Cyrus Melee Ivy

Author's notes

Early game: My cup runneth over! Mid game: Locusts comin. Late game: my sun has blown out like a candle, my blue moon drips with blood. (buy counter items)

Item categories

1. 1Lane Optionsoptional

   Author's category · 5 items

   1. 1

      Rebuttal

   2. 2

      Headshot Booster

   3. 3

      Rusted Barrel

   4. 4

      Extra Health

   5. 5

2. 2Core

   Author's category · 12 items · L-R if you want, or vibes is better. More damage helps you farm btw.

   1. 1

      Monster Rounds

   2. 2

      Close Quarters

   3. 3

      Fleetfoot

      Good if they have a lot of slows

   4. 4

3. 3Spirit Damageoptional

   Author's category · 2 items

   1. 1

      Spirit Snatch

      Built from Spirit Strike

   2. 2

      Arctic Blast

      Built from Cold Front

      knocking bad vindictas and confirming stone form (not as good as vortex for this)

4. 4enfeeble the swiftoptional

   Author's category · 4 items

   1. 1

      Lightning Scroll

      This can be a good tax on counterspells and debuff removers and shit.

   2. 2

      Knockdown

   3. 3

      Vortex Web

      Built from Slowing Hex

      Characters like Holiday, Celeste, and Mina will not play the melee game with you because they are intimidated. This helps lock them down slightly.

5. 5cut down the mightyoptional

   Author's category · 4 items

   1. 1

      Cursed Relic

   2. 2

      Disarming Hex

      Built from Rusted Barrel

   3. 3

      Silence Wave

   4. 4

6. 6empower the capableoptional

   Author's category · 2 items

   1. 1

      Divine Barrier

      Against pocket or if you are trying to win through a fed carry

   2. 2

      Healing Tempo

7. 7protect thyselfoptional

   Author's category · 6 items

   1. 1

      Spirit Resilience

   2. 2

      Indomitable

   3. 3

      Plated Armor

   4. 4

8. 8upgradesoptional

   Author's category · 3 items

   1. 1

      Lifestrike

      Built from Melee Lifesteal

   2. 2

      Point Blank

      Built from Close Quarters

   3. 3

      Crushing Fists

      Built from Melee Charge

9. 9testingoptional

   Author's category · 6 items

   1. 1

      Echo Shard

      Put this on stone form because its the best ability in deadlock.

   2. 2

      Cheat Death

   3. 3

      Healbane

   4. 4

10. 10Gun pivotoptional

    Author's category · 5 items

    1. 1

       Titanic Magazine

    2. 2

       Headhunter

       Built from Headshot Booster

       For people you will struggle to get punches on, synergizes with hunters and crushing, and gives in-combat healing.

    3. 3

       Inhibitor

    4. 4

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 111				Entangling Thorns: 2 AP upgrade, step 15