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Shiv

Brawler Complexity 3 / 3 D Tier

Bleeds out foes, then goes in for a kill

47.4%Win Rate
2.5%Pick Rate
246,236Matches
#7Brawler Rank
Meta Verdict

Tier D · 47.4% win rate over 246,236 matches.

Playstyle

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.

Hero Stats

Effective Range15 → 31 m
DPS
52.2
Bullet Damage
28.8
Pellets per Shot
6
Bullets per Second
10.9
Ammo
10
Reload Time
2.8s
Bullet Velocity
457.2 m/s
Light Melee
50
Heavy Melee
116
Weapon Damage
0%
Fire Rate
0%
Ammo Bonus
0%
Reload Time Reduction
0%
Bullet Velocity Increase
0%
Bullet Lifesteal
0%
Crit Damage Bonus
0%

Abilities

Serrated Knives Throw a knife that bleeds an enemy. Each additional hit adds a stack and refreshes the bleed duration, causing the bleed to increase per stack. Details
Ability demonstration
Throw a knife that bleeds an enemy. Each additional hit adds a stack and refreshes the bleed duration, causing the bleed to increase per stack.

Ultimate Unlock: While rage is full knives will ricochet to another enemy and apply a slow to enemies they bleed.
Apply stacking bleed to the target
Ability 1SignatureChannelledProjectileNo Target

Properties

Impact Damage
0
Bleed DPS Per Knife
10
Bleed Duration
5s
Movement Slow
35%

Upgrades

Tier 1+2s Bleed Duration
Tier 2+2 Charges
Tier 3+12.0 Bleed DPS with increased Spirit scaling
Slice and Dice Perform a dash forward, damaging enemies along the path. Hit Enemies have their spirit resist reduced. This debuff can stack. Details
Ability demonstration
Perform a dash forward, damaging enemies along the path. Hit Enemies have their spirit resist reduced. This debuff can stack.

Ultimate Unlock: While rage is full an echo of Shiv retraces the dash path after a short delay, damaging enemies again.
Dash ahead, damaging all enemies along the path
Ability 2SignatureMovement

Properties

Impact Damage
75
Dash Range
12m
Spirit Resist
-6%
Conditional
Debuff Duration
14s
Cooldown Reduced on Hero Hit
0s
Max Cooldown Reduction
0
Cooldown Reduced on Non-Hero Hit
0s

Upgrades

Tier 1-6s Cooldown
Tier 2-4% Spirit Resist
+2m Dash Range
Tier 3+50 Impact Damage
-2s Cooldown per Hero hit.
Bloodletting Take only a portion of incoming damage immediately and defer the rest to be taken over time. Activate to clear a portion of the deferred damage. Details
Ability demonstration
Take only a portion of incoming damage immediately and defer the rest to be taken over time. Activate to clear a portion of the deferred damage.

Ultimate Unlock: While rage is full the amount of damage deferred is increased.
Defer a portion of damage taken
Ability 3Signature

Properties

Incoming Damage Deferred
25%
Deferred Damage Duration
6s
Deferred Damage Cleared
30%
Incoming Damage Deferred
+15%

Upgrades

Tier 1-15s Cooldown
Tier 2+40% Deferred Damage Cleared
Tier 3+15% Incoming Damage Deferred
Killing Blow Active: Leap forward, dealing spirit damage to the first enemy hero. If they are below the kill threshold, execute them instead.Finishing an enemy with Killing Blow… Details
Ability demonstration
Active: Leap forward, dealing spirit damage to the first enemy hero. If they are below the kill threshold, execute them instead.

Finishing an enemy with Killing Blow lets you recast for 20s

Cooldown is increased by +30% if no hero is impacted.
Travel to a low health hero and instantly kill it
UltimatePassiveUnit TargetMovement

Properties

Damage
200
Enemy health threshold
18%
Full Rage Damage Bonus
+8%
Conditional
Move Speed
0 m
Conditional

Upgrades

Tier 1+6 m Range
+2 m/s in Full Rage.
Tier 2+16% Full Rage Bonus Damage
-25s Cooldown
Tier 3+10% Enemy Health Threshold

Recommended Skill Order

Most played ability leveling order from match data

Skill order #154.6% WR24,732 matches6.8% pickSerrated KnivesSlice and DiceBloodlettingKilling BlowExpand
Ability OrderPoint investment order from the most common match sequenceUnlockUpgrade 1 · 2 · 5
Ability123456789101112131415
Serrated KnivesSerrated KnivesAbility 1
Slice and DiceSlice and DiceAbility 2
BloodlettingBloodlettingAbility 3
Killing BlowKilling BlowUltimate
Skill order #266.2% WR12,624 matches3.5% pickSerrated KnivesSlice and DiceBloodlettingKilling BlowExpand
Ability OrderPoint investment order from the most common match sequenceUnlockUpgrade 1 · 2 · 5
Ability123456789101112131415
Serrated KnivesSerrated KnivesAbility 1
Slice and DiceSlice and DiceAbility 2
BloodlettingBloodlettingAbility 3
Killing BlowKilling BlowUltimate
Skill order #355.2% WR11,938 matches3.3% pickSerrated KnivesSlice and DiceBloodlettingKilling BlowExpand
Ability OrderPoint investment order from the most common match sequenceUnlockUpgrade 1 · 2 · 5
Ability123456789101112131415
Serrated KnivesSerrated KnivesAbility 1
Slice and DiceSlice and DiceAbility 2
BloodlettingBloodlettingAbility 3
Killing BlowKilling BlowUltimate

Statistical Builds

Top build IDs by match volume, with win rate and player counts from match analytics.

#1Shiv 8K DAMAGE t.tv/qtarsis44.3% WR106 matches0.8% share94 playersExtra RegenMystic RegenerationExtra ChargeCold FrontRadiant RegenerationRestorative ShotSpirit LifestealReactive BarrierMystic VulnerabilityDecay47W / 59L#2b3 | NEW META’S SHIV t.tv/qtarsis45.0% WR100 matches0.8% share94 playersRestorative ShotMystic RegenerationExtra ChargeCold FrontRadiant RegenerationSpirit ShieldingReactive BarrierWeapon Shielding45W / 55L#3Dash36.7% WR90 matches0.7% share81 playersHigh-Velocity RoundsExtra HealthExtra ChargeMystic RegenerationOpening RoundsMystic ReverbCompress CooldownBoundless SpiritIndomitableTranscendent Cooldown33W / 57LView all hero builds

Item Flow Stats

Popular Items By Stage

Opening

Extra Charge800Extra Charge
Extra Charge
800
+7Bonus Spirit Power for Charged Abilities
+1Bonus Ability Charges
47.6% WR349,272 matches81.2% pick
Mystic Regeneration800Mystic Regeneration
Mystic Regeneration
800
+50Bonus Health
Passive Effect
Dealing spirit damage to enemy Heroes grants you Bonus regeneration. Stacks when dealing damage to different heroes.
7sRegeneration Duration
4 HP/sRegeneration
47.7% WR342,182 matches79.6% pick
Extra Regen800Extra Regen
Extra Regen
800
+1.5Out of Combat Regen
+2.5Health Regen
47.4% WR317,753 matches73.9% pick
Radiant Regeneration3.200Radiant Regeneration
Radiant Regeneration
3,200
+90Bonus Health
Passive Effect
Dealing spirit damage to enemy Heroes grants you Bonus regeneration. Stacks when dealing damage to different heroes.
7sRegeneration Duration
4 HP/sRegeneration
Passive Effect
Heal and gain bonus Movement Speed for a short duration when you cast an ability.
6sCooldown
3sDuration
70Healing on Ability Cast
1.75mMove Speed
51.4% WR112,793 matches26.2% pick
Healbane1.600Healbane
Healbane
1,600
+7Spirit Power
Passive Effect
Your spirit damage applies Healing Reduction. If an enemy hero dies under this effect, you receive a large heal.
8sDuration
-35%Healing ReductionConditional
275Heal On Hero Kill
50.4% WR74,407 matches17.3% pick
Spirit Strike800Spirit Strike
Spirit Strike
800
Passive Effect
When you perform a Light or Heavy Melee attack against a hero, deal extra spirit damage with the attack and reduce the target's Spirit Resist.

Cooldown is 2x longer for Light Melee hits.
6sDuration
8sCooldown
40Spirit Damage
-6%Spirit ResistConditional
48.3% WR74,400 matches17.3% pick

Early Game

Healbane1.600Healbane
Healbane
1,600
+7Spirit Power
Passive Effect
Your spirit damage applies Healing Reduction. If an enemy hero dies under this effect, you receive a large heal.
8sDuration
-35%Healing ReductionConditional
275Heal On Hero Kill
48.1% WR281,920 matches65.6% pick
Radiant Regeneration3.200Radiant Regeneration
Radiant Regeneration
3,200
+90Bonus Health
Passive Effect
Dealing spirit damage to enemy Heroes grants you Bonus regeneration. Stacks when dealing damage to different heroes.
7sRegeneration Duration
4 HP/sRegeneration
Passive Effect
Heal and gain bonus Movement Speed for a short duration when you cast an ability.
6sCooldown
3sDuration
70Healing on Ability Cast
1.75mMove Speed
47.7% WR267,758 matches62.3% pick
Healing Booster1.600Healing Booster
Healing Booster
1,600
+3Health Regen
+1Out of Combat Regen
Passive Effect
Increases the effectiveness of your healing.
+20%Healing Effectiveness
48.7% WR218,195 matches50.8% pick
Torment Pulse3.200Torment Pulse
Torment Pulse
3,200
+100Bonus Health
+18%Melee Resist
Passive Effect
Periodically deals spirit damage to the closest two enemies nearby.
9mPulse Radius
1.4sCooldown
25Pulse Damage
50.0% WR177,848 matches41.4% pick
Mystic Vulnerability1.600Mystic Vulnerability
Mystic Vulnerability
1,600
+8%Spirit Resist
Passive Effect
When an enemy takes spirit damage, they have their spirit resist reduced.
7sDuration
-8%Spirit ResistConditional
48.6% WR129,746 matches30.2% pick
Restorative Locket1.600Restorative Locket
Restorative Locket
1,600
+10%Spirit Resist
Passive Effect
When an enemy uses an ability within 35mm range from you, store one Restoration Stack.

Consume all stacks to heal yourself and replenish up to 3 stamina based on how many stacks you have.
20sCooldown
25Max Stacks
3Max Stamina Restore
16Heal Per Stack
49.1% WR122,808 matches28.6% pick

Mid Game

Compress Cooldown1.600Compress Cooldown
Compress Cooldown
1,600
Passive Effect
Imbue an ability to reduce its Cooldown.
+18%Ability Cooldown Reduction
50.5% WR176,409 matches41.8% pick
Superior Cooldown3.200Superior Cooldown
Superior Cooldown
3,200
+4Out of Combat Regen
Passive Effect
Reduces the Cooldown of your abilities.
+20%Ability Cooldown Reduction
49.5% WR174,356 matches41.3% pick
Escalating Exposure6.400Escalating Exposure
Escalating Exposure
6,400
-8%Spirit Resist On Spirit DamageConditional
+17%Spirit Resist
Passive Effect
Dealing spirit damage applies a stacking Spirit Amp that increases your spirit damage to the target.
12Max Stacks
12sDuration
0.7sMax Frequency Per Target
+4.5%Spirit Amp per Stack
51.9% WR157,325 matches37.3% pick
Mystic Vulnerability1.600Mystic Vulnerability
Mystic Vulnerability
1,600
+8%Spirit Resist
Passive Effect
When an enemy takes spirit damage, they have their spirit resist reduced.
7sDuration
-8%Spirit ResistConditional
50.4% WR146,598 matches34.7% pick
Dispel Magic3.200Dispel Magic
Dispel Magic
3,200
+10%Spirit Resist
Passive Effect
Purge all non-ultimate negative effects currently applied to you. If any effects were removed, heal yourself and gain a move speed bonus.
Cannot be used while Stunned or Slept.
45sCooldown
2mMove SpeedConditional
3sBuff Duration
250HP Healed On Activate
49.3% WR127,580 matches30.2% pick
Torment Pulse3.200Torment Pulse
Torment Pulse
3,200
+100Bonus Health
+18%Melee Resist
Passive Effect
Periodically deals spirit damage to the closest two enemies nearby.
9mPulse Radius
1.4sCooldown
25Pulse Damage
50.1% WR91,704 matches21.7% pick

Late Game

Transcendent Cooldown6.400Transcendent Cooldown
Transcendent Cooldown
6,400
+4Out of Combat Regen
Passive Effect
Reduces the Cooldown of your abilities and items.
+25%Ability Cooldown Reduction
+25%Item Cooldown Reduction
50.5% WR117,951 matches35.7% pick
Escalating Exposure6.400Escalating Exposure
Escalating Exposure
6,400
-8%Spirit Resist On Spirit DamageConditional
+17%Spirit Resist
Passive Effect
Dealing spirit damage applies a stacking Spirit Amp that increases your spirit damage to the target.
12Max Stacks
12sDuration
0.7sMax Frequency Per Target
+4.5%Spirit Amp per Stack
52.6% WR104,768 matches31.8% pick
Mystic Reverb6.400Mystic Reverb
Mystic Reverb
6,400
+8%Spirit Lifesteal
Passive Effect
Imbue an ability with Lifesteal and to apply slow on a hit target and deal an additional percentage of the damage dealt to enemies around the target after a short delay.
16mRadius
3sDelay Duration
6.25sCooldown
50%DamageConditional
+22%Imbued Lifesteal
-40%Move SpeedConditional
54.4% WR87,487 matches26.5% pick
Superior Cooldown3.200Superior Cooldown
Superior Cooldown
3,200
+4Out of Combat Regen
Passive Effect
Reduces the Cooldown of your abilities.
+20%Ability Cooldown Reduction
50.5% WR69,989 matches21.2% pick
Ethereal Shift6.400Ethereal Shift
Ethereal Shift
6,400
Passive Effect
You enter a void state and become untargetable and invincible for a short duration, during which you float slowly and cannot perform actions. Afterwards you gain Spirit Power, Move Speed, and Spirit Resist.
Can be canceled early.
Activation cancels any active ability.
+20Spirit Powerafter proc
+30%Spirit ResistConditional
3mMove SpeedConditional
37sCooldown
5sBuff Duration
2.5mFloat SpeedConditional
4.0sDuration
53.2% WR63,046 matches19.1% pick
Scourge6.400Scourge
Scourge
6,400
+100Bonus Health
Passive Effect
Apply Spirit Resist, Debuff Resist and an aura on a friendly target that deals damage to enemies proportional to their max health. Existing debuffs on the target are reduced.
Can be self cast.
10sDuration
35mCast Range
35sCooldown
10mRadius
2.3%Max Health per second
+40%Spirit ResistConditional
+20%Debuff ResistConditional
54.3% WR57,965 matches17.6% pick

Popular Items by pick rate

1Extra Charge47.6%WR349,272matches81.2%pick
Extra Charge
800
+7Bonus Spirit Power for Charged Abilities
+1Bonus Ability Charges
2Mystic Regeneration47.7%WR342,182matches79.6%pick
Mystic Regeneration
800
+50Bonus Health
Passive Effect
Dealing spirit damage to enemy Heroes grants you Bonus regeneration. Stacks when dealing damage to different heroes.
7sRegeneration Duration
4 HP/sRegeneration
3Extra Regen47.4%WR317,753matches73.9%pick
Extra Regen
800
+1.5Out of Combat Regen
+2.5Health Regen
4Healbane48.1%WR281,920matches65.6%pick
Healbane
1,600
+7Spirit Power
Passive Effect
Your spirit damage applies Healing Reduction. If an enemy hero dies under this effect, you receive a large heal.
8sDuration
-35%Healing ReductionConditional
275Heal On Hero Kill
5Radiant Regeneration47.7%WR267,758matches62.3%pick
Radiant Regeneration
3,200
+90Bonus Health
Passive Effect
Dealing spirit damage to enemy Heroes grants you Bonus regeneration. Stacks when dealing damage to different heroes.
7sRegeneration Duration
4 HP/sRegeneration
Passive Effect
Heal and gain bonus Movement Speed for a short duration when you cast an ability.
6sCooldown
3sDuration
70Healing on Ability Cast
1.75mMove Speed
6Healing Booster48.7%WR218,195matches50.8%pick
Healing Booster
1,600
+3Health Regen
+1Out of Combat Regen
Passive Effect
Increases the effectiveness of your healing.
+20%Healing Effectiveness
7Compress Cooldown50.5%WR176,409matches41.8%pick
Compress Cooldown
1,600
Passive Effect
Imbue an ability to reduce its Cooldown.
+18%Ability Cooldown Reduction
8Torment Pulse50.0%WR177,848matches41.4%pick
Torment Pulse
3,200
+100Bonus Health
+18%Melee Resist
Passive Effect
Periodically deals spirit damage to the closest two enemies nearby.
9mPulse Radius
1.4sCooldown
25Pulse Damage

Highest WR Items by win rate

1Scourge56.3%WR26,057matches6.2%pick
Scourge
6,400
+100Bonus Health
Passive Effect
Apply Spirit Resist, Debuff Resist and an aura on a friendly target that deals damage to enemies proportional to their max health. Existing debuffs on the target are reduced.
Can be self cast.
10sDuration
35mCast Range
35sCooldown
10mRadius
2.3%Max Health per second
+40%Spirit ResistConditional
+20%Debuff ResistConditional
2Mystic Reverb55.1%WR50,609matches12.0%pick
Mystic Reverb
6,400
+8%Spirit Lifesteal
Passive Effect
Imbue an ability with Lifesteal and to apply slow on a hit target and deal an additional percentage of the damage dealt to enemies around the target after a short delay.
16mRadius
3sDelay Duration
6.25sCooldown
50%DamageConditional
+22%Imbued Lifesteal
-40%Move SpeedConditional
3Ethereal Shift54.7%WR29,670matches7.0%pick
Ethereal Shift
6,400
Passive Effect
You enter a void state and become untargetable and invincible for a short duration, during which you float slowly and cannot perform actions. Afterwards you gain Spirit Power, Move Speed, and Spirit Resist.
Can be canceled early.
Activation cancels any active ability.
+20Spirit Powerafter proc
+30%Spirit ResistConditional
3mMove SpeedConditional
37sCooldown
5sBuff Duration
2.5mFloat SpeedConditional
4.0sDuration
4Melee Charge54.4%WR4,777matches1.1%pick
Melee Charge
1,600
+10%Melee Damage
+6%Bullet Resist
+50%Heavy Melee Distance
Passive Effect
Your next Heavy Melee attack against an enemy deals increased damage.
5sCooldown
+25%Bonus Heavy Damage
5Mystic Reverb54.4%WR87,487matches26.5%pick
Mystic Reverb
6,400
+8%Spirit Lifesteal
Passive Effect
Imbue an ability with Lifesteal and to apply slow on a hit target and deal an additional percentage of the damage dealt to enemies around the target after a short delay.
16mRadius
3sDelay Duration
6.25sCooldown
50%DamageConditional
+22%Imbued Lifesteal
-40%Move SpeedConditional
6Frenzy54.3%WR1,831matches0.6%pick
Frenzy
6,400
+160Bonus Health
+15%Fire Rate
+10%Bullet Lifesteal
Passive Effect
While you are below 50% health, you gain stat bonuses for a duration and existing debuffs on you are reduced.
16sCooldown
10sDuration
4m m/sMove SpeedConditional
40%Fire RateConditional
+40%Debuff ResistConditional
7Scourge54.3%WR57,965matches17.6%pick
Scourge
6,400
+100Bonus Health
Passive Effect
Apply Spirit Resist, Debuff Resist and an aura on a friendly target that deals damage to enemies proportional to their max health. Existing debuffs on the target are reduced.
Can be self cast.
10sDuration
35mCast Range
35sCooldown
10mRadius
2.3%Max Health per second
+40%Spirit ResistConditional
+20%Debuff ResistConditional
8Colossus54.1%WR5,288matches1.6%pick
Colossus
6,400
+15%Weapon Damage
+25%Base Health
Passive Effect
Grow larger in size, gaining bullet resist, spirit resist, and melee damage.

Nearby enemies suffer from slowslow and have reduced dash speed.
14mRadius
7sDuration
37sCooldown
20%Model Scale
35%Bullet ResistConditional
35%Spirit ResistConditional
+30%Melee Damage
-30%Move SpeedConditional

Matchups

Win rate against each hero from match data.

Best Against

Mirage13,394 matches53.5%win rateSinclair11,731 matches53.1%win rateVenator24,695 matches52.6%win rateMina27,116 matches52.2%win rateSilver17,594 matches52.1%win rate

Struggles Against

Graves23,962 matches40.0%win rateSeven23,125 matches42.9%win ratePaige23,981 matches42.9%win rateVictor29,876 matches43.1%win rateKelvin13,761 matches43.5%win rate

Best Teammates

Highest win rate when paired with this hero.

#TeammateSynergy WRKDAMatches
1Graves54.5%2.6815,1012Victor54.4%2.926,1273Kelvin52.1%3.276,9504Seven52.1%2.7719,3605Paige51.9%3.1715,5686Ivy51.2%3.0612,328

Best Team Compositions

Full team lineups including this hero, ranked by win rate.

SevenKelvinDrifterGravesCeleste95.0%20 matches
SevenVyperPaigeBillyGraves91.7%24 matches
HazeCalicoVictorPaigeGraves90.0%20 matches
SevenParadoxKelvinVyperCeleste85.0%20 matches
VindictaIvyYamatoLashGraves85.0%20 matches

Top Players

  1. #1ТРАХО БОР
  2. #2Scrub
  3. #3afk farm forever
  4. #4Muzzy
  5. #5foru

Recent Patch Changes

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Lore

A loyal member of "The Baxter Society", an international order of monster hunters, Shiv travels across North America looking to put down creatures that prey on the living. While his less polished nature and criminal past make some of the more traditional members of the Society wary, no one can deny his effectiveness.

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