Brawler hero · ChallengingBleeds out foes, then goes in for a 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.
Shiv starts with 830 health and a gun that deals 52 damage per second. Their abilities are Serrated Knives, Slice and Dice and Bloodletting, with Killing Blow as the ultimate.
Win rate 44.6% Pick rate 24.8% 826k matches in the last 30 days Counters and synergy
The kit
Ability 1
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.
+2s Bleed Duration
1 AP+2 Charges
2 AP+0.07 Bleed DPS with increased Spirit scaling
5 AP
Ability 2
Perform a dash forward, damaging enemies along the path. Hit Enemies have their Spirit Resist reduced. This debuff can stack.
-6s Cooldown
1 AP-4% Spirit Resist
+2m Dash Range
+50 Impact Damage
-2s Cooldown per Hero hit.
Ability 3
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.
-15s Cooldown
1 AP+40% Deferred Damage Cleared
2 AP+15% Incoming Damage Deferred
5 AP
Ultimate
+6 m Range
+2 m/s in Full Rage.
+16% Full Rage Bonus Damage
-25s Cooldown
+10% Enemy Health Threshold
5 APWhat players buy
The items Shiv players pick most often in the early game, and how often they buy each one.
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Shiv wins 44.6% of 826k matches in the last 30 days. Here's who Shiv does best with, the heroes Shiv struggles against most, and the ones Shiv beats most often.
From recent matches
How often Shiv players buy each item and how often they win with it, over 826k matches in the last 30 days. Expensive items bought late often show high win rates because the game was already going well.
| Item | Bought in | Win rate | Usually bought at |
|---|---|---|---|
 Radiant Regeneration | 93.8% | 45.0% | 11 min |
| Mystic Regeneration | 93.3% | 44.8% | 5 min |
 Healbane | 65.6% | 45.4% | 13 min |
| Extra Charge | 55.3% | 45.1% | 5 min |
| Restorative Shot | 52.8% | 43.6% | 2 min |
 Extra Regen | 47.1% | 45.4% | 4 min |
 Dispel Magic | 46.6% | 46.2% | 21 min |
| Close Quarters | 45.9% | 43.4% | 5 min |
 Mystic Vulnerability | 45.8% | 46.4% | 18 min |
 Torment Pulse | 43.2% | 47.9% | 21 min |
Highest win rates (bought in 5% of matches or more)
Scourge 56.2% won · bought in 5.2%
Mystic Reverb 55.8% won · bought in 17.2%
Ethereal Shift 55.1% won · bought in 11.2%
Witchmail 55.0% won · bought in 11.6%
Glass Cannon 53.7% won · bought in 7.4%
Infuser 53.1% won · bought in 6.5%Gun
Damage over distance
Headshots deal ×1.65 damage. Bullets travel at 610 m/s and drop over long distances.
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How often Shiv wins at each rank (by the average rank of the match) over the last 30 days. The middle line is 50%.
Every boon
Collecting souls levels you up. Each level from 2 onward is a boon, and every boon permanently adds:
Quick answers
Case history
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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Seeker
Acolyte
Sentinel
Mystic
Ritualist
Emissary
Oracle
Phantom
Ascendant
Eternus