Neeko vs Morgana Counter Pick

Morgana carries a difficulty rating of 1, close to the floor of the scale, yet she concedes 54.6% to Neeko through 394 games on patch 16.13.1. The shape of the pairing is a trade of roots. Dark Binding is a single-target snare; Tangle-Barbs roots everything it passes through and grows larger after it hits a champion or kills a unit. Neeko also holds 100 units of extra reach, 550 against 450, which decides who opens the exchange. Both deal magic damage, so neither gains anything from armor.

Black Shield is the complication, absorbing magic damage and disabling effects until it breaks, and Neeko is a fully magic champion whose threat depends on landing crowd control. The counter-sequence is straightforward: Blooming Burst blooms a second time on champion hits and can strip the shield before Pop Blossom commits. Morgana carries more health at eighteen, 2,398 against 2,378, but a worse armor curve, 25 to 96.4 against 21 to 109.4, and Soul Siphon heals her only while she is dealing damage, which forces her into the space Neeko controls. A 340 move speed against 335 also makes walking clear of Soul Shackles before it completes realistic. The 394-game sample is mid-sized, enough to show a consistent edge without pinning the exact percentage.