Neeko with Akali
How to Synergize Neeko and Akali
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Neeko Akali Synergy Summary
Best Neeko vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Neeko and Akali
Tips for Playing as Neeko with Akali
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 Understand How Akali Will Play
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.
Neeko Akali Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akali as Neeko in LoL
The Neeko Akali synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akali, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Neeko sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akali. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Akali helps Neeko perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Neeko is paired with Akali, she observes a small decrease in her complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Akali doesn't help cover for her to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Neeko is played alongside Akali on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Akali. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Akali.
Moreover, when Neeko plays with Akali on the same team, she often receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Akali does a poor job of protecting Neeko in teamfights.
Synergies between Neeko and Akali
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Is Neeko better when played alongside Akali?
There is no perfect companion for Neeko that will 100% of the time be her #1 teammate. However, Akali is a not very good teammate for Neeko. By playing on the same team as Neeko, she lowers their win rate by -1.5% to 47.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad synergy between Neeko and Akali that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Akali has a greater difficulty than Neeko. That means you should be cautious when finding Akali allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Working alongside, Neeko players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by grouping Neeko and Akali together, you probably will not be granting your team very much cover. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Akali ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, 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 Neeko in order to pair well with Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to prioritize in your Neeko and Akali synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Neeko used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when paired up with Akali than with most other common builds. In fact, Neeko boasted an average winrate of 47.9% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Akali with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, Neeko players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Neeko and Akali pairings, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Akali with Neeko are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.