SHADOW BOXING IVY

Author's notes

[READ ITEM DESCRIPTIONS] Shadow weave benefits literally everything this build uses, ambush enemies with super powerful melees for free picks and becoming a hyper cc frontliner whenever out of stealth -suke

Item categories

1. 1Lane core

   Author's category · 5 items · get T1 thorns after T2 stone form if not fighting

   1. 1

      Close Quarters

      early damage for light melees and gun trades but mainly good for wave clear, basically a more useful monster rounds

   2. 2

      Bullet Resist Shredder

      good base stats and when you proc the shred you can do lots of melee/gun damage, very very good early game

   3. 3

      Battle Vest

      more melee/gun damage and once you get melee charge, 30% bullet resist. Very good for being strong in damage and hp for early tempo, buy before BRS if you're ahead and sell later for slot

   4. 4

2. 2Need help in lane?optional

   Author's category · 5 items

   1. 1

      Melee Lifesteal

      sustain + melee damage, perfect item for a melee build, rush if you're ahead and buy when you're low hp but still healthy enough to fight

   2. 2

      Healing Rite

      buy instead of melee lifesteal if you're too low to get hp through trades, use the speed to grab boxes or gank

   3. 3

      Extra Health

3. 3THE BOOGEYMAN LIVES

   Author's category · 3 items

   1. 1

      Shadow Weave

      Built from Sprint Boots

      THE SHADOWS BELONG TO ME. hyper roam, ambush enemies with tons of damage, become the biggest threat on your team and one shot enemies all game

   2. 2

      Point Blank

      Built from Close Quarters

      TONS more melee damage, the slow is also very good for staying on top of enemies, especially once you get lifestrike

   3. 3

4. 4Rush one if aheadoptional

   Author's category · 3 items

   1. 1

      Reactive Barrier

      really strong scaling barrier that helps you easily eat cc

   2. 2

      Enchanter's Emblem

      pretty strong resists and buffs for early/mid game especially when combined with spirit snatch's spirit power stealing

   3. 3

      Return Fire

      if you SOMEHOW need more bullet resist, can be used aggressively for damage but you usually won't need this (mainly for shiv express shot)

5. 5Situationalsoptional

   Author's category · 5 items

   1. 1

      Duration Extender

      if enemies buy debuff resistance you'll need this to keep confirming heavy melees

   2. 2

      Slowing Hex

      if enemies have lots of movement abilities you'll need this to keep them from getting away

   3. 3

      Knockdown

      take down flyers or big charge up ults for easy targets (Mina, Bebop, Seven, etc.)

6. 6Late Game Voodoo

   Author's category · 3 items · mainly L > R

   1. 1

      Colossus

      Built from Extra Health

      HUGE SPIKE, with this you become insanely tanky, ridiculously hard to get away from, and with shadow weave, your melees actually make enemies eat pavement

   2. 2

      Crushing Fists

      Built from Melee Charge

      strong shred and damage especially when combined with colossus, and you can basically get 4 stacks for free if you melee out of stealth and then stone form

   3. 3

7. 7Main sustainoptional

   Author's category · 3 items

   1. 1

      Metal Skin

      hard counters gun damage

   2. 2

      Dispel Magic

      if you need to hard cut debuffs, mainly on hit (Infernus, Mirage, Haze, etc.)

   3. 3

      Spirit Resilience

      solid spirit resist that can help you through mid game, especially if you're ahead

8. 8Late Game sustainoptional

   Author's category · 5 items

   1. 1

      Indomitable

      Built from Reactive Barrier

      lets you easily tank cc and gives very good passive resists, needed almost every game

   2. 2

      Cheat Death

      with how tanky you are, you can easily stall with this for many situations, can be very good if you know how to use it

   3. 3

      Plated Armor

9. 9The upgradesoptional

   Author's category · 3 items

   1. 1

      Mystic Expansion

      crutch item, with all your slows you should be able to land stone forms as long as you're counting enemy stamina, if you can't, then buy this

   2. 2

      Compress Cooldown

      if enemies are rolling your team through macro, buy this and spam ult so you can be where your teammates can't

   3. 3

      Superior Duration

10. 10Testingoptional

    Author's category · 4 items · hands off buddy

    1. 1

       Hunter's Aura

       might be better than point blank for damage but is less consistent, harder to build into, and bad for early tempo, might be good to buy after point blank

    2. 2

       Stamina Mastery

       could to replace lifestrike but lifestrike healing has been coming in clutch alot recently so idk, also needed if a broker buff takes your stam

    3. 3

       Unstoppable

Categories appear in the author's order. Only the editor's default Early, Mid and Late sections are marked as game stages; the author's own categories keep their names. “Built from” links come from the game's item recipes.

Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order

Entangling ThornsEntangling Thorns			Entangling Thorns: Ability unlocked, step 3					Entangling Thorns: 1 AP upgrade, step 81				Entangling Thorns: 2 AP upgrade, step 122