Neeko vs Soraka Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the Support lane: Neeko the mage/support hybrid, Soraka the support/mage hybrid. 417 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Neeko at a 43.2% win rate into Soraka. That is 6.8 points under even, which is why Soraka is listed among the champions Neeko struggles into.
Both champions are ranged (Neeko at 550, Soraka at 550), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
Shared damage type here — magic for Neeko as well as Soraka. The stat sheet reads 610 HP and 21 armour for Neeko against 605 and 32 for Soraka. Soraka can afford to take the first exchange, sitting on 11 extra armour. Late-game bases read 2378 health / 109 armour for Neeko and 2101 / 117 for Soraka. There is a movement gap too: 340 for Neeko, 325 for Soraka.
A missed Pop Blossom from Neeko hands Soraka the window to land Astral Infusion. The pressure spikes when Pop Blossom and Wish come online together.
Data here updates on its own rather than sitting as a fixed snapshot taken on 16.13.1.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Soraka has the statistical edge. Neeko wins 43.2% of the recorded games.
43.2% from Neeko's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
417 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Neeko build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Neeko build page.