I wish there was a voice line between Ivern and one of the more brutal human champions that goes along the lines of “I had an axe like yours once…mine was bigger” but he would say the second part very sadly reflecting on his past mistakes and the mistakes that person he’s talking to are making now.

@CWRage

5 ай бұрын

Darius wouldn't care in the slightest lol

@HoodedHavoc

5 ай бұрын

​@@CWRageA dialogue between the two, both in their dunkmaster skins, trying to out dribble each other.

@baermane

5 ай бұрын

Great idea, I wish man...

@Quadrilli0n

5 ай бұрын

Mine was bigger >:)

@MechanicMikan

5 ай бұрын

Boys Bathroom: Not bad but mines bigger

Imagine a Runeterra Myths miniseries, with 20 minutes single stories about Ivern, Kindred, Bard, Janna and other "old stories" champions. It's never gonna happen. But just imagine

@johird9990

5 ай бұрын

damn that sounds sick, definetly would help introducing people to league

@Darkprosper

5 ай бұрын

It would be awesome, but I think that they want to reserve the ability to retcon many of those champions' lore, now that everything that comes out is supposed to be canon.

@Nicolas72617

5 ай бұрын

@@Darkprosper in that case it would be a great way to manage the retcons. Although I don't think most of the spirits and guardian champions are gonna be affected that much

@Darkprosper

5 ай бұрын

@@Nicolas72617 I think that with Riot, big retcons happen with big events. We could get some stories after, but a retcon just for a story ? The payoff would be low for the price of setting a character in canon. As for changes, judging from what we got with Janna in LoR, I think that we could get some wild reworks.

@Automaton-37467

5 ай бұрын

and fiddlesticks, hes also kind of a myth

Something I love about Ivern's backstory that it kind of feels like an inversion of the typical magical corruption you see in fantasy. Where a perfectly good or at least regular guy stumbles upon some ancient force and it corrupts his mind, body and soul into an evil supervillain (read: Brand). Here you have this villainous piece of shit bad guy whose defining feature is his cruelty and as he is about his regular old evil business, he gets totally transformed into something new entirely. As for some people not liking his Freljord origin of cruelty, I honestly feel like it's the best option his character had. You either have a regular or good human get turned into this god-willow tree being, which is honestly darker and less fitting for Ivern than what we have now. Or you just have no transformation and Ivern Bramblefoot has just always been around, which is pretty underwhelming imo

Yeah I agree with you there Nick. Ive always seen Ivern more like an Uncle Iroh like character. An old man who's journey is over and is there only to guide and give wisdom to the young ones.

One of the things i love about ivern is his contrast to maokai, they are almost poler opposites, ivern used to be a cruel brutal murderer who eventually became a kind loving fun loving character. Maokai went from a nature loving kind happy character to a murderus angry vengeful one. And design wise they are different kinds of trees.

Upset I couldn't finish my fanart for Ivern's video but look at all the Iverns drawn!! So proud of you all!!

We did it boys, we got to Ivern reviews. How tragic ironic it’s during the same week as the terrible news from Riot Also Nicky you can’t deny it we know you’re bias and that’s ok

@professorpengu502

5 ай бұрын

What news?

@Blu_Moon_Owl

5 ай бұрын

@@professorpengu502 about 530 employees at riot got fired with no warning. They are being compensated though for 6 months to help out for the time being. However the team for Riot Forge is dead so no more LoL centric games like Song of Nunu and Legends of Runeterra got its team reduced. That’s the gist but there are plenty of videos on it for more info.

@professorpengu502

5 ай бұрын

@@Blu_Moon_Owl I feel so bad for those people

Almost every Ivern player i've found on either aram or rift were very chill, one of them even asked us to call him one way that has stuck with me ever since... The Weed Daddy

The reason i found your channel was due to your video with rossboomsucks and been subed sense then, you got me into ivern and you got me to fall in love with ivern and ivern mid lane and every sense then he's been my main from 2020 when i started playing league to now, and your videos have only gotten better sense then keep up the great work with your content!.

In this trying times, playing the jolly champions like Ivern, Neeko and Lewis should be considered a form of government mandated therapy

@bandelby5365

5 ай бұрын

LEWIS????

@Johnhamsta

5 ай бұрын

​@@bandelby5365 Y'know, Lewis! Our guy! He's super jolly and cool. Great guy.

@krok2112

5 ай бұрын

@@bandelby5365 the gator

@Eltiovin6902

5 ай бұрын

@@krok2112>:(

@ryliepridgeon97

5 ай бұрын

@@Johnhamstayeah, Lewis is a great guy to be around. Never has a better friend than Lewis

Nicky i really feel for you mate, been looking forward to your Ivern review for ages and for it to have to come in the middle of this b.s. Really taken the wind out of my League fandom sails too. hoping to find some way to support the lost rioters going forward.

Your explanation on his lore just made me love him even more

Your videos are fantastic. Best part of my friday.

i just wanted to say thank you NickyBoi your videos always manage to brighten my days, but 2:51 had me in tears Laughing and i really needed that today. i really enjoy what you do

I found your channel bc of that rossboomsocks video, and im still here, i love it here

"I should probably go he-WHY DID I HELP" league in a nutshell

this is the first time I must've seen a full ivern game because I had no idea camp health bars were blue. that's such a sick detail

I never knew the full story of Ivern and i love him even more. Like, I liked him before but now he is amazing. Plus, I feel like the Freliord is a place that has the most potential to be a peaceful character in tune with nature

2:50 okay that cut just sent me

i just started the video but i love your content ty for making theese videos

I get the whole "and then they just clicked" thing, that was me with Tahm Kench and I was taking him top lane LONG before it became a popular thing to do. Now it is the same but with A Sol, love the character, love the new kit, everything clicks.

I remember when Ivern came out and I instantly started calling him Broccoli and how much I loved his story and gameplay but I had no idea how to play him in the jungle so I always went support. It works fine, not as great as other supports ofc but it was so much fun! Ivern really is my comfort character just like yours, I like that not a lot of people play him, makes it feel more special when you meet someone who actually plays him and understands him just like yourself. Still sad that he doesn't have more skins, he deserves more! Thank you for showing some love to the best Broccoli in the game! Also a fun idea for a skin is to make him in to an actual broccoli, just like an april fools skin!

Ivern was a champ I was always rather neutral on initially. Following your channel really warmed me up to the guy, making him join my group of 'love everything about these characters except gameplay'.

Would you consider doing one of these for Skarner ahead of his rework as an homage before he disappears?

I would love Ivern story between Ivern and Zyra ivern trying to convince Zyra not to cause harm, or a story about Nidelee or neeko just dealing with the casual whimsey of ivern. Perhaps ivern has met rammus? We know his lines hes met malphite, how why? I wanna know the story.

Here me out; ivern and udyr should have a short story where udyr is taught by ivern more about the peaceful side of nature. I know lee sin already did something like that, but ivern definitely would have been a teacher for the speedy oneshot man.

Excellent video, I love our boy Ivern! Also, wouldn't be league without your teammates flaming in chat the whole time lmao

I guess the Skyrim Paarthurnax quote of “What is better? To be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?” actually applies here.

i love the passion i hear in your talking about this game. unfortunately Riot is a company not a friend. It sees people as numbers. Yet it has enough humanity to understand it has a following that hold it to this level. They say they hear, respect and value us but everytime regardless of which company it is they fail. I still remember Blizzard siding with the CCP on Overwatch when people were siding with Hong Kong. Yet Blizzard went with the money since china is a big spender. Instead of base humanity and understanding that a whole people were about to be absolved of their freedoms and be taken by the CCP.

My favorite Ivern video will always be Necrit's telling of his story. I've teared up so many times listening to it.

Whoooo Treeman!

The wise mystical tree

Jailbroken my 3ds and Weedman playing Nicky boy? What a day

Letting you know, if ever you choose to make content on games from other publishers, I'll be here! Enjoyed this though, keep it up!

My favorites are Vex and Naafiri. I am not even a league zoomer, I was here for vel koz's release who is also one of favorite champions along with kled. Naafiri is really neat to me and also adorable despite being a knife dog, and Vex is in a similar boat.

How come I JUST realised that Ivern is Iroh from Avatar? That makes me love him more and wanting him to interact with characters that juxtapose with him.

will you do a skarner one before his rework ?

I'm another one who came here via Rossboomsocks and liked your content so much I stayed (ironically, I don't really watch ross anymore, no hate, just his videos these days aren't so much my thing.) Really enjoy your humour, editing style, and interesting takes on things. Ivern mid GOAT

i like to imagine ivern chopping down the godwillow as something like the TFS hellsing scene where alucard suddenly stops and asks "am i bad person"

Your history with how Ivern became your favourite champion reminds me a lot of how when Braum came out and it just clicked. That champion changed my life in a weird way.

How do you submit fanarts to be included in vid

Back when I was in university, I learned about the english artist William Blake, and the way he portrayed human growth (at least according to my teacher). Basically we go from the innocence of youth to the bitterness of adulthood. But according to Blake, growth didn't have to stop there. We could regain that child-like sense of wonder and joy through emotional maturity and empathy. Anyway, I always pictured Ivern as the embodiment of that idea. To me he represents the peace that awaits you when you reach true maturity

Perfect timing

Local barbarian cuts down tree, becomes tree hippie. Though, You know, now that I look at it, Ivern is kinda like "anti-Mordekaiser" Mordekaiser is all about Iron and Death. Iron, while a naturally occurring element, is very artificial the way its used with Morde. Very hard, cold, uncaring and brutal. While Ivern is all about life and the beauty of nature and such. Two very opposing views I should say. But perhaps thats just me seeing a connection thats probably not there.

My only gripe with Ivern is that I wish the Godwillow was fleshed out more as a plotpoint.

Nicky does a series where he plays each champion Ivern Mid: “Where did that bring you? Back to me.”

12:01 the comment about ur friend telling u to rush warmogs on Kha'Zix had me ROTFL 😆🤣😂

I do hope they tweak his passive at some point like sharing exp and/or gold from camps or being able to have the camps fight with you would be very in line with the character.

What is better: to be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?

I feel the only problem for Ivern's past is that is almost nowhere to be found on game and voicelines. I think a couple of interactions with some of the more warlord or bloodthirsty characters where Ivern try to talk them out of theirs ways out of the goodness of his heart would help that.

Ivern is like Sion, a passive character in storytelling. And a very good one.

The vern is here

good ivern game play

It's kinda cool to have a character transform into something and not try to become normal again

Ivern reminds me a lot of Megamind. I loved that movie and Ivern does hit similar notes.

The “League Of Failures” era was truly a sight to behold

Coral reef ivern would be cool

You gonna be playing some Tekken? Would be fun to see some fighting games on the channel 😄

"I should probably go help, WHY DID I HELP!?" Ah yes League summed up in one sentence. 2:46

Little gremlin talks about how much he loves tree for 24 min

Riven should meet Ivern. They would probably have an interesting conversation about life, violence, death and hope.

The voice lines that triggers in your strem gave me a jumpscare

@phoenixflamegames1

5 ай бұрын

right?? Same here

This is the most based video. I love my Don Bleuty treeman.

I love Ivern, and I wish I would enjoy playing him... but I just really hate his W. The brush mechanic feels really awkward to use, it's weird for him to have a spell relying on auto-attacks, and it doesn't even feel on theme to me. If he had something else, I would very likely play him.

Although i really like his design and idea, i feel like ivern is a little bit of a hollow character. Also his ultimate is basically the same as annie wtf is wrong with that(in that tigers and daisy are both basically just big guys that attack, as in their structures are either same and they have the same form of attack )

@bolix23

5 ай бұрын

Nah his ult is much better tbh

@reno9821

5 ай бұрын

can you elaborate on what you mean by hollow? Curious

@RedTheWeeb

5 ай бұрын

I don't really see an issue with having 2 summoner ults

@asmodiasmobilemoba

5 ай бұрын

@@reno9821 like, he went through his character development already. Now there's nothing to develop, that makes him feel hollow to me just like his character doesn't have more to give basically

@thomaspopa3354

5 ай бұрын

@@asmodiasmobilemobadid you watch the video

Tbh I think Ivern is Runneterras version of Iroh. They are mostly side character only there to share their wisdom with the main cast. Wisdom which was born from experience and mistakes. They are basically the same character.

i feel like iverns such an easy champ to make base skin chromas for by just making him different trees (like an autumn palette or a dark brown and pink palette)

Ivern has an amazing passive in Aram, not being able to harm jungle monsters… wait a second- Anyways it’s kinda funny how good Ivern in Aram is. Good cc that brings melee characters in range, a shield that does damage and extra bushes is really good.

Eagerly waiting for Jhin…

I wish Riot gave him something else to replace the buff sharing they took away from him- not even having a passive straight up in ARAM sucks. Appreciate that the midscope made him somewhat better to play. Maybe they could make Daisy's summon knockup/stun where she lands for a short duration.

@somo4227

5 ай бұрын

make him mark the honeyfruits in the jungle so they poison enemies and heal allies for more

The one time they said they wanted to try something new and actually tried something new

I could never build full AP on Ivern, I'm too in love with trolling the enemy team. There's nothing funnier than having an Assassin full combo you and then walking circles around them while they try to finish you off with slows, roots, LOS blocking and Daisy on their ass. I don't even care if I die as long as I make it really annoying for them

Ivern is one of those champions that you simply cannot hate

i have to wait until JUNE to get kog'maw i'm gonna sob. so sorry to you zyra mains

Also Ivern is the person I strive to be and I think other people should as well.

I only play wildrift so it'll be cool go see him there

Ivern story is inspired by the story of the deer in jagermeister bottle look it up my dude

I want high noon ivern where he is a cactus

This is not unfortunate timing, just when bad news make you sad. Ivern is there, by your side, to cheer you up.

ive never even played ivern, never thought of playing him, i dont own him and im not even a mid player. buut this video is giving me the BIGGEST itch to play ivern mid and i have no idea why.

i dont known why there isn't a dunkmaster syndra, like you already have the BALLS she just need the outfit

3:23 4:59 7:10

Hot take: Ivern is Storywise essentially an Ionian Soraka

Riven has to be Ivern’s daughter, Maokai his son

Nicky idk if you will ever see this but I'm part of a high school esports team and our current team name is the Daisy Disciples i will win in your honour

Me not knowing anything about iverns lore, "he was a bad guy?"

im a fellow ivern main and yes, "Ivern is the best champion in all of League I am not biased at all"

Janna following up Ivern is quite the contrast

Braum is happy too (not the same I know)

Hello egeryone, welcome back to another friday with another ligma (steven careers)

Seeing some one playing Ivern with almost no cdr is painfull

Well, I got my Ivern... now who wants another counter, 44 CHAMPS BEFORE NUNU AND WILLUMP

ım quite fond of skibidi toilet

Just read the entire wiki like I do

I get people feel bad the Rioters got fired i definitely was too but i don't share the part that it was worse because they didn't knew in advanced, Riot is a masive company imagine the risks of dismissing some many people at once with and advanced notice and also it's not like they kicked them out to the streets with nothing they're paying them for 6 months gave them computers and will help them with finding new jobs thats more than most could ask for

I like him because he's a hippie grandfather and a talking cannabis.

Soo, what do you want to say is riot made thorfinn in lol before vinland saga got popular lol

look I love Ivern but his passive is useles, in the past it was great but now everyone got Ivern's passive

okay just how are you not in the lpp what is riot's reasoning for this? not only are you one of the most wholesome league creators but you also make a looot of good content so huh riot???

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