TANGLED UP IN THE MIX | GUNKY'S HYBRID IVY

Author's notes

Why play Ivy if you're not going to take full advantage of her abilities? Gun Ivy is pathetic, just play Vyper at that point. This is a Hybrid Ivy build that takes from the best of both worlds — combining Ivy's strong gun AND Ivy's strong abilities. You can go left to right. Or whatever. I don't care.

Item categories

1. 1optional

   Author's category · 2 items · 0:00 - 3:00

   1. 1

      Headshot Booster

      extra damage in lane if needed.

   2. 2

      Monster Rounds

      great item for wave pressure and farming early camps.

2. 2LANE CORE

   Author's category · 3 items · i'm da ivy, babey!

   1. 1

      Extended Magazine

      more bullets to help ivy clear waves alongside her thorns.

   2. 2

      Tesla Bullets

      THE well-rounded buy to get ivy some actual damage via her gun. also: insta healbane proc & increased farm speed

   3. 3

      Titanic Magazine

      Built from Extended Magazine

      never sell unless very late game, keeps ivy's ammo bar filled to finish off enemies.

3. 3EARLY VITALITY SHOP

   Author's category · 5 items · always get healbane, buy three total.

   1. 1

      Trophy Collector

      this makes ivy stronger as the game goes on, granted she's active in teamfights.

   2. 2

      Enduring Speed

      Waow dat gargle shmoovin

   3. 3

      Healbane

      lowers the sustain of enemies.

4. 4optional

   Author's category · 2 items · 12:00 - 24:00

   1. 1

      Capacitor

      Built from Tesla Bullets

      THE best early/mid pickup for increasing ivy's gun damage. also great vs. heroes w/ a lot of movement (slowing hex active)

   2. 2

      Knockdown

      ruin some poor fucker's day.

5. 5MID GAME [ p. 1 ]

   Author's category · 3 items · left to right.

   1. 1

      Slowing Hex

      this item will help make sure no one is able to run from the ivy.

   2. 2

      Mystic Expansion

      yeeeouch! ivy's got some big thorns.

   3. 3

      Greater Expansion

      Built from Mystic Expansion

      makes all of ivy's abilities easier to hit + gets ivy her 4.8k spirit spike, boosting damage across the board

6. 6MID GAME [ p. 2 ]optional

   Author's category · 3 items · buy 1

   1. 1

      Heroic Aura

      GIVES IVY'S ENTIRE TEAM BULLET RESIST AND AWESOME FIRE RATE = 9.6K SOUL VALUE PLEASE NEVER SLEEP ON THIS ITEM (also helps with objective pushing!)

   2. 2

      Alchemical Fire

      really goated damage and debuffs for team fights, especially if you get items that increase ivy's range.

   3. 3

      Healing Tempo

7. 7LATE GAME [ p. 1 ]

   Author's category · 3 items · left to right.

   1. 1

      Vortex Web

      Built from Slowing Hex

      ivy's main powerspike — whenever ivy wants to look for a gank or join a fight, she will drop all of her abilities onto the enemy, using this item to get the enemy stuck in her thorns, then stone form.

   2. 2

      Superior Cooldown

      cheap upgrade to lower stone form and thorns cooldown.

   3. 3

      Transcendent Cooldown

8. 8optional

   Author's category · 2 items · 30:00 >>>

   1. 1

      Cursed Relic

      delete an enemy player from the game for 3 seconds. killing them too would be great, too.

   2. 2

      Divine Barrier

      Built from Guardian Ward

      mega support for one of your teammates.

9. 9LATE GAME [ p. 2 ]

   Author's category · 3 items · any order.

   1. 1

      Lightning Scroll

      ever heard of the term, "cc hell"? that's ivy's job. this item helps make sure no one escapes from ivy's wrath.

   2. 2

      Spirit Burn

      gives bonus lingering damage and good anti heal.

   3. 3

      Boundless Spirit

      increases ivy's overall damage by a bit, not always needed.

10. 10BONUS SUPPORToptional

    Author's category · 3 items

    1. 1

       Compress Cooldown

       apply on ivy's ult if increased map presence is needed.

    2. 2

       Suppressor

       tones down the enemy's guns.

    3. 3

       Rescue Beam

       It's like putting your puppy on a leash, or something. Don't quote me on that one.

11. 11BONUS DAMAGEoptional

    Author's category · 3 items

    1. 1

       Decay

       put on an enemy tank to piss them off.

    2. 2

       Echo Shard

       Pure evil

    3. 3

       Escalating Exposure

       endgame spirit resistance shred

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 2								Entangling Thorns: 1 AP upgrade, step 101	Entangling Thorns: 2 AP upgrade, step 112