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Field manual · Sep 29 patch

How to play IvyHow to play

52.8% win rate · #9 of 44 · Team-up · Disruptor · Rock Solid

Updated 2026-10-30 01:19 UTC · n = 3,827,247 matches

How to play Ivy

Air Drop1Air DropEntangling Thorns2Entangling Thorns

Your combo: Fly an ally into their team with Air Drop (or a bomb if you go alone), then cover the landing with Entangling Thorns, which damage and slow.

Don’t waste: Air Drop’s slow and silence come from upgrades; plan your tiers for it.

Edge: Groups that bunch up suffer most from the landing.

From community hero guides, Oct 2026 patches, checked against deadlock.wiki. The same combo from the other side is on how to counter Ivy.

Your kit

Entangling Thorns
Entangling Thorns
Ability 1 · 32s cooldown · slow

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

Kudzu Connection
Kudzu Connection
Ability 2 · 37s cooldown

Connect with a nearby ally to gain bonuses, replicated healing, and ignore the move speed penalty while shooting.Receive 50% of Bonuses with no connectionConnection requires line of sight.

Stone Form
Stone Form
Ability 3 · 40s cooldown · stun 0.75s · lift

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

Air Drop
Air Drop
Ultimate · 100s cooldown · ultimate

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.

Skill order

Max first:Kudzu ConnectionKudzu Connection›Air DropAir Drop›Stone FormStone Form›Entangling ThornsEntangling Thorns

From the most common upgrade order (15k matches): the order abilities reach their last tier.

10m22m32m43m54m65m76m87m99m1013m1114m1216m1320m1427m1531m
Entangling ThornsEntangling ThornsAbility 1III
Kudzu ConnectionKudzu ConnectionAbility 2IIIIII
Stone FormStone FormAbility 3IIIIII
Air DropAir DropUltimateIIIIII

unlock I II III upgrade tiers · column labels are the average minute of each step

Build path with timings

Early
Mid
Late

Items that win most on Ivy

Lanes you win

Lanes to play safe

When they counter you

−7.5 ppGraves

Buy against Graves:

−7.0 ppRat King

Buy against Rat King:

−5.5 ppPaige

Buy against Paige:

Best teammates

Notes from the best builds

Ivy stats and buildsHow to counter Ivy