How to win lane as Neeko against Karma · 55.49% win rate over 319 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Karma | Level 1 Karma out-ranges you and threatens early Q poke you can't answer. |
| Level 2 | Karma | Level 2 her superior range keeps chunking you before your combo exists. |
| Level 3 | Karma | Level 3 her Mantra-empowered rooting Inner Flame dominates the poke war. |
| Levels 4-5 | Karma | Levels 4-5 she still controls the lane with long-range RQ roots and shields. |
| Level 6 | Neeko | Level 6 Pop Blossom flips it: she has no escape from your all-in once Mantra is spent. |
| First item | Neeko | At first item your rooted combo kills her before her single empowered cast returns. |
| Two+ items | Neeko | Two-plus items in your R AoE and flanks out-teamfight her low-range peel. |
Karma owns levels 1-4 outright: her Mantra empowers Inner Flame into a long-range rooting nuke from level 3, and she out-pokes and out-ranges your entire pre-6 kit. Don't contest the caster line for CS you can't safely take; hold under tower, dodge her Q, and give up minor plates rather than eat RQ chunks.
The full Neeko vs Karma report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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