Matchup

Heavy shieldingHeavy CC

Build vs Ivern

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Health Potion

Core build

Eclipse
1DPS
Sundered Sky
2Bruiser
Black Cleaver
3vs Tank

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Voltaic Cyclosword
5vs Tank

Summoner spells

414100%

Anti AD

Plated Steelcaps
4vs AD
Death's Dance
5vs AD
Guardian Angel
vs AD

Anti Tank

Voltaic Cyclosword
5vs Tank
Serpent's Fang
vs Tank
Youmuu's Ghostblade
vs Tank

DPS

Spear of Shojin
Bruiser

Other options

Sterak's Gage
Survival
100.0% WR1 games
PrecisionPrecision
ConquerorConqueror
Presence of MindPresence of Mind
Legend: HasteLegend: Haste
Last StandLast Stand
SorcerySorcery
TranscendenceTranscendence
ScorchScorch
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Early (0-15)
Mid (15-30)
Late (30+)
PantheonPantheon
IvernIvern
Aggressive
Careful
Careful

Ivern's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Friend of the Forest (P)

Ivern cannot attack or be attacked by non-epic monsters. Ivern can create magical groves on jungle camps which grow over time. When the grove is fully grown, Ivern may free the monsters to receive gold and experience.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
314s0.5s11s
612s0.5s11s2m20
910s0.5s11s2m20
1110s0.5s11s2m10
1610s0.5s9s2m
1810s0.5s7s2m

Playing against Ivern

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

1

Ivern is very weak in 1v1s — invade his jungle early to punish him, he can't fight.

2

Destroy the bushes he creates: enemies inside them have bonus auto-attack range.

3

Focus Daisy (his R) if she zones you — she deals a lot of damage and knocks up on the 3rd hit.

4

The Q root can be dodged by staying behind minions — it's a linear skillshot.

Source: op.gg + LTL Engine · Patch 16.9.1 · May 9, 2026