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Compare Shiv (Brawler) and Vindicta (Marksman) in Deadlock — stats, weapon, abilities, and playstyle side by side.
Shiv is a Brawler hero with 830 base health and 52.246 weapon DPS. Vindicta is a Marksman hero with 755 base health and 53.377weapon DPS. In a direct comparison, Shiv has the larger health pool, while Vindicta 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, Vindicta currently has the higher win rate this week — 44.6% for Shiv vs 49.4% for Vindicta. Vindicta also sits in tier B in the live meta.
Live data from 1,108,911+ ranked matches · Source: deadlock-api.com · updated weekly
| Stat | Shiv | Vindicta |
|---|---|---|
| Max Health | 830 | 755 |
| Move Speed | 6.5 | 7.9 |
| Stamina | 3 | 2 |
| Health Regen | 2 | 2 |
| Light Melee | 50 | 50 |
| Heavy Melee | 116 | 116 |
| Stat | Shiv | Vindicta |
|---|---|---|
| DPS | 52.2 | 53.4 |
| Sustained DPS | 34.6 | 32.1 |
| Bullet Damage | 4.8 | 12.33 |
| Fire Rate (RPS) | 1.81 | 4.33 |
| Clip Size | 10 | 19 |
| Reload (s) | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| Bullet Speed | 609.6 | 660 |
| Can Crit | Yes | Yes |
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.
Vindicta is a mobile marksman built to fight from maximum range and delete weakened targets. Her rifle rewards spacing, since its falloff runs from 20m out to 64m, so you want to hold the edge of a fight rather than dive into it. She opens by sending Crow Familiar into a target to bleed them and shred their bullet and spirit resist, then lifts off with Flight to keep the distance open. For most of an engagement you chip with the rifle and hold Assassinate for anyone who drops below half health, where the scoped shot deals bonus damage. She dies fast if caught out of position, so treat every fight as a trade of vision and range, not a ground brawl.
Strong vs: Vindicta punishes squishy backline heroes who can't close the gap quickly, since she outranges most of the cast. She's strongest against anyone who drops below half health, where Assassinate's bonus damage and kill stacks snowball the game. Tethering with Stake silences movement abilities, which ruins heroes who rely on mobility to escape or reposition. Her bleed from Crow Familiar also pressures heroes who depend on healing to stay alive.
Weak vs: Vindicta is fragile and folds to heroes who can dive her and force close-quarters fights. Slowing Hex disables Flight, leaving her stranded on the ground, and it also strips the escape value out of her kit. Stuns and disables that land before she can fly up will get her killed, and she can't dash during Flight by default. Long-range pressure that forces her off the rifle while she's scoped also takes her out of the fight.
Shiv has the larger base health pool at 830, compared to 755 for Vindicta.
Vindicta has the higher weapon DPS at 53.377, versus 52.246 for Shiv.
Neither hero is strictly better — they fit different roles. Shiv is a Brawler and Vindicta is a Marksman, 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.