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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.

Rage

Bleed

Repeat

Weapon Stats
Damage Per Second:	52.2
Bullet Damage:	Hero Not Found+0.31+0.165
Pellets per shot:	6
Ammo:	10
Bullets per sec:	1.81
Reload Time:	2.8s
Bullet Velocity:	610m/s
Light Melee:	Hero Not Found+2.67+1.58
Heavy Melee:	Hero Not Found+4.91+3.67

A former criminal, Shiv seeks to make up for his past mistakes by hunting down monsters on behalf of The Baxter Society.

Shiv's gun has an alt-fire mode.

Abilities

Throw a knife that bleeds an enemy. Each additional hit adds a stack and refreshes the bleed duration, causing the bleed to increase per stack.

x0.13

10

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

2s Bleed Duration

2

+2 Charges

5

+12 Bleed DPS with increased Spirit scaling

Perform a dash forward, damaging enemies along the path. Hit Enemies have their spirit resist reduced. This debuff can stack.

x1.2

75

Impact Damage

12m

Dash Range

-6%

Spirit Resist

14s Debuff Duration

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

1

-6s Cooldown

2

-4% Spirit Resist
+2m Dash Range

5

+50 Impact Damage
-2s Cooldown per Hero hit.

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.

25%

Incoming Damage Deferred

6s

Deferred Damage Duration

On Activate

30%

Deferred Damage Cleared

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

15%

Incoming Damage Deferred

1

-15s Cooldown

2

40% Deferred Damage Cleared

5

15% Incoming Damage Deferred

Active: Leap forward, dealing spirit damage to the first enemy hero. If they are below the kill threshold, execute them instead.

Finishing an enemy with Killing Blow lets you recast for 16s

200

Damage

18%

Enemy health threshold

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

8%

Full Rage Damage Bonus

Cooldown is increased by +30% if no hero is impacted.

1

+6 m Range
+2 m/s in Full Rage.

2

+16% Full Rage Bonus Damage
-25s Cooldown

5

+10% Enemy Health Threshold

Notes

Killing Blow will not instakill Yamato while she is in her Shadow Transformation invincibility.

Weapon

Busted Flush

Spreadshot

Close Range

52 Damage Per Second

Falloff Range

20m ➞ 41m

Shiv's Alt-fire takes two ammo, and has a recoil that can be used for movement.

Background

“

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.

— A FATE'S TALE

Update history

Main article: Update history

View the full update history: Shiv/Update history

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%

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.

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