
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.
Most well-balanced classic Calico build for comfort play
Build is good for both experienced and new players.
Big changes in build because of latest patch
Good micro patches one after another.
Last patch: Spirit Resilience activates earlier but has weaker effect (in theory this is good for calico)
After lane choose which Post-lane items you need more. Can get Lifestrike early. Roam a much as possible


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Melee Lifesteal
Slash +100 heal, proc it with your 2 as much as possible. Last patch same CD as Slash


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Active
Cold Front
Geting roughtly after ult unlock for big damage


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Spirit Strike
220 dmg + 200 heal per slash & cold front and other stuff more dmg


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Torment Pulse
Power Spike. 4.8k spirit investment. Consistent close range spirit damage


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Sprint Boots
Buy movement items AFTER Post-lane items


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Extra Regen
Best raw healing since buff but just for you, better than rite if just long lane


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Healing Rite
Better than extra regen if you need heal fast after fight + useful for whole game cuz movespeed


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Rebuttal
Melee city. Enemy melee characters - try to not sell


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Backstabber
Some people say it's good again but i don't trust. If want to buy - first/second item. 1 proc - 85 dmg


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Monster Rounds
VS good Rem player and your lanemate has no gun damage to kill Rem's super creeps


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Healbane
Very good vs self healers, easy proc with Torment. Buy earlier if many of those in game


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Reactive Barrier
Amazing item vs roots/stuns and other shit. Very good as lane buy if have 2 of those


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Lifestrike
350 slash heal + movement slow + HP investment. Buy instead of healbane+reactive if stay 1 lane
Situationals


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Debuff Reducer
Only item in shop vs DOT damage (Infernus/Pocket/Shiv) & any control (Mo/Holiday)


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Dispel Magic
Recently INSANELY nerfed. Still must buy vs Slowing Hex/Roots/Silence (Calico weakness)


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Counterspell
Block big strong ults with some bonuses. Against Lash/Wraith/Talon/Shiv/Rem/Pocket and so on


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Fortitude
+400 hp and heal after fight instead of going to base, really good but replacable by lane healer


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Veil Walker
I personally don't like it but it has it's uses. Enemy see you through walls if use veil in Cat


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Spirit Resilience
52% spirit resist when less than 40% hp. Sounds very good, buy if 4/6 enemies spirit
Maxing bombs and getting Arctic Blast roughly at the same time. Imp Spirit good to buy after


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Enduring Speed
4.8k green investment. Faster movespeed in fights


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Arctic Blast
Power Spike. You buy it after 1 is maxed. Easy way to put all bombs / Movement abilities cancel / Fast wave clear


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Imbue
Compress Cooldown
53s CD ult. Faster Arctic + Ult combo cd


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Superior Cooldown
Faster CD for all Abilities and Zipline boost


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Mystic Vulnerability
Spirit Snatch but proc on Torment with no CD. Skip if no slots
Optional counters/additions to build


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Slowing Hex
Silence against movement abilities. 12k~ buy. Good against Wraith/Mina/Talon/Rem/Vindicta/Apollo etc


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Improved Spirit
Good damage buff, recommended to buy


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Active
Spirit Sap
More spirit resist shred + builds into Focus L


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Tankbuster
Get only VS tanky chars so % damage matters. Triggers with Arctic Blast and Ult


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Spirit Snatch
Basically same stats as MysticVuln but more expensive. Only actual reason to buy - you are very rich


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Extra Spirit
Replacable with Healing Rite. 200dmg & 200heal when Slash is T2 + some ability damage
Recommended T4 items


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Transcendent Cooldown
Final Power Spike. CD reduction for ALL items, including Actives/Torment/Barriers/Melee items etc


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Active
Focus Lens
+30% dmg for full combo. Prio buy if enemies have many dodges (Pocket/Apollo etc)


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Boundless Spirit
Pure damage buff, nothing more


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Juggernaut
Move faster, enemy gun char life is a bit harder Great item as an late update to Enduring
Situationals, read annotations


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Spellbreaker
Best T4 green item. Anti spirit burst. If want flat resist - buy Resilience


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Spirit Burn
Antiheal and little AOE dmg, easier push, kinda meh even with recent buff


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Active
Scourge
AOE spirit dmg + resists, good for teamfights. Removed only by Curse (which is nerfed)


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Active
Ethereal Shift
Invurnerability + counters silence and gives nice stats after use. Combo with Scourge


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Cheat Death
Not that bad VS Curse/Mo/Holiday to survive initial stun and then escape, wasting enemy resource
Last ability to max (40k): Cat if need to roam a lot and heal after fight (better). Slash if can sustain fight instead of instantly dying
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