Shiv
Shiv Melee range 10 sec cooldown 20 Energy Instant Requires One-Handed Melee Weapon Strikes an enemy's pressure point with your off-hand weapon, dealing 25% weapon damage, dispelling an Enrage effect from the target, and applying a concentrated form of your active Non-Lethal poison. See individual Non-Lethal poison tooltips for details regarding the concentrated effects of each.
Usable by
Class	Rogue
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Physical
Cooldown	10 sec (GCD 1 sec)
Level required	74
Other information
Requirements	Requires One-Handed Melee Weapon
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• Shiv
• Melee range
• 20 Energy
• Instant
• Strikes an enemy's pressure point with your off-hand weapon, dealing 25% weapon damage, dispelling an Enrage effect from the target, and applying a concentrated form of your active Non-Lethal poison.
  
  See individual Non-Lethal poison tooltips for details regarding the concentrated effects of each.

Shiv is a core rogue ability learned at level 74. In addition to dealing damage, it is used to instantly apply a more concentrated form of the rogue's current active non-lethal poison and to dispel an Enrage effect.

Modified by

2020

• Glyph of Shiv
• Item Level 25Disenchants into:
  Not disenchantable
• Major Glyph
• Classes: Rogue
• Requires Level 25
• Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.
  Reduces the cooldown of your Shiv ability by 2 sec.
• Sell Price: 1

Notes

Shiv has a variety of uses:

• Dispelling a boss or player Enrage effect.
• Though it is not explicitly mentioned in the tooltip, it has been confirmed many times that Shiv cannot be dodged. It may also be unable to be parried or blocked. This makes it useful in PVP situations when your opponent is low on life and uses a temporary avoidance boost (such as Evasion).

Poisons

Base poison/concentrated form

• [Crippling Poison]/[Debilitating Poison]
• [Leeching Poison] (talent)/[Leech Vitality]
• [Mind-numbing Poison]/[Mind Paralysis]
• [Paralytic Poison] (talent)/[Partial Paralysis]

Patch changes

• Patch 3.2.0 (04-Aug-2009): Deadly Poison will now apply properly when Shiv is the attack used to break a [Gouge]. 
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (14-Apr-2009): This ability can no longer generate a critical strike, and the poisons it applies cannot be critical strikes either. 
  

External links

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• WoWDB

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