Ivy build guide

Spirit Tank Melee Ivy

by ivyVersion 3Updated May 21, 2026Guide #639382

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Author's notes

A melee build with a heavy focus on spirit to abuse stone forms 2.3x scaling with echo shard, and then abusing it's stun to land heavy melee. Core items can be swapped for alternatives of sibmilar value in the choices section. Not necessarily a L>R build but probably fine to build in order.

Item categories

1Lane
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Melee Lifesteal
  Sell for slot later, lifestrike not that good
2. 2
  Extra Health
3. 3
  Melee Charge
4. 4
  Mystic Expansion
2Lane Optionsoptional
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Headshot Booster
2. 2
  Close Quarters
3. 3
  Enchanter's Emblem
4. 4
3Core
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Torment Pulse
  Adds up to be one of your highest damage sources. Also annoys people since Ivy doesn't typically build this
2. 2
  Ballistic Enchantment
  Built from Mystic Expansion
  Stoneform crutch item - prio a different 3200 if you can land stoneform w/o
3. 3
  Echo Shard
  The core item of the build, double stun, double heal.
4They built debuff resistanceoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Duration Extender
2. 2
  Superior Duration
  Built from Duration Extender
  Only if you don't have anything better to buy, some bullet resist + longer kudzu & fly
5Need more HMCoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Fleetfoot
2. 2
  Restorative Locket
6Green Choicesoptional
Author's category · 8 items
1. 1
  Spirit Resilience
2. 2
  Warp Stone
3. 3
  Metal Skin
4. 4
7Orange Choicesoptional
Author's category · 8 items
1. 1
  Hunter's Aura
  Massive damage output increase for gun and melee in 1v1
2. 2
  Headhunter
  Built from Headshot Booster
  If you bought headshot booster this is a very good item to get if you don't need the ballistic enchantment range
3. 3
  Crushing Fists
  Built from Melee Charge
8Purple Choicesoptional
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Arctic Blast
  Built from Cold Front
2. 2
  Boundless Spirit
3. 3
  Vortex Web
4. 4
9The strategyoptional
Author's category · 0 items · Bait parries with stone form HMC, lock people down with stoneform stun and kudzu, get a heavy melee while they're stunned, and then echo shard and repeat. One of the safest most reliable melee builds since you are almost never at risk of being parried. Also abuse heavy melee out of flight, drop bomb, cancel fly, heavy melee for a massive 20% damage melee.
No items listed.
10I GOT THIS!
Author's category · 0 items
No items listed.

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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 4				Entangling Thorns: 1 AP upgrade, step 8				Entangling Thorns: 2 AP upgrade, step 12