Neeko ARAM Mayhem Build

The Curious Chameleon. A below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #158 of 173 champions.

CPatch 26.21MageSupportNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: C
Win rate: 46.0%
Pick rate: 2.5%
Rank: #158 of 173
Games: 588,846
Patch: 26.21

How to play Neeko in ARAM Mayhem

Neeko is a below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier C, #158 of 173 champions, with a 46.0% win rate over 588,846 games.

89% of Neeko's damage to champions is magic, so enemy magic resist is what slows it down. Its damage numbers are modest (33,498 to champions per game); its value is in what it enables rather than raw damage. With 55 seconds of crowd control per game it is one of the team's main sources of lockdown.

The AP build, ability power items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Luden's Echo, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame, with a 45.4% win rate over 416,023 games. For boots, Sorcerer's Shoes are both the most bought and the top-ranked pair.

The cards that do best on Neeko are BEES!!!, Hand of Baron and Back To Basics. Cards built around ability haste fill most of the top of its list, followed by movement speed. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Shrink Ray and Hands off the Talent when you can: they do worst on Neeko. A pair to look for: Back To Basics with BEES!!!.

Take Flash and Mark (88% of players). Max Q (Blooming Burst) first, then E, then W.

Neeko ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Neeko game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

AP build · top ranked

45.4% win rate · 84% of Neeko games · 416,023 games

Start

Refillable Potion
Lost Chapter

Core items, in buying order

Luden's Echo
Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame

Boots on the AP build for Neeko, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Sorcerer's Shoes	52%
Gluttonous Greaves	5%
No boots	37%

Situational, after the core

Stormsurge23% buy it
Void Staff34% buy it
Zhonya's Hourglass28% buy it
Banshee's Veil4% buy it
Liandry's Torment8% buy it
Cryptbloom4% buy it

Most bought items

Shadowflame76% of games
Rabadon's Deathcap54% of games
Luden's Echo49% of games
Sorcerer's Shoes49% of games
Malignance47% of games
Zhonya's Hourglass40% of games
Stormsurge37% of games
Void Staff23% of games
Hextech Rocketbelt16% of games
Liandry's Torment13% of games

Best augments for Neeko

Every card with enough Neeko games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Neeko's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

1BEES!!!Tier S
2Big BrainTier S
3Tooth FairyTier A

SilverBest silver cards

1HomeguardTier S
2Escape PlanTier A
3Leg DayTier A

S- and A-tier cards for Neeko

9 S tier and 26 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Neeko in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier S	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Wooglet's Witchcap	Prismatic	Tier S	QUEST: Possess Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. REWARD: Get Wooglet's Witchcap.
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier S	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Big Brain	Gold	Tier S	Gain a (300% Ability Power) Shield. Resets on death or 70 seconds after depletion.
Homeguard	Silver	Tier S	Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier S	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Echo Cast	Prismatic	Tier A	Casting your selected ability sends a clone of the ability toward your mouse position and recasts it after 0.25 seconds.
Biggest Snowball Ever	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 100 Ability Haste on Snowball. Your snowball is BIG and will pass through minions. It Slows enemies for 20% for 2 seconds, Knocks Up…
Final Form	Prismatic	Tier A	After casting your Ultimate, gain a 50% max Health Shield, 20% Omnivamp and 30% bonus Movement Speed for 10 seconds. (20 seconds Cooldown).
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Warlock Juicebox	Gold	Tier A	Gain (10%+3.5% Ability Power) Omnivamp.
Upgrade Stormsurge	Gold	Tier A	Stormsurge's Squall now always detonates in an area, dealing (10%+2% Ability Power) maximum Health magic damage to all nearby enemies. Enemy…
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier A	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Can't Touch This	Prismatic	Tier A	Casting your Ultimate makes you Invulnerable for 2 seconds (8s Cooldown).
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier A	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
Upgrade Zhonya's	Silver	Tier A	Reduce Zhonya's Hourglass Cooldown to 45 seconds. You can now move when in Zhonya's Hourglass, Seeker's Armguard, or Wooglet's Witchcap…
Cruelty	Prismatic	Tier A	On Immobilizing or Grounding an enemy champion, summon a comet above them. The comet lands after 1 second, dealing (50–150 (by level) +40%…
Veil of Warding	Silver	Tier A	Gain a Spell Shield every 30 seconds that blocks the next enemy Ability.
Goldrend	Prismatic	Tier A	Damaging a champion with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional (50–150 (by level) +20% Ability Power +40% Bonus Attack Damage) magic…
Stats on Stats on Stats!	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot.
Eureka	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain (30% Ability Power) Ability Haste.
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Slap Around	Silver	Tier A	Each time you Immobilize or Ground an enemy, gain a stack granting 10 Adaptive Force. Lose 50% stacks on death.
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier A	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Flashy	Gold	Tier A	Your Flash has 3 charges. After 120 seconds, regain all charges.
Recursion	Gold	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste.

Average on Neeko
57 cards, best first

Below average on Neeko
27 cards, best first

Weakest on Neeko
13 cards, best first

Best first augment for Neeko

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Neeko's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, BEES!!!, Back To Basics and Erosion come out on top.

The best augments for Neeko in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	BEES!!!Tier S	Bread and CheeseTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	Hand of BaronTier S
2	Back To BasicsTier S	Shark BaitTier S	BEES!!!Tier S	BEES!!!Tier S
3	ErosionTier S	BEES!!!Tier S	Big BrainTier S	Big BrainTier S
4	HomeguardTier S	Biggest Snowball EverTier S	Clown CollegeTier S	Giant SlayerTier S
5	Wooglet's WitchcapTier A	Clown CollegeTier S	Omni SoulTier S	HomeguardTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Neeko, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark88% of players · 46.3% win rate
Flash + Ghost9% of players · 44.6% win rate
Flash + Clarity0% of players · 45.3% win rate

Skill order

QBlooming Burst
ETangle-Barbs
WShapesplitter

Max Q first. 89% of players use this order (46.6% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Neeko in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 8.8 / 10.1 / 24.9
KDA: 3.82
Damage to champions: 33,498
Damage taken: 26,339
Self-mitigated: 14,031
Healing on allies: 27
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 55 s
Kill participation: 61%
Game length: 16:57

Damage type

Physical 4%Magic 89%True 7%

Questions and answers

What is the best Neeko build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Neeko: Luden's Echo, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Neeko in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Neeko, best first: BEES!!!, Hand of Baron, Back To Basics, Wooglet's Witchcap and Clown College. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Neeko good in ARAM Mayhem?

Neeko is tier C on patch 26.21, #158 of 173 champions, with a 46.0% win rate over 588,846 games. That makes it a below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Neeko in ARAM Mayhem?

For Neeko's first pick on patch 26.21: BEES!!!, Back To Basics, Erosion, Homeguard and Wooglet's Witchcap, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Neeko counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.