
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.
STICKIN EM!!!!
Knife shiv got nerfed to oblivion sadly, refer to together's build.
A full bleed Shiv that focuses on lots of sustain and anti-heal, then cleaning up with ultimate right after.
Message 'starlyn.' on discord for suggestions/questions. Thank you.
(v3.7.2 - 2/5/26)
Focus on staying back and poking with knifes early. Look to fight once you have rage up! Very strong after Radiant Regeneration, 4.8k powerspike.


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Restorative Shot
Best tier 1 sustain item! Try to always shoot enemies when up! Can skip if good lane.


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Extra Spirit
SPIRIT POWAAAA


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Extra Charge
An extra knife to poke in lane! Builds into Rapid Recharge.


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Radiant Regeneration
Core sustain item, but falls off mid-late game. Your significant powerspike in early/laning phase and for the mid-game. Swap out with Mystic Reverb/Infuser late.


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Healbane
Great for consistent anti-heal, and synergy on your ult! Allows you to "all in" more in lane. May want to buy early against Kelvin or Geist.


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Enchanter's Emblem
Amazing value for spirit resist and stats! Still works great in mid-late game! May want to sell for spellbreaker late game.


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Enduring Speed
Great against movement slows when you want to chase or escape! Can sub for Debuff Reducer.
Buy as needed.


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Active
Cultist Sacrifice
Great item for soul generation and weapon damage! Since jungle is nerfed by 30%, this is now less valuable but conisder if you have slots and need to carry!


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Point Blank
Great option for consistent weapon damage!


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Kinetic Dash
Paried with Cultist, you get decent damage from your gun and extra stamina recovery to aid your movement.


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Mystic Shot
Great for a more poke playstyle.
Look for fights in the mid-game, as you have your 4.8k powerspikes.


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Decay
Always use to maintain rage uptime! Amazing single target bleed & heal reduction! May want to buy Torment Pulse instead if against debuff remover/DB or Victor and Viscous.


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Spirit Resilience
Great value against spirit comps!


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Rapid Recharge
More knives, a little bit of spirit, and an extra source of CDR on those knives!


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Active
Warp Stone
Great consistent movement & escape tool, while also providing bullet resist! Use to extend range on your ULT or escape!


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Imbue
Compress Cooldown
With rapid, you'll have knives up in no time.


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Bullet Resilience
Resiliences are crazy, buy metal skin if you prefer.
Buy accordingly to enemy & item lineup. If you are a beginner, buy left --> right.


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Boundless Spirit
MOR SPIRIT POWAAAAAAAA (Buy early if no slots!)


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Transcendent Cooldown
Broken item. Reduces cooldown of all abilites, actives, and passives! Amazing value if you have a lot of actives!


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Spellbreaker
Great for charcters that have high burst damage! Also great for the raw stats it gives! Replace Enchanter's Emblem if no slots.


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Plated Armor
Amazing pickup to hybrid damage dealers/debuff heavy gun! Infernus, Mina, Haze, etc.


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Juggernaut
Buy against fast firerate characters and huge slows! (Buy early if no slots!)


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Active
Healing Rite
If you can't reset and need a quick burst of healing at the moment.


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Active
Rusted Barrel
lowkey OVERSTATED and so good against gun heroes its not even funny


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Active
Spirit Sap
Buy with a spirit laner and against spirit heroes.


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Reactive Barrier
Great against hard CC heavy comps!


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Active
Return Fire
Decent early-mid game option against bullet heavy comps!


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Active
Metal Skin
Broken af, get into any gun carry.


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Counterspell
NAH I'D WIN (Can slot in a different T3 in options if you need)


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Active
Dispel Magic
Decay, slowing hex, silences, etc.
Buy as needed.


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Torment Pulse
Broken item, does lots of damage (even better when amped with rage) when close and maintains rage indefintely.


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Tankbuster
Very good burst for over 2.5k hp and scales well into tanky late game. Especially great against high spirit resist.


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Active
Arctic Blast
Insane burst on your dash, and is affected by rage!
Buy as needed in the late game.


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Active
Ethereal Shift
A great item that you can use to get out of trouble or cleanse bloodletting and come back with lots of buffs!


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Witchmail
Great item against spirit heavy comps, lots of dash resets/knives!


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Active
Colossus
BIG BACK BIG BACK HP HOLY


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Escalating Exposure
A great option now that the impact on knives got nerfed, and also another source of spirit resist.


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Spirit Burn
Buy against super late game massive healing! (Replace healbane unless against Victor)


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Active
Infuser
Insane burst healing when you're low, and more spirit resist!


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Leech
If you need a more consistent heal rather than a burst heal infuser provides.
Items you may want to buy or switch out depending on game state.


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Rebuttal
Broken against meele characters like Abrams, Billy, Calico, and Viscious! Meele Resist & low parry cooldown will catch enemies offguard!


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Suppressor
Great against bullet heroes!


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Active
Cold Front
Great if you want to go 2 points in dash first.


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Veil Walker
Fast roaming speed, great heal, and stealth to catch enemies offguard!


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Fortitude
Great for bonus health and roaming! Scales well into late game.


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Stamina Mastery
MOVEMENT GOD


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Imbue
Surge of Power
Buy if you want more presence in the midgame!


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Superior Duration
Shiv knife nerfs so bad we started building duration lol


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Active
Divine Barrier
FUCK POCKET
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