
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 reccomended for expirienced players but has annotations
Updated to the Bomb meta being developed
After T2 Slash decide what to max - Cat or Slash
Try to deliver Urns as much as possible for AP
Nerfs last patch: Bombs are weaker if not hit all, AVA NO STAMINA
Can delay Melee for Improved Spirit if ranged laning. Take situationals after first 3-4 items.


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Melee Lifesteal
Slash more damage and heal, range lane - delay and get Improved Spirit, still take later


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Extra Spirit
Gives more heal to Slash than T1 AND boosts dmg for all abilities and items


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Mystic Burst
Lane Poke. 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
Damage buff + out of combat regen


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Spirit Strike
All spirit attacks do 6% more damage after Slash, weak item on itself, needed to build Snatch
First 2 any order, Cold Front lowest priority


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Torment Pulse
Power Spike. Consistent close range spirit damage, can take after Snatch if need to buy


III
Spirit Snatch
Power Spike. 15% spirit resist & spirit power steal which adds up for good dmg boost for everything


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


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Active
Healing Rite
Replacament for Melee Lifesteal,


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Extra Regen
worse than healing rite but always active
Take Reactive or Spirit Shielding every game (before Arctic). 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 but after Arctic


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Rebuttal
Melee city. After parry buffs ALL DAMAGE by 30%, if enemy has melee characters - try to not sell


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Fortitude
More health, move speed, and heal while getting boxes after fight. Good buy after Mid Game


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


III
Lifestrike
Either 3-4 item on EASY game where you dominate or NEVER TAKE for normal/hard game


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Backstabber
Can take if dominate lane with gun carry, movespeed/wallhack/small dmg, good against Majestic Leap


II
Healbane
Antiheal and self heal on kill, if possible - ask your often spirit dmg characters to get it (Mina/Yamato/Shiv)


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Active
Slowing Hex
It's just like silence wave but against 1 specific ability, good against Shiv/Wraith/Mina/Holiday/Sinclair/etc


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Active
Spirit Sap
Resist shred for 1 target
Get Arctic Blast right after Bombs T3 (19-20k) // After T2 Slash decide what to lvl up


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Enduring Speed
In-battle speed and slow resists, can take before Cold Front.


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Active
Arctic Blast
Power Spike. Easy way to put all bombs // Movement abilities cancel // Fast wave clear


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Imbue [E]
Compress Cooldown
50 seconds ULT CD. Before Arctic if no situationals, After Silence if 2 situationals


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Active
Silence Wave
Silence for 3s + reduced spirit resist for 12s. Great against Pocket/Mina/Paige/Wraith etc


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Superior Cooldown
Faster CD for all Abilities and Zipline boost


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Transcendent Cooldown
CD reduction for ALL items (Torment/Snatch/Arctic/Barriers/Silence/Remover/Counterspell and so on)


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Enchanter's Emblem
AbilityCD, Spirit power & resist. Late buy just for that additional stats
one or both


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


III
Counterspell
Block big strong ults with some bonuses, recently nerfed again. Take against Lash/Wraith/Talon etc.
Recommended T4 items, no order


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


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


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Boundless Spirit
Pure damage buff, similar to Spirit burn on it's numbers


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Spirit Burn
Best antiheal and little AOE dmg, easier push, not prio if have 1 or 2 in team
Situational T4 items


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Spellbreaker
Spirit Nukers + Debuffs, the best T4 green item


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


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Active
Curse
Ability cancel + silence for items, good for teamfights/ duo kills, CD recently lowered so can take


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Active
Divine Barrier
If your teammates are crazy strong but you weak, support-y item, Great against Pocket/Wraith


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Active
Focus Lens
Assasinate people with bomb burst, bad if enemy have debuff remover/ethereal shift, Low CD
Trying ABL-style ability order right now (ignore cat, max bombs before ult)
1
2
1
2
5
5
1
2
1
2