Akali vs Neeko
How to Beat Neeko as Akali
based on 7,321 Akali vs Neeko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Neeko Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Neeko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Neeko as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Neeko
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Win Against Neeko
Pop Blossom's warning visuals are invisible if Neeko is disguised.
Standing behind minions against Neeko is very dangerous as Tangle-Barbs become stronger.
Akali vs Neeko Counter Stats
How to Counter Neeko with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some critical Akali vs. Neeko matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Neeko’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Neeko. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Akali often has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes more damage than Neeko. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Neeko
Damage Types Compared
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Who is Better, Akali or Neeko?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akali usually fairs equally well when taking on Neeko, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Akali makes an ok counter for Neeko.
While Akali does have a lower win rate than Neeko, when facing one another, Akali also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Akali into Neekoas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Akali has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Neeko. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akali vs Neeko matchups, Neeko is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Akali is a somewhat poor counter to Neeko. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Akali against Neeko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Akali in order to counter Neeko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Neeko. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Akali versus Neeko build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Akali bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Neeko than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 49.6% when playing against Neeko with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Neeko as Akali, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Akali vs Neeko counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Neeko as Akali are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.