Shiv

Weapon	Busted Flush
DPS	60
Health	600
Speed	7 m/s
Stamina	3
Voice	Unknown

"There's a lotta scary things out there, kid - I'm just scarier."

Shiv is a knife-wielding monster hunter with a badass haircut who kills his enemies with the power of pure rage - and also bullets. Acting as a dedicated duelist, his weakness in a group fight is made up for by his fearsome damage. His serrated knives apply bleed from a distance, while his forward dash deals a huge chunk of damage. Bloodletting significantly increases his health by deferring and clearing damage, and when his enemies are hurt enough, he jumps at them for a killing blow. When he deals enough damage to his enemies, his rage reaches a boiling point, enhancing his abilities. He doesn't play fair, but when he gets in an honest fight, he wins.

Bio

Shiv

Bleeds out foes, then goes in for the 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.

Statistics

Weapon:

Busted Flush
60 DPS
5.7 Bullet Damage
10 Ammo
1.9 Bullets per sec
63 Light Melee
116 Heavy Melee

Vitality:

600 Max Health
2 Health Regen
0% Bullet Resist
0% Spirit Resist
7 m/s move Speed
0 m/s Sprint Speed
3 Stamina

Level up:

+0.40 Base Bullet Damage
+3.4 Base Melee Damage
+35 base health

Advanced:

Time per bullet: 0.525
Bullets per second: 2.5
Bullet radius: 3
Bullet spread: 1.5
Bullets per shot: 6
Bullet speed: 10000
Reload time: 2.8
Magazine size: 10
Pellet spread: 0.5
Reload type: Magazine
Bullet lifetime: 2
Bullet gravity scale: 0.8
Bullet range: 6
Burst amount: 1
Burst cycletime: N/A
Recoil punch: 1.1
Has recoil: Yess

Alt-fire Advanced:

Time per bullet: 1.2
Bullets per second: 0.833333333333
Bullet radius: 3
Bullet spread: 1.5
Bullets per shot: 2
Bullet speed: 10000
Reload time: 2.8
Magazine size: 10
Pellet spread: 0.5
Reload type: Magazine
Bullet lifetime: 2
Bullet gravity scale: 0.8
Bullet range: 6
Burst amount: 1
Burst cycletime: 1
Recoil punch: 4
Has recoil: Yes

Notes:

Sends Shiv backwards on each shot

Abilities

Serrated Knives

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.

Damage type: Spirit
Charges: 2
Charge time: 2s
Cooldown: 19s
Channel time: 0.2s
Trait 1: 35 Damage
Trait 1 scaling: x0.6
Trait 2: 5 Bleep DPS Per Knife
Trait 2 scaling: x0.16
Trait 3: 5s Bleed Duration

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

Trait 1: 35% Movement Slow
Upgrade 1: +1 Charges
Upgrade 2: +2s Bleed Duration
Upgrade 3: +40 Damage and +5 Bleed DPS

Notes:

Bleed duration is are not affected by Debuff Reducer or Debuff Remover.

Slice and Dice

Perform a dash forward, damaging enemies along the path.

Ultimate Unlock: While rage is full and echo of Shiv retraces the dash path after a short delay, damaging enemies again.

Damage type: Spirit
Cooldown: 16s
Trait 1: 105 Damage
Trait 1 scaling: x1.2
Trait 2: 12m Dash Range
Upgrade 1: -3.75s Cooldown
Upgrade 2: +75 Damage
Upgrade 3: Reduce Cooldown by 2s per enemy her hit (1s for Non-Hero). Max -6 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.

Damage type: N/A
Cooldown: 21s
Trait 1: 30% Incoming Damage Deferred
Trait 2: 10s Deferred Damaged Duration
Trait 3: On Activate, 40% Deferred Damage Cleared

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

Trait 1: +15% Incoming Damage Deferred
Upgrade 1: +5s Deferred Damage
Upgrade 2: -4.75s Cooldown
Upgrade 3: +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.

Damage type: Spirit
Cooldown: 95s
Range: 20m
Trait 1: 20% Enemy heath threshold

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

Trait 1: +15% Full Rage Damage Bonus
Upgrade 1: Gain +2m/s move speed while at full rage.
Upgrade 2: +8% Enemy health threshold and +10% Full Rage Bonus Damage.
Upgrade 3: Finishing off an enemy with Killing Blow resets its cooldown.

Rage Resource Breakdown

Rage amount: 10

Rage drain rate: 0.35 per second
Delay before Rage drain: 7s
Rage gain per bullet damage: 0.015
Rage gain per spirit damage: 0.013
Rage gain per light melee: 1.5
Rage gain per heavy melee: 3.5
Non-Hero resource gain scaling: 0.2

Default build

Early Game

Mid Game

Late Game

Changelog

2024-09-26

Turned off a Shiv line where he referenced slowing down enemies when he wasn't actually doing so
Slice and Dice T2 reduced from +85 to +75
Killing Blow Rage buildup per spirit damage reduced from 0.02 to 0.013
Killing Blow Rage drain rate increased from 0.3 to 0.35
Killing Blow Full Rage Bonus Damage reduced from 20% to 15%
Killing Blow T2 increased from 5% to 10%

2024-09-12

Adjusted Shiv's running reload animation
Fixed issues with Serrated Knives hitting targets behind walls
Slice and Dice damage reduced from 125 to 105
Bloodletting Deferred Damage Cleared reduced from 50% to 40%
Killing Blow Bonus Damage from Full Rage reduced from +25% to +20%
Killing Blow T2 now also increases Rage Amp by +5%
Unlisted
Slice and dice T1 cooldown reduction reduced from -4s to -3.75s
Bloodletting T2 cooldown reduction reduced from -5s to -4.75s

2024-08-29

Bullet damage growth per boon reduced from 0.5 to 0.4
Gun falloff range reduced by 10%
Health growth per boon reduced from +41 to +35
Slice and Dice T2 reduced from +100 to +85
Slice and Dice T3 now considers creeps for only half value
Bloodletting deferred damage reduced from 35% to 30%
The targeting UI for Shiv's Killing Blow is now more clear about when the target will be killed

2024-08-22

Bloodletting incoming damage deferred reduced from 40% to 35%

2024-08-16

Gun base damage reduced from 6.3 to 5.7
Serrated Knives collision size reduced by 10%
Serrated Knives projectile speed reduced by 10%
Serrated Knives base damage reduced from 75 to 35
Serrated Knives spirit scaling reduced from 1 to 0.6
Serrated Knives DPS spirit scaling reduced from 0.2 to 0.16
Serrated Knives T3 reduced from +75 Damage and +5 Bleed to +40 Damage and +5 Bleed
Fixed Serrated Knives bouncing to other units even if it did not impact the target
Fixed Rage and Bloodletting not clearing out on death
Fixed Bloodletting deferred damage waking him up from sleep
Fixed Killing Blow falling through the world sometimes

Background

A Fate's Tale

A loyal member of "The Baxter Society", an international 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.

Trivia

Shiv is a member of The Baxter Society, the same group Grey Talon founded and once worked for.

Gallery

Unofficial Shiv character reference.