Shiv - Deadlock Guru

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

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 deal 0.01% of the target's current health as damage on impact 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
Current Health Damage: 4%
Movement Slow: 28%

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

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%
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

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

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 12s

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%
Move Speed: 0 m

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 #149.9% WR17,603 matches5.2% pick

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Ability OrderPoint investment order from the most common match sequenceUnlockUpgrade 1 · 2 · 5

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Serrated KnivesAbility 1

Slice and DiceAbility 2

BloodlettingAbility 3

Killing BlowUltimate

Skill order #252.7% WR16,680 matches4.9% pick

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Serrated KnivesAbility 1

Slice and DiceAbility 2

BloodlettingAbility 3

Killing BlowUltimate

Skill order #354.4% WR15,332 matches4.5% pick

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Serrated KnivesAbility 1

Slice and DiceAbility 2

BloodlettingAbility 3

Killing BlowUltimate

Statistical Builds

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

#1b3 | NEW META’S SHIV t.tv/qtarsis45.3% WR7,922 matches2.2% share4,707 players

3,586W / 4,336L #2Shiv 8K DAMAGE t.tv/qtarsis42.9% WR6,406 matches1.8% share3,832 players

2,750W / 3,656L #3Dash47.0% WR4,765 matches1.3% share2,599 players

2,241W / 2,524L View all hero builds

Item Flow Stats

Popular Items By Stage

Opening

800Mystic Regeneration

45.2% WR832,490 matches84.7% pick

800Restorative Shot

43.8% WR512,715 matches52.2% pick

800Extra Charge

45.4% WR503,431 matches51.2% pick

800Extra Regen

45.5% WR419,735 matches42.7% pick

800Close Quarters

43.8% WR408,765 matches41.6% pick

3.200Radiant Regeneration

49.2% WR272,375 matches27.7% pick

Early Game

3.200Radiant Regeneration

44.5% WR609,661 matches62.3% pick

1.600Healbane

45.8% WR505,063 matches51.6% pick

3.200Hunter’s Aura

45.1% WR288,938 matches29.5% pick

1.600Healing Booster

46.9% WR255,648 matches26.1% pick

1.600Mystic Vulnerability

46.3% WR241,170 matches24.6% pick

3.200Dispel Magic

46.7% WR241,088 matches24.6% pick

Mid Game

3.200Superior Cooldown

47.5% WR241,180 matches25.6% pick

6.400Escalating Exposure

49.7% WR207,590 matches22.1% pick

3.200Torment Pulse

48.0% WR201,916 matches21.4% pick

3.200Express Shot

45.0% WR192,718 matches20.5% pick

3.200Spirit Resilience

46.0% WR189,578 matches20.1% pick

1.600Compress Cooldown

48.0% WR188,051 matches20.0% pick

Late Game

6.400Transcendent Cooldown

49.5% WR156,073 matches23.3% pick

6.400Escalating Exposure

50.3% WR138,693 matches20.7% pick

6.400Plated Armor

47.6% WR118,434 matches17.7% pick

3.200Superior Cooldown

48.7% WR98,592 matches14.7% pick

6.400Mystic Reverb

52.8% WR94,201 matches14.1% pick

3.200Spirit Resilience

45.1% WR89,464 matches13.3% pick

Popular Items by pick rate

1

Mystic Regeneration45.2%WR832,490matches84.7%pick

2

Radiant Regeneration44.5%WR609,661matches62.3%pick

3

Restorative Shot43.8%WR512,715matches52.2%pick

4

Healbane45.8%WR505,063matches51.6%pick

5

Extra Charge45.4%WR503,431matches51.2%pick

6

Extra Regen45.5%WR419,735matches42.7%pick

7

Close Quarters43.8%WR408,765matches41.6%pick

8

Hunter’s Aura45.1%WR288,938matches29.5%pick

Highest WR Items by win rate

1

Torment Pulse54.0%WR1,962matches0.2%pick

2

Scourge53.9%WR9,805matches1.0%pick

3

Mystic Reverb53.5%WR65,974matches7.0%pick

4

Ethereal Shift53.4%WR33,678matches3.6%pick

5

Mystic Reverb52.8%WR94,201matches14.1%pick

6

Spirit Burn52.7%WR26,490matches4.0%pick

7

Extra Spirit52.6%WR7,598matches1.1%pick

8

Infuser52.5%WR1,158matches0.1%pick

Matchups

Win rate against each hero from match data.

Best Against

Pocket27,292 matches50.2%win rate

Mirage21,182 matches49.7%win rate

Sinclair19,631 matches49.3%win rate

Viscous19,412 matches49.2%win rate

Paradox33,148 matches48.8%win rate

Struggles Against

Graves64,590 matches36.8%win rate

Paige54,584 matches38.2%win rate

Seven51,036 matches39.4%win rate

Haze64,307 matches39.7%win rate

Rat King150,008 matches40.7%win rate

Best Teammates

Highest win rate when paired with this hero.

#TeammateSynergy WRKDAMatches

1

Rat King53.5%2.9428,541 2

Graves51.7%2.6038,947 3

Paige51.0%3.0632,488 4

Seven49.1%2.5437,694 5

Victor49.1%2.8016,260 6

Haze48.2%2.8055,621

Best Team Compositions

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

95.2%21 matches

91.3%23 matches

86.2%29 matches

85.7%21 matches

85.2%27 matches

Top Players

#1MikaelS
#2qult
#3ЛЕХА ПАЦАН
#4kapten
#5Doi

Recent Patch Changes

Halloween 2026 + Gameplay UpdateOctober 30, 2026

Shiv: Alt Fire damage per boon reduced by 5%
Shiv: Fixed the Alt Fire last-shot sound only playing when you had 1 bullet left
Shiv: Serrated Knives - Rage damage increased from 3.5% Current Health to 4%
Shiv: Serrated Knives - T3 now also increases rage damage spirit scaling by +0.01

Minor Update – 09-16-2026September 16, 2026

Shiv: Alt fire base damage increased by 4%
Shiv: Alt fire damage per boon increased from +0.2 to +0.24
Shiv: Serrated Knives while rage is full now deals 3.5% current HP damage on impact instead of ricocheting (0.01 spirit scaling)

Minor Update – 07-28-2026July 28, 2026

Shiv: Stamina regen increased from 5.5s to 6s
Shiv: Killing Blow recast window reduced from 20s to 16s

Minor Update – 07-09-2026July 9, 2026

Shiv: Serrated Knives T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.09 to +0.07
Shiv: Slice and Dice spirit scaling reduced from 1.44 to 1.2
Shiv: Slice and Dice T2 reduced from -6% Spirit Resist to -4%
Shiv: Bloodletting cooldown increased from 20s to 25s

Minor Update – 07-01-2026July 1, 2026

Shiv: Alt Fire ammo cost reduced from 5 to 4
Shiv: Weapon now has fixed pellet spread
Shiv: Slice and Dice is now back to doing spirit damage and reducing Spirit Resistance from enemies
Shiv: Slice and Dice damage increased from 60 to 75

Minor Update – 06-30-2026June 30, 2026

Shiv: Alt Fire damage now has a custom value per boon (+0.2)
Shiv: Alt Fire ammo consumed per shot increased from 3 to 5
Shiv: Alt Fire knockback movement is now disabled by slowing hex state
Shiv: Serrated Knives cooldown reduced from 18s to 16s

Minor Update – 06-11-2026June 11, 2026

Shiv: Killing Blow now has +30% more cooldown whenever it does not impact a player

Gameplay Update – 05-22-2026May 22, 2026

Shiv: Slice and Dice T2 reduced from -8% Spirit Resist to -6%
Shiv: Bloodletting Deferred Damage Cleared reduced from 40% to 35%
Shiv: Bloodletting T3 increased from +45% Deferred Damage Cleared to +50%
Shiv: Killing Blow cooldown increased from 105s to 125s

Gameplay Update – 04-30-2026April 30, 2026

Shiv: Alt fire knockback reduced by 10%
Shiv: Serrated Knives spirit scaling reduced from 0.15 to 0.13
Shiv: Serrated Knives T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.1 to +0.09

04 10 2026 UpdateApril 11, 2026

Shiv: Fixed Rage not building up against Barriers

03 21 2026 UpdateMarch 21, 2026

Shiv: Stamina increased from 2 to 3
Shiv: Stamina cooldown increased from 4.5s to 5.5s
Shiv: Bloodletting no longer interrupts sliding when cast
Shiv: Bloodletting is now affected by healing modifiers

Gameplay Update – 03-06-2026March 6, 2026

Shiv: Stamina reduced from 3 to 2
Shiv: Stamina movement speed reduced from 6.7 to 6.5
Shiv: Bullet damage growth increased from 0.154 to 0.165
Shiv: Serrated Knives no longer has impact damage

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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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