How to win lane as Brand against Neeko · 54.04% win rate over 607 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Brand | You out-trade her level 1 as a superior burst mage. |
| Level 2 | Brand | Level-2 W-Q wins short trades before her ult exists. |
| Level 3 | Brand | At 3 your DoT poke beats her E harass. |
| Levels 4-5 | Brand | Levels 4-5 you still dominate before her Pop Blossom is online. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 her R flash-kill threat evens the all-in, so it's skill. |
| First item | Brand | First-item range and DoT swing the mid-game back to you. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | At 2+ items her disguise pick potential makes fights vision-and-skill decided. |
Levels 1-4 are yours: Neeko is a poke mage with no engage before 6, so out-trade her E harass with your W-Q combo and stun her whenever she steps up to cast.
The full Brand vs Neeko 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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Also played in: Mid Lane