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Jungle

Ivern Build 26.22

B

Ivern breaks the rules of a normal carry: his kit is built entirely to enable other people, from a long-range Rootcaller that sets up kills to a shield that saves an ally and Daisy, a golem companion who knocks targets down for your team. Playable but nothing scary at 50.6% and on the way down, he even frees jungle camps without fighting them, powering up everyone's economy instead of his own. He is an enabler first, so his value shows up in how far ahead he gets his team, not in his own kill count.

#32 of 87 jungle this patch · 990 games
Win rate50.6%−2.0Games990Pick rate0.9%Ban rate0.4%Last 8 patches−0.5 since 26.15Damage profilei
AP
AD
AP 63%AD 26%True 11%
DifficultyiHighPunishes misplays
ModernARAMCounter

When Is Ivern Strongest?

The curve keeps climbing into the mid-to-late game, and games at this rank average around 27 minutes. Ivern wins by getting his carries ahead, so use the power window to set up early picks with the root, free camps for a hungry laner, and turn every kill into a snowball for someone else.

Game timeline · Ivern drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step
your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives
Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end27:24
Ambush zone2:48–4:18 Power spike 5:45
5:455:4513:3218:08
0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00
At 12:00
Power 55/100 · Even
Core 1/3 items
Gold ~4.7k
Phase Lvl-6 window
Next spike Redemption · 13:32

Ivern Item Build

Ivern is a supportive jungler who skips fighting camps and pours everything into empowering allies instead. The build favors ability haste, mana, and utility stats so his roots land more often, his shields hit harder, and Daisy stays online to swing fights.

Standard loadout · Ivern The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.
Starting items 450g Gustwalker Hatchling×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ››› Boots Ionian Boots of Lucidity98% · 51.1%Boots of Swiftness2% · 38.1%
Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up
vision controlbuy this gameFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.OOracle Lens78151.5%SStealth Ward17048.8%FFarsight Alteration3026.7%

Best Ivern Runes

Summon Aery anchors the runes, matched to the way Ivern is being played on this build. His kit is flexible enough to run a pure enabler setup or a more combat-forward one, and the keystone follows suit. Whatever the page, keep the rest of it pointed at the cooldowns and utility that let him keep rooting, shielding, and enabling on repeat.

The pre-game page Summon Aery · Sorcery + Inspiration · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards
Sorcery Primary Summon AeryYour attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies. Nimbus Cloak68% · 50.1%Transcendence71% · 48.9%Waterwalking67% · 50.4% Keystone plus three minors from Sorcery, two from Inspiration, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.
Inspiration Secondary Cash Back80% · 51.6%Cosmic Insight83% · 51.9%
Stat shards OffenseAbility Haste+8 Ability HasteFlexMove Speed+2.5% Move SpeedDefenseHealth Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)
Shards give +8Ability Haste+2.5%Move Speed+10–180 Health (by level)
Build toward Redemption into Moonstone Renewer and treat it as the point where his support tools come alive. Falling behind early is recoverable on this scaling curve. Once Moonstone Renewer comes online by roughly 18 minutes, his shields and utility swing entire fights for the people around him, and a well-timed Daisy and root can lock down whoever your carry needs gone. Get your team fed early, then let the items amplify everything they do.

Ivern Skill Order

Notice the swap at level 2. Rootcaller takes the opening point, then levels 2, 4, and 5 all feed Triggerseed, so a rough early jungle still leaves Ivern with a shield big enough to keep a diving ally alive.

Skill order · Ivern R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always
PriorityRR›EE›QQ›WW›Max E first; Q at level 1.
Lv 123456789101112131415161718
Q18101213max 13
W31415max 15
E24579max 9
R611max 11

Ivern Abilities

Brushmaker rarely gets a mention, letting Ivern conjure a patch of bush anywhere and hand himself and nearby allies bonus magic damage while they stand in it. Triggerseed is sneakier still, since a shield that explodes on nobody simply refreshes for another try.

Abilities · Ivernpatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown
Friend of the ForestPassivePRootcallerMax 2ndQBrushmakerMax lastWTriggerseedMax 1stEDaisy!UltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.
TriggerseedMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 2rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+20 per rank+80% APlv 270lv 490lv 5110lv 7130lv 9150Cooldown-1 per ranklv 211slv 410slv 59slv 78slv 97sConstant at every rankCost70same at all ranks

Ivern Base Stats

Base stats · IvernPatch 26.22
Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD50+3AS0.644+3.4%MS330Range475HP630+99HP57+0.85Armor27+4.7MR30+1.3MP450+60MP56+0.75

Ivern Matchups

Ivern wants games decided by picks and setup, so he does well against immobile targets his root can lock for the team to collapse on. He struggles against hard engage and dive comps that jump his fragile body before his shields and roots can matter.

Lane matchups · Ivern click any opponent to retune the console
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How to lane vs carry junglers 01Avoid early 1v1 skirmishes; your fast clear beats a carry jungler in tempo.02Ward your jungle entrances; carry junglers invade you and punish your weak dueling.03In fights root the carry jungler and shield the ally it dives. Win rate by game lengthIvern overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min47.9%20–28 min49.8%28–35 min52.3%Over 35 min51.0%
Keep an eye on Zed, Zac, and Diana, the aggressive early attackers who dive Ivern and punish how little personal fighting power he brings. Play safe, build your own tempo, and lean on your team to answer any early pressure. He lets the game open up against Nocturne, Bel'Veth, and Fiddlesticks, so look to help your winning teammates snowball, land Rootcaller, and turn their edge into picks.
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