Neeko is back to TFT with her froggy spells to make sure she curses her enemies with her frog, and she is worth every gold of the 4 that she costs.
Neeko is a pretty good choice as his skill doesn’t only affect 1 enemy, but every 3rd attack, it jumps 3 times on 3 different enemies, doing splash damage.
In this article, we will talk about the best combos to place Neeko in TFT to make sure you get there first.
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Neeko is a great pick in late game rounds as she can deal the damage needed from the backlines. She is more of a spam as she shares the Star Guardian trait where she gets more mana in combat.
Neeko also shares the Spellslinger trait, which gives her bonus magic damage in the form of an extra orb when she hits her spell.
Neeko’s stats, traits, items, and best combos are going to be discussed down below to make sure you get to the top in a froggy style.
Best Neeko builds in TFT Set 8.5
Neeko’s stats:
- Cost: 4
- Health: 700 / 1260 / 2268
- Mana: 80
- Armor: 30
- MR: 30
- DPS: 34 / 61 / 109
- Damage: 45 / 81 / 146
- Atk Spd: 0.75
- Crit Rate: 25%
- Range: 4
Neeko’s traits:
1. Star Guardian
Star Guardians gain more Mana in combat.
- 2 35% additional mana
- 4 70% additional mana
- 6 120% additional mana
- 8 175% additional mana
2. Spellslinger
Every 5 seconds, Spellslinger's next attack instead fires a magic orb at a random target, which explodes for 50% Ability Power as magic damage.
Spellslingers gain:
- 2 +25 Ability Power
- 4 +45 Ability Power
- 6 +70 Ability Power
- 8 +110 Ability Power, and orbs deal 100% Ability Power
Neeko’s ability
Hop Blossoms
Neeko throws out her frog at her target. It hops to the nearest enemy 3 times, each dealing magic damage in an area. The last hop is empowered, dealing magic damage to enemies in a larger area instead.
- Damage: 75/110/300
- Third Frog Damage: 150/225/700
Carousel priority:
These are the components you would need to focus on since the very first circle in order as you will need them to build up the required items for the team in most of the comps you will find bellow:
Neeko’s best items
1- Spear of Shojin
Grant 15 bonus Ability Power. Every 3rd attack restores 20 additional Mana.
2- Jeweled Gauntlet
Grant 15 bonus Ability Power and 15% Critical Strike Chance.
Damage from an Ability can critically strike.
3- Hextech Gunblade
Grant 22% Omnivamp, which also heals the lowest percent Health ally.
Omnivamp: heal for some of damage dealt.
Best comps for Neeko
3. MANA MADNESS
Synergies:
- 6 Star Guardian
- 2 Defender
- 2 Spellslinger
- 2 Quickdraw
- 1 Ace
This is a fast reroll to level 8 with a really strong economy, as most of the combos cost 4 gold.
This combo revolves around the Star Guardian and Quickdraw traits.
Best team for this comp:
1-Kai’Sa will be your main damage dealer as she shares both the Star Guardian and Quickdraw traits.
2-Miss Fortune will deal a huge amount of damage from the back lines as she shares the Ace and Quickdraw traits, which give her tons of extra damage.
3-Neeko is a great source of damage in the backline with her bouncy frog, as she shares both traits that are critical for this comp which are Spellslinger and Star Guardian
4-Lux is a must in this comp, as she shares both the Spellslinger and Star Guardian traits.
5-Rell is a great frontline as she shares both the Star Guardian and Defender traits, which helps her sustain tons of damage.
6-Nilah will add to the Star Guardian trait.
7-Ekko will sustain a lot of damage on the frontlines as he taunts enemies and shields himself, and he also shares the Star Guardian trait.
8-Garen is a really good frontline with his Defender trait and his huge stun.
2. SPELLS MASTERS
Synergies:
- 4 Spellslinger
- 4 Ox Force
- 1 Forecaster
- 2 Star Guardian
- 2 Duelist
- 2 Aegis
Most champions cost 12 gold to level up to at least 2 stars, making this a very cost-effective way to reroll to level 8.
Top group in this competition:
1-Since Twisted Fate is a Spellslinger and a Duelist, he will deal most of your damage with his cards.
2-Neeko, who has the Star Guardian and Spellslinger qualities, will be your second major damage dealer with her jumping frog.
3-Having the Ox Force attribute in common, Viego will be a powerful fighter.
4-With her powerful shield and her Spellslinger and ox force qualities, Annie is your primary tank.
5-Ekko acts as your secondary primary tank thanks to his massive shield and taunts, as well as his possession of the Aegis trait, which grants your team more magic resistance, and the Star Guardian trait, which grants him increased mana during battle.
6-Because he has both the Ox Force and the Aegis trait, Alistar is a solid choice for the front lines.
7-Fiora will be the second Duelist and a new source of Ox Force.
8-Your fourth Spellslinger, Janna, is a forecaster who will provide a unique bonus to the squad each time they play.
1. SUPER STAR
Synergies:
- 4 Star Guardian
- 3 Supers
- 2 Spellslinger
- 2 Duelist
This is a really slow reroll to level 8, trying to get everyone on your board to 3 stars.
This comp revolves around Lux and Neeko being the main sources of damage, and of course, the Supers members.
Best team for this comp:
1-Lux is more like Yuumi's last set, where you reroll her to 3 stars and she will deal the damage needed as Spellslinger and Star Guardian member.
2-Neeko is the second source of damage, and she also shares the Spellslinger and Star Guardian traits.
3-Nilah is the frontline Starguardian and Duelist member.
4-Gangplank can deal some good damage in the early rounds as a Duelist and Super member.
5-Malphite will sustain some good damage and also add to the Supers.
6-Rell will add to the Star Guardian trait and tank some good damage.
7-Lee Sin is the 3rd Super member, where he shields his teammates and deals some good damage.
