Shiv build guide
by lokifishiVersion 7Updated Jun 18, 2026Guide #664450
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throwing elo for goats
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Author's category · 18 items · 56k but phantom strike is all youre getting (39.4k)
Melee Lifesteal
As you wander the world, a master finds you at your lowest, and invites you to his sanctuary where he teaches you to harness your vampiric abilites into a sustaining strike.
Melee Charge
Your master helps you improve, and imparts upon you a spell to greatly increase your strike impact and distance.
Spirit Strike
You find a box lying on the table containing a hex-lined bandage, which you wrap around your fists and feel you able to steal yourself opponents visciousness and soul.
Cold Front
Your master teaches you a spell to slow down your enemies to stop them from escaping your deathly strikes.
Spirit Snatch
Built from Spirit Strike
Your master sees your bandages as you try to improve them and helps you achieve their full potential. (4.8k investment)
Close Quarters
Your master teaches you advanced martial arts to make you have a little more impact in your strikes.
Berserker
You learn to harvest your injuries into another form of rage, becoming even more destructive.
Healbane
You've learned to deny your opponents regenerative strategies.
Lifestrike
Built from Melee Lifesteal
Your master helps you reach the peak of your vampiric potence. (4.8k investment)
Mystic Regeneration
You discover a lesser regeneration boon in the library.
Radiant Regeneration
Built from Mystic Regeneration
The spell you found has more potential than you thought and you cultivate said potential.
Frenzy
you mad gng
Point Blank
Built from Close Quarters
You've mastered the martial arts, and now your firearm and your arms are much more effectful (4.8k investment)
Ethereal Shift
actual real item for not throwing
Witchmail
Continuing your journies, you come across an abandoned old hut, hidden deep in its cellar is a robe you pick up.
Phantom Strike
You learn of a secret technique from your opponent. If you throw some strikes after using it, predicting them will be harder
Magic Carpet
i dont have more larp for this
Healing Tempo
i dont have more larp for this
2pain lanesoptional
Author's category · 2 items
Healing Rite
Extra Regen
go 4 this most times
3optional
Author's category · 2 items · alt 4.k investemnt
Torment Pulse
instead of radiant
Hunter's Aura
4lightbringer categoryoptional
Author's category · 44 items · all possible optionals ever
Enchanter's Emblem
Restorative Locket
Reactive Barrier
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.
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 12 |
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Debuff Reducer
Trophy Collector
Return Fire
Spirit Shredder
Recharging Rush
Stalker
Weakening Headshot
Mystic Shot
Slowing Hex
Spirit Sap
Suppressor
Improved Spirit
Compress Cooldown
Bullet Resist Shredder
Burst Fire
Cultist Sacrifice
Escalating Resilience
Shadow Weave
Spirit Rend
Built from Spirit Shredder
Stamina Mastery
Fortitude
Dispel Magic
Warp Stone
Veil Walker
Surge of Power
Silence Wave
Superior Cooldown
Built from Compress Cooldown
Decay
Silencer
Crushing Fists
Built from Melee Charge
Your master has imparted all his knowledge unto you, and sends you off having completed your training.
Spellslinger
Crippling Headshot
Built from Weakening Headshot
Unstoppable
Built from Debuff Reducer
Plated Armor
Indomitable
Built from Reactive Barrier
Siphon Bullets
Juggernaut
Escalating Exposure
Boundless Spirit
Built from Improved Spirit
Arctic Blast
Built from Cold Front
Scourge
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 8 | Slice and Dice: 5 AP upgrade, step 15 |
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BloodlettingBloodletting | Bloodletting: Ability unlocked, step 3 | Bloodletting: 1 AP upgrade, step 9 | Bloodletting: 2 AP upgrade, step 10 | Bloodletting: 5 AP upgrade, step 11 |
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Killing BlowKilling Blow | Killing Blow: Ability unlocked, step 4 | Killing Blow: 1 AP upgrade, step 13 | Killing Blow: 2 AP upgrade, step 14 | Killing Blow: 5 AP upgrade, step 16 |
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Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings
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