Support Ivy by Suzu

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This is an utility-focused Support Ivy build, with layering massive Area of Effect crowd control and spirit damage. This build prioritizes keeping your team alive, crippling enemy movement, and making your abilities impossible to escape.

Your gun is very powerful early on for last hitting, poking and taking down the Guardian, the only downside is the initial ammo count, so we instantly go for Titanic Magazine.

Healing Rite into Healing Nova is essential, healing both you and your allies and can easily turn the tides of an early skirmish.

Extra Charge is great for Entangling Thorns, can be used both offensively and Defensively, can be delayed if you need Healbane (which can be applied with Entangling Thorns easily).

You should skirmish as much as you can, Ivy can build a lot of tempo and map presence during this stage of the game, Alchemical Fire inside Entangling Thorns while they are slowed by Slowing Hex is heavy and guaranteed damage.

Air Drop usage can be tricky to learn but it can make Ivy an absolute menace, it allows you to roam the map easily, escape from a doomed fight or simply to throw your Abrams in front of a clueless enemy Rem.

Imbue Entangling Thorns with Mystic Expansion.

Vortex Web can completely break the enemy team if used correctly, a big part of the game is movement and this really disrupts the positioning of anyone caught by the web, great synergy with the other items and abilities.

You can purchase more support-oriented or defensive items whenever you please from the optional tabs, some games will warrant that or simply if your play-style matches that better.

Your Crowd Control (and Spirit Damage) reaches its peak at this point, with the range and duration on all abilities being considerably higher, making any clumped fight very favorable, you can cover entire chokepoints with Entangling Thorns and Alchemical Fire.

Do not underestimate Kudzu Connection, the buffs scale with spirit and can really support your team’s movement and damage output so always keep it up near your carries.

Do not forget that Divine Barrier also cleanses debuffs besides the actual barrier component, it can also be self-cast and chained with Stone Form for amazing survivability if dived by the enemy team.

Counterspell is the best defensive item in the game if used correctly. Its proactive spell parry allows you to completely block telegraphed CC or highly damaging spells.

Heroic Aura is a situational but impactful item. It excels in games where you need to enable a snowballing carry and aggressively push towers. Since the item's buff is doubled for minions, always remember to activate it next to a large wave when sieging.

Knockdown, Silence Wave and the premium Cursed Relic are good options if you need more aggressive CC instead of raw damage.

Healing Tempo is similar to Heroic Aura, but a bigger investment and more healing-oriented.