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Dirty Dancing: Shiva Solo (S9.2)

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Smite God: Shiva

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Shiva Build

Main Build

Notes This is your standard Shiva Solo build. Upgrade from at level 20.

Upgrade to once you have built the rest of your items.

An alternative to could be .

An alternative to could be .

Bluestone Brooch

Berserker's Shield

Breastplate of Determination

Bulwark of Hope

Hide of the Nemean Lion

Amulet of the Stronghold

Persistent Teleport

Corrupted Blink Rune

Starter Options

Notes These are your 3 starter options.

Purchase one of these along with the T1 of your next item and s

Bluestone Pendant

Warding Sigil

Tainted Steel

Magical Opponent Example Build

Notes Upgrade from at level 20.

Upgrade to once you have built the rest of your items.

An alternative to could be .

An alternative to could be .

Bluestone Brooch

Runic Shield

Breastplate of Determination

Bulwark of Hope

Hide of the Nemean Lion

Spirit Robe

Persistent Teleport

Corrupted Blink Rune

Soul Eater Example Build

Notes Upgrade from at level 20.

Upgrade to once you have built the rest of your items.

An alternative to could be .

An alternative to could be .

Bluestone Brooch

Soul Eater

Breastplate of Determination

Bulwark of Hope

Caduceus Club

Mantle of Discord

Persistent Teleport

Corrupted Blink Rune

Glad Shield Example Build

Notes Upgrade from at level 20.

Upgrade to once you have built the rest of your items.

An alternative to could be , or .

An alternative to could be .

An alternative to could be .

Bluestone Brooch

Breastplate of Determination

Gladiator's Shield

Bulwark of Hope

Hide of the Nemean Lion

Amulet of the Stronghold

Persistent Teleport

Corrupted Blink Rune

Sigil Example Build

Notes Upgrade from at level 20.

Upgrade to once you have built the rest of your items.

An alternative to could be .

An alternative to could be .

Infused Sigil

Berserker's Shield

Breastplate of Determination

Bulwark of Hope

Brawler's Beat Stick

Spirit Robe

Cloak of Ascetic

Corrupted Blink Rune

Tainted Example Build

Notes Upgrade from at level 20.

Upgrade to once you have built the rest of your items.

An alternative to could be .

An alternative to could be .

Tainted Breastplate

Berserker's Shield

Breastplate of Determination

Bulwark of Hope

Titan's Bane

Spirit Robe

Persistent Teleport

Corrupted Blink Rune

Defence Options

Notes These are all alternative or situational defence items that can work on Shiva to counter the enemy team or not feel as weak into certain comps/items.

They do NOT need to be built every single game.

Ancile

Breastplate of Vigilance

Caduceus Club

Genji's Guard

Gladiator's Shield

Hide of the Nemean Lion

Magi's Cloak

Midgardian Mail

Mystical Mail

Pestilence

Shogun's Kusari

Spectral Armor

Spirit Robe

Void Shield

Winged Blade

Witchblade

Offence Options

Notes These are all alternative or situational damage items that can work on Shiva to counter the enemy team or not feel as weak into certain comps/items.

They do NOT need to be built every single game.

Brawler's Beat Stick

Heartseeker

Soul Eater

Titan's Bane

Relic Options

Notes These are all of the relics that can work on Gilgamesh to counter the enemy team or not feel as weak into certain comps/items.

and are the main two that you will be picking up, the others do NOT need to be built every single game.

Persistent Teleport

Corrupted Blink Rune

Cloak of Ascetic

Temporal Beads

Shiva's Skill Order

Emblazoned Sweep

1 X

2 4 6 7 10

Damaru's Tempo

2 A

1 8 11 12 14

Pillar of Dawn

3 B

3 15 16 18 19

Shiva Tandava

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

2 4 6 7 10

Emblazoned Sweep

1 X

Shiva's trident is emblazoned with the fire of Agni as he spins it around dealing damage, pulling in enemies and leaving behind a firewall at the edge.

Bliss – Allies gain a Movement Speed buff on passing the firewall.
Destruction – Enemies suffer a Protection Reduction debuff on passing the firewall.

Ability Type: Circle, Knockback, Damage
Spin Damage: 65 / 120 / 175 / 230 / 285 (+55% of your Physical Power)
Fire Damage: 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 (+5% of your Physical Power)
Movement Speed Buff: 25% for 3s
Protection Reduction: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 for 3s
Fire Persist Time: 4s
Radius: 20
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 12s

1 8 11 12 14

Damaru's Tempo

2 A

Shiva hits the butt of his trident down into the ground, shaking the damaru drum and causing energy to dissipate and damage enemies. Depending on the selection, enemies in the chosen segment are knocked up as well.

Bliss – Allies gain an Attack Speed buff if the energy passes through them.
Destruction – Enemies suffer an Attack Speed debuff if the energy passes through them.

Ability Type: Cone, Knockup, Damage
Damage: 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 300 (+65% of your Physical Power)
Attack Speed Buff: 30% for 4s
Attack Speed Debuff: 30% for 4s
Range: 45
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 13s

3 15 16 18 19

Pillar of Dawn

3 B

Shiva dashes into a pillar of fire where he meditates for a short duration, taking reduced damage and being immune to CC except for stuns and Time Dilation, before being able to dash out again. Each dash deals damage to enemies and as he meditates the pillar emits an aura.

Bliss – Allies in the aura gain a block stack while Shiva gains up to 3 after leaving.
Destruction – Enemies in the aura suffer constant damage.

Ability Type: Dash, Buff, Damage
Damage: 65 / 95 / 125 / 155 / 185 (+30% of your Physical Power)
Aura Damage: 7 / 11 / 15 / 19 / 23 (+4% of your Physical Power) every 0.25s
Damage Mitigation: 30%
Range/Radius: 30/30
Cost: 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 / 85
Cooldown: 18s

5 9 13 17 20

Shiva Tandava

4 Y

Shiva performs his Tandava, channeling for the next 6 with CC Immunity. Every 1.5s he performs a step that can be preselected.

Step One – Ally Healing and Mana restore.
Step Two – 50% Damage and Healing and also amplification of next step radius and effects.
Step Three – Damage and Shield reduction to Enemies.

Ability Type: Circle, Buff, Damage
Healing: 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 / 115
Mana Restore: 15%
Amplification Effects: 50%
Damage: 125 / 175 / 225 / 275 / 325 (+40% of your Physical Power)
Shield Damage: 50%
Radius: 25 / 35
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Quick builds for Shiva release, some notes on how to play him make sure when you ult you use your 2 on the first and third hits of your ult and just play aggro when your passive is in the destruction stance and passive when its in the bliss stance.

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Needs to be updated.

Game changing is adding belt of the frenzy.

(37) |

It's definitely viable but as a solo there are usually better tools to dive with IMO.

(401) |

Biggie,

So, 1) you know I'm not a good player, and 2) I'm definitely not a solo main. That said, I played my first game w/ , and it was in Conq. I have some comments after that first game, mostly just thoughts.

Firstly, he's really fun. I thought his CDs would feel longer, but they feel pretty low, and that's even before picking up BoV.
Bluestone felt good. That said, I did feel a bit weak w/ BoV rushed. I used your main example build, but didn't go Cad, got Mantle instead, and then finished with BBS because I wanted more damage and got lazy, didn't look, and figured to counter some enemy healing, which there wasn't much of, lol. I should have gone HS. I'd be curious to see how SE feels, and the next time I try him, I'll try that. (edit: I played my 2nd game, and I went SE into BoV. I was facing another Shiva of course, and we just sort of sat there hitting each other and not dying. It was pretty boring.)
His healing feels weak, and that's starting in his ult w/ 2's amplification of the 1. Granted, enemy team had BBS, Divine, etc. I didn't get Cad for that reason, and am not sure how worth Cad is though I guess the numbers are decent and in the off chance the enemy doesn't build anti-heal, it's probably pretty good. I dunno.

(37) |

Yeah I went for caduceus shield in the first build just because it has nice base stats and slight application for his ult, the last 2 items being Cad/Mantle could be swapped for Nemean/Amulet of the Stronghold which would make you far tankier but I feel a bit of power is nice where possible.

I still need to do more testing but so far the best feeling builds have been if you can get to late game without the early sustain. is great for early aggro however Shiva feels at his strongest in a teamfight if he is tanky enough to just hit his base damages and CC safely rather than out trading with sheer power like say a Wukong or a Chaac. The main build has been my most successful though, Bluestone/BoV just gives you a lot of pressure for free.

I've just been out traded hard against any Shiva going , if I get a match playing into a god other than Shiva/Bluestone I might get better results.

I don’t like most of these builds. He just loses lane because he has no dps from items

(37) |

How would you suggest building Shiva? Shiva has fairly average power scaling for a warrior and has felt fine in the games I have been playing with some of these builds. Also even with his self peel, his 3 doesn't have enough range and his ult not enough safety to warrant more damage items, let alone with his poor power scalings.

I plan on testing more and updating but I am fairly confident in these build orders currently.

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