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Extra Charge

More knives.

II

Active

Cold Front

Wave prio, all in, CC. Upgrade later or sell for slots.

II

Improved Spirit

Damage component. Can sit on this for a while.

I

Mystic Burst

damage component. Gets us 4.8 spirit

II

Healbane

Synergizes very well with shiv's kit.

III

Torment Pulse

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

III

Active

Warp Stone

Incredible utility. Lets us be aggressive and teleport back out. Great for getting in range for ult.

III

Counterspell

Can skip if it doesnt work well against the enemy comp.

III

Active

Debuff Remover

Buy this almost every game

III

Tankbuster

Great value damage item, especially into tankier comps. Can buy early or later depending on when you need it.

IV

Transcendent Cooldown

Higher dps on torment and more skill/item uptime.

IV

Boundless Spirit

Solid damage spike.

III

Active

Metal Skin

Go-to item vs. gun comps.

III

Spirit Resilience

Go to item vs. spirit comps.

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Active

Healing Rite

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

I

Monster Rounds

Buy if you need wave prio.

III

Rapid Recharge

Makes your combos more fluid by letting you knife between everything. Get this lategame if you want but dont prioritize it.

IV

Active

Infuser

Buy when you want to pivot into dash build lategame.

III

Active

Decay

Buy into tank/sustain comps

IV

Active

Arctic Blast

CC and burst. Good if you need the pick pressure.

IV

Active

Curse

Fuck this guy in particular.

IV

Juggernaut

Gun characters hate this one simple trick

IV

Plated Armor

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

IV

Spellbreaker

Very good for keeping you alive against spirit burst.

IV

Witchmail

Buy after infuser when you dash pivot lategame.

III

Veil Walker

Stealth + better tempo at the cost of sustain/survival.

IV

Spirit Burn

Can replace healbane with this lategame

IV

Active

Ethereal Shift

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