DeadlockDeadlock Ivy Guide and Overview

Ivy is one of the most versatile heroes in Deadlock with a wide range of playstyles.

Want to build her as a DPS? Support? Splitpush roamer? You can!

She can also fly and even pick up an ally and drop them like a bomb. Overall, Ivy provides a ton of unique value that many heroes cannot.

Strengths

• Highly mobile with the ability to fly and the only character with 4 Stamina (base).

• Effective whether working alone or with allies.

• Can be tough to kill due to escapability, healing, and stone form.

Weaknesses

• Anti-healing counter items.

• Stone Form has a long cooldown, so she has to choose her spots wisely.

• Needs to coordinate with allies to maximize her ult usage.

Underlined = Scales with Spirit

Kudzu Bomb (1)
Summon a patch of choking vines that damages and slows enemies in its radius.
1 Charges	8s Cooldown Between Charges	32s Cooldown
6m Radius	60 DPS	4s Duration
35% Movement Slow

Maxing Kudzu Bomb gives you more area control by allowing you to cast more powerful bombs, more often.

Tips for Kudzu Bomb

• This ability is versatile, so adapt it to your needs. You can use it offensively to prevent enemies from escaping, defensively to deter them from advancing, and even to clear waves/neutral camps.

Watcher's Covenant (2)
Gain bonuses and automatically connect with a nearby ally to share them. Healing is replicated among all those connected. Connection requires line of sight. Press [2] to Lock on to a target.
16m Range	12s Duration	37s Cooldown
+10% Fire Rate	+12% Bullet Lifesteal	30% Replicated Healing
1 Tether Count

Maxing Watcher's Covenant allows you to play more into Ivy’s supportive aspects, with replicated buffs across your team (up to 2 allies and yourself).

Tips for Watcher's Covenant

• Remember that you can switch your tether targets at any time, so always have it attached but look to switch to better targets when they arrive to the battle.

Stone Form (3)
Turn yourself into impervious stone and smash into the ground, stunning and damaging enemies nearby. Heals you for a percentage of your max health. You have some air control before falling.
6m Radius	2s Duration	42s Cooldown
80 Damage	0.75s Stun Duration	8% Max Health Heal

Maxing Stone Form upgrades Ivy’s defensive and engage potential as its her best tool in both cases. You’ll get a lowered cooldown, more damage, longer stun, and more healing.

Tips for Stone Form

• You’ll often want to use Echo Shard for maximized up-time on your Watcher's Covenant but it can be very strong when used with Stone Form, whether for more CC or to help you survive until help arrives.

Air Drop (4)
Take Flight with an Ally or a bomb. Drop your ally or bomb to cause a large explosion that causes movement slow. Ivy and ally gain a bullet shield when flying ends. While lifted, your ally gains bullet resist but cannot attack and deals -50% damage. Air Drop has faster cast time when targeting an ally. [LMC] to accelerate flying speed. [RMC] to drop ally/bomb.
8m Range	16s Duration	90s Cooldown
125 Explode Damage	200 Bullet Shield	4.5s Slow Duration
30% Movement Slow	12s Shield Duration	14m Explode Radius
+40% Ally Bullet Resist

Maxing Air Drop turns you into an aerial terror through more debuffs and survivability for yourself plus the ally you’re carrying.

Tips for Air Drop

• This might be obvious for some people, but you can carry an ally carrying the Soul Urn to help them cash in faster.

• If you're able to do the timing, you can even fly the urn yourself. It does take some practice though.