AndrewChicken's Barrier Maxing Ivy (Annotated)

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Ivy

Ivy
Entangling Thorns
Entangling Thorns
Summon a patch of choking thorns that damages and slows enemies in its radius.Read more
Kudzu Connection
Kudzu Connection
Connect with a nearby ally to gain bonuses, replicated healing, and ignore the move speed penalty while shooting.

Receive 50% of Bonuses with no connection
Connection requires line of sight.
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Stone Form
Stone Form
Turn yourself into impervious stone and smash into the ground, stunning and damaging enemies nearby. Heals you for a percentage of your max health.Read more
Air Drop
Air Drop
Grab an ally and take flight with them. Drop your ally to cause an explosion, dealing spirit damage. You and your ally gain increased Outgoing Damage when flying ends.

Cooldown reduced by 30% when used on allies.
Taking damage briefly disables using the ability.
While lifted, your ally cannot attack and deals -20% damage.
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Build id
269897
Build Core

Generally L-R. All the items we'll need for damage and barrier scaling. Buy barriers alongside these items as needed.

Extra Charge
Extra Charge
Spirit
800
Extra Spirit
Extra Spirit
Spirit
800
Mystic Expansion
Compress Cooldown
Compress Cooldown
Spirit
1 600
Improved Spirit
Improved Spirit
Spirit
1 600
Mystic Slow
Mystic Slow
Spirit
1 600
Rapid Recharge
Rapid Recharge
Spirit
3 200
Superior Cooldown
Superior Cooldown
Spirit
3 200
Lightning Scroll
Lightning Scroll
Spirit
6 400
Boundless Spirit
Boundless Spirit
Spirit
6 400
Barriers

Choose what order to buy based on the match you're in. I usually don't get Majestic Leap on Ivy but you can if you want!

Reactive Barrier
Reactive Barrier
Vitality
1 600
Majestic Leap
Majestic Leap
Vitality
3 200
Diviner's Kevlar
Diviner's Kevlar
Vitality
6 400
Weapon Shielding
Weapon Shielding
Vitality
1 600
Spirit Shielding
Spirit Shielding
Vitality
1 600
Guardian Ward
Guardian Ward
Vitality
1 600
Divine Barrier
Divine Barrier
Vitality
6 400
Luxury Upgrades

If you go super late.

Greater Expansion
Greater Expansion
Spirit
3 200
Escalating Exposure
Spirit Burn
Spirit Burn
Spirit
6 400
Extra Situationals

The barriers usually have you covered on defense, but there are still some extras that can be helpful. Get these if needed.

Extra Regen
Extra Regen
Vitality
800
Healing Rite
Healing Rite
Vitality
800
Spirit Lifesteal
Spirit Lifesteal
Vitality
1 600
Bullet Resilience
Bullet Resilience
Vitality
3 200
Spirit Resilience
Spirit Resilience
Vitality
3 200
Dispel Magic
Dispel Magic
Vitality
3 200
Rescue Beam
Rescue Beam
Vitality
3 200
Suppressor
Suppressor
Spirit
1 600
Slowing Hex
Slowing Hex
Spirit
1 600
Rusted Barrel
Rusted Barrel
Spirit
800
Knockdown
Knockdown
Spirit
3 200
Silence Wave
Silence Wave
Spirit
3 200
Cursed Relic
Cursed Relic
Spirit
6 400
Infuser
Infuser
Vitality
6 400
Debuff Reducer
Debuff Reducer
Vitality
1 600
Spirit Sap
Spirit Sap
Spirit
1 600
Disarming Hex
Disarming Hex
Spirit
3 200
Vortex Web
Vortex Web
Spirit
6 400
Rebuttal
Rebuttal
Vitality
800
Counterspell
Counterspell
Vitality
3 200

The order of leveling abilities

Ability
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Entangling Thorns
Entangling Thorns
1
2
5
Kudzu Connection
Kudzu Connection
1
2
5
Stone Form
Stone Form
1
2
5
Air Drop
Air Drop
1
2
5

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