The best early game items for Shiv are Grit, Mystic Expansion, Restorative Locket, with Grit leading at 55.9% win rate. These 5 items cost 1600 souls or less and provide the strongest early game advantage for Shiv.

Start your Shiv build with Grit, which has a 55.9% win rate and costs 800 souls. This item provides strong early game value and sets up your build path effectively.

The best mid game items for Shiv include Greater Expansion, Mystic Vulnerability, Debuff Reducer, with Greater Expansion achieving 53.3% win rate. These 8 items cost up to 3200 souls and provide crucial mid-game power spikes for Shiv.

The best late game items for Shiv are Witchmail, Ethereal Shift, Escalating Exposure, with Witchmail leading at 62.7% win rate. These 8 premium items average 6,400 souls and maximize Shiv's combat effectiveness in late game scenarios.

The most popular items on Shiv are Radiant Regeneration, Healbane, Extra Charge, with Radiant Regeneration picked in 19.4% of matches. These 16 items represent current meta trends and what experienced players build most frequently on Shiv.

Good situational items for Shiv include Compress Cooldown, Spirit Resilience, Extra Charge. These 16 high win rate items excel in specific matchups or team compositions and provide flexible build options when the core build path doesn't fit the game state.

Avoid building Sprint Boots, Rapid Recharge, Metal Skin on Shiv, as Sprint Boots has only 29.7% win rate. These 16 items have below 50% win rate and statistically decrease your chances of winning.

Heroes with similar builds to Shiv include . These 5 heroes share at least 7 matching items from Shiv's core build and may fill similar strategic roles in team compositions.

To build Shiv effectively in Deadlock, start with early game items under 1600 souls, transition to mid-game items around 3200 souls, then complete your build with premium late-game items. Focus on items that complement Bleeds out foes, then goes in for a kill and adapt based on enemy team composition. The builds tab above shows Shiv's highest win rate items sorted by game phase.