Ivy Community Build

No major balance changes, or even any minor balance changes are added in this update, that we would otherwise see or come to expect from something like a minor update. The biggest change in terms of raw balance that this update has to offer, is a huge rework of the jungle, and corrupted items. Of course, the entire map got completely changed. Sidelines like green and yellow seem to have the same, if not more cover to work around, but the opposite seems to be true for blue. On blue guardians, the space is insanely open, and this holds true for all walkers now. Characters that thrive in open areas will like this update, which does include Ivy, though moreso spirit ivy than gun.

Yoshi has capped the amount of text you can have in a build, and you cannot make certain categories and annotations too long. A lot of the descriptions have been removed and reformatted because it will not allow me the publish the build otherwise.

Often times you get a good opportunity to gank or perform a sneak attack on a side laner, or an unsuspecting opponent. Generally speaking, ivy has relatively quiet footsteps, and can sneak up pretty easily without LOS (line of sight). However, active reload as an item, is INSANELY loud and clear from miles away to the enemy, so be sure to proc it accordingly. Dont proc it way before engaging, which may let the enemy spot you, giving them time to run.

RIGHT after you cast your flight/ultimate on yourself or an ally, pressing forward dash (shift + w) or spamming w + shift, instantly initiates maximum flight velocity, being faster than normal flight, or crouch flighting.

In the late game (~§40k+ souls), When you have purchased healing tempo, and are either doing midboss before enemies have time to arrive, or are sieging/pushing the enemies double base guardians/shrines, press 2 on multiple allies to give MULTIPLE players the healing tempo buff, instead of the automatically selected single person that you will tether to.

Stone form instantly makes you float upwards from the position that you cast it. If you land on a object/ terrain higher than the position you started/casted stone form on, you will exit stone form sooner. Sometimes, exiting stone form as soon as possible can be more beneficial than staying in the invulnerability for as long as possible. The reason is, that the longer you stay in stone form, the more time the enemy has to setup and plan how to attack you when you exit it. this can involve having just enough time to use a CC/root/stun ability, or bursting you down with damaging abilities, or giving more time for the enemy to get more teammates to your location to kill you. This is why sometimes when you stone form, look for objects higher than your starting position to stomp on. This is also VERY useful to save time when you are only using stone form to heal, giving you more time to move around and play.

Kudzu Bomb/Entangling Thorns goes through walls, meaning you can throw it against some camps out of line of sight of the wall to do damage

Start kudzu in lane. Take bridge control with your lane partner ASAP. Lineup a kudzu to throw right as the troopers land. The first time troopers are shot in the head, they stagger and stand still. Use this to keep them in the kudzu. Repeat these lineups for the next wave, and then you will have a kudzu bomb ready to throw right as the third wave spawns, without needing to upgrade to an extra charge. You can also, instead of using it on 3rd wave, use it on the min 2:00 T1 Camp

The order of all the items in this build all are super important. Generally, The core build path is 100% the way to go, Left -> Right, with an exception to the spirit items. After you buy all the core items, you need to HEAVILY think about itemization based on what the strengths the enemy has, and what weaknesses you can abuse. All annotations are in depth for every late game optional item to help you towards the direction of proper itemization. Additionally, Almost every optional category is organized to where the leftmost items are generally going to mean they are used far more often than the rightmost, with the categories labeled "Laning/Mid/Late Extras" being an exception to this rule. The testing items section also ignores this rule.

Ability 2: §1100 Ability 3: §2000 Ability 4: §3800 T2 Stone: §2600 T1 Bomb: §3200 T3 Tether: §9800 T3 Ult: §18000 T3 Stone: §27500 T3 Bomb: §49200

Due to the new limitations of how much text and content you can include in a build now, I cannot put any of the extra categories describing what to do throughout the game. Currently working on a reformatting work-around in the meantime.