HIGH MMR Ivy Build Guide v2 | Deadlock

[@NinesTempest]

Silly gargoyle

[@sammyrocky1865]

Thanks for updating it, I was confused that I was on the wrong build until I noticed you had done a detailed update on the itemization choices. Also great choice using Quicksilver on 2 rather than 3, when I tried it out in game it made such a difference!

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

Glad to hear it helped 🙂

[@Meryle25]

I love that we came to the same conclusions! I started learning Ivy (and the game) from using the build from your other video, and I gradually changed it to what I considered to be my personal preferences from there. Funnily enough, you have pretty much done what I did! It turns out the changes were not just a personal preference, but were simply logical improvements!

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

😊❤️

[@laden5568]

Ran with your build earlier today and actually did pretty decent for the first time since starting playing! This is my first moba like thingy game I've played and watching you has helped massively with learning the game and the character

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

Glad to hear ❤️🙂

[@gothcatnora3584]

i love using your build cant wait to try out the new one!

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

thanks let me know if you have any questions!

[@DarkPrime25]

As I was using this build in a match, I saw it update in real time, I was so confused at first lol. It was cool to see the updates, good changes!

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

Thank you 😄

[@noproff7153]

Thanks i love playing 🐀 now im gonna do it better

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

lmk if you have any questions ^^

[@DatMoeLp]

highly appreciate the in depth guide, greetings from lücke and thomas shelbek

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

You're very welcome! 😁

[@JackFroster]

I worry that by the time Deadlock actually releases this kind of Ivy build and playstyle simply wont be possible and they will just devolve the hero into something that exists purely to sit by another carry and press 2

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

i hope this isn't the case, her gun is so fun to use, it reminds me of twitch from LoL.

[@JackFroster]

@@poshypopDEADLOCK It's so satisfying to use for sure. I hope that even if Ivy becomes more of a fully fledged support that she is more of a damage orientated sort of support.

[@sammyrocky1865]

It would be cool if they found a way to let you specialize either supp or dps on her. It would really blow if they shut us out of this normal play style and forced us into a supp direction

[@xdkillfor34akathetroll30]

Unless they let you choose to always get duo lanes, pure supports don't seem possible.

[@ptdisco2543]

Unhhh what? Why would you think a game by Ice Frog would turn out like that?

[@NatiiixLP]

I see another video with the cutest Deadlock character in my YT recommendations, I click, and it's beautiful.

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

[@athoops8803]

The build is great and really helped me up my game! Thank you!

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

You're welcome 🙂

[@christianwise4227]

Funny gargoyle

[@dannmcdan2185]

Your Ivy avatar is very cute. What is the program that makes it open its mouth when you are speaking and also makes it blink?

[@DarkPrime25]

He might be using Fugi Tech

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

Veadotube

[@amongstus4418]

Nice update, I definitely agree that farming up for a 6300 item early game seems like a waste of time for most builds unless you're playing a character who is strong early but scales poorly (IE Pocket)

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

Agreed rushing siphon early made ivy suck a little bit

[@Aylivmo]

Thx for sharing the build, trying to make bomber build since I like to one bomb hit. But of course Ivy need ze bullets to farm and kill in order to get there.

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

np!

[@blashauwu]

I was using everything like I wasnt supposed to lmao, quicksilver reload in 1, im just too afraid to push, but I will defenetely try this build

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

Sounds good 🫡, qsr on one is fine

[@angeluslul2118]

i love your channel art sooooooooooo much, that ivy is so damn cute :D

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

Thank you! 🙂

[@LarssonOhman]

would love to see a top do's and don'ts in laning, or maybe like quick (30s each) how to lane against other heroes Regardless, great video - kepp it up

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

I can try my best to make something like this :)

[@Hambuga97]

Being a gargoyle and having dat high dps made me interested but,hearing her speak Spanish sold me completely

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

LOL the random Spanish quotes are banger

[@optopska]

Thank you so much for this. Just tried this build for a few games and it feels really really good. Like you said, tesla bullets proccing those spirit items is such a game changer. I ran CATGIRL's build before and I really liked the emphasis on sliding and movespeed her build offered. What do you think if I personally swapped Bullet Lifesteal with Heroic Aura? Is the extra cost or lower lifesteal too much to justify?

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

I would only recommend bullet lifesteal since our orange slots are limited but heroic aura seems like a good item

[@MaimedFern]

Maybe this is just because I play against players bad enough to let me trade without giga-punishing but I absolutely love buying extra health early (usually right after headshot and basic mag). That bump from 550 to 770 for 500 measly souls gives so much more time before being poked out, and a lot of wiggle room to actually be aggressive on occasion. Experimented a lot with tesla today after watching this vid and while I do think it is just numerically worse than intensifying mag, (which was my 3k rush before) the playstyle it allows with silencer/shredder and the dummy clear speed are just so much fun. Probably not going back xD

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

extra health is another great choice early much love

[@iambutter25]

This whole time I thought headshot booster gave a percentage increase, not a flat number, thanks fam

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

Np

[@rickyrockstar1233]

I finally know how to play the gremlin. Thanks

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

No problem :D

[@Woorhies]

Play today with this build, thanks!

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

You're welcome hope it was good

[@grande1900]

One of my favorite things about this game is that there aren't really any PURE support heroes, they all have some way to strengthen themselves.

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

I agree this is nice, some self sufficiency is nice

[@HUNGRY4EGGS]

i like this one way more then the last iteration

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

[@Vait-i1v]

very nice built man

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

thanks!

[@Reddeer420]

Actually used that build last night it was alright

[@roguethemachine3928]

sharpshooter such a must on her , without it the caracther has huge dmg falloff

[@matv6799]

Thanks a lot for the build! small question regarding the orange items when transitioning from early to mid game : What do you sell and in what order to get tesla/escalating ?

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

It depends but usually Tesla first, you can sell hv bullets

[@FatherTerra]

I've been using your build and loving it. Thoughts on superior stamina? I find it helps me chase down opponents even with my infinite slows because they still somehow get away.

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

It is a very good situational item yes

[@CilantroGamer]

Hi! I'm interested in learning to play Ivy with this style, but I have a couple questions / concerns. I have around 100 games of Deadlock in across various heroes, with Viscous basically being my main. What can you do if you're behind? Should you still try to build heavy attack damage / carry or should you pivot to more of a support role? Why do you go all in on the 3rd skill so early? I've only played like 3 games with her but it always felt just really awful to use and not impactful at all. How should you use your ult? Mobility? Try to actually hit things with the bomb? Drop your teammates into fights? I'm getting up there in years and my reflex time and especially aim tracking aren't great. Am I doomed not to be able to use a left click build on heroes? Is it too much of a nerf to raw damage to build in slows and such to help me keep track of targets in combat? Thanks for answering any / all of the questions - I love the guide and the way you have it formatted. Cheers!

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

1. You just farm the best you can and farm camps when wave state calls for it 2. For lane sustain 3. I use my ult to roam/move the map faster and to get my teammates into fights. I also use it sometimes in lane to kill the enemy 4. No, what I would recommend to do is try aimtrainers/practicing your aim, aim is pretty important for characters like this but I think anyone regardless of age can have good aim hope this helps sorry for the late reply

[@CilantroGamer]

@@poshypopDEADLOCK Helps a ton, thanks so much! I watched more of your stuff and picked up on you using the 2 for sustain and it definitely clicked. I've also realized that my aim isn't as bad as I thought - my problem is that I'm hitting my shots, but they're often not doing enough damage for me to feel like I'm hitting them. I will still practice, though.

[@ThefamousMrcroissant]

Escalating Magazine does drop off quick, but you are extremely undervalueing the item on Ivy regardless. With Active Reload you basically sit around the 75%-60% range the entire fight, which is a ludicrous amount of damage to ignore. It is competitive stat-wise with t4 items for the cost of a t3 on her - 80% extra damage at LOWEST with 25% additional ammunition? Count me in.

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

I think it could be good and you raise good points but I personally just don't build the item

[@Bronko_]

Getting Sharpshooter and not items like Healing Nova seems to contradict her identity. She basically wants to drop someone on the enemy team and follow up with a big Stun/Nade.

[@flynnster00707]

Whats your thoughts linepro ivy build? It basically focuses on improving melee. Been having a lot of success between both this and your build, but have been finiding the melee lifesteal such a good combo with the gargoyle and ultimate abilities, have you given it a go?

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

i've never tried this build yet i don't comment on builds i haven't played yet

[@ronnyj6780]

Have about 50 hours played and 65% wr with this build, so thanks! Do you ever go Intensifying Mag for damage or just not worth?

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

I think it could be good but I don't use it

[@dixjxhshsgvsbs]

How do you think about heroic aura and hunters aura? Some of top mmr players does use those in weapon build and those are statistically best t3 items for Ivy 57% and 61% win rate for each. It's almost higher than t4 items. Fire rate and resistance is super valuable than just dmg especially late games, and that two aura item have so much value on that. I thought heroic aura is just really good for ivy, but did not expect hunters aura have that much win rate.

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

I think heroic aura can be good, hunters aura definitely good if you're doing a lot of splitting. I however don't use the items and value the other items I have in my build more

[@Ccody1996]

She’s gonna be made into an AD poke support like Ashe. She has a support ult, a milio W, and a zyra ult lol she’s made to be utility based. BUT her dashes and gun allow her to be built ADC as of now but I doubt they will let those stand by nerfing her AD ratios late game and buff her 1 and 3

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

Why did they have to make the gun so fun 😭

[@Ccody1996]

@@poshypopDEADLOCK there’s just other more traditional ADCs (Wraith) and I’m sure they want to use Ivys kit for a niche role since there aren’t many characters. I.E Ivy ulting a McGinnis and dropping her in for an azir ult behind the enemy

[@Mel0n_l0ver]

What about Burst Fire? The stats are pretty good: +Move speed, +fire rate, and +slide distance. By the way, not a single word about slides?? Is it already obvious? Slides give infinite ammo. So ... MORE SLIDES FOR THE SLIDE GOD!

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

I think this item could be good i may experiment down the line

[@transexualoyster3311]

How do I know which items to replace and with what? Are there any 500 items worth keeping full game or should they be gone late game ?

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

sometimes the 500g items build into the more pricery ones, sell the ones like headshot booster/hv to get the bigger items

[@bassoonistfromhell]

Should you choose high velocity mag over something else in certain situations?

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

If you have no trouble getting souls yes

[@rev9115]

Breedable gargoyle

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

What did they mean by this

[@sebasteanjanzen1210]

Out of curiosity, why assign quick silver to 2? Im fairly new to the game so im not arguing it, i just been finding success binding to the bomb so i can get that reload mind with while getting that slow.

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

it's personal preference tbh

[@obasphalt]

really hope Valve won't turn Ivy into some support on release like support that can only support

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

Agreed i do like her as dps

[@wilksy1993]

Oh a new build 'headshot booster' me who cant aim "fuck"

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

LOL don't worry just try your best :)

[@raptorcanfly3910]

Hey, sorry to bother but since you told us to ask question lmao. I followed your guide for 2 days (Main Ivy) and I've been improving a tone but now I face better player and I start to have the same problem again and again. What should I do against an opponnent that play safe (under his tower) but denies everything (they are closer so faster for them to hit the orb) and poke real hard when you try to melee kill the minions ? I'm strugguling to find an awnser to that :/

[@MaimedFern]

Not posh but thought I might have some insight. Firstly congrats on improving! If your problem is that your opponents are playing too safe, you've already done the impossible and secured lane priority as the worst laner in the game! To actually answer the question "what do I do to stop an enemy from just hanging out and denying me until we both grow old?" IMO, ya got two real options, 1. do the same thing back at them. instead of stepping up aggressively and killing their minions under turret, stand back to the side or in cover below the stairs and focus on denying, if they melee to secure, lay into em. All those troopers you're shooting under their guardian aren't gonna die before making it back out to you in the lane, you likely won't miss anything. 2. buy sprint boots, shove the lane in, say screw this boring guy and gank another lane. If you can't pressure their life or their guardian, might as well try and get your homies ahead.

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

You have to build HV if you're having trouble farming. Punish your opponent for walking up to farm by shooting/throwing kudzu, in theory if you do that enough you should have an hp advantage, once you have that you can pressure a kill. You could hit the wave less as well so the wave comes into you, if you are just perma shooting the wave it will always be under the enemy turret and they can farm safely, hope this helps

[@raptorcanfly3910]

@@MaimedFern Thanks man ! I've been applying that and it worked like a charm, I roam a lot more and even if we dont kill them in a gang it make the team mate happy lol Monster round for jungle farm while going/commin back helped a lot too, I think I've passed the treshhold I get bully under my tower in lane now :p

[@franpschorr3646]

11:56 yeah I’m a haze main and I lose every lane but drop 20+ kills and win every game. So winning your lane can’t be that important.

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

Laning phase does matter but only so slightly

[@yesssirr987]

The gargoyles portrait in game does NOT do her character model justice. I think she has a sweet design but she looks way more like a troll in her little character portrait at the top. COOL GARGOYLE LOOKS COOL LIKE IF AGREE

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

I think she looks great in game :D

[@Yvanne]

will you ever make a supp/tank/spirit ivy build?

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

hmm possibly down the line i could but i do enjoy this one the most

[@CathernGlumac-i9q]

Tyrell Passage

[@DarinBiggs-j6g]

Tillman Trace

[@JessicaThompson-c9m]

180 Barton Trace

[@aperks]

i use catgirls,nuh uh

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

Their build i'm sure is also great

[@GeraldoRandazzo-j6h]

Pagac Village

[@guyperson6527]

How do u decide between toxic bullets and decay for a kelvin etc.

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

I could make a video about this if you'd like, but it's more of availability on what slots I have open, and how badly you need the utility

[@guyperson6527]

Ty its just theres multiple anti heal options and i was curious what makes one better

[@ozzkee.a741]

how to i download this game?

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

You have to get referred by someone that has the game on steam

[@EdenChanning-m6d]

Kihn Rapid

[@TobyGrainey-v9o]

Monahan Flat

[@Tyretes]

help. i kept getting one shotted by Bepop's 2nd skill as ivy.

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

Reactive barrier and stone form the bomb

[@roguethemachine3928]

your build could be much improved just buying extra charge if ur heavy winnign 3 charge on 1 is insane

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

Good points

[@Marci568]

Damn youre good at ivy whats your pronouns

[@poshypopDEADLOCK]

Goat/goat

[@Marci568]

@@poshypopDEADLOCK REAL AS FUCK