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.
Great slot efficiency, damage, sustain, and power curve.
@Shaman on Shiv discord channel for questions.
Old version got duped for some reason. Correct ID: 267046
Play safe till Mystic + Ult.
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Restorative Shot
The sustain on this is crazy
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Mystic Shot
Rage, burst damage, ranged poke, and procs mystic regen.
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Enchanter's Emblem
Defensive with good offensive stats
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Extra Charge
More knives.
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Healbane
Synergizes very well with shiv's kit.
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Decay
Rage, DoT, Healcut.
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Tankbuster
Heavy damage on dash and procs on knives mid-lategame. Helps farm too.
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Rapid Recharge
T3 knives gives +445 damage when you have RR. Land multiple knives on someone and watch them bleed.
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Monster Rounds
Buy if youre losing lane.
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Healing Rite
Get this in really heavy poke lanes or to maintain tempo if you're low hp.
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Reactive Barrier
This shits crazy. Buy into heavy CC comps, or into CC lanes like bebop, lash, vin, etc.
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Spirit Shielding
Buy if you need shielding but Reactive isnt great
Get spirit shielding over reactive if needed
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Imbue
Compress Cooldown
Dash resets just with this item. Can imbue knives if you want to, but i prefer dash.
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Spirit Lifesteal
Healing component
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Superior Cooldown
CDR on knives and dash resets.
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Infuser
Goated sustain item. Pop it and press 2.
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Ethereal Shift
Incredible survival tool. Heals all of your deferred damage. Synergizes very well with TCD
Buy whenever
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Bullet Resilience
Check damage from last 10 minutes before buying.
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Spirit Resilience
Spirit damage is everywhere, so this provides a lot of value.
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Debuff Remover
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.
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Counterspell
Buy into doormans who save ult for you, or against telegraphed characters. Otherwise, skip for situationals.
Prio TCD
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Transcendent Cooldown
MORE CD on every skill, CD on items and even easier dash resets.
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Imbue
Mystic Reverb
Damage and CC.
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Escalating Exposure
Shred + Amp
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Spirit Burn
AOE healcut
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Witchmail
Good into heavy spirit comps for resetting your cooldowns.
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Spellbreaker
Very good for keeping you alive against spirit burst.
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Plated Armor
Great into gun characters who want to proc on hit effects.
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Juggernaut
Gun characters hate this one simple trick
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Colossus
Big as hell
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Warp Stone
Great defensive/offensive utility tool. Buy into doorman
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Return Fire
Decent against heavy gun or haze ults that are problematic. Buy Leech earlier if you buy this.
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Suppressor
Decent into gun heroes like mcginnis, haze, infernus, seven, wraith, Vin etc.
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Slowing Hex
Good into a lot of people - infernus, wraith, mina, abrams, etc.
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Enduring Speed
Slow resist + builds into Juggernaut to deal with point and click adventure characters like Haze, Wraith, Infernus, etc.
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Mystic Regeneration
Healing component
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Radiant Regeneration
Crazy sustain in and out of fights.
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