How to win lane as Neeko against Brand · 50.25% win rate over 595 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Brand | Level 1 favours Brand: his W Pillar out-ranges and out-trades your Q poke. |
| Level 2 | Brand | Level 2 favours Brand as his Q Sear stun sets up burst you can't answer. |
| Level 3 | Brand | Level 3 favours Brand who keeps winning the poke war with superior range. |
| Levels 4-5 | Brand | Levels 4-5 favour Brand as his DPS zone control pushes you off the wave. |
| Level 6 | Neeko | Level 6 favours you because Pop Blossom's AoE stun is your one flip window. |
| First item | Brand | First item favours Brand as AP amplifies his burn and combo damage. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Two-plus items even out: you can flank his grouped R with E from safe angles. |
Brand wins levels 1-4 outright: his W Pillar of Flame out-ranges and out-damages your Q Blooming Burst, and every Q Sear that lands stuns you into a burst combo you can't answer. Don't try to poke-war him, you'll lose the health race, so farm safely behind your minions, dodge his Q religiously (it's his only hard CC), and only step up when his W is on cooldown. Ward defensively because a Brand lead snowballs the whole bot lane.
The full Neeko vs Brand 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