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Hero win rate 45.0% · 122,010 matches · Current patch · Oct 14

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Shivbuilds

Hero win rate 45.0% · 122,010 matches · Current patch · Oct 14

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Core build

13 items · buy in this order as souls allow

1. Restorative Shot
2. Close Quarters
3. Mystic Regeneration
4. Battle Vest
5. Radiant Regeneration
from Mystic Regeneration
6. Bullet Resist Shredder
7. Hunter's Aura
8. Dispel Magic
9. High-Velocity Rounds
10. Express Shot
from High-Velocity Rounds
11. Berserker
12. Spirit Resilience
13. Lucky Shot

Numbers are the purchase order. Continuation steps are this group's most-bought late items, added so the build runs to the late game.

By stage

“Bought” is the share of this group that bought an item, not a win rate. Swaps are our advice from game text, not measured results.

Early

0–9 min

1
Restorative Shot
94% bought
2
Close Quarters
98% bought
3
Mystic Regeneration
97% bought
4
Battle Vest
66% bought
5
Radiant Regeneration
100% bought

Mid

9–20 min

6
Bullet Resist Shredder
95% bought
7
Hunter's Aura
100% bought
8
Dispel Magic
73% bought
9
High-Velocity Rounds
71% bought

Optional · not in the order

Healbane
49% bought
Fleetfoot
31% bought

Situational swaps · our advice

Debuff Reducer
before Dispel Magic
Enemies have several stuns, silences or roots
Why, and what changes
Shortens every debuff on you, and later upgrades into Unstoppable.
- Adds an item: 11 held at the end instead of 10.
1,600 souls · game text: Bonus Health +90 Reduces the duration of all negative effects applied to you. Debuff Resist +25%

Late

20–30 min

10
Express Shot
100% bought
11
Berserker
77% bought
12
Spirit Resilience
72% bought
13
Lucky Shot
73% bought

Optional · not in the order

Plated Armor
49% bought
Debuff Reducer
38% bought
Counterspell
28% bought
Unstoppable
34% bought

Situational swaps · our advice

BerserkerToxic Bullets(Toxic Bullets replaces Berserker)
Enemies heal a lot (lifesteal, healing items or healers)
Why, and what changes
Your bullets also cut the target's incoming healing.
3,200 souls · game text: Your bullets build up a Bleed on enemies, causing them to lose a percentage of their Max Health over time. Also reduces Incoming Healing on the bleeding target.…
Spirit ResilienceMetal Skin(Metal Skin replaces Spirit Resilience)
Most of the enemy team's damage is bullets
Why, and what changes
Its active makes you immune to bullets for a few seconds.
- Active item: 2 of 4 active slots at the end.
3,200 souls · active item · game text: Bullet Resist +12% Become immune to bullets. Active Movespeed Penalty -1.5m Dash Distance -20% Duration 5.0s
Warp Stone
before Lucky Shot
You need an escape or a gap-closer
Why, and what changes
Teleports you forward and briefly adds bullet resist.
- Adds an item: 11 held at the end instead of 10.
- Active item: 2 of 4 active slots at the end.
3,200 souls · active item · game text: Teleport straight ahead, gaining Bullet Resist. Teleport Range 11m Bullet Resist +30% Buff Duration 6s

Oct 14, 2026 update · Oct 14, 2026–Oct 18, 2026 · updated Oct 18, 2026

Build details

Fixed snapshot: the filters on this site don't change it. Sample: Shiv, normal mode, ranked matches with average rank Phantom or higher, Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 18, 2026 (never more than 14 days): 4,114 matches, 47.3% won. Unranked matches carry no badge, so a rank bracket means ranked matches only.
Playstyle group: the most common trio of 3,200+ soul items by 30:00 was Express Shot, Hunter's Aura, Radiant Regeneration. 2,285 of 4,114 matches (56%) built all three; 49.8% of them were won. That describes these players, not this exact build.
Items: bought by at least 50% of the group; late items are counted among the 837 matches that reached 35:00. With fewer than 2 late items, the build continues with the group's most-bought late items (at least 30%). Order follows the median purchase order. Imbue targets are the most common choice (20+ records, 40%+ agreement).
Ranked Shiv matches by rank: Emissary 1,764 · Acolyte 2,019 · Sentinel 1,578 · Phantom 2,534 · Ascendant 1,030 · Ritualist 1,709 · Oracle 2,367 · Initiate 843 · Seeker 1,854 · Mystic 1,579 · Eternus 550.
Source: Deadlock API public data lake (data as of Oct 18, 2026). Not claimed: that this is the best build or wins more than alternatives; no win rate is computed for the assembled build.

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Hero: Shiv (19)
Build source: generated, Phantom+ ranked sample
Build version: 2026-10-18T17:35:00.048Z
Page: 
What's wrong:

Skill order

Rows in ability-slot order

The most common choice at each point among these 2,285 players; 122 used this exact order.

Shiv skill order: unlocks and upgrades in order, one row per ability in slot order
Serrated KnivesSerrated Knives	Serrated Knives: Ability unlocked, step 1	Serrated Knives: 1 AP upgrade, step 2			Serrated Knives: 2 AP upgrade, step 5		Serrated Knives: 5 AP upgrade, step 7
Slice and DiceSlice and Dice			Slice and Dice: Ability unlocked, step 3											Slice and Dice: 1 AP upgrade, step 14	Slice and Dice: 2 AP upgrade, step 15	Slice and Dice: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
BloodlettingBloodletting				Bloodletting: Ability unlocked, step 4							Bloodletting: 1 AP upgrade, step 11	Bloodletting: 2 AP upgrade, step 12	Bloodletting: 5 AP upgrade, step 13
Killing BlowKilling Blow						Killing Blow: Ability unlocked, step 6		Killing Blow: 1 AP upgrade, step 8	Killing Blow: 2 AP upgrade, step 9	Killing Blow: 5 AP upgrade, step 10

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

The last point (Slice and Dice 5 AP) completes the order: many matches end before every point is spent, so it's placed where the 363 players who got that far usually took it.

Guide usage can't be filtered by game mode, so Match mode only separates ranked from unranked.

Published guides that Shiv players started matches with in this period, most used first, with copies and near-identical guides removed. Usage comes from the API's analysed matches and counts the guide selected at match start; it doesn't show whether players followed it. Game mode can't be filtered for this data.

Lomein's One Shot Shiv [Lockbuilds.com]

by HarvesterVersion 120Guide updated Oct 18, 2026Guide #818720

Matches started with it: 2,619
Won: 42.8%
Players: 2,082
In-game favourites: Not available (not match usage)

Items, as published

1Early game
Game stage
1. 1
  Restorative Shot
2. 2
  Close Quarters
3. 3
  Bullet Resist Shredder
4. 4
  Battle Vest
5. 5
  Mystic Regeneration
6. 6
  Radiant Regeneration
  Built from Mystic Regeneration
  Peak!!
7. 7
  Hunter's Aura
8. 8
  Dispel Magic
2Early gameoptional
Game stage
1. 1
  Healbane
2. 2
  Rebuttal
3. 3
  Restorative Locket
3Core
Author's category
1. 1
  Fleetfoot
2. 2
  High-Velocity Rounds
3. 3
  Express Shot
  Built from High-Velocity Rounds
  Peak!!
4. 4
4Mid gameoptional
Game stage · Get whatever you need
1. 1
  Counterspell
2. 2
  Spirit Shielding
3. 3
  Spirit Resilience
4. 4
5Late game
Game stage
1. 1
  Warp Stone
2. 2
  Spellbreaker
3. 3
  Crippling Headshot
4. 4

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in Lomein's One Shot Shiv [Lockbuilds.com], one row per ability in slot order
Serrated KnivesSerrated Knives	Serrated Knives: Ability unlocked, step 1				Serrated Knives: 1 AP upgrade, step 5	Serrated Knives: 2 AP upgrade, step 6		Serrated Knives: 5 AP upgrade, step 8

Among the 12 most-used guides with at least 10 analysed matches: 0 copies and 1 near-identical guide hidden, 6 beyond the top 5. “Core items” counts items in the author's non-optional categories.

Core build

13 items · buy in this order as souls allow

1. Restorative Shot
2. Close Quarters
3. Mystic Regeneration
4. Battle Vest
5. Radiant Regeneration
from Mystic Regeneration
6. Bullet Resist Shredder
7. Hunter's Aura
8. Dispel Magic
9. High-Velocity Rounds
10. Express Shot
from High-Velocity Rounds
11. Berserker
12. Spirit Resilience
13. Lucky Shot

Numbers are the purchase order. Continuation steps are this group's most-bought late items, added so the build runs to the late game.

By stage

“Bought” is the share of this group that bought an item, not a win rate. Swaps are our advice from game text, not measured results.

Early

0–9 min

1
Restorative Shot
94% bought
2
Close Quarters
98% bought
3
Mystic Regeneration
97% bought
4
Battle Vest
66% bought
5
Radiant Regeneration
100% bought

Mid

9–20 min

6
Bullet Resist Shredder
95% bought
7
Hunter's Aura
100% bought
8
Dispel Magic
73% bought
9
High-Velocity Rounds
71% bought

Optional · not in the order

Healbane
49% bought
Fleetfoot
31% bought

Situational swaps · our advice

Debuff Reducer
before Dispel Magic
Enemies have several stuns, silences or roots
Why, and what changes
Shortens every debuff on you, and later upgrades into Unstoppable.
- Adds an item: 11 held at the end instead of 10.
1,600 souls · game text: Bonus Health +90 Reduces the duration of all negative effects applied to you. Debuff Resist +25%

Late

20–30 min

10
Express Shot
100% bought
11
Berserker
77% bought
12
Spirit Resilience
72% bought
13
Lucky Shot
73% bought

Optional · not in the order

Plated Armor
49% bought
Debuff Reducer
38% bought
Counterspell
28% bought
Unstoppable
34% bought

Situational swaps · our advice

BerserkerToxic Bullets(Toxic Bullets replaces Berserker)
Enemies heal a lot (lifesteal, healing items or healers)
Why, and what changes
Your bullets also cut the target's incoming healing.
3,200 souls · game text: Your bullets build up a Bleed on enemies, causing them to lose a percentage of their Max Health over time. Also reduces Incoming Healing on the bleeding target.…
Spirit ResilienceMetal Skin(Metal Skin replaces Spirit Resilience)
Most of the enemy team's damage is bullets
Why, and what changes
Its active makes you immune to bullets for a few seconds.
- Active item: 2 of 4 active slots at the end.
3,200 souls · active item · game text: Bullet Resist +12% Become immune to bullets. Active Movespeed Penalty -1.5m Dash Distance -20% Duration 5.0s
Warp Stone
before Lucky Shot
You need an escape or a gap-closer
Why, and what changes
Teleports you forward and briefly adds bullet resist.
- Adds an item: 11 held at the end instead of 10.
- Active item: 2 of 4 active slots at the end.
3,200 souls · active item · game text: Teleport straight ahead, gaining Bullet Resist. Teleport Range 11m Bullet Resist +30% Buff Duration 6s

Oct 14, 2026 update · Oct 14, 2026–Oct 18, 2026 · updated Oct 18, 2026

Build details

Fixed snapshot: the filters on this site don't change it. Sample: Shiv, normal mode, ranked matches with average rank Phantom or higher, Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 18, 2026 (never more than 14 days): 4,114 matches, 47.3% won. Unranked matches carry no badge, so a rank bracket means ranked matches only.
Playstyle group: the most common trio of 3,200+ soul items by 30:00 was Express Shot, Hunter's Aura, Radiant Regeneration. 2,285 of 4,114 matches (56%) built all three; 49.8% of them were won. That describes these players, not this exact build.
Items: bought by at least 50% of the group; late items are counted among the 837 matches that reached 35:00. With fewer than 2 late items, the build continues with the group's most-bought late items (at least 30%). Order follows the median purchase order. Imbue targets are the most common choice (20+ records, 40%+ agreement).
Ranked Shiv matches by rank: Emissary 1,764 · Acolyte 2,019 · Sentinel 1,578 · Phantom 2,534 · Ascendant 1,030 · Ritualist 1,709 · Oracle 2,367 · Initiate 843 · Seeker 1,854 · Mystic 1,579 · Eternus 550.
Source: Deadlock API public data lake (data as of Oct 18, 2026). Not claimed: that this is the best build or wins more than alternatives; no win rate is computed for the assembled build.

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Build problem report
Hero: Shiv (19)
Build source: generated, Phantom+ ranked sample
Build version: 2026-10-18T17:35:00.048Z
Page: 
What's wrong:

Skill order

Rows in ability-slot order

The most common choice at each point among these 2,285 players; 122 used this exact order.

Shiv skill order: unlocks and upgrades in order, one row per ability in slot order
Serrated KnivesSerrated Knives	Serrated Knives: Ability unlocked, step 1	Serrated Knives: 1 AP upgrade, step 2			Serrated Knives: 2 AP upgrade, step 5		Serrated Knives: 5 AP upgrade, step 7
Slice and DiceSlice and Dice			Slice and Dice: Ability unlocked, step 3											Slice and Dice: 1 AP upgrade, step 14	Slice and Dice: 2 AP upgrade, step 15	Slice and Dice: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
BloodlettingBloodletting				Bloodletting: Ability unlocked, step 4							Bloodletting: 1 AP upgrade, step 11	Bloodletting: 2 AP upgrade, step 12	Bloodletting: 5 AP upgrade, step 13
Killing BlowKilling Blow						Killing Blow: Ability unlocked, step 6		Killing Blow: 1 AP upgrade, step 8	Killing Blow: 2 AP upgrade, step 9	Killing Blow: 5 AP upgrade, step 10

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

The last point (Slice and Dice 5 AP) completes the order: many matches end before every point is spent, so it's placed where the 363 players who got that far usually took it.

Lomein's One Shot Shiv [Lockbuilds.com]

by HarvesterVersion 120Guide updated Oct 18, 2026Guide #818720

Matches started with it: 2,619
Won: 42.8%
Players: 2,082
In-game favourites: Not available (not match usage)

Items, as published

1Early game
Game stage
1. 1
  Restorative Shot
2. 2
  Close Quarters
3. 3
  Bullet Resist Shredder
4. 4
  Battle Vest
5. 5
  Mystic Regeneration
6. 6
  Radiant Regeneration
  Built from Mystic Regeneration
  Peak!!
7. 7
  Hunter's Aura
8. 8
  Dispel Magic
2Early gameoptional
Game stage
1. 1
  Healbane
2. 2
  Rebuttal
3. 3
  Restorative Locket
3Core
Author's category
1. 1
  Fleetfoot
2. 2
  High-Velocity Rounds
3. 3
  Express Shot
  Built from High-Velocity Rounds
  Peak!!
4. 4
4Mid gameoptional
Game stage · Get whatever you need
1. 1
  Counterspell
2. 2
  Spirit Shielding
3. 3
  Spirit Resilience
4. 4
5Late game
Game stage
1. 1
  Warp Stone
2. 2
  Spellbreaker
3. 3
  Crippling Headshot
4. 4

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in Lomein's One Shot Shiv [Lockbuilds.com], one row per ability in slot order
Serrated KnivesSerrated Knives	Serrated Knives: Ability unlocked, step 1				Serrated Knives: 1 AP upgrade, step 5	Serrated Knives: 2 AP upgrade, step 6		Serrated Knives: 5 AP upgrade, step 8

Among the 12 most-used guides with at least 10 analysed matches: 0 copies and 1 near-identical guide hidden, 6 beyond the top 5. “Core items” counts items in the author's non-optional categories.

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in PREDATOR HUNTER SHIV (THE METRO FILES), one row per ability in slot order
Serrated KnivesSerrated Knives	Serrated Knives: Ability unlocked, step 1	Serrated Knives: 1 AP upgrade, step 2			Serrated Knives: 2 AP upgrade, step 5		Serrated Knives: 5 AP upgrade, step 7
Slice and DiceSlice and Dice			Slice and Dice: Ability unlocked, step 3							Slice and Dice: 1 AP upgrade, step 10	Slice and Dice: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Slice and Dice: 5 AP upgrade, step 12
BloodlettingBloodletting				Bloodletting: Ability unlocked, step 4										Bloodletting: 1 AP upgrade, step 14	Bloodletting: 2 AP upgrade, step 15	Bloodletting: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
Killing BlowKilling Blow						Killing Blow: Ability unlocked, step 6		Killing Blow: 1 AP upgrade, step 8	Killing Blow: 2 AP upgrade, step 9				Killing Blow: 5 AP upgrade, step 13

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in ttvcrayon_fps BLEEDING HEART, one row per ability in slot order
Serrated KnivesSerrated Knives	Serrated Knives: Ability unlocked, step 1				Serrated Knives: 1 AP upgrade, step 5	Serrated Knives: 2 AP upgrade, step 6		Serrated Knives: 5 AP upgrade, step 8
Slice and DiceSlice and Dice		Slice and Dice: Ability unlocked, step 2					Slice and Dice: 1 AP upgrade, step 7			Slice and Dice: 2 AP upgrade, step 10	Slice and Dice: 5 AP upgrade, step 11
BloodlettingBloodletting			Bloodletting: Ability unlocked, step 3										Bloodletting: 1 AP upgrade, step 13	Bloodletting: 2 AP upgrade, step 14	Bloodletting: 5 AP upgrade, step 15
Killing BlowKilling Blow				Killing Blow: Ability unlocked, step 4					Killing Blow: 1 AP upgrade, step 9			Killing Blow: 2 AP upgrade, step 12				Killing Blow: 5 AP upgrade, step 16

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

Not shown: 16 entries after the order starts again.

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in Dew, one row per ability in slot order
Serrated KnivesSerrated Knives	Serrated Knives: Ability unlocked, step 1				Serrated Knives: 1 AP upgrade, step 5	Serrated Knives: 2 AP upgrade, step 6	Serrated Knives: 5 AP upgrade, step 7
Slice and DiceSlice and Dice		Slice and Dice: Ability unlocked, step 2										Slice and Dice: 1 AP upgrade, step 12			Slice and Dice: 2 AP upgrade, step 15	Slice and Dice: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
BloodlettingBloodletting			Bloodletting: Ability unlocked, step 3					Bloodletting: 1 AP upgrade, step 8					Bloodletting: 2 AP upgrade, step 13	Bloodletting: 5 AP upgrade, step 14
Killing BlowKilling Blow				Killing Blow: Ability unlocked, step 4					Killing Blow: 1 AP upgrade, step 9	Killing Blow: 2 AP upgrade, step 10	Killing Blow: 5 AP upgrade, step 11

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in Shiv - Bruiser-Burst [56% WR] [tracklock.gg], one row per ability in slot order
Serrated KnivesSerrated Knives	Serrated Knives: Ability unlocked, step 1	Serrated Knives: 1 AP upgrade, step 2			Serrated Knives: 2 AP upgrade, step 5		Serrated Knives: 5 AP upgrade, step 7
Slice and DiceSlice and Dice			Slice and Dice: Ability unlocked, step 3									Slice and Dice: 1 AP upgrade, step 12			Slice and Dice: 2 AP upgrade, step 15	Slice and Dice: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
BloodlettingBloodletting				Bloodletting: Ability unlocked, step 4				Bloodletting: 1 AP upgrade, step 8					Bloodletting: 2 AP upgrade, step 13	Bloodletting: 5 AP upgrade, step 14
Killing BlowKilling Blow						Killing Blow: Ability unlocked, step 6			Killing Blow: 1 AP upgrade, step 9	Killing Blow: 2 AP upgrade, step 10	Killing Blow: 5 AP upgrade, step 11

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings