Serrated Knives
Serrated Knives is Shiv's first ability in Deadlock (slot 1), an active ability with a 16 second cooldown and 2 charges. 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.
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The 4 items bought most in each phase of 122,728 Shiv matches, October 30 to November 1, 2026, measured by deadlock-api.com.
Serrated Knives in matches
Shiv players unlocked Serrated Knives first in 98.3% of matches (121,226 of 123,281) and second in 1.4% of matches (1,731 of 123,281), in all-rank matches from October 30 to November 1, 2026, from patch 6833's release day.
Measured from matches at all ranks from October 30 to November 1, 2026, starting on the day patch 6833 was released (October 30, 2026), by deadlock-api.com. These are match results, not numbers from the game files, and not a recommendation. Each share is the Shiv matches in which Serrated Knives was the first, second, third or fourth ability unlocked, out of every Shiv match counted; a step under 500 matches is not listed.
Match data: deadlock-api.com. deadlock-api.com is not endorsed by Valve and does not reflect the views or opinions of Valve or anyone officially involved in producing or managing Valve properties. How a share is computed: methodology.
Serrated Knives stats
Serrated Knives
- Cooldown 16s
- Charges 2
- Between charges 2s
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.
Ultimate Unlock: While rage is full knives deal 4% of the target's current health as damage on impact and apply a slow to enemies they bleed.
Upgrades
| Tier | Bonuses | In game |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | +2s Bleed Duration | |
| 2 | +2 Charges | +2 Charges |
| 3 | +12 Bleed DPS Per Knife +0.07 Bleed DPS Per Knife Spirit scaling +0.01 Current Health Damage Spirit scaling | +12 Bleed DPS with increased Spirit scaling |
Each tier is bought with ability points; how many points a tier costs is not in the game files this site reads, so it is not shown. Learning the ability takes 1 ability unlock.
Serrated Knives change history
| Patch | Change | State |
|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2026build 6860from build 6835 | No player-facing change in 9 builds (October 30 to November 5, 2026). | Unchanged |
| October 30, 2026build 6833 | Serrated Knives' Current Health Damage changed from 3.5% to 4% and Current Health Damage scaling (percentage points) from +0.01 x Spirit to +0.015 x Spirit. Serrated Knives' description now reads: "Ultimate Unlock: While rage is full knives deal 4% of the target's current health as damage on impact and apply a slow to enemies they bleed." Serrated Knives' tier 3 upgrade changed from +12 Bleed DPS Per Knife and +0.07 Bleed DPS Per Knife Spirit scaling to +12 Bleed DPS Per Knife, +0.07 Bleed DPS Per Knife Spirit scaling and +0.01 Current Health Damage Spirit scaling. | Changed |
| October 26, 2026build 6821from build 6701 | No player-facing change in 33 builds (September 25 to October 26, 2026). | Unchanged |
| September 17, 2026build 6698 | Serrated Knives' Movement Slow changed from 35% to 28%; Serrated Knives gained 3.5% Current Health Damage; Serrated Knives lost Impact Radius and Ricochet Count. Serrated Knives' tooltip now lists Current Health Damage. | Changed |
| August 22, 2026build 6684from build 6642 | No player-facing change in 11 builds (July 28 to August 22, 2026). | Unchanged |
| July 25, 2026build 6640 | First recorded in Deadlock. | Baseline |
Serrated Knives FAQ
What does Serrated Knives do?
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. Its tooltip lists 10 Bleed DPS Per Knife (+0.13 x Spirit), 5s Bleed Duration, 4% Current Health Damage (+0.015 x Spirit, in percentage points) and 28% Movement Slow.
What is Serrated Knives' cooldown in Deadlock?
Serrated Knives has a 16 second cooldown. It holds 2 charges, 2 seconds apart.
How does Serrated Knives scale with spirit power?
Bleed DPS Per Knife starts at 10 and gains 0.13 per point of Spirit and Current Health Damage starts at 4% and gains 0.015 percentage points per point of Spirit, the coefficients the game file writes on the values. The tier 3 upgrade adds 0.07 to the Bleed DPS Per Knife scaling and 0.01 to the Current Health Damage scaling.
What do Serrated Knives' upgrades do?
Tier 1: +2s Bleed Duration. Tier 2: +2 Charges. Tier 3: +12 Bleed DPS with increased Spirit scaling.
Was Serrated Knives changed in the latest patch?
No. Serrated Knives is unchanged in the latest build of Deadlock on file (the November 5, 2026 patch, build 6860). It last changed in the October 30, 2026 patch (build 6833).