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Ivy

Deadlock Ivy Build

Kudzu Bomb
Watcher's Covenant
Stone Form
Air Drop
Ivy Counters
Lash
Yamato
Abrams

Overview

Ivy is one of the most versatile heroes in Deadlock and offers great support to her team with both healing and CC while being extremely mobile. She is the best Urn carrier in Deadlock and can combo extremely well with other heroes like Seven thanks to her ability to pick up friendly players and carry them through the air.

Ivy is perfect for players looking to fill the support role in Deadlock as she is easy to play while also being very versatile and with a respectable skill ceiling, making her a satisfying hero to master.

Strengths
  • Great Support Ability with Watcher's CovenantWatcher's Covenant healing.
  • Great Mobility & difficult to catch.
  • Easy to play.
Weaknesses
  • Long Cooldowns.
  • Low Damage.
  • Team reliant as Air DropAir Drop requires good coordination.

Items

Early Game
Restorative Shot
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Melee Lifesteal
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Spirit Strike
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Sprint Boots
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Mystic Reach
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Reactive Barrier
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Extra Health
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Healing Rite
Mid Game
Rescue Beam
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Heroic Aura
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Health Nova
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Healing Booster
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Improved Spirit Armor
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Improved Bullet Armor
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Enduring Speed
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Duration Extender
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Lifestrike
Late Game
Inhibitor
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Curse
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Soul Rebirth
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Refresher
Situational
Curse
Knockdown
Ethereal Shift
Silence Glyph
Debuff Remover
Metal Skin
Healbane
Improved Spirit Armor
Improved Bullet Armor

Ability Path

Kudzu Bomb Kudzu Bomb Ability unlock Ability upgrade 1 Ability upgrade 2 Ability upgrade 5
Watcher's Covenant Watcher's Covenant Ability unlock Ability upgrade 1 Ability upgrade 2 Ability upgrade 5
Stone Form Stone Form Ability unlock Ability upgrade 1 Ability upgrade 2 Ability upgrade 5
Air Drop Air Drop Ability unlock Ability upgrade 1 Ability upgrade 2 Ability upgrade 5

Skills

  • Kudzu BombKudzu Bomb — While it doesn't do great damage, Kudzu BombKudzu Bomb covers a large area and slows both troopers and players that pass through. You should use this when playing in the duo lane to help setup kills by throwing it ahead of enemies and into their escape route or simply to deal damage and keep them off a part of the lane.
  • Watcher's CovenantWatcher's Covenant — Use this skill to heal your team mates! Connecting with team mates will heal them whenever you heal yourself, providing bullet lifesteal and increases fire rate. Keep in mind that Watcher's CovenantWatcher's Covenant will re-attach to another friendly target if you move away from the initial target and into range of a new team mate but you can also do it manually.
  • Stone FormStone Form — This is both a heal and a CC skill as it stuns enemies caught by the Stone FormStone Form while also making you invulnerable and healing you for a portion of your max HP. Aim to always use Stone FormStone Form against multiple enemies in team fights to gain an advantage and make the most of the skill!
  • Air DropAir Drop — This versatile ability can carry a teammate out of danger or you can use it to fly alone and hold a bomb instead. You have full control over the direction of the flight and can move up and down in the air. Throwing the bomb/team mate will apply a silence in a large area upon impact, silencing all enemy players caught in it. Air DropAir Drop also pairs perfectly with Sevens Storm CloudStorm Cloud, allowing you to carry him around the map to catch fleeing enemies.

Early Game / Laning Phase

If in duo-lane, focus on farming Troopers and denying them against your enemy while your duo partner focuses on poking and possibly pushing for kills. Support this by using your Stone FormStone Form to catch unaware enemies and collapse together with your lane partner to score a kill. Aim to remain with your lane partner as much as possible to support them but stay in lane whenever they are ganking so you don't lose your guardian. You can also go out to gank yourself but don't do it too often as it is risky and creates lane inbalance in duo lanes which can easily turn into a 1vs3 if the other duo lane ganks.

Focus on buying your healing items first. Both Restorative ShotRestorative Shot and Melee LifestealMelee Lifesteal, should be used to constantly heal yourself with both melee and your gun. Remember that both items have a small cooldown and should be used against heroes as much as possible. Spirit StrikeSpirit Strike also improves your melee damage, improving your poke potential when meleeing.

Follow up by buying Mystic ReachMystic Reach to improve the range of your abilities! Reactive BarrierReactive Barrier and Extra HealthExtra Health are great defensive items to help you before entering the mid game.


Souls 500
Restorative Shot
Restorative Shot
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Souls 500
Melee Lifesteal
Melee Lifesteal
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Souls 500
Spirit Strike
Spirit Strike
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Souls 500
Sprint Boots
Sprint Boots
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Souls 500
Mystic Reach
Mystic Reach
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Souls 1250
Reactive Barrier
Reactive Barrier
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Souls 500
Extra Health
Extra Health
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Souls 500
Healing Rite
Healing Rite

Early Game Situational

If you are struggling in lane, Healing RiteHealing Rite can offer great healing without requiring you to go back to the base but you must remain outside of enemy range. This is particularly useful for Ivy as it also heals the target attached with Watcher's CovenantWatcher's Covenant.

Mid Game

Once Mid game rolls around and the Midboss spawns, you should try to maximize your team advantage as much as possible by taking control of the Urn and delivering it as often as possible. You can use Air DropAir Drop to carry the urn yourself without needing a second player as you can use this ability before the urn collection channel ends.

Whenever you aren't delivering the Urn, try to stay with your team in order to help during the team fights as that is where Ivy shines. Use Health NovaHealth Nova and Rescue BeamRescue Beam to keep your team topped up and healed throughout the mid game so they have an easier time snowballing towards late game with souls advantage.

Always keep an eye out for vending machines and neutral jungle camps though as they provide a large amount of souls and you shouldn't let the enemy farm them if possible.

Both Healing BoosterHealing Booster and Enduring SpeedEnduring Speed are must-have items as they boost your healing and mobility while Heroic AuraHeroic Aura helps your entire team.


Souls 3000
Rescue Beam
Rescue Beam
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Souls 3000
Heroic Aura
Heroic Aura
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Souls 1250
Health Nova
Health Nova
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Souls 1250
Healing Booster
Healing Booster
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Souls 3000
Improved Spirit Armor
Improved Spirit Armor
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Souls 3000
Improved Bullet Armor
Improved Bullet Armor
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Souls 1250
Enduring Speed
Enduring Speed
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Souls 1250
Duration Extender
Duration Extender
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Souls 3000
Lifestrike
Lifestrike

Late Game

During the late game, focus on staying with your team as much as possible in order to be there during every team fight. If there is a chance to start a team fight, use Air DropAir Drop to fly one of your close range team mates into the enemy group. Heroes like Mo and Krill, Dynamo and Haze are great to use as an engagement tool thanks to their AOE CCs.

Try to keep an eye on Midboss and don't let enemies take control of it after winning a team fight. You should always try to secure the Midboss for your own team after decisively winning a team fight, pinging for team mates to help and take the advantage instead.

Your role becomes to deny enemy damage and negate it through the use of both CurseCurse for silencing and locking down enemies while InhibitorInhibitor is the perfect choice to lower overall damage of enemies regardless if they are spirit or bullet focused heroes.

Soul RebirthSoul Rebirth is a great item as you can begin to bait fights, force enemies to use a lot of their kits to kill you before you come back to life. Keep in mind however that Soul RebirthSoul Rebirth appears under your player icon in the scoreboard! RefresherRefresher is also a very strong late game item but you rarely get to actually buy it as matches usually end before that.


Souls 6200
Inhibitor
Inhibitor
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Souls 6200
Curse
Curse
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Souls 6200
Soul Rebirth
Soul Rebirth
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Souls 6200
Refresher
Refresher

Situational Items

These items can be bought up to counter certain heroes as they work perfectly for specific scenarios.

  • HealbaneHealbane - This is a great item choice against healing heavy heroes like Infernus or Abrams, helping you take them down.
  • Ethereal ShiftEthereal Shift — This item is fantastic for engaging with all your abilities before using Ethereal ShiftEthereal Shift to become immune to damage. It is also good for avoid high damage skills like Guided OwlGuided Owl.
  • KnockdownKnockdown — Cheap item to counter both snipers like Vindicta and Grey Talon by knocking them out of the air. This also works on Seven while he is ulting and he will also be stopped.
  • Silence GlyphSilence Glyph — Buy this if you want to silence enemies and turn them into a quick kill. Works exceptionally well vs enemies that make use of short cooldowns like Lash. It is also great for countering Yamato as the silence can stop her from using the ultimate.
  • Debuff RemoverDebuff Remover — This item removes all debuffs when pressed and can be amazing vs heroes like Bebop as it counters his Sticky BombSticky Bomb entirely.
  • Metal SkinMetal Skin — While not very useful against other heroes, this is very good vs Hazes ultimate, allowing you to reposition away from her while she uses it without taking any damage.

Souls 6200
Curse
Curse
Souls 3000
Knockdown
Knockdown
Souls 3000
Ethereal Shift
Ethereal Shift
Souls 3000
Silence Glyph
Silence Glyph
Souls 3000
Debuff Remover
Debuff Remover
Souls 3000
Metal Skin
Metal Skin
Souls 1250
Healbane
Healbane
Souls 3000
Improved Spirit Armor
Improved Spirit Armor
Souls 3000
Improved Bullet Armor
Improved Bullet Armor
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