Ivern in the Support position is very similar to Ivern in the Jungle position in terms of his abilities. If you already have experience with Ivern in the jungle, you will find many similarities here.

His most important ability here is also his “Ignition Seed” (E), which gives an ally a shield that explodes after a short time and slows and damages all enemies in a small radius. However, if the explosion does not damage an enemy champion, the ally receives the same shield again – but without the explosion. Like any shield, you should save this one for when you expect damage on yourself or a teammate, but since the shield also applies non-negligible damage and a very useful slow with the explosion, the most effective use is when someone is near the teammate, because damage is almost unavoidable here as well.

The “Root Caller” (Q) is a very interesting ability despite its simplicity. When used, Ivern throws a small projectile that deals damage to the target on first contact and holds it in place. As long as the target is held, you can now click on the target with a normal attack to jump towards it. Both Ivern and his allies can use this. However, you do not automatically jump directly onto the target, but in such a way that you are exactly at the maximum range from which you can still damage the target with a normal attack. Ivern himself can also press the ability again while the target is held in order to jump directly onto the target, which is useful if you can apply the damage of the “Ignition Seed” (E) and you are not in any further danger.

However, Ivern also has a very “crazy” ability: “Miracle Growth” (W). What initially seems like a somewhat weak ability is actually one that has a lot of potential the more creatively you use it. On the one hand, Ivern passively deals extra damage with this ability with his normal attacks when he is in a bush, or has recently been in a bush. If you use the ability now, you can place a small bush at long range. This bush lasts for quite a while and you can also see what is in it for a short time. If you lose visibility, the bush will disappear prematurely and if you place a bush near a wall or other bushes, it will expand slightly to adapt to the area. Now as Ivern you get extra damage from the passive part of the ability, but allies who are in Ivern’s bushes also get a similar boost to their normal attacks, which is just slightly weaker in damage and duration after the bush has been cleared. So the obvious use is of course to deal more damage, especially by placing the bushes near or on allies. However, since these bushes are almost like real bushes for enemies, you can use them in many creative ways in terms of vision and eyes. Two small examples: Since the bush gives visibility for your own team when you place it, you can also use it to see regular bushes or other places where you can’t see anything for a short time. However, you can also use it to block the view of an enemy control eye – if both are outside bushes, you can place a bush on your own regular eye so that it is no longer visible to the control eye and thus provides active vision again.

And finally, his ult “Blümchen!” (R). As strange as the name is, this is a very powerful ult with a lot of potential. It summons Blümchen, which is a golem that fights for your team. Like other similar abilities, you can control it with further clicks on the ult button, or use the “Root Caller” (Q) to jump to an opponent and the “Ignition Seed” to give it a shield. Blümchen herself has normal attacks with a very short range, but if she can use 3 normal attacks in a relatively short time, the third summons stone pillars from the ground, which throw all enemies up over a short distance. So you can well imagine how much extra CC and even some confusion she brings to a team fight if she stays alive for a long time, which is not particularly difficult as long as you don’t just let her run blindly into the enemies when they are not otherwise occupied.