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How to Win Neeko vs Brand Counter MatchupNeeko is in the a tier of champions

Neeko vs Brand

How to Beat Brand as Neeko in LoLNeeko is in the s tier of champions
MageSupport
Mage

How to Beat Brand as Neeko

based on 6,745 Neeko vs Brand matchups
Win Rate
48.2 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
6.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked LoL rounds every week. Within our database, Neeko battled Brand in 6745 games. Having so many matchups for Neeko versus Brand gives us faith in our capacity to produce informative statistics and a recommended build to smash Brand. This pairing is fairly uncommon. Neeko encounters Brand in only 6.1% of her rounds.

Neeko vs Brand Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Neeko does a poor job of beating Brand. Normally, she wins a lowly 48.2% of the time the champs face off with one another in. In Neeko against Brand rounds, Neeko’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This implies that she probably will get first blood against Brand.

Best Neeko vs Brand Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalHextech Alternator

Core Neeko Items

~22 Mins
CryptbloomHextech RocketbeltZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneSolstice SleighVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Neeko to level upq
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Second ability for Neeko to level upe
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Last skill for Neeko to max outw

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
DominationCheap ShotUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Neeko's passive ability p
Neeko's q ability q
Neeko's w ability w
Neeko's e ability e
Neeko's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
3
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Brand as Neeko

Tips for Playing as Neeko against Brand

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 Win Against Brand

Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.

Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.

Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.

Neeko vs Brand Counter Stats

Neeko Image
Win Rate
48.2 %
VS
Win Rate
51.8 %
Brand Image
5.4
< Kills >
6.2
6.2
< Deaths >
7
8.4
< Assists >
8.8
1.23
< Killing Sprees >
1.44
112
< Minions Killed >
69
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.63
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.42
1,251
< Physical Damage >
827
18,614
< Magic Damage >
23,066
772
< True Damage >
1,332
20,638
< Damage Dealt >
25,225
21,810
< Damage Taken >
25,797
10,670
< Gold Earned >
11,304
1.79
< Towers >
1.53
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
2,529
< Total Healing >
6,024
13,245
< Experience >
13,359
34
< Vision Score >
36
15
< Wards Placed >
15
185
< Time Dealing CC >
234

How to Counter Brand with Neeko in LoL

The stats shown here highlight some critical Neeko versus Brand counter stats that may help us explain the differences between the two. As an example, Neeko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Neeko may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Brand..

Neeko usually has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Brand. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Neeko and Brand

Damage Types Compared

Neeko
Brand
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Neeko
Brand

Who is Better, Neeko or Brand?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Neeko usually loses when playing against Brand, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Neeko makes a bad counter for Brand.

While Neeko does have a lower win rate compared to Brand, when facing one another, Neeko also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Neeko into Brand.

Moreover, Neeko has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Brand. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Neeko vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Neeko is a somewhat poor counter to Brand. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Neeko against Brand.

Other Champion Matchups Against Neeko

Neeko Loses Against

LilliaLillia42.7% winrateZyraZyra44.7% winrateTaricTaric45.4% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45.6% winrate

Neeko Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.8% winrateLee SinLee Sin54.4% winrateLuluLulu54.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Miss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 52.7% 15655 GamesZileanZilean+ 53% 632 GamesUrgotUrgot+ 53% 2183 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.4% 5346 Games

Additional Information for Neeko Players

How We Calculated Our Neeko vs Brand Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Brand as Neeko, we analyzed 6,745 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Brand as Neeko comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Neeko Build Brand Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Neeko to counter Brand 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 suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Neeko typically picks up more CS compared to Brand. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Neeko versus Brand build consist of Cryptbloom, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Neeko combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better versus Brand than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Neeko had an average winrate of 48.2% when playing against Brand with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of beating Brand as Neeko, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Neeko vs Brand counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.2% win rate overall.

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