Shiv

Shiv
Weapon: "Busted Flush" BASE STATS
Weapon Stats
DPS:	57
Bullet Damage:	4.95+0.27
Ammo:	10
Bullets per sec:	1.9
Reload Time:	2.8s
Bullet Velocity:	610m/s
Light Melee:	63+2.67
Heavy Melee:	116+4.91
Falloff Range:	20m → 41m
Vitality Stats
Health:	600+35
Health Regen:	2
Move Speed:	7m/s
Stamina:	3
INFORMATION
Voice Actor:	Greg Chun
Release Date:	August 15, 2024
Voice Lines:	Shiv/Quotes

“

Bleeds out foes, 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 Hero in Deadlock. He 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.

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.

Shiv was added to the roster on August 15, 2024.

Visual effects indicating an enemy below Killing Blow's threshold

Abilities

Serrated Knives

0.2s

2

2s

16s

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.

x0.6

35

Damage

x0.16

5

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

+1 Charges

2

+2s Bleed Duration

5

+40 Damage and +7 Bleed DPS

Slice and Dice

15s

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.

x1.55

100

Damage

12m

Dash Range

1

-3s Cooldown

2

+60 Damage

5

Reduce cooldown by 2s per enemy hero hit (1s for Non-Hero). Max -6s per Dash.

Bloodletting

60s

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.

20%

Incoming Damage Deferred

12s

Deferred Damage Duration

On Activate

40%

Deferred Damage Cleared

1

+6% Incoming Damage Deferred

2

-25s Cooldown

5

+25% Deferred Damage Cleared

Killing Blow

15m

95s

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.

22%

Enemy health threshold

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

17%

Full Rage Damage Bonus

1

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

2

+6% Enemy Health Threshold and +8% Full Rage Bonus Damage

5

Finishing off an enemy with Killing Blow resets its cooldown.

Notes

• Within roughly 25m of an enemy hero below the kill threshold, an arrow will appear and point towards them, even through walls.
  • Enemy heroes in that range will also have a pulsating effect and red outline indicating they can be instantly killed.
• After activating Killing Blow, the targeted hero is able to heal up to 3% of their max health, and still be instantly killed.
• Killing Blow will pursue moving targets, such as those being pulled by Rescue Beam. Heroes that stop being targetable, or become invincible, will cause it to whiff and go on cooldown.

Rage

After unlocking Shiv's Killing Blow ultimate, rage can be built by dealing any damage. The amount of rage built varies depending on the source.

Rage has a max value of 10 which is required to be filled before becoming Enraged, granting you the full rage bonuses.

Rage build values

Damage type	Rage built per damage dealt
Weapon Damage	0.017
Spirit Damage	0.013
Light melee	1.5
Heavy melee	2.75

Rage will begin to decay after 9 seconds of not dealing any damage, at a rate of 0.25 per second (40 seconds total).

Non-player units grant x0.1 the rage.

NOTE: These numbers are taken from the code for the game, but rage built per damage does not actually reflect in game values.

As a rule of thumb: Rage built from Weapon Damage and Melee Damage does not noticeably change with increases to weapon or spirit power, always taking roughly 18 shots at point blank or 4-7 Melee attacks (depending on strength) to build max rage. Rage built from Spirit Damage does scale with spirit power granting more rage the more damage your abilities do, however this is offset by the rage you build decreasing with spirit power, 100 Spirit power halving the rage built (Imbued spirit power from Surge of Power is not counted towards this, causing it to grant a lot more rage (to the imbued ability) than Boundless Spirit.)

If you have any definitive information on how Rage works, please feel free to discuss more on the Discord community server

Weapon

Weapon Stats	Falloff Range 20m - 41m 57 DPS
Busted Flush
Spreadshot Close Range

Shiv's alternate fire takes two ammo, and has a recoil that can be used for movement. If there is only one ammo left, the alt-fire can still be used, with no additional downsides. The alt-fire deals 5.13 damage per bullet.

The approximate movement distance from the alt-fire recoil (without items or level-ups) is as follows:

Base recoil max movement distance

Aim direction	Movement state	Max distance (m)
Horizontal	On the ground	2.5
Horizontal	One jump	9
Horizontal	Double jump	15
Vertical (down 90º)	One jump	4
Vertical (down 90º)	Double jump	7

In order to use the jump momentum for max distance, one has to shoot slightly before reaching the apex of the jump.

Update history

Main article: Update history

Update	Changes
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.

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

Lore

Shiv was chosen by Grey Talon as his replacement in the Baxter Society.

The Sapphire Flame says that Shiv "has been" a father. She also says that he has a "monster inside him" called the Beast, and that he fears the Baxter Society could turn against him.

Several Patron voicelines reference Shiv being made king or feeding his ambition.

Shiv likes to play bowling and drink bourbon. He is also referred to as a biker.

Character interactions

• Multiple characters compliment Shiv's appearance, calling him "pretty boy", "handsome bastard", "impossibly handsome asshole", and a "shampoo ad with knives".
• Ivy expresses admiration for Shiv. McGinnis wants to talk to Shiv and "fix him". Yamato will simply remark "nice hair".

Gallery

• 
  Portrait
• 
  Minimap icon
• 
  In-game render
• 
  Winter skin
• 
  Model sheet
• 
  Weapon - Busted Flush
• 
  Temporary minimap icon (2024-09-12 update)
• 
  Neon Prime Shiv
• 
  Neon Prime Shiv
• 
  Monster Shiv (old ult model)

Trivia

• Shiv has an alternate model in the game files titled "shiv_ult.vmdl_c" which shows an unfinished giant mole transformation, presumably meant for an old ultimate ability.
• Shiv is voiced by Greg Chun, who also voices Pocket.
• Shiv used to collect hairspray cans, presumably as an old version of his Rage passive ability.

See also

• Shiv/Quotes

References

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