Shiv
Deadlock ยท Heroes. Shiv has three extra modules: knife throws on a key and an automatic knife finisher (Serrated Knives), an ultimate finisher (Killing Blow) and automatic Bloodletting when a lot of deferred damage has built up. Plus the shared combo.
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Where to find it in the menuโ
Heroes โ Shiv โ Aimbot / Serrated Knives / Killing Blow / Bloodletting / Combo
Ability section names are taken from the game. The Aimbot and Combo sections are shared by all heroes โ see Hero page.
How to enableโ
- Menu (
Insert) โ Heroes โ Shiv โ turn on the header toggle of the page (off by default). - Serrated Knives: turn on Auto kill (off by default) and/or assign the Fire key.
- Killing Blow: turn on Auto kill (off by default) and/or assign the Fire key.
- Bloodletting is on by default.
- The default aim type for the knives and the ultimate is pSilent. It works only with Safe mode off; with it on, aiming uses "Standard" mode.
What it doesโ
Serrated Knives
- Auto kill: throws a knife by itself at an enemy within the FoV whom the knife's hit together with its bleed will kill (accounting for regeneration while the bleed lasts). An enemy that the bleed already on them will kill anyway is skipped.
- Fire key: while held, aims with prediction at the nearest enemy within the FoV and throws a knife, even if it won't kill.
- Target panel: labels above enemies the knife will kill or nearly kill: name, health, damage.
- Around cover: if no target is visible, throws a knife at an enemy behind cover within the FoV (for Auto kill โ only one the knife will kill) from a point next to the hero from which the knife reaches them. The camera does not move. Off by default, unavailable in Safe mode. More: Aimbot.
- The FoV ring (light blue by default) is drawn when Auto kill has found a target on screen or the fire key is held.
Killing Blow
- An enemy counts as killable if their health (accounting for regeneration) is not above the ultimate's execute threshold or the ultimate's damage, and the ultimate can reach them.
- Auto kill: aims at such an enemy within the FoV and casts the ultimate.
- Fire key: while held, casts the ultimate on the nearest enemy in the FoV that it can reach.
- Target panel: labels above killable enemies (name, health, damage).
- The FoV ring is red by default.
- The knife and ultimate modules do not work if the ability is not learned or the hero is stunned or silenced.
Bloodletting
- Casts Bloodletting as soon as the accumulated deferred damage reaches the set percentage of your current health.
Shiv combo
- Abilities: Serrated Knives and Slice and Dice, both with the "Standard" aim type by default. Serrated Knives has Around cover (see Hero page).
- While a knife or the Slice and Dice dash winds up, the combo keeps the crosshair on the target.
Settingsโ
Serrated Knives
| Setting | Type | Default | Range / options | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auto kill | Toggle | Off | โ | Automatically throw a knife at an enemy it kills together with the bleed |
| Target panel | Toggle | On | โ | Labels above enemies that can be finished off (name, HP, damage) |
| Around cover | Toggle | Off | โ | Throw a knife at an enemy behind cover when the knife can still reach them. Off in Safe mode |
| Draw FoV | Toggle | On | โ | Search radius ring |
| Type | Dropdown | pSilent | Standard, pSilent, Hybrid | How the throw is aimed. In Safe mode โ "Standard" |
| Fire key | Key | Not set | โ | Hold to throw at the nearest enemy in the FoV |
| Smooth | Slider | 5 | 0โ30 | Hidden for pSilent. No lower than 6 in Safe mode |
| FoV color | Color | Light blue | โ | Ring color. Hidden if the ring is off |
| FoV | Slider | 35 | 10โ100 | How wide around the crosshair the target is searched for. No higher than 42 in Safe mode |
| FoV width | Slider | 2 | 1โ5 | Hidden if the ring is off |
Killing Blow
| Setting | Type | Default | Range / options | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auto kill | Toggle | Off | โ | Automatically cast Killing Blow on a killable enemy |
| Target panel | Toggle | On | โ | Labels above enemies that can be finished off |
| Draw FoV | Toggle | On | โ | Search radius ring |
| Type | Dropdown | pSilent | Standard, pSilent, Hybrid | How the ultimate is aimed. In Safe mode โ "Standard" |
| Fire key | Key | Not set | โ | Hold to cast the ultimate on the nearest enemy in the FoV |
| Smooth | Slider | 5 | 0โ30 | Hidden for pSilent. No lower than 6 in Safe mode |
| FoV color | Color | Red | โ | Hidden if the ring is off |
| FoV | Slider | 35 | 10โ100 | No higher than 42 in Safe mode |
| FoV width | Slider | 2 | 1โ5 | Hidden if the ring is off |
Bloodletting
| Setting | Type | Default | Range / options | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auto cast | Toggle | On | โ | Cast Bloodletting automatically |
| Pending HP % | Slider, % | 20 | 5โ60 | Cast when deferred damage reaches this percentage of current health |
The preset on the Aimbot tab changes the smoothing and FoV of the knives and the ultimate: Legit โ 6 and 42, Semi Rage โ 3 and 64, Rage โ 0 and 100. Rage also turns on Around cover for the knives; Legit and Semi Rage turn it off.
FAQโ
Serrated Knives does nothing. By default Auto kill is off and the Fire key is not set. Turn on one or the other. Auto kill throws a knife only if the hit together with the bleed will kill the enemy.
Killing Blow isn't cast automatically. Turn on Auto kill and the hero itself (header toggle). The enemy must be within the FoV, within the ultimate's range and low on health.
Bloodletting triggers too early / too late. Change Pending HP %: the higher the percentage, the more damage builds up before it is cast.