Shiv build guide

city never sleeps

by vitVersion 20Updated Oct 6, 2026Guide #667223

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Observed usage

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Published guide

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In-game favourites: 10 (as last synced by the API; not match usage)

Author's notes

decay escalating rush is very good this patch cause of the high hp/heal of all the heroes rn

Item categories

1no order
Author's category · 8 items
1. 1
  Restorative Shot
  sell first
2. 2
  Extra Charge
  sell second
3. 3
  Mystic Vulnerability
4. 4
  Mystic Regeneration
5. 5
  Radiant Regeneration
  Built from Mystic Regeneration
6. 6
  Healbane
  buy in lane if they heal a lot
7. 7
  Enchanter's Emblem
8. 8
  Battle Vest
2optional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Extra Regen
2. 2
  Monster Rounds
3. 3
  Spirit Strike
4. 4
3
Author's category · 7 items
1. 1
  Decay
2. 2
  Escalating Exposure
  Built from Mystic Vulnerability
3. 3
  Torment Pulse
  puts healbane and supressor onto people // also gives stacks when you get ee
4. 4
4optional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Warp Stone
  feels good sometimes but you dont really need it anymore
2. 2
  Counterspell
  this or remover but sometimes both ngl
3. 3
  Metal Skin
  haze vyper drifter silver ven
4. 4
5
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Scourge
2. 2
  Ethereal Shift
3. 3
  Transcendent Cooldown
  Built from Superior Cooldown
4. 4
6gunoptional
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Close Quarters
2. 2
  Fleetfoot
3. 3
  Hunter's Aura
4. 4
7
Author's category · 12 items
1. 1
  Bullet Resilience
2. 2
  Spirit Resilience
3. 3
  Divine Barrier
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 2			Serrated Knives: 2 AP upgrade, step 5			Serrated Knives: 5 AP upgrade, step 8