Shiv

Deadlock hero Shiv: win rate, tier, counters, synergies, builds and every buff and nerf received.

Strong against

• Sinclair — 54.1% win rate
• Mirage — 53.4% win rate
• Venator — 52.4% win rate
• Mina — 52.3% win rate
• Silver — 52.1% win rate

Struggles against

• Graves — 40.5% win rate
• Seven — 43.0% win rate
• Paige — 43.0% win rate
• Victor — 43.0% win rate
• Kelvin — 43.9% win rate

Best teammates

• Victor — 54.2% win rate
• Graves — 54.2% win rate
• Kelvin — 52.7% win rate
• Seven — 51.9% win rate
• Paige — 51.6% win rate

Recent changes

• Stamina regen increased from 5.5s to 6s (nerf, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
• Killing Blow recast window reduced from 20s to 16s (nerf, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
• Serrated Knives T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.09 to +0.07 (nerf, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Slice and Dice spirit scaling reduced from 1.44 to 1.2 (nerf, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Slice and Dice T2 reduced from -6% Spirit Resist to -4% (nerf, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Bloodletting cooldown increased from 20s to 25s (nerf, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Bloodletting T1 increased from -10s Cooldown to -15s (buff, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Bloodletting Damage Cleared reduced from 35% to 30% (nerf, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Bloodletting T2 Damage Cleared increased from 35% to 40% (buff, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Killing Blow Health Threshold reduced from 20% to 18% (nerf, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Killing Blow T3 Health Threshold increased from +8% to +10% (buff, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Alt Fire ammo cost reduced from 5 to 4 (buff, Minor Update - 07-01-2026)
• Weapon now has fixed pellet spread (change, Minor Update - 07-01-2026)
• Slice and Dice is now back to doing spirit damage and reducing Spirit Resistance from enemies (rework, Minor Update - 07-01-2026)
• Slice and Dice damage increased from 60 to 75 (buff, Minor Update - 07-01-2026)
• Killing Blow T3 reduced from +10% Enemy Health Threshold to +8% (nerf, Minor Update - 07-01-2026)
• Alt Fire damage now has a custom value per boon (+0.2) (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Alt Fire ammo consumed per shot increased from 3 to 5 (nerf, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Alt Fire knockback movement is now disabled by slowing hex state (change, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Serrated Knives cooldown reduced from 18s to 16s (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Slice and Dice now deals +25 light melee damage (75 total) instead of 60 spirit damage (change, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Slice and Dice changed from -6% Spirit Resist to +4% Damage Amp (rework, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Bloodletting T2 changed from "+15% Incoming Damage Deferred" to "+35% Deferred Damage Cleared" (rework, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Bloodletting T3 changed from "+50% Deferred Damage Cleared" to "+15% Incoming Damage Deferred" (rework, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Killing Blow now deals damage to troopers and neutrals along the way (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Killing Blow executing a hero now instantly fills the rage bar (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Killing Blow now has the T3 "recast within 20s on a hero kill" as part of the base ability (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Killing Blow Full Rage Damage Bonus reduced from +12% to +8% (nerf, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Killing Blow range reduced from 18m to 12m (nerf, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Killing Blow T1 now also increases range by +6m (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Killing Blow T2 increased from +10% Full Rage Bonus Damage to +16% (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Killing Blow T3 increased from +5% Enemy health Threshold to +10% (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Killing Blow now has +30% more cooldown whenever it does not execute a player (nerf, Minor Update - 06-11-2026)
• Slice and Dice T2 reduced from -8% Spirit Resist to -6% (nerf, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Bloodletting Deferred Damage Cleared reduced from 40% to 35% (nerf, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Bloodletting T3 increased from +45% Deferred Damage Cleared to +50% (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Killing Blow cooldown increased from 105s to 125s (nerf, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Killing Blow full rage damage bonus reduced from 14% to 12% (nerf, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Killing Blow T2 increased from +8% Full Rage Damage Bonus to +10% (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Killing Blow T2 now also reduces cooldown by -30s (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)