Leona with Neeko
How to Synergize Leona and Neeko
based on 2,535 Leona with Neeko pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Leona Neeko Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Leona and Neeko
Tips for Playing as Leona with Neeko
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
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.
Leona Neeko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Neeko as Leona in LoL
The Leona 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, Leona sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Neeko. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Neeko helps Leona perform not as well in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Leona is an ally to Neeko, she sees a small increase in her total damage output. This change could signal that Neeko helps provide protection for her to deal more damage or that her presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Leona is played alongside Neeko on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Neeko. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Neeko.
Additionally, when Leona plays with Neeko on the same side, she often takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Neeko does a poor job of protecting Leona in team fights.
Synergies between Leona and Neeko
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Is Leona better when played alongside Neeko?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Leona that will 100% of the time be her #1 ally. However, Neeko is a relatively poor teammate for Leona. By playing on the same team as Leona, she decreases their win rate by -1.9% to 50.3%. This proves that there is a harmful bond between Leona and Neeko that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Neeko has a greater difficulty than Leona. That means you must be careful when finding Neeko teammates to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working together, Leona players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to provide utility and CC for your side. Combined, these two will help their other teammates secure a victory.
In contrast, by grouping Leona and Neeko together, you will not be providing your side enough sustained damage output. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Neeko teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Leona in order to pair well with Neeko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to build first in your Leona and Neeko synergy build include Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Neeko than with most other common builds. In fact, Leona had an average winrate of 50.3% when playing alongside Neeko with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Leona and Neeko pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Neeko with Leona are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.