Neeko vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Neeko
based on 2,431 Neeko vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Neeko vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Neeko vs Soraka Counter Build
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Starter Items
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Core Neeko Items
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Summoner Spells
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Neeko
Tips for Playing as Neeko against Soraka
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 Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Neeko vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Neeko in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several significant Neeko vs. Soraka counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Neeko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, showing that Neeko may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Soraka. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Neeko usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes more damage than Soraka. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Neeko and Soraka
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Who is Better, Neeko or Soraka?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Neeko usually fairs equally well when taking on Soraka, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Neeko makes an ok counter for Soraka.
While Neeko does have a lower win rate than Soraka, when facing one another, Neeko also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Neeko into Soraka.
Moreover, Neeko has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Neeko vs Soraka matchups, Soraka is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Neeko is a somewhat poor counter to Soraka. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Neeko against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Neeko in order to counter Soraka during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Neeko often racks up much more CS relative to Soraka. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Neeko versus Soraka build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Neeko incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs. Soraka than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Neeko boasted an average win rate of 49.2% battling Soraka with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating Soraka as Neeko, Neeko players should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Neeko vs Soraka fights, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.2% win rate overall.
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