Katarina with Neeko
How to Synergize Katarina and Neeko
based on 1,805 Katarina with Neeko pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Katarina Neeko Synergy Summary
Best Katarina vs Neeko Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Katarina and Neeko
Tips for Playing as Katarina with Neeko
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
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.
Katarina Neeko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Neeko as Katarina in LoL
The Katarina 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, Katarina 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 fall shows that Neeko helps Katarina perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Katarina tries to synergize with Neeko, she observes a little drop in her full damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Neeko does not provide cover for her to deal more damage or that her presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Katarina is played alongside Neeko on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Neeko.
Additionally, when Katarina plays with Neeko on the same team, she usually takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Neeko does a poor job of protecting Katarina during team fights.
Synergies between Katarina and Neeko
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Is Katarina better when played alongside Neeko?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Katarina that will 100% of the time be her #1 synergy. However, Neeko is a relatively poor companion for Katarina. By being on the same team as Katarina, she decreases their win rate by -1.9% to 46.9%. This demonstrates that there is a bad bond between Katarina and Neeko that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Neeko has a much lower diffuclty than Katarina. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Neeko teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Katarina players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Combined, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by pairing Katarina and Neeko together, you probably will not be giving your team enough protection for burst damage. Make sure to have other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Neeko teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will 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 Katarina in order to work well with Neeko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to include in your Katarina and Neeko synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Katarina incorporated at least these three finished items in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Neeko than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Katarina had an average win rate of 46.9% when playing alongside Neeko with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.9% win rate overall.
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