Welcome to the League of Legends Champion Spotlight,
featuring Ivern, the Green Father.
Once, long ago, Ivern Bramblefoot was a man—
a pretty bad one.
As a Freljordian conquistador,
Ivern took what he wanted and killed anyone in his way.
That changed the day he cut down
a mysterious tree called a God-Willow.
As it fell, the tree's magic flooded
the cruel warrior's soul,
leaving him with a love of nature
and new appreciation for life.
Now, by protecting the forest from those
with evil in their hearts,
the Green Father hopes to find atonement for his sins.
Ivern's passive is Friend of the Forest.
Ivern loves all the jungle's creatures,
and would never harm them;
Instead, he sets them free!
By right-clicking any non-epic jungle monster,
Ivern spends some health and mana to create
a grove that then matures over time.
Once the grove fully matures,
right-clicking it again will free the camp's critters,
who leave behind gifts of gold and experience.
Ivern can free camps immediately after placing a grove
by smiting it...
...Or by clicking on any camp
that's already missing its biggest monster.
As Ivern levels up, the Green Father can share
the red and blue buff with his allies.
When he frees the Brambleback or the Sentinel,
they'll leave behind a delicious little copy of the buff
that can be picked up by an ally.
Similarly, if an ally takes out one of the buffs themselves,
a copy is left for Ivern.
You don't have to stick around near groves
while they take root,
but come back once they've matured and
you can harvest them instantly with one click.
Ivern's Q is Rootcaller,
which slings a long root that damages
and (no surprises here) roots the first enemy it hits.
If Ivern or any of his allies try to attack
the rooted target from out of range,
they'll dash to their max attack range.
In the centuries since Ivern became a tree,
he's grown some very long-grass roots.
The Rootcaller–>Basic Attack combo has
enough range to let him red rover right over jungle walls.
Ivern's W is Brushmaker.
Brushmaker works on an ammo system,
allowing Ivern to create several small patches
or one large thicket of brush at a time.
Brushmaker also has a passive
that grants extra magic damage and range
to Ivern's basic attacks whenever he's in brush.
The effect briefly lingers after leaving brush,
so he can still throw some zingers for a few seconds.
Brushmaker is all about mind games.
You can set up sneaky traps,
or just create complete mayhem in a lane
without ever actually prancing in for a gank.
Poor Lucian.
Ivern's E is Triggerseed,
which places a protective seed onto an ally,
granting a shield.
After a couple seconds the seed explodes,
damaging and slowing all nearby enemies.
Triggerseed is great for buffing allies,
but it's also Ivern's best tool for one-on-one duels.
The ability's shield and damage turned
this trade around for the Green Father,
and the slow kept Cho in range for one final autoattack.
Ivern's ultimate is Daisy!
She's a big, happy sentinel who loves hugs
and punching enemies.
She's controllable with R or alt-right-click,
just like Tibbers.
If Daisy ever attacks the same champion
three times in a row, she knocks up and damages
all enemies in a line.
Ivern is best at supporting other champions,
but when he gets caught out Daisy is there to help.
While Ivern jukes around to dodge Riven's blows,
Daisy gets in a few punches,
activating her knockup effect.
Her body blocking kept the Exile at bay
until Ivern could bait her into a 1v4.
How root.
Ivern's passive gives him access to jungle roots
that just wouldn't work for other junglers.
After prepping his own Blue Buff for later,
he goes in for a level one invade of the enemy Red,
Rootcalling over the wall to place a grove.
He Smites to save a few seconds and
quickly goes for a gank on Xerath before
the poor Magus Ascendant has even hit level two.
Mid flash down.
Once Ivern hits six,
Daisy makes the Green man's ganks a real hazard.
While Daisy dukes it out with Ashe,
Ivern safely avoids turret aggro by making sure
that she goes in first.
Even then, Ivern general lee avoids turret damage
using his shield from Triggerseed.
Three hits from Daisy secures the knockup on Braum,
earning the final kill.
In teamfights, Ivern shines as a long-range support,
with basic attacks to back it up.
He starts out this fight making a beeline for the brush
to enable Brushmaker’s passive
and focuses on Cho’Gath until he dies.
Then he helps take out Cassiopeia
with a well-aimed Rootcaller,
giving his fellow tree-man a free dash to stick to her.
As they switch to Nasus, Ivern casts Brushmaker
at his own feet to re-enable his ranged bonus damage,
helping send their final foe to the dog pound.
Creating brush anywhere lets Ivern put opponents
in some very uncomfortable situations...
like this one,
with five untargetable champions sieging an inhib turret,
complete with a Blitzcrank grab.
He shields Caitlyn as the siege begins and
tags Thresh with a Rootcaller.
Unfortunately this means he’s missing
all his defensive tools for the rest of the teamfight,
except for Daisy who puts a few hits in
to help Caitlyn survive her battle with Garen.
The brush hook alone
would let any Green Father player say,
“I’v-erned” this one.
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