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Neeko...yeesh.

Dingding123·5/8/2019, 6:32:06 AM·4 votes·4,146 views

i had never played against a Neeko before and just played a game in gold 2 as Renekton against a Neeko toplane that absolutely destroyed me. I had no idea what I was getting into that game...

340 movespeed on a ranged champion with 550 range and non-ult abilities that do a ton of damage and don't care at all about minions. When she takes Glacial Augment, how does a melee even reach her? Throw in a jungle Lee that literally sits top lane and waits for me to get low so he can towerdive and the lane justbecomes unplayable without a rune page specifically tailored to getting destroyed in lane like that. What even was that game I just played lol.

Despite being as fed as she was she didn't accomplish much at all lategame besides threatening to instagib our Jinx if she landed absolutely everything on her. She didn't seem as useful as Teemo past laning phase despite having a similar (if not better...?) early game. We wound up winning anyway, because despite being 10 kills down from her I could just sit on her like she were any other squishy and combo her to near-death as my teammates finished her off.

No wonder no one plays her but no wonder smurfs like him try to use her...yeesh. I don't even remember Nidalee ever being that oppressive.

3 Comments

wolvius5/8/2019, 11:33:31 AM1 votes

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/memes/kQvwqbYx-the-top-lane-infomercial

This is basically what toplane is now.

Thefrostyviking5/8/2019, 2:08:46 PM1 votes

To be fair, there is never a good answer for how to even survive a good jungler on the right champ.

Then as far as neeko goes,,,,,she is a a pretty bad champion in my opinion, her Q does tons of damage the moment it hits you and doesnt need the root to keep you in it.

Her ult needs her, a glass cannon, to run into the enemy team and channel for like 2 seconds?

She isnt lissandra with a slow teleport/dash thing that goes into the frozen tomb for safety+damage, rather she seems like a pretty crappy ripoff from the same idea but trading safety for damage.

Which is a pretty horrendous idea given how lissandra pretty much never played until aftershock came into play and gave her the durability she needed to make her combo work.

ModCaliCoastReplay5/14/2019, 12:18:33 PM1 votes

She definitely destroys Renekton in lane. I'm not sure it's entirely awful for the lane's overall health, since he's been a bully with almost no pure counters up there for many seasons now, but it is a thing.

If you'd like to dominate a toplane Neeko as a positional bully in Renekton's style, I would recommend Chogath instead. Pre-6 you'll probably have to cede lane priority, but as soon as you have even 1-2 Feast stacks and any progress towards a major tank item, you can simply ignore her autos and sustain both health and mana off your waves to the point where she has to cede position to you all game after that. He's my go-to ban when playing her.

Camille is another good option, who can repeatedly hookshot onto her and tank her snare out with a shield and then stay stuck to her in ways the crocodile can't, such as using her own ult's jump to dodge Neeko's.

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