Akali with Neeko
How to Synergize Akali and Neeko
based on 3,604 Akali with Neeko pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Akali Neeko Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Akali and Neeko
Tips for Playing as Akali with Neeko
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Understand How Neeko Will Play
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.
Akali Neeko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Neeko as Akali in LoL
The Akali Neeko synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Neeko, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Akali sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Neeko. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Neeko helps Akali perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Akali is paired with Neeko, she gets a barely noticable drop in her complete damage dealt. This change may signal that Neeko does not support by providing protection for her to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Akali is played together with Neeko on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Neeko.
Moreover, when Akali plays with Neeko on the same team, she on average receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Neeko does a poor job of covering Akali during teamfights.
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Is Akali better when played alongside Neeko?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Akali that will 100% of the time be her top ally. Yet, Neeko is a not very good teammate for Akali. By playing on the same team as Akali, she lowers their win rate by -1.2% to 47.9%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Akali and Neeko that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Neeko has a lower difficulty than Akali. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Neeko allies to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, Akali players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by grouping Akali and Neeko together, you may not be granting your side enough engage potential. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Neeko teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akali to synergize with Neeko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to focus on in your Akali and Neeko synergy build include Lich Bane, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Akali incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting alongside Neeko than with many other common builds. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 47.9% when playing alongside Neeko with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, Akali players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.9% win rate overall.
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