Neeko vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Neeko
based on 4,272 Neeko vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Neeko vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Neeko vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Neeko
Tips for Playing as Neeko against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Neeko vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Neeko in LoL
The stats provided here show several vital Neeko against Xerath counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Neeko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Neeko may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Xerath..
Neeko usually has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Xerath. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Neeko and Xerath
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Who is Better, Neeko or Xerath?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Neeko usually loses when playing against Xerath, with a 48.0% win rate. As a result, Neeko makes a poor counter for Xerath.
While Neeko does have a lower winrate than Xerath, when on opposite teams, Neeko also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Neeko into Xerath.
Furthermore, Neeko has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Neeko vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Neeko is a trash counter to Xerath. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Neeko against Xerath.
Other Champion Matchups Against Neeko
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Neeko to counter Xerath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Neeko on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Xerath. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Neeko versus Xerath build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Neeko used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Xerath than with most other typical builds. In fact, Neeko had an average winrate of 48.0% when countering Xerath with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Xerath as Neeko, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Neeko vs Xerath matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.0% win rate overall.
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