Deadlock hero Shiv: win rate, tier, counters, synergies,
builds and every buff and nerf received. Current win rate 44.6% across all ranks, tier C in our live tier list.
Strong against
Pocket — 50.3% win rate
Mirage — 50.2% win rate
Sinclair — 49.6% win rate
Viscous — 48.9% win rate
Mina — 48.7% win rate
Struggles against
Graves — 36.7% win rate
Paige — 38.2% win rate
Seven — 39.6% win rate
Haze — 39.7% win rate
Kelvin — 40.9% win rate
Best teammates
Rat King — 53.1% win rate
Graves — 51.7% win rate
Paige — 51.0% win rate
Victor — 49.3% win rate
Seven — 49.2% win rate
Recent changes
Alt Fire damage per boon reduced by 5% (nerf, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
Fixed the Alt Fire last-shot sound only playing when you had 1 bullet left (bugfix, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
Serrated Knives - Rage damage increased from 3.5% Current Health to 4% (buff, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
Serrated Knives - T3 now also increases rage damage spirit scaling by +0.01 (buff, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
Killing Blow - Recast duration reduced from 16s to 12s (nerf, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
Alt fire base damage increased by 4% (buff, Minor Update - 09-16-2026)
Alt fire damage per boon increased from +0.2 to +0.24 (buff, Minor Update - 09-16-2026)
Serrated Knives while rage is full now deals 3.5% current HP damage on impact instead of ricocheting (0.01 spirit scaling) (rework, Minor Update - 09-16-2026)
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)