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Compare Pocket (Assassin) and Shiv (Brawler) in Deadlock — stats, weapon, abilities, and playstyle side by side.
Pocket is an Assassin hero with 780 base health and 57.068 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 Pocket 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, Pocket currently has the higher win rate this week — 44.7% for Pocket vs 44.6% for Shiv. Pocket also sits in tier D in the live meta.
Live data from 859,468+ ranked matches · Source: deadlock-api.com · updated weekly
| Stat | Shiv | |
|---|---|---|
| Max Health | 780 | 830 |
| Move Speed | 7.2 | 6.5 |
| Stamina | 3 | 3 |
| Health Regen | 1 | 2 |
| Light Melee | 60 | 50 |
| Heavy Melee | 116 | 116 |
| Stat | Shiv | |
|---|---|---|
| DPS | 57.1 | 52.2 |
| Sustained DPS | 38.3 | 34.6 |
| Bullet Damage | 4.28 | 4.8 |
| Fire Rate (RPS) | 1.90 | 1.81 |
| Clip Size | 11 | 10 |
| Reload (s) | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Bullet Speed | 558.8 | 609.6 |
| Can Crit | Yes | Yes |
Pocket is a close-range burst trickster who wins by closing the gap with Flying Cloak and unloading The Black Sheep's seven-pellet shotgun spread at point-blank. Their kit punishes clumps: Barrage launches slowing projectiles that build a stacking damage amp on Pocket, and Affliction drains nearby enemies' health over time. Enchanter's Satchel is both escape and threat — disappear to dodge return fire, then pop out for the spirit damage. Because they fight up close, stay unpredictable and treat every cooldown as a resource. They are squishy (780 base health and -15% spirit resist), so commit only when you have a way out.
Strong vs: Pocket is strong against clumped-up enemies, since Barrage's projectiles and Affliction both hit everyone nearby. They punish squishy backliners who can't escape a Flying Cloak teleport into a point-blank shotgun spread. Enemies that rely on healing suffer once Affliction is fully upgraded, because it prevents all healing. Isolated targets with no mobility are the easiest kills — cloak in, burst, satchel out.
Weak vs: Long-range pokers outrange The Black Sheep's close-range shotgun and can chip Pocket while they struggle to close safely. Heavy burst kills them fast given only 780 base health and -15% spirit resist. Enemies with reliable hard CC can lock Pocket down before they can Satchel or Cloak away. Anything with Debuff Resist shortens the Barrage slow and Affliction's drain, and dispels can strip Pocket's slows outright.
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 Pocket.
Pocket has the higher weapon DPS at 57.068, versus 52.246 for Shiv.
Neither hero is strictly better — they fit different roles. Pocket is an Assassin 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.