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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
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

Item Build

Laning

Can delay Melee for Improved Spirit if ranged laning. Take situationals after first 3-4 items.

Core damage

First 2 any order, Cold Front lowest priority

Deadlock Item

III

Torment Pulse

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

Deadlock Item

III

Spirit Snatch

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

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Cold Front

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

Lane healing

Deadlock Item

I

Active

Healing Rite

Replacament for Melee Lifesteal,

Deadlock Item

I

Extra Regen

worse than healing rite but always active

Situationals

Take Reactive or Spirit Shielding every game (before Arctic). Ava transformation reloads your gun instantly

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 but after Arctic

Deadlock Item

I

Rebuttal

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

Deadlock Item

III

Fortitude

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

Deadlock Item

III

Veil Walker

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

Deadlock Item

III

Lifestrike

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

Deadlock Item

II

Backstabber

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

Deadlock Item

II

Healbane

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

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Slowing Hex

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

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Spirit Sap

Resist shred for 1 target

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_MidGame

Get Arctic Blast right after Bombs T3 (19-20k) // After T2 Slash decide what to lvl up

Deadlock Item

II

Enduring Speed

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

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Arctic Blast

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

Deadlock Item

II

Imbue [E]

Compress Cooldown

50 seconds ULT CD. Before Arctic if no situationals, After Silence if 2 situationals

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Silence Wave

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

Deadlock Item

III

Superior Cooldown

Faster CD for all Abilities and Zipline boost

Deadlock Item

IV

Transcendent Cooldown

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

Deadlock Item

II

Enchanter's Emblem

AbilityCD, Spirit power & resist. Late buy just for that additional stats

Take when need

one or both

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Debuff Remover

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

Deadlock Item

III

Counterspell

Block big strong ults with some bonuses, recently nerfed again. Take against Lash/Wraith/Talon etc.

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_LateGame

Recommended T4 items, no order

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 silence/control

Deadlock Item

IV

Juggernaut

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

Deadlock Item

IV

Boundless Spirit

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

Deadlock Item

IV

Spirit Burn

Best antiheal and little AOE dmg, easier push, not prio if have 1 or 2 in team

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_LateGame

Situational T4 items

Deadlock Item

IV

Spellbreaker

Spirit Nukers + Debuffs, the best T4 green item

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Scourge

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

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Curse

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

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Divine Barrier

If your teammates are crazy strong but you weak, 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

Trying ABL-style ability order right now (ignore cat, max bombs before ult)

Ability Point Order

Gloom Bombs

Leaping Slash

Ava

Return to Shadows

1

2

1

2

5

5

1

2

1

2

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