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Ivy Marksman hero · Challenging

Sets up a power duo with a lucky ally

Team-upDisruptorRock Solid

Ivy has disruptive combat tricks that slow and stun enemies. She's most effective when linking up with an ally, empowering her and her ally's guns as well as sharing heals.

Ivy starts with 755 health and a gun that deals 61 damage per second. Their abilities are Entangling Thorns, Kudzu Connection and Stone Form, with Air Drop as the ultimate.

Health
755
Regen
2/s
Move speed
7.2m/s
Sprint
+1.6m/s
Stamina
4
Gun DPS
61

Win rate 52.9% Pick rate 21.5% 716k matches in the last 30 days Counters and synergy

The kit

Ivy abilities

Cooldown
32s
Duration
4s

Summon a patch of choking thorns that damages and slows enemies in its radius.

Damage Per Second
40 ×0.55 Spirit
Move Speed
-28%
  1. I

    +1 Charges

    1 AP
  2. II

    +2m Radius and increased DPS Spirit scaling

    2 AP
  3. III

    Enemies caught in thorns for 2s are Immobilized for +1.6s

    5 AP
Cooldown
37s
Range
16m
Duration
12s

Connect with a nearby ally to gain bonuses, replicated healing, and ignore the move speed penalty while shooting.

Receive 50% of Bonuses with no connection
Connection requires line of sight.

Fire Rate
+10% ×0.18 Spirit
Bullet Lifesteal
+15% ×0.15
Replicated Healing
35% +0.85 per boon
Tether Count
1
  1. I

    +2m Move Speed

    1 AP
  2. II

    +8% Fire Rate and +8% Bullet Lifesteal

    2 AP
  3. III

    Ability is always active

    5 AP

Ability 3

Stone Form

Cooldown
40s
Duration
3s

Turn yourself into impervious stone and smash into the ground, stunning and damaging enemies nearby. Heals you for a percentage of your max health.

Damage
75 ×0.6 Spirit
Max Health Heal
6%
  1. I

    +6% Max Health Heal

    1 AP
  2. II

    -25s Cooldown

    2 AP
  3. III

    +0.75s Stun Duration and increased Damage spirit scaling

    5 AP

Ultimate

Air Drop

Cooldown
100s
Range
22m
Duration
21s

Grab an ally and take flight with them. Drop your ally to cause an explosion, dealing Spirit Damage. You and your ally gain increased Outgoing Damage when flying ends.

Cooldown reduced by 30% when used on allies.
Taking damage briefly disables using the ability.
While lifted, your ally cannot attack and deals -20% damage.

Explode Damage
115 ×0.7 Spirit
Outgoing Damage Bonus
20%
Landing Radius
20m
Buff Duration
8s
  1. I

    On Fly End : 0.7 Barrier to Ivy and ally that scales with Spirit

    1 AP
  2. II

    +32% Slow for s on enemies hit

    2 AP
  3. III

    Silence for s on enemies hit.
    Increases damage and barrier scaling.

    5 AP

What players buy

Ivy build

The items Ivy players pick most often in the early game, and how often they buy each one.

  1. I
    Extended Magazine 800
    Picked in 63% of games
  2. II
    Titanic Magazine 1,600
    Picked in 55% of games
  3. I
    Extra Charge 800
    Picked in 33% of games
  4. I
    Mystic Expansion 800
    Picked in 20% of games

From recent matches

Teammates and counters

Ivy wins 52.9% of 716k matches in the last 30 days. Here's who Ivy does best with, the heroes Ivy struggles against most, and the ones Ivy beats most often.

From recent matches

Items Ivy players buy

How often Ivy players buy each item and how often they win with it, over 716k matches in the last 30 days. Expensive items bought late often show high win rates because the game was already going well.

ItemBought inWin rateUsually bought at
Titanic Magazine76.7%52.6%7 min
Extended Magazine73.0%52.5%3 min
Tesla Bullets69.9%53.1%12 min
Mystic Expansion59.6%53.3%13 min
Capacitor51.9%53.9%21 min
Greater Expansion51.6%54.4%25 min
Extra Charge49.3%52.4%8 min
Healing Booster48.0%53.2%16 min
Rapid Recharge42.2%53.2%23 min
Extra Regen41.7%53.0%9 min

Highest win rates (bought in 5% of matches or more)

  1. Spirit Burn 60.8% won · bought in 6.6%
  2. Echo Shard 58.9% won · bought in 10.1%
  3. Silencer 58.9% won · bought in 8.3%
  4. Escalating Exposure 58.3% won · bought in 19.3%
  5. Crippling Headshot 58.0% won · bought in 7.6%
  6. Boundless Spirit 57.5% won · bought in 18.2%

Gun

Protector's Hand

Ivy's weapon
DPS
61
While firing
Sustained DPS
30
Including reloads
Bullet damage
4.45
Fire rate
13.61/s
Magazine
33
Empties in 2.43s
Reload
2.44s

Damage over distance

Full damage to 19.99m Drops to 10% by 57.51m

Headshots deal ×1.65 damage. Bullets travel at 572 m/s and drop over long distances.

Initiate to Eternus

Ivy win rate by rank

How often Ivy wins at each rank (by the average rank of the match) over the last 30 days. The middle line is 50%.

  1. Initiate 52.8% · 8,944
  2. Seeker 52.5% · 19k
  3. Acolyte 53.4% · 17k
  4. Sentinel 53.7% · 15k
  5. Mystic 53.3% · 14k
  6. Ritualist 54.0% · 13k
  7. Emissary 53.8% · 13k
  8. Oracle 54.0% · 16k
  9. Phantom 53.4% · 15k
  10. Ascendant 53.3% · 6,446
  11. Eternus 54.1% · 2,926

Every boon

Growth per level

Collecting souls levels you up. Each level from 2 onward is a boon, and every boon permanently adds:

Health
+45
Bullet damage
+0.08
Melee damage
+1.58
Spirit power
+1.2

Quick answers

Ivy questions

What type of hero is Ivy?
Ivy is a marksman. Gun-focused heroes who deal steady damage from range. Complexity: challenging.
What are Ivy's abilities?
Entangling Thorns, Kudzu Connection and Stone Form, plus the ultimate Air Drop. Each one has three upgrades that cost 1, 2 and 5 ability points.
How much health does Ivy have?
Ivy starts with 755 health and gains 45 more with every boon (each level from 2 onward).
Is Ivy good for beginners?
Ivy is rated challenging. If you're new, Graves, Haze and Infernus are easier places to start.
What should I buy first on Ivy?
Most Ivy players open with Extended Magazine, Titanic Magazine and Extra Charge. See the full Ivy build for mid and late game items.

Case history

Ivy lore

The gargoyle didn't know what was happening when it sprang to life... just that a big human and a small human were being hurt. And so the gargoyle leapt to action, sending the attackers fleeing in horror. The small human said thank you and asked the gargoyle's name. The gargoyle didn't have one. And so the small human said, "I'm going to call you Ivy." The gargoyle, being covered in ivy at the time, thought it was a bit obvious, but decided to go along with it for the small human's sake.

The humans asked if Ivy would come home with them so they could show their appreciation, and so Ivy walked with them. That night she learned much. The family were called The Arroyo's. The little one, Sophia. Mofongo is what they called a plate of deliciousness. But most importantly, she learned that the people attacking them were called "The Mendoza Syndicate", and they were hurting people...nice people like The Arroyo's.

18 years have passed since the day the Arroyo's took Ivy home... and during that time she made it her mission to dismantle the Mendoza Syndicate and free Spanish Harlem from its grasp. However the thing about dedicating your life to a single pursuit for nearly 2 decades is that you don't really know what to do once you achieve it. For the first time in her life, Ivy is prepared to venture outside of Spanish Harlem and see what the world has to offer beyond vigilante justice.

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