Shiv has zero interest in playing fair, which is why he relies on hit and run tactics to weaken enemies before he dives in for the kill.
Shiv has zero interest in playing fair, which is why he relies on hit and run tactics to weaken enemies before he dives in for the kill.
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A bleed-focused Shiv that focuses on lots of sustain and cleaning up with ultimate right after.
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(v2.3 - 9/6/25)
Focus on poking the enemies with knifes early. Once 2 points into slice and dice is put into, you can be aggressive, and look to dive with your ult when low.
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Restorative Shot
Best tier 1 sustain item! Try to always shoot enemies when up!
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Mystic Regeneration
Paired with restorative shot, you will sustain decently well in lane. Builds into Radiant Regeneration!
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Extra Charge
An extra knife to poke in lane! Builds into Rapid Recharge.
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Radiant Regeneration
Best sustain item and tops healing charts everytime. Your significant powerspike in early/laning phase and for the rest of the game.
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Healbane
Great for consistent anti-heal, and synergy on your ult! May want to sell really late into the game if out of slots, choose this or decay, your choice.
If struggling to survive in lane, try one of these.
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Healing Rite
If you can't reset and need a quick burst of healing at the moment.
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Extra Health
More health and if you plan on building into fortitude.
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Rebuttal
May be helpful against Abrams/Calico if you can succesfully parry.
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Enchanter's Emblem
Amazing value for mid-game fights!
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Suppressor
Broken against bullet heroes!
In the mid game, you get two powerspikes: Rapid Recharge & Decay. Look to creep into team fights after these powerspikes.
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Rapid Recharge
More knives, and more spirt on those knifes. Great item to farm after laning phase!
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Enduring Speed
So you don't move like a damn snail lol
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Debuff Reducer
Reduce slows and debuffs that might impact you.
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Improved Spirit
MOR SPIRIT POWAAAA
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Decay
Always use to maintain rage uptime! Now even better with the recent patch!
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Imbue
Compress Cooldown
Reduces cooldown of knives, being able to throw more consistently.
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Debuff Remover
Amazing value for the debuff resist, reduces stuns, DoTs, anti-heal! Also great when slowing hexes & decay counter you. Buy early against DoT heavy comps like Infernus, or Spirit Burn.
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Superior Cooldown
Reduces cooldown of dash & bloodletting, allowing more consistent damage.
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Trophy Collector
A great snowball item to gain lots of souls and raw stats!
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Cultist Sacrifice
If matchmaking is bad and need to carry, it might be worth picking up.
In the late game, we build into lots of sustain, then use anti-heal and shreds to get close then ult for the kill.
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Spirit Burn
Crazy amount of anti-heal when proc'd!
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Leech
Leech to survive more prolonged encounters!
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Spirit Resilience
You can skip either resiliences if the enemy lineup doesn't have spirit/bullet, and opt to buy escalating instead.
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Ethereal Shift
Use to get out of sticky situations, can use dash after ends.
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Transcendent Cooldown
Broken item. Reduces cooldown of all abilites, actives, and passives!
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Boundless Spirit
MOR SPIRIT POWAAAAAAAA
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Juggernaut
Buy eariler if need slow resist or bullet heavy comps.
See annotations.
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Cold Front
Great close quarters slow!
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Reactive Barrier
Buy against Bebop, Sinclair, or Wraith!
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Return Fire
Buy against Haze or Vyper! As well as other bullet heavy builds.
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Slowing Hex
Buy against Calico, Pocket, or Lash! As well as enemies with a escape tool.
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Silence Wave
Buy against Geist or Yamato! Or for general utility.
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Knockdown
Buy against Talon or Vindicta! Also great to cancel channeling ults.
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Metal Skin
Buy against Haze or Vyper! Or against bullet heavy comps. Now has crazy value in the new patch!
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Plated Armor
Could be a more consistent pickup then metal skin or Bullet Resilience against hybrid gun damage dealers. But mostly infernus.
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Spellbreaker
Great for charcters that have high burst damage! Also great for the resists.
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Divine Barrier
Fighting, all day everyday!
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Unstoppable
Great if the enemy has lots of hard cc to counter you!
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Curse
Buy against Yamato. Very powerful item against channeling ultimates.
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Fortitude
Could be great if frequently fighting on the map, as well as extra health!
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Arctic Blast
Great to do massive dash damage!
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Imbue
Mystic Reverb
Replace with rapid recharge if you prefer a dash build. Very good slow.
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Infuser
Generally great if you're more focused on dash for burst damage rather than a prolonged fight.
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Escalating Exposure
If you need more damage rather than sustain!
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