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Runes: Domination Aery

1 2 3 4 5

Sorcery

Summon Aery

Nimbus Cloak

Transcendence

Waterwalking

Domination

Eyeball Collection

Relentless Hunter

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+65 Base Health

Spells:

Typical Spells

Flash

Gustwalker Smite

Items

First Items

Early Back

Seekers Early?

AP Ivern Mythics

Support Mythics

AP Ivern Item Options

Support Item Options

Support Item Choices Part 2

Example Night Harvester Build

Ability Order Upgrade Path

Ivern Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

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None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Graves

Extreme

Graves is one of your highest counters. He does INSANE damage, even early on. Scales high. High health and survivability with his Immortal Shieldbow build. Can run Serpent's Fang and can delete you in two shots. That, already, is insane. BUT WAIT, there's more! He can push Daisy back before she can use her knock-up, disrupting your combo. His dash can dodge your CC and can close the distance between you and him, so it's hard to kite him out. His insane early clear speeds also means he can take your blue before you can even come back to get it on your first clear. The only thing you have over him is that his E only gives armor, and not MR, so hitting your abilities and locking him down can get him killed. Ban worthy. Aery Inspiration. For AP, go CotSQ or Everfrost. Sup, go Shurelya's.

Camille

Ideal

Very good. She will engage no matter what due to her passive shield + yours. High damage and your CC makes her impossible to run from. Moonstone is good as she is a Bruiser. If you're AP, go Everfrost or Liandry's.

Synergies

Ideal Strong Ok Low None

Camille

Ideal

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Champion Build Guide

Introduction

Hello! Welcome to my guide for Jungle. I'm making this as other guides are either
1. Made for other lanes like Top or Mid or
2. Outdated with things like Items and Clears

Who am I?

I am BreadedBreadCrumb! I play on Oceania Servers with 460k+ Mastery on at Lvl 192 as of writing this (I am the 9th/8th highest Ivern Mastery in OCE I believe). Other than Ivern, I play Top and Support, Jungle, Jungle, and Top. I have watched and studied vods of many Ivern players to try and find scraps of information for different elos. I also used to be a fanatic at learning more and more about through the Ivern main's discord server. I am not perfect, but I love theorizing and brainstorming. I love documenting and understanding games.
Outside of League, I used to one trick Lucio in Overwatch, got to a peak SR of 3330, and played for a plat-masters team known as Tropical Thunder.

Do I play ranked?

I do not play ranked often. Although I can still give tips on how to climb, I am probably not the most credible source. I'd suggest watching Jamican Banana or MossyElder, who are really chill and high ranks.
I also should shoutout Mofariusss who is a Master/GM player. I don't know their region, but they've been doing pretty well.
I will try to keep this updated, but one day I'll stop playing league and I won't be able to keep up. Hopefully, someone else can make a sick guide for Ivern.

What is your OP.gg or U.gg?

OP gg
U gg

Pros and Cons of Ivern

Pros

+ Flexibility in Playstyle
+ Great Supportive Abilities
+ Good Damage with AP
+ Good Kiting
+ High CC
+ Insane Synergies
+ Interesting Playstyle (Subjective)

Cons

- Allergic to Serpent's Fang
- Bad Matchups
- Bad Clear Speeds
- Limited Vertical Jungle
- Teammate Reliant
- Nobody knows what Ivern does
- Destroyed by dashes

Ivern is a very unique champion, with one of the most unique passives in the game, let alone Jungle. When mastered, Ivern can compete with other jungles in terms of ganking and clearing, but is inevitability lose against people who have everything to kill and shut down Ivern's entire life. Despite this, Ivern can absolutely win games with his flexibility when it comes to team fights.

Ability Breakdown

Ivern has 4 abilities and a passive, like normal champions. These abilities are:

Friend of the Forest
Rootcaller
Brushmaker
Triggerseed
Daisy!

Friend of the Forest(WILL UPDATE FOR NEW CLEAR EVENTUALLY)

Ivern, instead of killing and hurting camps, enters a 2.5-second channeling animation, placing a circle around the monsters, which slowly fills up, its speed depending on Ivern's level. This costs a chunk of health and mana from . While the camp circle is being filled, AKA being soothed, Ivern can be free to roam around and soothe other camps. This is important to maximize his clear speeds and helps Ivern keep up with enemy junglers.
As you might've guessed, however, Ivern's jungle clearing is prone to early invades from incredibly high single target damage Junglers like and , who, if done correctly, can kill their red into a Blue- invade, which you can't even counter invade.
Later on, despite the process taking much shorter, is still considerably slower compared to things like or who one-shot camps at level 10. This will most likely result in a lot of invades or them being able to get to ganks faster than you. This is why things like Future's Market are taken, as they allow Ivern to reach power spikes in line with enemy junglers and laners. This is also why most items that Ivern likes to build are relatively cheap.

Red Buff and Blue Buff Circles

Additionally, whenever claims a Red Buff or Blue Buff (AKA or ) after level 5, he will leave a circle on the ground for 60 seconds. This circle is only visible to ally teammates and will disappear once those 60 seconds are over. If an ally enters the circle, they will consume the circle and get a respective Blue Buff or Red Buff, depending on which camp that Ivern cleared. Moreover, if an ally kills blue buff or red buff, it will leave a circle only interactable and visible to Ivern.
Remember to ping "Assist" over the buff every time you claim those buffs, and inform teammates who don't understand. They can be the difference between a kill or a death.
Of course, certain champions get more use out of certain buffs compared to others. If you have an auto-attacking based champion like , , or sustain-based toplaner like , or , inform them to take red buff. If you have a mana-hungry or ability spamming champion like , , or any mage champion, let them take blue buff. If the champion is energy-based, like or , can also use blue buff. If a champion like is going to get blue buff, try and tell them not to as they get basically nothing out of it.

Krugs?

Prior to the newly introduced changes, which changed how EXP is gained in the jungle and forced Junglers to do a 6 camp clear in order to reach Level 4, Ivern would not soothe krugs unless in specific scenarios as it gave him a fraction of the gold and EXP due to how his unique passive works. When the scuttle changes dropped, Ivern fell into an incredibly bad position where he would be unable to reach Level 4, even if he did clear krugs, effectively making him incredibly bad in the Jungle. Luckily, they changed this with a mid-patch update, making Krugs give give a higher amount of gold and exp than before. However, the changes introduced still continue to affect Ivern's ability to consistently clear.
Despite this, I will teach how Ivern's first clear is done. That is one of the major reasons I'm making this guide, as other guides are sorta outdated in this department.

Full Clear(IMAGE IS OUTDATED)

Now, this does look confusing. Partly or mainly due to my inadequate ability to provide a clear and understandable image, but Ivern's clear is incredibly unique regardless.

Step 1

Step 1 involves placing a ward in river bush as soon as you arrive and backing to pick up . This early ward lets you catch out any people invading your red side, in case you need to path towards their red to counter jungle (I'm looking at you, Players).

Step 2

Path down to your Blue Side and get ready at your wolves camp. You should have around 30 seconds to CTRL-3 spam or counter-invade if necessary.

Step 3, 4, 5

As soon as wolves spawn, click on them to soothe the camp. After the ring appears, walk over and soothe/click the blue buff. After, go over to your and soothe it. Now use the potion.

Step 6, 7, 8

Soothe the , walk to the Red Buff and soothe that as well. Do not soothe Krugs yet.

Step 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Go to your blue side and claim your , and Blue Buff. Go back to your red side and claim , Red Buff, using over the wall to get to your . Soothe and then Smite the krugs.

Step 14

Make your way to the and it as soon as you apply your passive to it.

And there we go! That's 's first clear. Pretty hard to follow along in word format. But! Don't worry. I've got a video right here for you that showcases me going through as Ivern.

This clear is a bit outdated, will update later!

Note : I forgot to buy Oracle when backing.
The Music is by OMOCAT and is called "See You Tomorrow" for the game OMORI.

Optional Clear - Old Clear use when wanting to get really early gank off

Although the Krug changes have made Krugs a nice pickup within a full clear, the emphasis of level 4 has fallen out pretty hard, with many Jungle players believing that map presence is usually better than a full clear with scuttle pickup.
This clear is better when wanting to gank early, and since Krugs isn't the best camp anyways, I reccomend against junglers such as or other junglers where you want to play to get your laners ahead. This is an old video and is a bit crusty, quality wise, but still holds up very well! The trick at the end involving the bomb plant is a trick discovered that speeds up Ivern's clear a decent amount.
https://www.twitch.tv/jamicanbanana/clip/MistyDistinctPicklesDxCat?filter=clips&range=all&sort=time

This is a clip of Jamican banana doing it. It involves hitting the bomb plant, and mid animation throwing towards your blue. You will be able to quickly collect wolves and then collect blue by recasting . It takes some time to get used to so I'd suggest trying in practice tool.
I'm still experimenting to see if this clear is viable, and I will need to play a lot of games to try and see how good it performs against the 6 camp clear that became meta before.

Rootcaller

is a skillshot projectile that travels about the same distance as 's root, . Once the projectile hits a monster, minion, or champion, it will root them for 1.2s-2s(Based on skill level). During this time, if Ivern presses right-click/auto-attack on the rooted target, or presses Q again, he will dash towards the target and land in melee distance. If allies right-click on the target, they will dash within their auto-attack range.
Using onto a jungle monster will not deal damage and will not aggro the camp, but will still root them, allowing Ivern to dash to the camp, essentially increasing his clear speeds.
If you root a champion while is on the field, she will dash to the target instantly. However, if you a minion, will only dash to the minion if you yourself specifically Right-click on the target (This is still really inconsistent).
I think this is one of the highest impact roots in the game when it comes to teamfights and 2v2's. The engage is rapid and acts as an engage for champions who typically use abilities to engage like or .

Rootcaller Tips

- When you are sure the root will land, make sure to use either on yourself, teammate, or to ensure that the shield slow will apply directly after the root. It will also give added survivability to those going in.
- By abusing the enemy's lack of vision, you can surprise them with a and get one of the fastest engages for you and your allies.
- If you want to auto-attack the target you rooted, but do not wish to dash to them, you can shift+AA near the target to auto-attack them. I do believe that, by default, League sets it so that this targets the closest enemy to you, including minions. Be sure to change that setting so it focuses the target closest your mouse cursor.

Brushmaker

starts with 3 charges, regenerating over time as they are used. When is used, Ivern will enter a small animation and place a Brush/Bush on and around the area he places them. This will give Ivern and his allies vision of the area for 3 seconds. They function as normal bushs, obscuring sight for both your team and the enemy team, providing champions like or passive buffs, and providing Ivern with his passive.
While Ivern is in a bush, either natural to the map or created by , Ivern's auto-attacks deal additional on-hit magic damage which procs item effects like .
I typically use this ability to grant me vision of bushes
If Ivern places a bush next to wall or another bush, the bush will grow in between the wall/bush, extending the area in which a single cast of can make. The area of influence this effect has is indicated with the bigger circle surrounding the casting area if you hold the button. Sometimes this is good as it blocks more cover, but can also be a detriment to yourself as you obscure more vision.

Triggerseed

can be used on yourself, an ally or . When used, will supply a shield to the ally, scaling off 80% of Ivern's AP and the base shielding. After 2 seconds, the shield will burst, regardless of if it has been fully broken, partly damaged, or untouched. This burst will do AoE damage based on 80% of Ivern's AP and slow enemies within the area. The amount the burst slows enemies is dependant on the skill level, beginning at 50% at level 1, and at 70% when maxed out.
It's usage is incredibly flexible, being both defensive and offensive. The shielding is quite high due to its high AP scaling, and the burst damage and slow can act as an engage for you or your team. Combine this with it's low CD and how much loves Ability Haste and AP, Triggerseed is a staple in Ivern's kit.

Triggerseed Tips

- Placing Triggerseed on and waiting for two stack of 's autos to apply (after two stacks apply, make Daisy walk around the enemy), then waiting for 's slow to apply before prompting 's knockup is a necessary combo to get a consistent knockup.
- I recommend using your shielding on your bruisers more often than your ADC or Mage, as they benefit significantly less out of it than bruisers, who can subsequently apply the slow. Still, when your teammates are in danger, make sure to shield them. Anticipating an enemy dive from people like and applying shields to squishy but important allies is a good idea.
- Using into ally-applied to counteract an early on is a very good idea to stop an early lead from an enemy champion.
- The early damage and shielding this provides are incredible at punishing champions and blocking early combos. However, people like or who deal high consistent damage rather than quick bursts bypass this usually.
- Triggerseed, when placed on an ally rather than or , will proc item effects of the ally instead of Ivern's items. For example, if is placed on ally with while has , the burst will proc the ally's but will not apply the burn from . This can be both good and bad. It's phenomenal with as the burst will proc the Chemtech buff and apply 60% Grievous if is also attacking the slowed targets.

Daisy!

is a very unique and weird R comparatively, but is one of the strongest tools has in his kit.
When pressed, will enter a small, uninterruptible animation of him calling down . This does not deal damage when landing, unlike 's .
will last for 60 seconds, gaining added move speed for 5 seconds when summoned. While is alive, Ivern can command to attack enemies, move to a specific location, or follow by pressing R. If left without a command unless following a targetable, visible, enemy or , Daisy will attack the nearest target, including minions but not jungle monsters. During these 60 seconds, 's cooldown will go down.
If she is in melee range (125) of an enemy, Daisy will begin to attack the target, applying stacks of Daisy Smash!. When an enemy reaches two stacks of Daisy Smash!, Daisy's next attack will gain 50 attack range and cause a line of rocks to appear from 's feet to the where the enemy was, having a max range of 800. If any enemies are hit by this attack, they are knocked up for 1 second. Once this attack has been done, can no longer apply Daisy Smash! for 3 seconds.
's auto-attacks, despite scaling off AP, deal physical damage. This means her attacks are not altered by Magic Penetration. 's armor. magic resist, HP also scale of 5% of 's AP, with her attack speed scaling off skill level.

Daisy Combos & Tips

- During 's initial move speed upon being summoned, aim to place on her to provide extra tankiness and provide a consistent slow for her knock-up. The movespeed ensures she can hit that unless the enemy dashes, becomes untargetable, or ignores CC. After this, use on the enemy while they are airborne to solidify a strong CC chain.
->-> Knock-up ->

- Herald Take Through At Level 6

This trick utilises for a very safe and quick Herald take as Ivern. As shown in the video, use to aggro the , placing shields on to mitigate damage and placing a Brush on yourself for your passive. Once the gets to around 1000 HP, it and hop over the wall to secure the eye safely. You can do this at level 6 with just and .

- Baron Taking at 20 Minutes

Due to 's unique property of taking lessened damage from AoE abilities, can secure a Baron at 20 minutes if he is at least level 11 with at least 2 AP items(Preferably ).
Place near the back of the Baron, letting it take less damage. Let attack the Baron first to make prioritize her instead of you. Spam shields on to keep her alive and place over the entrance of the pit to block vision and provide your passive.
Just make sure you're safe to do this trick before starting it. You might also die if you don't have enough AP.
- How to solo Dragons
Use . Let her stand directly next to or preferably inside the Dragon and place shields on her. Smite it when it gets to the respective smite health (450/900).
- How to provide for
In fights, you are going to have to pay attention to pretty much 4 things at once. You, your teammates, enemies, and . You want to place shields on when you and your teammates are safe and you want to get aggressive. Remember to place on to block vision and make her untargetable while in the bush, making it hard to move up with her guarding an entrance. Her AI can sometimes be a pain, so make sure to be spamming R to redirect a lot of her movements. This is more experience-based than taught, so you'll have to learn how she works and work around her.
- Against mages or weak enemies, your combo should be to place over you and , using to get in fast, or on to get an engage through the slow and airborne. Next, you want to dash in or the target and dash in, depending on which option you did, and try and use the CC chain to move around the target to block their escape path. After this, use over yourself again to provide your passive and start autos at intervals to kite them out. Of course, if they're fed, don't do this and instead do the below combo. But against mages who are weak to close engagements, this combo will deal good damage and let you take advantage.
->->-> onto yourself ->Q2->->Auto-attacks/use abilities when off CD again
or
->-> on -> airborne ->Q1 and Q2->->Auto-attacks/use abilities when off CD again
- Against lethality, fed ADC's, Melee, or Kiting-weak opponents, the combo involves using to kite the enemy out and keeping a safe distance from you and them to ensure they can't just two shot you. The combo starts out the same, vision blocking with and using in the bush. Place on and use her move speed to apply the slow. Let airborne or force them to dash, and hit your . However, instead of taking it, just place shield on when it comes off CD, placing over yourself and , and auto-attacking them from a distance. You can take the Q2, if you desperately need to follow them, like through a wall for instance.
->-> on -> Airborne-> Q1->'s, 's and auto-attacks to kite them out and prevent an engage.

Known Issues with Daisy(MOSTLY FIXED)

Daisy is incredibly buggy. Her AI can sometimes just break and stop attacking or just completely destroy your 1v1 potential. This is why spamming R on an enemy is necessary, as sometimes just gives up. Here is a list of abilities that I know will break
- will completely make leave the area it was placed.
- and break Daisy AI, with making no sense
- The Hextech Ultimatum makes Camille untargetable
- Any stealth like or
- from Fizz
- Gwen's W will break Daisy AI if is OUTSIDE of the circle before the cast, but will still continue attacking her if was inside the circle.
- Kled Dismount (Needs testing)
- Pretty sure 's R does it too
- E
-
Yeah. It's bad.
On top of this, if is placed on as she dies or despawns, the burst from will not apply.

AP Ivern?

Despite how troll it might seem, AP Ivern, otherwise known to me as APvern, is a very viable build to climb and carry within games. The damage potential is much higher than you'd expect, with your shield still providing high survivability to your teammates, yourself or Daisy.
Why shouldn't you go Support Ivern?
Click here to travel to the support section, and as to why I don't recommend playing Support Ivern often in lower elos.

Everfrost, Crown, Liandry's, or Night Harvester?

To me, these 4 mythics are the only viable options for APvern. is close, but it doesn't entirely provide the right stats for Ivern.

Everfrost

+ Cheap Cost
+ Extra CC
+ High AP
+ Gives health
= Decent ability haste
- Low Damage on Active
- No AH based mythic passive.

, ever since its price change and item changes has become a very viable choice for Ivern. Its high AP gives higher health shields and provides extra CC to punish and secure kills or disengages. People like who are greatly punished by a mid-fight CC, or who has his CC shield passive, are the best enemies to take Everfrost into. Nowadays your damage numbers as well as increased survivability through shielding as well as the lowered AP ratios makes Everfrost a bit worse ever since the rework.

C.o.t.S.Q

+ Cheap Cost
+ Insane Utility
+ Good AP
+ Great Synergy with Ivern's playstyle
+ HP

As of the rework and the item changes, Crown has become THE BEST option for pretty much every situation except when vsing high poke enemies. Due to Daisy becoming the Exodia that Ivern depends upon(even more so than before), protecting yourself is a necessity to maintaining high damage and uptime. I HIGHLY RECCOMEND THIS IN THE REWORK.

Liandry's

+ Consistent Damage
+ Tank Buster
+ Insane AH
+ Good AP
- No HP
- Costs a bit more than CotSQ/Everfrost

Overkill in the current meta. Combine that with the high cost as well as the situational application, I wouldn't go this unless you really need to beat a tank heavy comp.

N.H

+ Burst Damage
+ Carry Potential
+ Good AH
+ Movespeed
= Aggressive Playstyle
= Lessened supportive capabilities
+ Expensive
+ Matchup dependent
+ No Mana

The rework has made this item okay into squishy comps. That's pretty much it. Either take Crown or Night Harvester.

AP Items

Chemtech Putrifier OR Morrelonomicon

Patch 13.1B, and its changes to Grievous Wounds, makes this item quite situational. Go Morrelonomicon if you need to run anti-heal, otherwise run another AP item.

Zhonya's Hourglass

is probably Ivern's best secondary item, especially as it counters his no. 1 counters, lethality, and burst. I suggest running this anytime you want to not die against the enemy jungler. It also pairs really nicely with . is also a really good item to get early. You can also build this first item if you are vsing a full lethal/AD team. This is a great second item along with Crown as well to have some of the most insane tankiness and survivability.

Cosmic Drive

has been a staple item for Ivern to build probably ever since it's introduction. The 30 Ability Haste combined with it's now 100 AP makes Ivern's uptime with shield and CC quite high combined with the increased damage and mobility he gets through it. Second item most of the time unless you are specilising to the be either aggressive or defensive(e.g Rabadon's or Zhonya's respectively)

Rabadon's Deathcap

is a good item for when you want to deal as much damage as possible, simultaneously providing high health shields and creating a further gap between your team and them. Go if you are fed, are winning, or are genuinely looking for max damage. However, its high cost is something that can break your gold income entirely, so watch out. I tend to go this third.

Shadowflame

, despite being the direct counter to Ivern, is a good item to bring if you are versing a + another shield-based- champion or item like or .

Banshee's Veil

I typically only go this when I'm versing a fed enemy AP champion like . is the only champion I take against a lot. Her charm is ****ed up by a spell shield.

Mejai's Soulstealer

is the definition of "High Risk, High Reward". Despite this, Ivern's safe playstyle involving and his ability to shield allies a lot to gather stacks let him take Mejai's a lot more safely. Still, I only go this if I'm sure I am able to live in most situations. Otherwise, just take Rabadon's or Cosmic.

Support Ivern

Ivern was designed to be a supportive jungler with his passive granting allies buffs, his Q acting as an engage for immobile users, W acting as a vision granting and blocking tool, his E being a high health shield, and his R acting as a supporting CC bot. So why do I recommend AP over Support most of the time(especialy during the new support items)?

Why not Support Ivern?

Being a support in League is inconsistent. You rely on your randoms rather than yourself, which can severely limit what you can do. This is mainly because Ivern is an enchanter, someone who relies on others to do the damage and work while they supply buffs or shielding.
The reason why enchanters in the bot lane still go support is that their income is so low that they rely on cheap items to keep them afloat within fights. Ivern is different in this regard, as his income is a lot better. This makes AP Ivern only a bit harder to build but gives Ivern a more independent and versatile build.
Essentially, make sure you trust your teammates to 1. Carry and 2. Not feed if you're going Ivern Support.
Furthermore, the new support item changes that make them more individual items that have power rather than improving the shielding capabilities of characters themselves, 's will be less inclined to build support due to how much he values AP for his scalings.

Support Ivern Mythics

Moonstone Renewer

+ Insane Syngergy with Bruisers
+ HP Shields
+ Decent Stats
+ Mana-Sustain
= Decent ability haste
- Shield Strength Is Countered By
- No AH based mythic passive

Moonstone has been destroyed by the item rework and is essentially inferior to Shurelya's.

Shurelya's Battlesong

+ High Utility
+ Offensive and Defensive
+ Not as gutted as
+ Mana-Sustain
+ AH Mythic Passive
- Selfishlessness
- No Healing

Shurelya's is the go-to item for Ivern in the reworked state and item changes. Combos with Daisy as well. Way better than Moonstone.

If you want to learn specific matchup mythic choices for Support, look at the threats/synergies at the beginning of the guide.

Support Item Options

Ardent Censer

Although this is pretty weak on Ivern as it gives him little buffs and is designed for ADC-centered enchanters like , can still work if you have at least 3 ADC's on your team e.g , and . Otherwise, just go an AP item like or .

Banshee's Veil

I typically only go this when I'm versing a fed enemy AP champion like . is the only champion I take against a lot. Her charm is ****ed up by a spell shield.

Cosmic Drive

Chemtech Putrifier

Pretty much reduced to only being built against heavy healing comps.

Mejai's Soulstealer

Mikael's Blessing

is a really rare item to use on anyone pretty much, let alone . The long cooldown makes this scale pretty badly into the late game where high CC ultimates are on a 30-second cooldown anyways. Only ever go if you're versing a high AP team with high CC. I pretty much always run it against as it makes her incredibly useless early if you use the cleanse on her R. Really good against stuff like and can be good against a as his stun is necessary to his combo.

Redemption

The buffs that got has made it a pretty decent item to pick up if you're looking to purely support a very bruiser/melee/blood bath team who plays in a specific area. The CD buff makes it pretty good at all stages of the game, only falling off late game. The healing is also very good if you need to apply AoE support. Especially when the other items have gotten nerfed, redemption is a great full support item to pick up to keep your team alive in teamfights.

Staff of Flowing Water

SoFW is a very good item to pick up if you have multiple AP allies like , . It is also very good if you have another enchanter like or . Also very good with . Go if you want to support team with added AP and AH buffs.

Rabadon's Deathcap

Rabadon's, when combined with Moonstone shield and heal power makes Ivern shields reach ludicrous numbers(if properly itemised, near 1000 HP shields!), and can be a very very effective second item if ahead and want to supply a great surplus of HP through shields. Very solid and I'd reccomend if you don't need anti-heal, AH or utility.

Frozen Heart

Run against Graves and other AD burst/lethality users to mitigate or dispel a lot of their damage.

Imperial Mandate

The mythic turned legendary that used to be actually ATROCIOUS for has become a very solid second item, even in an AP build. Great burst potential. I'd highly reccomend.

What about [insert item]

List of "Optional" items

Nashor's Tooth

The new daisy changes may incentivise you to build this, but you actually are handicapping yourself to rely on Daisy in a game where 1200 HP smite exists and insane ADC's exist who can kite and kill Daisy so quickly. Don't go Nashors.

Void Staff

The changes it received in the preseason has made a very weird item. Still, it remains very very situational as . Only go when the enemy team is going 100% MR and you NEED to do damage instead of supporting. Not much else. Nice synergy with , but literal zero synergy with and . Still, is usually better as it gives HP and it gives higher raw AP.

Lich Bane

This item is pretty bad, even in ADC. The recent changes where it now gives ability haste skew it closer to Ivern's liking, but I honestly think other items like Zhonya's, Rabadons, or Chemtech Putrifier offer up better utility or stats. Cann build if fed and the extra damage is what you want, but overall other item get better usage than this.

Seraph's Embrace

Seraph's is a decent IDEA, but bad in execution. The shield is pretty decent but stacking tear and getting it up is a hassle as Ivern, seeing as you don't use abilities to clear.

Rylai's Cystal Scepter

This item is grouped with Nashors. It's god awful. It's safe to assume that anyone who builds this build is new to Ivern.

Horizon Focus

, in theory, should work pretty well if you're going for pure damage. It'll entirely shift Ivern from being a supportive carry to full-on carry as placing your shield on others will not activate due to 's unique interaction. Although that CAN be good, you'll want to remain somewhat supportive as Ivern, otherwise, you'll be risking a lot by not helping your team as often. Build if you are looking for maximum damage. Needs a bit more testing for me to find out where it's supposed to go in terms of the AP build.

Demonic Embrace

Combined with , Demonic can provide a great mix of damage and supportive capability, but seeing as Moonstone is pretty bad ATM, I wouldn't go this often. I only go if I need extra HP based damage when I cannot go Liandries and instead need protection or other utility.

Other Items

I assure you can either 1. Find a better AP/Shield power/AH item or 2. This item is not meant for Ivern anyways. If there is genuinely an item I missed, please leave a comment! I might be just dumb.

Ionian or Mobility Boots?

Ionian Boots

+ Ability Haste
+ Lower Cost
+ Flexibility
+ Smite and Flash CD lowered
+ Consistent Move speed
- A bit weaker at counter ganking
- A bit slower clear speeds

Mobility Boots

+ Faster clear speed
+ Better map presence
+ More counter ganking
+ Selflessness
- Weak in fights
- No Ability Haste
- Longer Smite CD

Honestly, 99% of the time, you want to be taking as they provide with pretty much everything he needs. The gold value he gets is phenomenal, giving an early power spike. Combined with which gives decent AP early, deals decently high consistent damage, with decent survivability with shield spam.
The only matchup I ever take is against , as I want to counter-gank as much as possible to prevent a complete snowball. Still, taking in these situations can be just as effective while supplying you with a bit more burst damage.
Going with can be a good combo to mitigate the move speed penalty you receive in combat, but the recent nerf to has made this a bit less effective.
Still, I think this decision is up to personal preference, with many stating that Ionian Boots are 100% better all the time, with some saying that can still compete as a viable option.

Runes

What does Ivern want?

wants a couple of different things out of his runes. But I think the most he wants is Flexibility. He loves being able to work around his team and the enemy team. Only in specific situations does he want to specifically design himself around defensive support or aggression. The most common example of a playstyle-designed rune page would be the Domination Aery page, but that still offers plenty of flex to it.

Aery Page(s)

is the best rune for to take in the Jungle. Although CAN work, it also doesn't provide any supportive flexibility AT ALL. The only time is taken is in Top Lane as he needs more trading potential and doesn't need 's shielding as he cannot apply it on himself.
Regardless, provides pretty decent damage; sometimes providing 2000 damage, with added shielding which can read upwards of 1000 shielding. The keystone also procs on your autos, which means early fights are more in favor for . The runes that opens up for you is also phenomenal for .

I think is a way better option than as it increases 's clear speeds and improves his kiting potential for the extra MS on both and . I remember some apps like Mobalytics used to reccomend on , but I think the little health it gives is practically useless compared to how many times I've outran an opponent with . I even had someone type in chat once "how are you so fast?" to me after I escaped a fight and they died to tower. isn't a jungle rune.

is way too good of a rune for because of how much he relies on Ability Haste and uptime to remain reliable and supportive. The resetting mechanic is rather lackluster, so that doesn't really come into play at all. I go this 100% of the game. can work decently well with , but it doesn't really do much other than MS. is a weird rune and is quite inflexible for . Overall, is the most flexible rune for .

I think the last row of runes are based on personal preference, but I highly recommend as it gives a little more map presence, better scuttle contest, and is overall more consistent for . is a good alternative, promoting late game scaling and more carry potential with higher AP, but is overall inflexible. Again, fiddle around with it and find how you like both runes. is not a Jungle Rune.

Secondary Runes

Domination Tree

The tree is an excellent tree for to have as it promotes late-game scaling and early snowballing, with the option of going against armor-heavy or tanky comps like or . is the best hunter option as it speeds up 's clear speeds, helps his slow disengage after a fight, and increases his map presence with added move speed. The reason why isn't needed is because of how bad it becomes late game, where you've already built 90% Ability Haste and is already on a 20 second cooldown, regardless if you have or not. always remains relevant for throughout the game.
Go and 90% of the time.

Inspiration Tree

The Tree is the most consistent tree for . I still recommend going if you're going AP, but the tree works great with a support build. is such a good rune as it lets hit his power spikes earlier, but also allows to remain relevant with how much he gets invaded late game. I'd only switch it out when you're going to build first or second item as you need the armor and utility to live against an assassin-heavy comp. is great for clearing your Jungle, and offers up a lot of flexibility around your clearing and flashes. Never swap out this rune if you're going . Hexflash used to be pretty good, but it's utility has gotten a little worse ever since and the other runes like and gives more than a small flash.

Why not [insert rune here]?

Revitalize sounds great on paper, but the gold value it gives is pretty minimal. Going and stacking AP usually gives more shielding per game than . is pretty weak in the Jungle as they aren't trying to win trades with it. is actually pretty good, but it doesn't pair well with any other runes. has minimal impact. doesn't do anything except 10 extra damage. The added armor is nice, but it doesn't do much.

Overall Rating

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with either secondary runes is probably the BEST rune for . It gives a lot of what he loves and allows to be a mixture of different playstyles and item builds. I don't think anything else comes close.
I am planning on adding explanations of Ivern runes. Will be coming soon.

Glacial Augment Page

Glacial is a good punishing tool against aggressive opponents or defensive teammates. It supplies a good slow that disrupts engages and slows disengages. The damage reduction is also great to apply some extra utility in blood-bath/mosh pit comps. The major problem that has is little damage flexibility and consistency. It also is very teammate reliant and therefore pretty weak if you can't or won't follow up on the activation. It also promotes healing power, which is good if you like going support but can severely limit your damage for only a little extra CC.

Perfect Timing is the bet rune to go here. I haven't played much with , but the community generally thinks its not as good as before. gives insane utility and play-making potential with Stasis, and the stopwatch builds into one of your items, . is the worst rune to take here as your boots are the most important part of 's kit to get early or semi-early.

Other than , the other two runes aren't runes designed for Jungle. Click here to see why I think is insanely valuable on .

Cosmic Insight is invaluable on , but is also the only rune you can take in the last row. would be funny to speed up level 1 clears with added move speed, but being funny isn't the intention.

Secondary Runes

Domination Secondary

Glacial has turned from a support oriented rune to a rune specialised for Item usage as it allows the combination of and , which considerably lowers item cooldowns. I recommend going Redemption first into either or , then going into or some sort of AP item.

Overall Rating

Bretty good
Overall, I think is a nice change of pace to see in the rune area. And although its an arguable amount lower in terms of performance to , I'd rate it a strong B or even a low A. What limits it is the need to build support to get the best out of the rune, and it means that you have limited damage.
Again, try it out and see how you like it. I personally don't like how irrelevant it becomes after 2 seconds in a fight, but many people have found good success with it. MossyElder is a great example, he takes it a lot of the time, and runs secondaries with and .

Guardian Page

Guardian is probably the most supportive rune page to go, and it completely banks on the idea of allies being able to use your support to live and deal damage. is also a great rune to help 's survivability with ganking, team fights, or just in general.
This is because gives a copy of the shield alongside his teammate.
also is meant to be a faster rune against faster teams(as in a damage sort of way, not necessarily move speed itself). So it's intended for to run or .
I recommend going this rune page ONLY if you are in high elo AND is vsing a fast team comp or having a fast team comp, like or .

is the best option. It promotes that same speed fighting.
But why not ? It does no damage, the added tankiness is pretty weak, and often is way better as it's healing should scale off of your healing/shielding items(Not tested but, I'd believe that to be true).

is a great rune, and the other two are useless.

is the only rune you can take. does nothing, and isn't needed.

Secondary Runes

Domination Secondary

provides with higher damage, better ganking pressure, and higher health shields with and . Other secondaries give too much utility, when is already so survival focused. I think the only other viable secondary runes would be with and .

Overall Rating

Bretty good
I actually think CAN be good, although every is better 99% of the time. is good if both teams are incredibly quick in teamfights. And taking can have higher impact than OCCASIONALLY. But often times, even can work to do very similar things to , but is focused more on utility than it is on straight damage tank.

Tier List of Runes

goes in C tier, alongside the .

Glacial Augment or Aery

When should I take Glacial Augment or Aery?

is significantly better when you are building support as the slow on the rays of ice scale insanely high off of healing and shielding power, reaching around 80%-95% slow at full build with max shielding power.
is also very good against people who have limited instant mobility like dashes as they will lose a majority of their speed due to . People like and are barely affected by the slow as their dashes prevent Glacial's lockdown to come into play. However, people who engage quickly but can be quickly punished due to the slow and damage reduction like , , or are the champions you want to be taking into.
is a much more flexible rune that allows for a little more early game pressure while scaling decently well. The runes that the tree offers up is also phenomenal for both support and AP, with being able to stay safe with as well as speeding up clears, spamming more 's with , and improving 's early game with added AP and MS.
I typically run this 100% of the time when playing AP Ivern unless the enemy team is full engage/dive then also works.
Though, the damage and shielding that gives cannot be underestimated in 1v1's and team fights. I would highly recommend going 95% of the time.

Inspiration & Domination Tree

The Inspiration Tree : The Strongest TREE for Ivern

Ivern's clear speed, besides his level, is affected by two things. Move speed, and cooldown. The move speed allows to walk around the jungle faster, soothing more and more camps. This is why buying boots first is a very good idea as it gives everything he needs to clear well, with decreasing his cooldown alongside providing move speed.
The tree fulfills the cooldown section, significantly reducing the cooldown, especially when combined with .
But that's not all that the Tree offers, with probably being the reason I have won or stayed in games with the utility it gives. Unlike other junglers, is significantly punished if his jungle is getting constantly invaded. Other Junglers like or , despite being invaded a lot, will still being able to one-shot a camp if it was still somehow left alone.
Meanwhile, will need to wait a solid 20-10 seconds in order to claim a camp. During this time, enemies can straight up kill the camp immediately, preventing from getting back into the game.
is a bandage solution to this problem, with it providing some extra gold to work around, both early and late game. Early on, it can be the difference between getting a on your first back, or not having enough for it.
The only other option you can take to replace is , as it opens up a lot of play making potential in fights, and builds into one of your core items, . I take into matchups where is necessary to survive.
USED to be a decent rune, but I don't think it's as good as the utility other runes have.
is not needed in the Jungle.

The Domination Tree : The Strongest Carry TREE for Ivern

Now, despite what I just said about the importance and utility the tree does for , here I am to contradict it all and say that is also a very good choice for Ivern to snowball and gain a good lead. Unlike , lets consistently fight and snowball with and increase clear speeds with . Change to when you are versing a tank or high resistance comp like , , , or .

IVERN MIDSCOPE & PATCH 13.10

Ivern Midscope is good?

Support is destroyed, but AP is going through the roof in winrate. Your ability to carry is much higher in the rework. The one rule is to play with Crown or Night Harvester and stop going the on-hit build. While before the and was actually quite good, the recent nerfs to your W AP scaling has made the build way worse than an average AP build.

Conclusion

I hope this guide has been good for you to learn . I certainly adore this champion, and I would probably not play League if he were to disappear.

1/8/2022 - Guide was published.
1/12/2022 - Added Glacial Augment and Aery chapter. Changed Glacial Augment runes to have resolve secondary. Added Inspiration Tree chapter.
1/20/2022 - Lich Bane changes. Still bad item. Rylai's Changes, still meme item.
4/13/2022 - Moonstone nerfs makes Ivern support worse. :(
19/10/2022 - I've updated this a little here and there, but not much has changed tbh.
16/01/2023 - Season 13 thoughts and added Kassadin and Ryze matchup on the chart.
4/19/2023 - Patch 13.8. Hasn't changed anything other than Jarvan being less of a threat. Kha'Zix might go up depending on how good those buffs are.

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Introduction

Table Of Contents

Pros and Cons of Ivern

Ability Breakdown

AP Ivern?

Support Ivern

What about [insert item]

Ionian or Mobility Boots?

Runes

Glacial Augment or Aery

Inspiration & Domination Tree

IVERN MIDSCOPE & PATCH 13.10

Conclusion

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