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Ivy
Sets up a power duo with a lucky ally

Ivy has disruptive combat tricks that slow and stun enemies. She's most effective when linking up with an ally, empowering her and her ally's guns as well as sharing heals.

Ivy
Sets up a power duo with a lucky ally

Ivy has disruptive combat tricks that slow and stun enemies. She's most effective when linking up with an ally, empowering her and her ally's guns as well as sharing heals.

Description

For questions, contact @Highdocker on discord.
9/19/2025 - Now uses Capacitor for a mid-game Powerspike. Made build path MUCH more clear, and seperated items with seperate annotations. More flex slot effecient, and added descriptions at the bottom for sell orders and late game replacements.

Item Build

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_EarlyGame

Left -> Right [BUY SUSTAIN/DMG 800s] -> READ ANNOTATIONS - ALL ITEMS ANNOTATED <-

Deadlock Item

I

Monster Rounds

You want to push your lane ASAP as ivy. Is also a component.

Deadlock Item

I

Extended Magazine

Synergizes with monster rounds to utterly destroy early lane troopers, and lets you poke enemy a bit more.

Deadlock Item

II

Active Reload

Gives many useful stats. High firerate for faster Tesla proccing, dps, bullet lifesteal (Ivy starts with small lifesteal values) and movespeed. Alleviates ammo problem.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Cultist Sacrifice

Devour T3 Big Creeps in the jungle! Always be doing something while cultist is up. You can begin fighting without the buff into the late game, so it is only relevant in the early-mid game for stats.

Deadlock Item

II

Titanic Magazine

Now that you are using more ammo with your higher firerate, you will need more ammo to compensate. Plus you will get a super small damage bonus. Long lasting fights with this and Tesla are great!

Deadlock Item

III

Tesla Bullets

Insanely good item. Significantly accelerates your farming speed, adds good hero damage output, and scales well with firerate. Gives you a huge early game powerspike.

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Fleetfoot

IVY NO LONGER HAS BUILT IN FLEETFOOT!!! Thus this item is now needed. Fleetfoot is overpowered anyway, as you gain survivability, and conditional movespeed thats amazing for chasing. Spam this item.

Deadlock Item

I

Sprint Boots

You can buy this earlier for box running and sustain while ignoring extra regen. Otherwise, buy later.

Lane Options

HB is good!

Deadlock Item

I

Headshot Booster

Can buy as a first item. Good for securing lane win. If you have a strong lane partner that MUST win lane, a typical lane winning item route is: Headshot Bstr > Extd Mag > Battle Vest > Tesla

Deadlock Item

I

Active

Healing Rite

Best item to buy in a bad lane. Sprint speed that it gives makes it remain useful even after laning phase for roaming. Great for quickly recovering in lane. Do a box run while riting, dont miss wave.

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_MidGame

Can buy Capacitor before Heroic Aura

Deadlock Item

II

Enduring Speed

Essential for maintaining high m/s values when slowed, and adding a constant amount as well.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Heroic Aura

Insanely powerful. Sprint speed and movespeed values are INSANE for roaming and fights. Gives resistances for you and your team, and firerate for more damage. ALWAYS HAVE THIS READY BEFORE FIGHTING!!!

Deadlock Item

II

Bullet Resist Shredder

Gives +11 Spirit, on tether: [+3% Fire rate, +2% Bullet Lifesteal], small amounts of bullet resist, and good amounts of flat HP. Gives early shred for camps, and enemies. Very high value item!

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Capacitor

Small DPS increase compared to all other 3200 items, but provides great counterplay against VERY specific characters. Cancelling Viscous cube, flights, steroids [Wraith Full Auto, Seven Surge, etc.]

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_LateGame

Unfair DMG

Deadlock Item

IV

Glass Cannon

Massive DPS spike when purchasing this, and allows you to stack firerate (up to 64% at 8 stacks). You will primarily be doing insane gun dps now, and tesla will begin to fall off. Play for picks!

Deadlock Item

IV

Lucky Shot

30% More Damage! This is a late game buy because it multiplies ALL OF YOUR EXISTING damage/firerate. Gives ammo too!

Late Extras [READ ITEMS!]

Replacements/Situational

Deadlock Item

III

Hunter's Aura

Gives INSANE bullet resist shred. If you are struggling with 1v1s against gun characters. Otherwise, the shred is amazing against yamato/viscous ball/tanks, etc.

Deadlock Item

III

Burst Fire

if you buy this item, DO NOT BUY Fury Trance OR Vampiric Burst [!!!]

Deadlock Item

IV

Spellslinger

40k+ Souls replacement item for Active Reload. Sell active reload for this item. Big DPS boost with firerate, and alleviates ammo problem just like active reload.s

Deadlock Item

III

Hollow Point

[ !! ONLY BUY THIS if skipping GLASS CANNON !! ] Replace glass cannon with this item if so.

Defensive

Try to buy ONE after Glass Cannon | Another can be bought after Lucky Shot | Left items are generally used more than right

Deadlock Item

III

Spirit Resilience

Very good survival item. Lets you live a lot longer after being bursted down by several spirit heroes. Works great if you have lots of sustain items (Like vampiric burst, or siphon bullets)

Deadlock Item

III

Fortitude

No-Brain buy if you need some sort of Sustain + Survivability + Speed into the Late Game.b

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Fury Trance

Gives INSANE firerate, INSANE spirit resistance, And good bullet lifesteal. Super high value item, preferably only use when ALL your movement speed abilities are up, otherwise you WILL likely die.

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Vampiric Burst

Great for winning gun fights, additional firerate for shredding people even faster, provides out of combat sustain, and the instant ammo gained. Can sell titanic if you have this into SUPER late game.

Deadlock Item

III

Veil Walker

Ivy still needs some more survivability. This item is amazing for healing while roaming the map, and is INSANE for jukes and getting away from the enemy. Great for HP Investment bonus too.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Debuff Remover

Lots of debuffs on the enemy team? This item is generally great against all characters. Mo ult, Infernus burn, Stuns, literally almost everything. Grab this if you are struggling with debuffs.

Deadlock Item

III

Escalating Resilience

Lots of raw gun damage hurting and killing you? this item gives a lot of different good stats, and will let you generally take less damage from gun. Good if Hunters Aura isnt countering gun enough.

Ultra Late DEFENSIVE

40k+ Souls Options

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Unstoppable

Too many stuns? Great if you are being picked off in fights exclusively due to stuns and cc. Buy at 30k+ souls preferably.

Deadlock Item

IV

Juggernaut

Great stats. Alright against melee heavy comps, and amazing if enemy team has several gun carry heroes like wraith and vyper. No need for suppressor if you have this.

EXPERIMENTAL - CAN BE GOOD!

message @Highdocker on discord for questions regarding ANYTHING about Gun Ivy or this build

Deadlock Item

II

Kinetic Dash

Can skip Bullet Resist Shredder for this. Because of Ivy's 4 base stamina, she can use this item MANY times per fight! Great for quick early guardian takes. Buy after enduring speed preferably

SELL PRIORITIES!

This build is optimized to NOT need any flex slots until 20,800 souls. You essentially wont need to worry about slots for a while, and the capacitor powerspike lets you remain relevant for some time while behind on flex slots. If you have filler items [800 costs like Headshot Booster, Restorative Shot, Healing Rite] sell those while you only have 8 flex slots for other items. If INSANELY strapped for slots at 27k and 33k Souls, Purchase Glass Cannon, and then Luckyshot. If absolutely needed and you dont have a single flex slot 27-33k souls in, you can sell Bullet Resist Shredder. AVOID the Late Extras tab, and the Defensive Tab if you are insanely strapped for slots. Into the Ultra Late Game [40k+ Souls], you can replace Cultist Sacrifice for a T3/T4 Defensive/Ultra Late Defensive item so you have a 100% uptime item for important fights. At 45k+ Souls, Sell active reload and replace it with Spellslinger. At 50k+ Souls, you can finally purchase Juggernaut. Why so late? Because the item is TERRIBLE value for costing another 4800 souls, but enduring speed alone is very useful and helpful. [ -> ALWAYS HAVE A BULLET SHRED ITEM!!! <- ]

SELL PRIORITIES TLDR Short Version

Sell 800 cost lane items, then sell Bullet Resist Shred, then sell Cultist Sacrifice, then sell Active Reload final [These items often need specific replacements]

DO NOT BUY

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Vortex Web

BLAME HUMBERT HE THREATENED ME TO ADD THIS TO MY BUILD

Ability Point Order

Kudzu Bomb

Watcher's Covenant

Stone Form

Air Drop

1

2

5

1

1

2

1

2

5

2

5

5

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