So...... Bruiser Neeko?

Illabethe··5 votes·2,917 views

K..... I'm just spamming Neeko in all roles as "Fill," and I just had a really ..... interesting game.

Disclaimer... teammates are low elo...

But yeah... got filled Top..... so ofc..... I chose these runes:

Grasp of the Undying Demolish Conditioning Overgrowth

Triumph Bloodline


I was expecting something I could regularly poke... and ended up getting an Ahri top. In fact, they had this team: MasterYi Malzahar Soraka Caitlyn

My team had an int feeding Kalista who was actually telling us in chat she was feeding because people wouldn't let her CS.

Anywho..... I decided to follow the path of the Grasp, and get tanky first. I built a item 3065 item 3111 build path...... and omfg....

Neither of those items are actually Neeko items, but omfg..... as the game went on..... I grabbed item 3146 item 3046 item 3078 item 3124 ..... and pretty much 1v5'd the game.

Every fight that was set up: I popped the Yi with my Gunblade proc +W proc + E + Q.... and then I just ripped apart the team around him.

And even though I wasn't all that tanky.... I'd end almost every fight at 80% + HP.

Was just fun as hell.

In a normal build..... Neeko would get slaughtered by these guys. Instead I pulled a 19/3/17 and solo pushed their mid (my team died every fight) to victory at 40 min. Took inhib, 2 turrets, and nexus in 40 seconds.

I know it seems troll, but try it. Neeko does NOT need her ult to actually carry.

I think Neeko is the new Evelynn from pre rework: Hybrid potential with Bruiser like survivability.

3 Comments

iiGazeii2 votes

Neeko's inflated numbers and versatile kit let her build pretty much anything in any role and make it work.

Illabethe3 votes

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Neeko's inflated numbers and versatile kit let her build pretty much anything in any role and make it work.

Her numbers aren't inflated. Versatile I agree with. My builds don't use her R to kill. They use it to CC so I can get off 3 easy auto attacks. Any champ with a CC can do the same. In fact, my Q and E damage tends to be a joke too. It's my auto attacks that kill.

Even when I build AP, you can considerably lower the damage just by building some resist.

Versatile =/= Inflated numbers.

Sewer Side1 votes

Old league adage:

“Everything is viable as a bruiser”

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