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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 BUFFS YIPPEEEEEE
(slash bit stronger, bombs late-game better, fast ult)

Item Build

Laning

Take items from second row earlier 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

I

Spirit Strike

All spirit attacks do 6% more damage after Slash, can take after Backstab or skip for Snatch

Deadlock Item

II

Backstabber

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

Deadlock Item

I

Extra Health

To get fortitude, additional hp great. Skip if getting Veil Walker

Deadlock Item

I

Sprint Boots

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

After/Before Backstabber

Deadlock Item

III

Veil Walker

Right now OP item, can take right after/before Backstabber (instead ExtraHP and Fortitude), enemy see you through walls if you Veil while in Ava

Lane situationals

Deadlock Item

I

Active

Healing Rite

heal even more + move speed, prio heal

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 or update later

Think WHEN or IF to get

Deadlock Item

II

Enchanter's Emblem

Spirit resist + AbilityCD, can sell for Scourge/Escalating, good to take after T3 healing (Lifestrike/Forti/VeilWalk)

Deadlock Item

III

Lifestrike

Amazing lane healing and generally good item, can take right after taking guardian if staying on lane or ignore

More mobility

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Fleetfoot

Giga fast cat, CAN USE IN ULT

Deadlock Item

II

Kinetic Dash

Get if you already have Extra Stamina but no money for Stamina Mastery

Deadlock Item

III

Stamina Mastery

Big update for Extra Stamina, makes you even more mobile and much harder to catch

Situational greens

Deadlock Item

II

Reactive Barrier

Best barrier item so far, get if many easy to proc abilities (Haze/Vindicta/Doorman/Bebop/Talon/etc)

Deadlock Item

II

Healbane

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

Deadlock Item

II

Spirit Shielding

reactive better but it has place too

Mid-game

First 3 not ordered, mostly L>R, can take Fortitude earlier/later

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, after which you can do DAMAGE

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 & heal

Deadlock Item

II

Imbue [E]

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

Does not affect items, Ability CD still good for everything else.

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

Choose 1 or both

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Debuff Remover

Good item to remove those movement slows, stuns and heal from it, also grants debuff resist

Deadlock Item

III

Counterspell

Counter easy to react ultimates/abilities (Lash/Infernus/Doorman/Billy) and others, i personally prefer Remover

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_LateGame

TransCD prio, good T4 Calico items, read annotations

Deadlock Item

IV

Transcendent Cooldown

CD reduction for items

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Scourge

AOE spirit dmg + resists, great against fat enemies/spirit meta, good overall

Deadlock Item

IV

Spirit Burn

THE BEST antiheal and nice AOE dmg + easy farm, can be taken before Scourge if many squishy chars

Deadlock Item

IV

Escalating Exposure

Good resists, if you are thanos then easier kill secure, doesn't boost teammates damage

Deadlock Item

IV

Juggernaut

Great item overall as an late update to Enduring

Late++

Situational items you can take

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Ethereal Shift

Good item to drag attention and "tank" enemies, great with TransCD

Deadlock Item

IV

Spellbreaker

Spirit Nukers + Debuffs, the best T4 green item

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Phantom Strike

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

Ability Point Order

Gloom Bombs

Leaping Slash

Ava

Return to Shadows

1

2

1

2

1

1

5

2

2

5

5

5

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