Shiv/Update history

Overview

Update history

Movement

Lore

Voice lines

Sounds

This page documents the full update history for Shiv.

Update	Changes
July 28, 2026	Stamina regen increased from 5.5s to 6s. Killing Blow recast window reduced from 20s to 16s.
July 9, 2026	Serrated Knives T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.09 to +0.07. Slice and Dice spirit scaling reduced from 1.44 to 1.2. Slice and Dice T2 reduced from -6% Spirit Resist to -4%. Bloodletting cooldown increased from 20s to 25s. Bloodletting T1 increased from -10s Cooldown to -15s. Bloodletting Damage Cleared reduced from 35% to 30%. Bloodletting T2 Damage Cleared increased from 35% to 40%. Killing Blow Health Threshold reduced from 20% to 18%. Killing Blow T3 Health Threshold increased from +8% to +10%.
July 1, 2026	Alt Fire ammo cost reduced from 5 to 4 Weapon now has fixed pellet spread Slice and Dice is now back to doing spirit damage and reducing Spirit Resistance from enemies Slice and Dice damage increased from 60 to 75 Killing Blow T3 reduced from +10% Enemy Health Threshold to +8%
June 30, 2026	Alt Fire damage now has a custom value per boon (+0.2). Alt Fire ammo consumed per shot increased from 3 to 5. Alt Fire knockback movement is now disabled by slowing hex state. Serrated Knives cooldown reduced from 18s to 16s. Slice and Dice now deals +25 light melee damage (75 total) instead of 60 spirit damage. Slice and Dice changed from -6% Spirit Resist to +4% Damage Amp. Bloodletting T2 changed from "+15% Incoming Damage Deferred" to "+35% Deferred Damage Cleared". Bloodletting T3 changed from "+50% Deferred Damage Cleared" to "+15% Incoming Damage Deferred". Killing Blow now deals damage to troopers and neutrals along the way. Killing Blow executing a hero now instantly fills the rage bar. Killing Blow now has the T3 "recast within 20s on a hero kill" as part of the base ability. Killing Blow Full Rage Damage Bonus reduced from +12% to +8%. Killing Blow range reduced from 18m to 12m. Killing Blow T1 now also increases range by +6m. Killing Blow T2 increased from +10% Full Rage Bonus Damage to +16%. Killing Blow T3 increased from +5% Enemy Health Threshold to +10%. Killing Blow cooldown increased from 125s to 145s. (Global ult change) Killing Blow T3 reduced from -30s Cooldown to -25s. (Global ult change)
June 12, 2026	Killing Blow cooldown is not increased if it hits any enemies, even if it doesn't execute. Improved visuals on Killing Blow execute threshold. Fixed bugged interactions with Killing Blow missing enemies. Fixed Killing Blow incorrectly getting increased cooldown on execute.
June 11, 2026	Killing Blow now has +30% more cooldown whenever it does not execute a player.
May 22, 2026	Slice and Dice T2 reduced from -8% Spirit Resist to -6%. Bloodletting Deferred Damage Cleared reduced from 40% to 35%. Bloodletting T3 increased from +45% Deferred Damage Cleared to +50%. Killing Blow cooldown increased from 105s to 125s. Killing Blow full rage damage bonus reduced from 14% to 12%. Killing Blow T2 increased from +8% Full Rage Damage Bonus to +10%. Killing Blow T2 now also reduces cooldown by -30s.
April 30, 2026	Alt fire knockback reduced by 10%. Serrated Knives spirit scaling reduced from 0.15 to 0.13. Serrated Knives T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.1 to +0.09.
April 10, 2026	Fixed Rage not building up against Barriers.
March 21, 2026	Stamina increased from 2 to 3. Stamina cooldown increased from 4.5s to 5.5s. Bloodletting no longer interrupts sliding when cast. Bloodletting is now affected by healing modifiers. Fixed a bug with Killing Blow T3 causing the cooldown to be delayed if you failed to execute during the allowed window. Killing Blow now continues forward (and dealing damage) until it reaches a target it can kill or runs out of range.
March 10, 2026	Alt fire knockback increased by 10%. Serrated Knives cooldown increased from 16s to 18s. Killing Blow range increased from 13m to 18m. Killing Blow travel speed increased a bit.
March 6, 2026	Stamina reduced from 3 to 2. Stamina movement speed reduced from 6.7 to 6.5. Bullet damage growth increased from 0.154 to 0.165. Serrated Knives no longer has impact damage. Serrated Knives Bleed DPS per knife increased from 4 to 10. Serrated Knives Bleed DPS spirit scaling increased from 0.13 to 0.15. Serrated Knives T1 changed from "+1 Charge" to "+2s Duration". Serrated Knives T2 changed from "+2s Duration" to "+2 Charges". Serrated Knives T3 no longer has +30 Impact Damage. Serrated Knives T3 DPS increased from +5.5 to +12. Serrated Knives T3 increases spirit scaling by +0.10. Slice and Dice cooldown increased from 15s to 16s. Slice and Dice Impact damage reduced from 75 to 60. Slice and Dice reduces Spirit Resistance by 6% for 16s. Multiple instances stack. Slice and Dice T1 increased from -3s Cooldown to -6s Cooldown. Slice and Dice T2 changed from "+50 Impact Damage" to "-8% Spirit Resistance and +2m Dash Range". Slice and Dice T3 now also grants +50 Impact Damage. Killing Blow is no longer unit targeted, you jump in the direction forward with some small control. Killing Blow Damage Amp reduced from 15% to 14%. Killing Blow T2 changed from "+5% Enemy Health Threshold and +6% Damage Amp" to "+8% Damage Amp". Killing Blow T3 now grants you 20s to recast the ultimate, rather than removing the cooldown. Killing Blow T3 now also increases enemy health threshold by +5%.
February 2, 2026	Health growth per boon reduced from 48 to 45. Serrated Knives overall damage reduced by 12%.
January 30, 2026	Serrated Knives impact damage spirit ratio reduced from 0.558 to 0.25.
December 16, 2025	Bloodletting deferred damage reduced from 30% to 25%. Bloodletting T2 deferred damage increased from 10% to 15%. Rage buildup rate reduced by 6%. Killing Blow cast range reduced from 15m to 13m.
December 3, 2025	Rage now builds 8% slower
November 21, 2025	Alt fire knockback reduced by 10%. Alt fire ammo cost increased from 2 to 3. Killing Blow Rage Damage Bonus reduced from 17% to 15%. Killing Blow T2 Rage Damage bonus reduced from 8% to 6%. Killing Blow Rage state now causes your alt fire knockback to push you a little further. Fixed some bugs with Barriers and Spirit Damage Scaling (fixes other cases as well)
October 24, 2025	Alt fire knockback reduced by 10%.
September 4, 2025	Serrated Knives T3 increased from +37 Damage and +6.5 Bleed DPS to +40 Damage and +7 Bleed DPS. Slice and Dice T3 Max cd reduction from -6s to -8s. Bloodletting cooldown reduced from 25s to 20s. Bloodletting incoming damage deferred increased from 25% to 30%. Bloodletting T3 increased from +35% Damage Cleared to +45%.
August 18, 2025	(Undocumented) Bloodletting duration now scales with Ability Duration stat.
August 8, 2025	Bloodletting cooldown reduced from 45s to 25s. Bloodletting T1 cooldown increased from -25s to -10s. Bloodletting T2 increased from +6% Deferred to +10%. Bloodletting Rage deferred bonus from +14% to +15%. Bloodletting deferred damage from +20% to +25%.
July 29, 2025	Rage now only builds up from damaging players. Rage buildup for all damage types increased by 20% (easier to build up). Rage decay duration increased from 9s to 12s. Bloodletting duration reduced from 12s to 6s. Bloodletting cooldown reduced from 60s to 45s. Bloodletting damage clear increased from 30% to 40%. Bloodletting T1 and T2 swapped. Bloodletting T3 increased from +20% to +35%.
May 27, 2025	Alt Fire base damage reduced by 15%. Rage per weapon damage reduced by 10%.
May 19, 2025	Move Speed reduced from 7 to 6.8. Health per boon reduced from 81 to 77. Base gun damage reduced from 4.95 to 4.6.
May 11, 2025	Slice and Dice damage reduced from 100 to 80. Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.246 to 0.22.
May 8, 2025	Killing Blow: Threshold reduced from 22% to 20%. Killing Blow: T2 threshold reduced from +6% to +5%. VO remastering pass as well as updated ping lines. (Undocumented) Bloodletting Deferred Damage Cleared reduced from 40% to 30%. (Undocumented) Bloodletting T3 reduced from +25% to +20%.
February 25, 2025	Added Suggested AP path for Haze, Paradox, Shiv, and Yamato. Slice and Dice is no longer cancellable. Updated vo - remastering pass, no new content. Killing Blow debuff indicator effect revisions to remove arrow and add a brief debuff effect on the victim.
January 27, 2025	Serrated Knives no longer stops after hitting a Soul Orb.
January 19, 2025	Bullet Damage reduced from 5.7 to 5.5 Slice and Dice damage reduced from 110 to 100. Slice and Dice T2 reduced from +70 to +60. Slice and Dice spirit scaling increased from 1.3 to 1.55. Bloodletting deferred damage duration reduced from 13s to 12s. Bloodletting cooldown increased from 50s to 60s.
December 31, 2024	Bullet growth reduced from +0.31 to +0.27. Serrated Knives T3 increased from +5 Bleed DPS to +7.
December 6, 2024	Reverted recent updates to Shiv run animations. Fixed some targeting issues with Killing Blow.
November 21, 2024	Bloodletting reduced from 22% to 20%. Bloodletting T1 reduced from +8% to +6%. Bloodletting rage bonus reduced from +15% to 14%. Serrated Knives cooldown reduced from 19s to 16s. Serrated Knives can now capture souls. Slice and Dice base damage increased from 105 to 110. Slice and Dice T2 reduced from +75 to +70. Slice and Dice cooldown reduced from 16s to 15s. Slice and Dice T1 reduced from -4s to -3s. Killing Blow threshold increased from 20% to 22%. Killing Blow T2 reduced from +8% Enemy Health Threshold to +6%. Killing Blow Full Rage Damage Bonus increased from 15% to 17%. Killing Blow T2 reduced from +10% Full Rage Bonus Damage to +8%. Fixed an issue where using Serrated Knives and immediately holding M1 after to shoot not firing your gun. Killing Blow Rage per spirit damage increased from 0.013 to 0.014. Killing Blow cast range increased from 14m to 15m.
October 27, 2024	Killing Blow cast range increased from 13m to 14m. Killing Blow rage per weapon damage increased from 0.015 to 0.017. Killing Blow drain rate reduced from 0.3 to 0.25.
October 24, 2024	Shiv's Killing Blow now stops tracking targets that teleport. Shiv Dagger: reduced size of stuck dagger in victim. Shiv Slice and Dice: reduced vfx noise for players close to it. Base speed reduced from 7.3 to 7.0. Serrated Knives collision radius reduced by 20%. Bloodletting cooldown increased from 21s to 50s. Bloodletting T2 cd increased from -4.75s to -25s (final cd changed from 16.25s to 25s). Bloodletting duration increased from 10s to 13s. Bloodletting Incoming Damage Deferred reduced from 30% to 22%. Bloodletting T1 changed to +8% Incoming Damage Deferred (was +5s duration). Killing Blow range reduced from 20m to 13m. Killing Blow Rage buildup per heavy melee reduced from 3.5 to 2.75. Killing Blow Rage buffer duration reduced from 10s to 9s. Killing Blow Rage buildup vs creeps reduced by 50%.
October 15, 2024	Rage decay rate increased from 0.25 to 0.3. Rage buffer duration reduced from 12s to 10s.
October 10, 2024	Fixed Shiv's Killing Blow sometimes sending him into orbit. Fixed Shiv's Killing Blow continuing to do damage while being teleported by Quantum Entanglement. Slice and Dice Spirit damage scaling increased from 1.2 to 1.3. Slice and Dice T1 improved from -3.75s to -4s. Rage decay rate reduced from 0.35 to 0.25. Rage buffer duration increased from 7s to 12s (how long it stays before starting to decay).
September 29, 2024	Fixed Wraith Cards, Shiv Rage and lifesteal from increasing by shooting the shop.
September 26, 2024	Updated Killing Blow effects. Turned off a Shiv line where he referenced slowing down enemies when he wasn't actually doing so. Bots can now choose to play Lady Geist, Mirage, Shiv, and Warden. 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%.
September 12, 2024	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%.
August 29, 2024	Fixed parts of Shiv's coat being considered a headshot. 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.
August 22, 2024	Bloodletting incoming damage deferred reduced from 40% to 35%.
August 16, 2024	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.
August 15, 2024	Added a new hero, Shiv.