Neeko vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as Neeko
based on 3,734 Neeko vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Neeko vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best Neeko vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Darius as Neeko
Tips for Playing as Neeko against Darius
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 Darius
When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
Neeko vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with Neeko in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several strategic Neeko versus Darius matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. Neeko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Darius’s ratio of NaN, showing that Neeko may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Darius. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Neeko often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Darius. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Neeko and Darius
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Who is Better, Neeko or Darius?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Neeko usually fairs equally well when playing against Darius, with a 50.1% win rate. Thus, Neeko makes an ok counter for Darius.
While Neeko does have a higher winrate than Darius, when on opposite teams, Neeko also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Neeko into Darius.
Additionally, Neeko also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Darius. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Neeko vs Darius matchups, Neeko is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Neeko is a decent counter for Darius. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Neeko against Darius.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Neeko to counter Darius during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Neeko most often accumulates less CS relative to Darius. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Neeko versus Darius build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Neeko used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus Darius than with most other typical builds. In fact, Neeko had an average win rate of 50.1% when countering Darius with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Darius as Neeko, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Neeko vs Darius battles, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.1% win rate overall.
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