Shiv
Bleeds out foes, then goes in for a kill
Lore
A loyal member of "The Baxter Society", an international order of monster hunters, Shiv travels across North America looking to put down creatures that prey on the living.
While his less polished nature and criminal past make some of the more traditional members of the Society wary, no one can deny his effectiveness.
Playstyle
Shiv has zero interest in playing fair, which is why he relies on hit and run tactics to weaken enemies before he dives in for the kill.
Signature abilities
Shiv's four signature abilities, from Valve's game files.
Throw a knife that bleeds an enemy. Each additional hit adds a stack and refreshes the bleed duration, causing the bleed to increase per stack.
Perform a dash forward, damaging enemies along the path. Hit Enemies have their spirit resist reduced. This debuff can stack.
Take only a portion of incoming damage immediately and defer the rest to be taken over time. Activate to clear a portion of the deferred damage.
Performance
Aggregate of 531,159 tracked public matches.
Aggregate, anonymized stats across ~1,569,766 matches from deadlock-api.com. Snapshot from 2026-10-10.
Starting stats
Shiv's base values at the start of a match, from Valve's game files.
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