How to win lane as K'Sante against Neeko · 52.53% win rate over 533 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You have only Q with no engage and she just wants to poke and farm — neither of you threatens a kill, so last-hit at Q range. |
| Level 2 | K'Sante | Your W comes online and she has no dash to escape it — step up and threaten the charge so she cannot freely E-root or Q-poke. |
| Level 3 | K'Sante | Full Q-W combo is live: W her against terrain, Q3 to knock up and pull, and a no-escape squishy mage cannot answer it. |
| Levels 4-5 | K'Sante | You out-trade her poke with pure bulk and punish every missed E-root with a free walk-down — bank the lead. |
| Level 6 | K'Sante | All Out lets you survive her R stun plus Q burst, then dash through and shred her before she pools the combo. |
| First item | K'Sante | Your first tank item makes you unkillable to her poke and you run her down whenever the E-root is on cooldown. |
| Two+ items | Neeko | Full-AP Neeko kites with W clone and one-shots you with a hidden R from fog — armor does nothing, so play safe and let your team kill her. |
Level 1 is even — you only have Q and no engage, and Neeko just wants to poke with Q and farm, so trade Q-cleave for Q and last-hit. The turn comes at 2-3: once your W and the full Q combo are online, she cannot step up to E-root or land Q poke without you charging W into her and following with Q3 to knock her up and drag her in. She is squishy with no dash, so every time her root or Q misses, you get a free walk-down — punish the cooldown, do not chase blindly past her clone.
The full K'Sante 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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