Neeko with Leona
How to Synergize Neeko and Leona
based on 2,535 Neeko with Leona pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Neeko Leona Synergy Summary
Best Neeko vs Leona Counter Build
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Starter Items
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Core Neeko Items
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Guide to Synergizing Neeko and Leona
Tips for Playing as Neeko with Leona
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 Leona Will Play
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.
Neeko Leona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Leona as Neeko in LoL
The Neeko Leona synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Leona, 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 large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Leona. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Leona helps Neeko perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Neeko is paired with Leona, she observes a noticable increase in her total damage output. This change could signal that Leona helps provide cover for her to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Neeko is played with Leona on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Leona.
Additionally, when Neeko plays with Leona on the same side, she often receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Leona does a poor job of protecting Neeko in teamfights.
Synergies between Neeko and Leona
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Is Neeko better when played alongside Leona?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Neeko that will always be her best synergy. However, overall, Leona is a very typical companion for Neeko. By being on the same side as Neeko, she increases their win rate by 0.9% to 50.3%. This shows that there is not really a strong bond between Neeko and Leona that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Leona has a lower difficulty than Neeko. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Leona comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting alongside, Neeko players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to buff allies and debuff enemies. Combined, these two should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
In contrast, by pairing Neeko and Leona together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates much AD. Plan to bring other champions on your team that offsets this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Leona teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Additional Information for Neeko Players
How We Calculated Our Neeko Leona Synergy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Neeko in order to work well with Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to get in your Neeko and Leona synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Neeko included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Leona than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Neeko had an average winrate of 50.3% helping carry Leona with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Neeko and Leona pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.3% win rate overall.
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