppko

tank neeko and rakan are actually very similar; mobile + engaging ult.

most good rakans will just E away if you try to root him, so throw Q onto him/auto attack and poke him with your W instead.
if he does engage onto you or use up his dash, THEN you can E him; otherwise it's very tricky.

Irelia

taking ignite won't help you.

extremely scary at all phases of the game, but especially laning phase.
this lane is all about surviving laning phase and hoping your jg ganks you

can close gap on you easily so don't stand near your wave/minions
does a lot of damage to you early so play passive (give up cs if you have to) and just let her push wave and play under your tower
a good irelia can and WILL ult you from across lane

Q a low hp minion as she will Q/dash to it (this is your only way of doing any damage to her)
use E defensively, never offensively as she will just Q away to a diff minion.
when your E is down against her you are basically useless

scary to match her sidelane as well; just have to hope your team can help you against her

Malzahar

save Q for his voidlings and oneshot them all at once

don't stand near your wave if you see his E (purple infection) on them, as it will infect/deal damage onto you.

don't use your abilities if his shield is up; auto him first to get rid of said shield, and then you can use your abilities.

Orianna

laning against her isn't bad, but its her ult/impact during teamfights that's really annoying.

Nautilus

suppko

Pantheon

poke him with q! if you e him, he will reactively E/put up his shield to negate your Q damage.

be wary of him when he gets 6, as he could roam to other lanes with it.

Mel

really annoying as she'll just perma W/reflect your E/root and play back when her reflect is on CD. only throw out Q's first, and once her reflect is on CD you can E and catch her.

if you plan on ulting/engaging her, make her use reflect first before doing so, or else she will negate all incoming burst damage.

if she throws out her E/root, sidestep to dodge it

if she Q's (conjested small circle of dmg) and she doesn't hit you with it, throw out clone to take damage from it to take the comet damage.

Morgana

block her Q (root) with your W (clone)

Lux

go comet

don't stand in waves so she has to pick between poking you or hitting waves with her abilities

Lucian

very strong early + out ranges you

Lucian

suppko

really annoying as every time you use E, he will just dash away from it.

just poke with Q until he uses his dash; then you can E > Q him. otherwise waste of mana

Lissandra

Hwei

go comet as he has a lot of poke. use W/clone to tank his ult.

LeBlanc

a lot of burst/poke.

Heimerdinger

go comet as he has a lot of poke, and you can't play up where his turrets are.

Bard

suppko

he'll be roaming a lot, so buy boots first back to match him (most likely will be ganking enemy mid)

don't be directly behind your clone nor put your clone directly behind you or else bard Q will stun you easily.

Thresh

suppko

use w and walk back to make your clone tank his Q (hook)