Ivern's kit is everything wrong with new champions.

Let's see. He's got:

1. A root skillshot that allows allies to dash to the rooted target with a .7 AP ratio.
2. The ability to place a brush, Which will in itself be feast or famine. It will be useless in some teams but will have entirely broken interactions with others. (See Caitlyn.)
3. An additional gimmick which gives him ranged autos and massive on hit damage in brush. Again, overly strong or entirely useless depending on the situation.
4. A shield that shields for a massive .8 AP ratio plus 240 health at max rank.
5. A 70℅ AOE slow that lasts for 3 seconds on an 8 second cooldown that you're encouraged to apply to a tank.
6. That AOE slow has a .7 AP ratio AOE damage.
7. A tank summon with a 1 second knockup.

Holy shit. How will anyone ever get away from him?

He's the thing you accidentally run into and can never escape, never damage, has more than enough CC to hold you in place and enough damage to kick your ass. The ability for his allies to click to dash to you is salt in the fucking wound.

In addition, he's got a gimmick jungle clear you will never be able to balance properly because it will ALWAYS either be too fast for low Elo junglers or too slow for professional junglers.

This is just one more massively overloaded kit that wreaks havoc on mobility AND CC creep, with way too much damage and whose balance will always be on the razor's edge. That's not even to speak of his abuse interactions with champions like Caitlyn or Rengar.

Champion designs like his make me want to cry.

What ever happened to elegant kits where the abilities were simple but they allowed for new and interesting play styles?

I'm getting really sick of the mobility vs permanent lockdown CC arms race.

And frankly? I can't wait to see ivern going ROA + tank and playing with this nightmare of a team:

Ivern,

Holy hell.