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Heilende Kugel

Sustain and wave prio. Can skip this if you want.

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Zusätzliche Aufladung

More knives.

II

Verbesserte Magiekraft

Damage component. Can sit on this for a while.

II

Aktiv

Kältefront

Wave prio, all in, CC. Sell this later when you need the slot.

I

Mystische Explosion

Damage component. Gets you spirit 4800.

II

Heilungsfluch

Synergizes very well with shiv's kit.

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Aktiv

Heilungsritus

Get this in really heavy poke lanes or to maintain tempo if you're low hp.

I

Monster-Kugeln

Buy if youre losing lane.

III

Pulsierende Pein

Core damage item. Rage, damage, farm speed. Overall this is crazy good for Shiv.

III

Panzerschreck

Core damage item. Regularly matches Torment damage. Great into just about every comp. Helps farm as it doesnt go on CD on camps.

III

Seelenkraft

EHP and tempo. Can skip for situational defensives if you need.

III

Aktiv

Teleport-Stein

Incredible defensive and offensive utility. Lets us be aggressive and teleport back out.

IV

Transzendente Abklingzeit

Higher dps on torment and more skill uptime

IV

Grenzenlose Magiekraft

Solid damage item. Upgrade lategame.

III

Aktiv

Schwächungs­entferner

Crazy value on the statline and the active is super valuable into 99% of comps. Especially good into heroes that like to apply debuffs like infernus.

III

Aktiv

Metallhaut

Must have vs haze/wraith, etc.

III

Gegenzauber

Buy into telegraphed heroes like wraith, lash, doorman, etc.

III

Verstärkte Magierüstung

Buy if the entire enemy team is spirit

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Reaktive Barriere

This shits crazy.

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Schnelle Aufladung

Objective damage, ranged pressure, and helps deal with pesky flyers and longrange degens. T3 knives add +450 damage if you have RR.

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Aktiv

Magische Infusion

Sustain

IV

Aktiv

Arktische Explosion

CC and burst

IV

Eskalierende Bloßstellung

Buy into beefy comps

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Aktiv

Phantomschlag

Good into flyers and comps you cant get in on easily.

IV

Moloch

Gun characters hate this one simple trick

IV

Panzerrüstung

Great into gun characters who want to proc on hit effects.

IV

Zauberbrecher

Very good for keeping you alive against spirit burst.

IV

Hexen-Panzer

Good into heavy spirit comps for resetting your cooldowns.

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Aktiv

Ätherischer Schleier

Incredible survival tool. Heals all of your deferred damage. Synergizes very well with TCD. Anti-hatecrime item.

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Verstärkte Kugelrüstung

Buy if the entire enemy team is gun.

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Stiefel des Dauerläufers

Can buy this instead of spirit/weapon shielding

IV

Aktiv

Fluch

Fuck this guy in particular.