Champion sheet · Mid

Neeko

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

10.1%#82 of 173 champions

Pick: 5.3%picked in 1,496 of 28,402 games
Ban: 4.8%1,103 bans over 23,135 games, against 1.0% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid52.0% between 45.8% and 58.1% over 175 gamesSoloQ 51.4%: no clear gap

Median length28.5 minsoloQ 27.3 min

Amateur: 28,642 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 897,301 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLengthBuild
How to play itArcane Comet, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Stormsurge, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 93% of mid laners.TeamfightCC
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
0.3%
SoloQ
0.2%
0.3% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.2% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.7%
SoloQ
1.0%
4.7% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 1.0% in soloQ over 364,710 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.5 min
SoloQ
27.3 min
Median of 28.5 min in amateur play, against 27.3 min in soloQ.
BuildHextech Rocketbelt, Stormsurge, Shadowflame instead of Hextech Rocketbelt, Stormsurge, Zhonya's Hourglass
Amateur
37%
SoloQ
18%
Played in 37% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Hextech Rocketbelt, Stormsurge, Zhonya's Hourglass (18%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Arcane Comet, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Stormsurge, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesArcane Comet57% · 2,387

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport52% · 2,192

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 76 games

Core (3 legendaries)18% · 269

18%of soloQ games

Hextech Rocketbelt
Stormsurge
Zhonya's Hourglass

≠ Amateur: Hextech Rocketbelt, Stormsurge, Shadowflame instead of Hextech Rocketbelt, Stormsurge, Zhonya's Hourglass. 37% · 71 games

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 93% of mid laners.

Crowd control (CC)top7%1.4 · mid laners: 0.7
Plays teamfightstop24%58% · mid laners: 55%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

What marks it

Teamfight
CC

Like other mid laners

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Map pressure
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Team damage

What it is not

No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 44 in lane, 46 in mid game and 28 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

525-2 vs 528

886-13 vs 899

1,128-50 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Neekomid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 76% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

3.3takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 44 of 100 among mid laners525 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 46 of 100 among mid laners886 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 28 of 100 among mid laners1,128 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 25 of 100 among mid laners-182 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 24 of 100 among mid laners-320 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 69 of 100 among mid laners3.3 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 18 of 100 among mid laners341 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 76 of 100 among mid laners58% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 27 of 100 among mid laners19% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 43 of 100 among mid lanersrank 43 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 93 of 100 among mid laners1.4 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 40 of 100 among mid laners19% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.