In League of Legends, less popular champions often receive more or less significant adjustments so that they can be seen more frequently. Such an update should also be given to the champion Ivern in the next patch 13.10. However, due to a community outcry, this has now been postponed.
What happened? On 17.05, the new League of Legends patch 13.10 will be released. This comes along with a generally large midscope update that changes many items and mechanics in the game.
As part of this update, the champion Ivern was also supposed to receive a few changes. However, the update was postponed to patch 13.11 due to negative feedback. This is happening according to their own statement on Twitter, to meet the expectations of Ivern players
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The Changes to Ivern
What exactly is changing with Ivern? Ivern is fundamentally a support jungler. He starts in the jungle. Unlike assassins, who try to gank and eliminate opponents on the lanes, Ivern aims to support his team members on the lanes with a shield and CC abilities.
With a current pick rate of 0.6% in the jungle, Ivern is one of the less popular champions in LoL. Riot Games wants to improve his abilities that enhance and protect others with an update.
An additional shield on the E and a buff on auto-attacks through a W enhance his supportive capabilities. His ultimate will also receive a new CC option.
Apart from champion and item changes, Riot is also considering changing an area that has not been touched for 14 years.
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What is the problem now? The changes to his passive ability are being criticized the most. Unlike other junglers, Ivern does not fight monsters in the jungle; instead, he marks them and can collect them after a certain time or make them disappear with Smite immediately after marking. Marking itself costs Ivern mana and health.
While the time until the mark can be activated will be lower in the planned update, the mana and health costs will be increased, weakening his early game significantly. He also loses the ability to share the red and blue buff with his allies.
The damage of his ultimate and his W will also be reduced. Additionally, with the change that his W bushes will disappear if there is no vision in them, his playability on solo lanes will be further hindered.
The last champion change also sparked discussions and caused one champion to be banned 33 times more than usual.
The Community Reacts Negatively
How does the community react? When the changes to Ivern were presented for the first time, Riot received predominantly negative feedback from the community. The League of Legends coach and analyst LS also expressed negative remarks on Twitter about the Ivern update.
He particularly doubts the Ivern update in general, as Ivern is, according to him, actually in a good state. Nerfing Ivern to give him gimmicks only makes his coordination in solo queue more difficult.
Along with the weakening of his early game in the jungle, the analyst considers the planned champion update a “disaster.”
On Twitter, LS receives a lot of support.
- BDS Nick:
This feels like a non-Ivern player just changed something to look cool
- Savagestano:
Super super disappointing and boring update compared to others they have done.
Some players do not see the update as negatively as LS and feel that Ivern desperately needs changes:
- Inugami:
Ivern is hardly played in any jungle meta. […] He needs to change quite a bit.
- Thomas Surlykke:
You must be crazy if you think these changes nerf him.
Ultimately, due to the postponement of his update, we will have to wait another 3 weeks to see if Riot will change anything and how his changes will affect the actual game.
What do you think of the changes? Do you think Ivern needs this adjustment or do you also say he is in a good state? Let us know your opinion directly in the comments.
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