How to win lane as Neeko against Karma · 33.33% win rate (33 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Poke war with a twist — your clone and disguise create trades she literally cannot read.
Track: Karma's W — Focused Resolve (12s cooldown). The root tether — break it with range or line of sight.
Read from Neeko's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Karma.
This is Neeko's own plan; across 33 pooled games the lane is Karma-favoured.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Neither of you has a real level-1 combo — she only out-pokes with Q while you farm Q edges, so the lane starts genuinely even. |
| Level 2 | Karma | She points Q at you and adds RQ-range pressure the moment you step up; with no E follow-up yet you simply lose the poke war. |
| Level 3 | Neeko | Your E bounce roots her through the wave and the Q re-bloom punishes her short cooldowns — your first window to turn a trade. |
| Levels 4-5 | Neeko | You can finally threaten a root-into-Q on her, and she won't all-in you without ult either, so your scaling Q clear edges these levels. |
| Level 6 | Neeko | Pop Blossom off a disguise or W-invis stun beats her — landing E first means the slam can't be RE'd or flashed away. |
| First item | Neeko | Your Liandry's/Blackfire burst and re-bloom finally outdamage her shield-and-kite, making this your hardest all-in. |
| Two+ items | Neeko | You hold the item tempo and out-teamfight her with a flanking Pop Blossom — but only if you converted before her poke takes over. |
Karma owns the opening. Her Q poke out-ranges your Q (Blooming Burst) and chips you every time you walk up to last-hit, and you have no combo to answer at level 1, so just farm the back of the wave with Q's edge. At 2-3 you finally get a window: E (Tangle-Barbs) bounces, so aim it through the minion line to root her, then Q the re-bloom on top. Bait her E shield first — if she's already shielded, your trade does nothing.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Neeko's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Neeko vs Karma 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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Karma — Neeko wins only 33.33% of 33 games, so Neeko plays this as the disadvantaged side.
Not really — Karma holds a real statistical advantage (66.67% win rate), so Neeko is the one working uphill.
No — Karma counters Neeko (Neeko wins only 33.33% of games). Play it as the disadvantaged side and lean on the windows in the plan.
Neeko takes Arcane Comet on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Overgrowth) vs Karma.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Fated Ashes + refill pot (≈1000g). Build Stormsurge first, then Shadowflame, with Sorcerer's Shoes / Mercury's Treads.
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