Ivern·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Ivern Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Press the Attack as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Bone Plating and Revitalize in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Move Speed in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Malignance as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Rylai's Crystal Scepter. For your last 3 items, you should build Liandry's Torment, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Rabadon's Deathcap. For the skill order, you want to stick with E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 55.3% winrate over 320 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Ivern Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Press the Attack as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Cut Down in the primary tree, and Ultimate Hunter with Cheap Shot in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Malignance, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Liandry's Torment as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Redemption and Morellonomicon. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 55.1% win rate over 214 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Summon Aery as your keystone, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence and Waterwalking in the primary tree, and Cash Back with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree, as well as Ability Haste, Move Speed, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Malignance as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Rylai's Crystal Scepter as a third item. You want to finish the build with Liandry's Torment, Zhonya's Hourglass and Ardent Censer. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 56.5% win rate across 207 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Ivern Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Gathering Storm with Axiom Arcanist as your secondary tree. Use Ability Haste, Move Speed and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Nashor's Tooth as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Malignance as third item. The last 3 options are Rabadon's Deathcap, Dusk and Dawn and Zhonya's Hourglass. The ability order for this build is E - Q - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 48.2% win rate over 56 matches played.

Situational Ivern Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Ivern build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.