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 is a monster hunter with a cause, conducting hit-and-run attacks and picking off vulnerable targets. Flinging Serrated Knives to bleed his targets from range, Shiv builds his Rage through damage and dashes up to his enemy with a Slice and Dice flurry of blades and a few powerful shotgun blasts. Smelling blood, Shiv hunts down any dying targets to finish them off with a devastating Killing Blow.
Throw a knife that damages and bleeds an enemy. Each additional hit adds a stack and refreshes the bleed duration, causing the bleed to increase per stack.
x0.6
35
Damage
x0.16
5
Bleed DPS Per Knife
5s
Bleed Duration
Ultimate Unlock: While rage is full knives will ricochet to another enemy and apply a slow to enemies they bleed.
35%
Movement Slow
1
+1 Charges
2
+2s Bleed Duration
5
+40 Damage and +5 Bleed DPS
Slice and Dice
16s
Perform a dash forward, damaging enemies along the path.
Ultimate Unlock: While rage is full an echo of Shiv retraces the dash path after a short delay, damaging enemies again.
x1.3
105
Damage
12m
Dash Range
1
-4s Cooldown
2
+75 Damage
5
Reduce cooldown by 2s per enemy hero hit (1s for Non-Hero). Max -6s per Dash.
Bloodletting
50s
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.
22%
Incoming Damage Deferred
13s
Deferred Damage Duration
On Activate
40%
Deferred Damage Cleared
Ultimate Unlock: While rage is full the amount of damage deferred is increased.
15%
Incoming Damage Deferred
1
+8% Incoming Damage Deferred
2
-25s Cooldown
5
+25% Deferred Damage Cleared
Killing Blow
14m
95s
Activate to leap towards an enemy hero and instantly kill them if their health is below the kill threshold, otherwise deal 200 damage to them.
20%
Enemy health threshold
Passive: Damaging enemies fills you with rage. While at full rage, Shiv gains increased damage and special properties on his other abilities.
15%
Full Rage Damage Bonus
1
Gain +2 m/s move speed while at full rage.
2
+8% Enemy Health Threshold and +10% Full Rage Bonus Damage
5
Finishing off an enemy with Killing Blow resets its cooldown.
Weapon
Weapon Stats
Falloff Range
20m - 41m
65 DPS
Busted Flush
Spreadshot
Close Range
Shiv's Alt-fire takes two ammo, and has a recoil that can be used for movement.
Background
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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.
Killing Blow Rage decay rate increased from 0.25 to 0.3.
Killing Blow Rage buffer duration reduced from 12s to 10s.
Trivia
Shiv has an alternate model in the games files titled "shiv_ult.vmdl_c" which shows an unfinished giant mole transformation presumably meant for an old ultimate ability.