Early game · first 8 minutes
Dodge Serrated Knives and avoid repeated close trades that let Shiv stay on you. Pressure his approach with a bishop, keeping a dash or Kingside Knight available before Slice and Dice brings him into range.
Dodge Serrated Knives and avoid repeated close trades that let Shiv stay on you. Pressure his approach with a bishop, keeping a dash or Kingside Knight available before Slice and Dice brings him into range.
Keep enough distance that Shiv cannot repeatedly dash through you and your teammate together. Use healing reduction for his recovery, but remember that Bloodletting defers damage rather than behaving like ordinary healing.
Retreat before Shiv can finish you with Killing Blow. Use Kingside Knight while you can still move to safety; its barrier does not make it safe to stay at low health.