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Killing Blow

Shiv ability

Last changed

18 patches· 55 changes Archive details

First recorded: .

Ability descriptions

Serrated Knives
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.
Slice and Dice
Perform a dash forward, damaging enemies along the path. Hit Enemies have their spirit resist reduced. This debuff can stack.
Bloodletting
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.

Other abilities

Serrated Knives Slice and Dice Bloodletting Killing Blow

Change History

18 patches

2026 8 patches

  1. 1 change
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow recast window reduced from 20s to 16s
    Full patch

  2. 2 changes
    Killing Blow Health Threshold
    • Killing Blow Health Threshold reduced from 20% to 18%
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow T3 Health Threshold increased from +8% to +10%
    Full patch

  3. 1 change
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow T3 reduced from +10% Enemy Health Threshold to +8%
    Full patch

  4. 8 changes
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow now deals damage to troopers and neutrals along the way
    • Killing Blow executing a hero now instantly fills the rage bar
    • Killing Blow now has the T3 "recast within 20s on a hero kill" as part of the base ability
    Killing Blow Full Rage Damage Bonus
    • Killing Blow Full Rage Damage Bonus reduced from +12% to +8%
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow range reduced from 18m to 12m
    • Killing Blow T1 now also increases range by +6m
    • Killing Blow T2 increased from +10% Full Rage Bonus Damage to +16%
    • Killing Blow T3 increased from +5% Enemy health Threshold to +10%
    Full patch

  5. 1 change
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow now has +30% more cooldown whenever it does not impact a player
    Full patch

  6. 4 changes
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow cooldown increased from 105s to 125s
    • Killing Blow full rage damage bonus reduced from 14% to 12%
    • Killing Blow T2 increased from +8% Full Rage Damage Bonus to +10%
    • Killing Blow T2 now also reduces cooldown by -30s
    Full patch

  7. 2 changes
    Killing Blow
    • Fixed a bug with Killing Blow T3 causing the cooldown to be delayed if you failed to execute during the allowed window
    • Killing Blow now continues forward (and dealing damage) until it reaches a target it can kill or runs out of range
    Full patch

  8. 9 changes
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow is no longer unit targeted, you jump in the direction forward with some small control
    Killing Blow Damage Amp
    • Killing Blow Damage Amp reduced from 15% to 14%
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow T2 changed from "+5% Enemy Health Threshold and +6% Damage Amp" to "+8% Damage Amp"
    • Killing Blow T3 now grants you 20s to recast the ultimate, rather than removing the cooldown
    • Killing Blow T3 now also increases enemy health threshold by +5%
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow range increased from 13m to 18m
    • Killing Blow travel speed increased a bit
    Killing Blow
    • Fixed a bug with Killing Blow T3 causing the cooldown to be delayed if you failed to execute during the allowed window
    • Killing Blow now continues forward (and dealing damage) until it reaches a target it can kill or runs out of range
    Full patch

2025 2 patches

  1. 1 change
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow cast range reduced from 15m to 13m
    Full patch

  2. 4 changes
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow Rage Damage Bonus reduced from 17% to 15%
    • Killing Blow T2 Rage Damage bonus reduced from 8% to 6%
    • Killing Blow Rage state now causes your alt fire knockback to push you a little further
    • Fixed some bugs with Barriers and Spirit Damage Scaling (fixes other cases as well)
    Full patch

2024 8 patches

  1. 1 change
    Killing Blow
    • Fixed some targeting issues with Killing Blow
    Full patch

  2. 6 changes
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow threshold increased from 20% to 22%
    • Killing Blow T2 reduced from +8% Enemy Health Threshold to +6%
    Killing Blow Full Rage Damage Bonus
    • Killing Blow Full Rage Damage Bonus increased from 15% to 17%
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow T2 reduced from +10% Full Rage Bonus Damage to +8%
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow Rage per spirit damage increased from 0.013 to 0.014
    • Killing Blow cast range increased from 14m to 15m
    Full patch

  3. 3 changes
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow cast range increased from 13m to 14m
    • Killing Blow rage per weapon damage increased from 0.015 to 0.017
    • Killing Blow drain rate reduced from 0.3 to 0.25
    Full patch

  4. 4 changes
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow range reduced from 20m to 13m
    • Killing Blow Rage buildup per heavy melee reduced from 3.5 to 2.75
    • Killing Blow Rage buffer duration reduced from 10s to 9s
    • Killing Blow Rage buildup vs creeps reduced by 50%
    Full patch

  5. 4 changes
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow Rage buildup per spirit damage reduced from 0.02 to 0.013
    • Killing Blow Rage drain rate increased from 0.3 to 0.35
    Killing Blow Full Rage Bonus Damage
    • Killing Blow Full Rage Bonus Damage reduced from 20% to 15%
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow T2 increased from 5% to 10%
    Full patch

  6. 2 changes
    Killing Blow
    • Killing Blow Bonus Damage from Full Rage reduced from +25% to +20%
    • Killing Blow T2 now also increases Rage Amp by +5%
    Full patch

  7. 1 change
    Killing Blow
    • The targeting UI for Shiv's Killing Blow is now more clear about when the target will be killed
    Full patch

  8. 1 change
    Killing Blow
    • Fixed Killing Blow falling through the world sometimes
    Full patch