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Calico
Wreaks havoc from the sidelines

Calico uses the shadows to her advantage, weaving in and out of combat to hunt down her enemies one by one.

Calico
Wreaks havoc from the sidelines

Calico uses the shadows to her advantage, weaving in and out of combat to hunt down her enemies one by one.

Description

Most well-balanced classic Calico build for comfort play
CALICO BUFFS YIPPEEEEEE
(slash bit stronger, bombs late-game better, fast ult)
Build reccomended for expirienced players but has annotations
You can use Ava and Ult at the SAME TIME for massive speed boost
You essentially NEED deliver urn for more AP

Item Build

Laning

Take items from second row before laning items if NEED them

Deadlock Item

I

Melee Lifesteal

Main lane healing, try not using on creeps but use only on enemies, can either sell on mid-game or get Lifestrike

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Cold Front

Even after nerf still nice item. Close range spirit burst damage and help of wave cleaning

Deadlock Item

II

Backstabber

Chase enemies, small but consistent spirit damage, additional movespeed and see through walls, need slots lategame - sell

Deadlock Item

I

Spirit Strike

All spirit attacks do 6% more damage after Slash with this, can take later

Deadlock Item

I

Extra Health

To get fortitude, additional hp is good

Deadlock Item

I

Sprint Boots

Roam for boxes, try to steal all enemy boxes, skip if getting Healing Rite

Lane situationals

Deadlock Item

I

Extra Regen

heal but weak one

Deadlock Item

I

Active

Healing Rite

heal even more + move speed

Deadlock Item

I

Rebuttal

Melee city, nowadays buffs ALL DAMAGE by 30%, if enemy have melee characters - never sell

Think

read annotations

Deadlock Item

III

Lifestrike

Amazing lane healing and generally good item, get second/third item if hard lane, generally worth taking

Deadlock Item

II

Enchanter's Emblem

Spirit resist + AbilityCD, sell for Scourge/Escalating, take only AFTER T3 healing (Lifestrike/Forti)

More mobility

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Fleetfoot

Giga fast cat, CAN use while ULT

Deadlock Item

I

Extra Stamina

Warden/Paige/Hard movement slows on lane, sell or update

Deadlock Item

II

Kinetic Dash

Get if you already have Extra Stamina

Situational greens

Take 1 or 2 every game

Deadlock Item

II

Reactive Barrier

Best barrier item so far

Deadlock Item

II

Healbane

Mo/Abrams/Kelvin/Dynamo/Ivy/Geist lane + good heal on kills, good item overall, Sell for Spirit Burn

Deadlock Item

II

Spirit Shielding

reactive better

Deadlock Item

III

Counterspell

Must be really good this patch

Mid-game

Mostly in order, but flexible

Deadlock Item

III

Fortitude

Get later if game easy. Movespeed + heal outside of a battle, let's you just roam in cat and get boxes while healing1

Deadlock Item

III

Spirit Snatch

After hitting enemy with Slash: more spirit dmg, spirit resist and enemy has reduced spirit resist, power spike

Deadlock Item

III

Torment Pulse

Consistent close range spirit damage, main power spike

Deadlock Item

II

Imbue

Compress Cooldown

Just a minute CD on ult, your ult is already maxed so this is big

Deadlock Item

II

Enduring Speed

Can take earlier or later, in-battle speed and slow res

Deadlock Item

III

Superior Cooldown

CDR are good, benefits every ability, especially cat

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Arctic Blast

Damage amp + easy way to put all bombs, core item on Calico, use mostly to setup all bombs, you will probably get it on 24-28k, bombs maxed 31k

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Debuff Remover

Take later if don't NEED, wonderful item for calico to remove those stuns, movement locks and slows

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_LateGame

No order, Scourge prio T4

Deadlock Item

IV

Transcendent Cooldown

Was t3 on old good times, still good item to have (Torment, fists, Arctic)

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Scourge

Second in priority. AOE dmg + resists, great against fat enemies/spirit meta

Deadlock Item

IV

Spirit Burn

THE BEST antiheal and nice AOE dmg + easy farm

Deadlock Item

IV

Escalating Exposure

Good resists + works really well with Torment/Scourge combo

Deadlock Item

IV

Juggernaut

Great item overall as an late update to Enduring

Late++

Good items you can take and situationals

Deadlock Item

IV

Spellbreaker

Spirit Nukers + Debuffs

Deadlock Item

IV

Plated Armor

Juggernaut must be enough tbh

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Phantom Strike

someone say good, i don't think so but this is an option

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Ethereal Shift

kinda good with TransCD

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Decay

No longer triggers Escalating Exposure, still nice against really fat enemies/guys who love heal themself, not prio b/c scourge better

Ability Point Order

Gloom Bombs

Leaping Slash

Ava

Return to Shadows

1

1

2

1

2

1

5

2

2

5

5

5