Shiv build guide

makaka style hybrid (by nikolamonke)

by kal`marVersion 36Updated Aug 11, 2026Guide #682889

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Published guide

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Author's notes

dance amongst them and sow bananas

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 6 items
1. 1
  Extra Charge
2. 2
  Mystic Regeneration
3. 3
  Healbane
4. 4
  Stalker
5. 5
  Spirit Strike
6. 6
  Radiant Regeneration
  Built from Mystic Regeneration
2lane optoptional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Monster Rounds
  push lane
2. 2
  Restorative Shot
  heal option
3. 3
  Extra Regen
  need sustain
4. 4
3Mid game
Game stage · 5 items
1. 1
  Restorative Locket
2. 2
  Healing Booster
  Built from Extra Regen
3. 3
  Berserker
4. 4
4greens optoptional
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Bullet Resilience
2. 2
  Counterspell
  vs CC
3. 3
  Dispel Magic
  vs debuffs
4. 4
5Late game
Game stage · 6 items · sell Extra Charge
1. 1
  Torment Pulse
2. 2
  Compress Cooldown
3. 3
  Escalating Exposure
4. 4
6debuff resistoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Debuff Reducer
  mid option -> Spellbreaker / Unstoppable in late game
2. 2
  Weighted Shots
  good gun + debuuf resist
7if needoptional
Author's category · 1 items
1. 1
  Decay
  vs big heroes / instead of Torment Pulse
8late optoptional
Author's category · 10 items · sell Stalker -> Healbane -> Restorative Locket
1. 1
  Indomitable
  vs one CC
2. 2
  Juggernaut
  gas gas gas
3. 3
  Leech
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 2			Serrated Knives: 2 AP upgrade, step 5		Serrated Knives: 5 AP upgrade, step 7