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Compare McGinnis (Mystic) and Shiv (Brawler) in Deadlock — stats, weapon, abilities, and playstyle side by side.
McGinnis is a Mystic hero with 780 base health and 72.381 weapon DPS. Shiv is a Brawler hero with 830 base health and 52.246weapon DPS. In a direct comparison, Shiv has the larger health pool, while McGinnis brings more raw weapon damage per second.
Raw stats only tell part of the story — abilities, item builds, and player skill decide most matchups. Compare the ability lists below, then check each hero's full guide for builds and counters.
Based on real ranked matches from deadlock-api.com, McGinnis currently has the higher win rate this week — 48% for McGinnis vs 44.6% for Shiv. McGinnis also sits in tier B in the live meta.
Live data from 856,869+ ranked matches · Source: deadlock-api.com · updated weekly
| Stat | McGinnis | Shiv |
|---|---|---|
| Max Health | 780 | 830 |
| Move Speed | 6.7 | 6.5 |
| Stamina | 2 | 3 |
| Health Regen | 2 | 2 |
| Light Melee | 50 | 50 |
| Heavy Melee | 116 | 116 |
| Stat | McGinnis | Shiv |
|---|---|---|
| DPS | 72.4 | 52.2 |
| Sustained DPS | 45.4 | 34.6 |
| Bullet Damage | 6.08 | 4.8 |
| Fire Rate (RPS) | 4.76 | 1.81 |
| Clip Size | 66 | 10 |
| Reload (s) | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| Bullet Speed | 650 | 609.6 |
| Can Crit | Yes | Yes |
McGinnis is a Support and Disruption hero who reshapes the battlefield with deployables rather than winning straight-up duels. Her Services Rendered machine gun spins up over two seconds to a much higher fire rate and wider spread, so she wants to be shooting for extended stretches instead of trading quick pot-shots. Mini Turrets lock down lanes and objectives, Medicinal Specter keeps a squad topped up, Spectral Wall splits the terrain and traps enemies, and Heavy Barrage rains homing rockets on faraway targets. Play her as a zone-control anchor: set up turrets and healing before a fight, then use the wall to cut off escapes and the ult to punish anyone caught in the open. She is a force multiplier, not a frontline brawler, so positioning behind your team matters more than hunting a highlight solo kill.
Strong vs: McGinnis punishes heroes that stand still or dive into predictable spots, because a pre-placed turret and an erupted wall leave them nowhere to go. Squishy casters and long-range snipers feel the pressure of Mini Turrets and Heavy Barrage reaching them without her committing. Assassins that rely on a single gap-closer can get trapped the moment Spectral Wall erupts. Teams that clump up around objectives are ideal targets for her rockets and turret focus. She is strongest in any fight where she gets to set up ahead of time.
Weak vs: Mobile heroes that can hop over or dash past Spectral Wall largely ignore her main control tool. Bursty divers who close the gap before turrets spin up can delete her, since she has low mobility and a slow-firing weapon early. Long-range poke and healing reduction wear her down while her deployables are on cooldown. Enemies who quickly clear turrets can deny her zone control and collect the bounty. Any pick that forces her to fight alone in the open negates her support strengths.
Shiv is a cutthroat monster hunter who plays as a hit-and-run assassin, flinging Serrated Knives to bleed enemies from range before dashing into close quarters on his own terms. He closes the gap with Slice and Dice, a forward dash that damages enemies along its path and stacks a spirit resist shred on everyone he clips. Constantly dealing damage fills his Rage meter, and at full Rage he becomes a one-man army with a damage bonus and upgraded versions of his abilities. Bloodletting lets him absorb a burst by deferring part of the incoming damage, then clear a portion of it when he activates the ability. He finishes weak targets with Killing Blow, a leap that executes anyone below the health threshold, and executing tops his Rage back up.
Strong vs: Shiv thrives against squishy, low-health heroes who die to his burst and can't escape his dash. He excels at running down out-of-position targets, since Slice and Dice closes distance and Killing Blow executes anyone trying to disengage below the threshold. Bleed pressure from Serrated Knives punishes heroes who try to heal through fights, because the damage keeps ticking. He also shines in sustained brawls where he can keep building Rage into full-Rage bonuses. Against heroes without reliable crowd control, his dives are hard to stop.
Weak vs: Shiv struggles against reliable crowd control and displacement, because his kit is built around dashing in and staying on top of a target. Movement silence is especially punishing — Slowing Hex removes his shotgun's knockback and disables Slice and Dice and Killing Blow. Heroes who burst him down before he fills Rage deny his full-Rage spike entirely. Anyone who can safely kite beyond his short dash range neuters his dive and forces him to waste cooldowns. Because Rage starts decaying after 12 seconds without dealing damage, opponents who disengage and stall him drain his momentum.
Shiv has the larger base health pool at 830, compared to 780 for McGinnis.
McGinnis has the higher weapon DPS at 72.381, versus 52.246 for Shiv.
Neither hero is strictly better — they fit different roles. McGinnis is a Mystic and Shiv is a Brawler, so the right pick depends on your team composition, the enemy draft, and which playstyle you are comfortable with. Check the win rates on our tier list for the current patch.