Battered Shiv

Who It Suits

In their in-game specialization descriptions, these specs name daggers among their preferred weapons:

• Survival Hunter: Polearm, Staff, Axe, Dagger, Sword
• Assassination Rogue: Daggers
• Subtlety Rogue: Daggers
• Discipline Priest: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Mace
• Holy Priest: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Mace
• Shadow Priest: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Mace
• Elemental Shaman: Mace, Dagger, and Shield
• Restoration Shaman: Mace, Dagger, and Shield
• Arcane Mage: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
• Fire Mage: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
• Frost Mage: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
• Affliction Warlock: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
• Demonology Warlock: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
• Destruction Warlock: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
• Balance Druid: Staff, Dagger, Mace
• Restoration Druid: Staff, Dagger, Mace
• Devourer Demon Hunter: Warglaives, Swords, Axes, Fist Weapons, Daggers
• Devastation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace
• Preservation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace
• Augmentation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace

Similar Items

The 10 items nearest to Battered Shiv (item level 35) in item level among Weapon > Dagger, from item level 32 to 38.

Item	Item Level	Requires Level	Stats	Lowest Listed Price
Battered Shiv (this item)	35	29	2.8 DPS. World Drop	140 gold on 13 realms
Seduced Blade	35	30	2.2 DPS, +4 Intellect, +6 Stamina. World Drop	1 gold on 60 realms
Librarian's Paper Cutter	35	30	4.4 DPS, +4 Agility, +8 Haste, +5 Critical Strike, +3 Stamina. World Drop	2 gold on 63 realms
Mereldar Spellblade	36	31	2.2 DPS, +4 Intellect, +6 Stamina. World Drop	25 gold on 53 realms
Singing Dagger	34	29	2.2 DPS, +4 Intellect, +6 Stamina. World Drop	2 gold on 60 realms
Vitreous Beak of Julak-Doom	37	32	2.2 DPS, +4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike, +4 Mastery. World Drop	400 gold on 57 realms
Chelley's Sterilized Scalpel	37	32	2.2 DPS, +4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike, +4 Mastery. World Drop	115 gold on 67 realms
Immaculate Spellblade	38	34	2.2 DPS, +4 Intellect, +6 Stamina. World Drop	2 gold on 66 realms
Sharp Bowie Knife	32	26	4.4 DPS, +4 Agility, +6 Stamina. World Drop	27 gold on 54 realms
Permafrost Dagger	32	26	2.2 DPS, +4 Intellect, +6 Stamina. World Drop	13 gold on 74 realms
Shadow Dagger	32	27	2.2 DPS, +4 Intellect, +6 Stamina. World Drop	19 gold on 54 realms

Immaculate Spellblade has the highest item level here (38). The lowest listed price among them is Seduced Blade at 1 gold in the US Auction House.

Next item levels up from Battered Shiv among Weapon > Dagger: Self-Rotating Dagger of Xing (item level 60), Sinister Combatant's Spellblade (item level 60), Plundered Twinbarb Shanker (item level 60), Plundered Petrified Kelp Blade (item level 60) and Depraved Ritualist's Kris (item level 85).

Nearest lower item levels below Battered Shiv among Weapon > Dagger: Vorpal Dagger (item level 26), Widowmaker (item level 25), Gutwrencher (item level 25), Dreadblade (item level 25) and Gut Ripper (item level 24).