He has been consistently the highest winrate jungler in the game for around 5 patches now going on 6 with next patch on the way with no Ivern nerfs in sight. It’s not like he is even only overperforming in one elo bracket. Starting at gold+ he basically is tied for highest winrate with Briar (she is being nerfed again). His pick rate is obviously low, especially in lower MMR, but that shouldn’t mean a 55% winrate champ with almost zero weaknesses should just be allowed in the game.

He was already performing well before the jungle changes. Surprise surprise, a champion that kills camps at a fixed rate without having to even be present gains a lot of power from a change that increases camp time to kill for every other champion. So currently his early game agency is virtually unmatched, he gets just as much if not more farm than other junglers, he’s basically unkillable and outskirmishes champions building full damage. He can literally stand still and shield himself while standing in a bush and 1v1 me as Kayn with a dirk. He’s strong mid game. The only way to win versus Ivern is go super later game and hope you have enough damage to one shot him or his teammates through shields. Most games don’t go past 30 minutes and his winrate doesn’t drop to 50% until 40 minutes. This doesn’t seem like reasonable counterplay.

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    1 year ago

    As someone who plays Ivern his ability to distract the enemy assassin trying to invade and steal his camps is peak comedy.