Game patch 26.20Data Dragon 16.20.1
Reference patch 16.20.1
the Green Father
Ivern is a spell-focused champion who plays around range, cooldowns and controlled areas. This overview keeps the explanation practical and leaves patch-sensitive numbers to Riot's structured data and the current in-game tooltip.
Usual roleJungleStrengths and limits
These are kit-level patterns, not a promise that every lane or matchup plays the same way.
Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!
Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!
Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!
Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.
Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!
Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!
Practical champion reading
Use these patterns to ask better questions before choosing an item, target or commitment. They describe the kit, not a guaranteed result.
Magic resistance can reduce the broad spell profile, but positioning and cooldown tracking still decide whether the important abilities connect.
Do not judge the champion from one button. Watch which setup, payoff and escape tools are available before choosing a trade or commitment.
Ranged attacks are useful only while a safe line to the target remains. Flanks, hard control and blocked escape routes can remove that advantage quickly.
Protection, setup and information can matter more than personal damage. Position so the next useful spell can reach the ally or target that needs it.
Tenacity can shorten only eligible control. Displacements, airborne effects and repeated slows need their own positioning, blocking or movement answer.
Anti-heal or anti-shielding is situational. Buy it only when the effect is materially protecting targets and your champion can apply the answer reliably.
A spell being available does not mean the complete sequence is sustainable. Watch the resource bar as well as the setup and escape cooldowns.
Defensive item reference
Start with the threat that is actually affecting the match. These are conditional comparisons, not an automatic counter build.
Magic resistance addresses the broad damage profile, while Tenacity can shorten reducible control.
Choose Plated Steelcaps instead only when physical basic attacks from this champion or the rest of the team are the larger repeated threat.Normal Draft and Ranked role map
Each lane is assessed separately. Open a role to reach its queue-specific build and matchup preparation.
Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Ivern is normally played Jungle and does not currently have a reviewed Top route. Top usually needs independent laning, durable trading or reliable side-lane pressure. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, not a standard recommendation.
Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Ivern has an established clear and map plan that can function without lane income while contesting camps and objectives.
Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Ivern is normally played Jungle and does not currently have a reviewed Mid route. Mid usually needs solo-lane safety plus wave control, roaming or reliable burst pressure. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, not a standard recommendation.
Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Ivern is normally played Jungle and does not currently have a reviewed Bot route. Bot usually needs dependable duo-lane scaling and sustained damage with shared early pressure. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, not a standard recommendation.
Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Ivern can be selected here as a deliberate player-chosen strategy, but it is not a primary role. The pick still needs a matchup and team plan.
Situational AP purchase
Buy healing reduction when enemy healing or regeneration is deciding fights and you can keep damaging the relevant target. Grievous Wounds reduces healing; it does not reduce shields, magic damage or crowd control.
Oblivion Orb can provide healing reduction without immediately paying for a completed Morellonomicon. Fit the component around your core damage, mana and survival needs; check the current queue's item tooltip.
Complete Morellonomicon when its stats and slot efficiency suit your build. Do not treat it as a mandatory first item just because your champion deals magic damage.
Multiple Grievous Wounds sources do not add their percentages together. Another reliable applier may cover the same target, but you may still need your own source for a separate fight or target.
Repeated spell damage and damage over time can maintain coverage more reliably than a single hit. Match the purchase to your actual spell access, enemy sustain and the teammates who can apply the debuff.
If you die before dealing damage, you apply no healing reduction. If your target dies before healing, there is little healing to prevent. The debuff applies on qualifying damage immediately; it does not need to build up. It remains briefly after your last hit, so teammates can benefit even after you disengage.
Only healing during the active debuff counts. For example, 40% reduction prevents 80 of a 200-point heal, or 400 of a 1,000-point heal, before other modifiers. Compare that with the damage, penetration or survival you delayed; neither example guarantees a kill. Healing after the debuff expires is unaffected.
See the Oblivion Orb and Morellonomicon references for current effects and queue availability. These are situational decisions, not a measured best-build claim.
Kit reference
Ability names, descriptions and numeric fields come from Riot Data Dragon. Practical reads are independently written; the current in-game tooltip remains authoritative.
What it doesIvern 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.
Practical readFriend of the Forest is the always-on rule shaping Ivern's normal trading and fight pattern. Watch its in-game state before committing.
What it doesIvern conjures a vine, dealing damage and rooting enemy targets hit. Ivern's allies can dash to the rooted target.
Practical readRootcaller contributes movement or repositioning and damage. Its value changes with cooldown, range and target access; recognise the setup before moving into its effective area.
The cast changes position or access. Account for where the champion finishes, not only where the ability begins.
What it doesIn brush, Ivern and his nearby allies attacks deal bonus magic damage. Ivern can activate this ability to create a patch of brush.
Practical readBrushmaker contributes damage. Its value changes with cooldown, range and target access; recognise the setup before moving into its effective area.
What it doesIvern places a shield on an ally which explodes after a short duration slowing and damaging enemies. The shield refreshes if it hits no enemies.
Practical readTriggerseed creates setup or area pressure. Place it where the opponent must choose between entering its space, changing route or giving up the immediate contest.
Meeting the listed condition refreshes or reduces downtime. Missing that condition changes the next available cast.
The protection or sustain is part of the cast's value. Compare its timing with incoming damage rather than reading only the offensive effect.
What it doesIvern summons his Sentinel friend Daisy to fight with him. Re-cast command Daisy to attack or move.
Practical readDaisy! is part of Ivern's R pattern. Read its listed effect first, then track the cooldown and condition that make the next use valuable.
Levels 1–18
Base values exclude items, runes, temporary buffs and mode-specific modifiers. Cooldowns are the listed base cooldown before ability haste.
Cooldown Data Dragon 16.20.1
Can receive its first point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.
Can receive its first point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.
Can receive its first point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.
First rank becomes available at level 6; later ranks normally become available at levels 11 and 16.
| Level | Health | Mana | Ability milestone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 630 | 450 Mana | Choose the first basic ability |
| 2 | 701 | 493 Mana | Add another basic ability or rank |
| 3 | 776 | 539 Mana | Add another basic ability or rank |
| 4 | 854 | 586 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 5 | 936 | 635 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 6 | 1,021 | 687 Mana | First ultimate rank normally available |
| 7 | 1,110 | 741 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 8 | 1,202 | 797 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 9 | 1,297 | 854 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 10 | 1,396 | 914 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 11 | 1,499 | 977 Mana | Second ultimate rank normally available |
| 12 | 1,605 | 1,041 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 13 | 1,714 | 1,107 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 14 | 1,827 | 1,175 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 15 | 1,943 | 1,246 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 16 | 2,063 | 1,319 Mana | Final ultimate rank normally available |
| 17 | 2,186 | 1,393 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 18 | 2,313 | 1,470 Mana | Spend one ability point |
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