How to win lane as Neeko against Naafiri · 50.34% win rate over 294 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Neeko | Level 1 favours Neeko because you out-range Naafiri's early dagger poke. |
| Level 2 | Neeko | Level 2 stays Neeko's as she has no all-in and you punish her walk-ups. |
| Level 3 | Neeko | Level 3 is Neeko's — your E-Q combo out-trades her whenever her daggers are mid-flight. |
| Levels 4-5 | Neeko | Levels 4-5 remain Neeko's as you set the wave and dodge her only gap-closer. |
| Level 6 | Neeko | Level 6 stays Neeko's since a clone-flank Pop Blossom out-bursts a squishy lethality Naafiri. |
| First item | Naafiri | At first item Naafiri spikes: her lethality plus packmates delete you in one W-E rotation. |
| Two+ items | Neeko | With two-plus items Neeko recovers as a single-target assassin falls off into your AoE and Zhonya's. |
Levels 1-2 are yours: you out-range Naafiri's early poke and can punish her every time she walks up to collect her daggers. She has no all-in yet, so trade with Tangle-Barbs freely and set up a slow push to deny her tempo.
The full Neeko vs Naafiri 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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