Shiv build guide

SwoleBenji YT MEGA Knife Spirit Brawler TANK

by SwoleBenjiVersion 5Updated Sep 4, 2026Guide #569000

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Author's notes

This build lets you fast farm jungle and lanes with decent mobility to get in and out of team fights or even counter jungle to build up towards a full arensal of spirit and tank gear to allow your daggers to melt everyone. Late game you become super deadly with just a few hits.

Item categories

1Early Lane
Author's category · 9 items · Bind Quicksilver Reload to Serrated Knives.
1. 1
  Extra Health
2. 2
  Extra Stamina
3. 3
  Sprint Boots
4. 4
  Extended Magazine
5. 5
2Roam / Jungle / Gank
Author's category · 9 items · Bind Mercurial Magnum to Serrated Knives.
1. 1
  Enduring Speed
  Built from Sprint Boots
2. 2
  Fortitude
  Built from Extra Health
3. 3
  Stamina Mastery
  Built from Extra Stamina
4. 4
3Late game
Game stage · 9 items · Sell Close Quarters, Monster Rounds, Titanic Magazine, Fortitude in that order.
1. 1
  Spirit Resilience
2. 2
  Bullet Resilience
3. 3
  Extra Charge
4. 4

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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 5	Serrated Knives: 2 AP upgrade, step 6	Serrated Knives: 5 AP upgrade, step 7