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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
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
Calico nerfs last patch: Bombs are MUCH weaker in damage if not hit all, AVA IS DEAD AND DOESN'T GIVE STAMINA ON USE FUCK YOU YOSHI

Item Build

Laning

Choose ColdFront/Backstaber as 2 item based on lane (mid/side) and enemies. Long range lane - T1 Bombs first. Situational items priority after melee lifesteal

Deadlock Item

I

Melee Lifesteal

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

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Cold Front

Burst-combo with Slash, movement slow for bombs,

Deadlock Item

II

Backstabber

Only if have gun char lane parthner and winning lane hard, otherwise ignore

Deadlock Item

I

Spirit Strike

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

Deadlock Item

II

Enchanter's Emblem

Spirit resist + AbilityCD&Spirit power. Either after Spirit strike or Boots

Deadlock Item

I

Extra Health

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

Deadlock Item

I

Sprint Boots

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

Lane situationals

Deadlock Item

I

Active

Healing Rite

heal even more + move speed, prio heal for hard lane just to survive. Sell for slots

Deadlock Item

I

Rebuttal

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

Deadlock Item

I

Extra Stamina

Warden/Paige/Hard movement slows on lane. Sell for slots or get Mastery

Situationals

Reactive goated, others read annotations. WHY THEY REMOVE AVA STAMINA REFRESH IT WAS THE BEST THING

Deadlock Item

II

Reactive Barrier

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

Deadlock Item

II

Spirit Shielding

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

Deadlock Item

II

Healbane

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

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Fleetfoot

Overall not great item but possible. Giga fast cat, can use in Ult for massive boost

Deadlock Item

III

Lifestrike

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

Deadlock Item

III

Veil Walker

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

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Spirit Sap

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

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Silence Wave

Silence for 3s + reduced spirit res&power for 12s. Great against Pocket/Mina/Geist/Victor etc

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_MidGame

First 3 take in any order // Take Enduring Speed whanever you can // Can skip Cat and go full bomb, ignoring Forti&SupCD and rush Arctic if have strong team

Deadlock Item

III

Spirit Snatch

Nerfed: buff less duration, less damage. Still really good for Calico for 15% resist steal because she bursts

Deadlock Item

III

Torment Pulse

Main Power Spike. Consistent and good close range spirit damage, core item

Deadlock Item

III

Fortitude

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

Deadlock Item

II

Enduring Speed

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

Deadlock Item

II

Imbue [E]

Compress Cooldown

50 seconds ULT cd!!! Amazing

Deadlock Item

III

Superior Cooldown

Faster CD for everything, really good + road to TransCD

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Arctic Blast

Damage amp + easy way to put all bombs, Calico core item, best use after Slash, bombs maxed 29k

Choose one when need

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Debuff Remover

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

Deadlock Item

III

Counterspell

Block big strong ults with some bonuses, recently nerfed again

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_LateGame

Best T4 Calico items, TransCD first

Deadlock Item

IV

Transcendent Cooldown

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

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Scourge

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

Deadlock Item

IV

Juggernaut

Great item overall as an late update to Enduring Speed, makes enemy gunners life harder

Late++

Good T4 items you can take, read annotations. Placement is not ordered

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Curse

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

Deadlock Item

IV

Spellbreaker

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

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Ethereal Shift

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

Deadlock Item

IV

Boundless Spirit

Pure damage buff without any other effects

Deadlock Item

IV

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

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Divine Barrier

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

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Focus Lens

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

Ability Point Order

Gloom Bombs

Leaping Slash

Ava

Return to Shadows

1

2

1

2

1

5

1

2

2

5

5

5

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