
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
Updated to the Bomb meta being developed
Build reccomended for expirienced players but has annotations
You essentially NEED deliver urn for more AP
Calico nerfs last patch: Bombs are MUCH weaker in damage if not hit all, AVA IS DEAD AND DOESN'T GIVE STAMINA ON USE
Bombs are meta, get better at them. Calico is a Glass Canon, less brawl, more "burst and run" Take situationals after first 2-3 items if NEED them.


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Melee Lifesteal
Main lane healing, try not using on creeps but use only on enemies with your 2, Sell for slots later


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Extra Spirit
Gives more heal to Slash than T1 AND boosts dmg all abilities and items, can get Imp Spirit later


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Mystic Burst
You buy it on 2400, on 2600 you get +spirit boon so you can trigger it by 1 bomb


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Improved Spirit
Just damage buff similar to Spirit Strike but for all ranges and doesn't need melee activation


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Spirit Strike
All spirit attacks do 6% more damage after Slash, shit item so NEED


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Spirit Snatch
Power Spike. 15% spirit resist&power steal which adds up with other items for big damage, buffs cold front


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Cold Front
Burst-combo after Slash, movement slow for easier bomb placement, faster wave clear


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Enchanter's Emblem
Spirit resist, AbilityCD & Spirit power BUT on full hp, can get after T1 items if hard lane


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Healing Rite
heal + move speed, prio heal for hard lane just to survive. Sell only for slots


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


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Extra Stamina
Warden/Yamato/Paige/Hard movement slows on lane. Sell for slots or get Mastery
Reactive goated, Spirit Shielding still good, others read annotations. Ava transformation reloads your gun instantly


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Reactive Barrier
The best barrier item, if have 3+ enemies (or 2 on lane) who proc it with abilities - 100% buy


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Spirit Shielding
Weaker overall than Reactive but easier to trigger, can take both if NEED survive


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Backstabber
Good if dominate lane with gun carry, gives movespeed + wallhack + small dmg


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Healbane
Triggers on every Torment pulse, OK against Mo/Abrams/Kelvin/Dynamo/Geist/Victor, heal on kill/assist


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Lifestrike
Either 2-3 item on EASY game or JUST SKIP for hard game, heavily depends on match rank


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Veil Walker
Alternative to Fortitude, enemies see you through wall if use veil in cat form.


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Spirit Sap
Road to Silence Wave, -12% spirit resist&-24 spirit for 1 target, not so great on itself


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Silence Wave
Silence for 3s + reduced spirit res&power for 12s. Great against Pocket/Mina/Geist/Victor etc
Fortitude is situational now, still good pick // Choose between Forti and CD, after get Arctic Blast


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Sprint Boots
Sprint Speed to be in Cat form always with allies or roam for kill. Can get later for Torment/Snatch rush


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Enduring Speed
Get whenever you can. In-battle speed and slow resists, recently buffed. Really good item


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Torment Pulse
Main Power Spike. Consistent and good scalable close range spirit damage


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Extra Health
To get fortitude, additional hp is great Can get later for Torment/Snatch rush


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Fortitude
More health, move speed, and heal while getting boxes after fight. HP is really needed for Calico


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Imbue [E]
Compress Cooldown
50 seconds ULT cd!!! Amazing


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Superior Cooldown
Faster CD for everything, really good + road to TransCD


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Arctic Blast
Damage amp + easy way to put all bombs, Calico core item, best with Slash (While/After)


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Debuff Remover
Better than Couterspell because can remove Slowing Hex and other things + has debuff resist


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Counterspell
Block big strong ults with some bonuses, recently nerfed again. Take if Lash/Wraith/Talon/Etc if NEED it
Best T4 Calico items, TransCD first


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Transcendent Cooldown
CD reduction for items, you use them A LOT, also reduce CD of Torment, giving you big DPS spike


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Scourge
AOE spirit dmg + resists, teamfight damage boost. BAD if enemy has 2 Capacitors, good otherwise


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Juggernaut
Great item overall as an late update to Enduring Speed, makes enemy gunners life harder
Good T4 items you can take, read annotations. Placement is not ordered


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Spellbreaker
Spirit Nukers + Debuffs, the best T4 green item, if you are really good at dodging don't need it


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Spirit Burn
Recently Nerfed and after last Calico nerf harder to trigger. Best antiheal and nice AOE dmg, easier push, not prio if have 1 or 2 in team


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Ethereal Shift
Nerfed last patch: X2.2 cooldown. Nerf is REALLY big so item is not prio BUT still good vs silences


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Boundless Spirit
Pure damage buff without any other effects


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Curse
Ability cancel + silence for items, good for teamfights/ duo kills, CD recently lowered so after TransCD


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Divine Barrier
If your teammates are crazy strong, this is amazing support-y item, |Great against Pocket/Wraith


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Focus Lens
Assasinate people with bomb burst, bad if enemy have debuff remover/ethereal shift, Low CD allows spam
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