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Jun 13, 2026

Shiv's Killing Blow reaches further

Killing Blow gets a bigger check radius and wider slash, with its cooldown penalty now tied to hitting a target rather than executing one. Bullet Resilience also picks up 3 Out of Combat Health Regen.

Shiv

Shiv

2 buffs
4Killing Blow

Killing Blow

Killing Blow

125s
18m

Active: Leap forward, dealing spirit damage to the first enemy hero. If they are below the kill threshold, execute them instead.

200Damage
20%Enemy health threshold

Passive: Damaging enemies fills you with rage. While at full rage, the hero gains increased damage and unlocks special properties on his other abilities.

+12%Full Rage Damage BonusConditional


Cooldown is increased by +30% if no target is executed.

1Gain +2 m/s move speed while at full rage.
2+10% Full Rage Bonus Damage
-30s Cooldown
5+5% Enemy Health Threshold
Finishing an enemy with Killing Blow lets you recast for 20s

Killing Blow

125s
18m

Active: Leap forward, dealing spirit damage to the first enemy hero. If they are below the kill threshold, execute them instead.

200Damage
20%Enemy health threshold

Passive: Damaging enemies fills you with rage. While at full rage, the hero gains increased damage and unlocks special properties on his other abilities.

+12%Full Rage Damage BonusConditional


Cooldown is increased by +30% if no target is impacted.

1Gain +2 m/s move speed while at full rage.
2+10% Full Rage Bonus Damage
-30s Cooldown
5+5% Enemy Health Threshold
Finishing an enemy with Killing Blow lets you recast for 20s
Jun 12, 2026Jun 13, 2026

MISC

13 changes

Other file and data updates.

  • Killing Blow: killable modifier data updated.
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    citadel_ability_shiv_killing_blow · gameplay.m_KillableModifier.m_ShivOnlyDeathStatus (changed)

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  • Killing Blow: killable glow range added with value 2000.
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    citadel_ability_shiv_killing_blow · gameplay.m_flKillableGlowRange (added)

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}
  • Bullet Resilience: auto intrinsic modifiers data added.
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    upgrade_improved_bullet_armor · gameplay.m_AutoIntrinsicModifiers[1] (added)

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}
  • Game data structures: 1 definitions added; 1 definitions removed.
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    DumpSource2/schemas/client/CCitadel_Ability_Shiv_KillingBlow.h · declarations (changed)

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  • Game data structures: 2 definitions added.
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    DumpSource2/schemas/client/CCitadel_Bounce_PadVData.h · declarations (changed)

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  • Game data structures: 1 definitions added; 1 definitions removed.
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    DumpSource2/schemas/server/CCitadel_Ability_Shiv_KillingBlow.h · declarations (changed)

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  • Game data structures: 2 definitions added.
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    DumpSource2/schemas/server/CCitadel_Bounce_PadVData.h · declarations (changed)

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  • 1 tooltip record added.
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    upgrade_improved_bullet_armor · tooltip.sections[0].m_vecSectionAttributes[0].m_vecAbilityProperties (added)

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  • 1 loc ui record updated.
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    citadel_main · hp_permanent_pickup_label_lv2 (changed)

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  • 1 particle asset updated.
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    particles/abilities/shiv/shiv_killing_blow_cast_tgt_icon.vpcf_c · crc (changed)

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  • 2 particle assets added.
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    particles/abilities/shiv/shiv_killing_blow_cast_tgt_icon_beam.vpcf_c · crc (added)

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  • 1 script asset updated.
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    scripts/abilities.vdata_c · crc (changed)

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  • 5 tracked files updated.
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