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Shiv

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Author KNIFEKNIFEKNIFEKNIFE · Updated Mar 15, 2026 · Favorites 6,175

Skill order

Order set by the author · gold is the ultimate

Serrated Knives

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1

2

3

Slice and Dice

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1

2

3

Bloodletting

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1

2

3

Killing Blow

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1

2

3

Item order

Stages top to bottom, items left to right

1
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9,600 Souls
buy these first
All item notes
- Extra Regen — regen is always good first item just for staying inlane
- Extra Charge — extra knife duh
- Healbane — anti heal is good + heal on kill, can sell later for spiritburn or a defensive you need lategame
- Extra Spirit — small dmg up
- Improved Spirit — dmg up
2
>-<
Optional4,800 Souls
live more
All item notes
- Healing Rite — broken item free 300hp every minute
- Restorative Shot — just for staying inlane, you can skip if you dont think you need it
- Enchanter's Emblem — cheap early defense + bit of (conditional) spirit power & early green investment
- Battle Vest — cheap early gun defense item, early green invest
3
>.<
16,000 Souls
then buy these, no specific order
All item notes
- Torment Pulse — gives good stats, scaling tick dmg, can take either silence wave or decay instead though over this if you would rather/if you arent playing a dash focused playstyle
- Spirit Resilience — this or bullet, usually end up buying both end of the game though
- Spirit Lifesteal — lifesteal, upgrades into infuser or leech
- Rapid Recharge — more knives, more dmg, can wait till you max knives, or can rush if you max knives first
- Compress Cooldown — more dashes, allows for dash reset, upgrades into supcd
- Superior Cooldown — cd reduction is nice upgrades into tcd lategame when you need it for actives or theres nothing else to buy, can sit on compresscd for a while till you think you need this
4
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27,200 Souls
finish off with these
All item notes
- Escalating Exposure — dmg amp and shred onto knives, + gives spirit resist
- Infuser — active spirit power and 80% lifesteal, could take leech instead if you would rather constant 30%
- Boundless Spirit — dmg up x2
- Transcendent Cooldown — just for lower item cd, can get earlier if you are buying alot of actives
5
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Optional24,800 Souls
decide what/if you need
All item notes
- Warp Stone — gapcloser temp bullet resist overall movement, could take something else if you dont think you need it or just rather something else
- Counterspell — good items for avoiding things like lash ult, wraith ult, bebop bombs, seven stuns etc or just anything you really think you could counterspell
- Dispel Magic — can get something else if theres not alot of (or not important) debuffs or whateva to be removing or if you prefer/want something else
- Metal Skin — great into gun love this item, usually prefer this over bullet resil most games
- Bullet Resilience — instead of spirit resil depending on team comp or you can buy metal skin if they are really an issue
- Return Fire — good into bullet comps w little cc (good to combo with leech)
- Reactive Barrier — if you want to live through more cc (like krill ult)
- Debuff Reducer — upgrades into spellbreaker/unstoppable, good into lanes like abrams for wall stun or infernus for burn etc
- Stamina Mastery — 2 stam can feel bad even with m2 movment, takes you to 4
6
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Optional51,200 Souls
late greens
All item notes
- Colossus — hp up and slows dashes, got omega buffed, crazy item now (goods pressure)
- Witchmail — heavy spirit dmg comps, basically a better spirit resil imo
- Spellbreaker — i hate playing against burst dmg
- Phantom Strike — needed to get onto people sometimes and disarm
- Plated Armor — i hate playing against gun dmg
- Juggernaut — i hate you and your stupid firerate
- Unstoppable — sometimes its needed if youre being hatecrimed
- Leech — instead of infuser for the constant 30% lifesteal
7
>w<
Optional44,800 Souls
other purple options
All item notes
- Mystic Reverb — more dash dmg if you are greedy for dmg
- Ethereal Shift — invuln lets you bleed off bloodletting for free, gives crazy buffs etc
- Spirit Burn — could sell healbane for this, stronger antiheal
- Scourge — big aoe%dmg and spirit res helps keep pressure up in fights
- Focus Lens — good silence, upgrades from spirit sap, good counter buy or just good item if you are really going for one shotting people
- Arctic Blast — good against anyone with a dash of sorts like infernus or apollo or just someone moving too fast, you could sell cold front and avoid getting this for something else if youd rather a different itema
8
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Optional16,000 Souls
?
All item notes
- Silence Wave — 3s silence + decent dmg/scaling, gets dispel magic out alot of the time, good for anyone you know is going too or already has dispel or just anyone you want to silence really
- Disarming Hex — -bullet resist and disarms, self explanitory if you need it or not
- Knockdown — for annoying flyers and such or just anyone really i guess
- Decay — rage gen, anti heal, %dmg overtime, dot stacking with knives is big dmg especially if they dont dispel it
- Cold Front — slows, good burst when combined with dash, builds into arctic, good into people like infernus, calico etc etc
9
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Optional16,000 Souls
melee
10
Optional50,400 Souls
random stuff u could want
All item notes
- Alchemical Fire — for ability to take objs if your team is struggling, makes troops melt walkers
- Trophy Collector — gives good stats for shiv look to stack wherever you can, can take fortitude or veil walker instead if you prefer/dont like trophy