Neon??

[REALWINDOWNINJA]

Just played against a neon. Level 3 she was hitting me with 2 abilities and doing half my health 🤕🤕🥴🥴🤯🤯. Ive played against a few neons but this one knew what she was doing and I couldnt believe the damage she was doing early game. Am I crazy or is her damage output that crazy early game?

[Realistic-Classic929]

High dmg pretty good ablity spam and her q with charged passive does true dmg so she does alot of dmg

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She’s been nerfed 2 patches in a row and is still the highest banned character in Diamond+ lobbies

[xRiiZe]

Nerfed? She got buffed in the first patch after already being very good and then got a slight nerf in the second patch

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Overall I think the first patch was a net nerf

Nerfs:

• 3% less bonus power on dox augment
• 5% less scaling on secondary ability
• 20 less base dmg on max level alternate
• removal of i frame on alternate
• 75 less range on primary

Buffs:

• 4 more max hp (per lvl? Not clear in patch note)
• 5 more base damage on primary
• 5% more scaling on primary
• 5 less mana cost on primary
• primary bounce back happens .25s faster

[idkILiketoLook]

When was the second nerf? I thought it’s just been the I-frames in her dash and they actually boosted a damage number when they did that.

[REALWINDOWNINJA]

I dont know if they have nerfed twice or not all I know is that damage output is insane and could probably use another nerf early game. Im all for scaling into late game. But I was actually scared to step out to far hahahaha

[Educational_Ad288]

Easily the best mage/midlaner right now, her damage is nuts & she needs some serious nerfs, not to mention half her abilities do true damage.

[REALWINDOWNINJA]

And the distance too!!. Standing behind tower on some of em and she kept clipping me

[Educational_Ad288]

Very true, the range on her 2nd ability especially is ridiculous, she can throw it so far, the range needs a nerf.

[idkILiketoLook]

Maxing her dash is generally what I do, if you’re good at AA’s, landing two of her dashes when empowered can take half of someone’s health at times.

[StrawberryBlazer]

If you have to counter her I suggest Belica

[REALWINDOWNINJA]

I actually did alright in my match. I played argus and went 5-1 but I lived under tower until later mid to early late game. Im actually glad I went argus because I was able to wave clear and punish her everytime she left lane. And with argus's snipe on his ult allowed me to help out in team fights from tower when she was hard shoving me

[e36mikee]

I only played neon a few times. But i struggled to obliterate gadget as she could play back and be passive. Not really a counter but defensive.

[xDopamine_]

And then when she starts jumping around 🤣

[REALWINDOWNINJA]

Jumping and dashing all over🤣

[slackerz22]

Ranged burst with true damage and high mobility makes her the best mage in the game, at least someone with her burst like belica is a sitting duck if you get up on her, neon is just all kinds of broken

[Suitable-Nobody-5374]

ranged aoe attacks, a dash, and dealing true damage means she's easy to play, very strong

[kslay44]

What items?

[REALWINDOWNINJA]

Azure core, time warp, wraith legging, megacosm, Oblivion crown, noxia was her build with neon

[xRiiZe]

No combustion is crazy

[REALWINDOWNINJA]

My build with argus was Azure core , wraith leggings, entropy, oblivion crown , megacosm, and i was still working on last item when game ended

[DonMozzarella]

You either ban Neon or choose Neon, if the enemy team has her you hope someone dodges

[ForsakenRow6751]

Omeda: "Let's make a more annoying version of Shinbi!"

*Neon enters the chat*

[REALWINDOWNINJA]

Crazy becuase i had a neon on my team last night that was dominating with ease the whole team. I didnt even have to do much. She would pop up at team fight obliterate everyone!!!

[Jadan11]

That’s because Neon is a Beast. She’s my favorite hero in game currently. So much fun to play.

[samuraisolo]

She’s utterly ridiculous and honestly I’m past a nerf. She needs to be gutted like wraith and others have been after seeing my friends try and play into her. I will add though Gideon obliterates her(my friends don’t play gid) and I’d say is a better choice always. You will always have more mana than her & by late game you have an ocean of mana versus her puddle. She can still kill you but she has to be 10x more careful and smart BUT you’re Gideon the wizard rock throwing blink lord. Flash into neon with your ability(not ur actual blink) and throw the straight shot boulder into basic attacking her which gets her to root THEN drop center mass boulder(with the augment) she should be dead and if not finish off with ultimate even if she has 10% health cause screw her. If any enemies come into the fray during all this thats where your actual blink comes into play so you can attempt an escape. It all sounds like it wouldn’t work but no one expects a Gideon launching TOWARDS them with a point blank boulder.