Shiv build guide

Navy Shiv (w/notes)

by Wien66Version 4Updated Aug 4, 2026Guide #730163

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Published guide

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Author's notes

build heavily inspired on together, just with more options etc

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 7 items
1. 1
  Extra Charge
  Sell for slots. you can skip this and wait for t2 knives
2. 2
  Mystic Regeneration
  probably best first items, with 1 knife you can heal almost 80hp while dealing dmg
3. 3
  Radiant Regeneration
  Built from Mystic Regeneration
  One of the best items on shiv, great value with knives if you dont miss any.
4. 4
  Suppressor
  Very good against any lane match up, only exception are heavy spirit focused lanes (on there you could use coldfront)
5. 5
  Dispel Magic
6. 6
  Healbane
  Buy almost every game, deep late you could sell it
7. 7
  Mystic Shot
  m2 plus mysticshot go crazy
2usually just 1optional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Battle Vest
  good for heavy gun draft
2. 2
  Return Fire
  good for early-mid. Could be bought against a gun lane to always have a good trade
3. 3
  Reactive Barrier
  CC stuns whatever
3Mid game
Game stage · 6 items
1. 1
  Enchanter's Emblem
  6.4 vita invest, optional
2. 2
  Mystic Vulnerability
3. 3
  Escalating Exposure
  Built from Mystic Vulnerability
4. 4
4
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Scourge
  great item, damage, anticc, anti spirit. Buy this and not worry about spirit resist at all
2. 2
  Greater Expansion
  Built from Mystic Expansion
  m2 + ult
3. 3
  Superior Cooldown
  Built from Compress Cooldown
4. 4
5optional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Counterspell
2. 2
  Spirit Resilience
  spirit draft
3. 3
  Metal Skin
  good for silver (use it before ult) haze&warden (usually after or in ult)
4. 4
6whatever you needoptional
Author's category · 7 items
1. 1
  Mystic Reverb
2. 2
  Indomitable
  Built from Reactive Barrier
  hate cc
3. 3
  Spellbreaker
  hate burst
4. 4
7optional
Author's category · 10 items
1. 1
  Spirit Burn
2. 2
  Plated Armor
3. 3
  Boundless Spirit
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