Guide · Jungle

Ivern Guide

the Green Father

Support

Mage

Tier C Jungle

Ivern, the Green Father, is a support and mage champion that is demanding to master. Across our 274 analysed ranked games, Ivern is mostly played in the Jungle (100% of its games), with a 51.8% win rate in that role: tier C among Jungle champions (#46 of 48, ranked by win rate). Ivern's damage is mostly magic (64%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 57.1% in short games (under 25 min, 98 games) versus 47.3% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min).

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22

Average KDA

2.6 / 3.9 / 13.4

ratio 4.1

Damage / min

355

CS / min

5.7

Gold / min

394

Kill participation

59%

Vision / min

1.06

Averages measured over 274 Jungle games played with Ivern, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Written guide · based on the official ability texts

Ivern is an enchanter jungler-support: he cannot attack or be attacked by non-epic monsters, and creates magic groves that, once grown, release the monsters for gold and experience. Rootcaller roots, Brushmaker creates tall grass, Triggerseed protects, and Daisy! summons a sentinel.

The pick

E AA AA

When: An enemy is within Rootcaller range.

Rootcaller roots the target and your allies can dash onto them; Triggerseed gives a shield to an ally that explodes and slows.

The grass zone

W AA AA

When: A fight is approaching.

Brushmaker creates a patch of tall grass where your attacks and those of your nearby allies deal bonus magic damage.

See all 3 Ivern combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

Grow your groves, then release the monsters for gold and experience. Your allies can dash to the target rooted by Rootcaller.

Common mistakes

Neglecting your groves.
Using Triggerseed on an ally with no enemy nearby: the shield resets.
Not controlling Daisy.

Riot's official tips for playing Ivern

Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!
Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!
Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Redemption, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore (35 games, 60.0% win rate).

Redemption

Moonstone Renewer

Dawncore

35 games · 60.0%

30 games · 56.7%

22 games · 72.7%

Skill order

Max order : E > Q > W58.6% · 29 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q	●							●		●		●	●
W			●											●	●
E		●		●	●		●		●
R						●					●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 41 games).

Starting items

Gustwalker Hatchling50.0% · 20 games

Gustwalker Hatchling

Health Potion52.9% · 17 games

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 3812 gold, 61 CS, 3712 XP. At 15 min: 5784 gold, 91 CS, 6045 XP.

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite52.0% · 269 games

Most-played runes

Summon Aery + Inspiration

55.6% · 180 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Nimbus Cloak92%

Transcendence93%

Waterwalking89%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Cash Back98%

Cosmic Insight97%

Shards

Ability haste84%

Movement speed97%

Health scaling87%

Glacial Augment + Resolve

43.9% · 41 games

Primary tree · Inspiration

Cash Back93%

Triple Tonic95%

Cosmic Insight100%

Secondary tree · Resolve

Font of Life100%

Revitalize100%

Shards

Ability haste98%

Movement speed93%

Health scaling98%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Ivern's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team53.8% · 80 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Moonstone Renewer 46.7% ▼

Redemption 43.9% ▼

Echoes of Helia 58.8%

Staff of Flowing Water 57.1%

Cosmic Drive 69.2%

Dawncore 53.8%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team52.7% · 74 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Moonstone Renewer 51.1%

Redemption 68.4% ▲

Ardent Censer 65.0%

Echoes of Helia 55.6%

Dawncore 52.9%

Malignance 54.5%

The item that stands out most is Redemption: 68.4% win rate, +16 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team50.0% · 120 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Moonstone Renewer 53.4%

Redemption 46.8% ▼

Echoes of Helia 60.0%

Ardent Censer 47.8%

Dawncore 54.5%

Cosmic Drive 45.0%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

How to play against Ivern

Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.
Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!
Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!

Riot's official tips.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed.

Ivern Jungle: what our games say

Laning phase against the Jungle average

Measure	Ivern	Jungle average	Gap
Gold at 10 min	3812	4023	−212
CS at 10 min	61	69	−8
XP at 10 min	3712	3898	−185
Gold at 15 min	5784	6322	−539
CS at 15 min	91	106	−14
XP at 15 min	6045	6602	−557

Measured over 41 Ivern games with a timeline; the average covers 69 champions played Jungle in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

short under 25 min57.1 %98 games

medium-length 25 to 35 min47.3 %146 games

long over 35 min56.7 %30 games

Best result: short (under 25 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

Abilities

PassiveFriend of the Forest

Ivern cannot attack or be attacked by non-epic monsters. Ivern can create magical groves on jungle camps which grow over time. When the grove is fully grown, Ivern may free the monsters to receive gold and experience.

QRootcaller

Ivern conjures a vine, dealing damage and rooting enemy targets hit. Ivern's allies can dash to the rooted target.

WBrushmaker

In brush, Ivern and his nearby allies attacks deal bonus magic damage. Ivern can activate this ability to create a patch of brush.

ETriggerseed

Ivern places a shield on an ally which explodes after a short duration slowing and damaging enemies. The shield refreshes if it hits no enemies.

RDaisy!

Ivern summons his Sentinel friend Daisy to fight with him. Re-cast command Daisy to attack or move.