Shiv build guide

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by machineVersion 4Updated May 20, 2026Guide #608347

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Observed usage

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Published guide

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In-game favourites: 7 (as last synced by the API; not match usage)

Author's notes

Item categories

1
Author's category · 8 items
1. 1
  Extra Regen
2. 2
  Extra Charge
  sell later
3. 3
  Cold Front
4. 4
  Mystic Regeneration
5. 5
  Radiant Regeneration
  Built from Mystic Regeneration
6. 6
  Restorative Locket
7. 7
  Healing Booster
  Built from Extra Regen
  dont upgrade
8. 8
  Healbane
  sell at deep late game
2optional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Enchanter's Emblem
2. 2
  Reactive Barrier
3. 3
  Debuff Reducer
3
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Compress Cooldown
2. 2
  Superior Cooldown
  Built from Compress Cooldown
3. 3
  Torment Pulse
4. 4
4optional
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Warp Stone
2. 2
  Dispel Magic
3. 3
  Counterspell
4. 4
5
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Transcendent Cooldown
  Built from Superior Cooldown
2. 2
  Arctic Blast
  Built from Cold Front
6optional
Author's category · 7 items
1. 1
  Decay
2. 2
  Mystic Vulnerability
3. 3
  Escalating Exposure
  Built from Mystic Vulnerability
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 5	Serrated Knives: 2 AP upgrade, step 6	Serrated Knives: 5 AP upgrade, step 7