Neeko vs Janna — Support Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Neeko against Janna · 45.77% win rate over 756 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Closer than it looks — Neeko owns 5 of the 7 game windows to Janna's 1, but the win rate still favours Janna: you have to convert those windows or the game slips away. Neeko wins 45.77% of games vs Janna in support (756 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1NeekoLevel 1 is yours - Janna has no early poke to answer your presence.
Level 2NeekoLevel 2 is a big Neeko spike: Q-plus-auto out-trades her toolless early.
Level 3NeekoLevel 3 stays yours as E root and Q keep punishing her weak body.
Levels 4-5NeekoLevels 4-5 remain yours - she is purely reactive before items.
Level 6NeekoLevel 6 favours you since Pop Blossom threatens a kill she can barely peel yet.
First itemEven / skillFirst item is even as Janna's utility finally tops her carry.
Two+ itemsJanna2+ items favour Janna - Monsoon and tornado disengage your all-ins outright.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-5 are strongly yours - the 45.77% overall WR undersells how brutal you are to Janna's early game. She has no sustained poke, so your Q plus auto trades and E roots dominate every walk-up, and you should be shoving for kill pressure at 2 and 3.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Neeko vs Janna 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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