Shiv — Bleed Stack Assassin (ID:317683)

Early Game Bleed Online · 500–1,600 souls

Apply bleed stacks consistently through early laning to punish healers.

Extra Regen 800 souls T1 · Vitality

+3 Health Regen · +1 Out of Combat Regen

Shiv's early laning is aggressive — Extra Regen keeps health topped up between trades so Shiv can maintain lane pressure without recalling and losing farm.

Extra Charge 800 souls T1 · Spirit

+1 Bonus Ability Charges · +7 Bonus Spirit Power for Charged Abilities

Additional charges of Shiv's charged abilities let him apply Bloodletting stacks or deploy Serrated Knives more frequently before hitting cooldowns. More charges means more consistent bleed application.

Mystic Regeneration 800 souls T1 · Spirit

+50 Bonus Health · Regeneration: 4 HP/s · Regeneration Duration: 6s

Heals Shiv from spirit damage taken. Spirit-heavy opponents frequently poke with abilities — Mystic Regeneration converts that spirit poke into healing, making Shiv more durable in ability-heavy matchups.

Cold Front 1,600 souls T2 · Spirit · Active

+6% Spirit Resist · Damage: 95 x0.47 · Movement Slow: -60% (Conditional) · Duration: 4s

Slows enemies hit by Shiv's abilities. A slowed target cannot escape Shiv's melee follow-up after Serrated Knives land — Cold Front ensures the bleed damage window is extended.

Radiant Regeneration 3,200 souls T3 · Spirit

+90 Bonus Health · Regeneration: 4 x0.04 HP/s · Regeneration Duration: 6s

Additional healing over time that stacks with Extra Regen. Shiv needs to stay healthy through aggressive trading — two regen items create a strong sustain baseline for extended laning.

Healing Booster 1,600 souls T2 · Vitality

+3 Health Regen · +1 Out of Combat Regen · Healing Effectiveness: +20%

Amplifies all healing Shiv receives by 20%. Every regen item in this build benefits — Healing Booster makes the combined sustain output stronger than the sum of its parts.

Extra Health 800 souls T1 · Vitality

+210 Bonus Health

Flat bonus health that makes Shiv harder to burst in lane. Shiv needs to survive long enough to stack Bloodletting — Extra Health provides the buffer to take hits and keep applying stacks.

Healbane 1,600 souls T2 · Vitality

+7 Spirit Power · Healing Reduction: -35% (Conditional) · Heal On Hero Kill: 275 · Duration: 8s

Applies healing reduction through Shiv's abilities. Against sustain-based opponents who try to heal back Bloodletting stacks, Healbane prevents that and ensures stacks deal their full value.

Enchanter's Emblem 1,600 souls T2 · Vitality

+18% Spirit Resist · +2 Out of Combat Regen · Spirit Power: +15 (Conditional) · Ability Cooldown Reduction: +5% (Conditional)

Provides spirit power and small heals to nearby allies when using abilities. Shiv casts abilities frequently to apply bleed — Enchanter's Emblem converts each cast into a small bonus heal.

Restorative Locket 1,600 souls T2 · Vitality · Active

+10% Spirit Resist · Heal Per Stack: 20 x0.4 · Max Stacks: 20 · Min Stamina Restore: 1

Passive heal on cooldown for Shiv and nearby allies. A free heal available during skirmishes complements the heavy regen focus of this build's early phase.

Rapid Recharge 3,200 souls T3 · Spirit

+2 Bonus Ability Charges · +30% Faster Time Between Charges · +14% Cooldown Reduction For Charged Abilities · +10 Bonus Spirit Power for Charged Abilities

Reduces recharge time for Shiv's charged abilities. Serrated Knives and charged abilities coming back faster means more consistent bleed application and more frequent Killing Blow availability.

Early Game Tip

Hit enemies with Serrated Knives to apply bleed stacks before engaging.

Mid Game Execute Threat · 3,200–6,400 souls

Killing Blow range increases — enemies below 40% health are dead.

Torment Pulse 3,200 souls T3 · Spirit

+100 Bonus Health · +15% Melee Resist · Pulse Damage: 25 x0.23 · Pulse Radius: 9m

Deals spirit damage in an AoE around Shiv periodically. Shiv fights in close range — Torment Pulse deals passive bonus damage to nearby enemies without requiring any additional input.

Compress Cooldown 1,600 souls T2 · Spirit

Ability Cooldown Reduction: +18%

Shiv's Bloodletting and Killing Blow need to cycle faster. Compress Cooldown reduces ability cooldowns so Shiv can re-engage with full ability threat more frequently.

Superior Cooldown 3,200 souls T3 · Spirit

+4 Out of Combat Regen · Ability Cooldown Reduction: +20%

Stacks with Compress Cooldown for dramatically reduced ability cooldowns. At this tier Shiv's abilities cycle fast enough to keep Bloodletting stacks building continuously throughout fights.

Bullet Resilience 3,200 souls T3 · Vitality

+30% Bullet Resist · Bullet Resist: +15% (Conditional)

Passive bullet resist that reduces gun damage taken. Shiv fights at close range against weapon-heavy heroes — Bullet Resilience makes those point-blank exchanges less damaging.

Dispel Magic 3,200 souls T3 · Vitality · Active

+16% Spirit Resist · HP Healed On Activate: 250 · Move Speed: +2m · Buff Duration: 3s

Removes debuffs from Shiv on activation. Shiv's aggressive dive style makes him a CC magnet — Dispel Magic removes slows and roots that would prevent him from closing gaps.

Mid Game Tip

Save Killing Blow for enemies you know are low — waste nothing.

Late Game Unstoppable Assassin · 6,400 souls

Defensive items make you hard to lock down while you rack up kills.

Arctic Blast 6,400 souls T4 · Spirit · Active

+10% Spirit Resist · Damage: 175 x0.7 · Freeze Duration: 0.75s · Frozen Bonus Damage: 15%

AoE freeze that locks enemies in place. A frozen target cannot escape Shiv's melee pressure or Killing Blow — Arctic Blast into Killing Blow is a reliable execute combo on isolated targets.

Ethereal Shift 6,400 souls T4 · Spirit · Active

Duration: 4s · Spirit Power: +20 · Spirit Resist: +30%

Shiv's panic button when an engage goes wrong. Go invulnerable for 4 seconds while Torment Pulse and Bloodletting keep ticking, then re-enter with spirit resist to continue the fight.

Transcendent Cooldown 6,400 souls T4 · Spirit

+4 Out of Combat Regen · Ability Cooldown Reduction: +25% · Item Cooldown Reduction: +25%

The final CDR tier — Shiv's abilities cycle at near-minimum cooldowns. Bloodletting uptime becomes effectively permanent and Killing Blow is available almost every engage.

Spirit Lifesteal 1,600 souls T2 · Vitality

+16% Spirit Lifesteal · +70 Bonus Health · +6 Spirit Power

Converts Shiv's spirit damage (from Torment Pulse, Arctic Blast, and Ethereal Shift passive) into sustained healing. Passive healing from ability damage output keeps Shiv alive through extended fights.

Infuser 6,400 souls T4 · Vitality · Active

+16% Spirit Lifesteal · +10% Spirit Resist · +100 Bonus Health · Spirit Lifesteal: +80% (Conditional)

Amplifies healing Shiv receives. All the regen items and Spirit Lifesteal in this build benefit — Infuser makes the combined healing output significantly stronger.

Plated Armor 6,400 souls T4 · Vitality

+130 Bonus Health · Deflection Percent: 30% · On-Hit Prevention Percent: 50%

30% chance to negate bullet damage. Shiv at close range takes sustained fire from gun heroes — Plated Armor gives a significant passive chance to shrug off burst shots.

Witchmail 6,400 souls T4 · Vitality

+20% Spirit Resist · +14 Spirit Power · Cooldown Reduction per Hit: 4s · Damage Threshold: 75

Taking heavy spirit damage reduces random ability cooldowns by 4 seconds. Spirit-heavy enemies trying to burst Shiv actually help his cooldowns reset — the more they cast on Shiv, the more often he can respond.

Unstoppable 6,400 souls T4 · Vitality · Active

+25% Debuff Resist · +125 Bonus Health · Duration: 5.5s

Use before committing to a dive — 5.5 seconds of CC immunity ensures Shiv can complete the full Bloodletting stack and Killing Blow combo without being interrupted by stuns.

Divine Barrier 6,400 souls T4 · Vitality · Active

+10% Ability Range · Barrier: 600 · Move Speed: +2.75m (Conditional) · Buff Duration: 6s

Active shield for Shiv or an ally. Shiv as a frontline brawler benefits from a personal shield that absorbs the burst damage that follows his initial dive.

Cheat Death 6,400 souls T4 · Vitality

+200 Bonus Health · +15% Bullet Resist · Death Immunity Duration: 4.5s · Damage Reduction: -60%

Death prevention passive for when Shiv overextends. The one-time save lets Shiv survive a burst that would otherwise end his dive, buying time for Ethereal Shift to activate.

Late Game Tip

Ethereal Shift lets you dodge the burst CC that counters Shiv's dive.