Xerath vs Neeko
How to Beat Neeko as Xerath
based on 4,272 Xerath vs Neeko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Neeko Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Neeko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Neeko as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Neeko
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Neeko Counter Stats
How to Counter Neeko with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several critical Xerath versus Neeko counter statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Neeko’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Neeko..
Xerath often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Neeko. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Neeko
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Who is Better, Xerath or Neeko?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually wins when taking on Neeko, with a 52.0% win rate. Thus, Xerath makes a good counter for Neeko.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate compared to Neeko, when facing one another, Xerath also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Neekoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Neeko. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Neeko matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Xerath is a decent counter to Neeko. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Neeko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to counter Neeko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind 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.
Xerath often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Neeko. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Xerath versus Neeko build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Xerath included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Neeko than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 52.0% battling Neeko with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Neeko as Xerath, Xerath players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Xerath vs Neeko counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.0% winrate overall.
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