Calico uses the shadows to her advantage, weaving in and out of combat to hunt down her enemies one by one.
Calico uses the shadows to her advantage, weaving in and out of combat to hunt down her enemies one by one.
Description
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This is a melee bruiser build. Make sure to pick up Situational items.
Now go and be a catgirl!
Updated for the item overhaul! Still testing things though.
Item Build
Early Game
800
Great healing in lane from punching minions. And we upgrade this into Lifestrike. Procs on your 2 as well!
800
Easy to proc in lane as Calico and we upgrade this to Headhunter.
800
A bunch of extra damage on our 2 and punches. We upgrade this to Spirit Snatch.
800
Extra health is great in lane and we upgrade this to Fortitude later.
800
Movement! We upgrade this into Kinetic Dash.
1600
Melee damage is really fun. We upgrade this into Crushing Fists.
1600
Adds to your burst damage, and the slow is great. We also can upgrade this into Arctic Blast.
Lane Situationals
800
Great if you need constant healing. You can upgrade this into Healing Booster and then Healing Tempo.
800
Great for healing if you get really low in lane. Sprint speed is also nice for rotating.
800
Great if enemies are pushing to your tower.
800
Great Quality of Life item for your 2.
800
Incredible against Viscous in lane since it works against Viscous Puddle Punches. Also a very good item against people building melee (usually Abrams).
After Lane
If you lack slots, upgrade items.
2400
Amazing for ammo since it gives a flat amount rather than a percentage. Super good for pushing objectives.
3200
Great damage over the course of a game/fight. And makes you a little tankier.
4000
Great item in the early/mid game, the heal, damage, and move speed is super good.
4000
The move speed is great for rotating, the heal lets you stay on the map longer, and the weapon damage is really nice.
1600
You could replace this with Resto Locket potentially, or buy both. Just a great item, reduces the stun from being parried. You can build this into Debuff Remover vs certain characters.
Mid Game
Get as needed.
8000
Incredibly good. Massive powerspike.
4000
Tons of healing from your 2 and melees. Keeps you alive in fights.
3200
Resist shred is always great. Makes you very strong in 1v1s. You could get Weakening Headshot here instead.
4000
Spirit resist and power steal is amazing. Plus even more melee damage and it procs on your 2.
6400
Really good. Makes you really tanky and can do a lot of damage if you get into the middle of their team. You can rush earlier if you feel it would be good or have the money.
Situational
Pick and choose depending on what you need.
3200
Great against almost everything in the game. Especially Lash.
4800
Must buy against Seven, Infernus, Mirage, and a couple others.
1600
Really good at the moment. Scales super well. And gives stamina.
2400
If they have lots of anti-heal this is great. And builds into Healing Tempo.
1600
Anti-heal against tanky people.
1600
Really nice against gun damage early game. Especially Haze ult.
1600
Great against spirit burst if you are not willing to save for Spellbreaker.
8000
If you are getting targetted with CC.
800
Great against gun carries and you can upgrade it into Disarming Hex.
4000
Amazing if you are getting destroyed by a gun carry.
1600
Good against Lash, Pocket, and movement focused people.
3200
Great item for anti-heal and stopping tanks like Abrams.
3200
Often a must buy against flying characters like Vindicta and Grey Talon. Also used for knocking Seven out of his ultimate.
4800
Great against Geist, Yamato, Pocket, and other characters that rely heavily on abilities.
Armour
3200
If you need anti-bullet.
3200
If you need anti-spirit.
Usual Late Game
Pick and choose depending on game state.
8000
One of the best damage items in the game because of the shred. The anti-heal is also amazing.
9600
Great hybrid item for Calico. You can build this earlier sometimes.
8800
Amazing against gun carries.
6400
Incredible against Geist, Lash, Grey Talon, and any other spirit burst characters. Especially Geist since it counters her swap damage.
6400
Amazing for shutting down fliers and gun carries. And for getting on top of the people you need to target in team fights.
8000
Good against slippery characters. The combo with it is 2, Arctic Blast, light punch, 1, 4. I sometimes skip this and sell Cold Front for a Vitality T4 if I am dying too fast though.
Optional Late Items
You can get some of these earlier as counter buys.
6400
Can be good for shutting down ability carries.
6400
Good survivability against spirit.
7200
Extra resists and health is great.
6400
Very situational. Only get against lots of incremental spirit damage (McGinnis turrets, Infernus, Warden Ult). Still testing this.
6400
Still testing and I'm not sure if it's better than Juggernaut, but it seems good.
8800
Really good healing + movement.
4000
Quite good healing and move speed. Adds up to a lot in longer fights since Torment Pulse and Scourge easily procs it. Still testing.
8800
More spirit damage can be nice. This is a super luxury pickup though if you don't need more tankiness or utility.
6400
Silence is great for shutting people down. Do not build if they have got Debuff Remover.
8000
Upgrades from Slowing Hex. Might be good for hitting your combo on the entire enemy team.
6400
If you need to screw over one enemy in particular.
6400
Great on Calico, helps you live much longer.
Final Build - Weapons
Typical final build
8000
8000
Final Build - Vitality
4000
4000
9600
8800
6400
6400
Final Build - Spirit
3200
4000
6400
8000
Testing
Random things I am testing.
4000
3200
The debuff resist seems really good here.
3200
The stats on this seem really good.
1600
Upgrades into Crippling. Might be good to go rather than Hunter's Aura.
1600
4000
This is a bad item. Do not build it. It is noob bait. It is worth nothing when you buy it, meaning you just wasted 3k souls and killed your tempo.
Ability Point Order
Gloom Bombs
Leaping Slash
Ava
Return to Shadows
1
2
1
2
5
5
1
2
1
2
5
5