Shiv

Shiv
Initial Stats
Weapon
"Busted Flush"
DPS	60
Bullet Damage	5.7
Ammo	10
Bullets per sec	1.9
Light Melee	63
Heavy Melee	116
Falloff Range	20 → 41m
Vitality
Health	600
Health Regen	2
Bullet Resist	0%
Spirit Resist	0%
Move Speed	7 m/s
Sprint Speed	0 m/s
Stamina	3
Power Increases
+0.40 Base Bullet Damage
+3.4 Base Melee Damage
+35 Base Health

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Bleeds out enemies, 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 is a playable hero in Deadlock, added on August 15, 2024.

Abilities

Serrated Knives

Throw a knife that damages and slows an enemy. Each additional hit adds a stack and refreshes the debuff duration, causing the damage to increase per stack.

Ultimate Unlock: While rage is full knives will ricochet to another enemy and apply a slow to enemies they bleed.

Cooldown:

18s

Damage: 35 (x0.6)

Bleed DPS Per Knife: 5 (x0.2)

Debuff Duration: 5s

1 • +1 Charges

2 • +2s Debuff Duration

5 • +40 Damage and +5 Bleed DPS

Slice and Dice

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.

Cooldown:

15s

Damage: 125 (x1.2)

Dash Range: 12m

1 • -4s Cooldown

2 • +100 Damage

5 • Reduce cooldown by 2s per enemy hit. Max 6s per Dash.

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.

Ultimate Unlock: While rage is full the amount of damage deferred in increased.

Cooldown:

20s

Incoming Damage Deferred: 35% (+15% at full rage)

Deferred Damage Duration: 10s

On Activate: 50% Deferred Damage Cleared

1 • +5s Deferred Damage Duration

2 • -5s Cooldown

5 • +25% Deferred Damage Cleared

Killing Blow

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.

Passive: Damaging enemies fills you with rage. While at full rage, Shiv gains increased damage and special properties on his other abilities.

Range:

20m

Cooldown:

90

Enemy health threshold: 20%

All Damage: +25%

1 • Gain +2 m/s move speed while at full rage.

2 • +8% Enemy health threshold

5 • Finishing off an enemy with Killing Blow resets its cooldown.

Background

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A FATE'S TALE:

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.

Playstyle

Shiv's Serrated Knives are one of the best early-game pokes, due to their large hitbox, long range, and Bleed ability. He is often able to hold a lane solo with these alone, especially when combined with his healing ability negating the need for a support-focused character. Mid- and late-game, Slice and Dice allows for an aggressive, up-close playstyle, especially when combined with high Rage.

Update history

Patch	Changes
Update 08-29-2024	- Bullet damage growth per boon Reduced: 0.5 → 0.4. - Gun falloff range Reduced by 10%. - Health growth per boon Reduced: +41 → +35. - File:.png [[#Abilities|]] Slice and Dice T2 Reduced: +100 → +85. - File:.png [[#Abilities|]] Slice and Dice T3 Now considers creeps for only half value. - File:.png [[#Abilities|]] Bloodletting Deferred damage Reduced: 35% → 30%. - The targeting UI for Shiv's File:.png [[#Abilities|]] Killing Blow Is now more clear about when the target will be killed.
Update 08-22-2024	- File:.png [[#Abilities|]] Bloodletting Deferred Damage Reduced: 40% → 35%.
Update 08-16-2024	- Gun base damage Reduced: 6.3 → 5.7. - File:.png [[#Abilities|]] Serrated Knives Collision size Reduced by 10%. - File:.png [[#Abilities|]] Serrated Knives Projectile speed Reduced by 10%. - File:.png [[#Abilities|]] Serrated Knives Base damage Reduced: 75 → 35. - File:.png [[#Abilities|]] Serrated Knives Spirit scaling Reduced: (x1) → (x0.6). - File:.png [[#Abilities|]] Serrated Knives DPS spirit scaling Reduced: (x0.2) → (x0.16). - File:.png [[#Abilities|]] Serrated Knives T3 Reduced: +75 Damage and +5 Bleed → +40 Damage and +5 Bleed. - Fixed File:.png [[#Abilities|]] Serrated Knives Bouncing to other units even if it did not impact the target. - Fixed Rage and File:.png [[#Abilities|]] Bloodletting Not clearing out on death. - Fixed File:.png [[#Abilities|]] Bloodletting Deferred damage waking him up from sleep. - Fixed File:.png [[#Abilities|]] Killing Blow Falling through the world sometimes.
Update 08-15-2024	- Introduced.

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.
• Shiv weapon is called "Busted Flush".