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.
Hybrid build with great slot efficiency, damage, sustain, and power curve.
@Shaman on Shiv discord channel for questions.
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Restorative Shot
Sustain on this is crazy
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Mystic Regeneration
Healing component
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Cold Front
Great burst and helps farm waves. Synergizes well with shiv's combos. Make sure to buffer with slice and dice.
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Opening Rounds
Low cost, high value gun item. Buy before CF in lanes you cant proc CF effectively. Sell lategame for Hunters
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Imbue
Compress Cooldown
Can get resets with this + T3 dash if you hit two targets w/ dash + echo or 4 targets with dash.
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Enduring Speed
Makes up for shiv's inherent sluggishness
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Enchanter's Emblem
Solid defensive item with offensive stats.
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Monster Rounds
Buy if youre losing the push battle.
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Healing Rite
Get this over Extra Regen if youre low and want to maintain tempo instead of going back.
Buy Defensives > whenever you need them
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Radiant Regeneration
Core healing item. Basically always tops my healing chart.
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Express Shot
Core damage item. Scales very well. Play around it
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Torment Pulse
Rage, damage, and procs lifesteal. Synergizes with TCD very well.
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Superior Cooldown
CD on every skill and easier dash resets.
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Leech
Synergizes extremely well with hybrid shiv. Essential for lategame survival.
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Point Blank
Damage and chase. Replace this with Hunters into tank comps.
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Transcendent Cooldown
MORE CD on every skill, CD on items (Express/Radiant), and even easier dash resets.
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Hunter's Aura
Quintessential anti-tank item. Sell OR if you need the slot.
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Spirit Resilience
Spirit damage is everywhere, so this provides a lot of value.
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Counterspell
Buy into doormans who save ult for you, or against telegraphed characters.
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Debuff Remover
Crazy value on the statline and the active is super valuable into 99% of comps.
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Arctic Blast
Great burst and chase. Buffer it with dash.
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Ethereal Shift
Incredible survival tool. Heals all of your deferred damage.
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Witchmail
Good into heavy spirit comps for resetting your cooldowns.
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Juggernaut
Upgrade to this when vs dangerous gun heroes, especially if they have ricochet.
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Spellbreaker
Very good for keeping you alive against spirit burst.
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Colossus
Big as hell
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Plated Armor
Great into gun characters who want to proc on hit effects. I usually opt for juggernaut over this for slot reasons.
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Bullet Resilience
Check damage from last 10 minutes before buying.
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Return Fire
Decent against heavy gun or haze ults that are problematic.
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Silence Wave
VERY SITUATIONAL. Buy into fed victor if your team wont.
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Spirit Shielding
Buy into burst lanes that all in like Yamato (Still buy emblem)
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Reactive Barrier
Buy into heavy CC in lane. Vin, Mo, Dynamo, Bebop, etc.
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Warp Stone
Great defensive/offensive utility tool. Synergizes extremely well with arctic.
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