How to win lane as Neeko against Yone · 48.99% win rate (1,684 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He runs down the real you if he finds it — root the charge, bloom the root, and keep two Neekos between you and the truth.
Track: Yone's E — Soul Unbound (22–10s cooldown). His burst window — survive it and punish the body he snaps back to.
Read from Neeko's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yone.
This is Neeko's own plan; across 1,684 pooled games the lane is leaning Yone.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You out-trade and out-range Yone at level 1 since he has no poke and must stack Q in melee. |
| Level 2 | Neeko | At level 2 your Q plus early points give you kill pressure he can't match yet. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 with Q and E lets you root and burst his melee Q windup for a clean advantage. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Through levels 4-5 your E root keeps punishing his slow Q3 and E-return commits. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Your level 6 R Pop Blossom flips his all-ins, so you own the ult timing. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item your Liandry's poke outranges his engage and snowballs the lane. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Two-plus items your AoE burst and R stun neuter his R Fate Sealed in every fight. |
You control levels 1-2 outright: Yone has no reliable poke and must stack Mortal Steel in melee, so bully him off the wave with autos and hold E Tangle-Barbs ready to root any twitch toward CS. Don't waste Q1's inner-ring on the wave you'll want it up to punish his Q windup. Track Soul Unbound is 22s at rank 1 and 10s at rank 5: while the spirit is out the body is stranded, so root the return.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Neeko's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Neeko vs Yone 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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Yone, slightly — Neeko wins 48.99% of 1,684 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Yone has a small statistical edge (51.01% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Yone has the slight edge (Neeko wins 48.99%), though it stays close.
Neeko takes Electrocute on the Domination tree with Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter, and Sorcery secondary (Manaflow Band and Transcendence) vs Yone.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Lost Chapter (≈1300g) — blooms go sustainable. Build Luden's Companion first, then Shadowflame, with Sorcerer's Shoes.
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