Tahm Kench vs Neeko Counter Pick

Neeko trades on misinformation. Inherent Glamour lets her appear as an allied champion or another unit, and Shapesplitter sends out a clone while she slips away, so the opening seconds of a fight are spent working out where she actually is. Her opponent here does not need that information until she commits.

Pop Blossom is the commitment. It requires a preparation window, then a leap that knocks up and stuns nearby enemies, which means Neeko has to be standing next to her targets when it resolves. Devour answers directly: an ally swallowed for a few seconds is off the field and shielded, and an enemy swallowed takes magic damage while contributing nothing. That single reactive button is a large part of why the record reads 56.91% across 246 games on patch 16.13.1 with an Easy grade.

The stat comparison is lopsided where it counts. Neeko has 21 base armor and 610 health against 39 and 640, and although she reaches 109.4 armor and 2,378 health at level 18, Tahm Kench arrives at 118.9 and 2,391. Her 48 base attack damage trails his 56 by a wide margin, so early exchanges inside his 175-unit reach go badly for her. Tangle-Barbs roots and grows after passing through a champion, making it the one ability worth respecting before Abyssal Dive.