Shiv build guide

NEW BEGINNING: SPIRIT

by An engine of chaosVersion 240Updated May 12, 2026Guide #276791

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Published guide

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Author's notes

Just a little knife build I made

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 11 items
1. 1
  Extra Regen
2. 2
  Extra Charge
3. 3
  Mystic Regeneration
4. 4
  Extra Spirit
5. 5
  Radiant Regeneration
  Built from Mystic Regeneration
6. 6
  Enchanter's Emblem
7. 7
  Healing Booster
  Built from Extra Regen
8. 8
  Healbane
9. 9
  Cold Front
10. 10
  Improved Spirit
  Built from Extra Spirit
11. 11
  Reactive Barrier
2Mid game
Game stage · 3 items
1. 1
  Dispel Magic
2. 2
  Torment Pulse
3. 3
  Superior Cooldown
3Late game
Game stage · 5 items
1. 1
  Boundless Spirit
  Built from Improved Spirit
2. 2
  Mystic Reverb
3. 3
  Arctic Blast
  Built from Cold Front
4. 4
4optional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Restorative Locket
2. 2
  Counterspell
3. 3
  Warp Stone
5optional
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Colossus
2. 2
  Infuser
3. 3
  Unstoppable
4. 4
6optional
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Metal Skin
2. 2
  Bullet Resilience
3. 3
  Spirit Resilience
4. 4
7spirit situationaloptional
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Mystic Burst
2. 2
  Mystic Vulnerability
3. 3
  Tankbuster
  Built from Mystic Burst
4. 4
8optional
Author's category · 1 items
1. 1
  Trophy Collector

Categories appear in the author's order. Only the editor's default Early, Mid and Late sections are marked as game stages; the author's own categories keep their names. “Built from” links come from the game's item recipes.

Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order
Serrated KnivesSerrated Knives	Serrated Knives: Ability unlocked, step 1		Serrated Knives: 1 AP upgrade, step 3		Serrated Knives: 2 AP upgrade, step 5		Serrated Knives: 5 AP upgrade, step 7