PREDATOR HUNTER SHIV (THE METRO FILES)

Author's notes

tank everything and kill everything

Item categories

1. 1start L -> R

   Author's category · 8 items · Buy flat dmg items(strike, cold front, stalker) and light melee + M2 to build rage without knives whether going spirit or gun.

   1. 1

      Extra Regen

      good default buy but you can buy resto if you want to fight and aim or build gun.

   2. 2

      Extra Charge

      one more knife. look for all-ins with all your knives + a dash.

   3. 3

      Cold Front

      flat damage for rage and slow is much better for people with good movement. spirit strike is good here also

   4. 4

      Mystic Regeneration

      a bit of sustain for your all-ins until radiant

   5. 5

      Radiant Regeneration

      Built from Mystic Regeneration

      The Dark Lord.

   6. 6

      Healbane

      Anti heal and heal on kill for execute resets. Can buy in lane vs sustain heroes (Abrams, Mo)

   7. 7

      Dispel Magic

      just always good. Can greed vests if you want more raw stats or they have no slow hexes/debuffs to cleanse

   8. 8

      Mystic Vulnerability

      more shred + resist.

2. 2core damage

   Author's category · 3 items · best 3200s for spirit

   1. 1

      Decay

      Good rage gen so you don't have to use knives

   2. 2

      Rapid Recharge

      Built from Extra Charge

      Very strong if you play for max rage knives

   3. 3

      Torment Pulse

      good option if you can stick to people or ahead

3. 3core rough L - R

   Author's category · 6 items · Prio what you need, usually will be greens/tankiness. Sell regen, ex charge/strike, stalker, cf

   1. 1

      Compress Cooldown

      enable dash resets, buy when dash is maxed

   2. 2

      Counterspell

      strong anti-everything

   3. 3

      Ethereal Shift

      just makes you really hard to kill and clears your deferred damage. Really strong when you have max bloodletting

4. 4optional

   Author's category · 5 items · great items if the game calls for it

   1. 1

      Spirit Resilience

      default option for spirit damage

   2. 2

      Metal Skin

      default item for gun damage

   3. 3

      Warp Stone

      Chase/disengage tool + bullet resist for gun heroes

   4. 4

5. 5late options

   Author's category · 8 items · Late game your job is to shred spirit resist and execute reset, so buy items to do that

   1. 1

      Transcendent Cooldown

      Built from Superior Cooldown

      uptime for actives and more torment procs.

   2. 2

      Unstoppable

      anti cc, also good for punching rejuv crystal

   3. 3

      Phantom Strike

      to engage on easy targets or vin

6. 6gun options

   Author's category · 6 items · Alt fire/gun shiv is good but you need money

   1. 1

      Restorative Shot

      damage, clear, sustain all in one item. extra regen better for harder lanes

   2. 2

      Close Quarters

   3. 3

      Stalker

      Good rage build with a light melee + M2. Skip if you don't want to use your gun or melee

   4. 4

7. 7other spirit optionsoptional

   Author's category · 8 items · can buy in place of 1600 or 3200 items

   1. 1

      Spirit Strike

      good rage gen. light melee every 6s. Can buy cold front here too

   2. 2

      Suppressor

      strong anti gun option. Buy spirit strike if suppressor is not needed

   3. 3

      Bullet Resist Shredder

      for gun shiv

8. 8other stuffoptional

   Author's category · 11 items

   1. 1

      Extra Health

   2. 2

      Rebuttal

      burgerbox

   3. 3

      Debuff Reducer

      debuff reduction pairs great with scourge, upgrade to unstop

   4. 4

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 21			Serrated Knives: 2 AP upgrade, step 52		Serrated Knives: 5 AP upgrade, step 75