Vi vs Ivern Counter Pick

Calling this a fight is generous, and that’s precisely why Vi ends up on the losing end. Under Friend of the Forest, Ivern can’t attack or be attacked by non-epic monsters. Instead, he plants magical groves on camps, and those groves clear the moment they ripen. In 248 games on patch 16.13.1, the Enforcer wins 44.8% of the time, and very little of that gap is decided by the two champions actually clashing.

• Tempo: since camps cost him nothing, Ivern gets to objectives and helps allied laners sooner without losing any health, whereas Vi spends from her 655 starting health and her mana bar on every rotation.
• Reach: his range is 475 units to her 125, so Rootcaller can hit from beyond anything she can respond to, and his teammates can dash directly onto the rooted target.
• Damage type: his magic damage passes straight through the armor Vi reaches, 109.9 by level 18, and the armor shred from Denting Blows is wasted on a champion who never planned to trade auto attacks.
• Fights: Daisy! gives him an extra body he can command, while Triggerseed shields an ally and then detonates to slow, cutting into the brief burst window that Cease and Desist creates.
• Durability: 630 health and 27 armor at level 1 seem fragile, and his 50 base attack damage against her 63 shows he was never built to duel, yet he seldom needs to stand within reach of Vault Breaker at all.

Her difficulty rating of 4 against his 7 is the one lever the losing side really has.