Shiv build guide

General Build - F8

by I<3WhiteFemboyArmpitsVersion 4Updated Jul 6, 2026Guide #707675

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Observed usage

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Published guide

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Author's notes

Secret Screen Knowledge DO NOT LEFT TO RIGHT THIS

Item categories

1Make Up Your Mind
Author's category · 8 items
1. 1
  Restorative Shot
  Lane Heal Poke
2. 2
  Extra Charge
  Knife
3. 3
  Mystic Regeneration
4. 4
  Cold Front
5. 5
  Enchanter's Emblem
  Ideal lane buy
6. 6
  Monster Rounds
7. 7
  Radiant Regeneration
  Built from Mystic Regeneration
  TRY to build early
8. 8
  Healbane
  Ideal if fed
2Pivot Points
Author's category · 8 items
1. 1
  Recharging Rush
  Extremely nice to have lowkey buy as your T2 for 4.8k with Cult Sac
2. 2
  Spirit Shielding
  Spirit Chuds
3. 3
  Weapon Shielding
  Gun Chuds
4. 4
3Pokeslop / Burger Box
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Rebuttal
2. 2
  Extra Regen
  Box bot
3. 3
  Rusted Barrel
  No no gun
4. 4
4Don't explode
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Dispel Magic
  Literally 90% of your counters
2. 2
  Counterspell
  Lash
3. 3
  Bullet Resilience
  Maybe but ideally still buy
4. 4
5Pick some
Author's category · 14 items
1. 1
  Arctic Blast
  Built from Cold Front
  Highkey replace reverb with this, faster time to get to your execute once you have T3 ult
2. 2
  Scourge
  Lets you brawl and frontline way harder while suffering less from CCs
3. 3
  Blood Tribute
  Solid late mid game option for resists and fight uptime
6Address Me (Gun)
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Intensifying Magazine
  Address me
2. 2
  Cultist Sacrifice
  Built from Monster Rounds
  Address me
3. 3
  Headhunter
  Address me
4. 4
7Think About It
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Stamina Mastery
  Don't ever rush, money better spent elsewhere, buy if you truly have an excess of cash to burn
2. 2
  Guardian Ward
  Affliction shield
3. 3
  Divine Barrier
  Built from Guardian Ward
  Affliction remover
8Think About It 2
Author's category · 8 items
1. 1
  Duration Extender
  Knife
2. 2
  Superior Duration
  Built from Duration Extender
  Everything
3. 3
  Bullet Resist Shredder
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 8