Zac vs Ivern Counter Pick

Ivern’s passive sets the rules before the two champions ever meet. Friend of the Forest prevents him from attacking or being attacked by non-epic monsters, and his groves spawn camps that he can clear without losing any health, so neither side’s pathing or tempo mirrors the other.

On raw stats, Zac has a clear edge. He begins with 685 health and 33 armor, while Ivern starts at 630 and 27, and by level 18 Zac reaches 2,538 health compared with Ivern’s 2,313. Zac deals magic damage, which runs into Ivern’s base 30 magic resistance, and Unstable Matter scales with a percentage of maximum health no matter what either player builds. If they collide head-on, with Zac at 175 attack range and Ivern at 475, Zac is the one who should come out ahead.

Even so, the 157 games logged on patch 16.13.1 show Ivern winning 44.0% of the time, since Ivern can simply choose not to take a direct fight. Rootcaller pins Zac in place so Ivern’s allies can dash in on him, Triggerseed shields a target and then detonates to slow it, and Daisy! brings in a second body that Zac’s crowd control must deal with. Elastic Slingshot has a long, easy-to-read wind-up, and a rooted Zac caught mid-flight gives the opponent a free counter-engage. With Ivern rated 7 for difficulty and Zac rated 8, neither champion offers much execution gap to exploit. Jungle control and vision matter more here than any single duel. Ivern’s full kit is on the Ivern entry.