Champion Reveal: Ivern, the Green Father
Once, long ago, Ivern Bramblefoot was called Ivern the Cruelâthat was before he tangled with a God-Willow. In the centuries since, Ivern has roamed the forests of Runeterra, cultivating life wherever he goes. Wildflowers bloom in his footsteps as he laughs with trees, plays tricks on rocks, and dines with moss on the sunâs delectable rays. When the Green Father traipses into your lane, he brings all the secrets of the forest along with him.
Passive: Friend of the Forest
Ivern loves jungle monsters and would never harm them. Instead, he sets them free! Clicking on any jungle camp creates a grove using some of Ivernâs health and mana. The grove matures over time; when fully grown it can be clicked on again to free the campâs denizens, granting Ivern gold and XP. Smiting a camp with a grove on it instantly sends the monsters to safety.
After level five, the Green Father creates copies of the red and blue buff whenever he frees the Red Brambleback or Blue Sentinelâtheyâll leave behind a sapling which can be picked up by allies.
Ivern shoots out a ropey root that deals magic damage and (as youâd expect) roots the first enemy it hits. Allies who use a basic attack on the rooted target will automatically dash to get within attack range.
Passive: When hiding in brush, Ivernâs basic attacks have increased magic damage and range. This effect lasts for a couple seconds after Ivern leaves the brush.
Active: Ivern creates a patch of brush, temporarily revealing the area around it. The amount of brush created is slightly greater if itâs placed near a wall or any other brush. The Green Fatherâs grassy patches disappear on their own after a moderate delay.
Ivern places a protective seed onto his ally, granting them a shield. After a short delay the seed explodes, damaging and slowing all nearby enemies.
Ivern summons Daisy, an enormous sentinel who loves hugs. Daisy scampers around joyfully, knocking up Ivernâs target after a few hits. Ivern can recast this ability to direct his boisterous friend toward new targets. Sheâll hang around until her hankering for hugs has been satisfied, or until her health bar is depleted.
LANING PHASE AND THE MID-GAME
Who says supports have to hang in the bot lane? Ivern Bramblefoot is a true support-jungler, arguably the first of his kind. Most supports canât hack it in jungle because they lack the sheer damage output to beat up rascally woodland creatures in a timely manner. Ivern gets around that with his ability to evacuate camps without ever fighting anythingâthe green man just tends to his groves and soon enough the critters go prancing away on their own, happily handing over their juicy XP and gold as they leave.
It only takes Ivern a few moments to lay down or harvest his grove on camps, so he has access to jungle routes that just arenât an option for those who have to fight and kill their prey. One valid strategy: Take Smite and Teleport, then go into the enemy jungle and drop a ward near an entrance. After sprinting through and gettinâ grovey with all the camps, TP back to the starting point for another lap to set the whole zoo free.
A more common pattern will see Ivern dropping groves on all the camps in his own jungle, then using his remaining free time to prance into a lane for a quick gank. Regardless of whether the gank is successful, Ivern can then stroll back into the jungle to claim his ripe rewards.
âWhenever Ivernâs ganking,Brushmaker gives him a thick playbook of ways to sneak into side lanes. His brush doesnât appear on opponentsâ minimaps, so itâs on them to keep a close eye out for any creeping forestry sprouting up around them.â
Whenever Ivernâs ganking, Brushmaker gives him a thick playbook of ways to sneak into side lanes. His brush doesnât appear on opponentsâ minimaps, so itâs on them to keep a close eye out for any creeping forestry sprouting up around them. The bushes block off vision granted by minions, making it possible for Ivern to create a grassy curtain thatâll keep soon-to-be-rootcalledopponents in the dark.
Once the Green Father gets access to his old friend, Daisy, heâs got a powerful way to disrupt enemy carries and peel for his own backline. In some of those crucial early skirmishes (like for first dragon), a rampaging hug monster taking an ADC or mage out of the fight can be all your team needs to build a major lead.
TEAMFIGHTING AND LATE-GAME
Once the teamfight phase hits, Ivernâs role couldnât be more clear: Heâs there to make his teamâs frontline more deadly. If the droll druid lands a Rootcaller on an enemy squishies, it grants every teammate within range a free dash toward the rooted target. One root hits, and all at once your friendly Braumâs giving âem a mouthful of mustache, your Vayneâs spouting condemnations, and your Garenâs in the spin zone.
Most of the time, youâll want to save Triggerseed for that moment just after youâve landed a sick pick with Rootcaller. Since the rootâs dash effect is much greater on melee allies, youâll probably want to grant them Triggerseedâs shielding and slowing properties. They can ride the root in, pop some fools with the bursting Triggerseed, then tank any retaliatory hits while the triggering intensifies. While all thatâs going down, Mr. Bramblefoot is free to spank nearby baddies using the extended auto-attack range he receives while in brush.
The biggest benefit of Ivernâs brushmaking hobby is its potential to create mind games. Many of us have played on Summonerâs Rift for years at this point, and brush locations have been pretty consistent throughout. We unconsciously track our distance from any and all unwarded brush, taking pains not to facecheck it. So when youâre halfway down bot sideâs river and find yourself encountering a whole grassy field, it can seriously mess with your mind.
The range on Brushmaker is crazy big, so Ivern can use it scare opponents into thinking heâs somewhere heâs not. Stand on one side of the midlane and drop a bunch of brush near the opposite side, just to drive them toward you. Or, just plant some on top of your own carries in the middle of a teamfight to make them untargetable.
âThe range on Brushmaker is crazy big, so Ivern can use it scare opponents into thinking heâs somewhere heâs not. Stand on one side of the midlane and drop a bunch of brush near the opposite side, just to drive them toward you. Or, just plant some on top of your own carries in the middle of a teamfight to make them untargetable.â
Ivernâs designer, Blake 'Squad5â Smith, says he once stole a dragon just by filling the pit up with grass and hanging out in it. When he smote the dragon for the kill, the other team didnât think to check the grassy knoll where he was still hiding. Instead, everyone just wandered off, dejected, and recalled to base. Victory through trickery: the true way of the Green Father.
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