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Shiv

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.

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Weapon

dps

60

bullet Damage

5.7

ammo

10

bullets Per Second

1.9

light Melee

63

heavy Melee

116

Vitality

max Health

600

health Regen

2

bullet Resistance

0

spirit Resistance

0

movement Speed

7

sprint Speed

0

stamina

3

Abilities

Serrated Knives

Throw a knife that damages and slows an enemy. Each additional hit adds a stack and refreshes the debuff duration, causing the damage to increase per stack. While rage is full, knives will ricochet to another enemy and apply a 35% slow to enemies they bleed.

Duration

0.2s

Cooldown

19s

Effects
  • 35 damage
  • 5 bleed DPS per knife
  • 5s debuff duration
  • Ultimate Unlock: While rage is full knives will rocochet to another enemy and apply a slow to enemies they bleed.
  • 35% movement slow (while rage is full)
Progression
  • Level 1: +1 Charges
  • Level 2: +2s bleed duration
  • Level 5: +40 damage and +5 bleed DPS

Slice and Dice

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.

Cooldown

16s

Effects
  • 105 damage
  • 12m dash range
Progression
  • Level 1: -3.75s cooldown
  • Level 2: +75 damage
  • Level 5: Reduce cooldown by 2s per enemy hit (1s for Non-Hero). Max -6s 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.

Cooldown

21s

Effects
  • 30% incoming damage deferred
  • 10s deferred damage duration
  • 40% deferred damage cleared (on activate)
  • Ultimate Unlock: While rage is full the amount of damage deferred is increased.
  • +15% incoming deferred damage (while rage is full)
Progression
  • Level 1: +5s deferred damage duration
  • Level 2: -4.75s cooldown
  • Level 5: +25% deferred damage cleared

Killing Blow

Activate to leap toward an enemy hero and instantly kill them if their health is below the kill threshold, otherwise, deal 200 damage to them. Passive: Damaging enemies fills you with rage. While at full rage, Shiv gains 25% increased damage and special properties on his other abilities.

Cooldown

95s

Range

20m

Effects
  • 20% enemy health threshold
  • +15% all damage (while rage is full)
Progression
  • Level 1: Gain +2m/s movement speed while at full rage
  • Level 2: +10% health execute threshold and +5% full rage bonus damage
  • Level 5: Finishing off an enemy with Killing Blow resets its cooldown