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Shiv
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PREDATOR HUNTER SHIV

Build #377503Latest v297May 6, 2026

tank everything and kill everything

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Win rate
47.0%

191 wins / 215 losses

Matches
406

346 unique players tracked

Pick rate
7.3%

Popularity #4 for this hero

Win-rate rank
#15

Ranked within the popular resolved selected builds

Ability Leveling Order

Ability unlocks and upgrades by step.

16 steps
Ability leveling order by ability and step
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Serrated Knives
Slice and Dice
Bloodletting
Killing Blow

Build items

Guide items grouped by the build categories and labeled with item category, tier, and soul cost.

6 categories

start L -> R

Start knife then go dash/tank when dispels come out. Play disciplined in lane until you have spike/ult/rage then go crazy. Decay rush is probably still good if you want to keep doing it.

10 items
Extra Regen

Extra Regen

Vitality T1800 souls

just a lot of regen in lane. Good for brawlers/fighters like shiv

Extra Charge

Extra Charge

Spirit T1800 souls

one more knife. Good pressure in lane if you can hit them consistently

Cold FrontActive

Cold Front

Spirit T21,600 souls

Good early flat damage, wave clear, and slow. Usually want to sell later for better items/active slot.

Mystic Regeneration

Mystic Regeneration

Spirit T1800 souls

radiant upgrade + 50 hp

Radiant Regeneration

Radiant Regeneration

Spirit T33,200 souls

The Dark Lord.

Healbane

Healbane

Vitality T21,600 souls

Anti heal and heal on kill.

Restorative LocketActive

Restorative Locket

Vitality T21,600 souls

spirit res, big heal, and restores stamina. can buy heal booster if not a good locket game (enemies have low ability spam)

Enchanter's Emblem

Enchanter's Emblem

Vitality T21,600 souls

cheap spirit res. Can buy return fire/battle vest if low spirit or lot of gun damage

Mystic Vulnerability

Mystic Vulnerability

Spirit T21,600 souls

more shred and spirit res + upgrade option for EE later. It's either this or improved spirit or suppressor in this slot.

Torment Pulse

Torment Pulse

Spirit T33,200 souls

Always good if you can stay close or vs melee/close range heroes. Can replace with with whatever other tempo item you need

Mid

Can deviate here if needed. We start to pivot to a dash/tanky build. Sell extra charge and cold front if you need to. For late sustain choose between reverb and infuser.

6 items
Compress Cooldown

Compress Cooldown

Spirit T21,600 soulsImbue

enable dash resets

Warp StoneActive

Warp Stone

Vitality T33,200 souls

Chase/disengage tool. Better buy now that M2 is nerfed.

Dispel MagicActive

Dispel Magic

Vitality T33,200 souls

Almost a core item now with all the debuff slop around (slow hexes, silence waves, cage, haze, mirage, infern, etc.).

Mystic Reverb

Mystic Reverb

Spirit T46,400 soulsImbue

heals on dash and slows to help the echo dash hit. Great value if you're hitting multiple dash resets.

Superior Cooldown

Superior Cooldown

Spirit T33,200 souls

more cooldown for knives, dash, bloodletting

Transcendent Cooldown

Transcendent Cooldown

Spirit T46,400 souls

uptime for actives and more torment procs.

Anti Hate Crime

Optional

BUY CS VS POCKET. REACTIVE/REDUCER IF LOTS OF CC/DEBUFFS. SR VS FULL SPIRIT. RETURN FIRE FOR GUN.

5 items
Bullet Resilience

Bullet Resilience

Vitality T33,200 souls

default item for gun damage, or look at metal skin vs haze/silver/ven.

Spirit Resilience

Spirit Resilience

Vitality T33,200 souls

Don't need this early since hp will be lower and you get a good amount of resist from your other items already. Buy into full spirit comps

Counterspell

Counterspell

Vitality T33,200 souls

op if you remember to use it, blocks cc, any ability, including ults if you're locked in. Good for mid contest. MUST BUY INTO POCKET ULT.

Reactive Barrier

Reactive Barrier

Vitality T21,600 souls

Really strong if there's cc that will proc it every fight.

Return FireActive

Return Fire

Vitality T21,600 souls

very good early for strong gun heroes if you need to counter them, sell for resists later

late options

Your job late game is to press 2 and shred their spirit resist, so buy items that let you do so as long as possible.

10 items
Ethereal ShiftActive

Ethereal Shift

Spirit T46,400 souls

just makes you really hard to kill and clears your deferred damage

InfuserActive

Infuser

Vitality T46,400 souls

Good option for dashing but has less uptime than reverb, takes an active slot, and is countered by any curse.

Plated Armor

Plated Armor

Vitality T46,400 souls

buy for heroes who do damage through on hit effects, (infern, mina, mirage, haze, wraith, etc.) or item bullet procs (tesla, toxic, lucky shot, inhibitor)

Indomitable

Indomitable

Vitality T46,400 souls

new item, good upgrade for reactive if you buy it

Witchmail

Witchmail

Vitality T46,400 souls

great for dashing and tanking with more bloodletting uptime.

UnstoppableActive

Unstoppable

Vitality T46,400 souls

anti cc, also good for punching rejuv crystal

Escalating Exposure

Escalating Exposure

Spirit T46,400 souls

Good shred and damage amp from knife ticks and torment

Spellbreaker

Spellbreaker

Vitality T46,400 souls

if spirit burst is still a problem. Gives debuff resist

Divine BarrierActive

Divine Barrier

Vitality T46,400 souls

Better debuff remover, get super late or if pocket is a big problem/

Boundless Spirit

Boundless Spirit

Spirit T46,400 souls

Big damage amp for abilities + items. Doesn't make you much tankier though

other spirit options

Optional

if you want to substitute or add items to the build. Decay still good for rage.

12 items
Silence WaveActive

Silence Wave

Spirit T33,200 souls

This item is still very strong. The silence is really valuable and does flat damage for rage that can also be amped if you already have rage.

DecayActive

Decay

Spirit T33,200 souls

Rage generation, scales well, and easy to use. Scaling got nerfed by ~27% but it's still really good if they don't buy dispel or you struggle with building rage.

Rapid Recharge

Rapid Recharge

Spirit T33,200 souls

+1 knife and a bit of cooldown. Good if you want to commit to knife build or if they don't buy dispel

Tankbuster

Tankbuster

Spirit T33,200 souls

Much better option now with health buffed.

Improved Spirit

Improved Spirit

Spirit T21,600 souls

just a lot of spirit for spike. It's either this or mystic vuln here

Spirit Strike

Spirit Strike

Spirit T1800 souls

not bad for hitting early spike

Mystic Expansion

Mystic Expansion

Spirit T1800 soulsImbue

trying out for dash, feels nice. Can buy whatever else if you don't want to ball.

Greater Expansion

Greater Expansion

Spirit T33,200 souls

Gives more spirit res and makes dash and ult very strong. Also buffs all items. Can just buy something else if you want

Superior Duration

Superior Duration

Spirit T33,200 souls

Works on literally everything on shiv, making you do more damage and tankier since it buffs bloodletting. Also buffs all items.

Suppressor

Suppressor

Spirit T21,600 souls

idk, item is good

Slowing HexActive

Slowing Hex

Spirit T21,600 souls

op

Arctic BlastActive

Arctic Blast

Spirit T46,400 souls

if you like

other green options

Optional

if you need items for tempo

11 items
Rebuttal

Rebuttal

Vitality T1800 souls

burgerbox

Extra Health

Extra Health

Vitality T1800 souls

lot of hp for 800 souls, can buy in lane if needed

Debuff Reducer

Debuff Reducer

Vitality T21,600 souls

debuff resist/cc reduction, likely needed as you will be focused if performing well. Builds into spellbreak/unstoppable

Healing Booster

Healing Booster

Vitality T21,600 souls

good with radiant now that it works with bloodletting

Battle Vest

Battle Vest

Vitality T21,600 souls

cheap bullet res

Spirit Lifesteal

Spirit Lifesteal

Vitality T21,600 souls

Good early sustain with radiant and heal booster. This slot can be whatever you need most (healbane, reactive, battle vest, return fire).

Spirit Shielding

Spirit Shielding

Vitality T21,600 souls
Trophy Collector

Trophy Collector

Vitality T21,600 souls

might be back

Metal SkinActive

Metal Skin

Vitality T33,200 souls

for burst gun heroes like haze, silver, maybe venator

Fortitude

Fortitude

Vitality T33,200 souls

Still fine but there are better options. You get good sustain anyway from heal troopers

Phantom StrikeActive

Phantom Strike

Vitality T46,400 souls

to engage on easy targets