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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
Updated to the Bomb meta being developed
Build reccomended for expirienced players but has annotations
Try to deliver Urns as much as possible for 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

Item Build

Laning

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.

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

I

Extra Spirit

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

Deadlock Item

I

Mystic Burst

Lane Poke. You buy it on 2400, on 2600 you get +spirit boon so you can trigger it by 1 bomb

Deadlock Item

II

Improved Spirit

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

Deadlock Item

I

Spirit Strike

All spirit attacks do 6% more damage after Slash, weak item on itself, needed to build Snatch

Deadlock Item

III

Spirit Snatch

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

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Cold Front

Burst-combo after Slash, movement slow for easier bomb placement, fast wave clear & clear wave in cat

Deadlock Item

II

Enchanter's Emblem

AbilityCD & Spirit power BUT on full hp, Spirit resist always. You take it after all necessary items

Lane situationals

Deadlock Item

I

Active

Healing Rite

heal + move speed, prio heal for hard lane just to survive. Sell only 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/Yamato/Paige/Hard movement slows on lane. Sell for slots later

Situationals

Reactive & Spirit Shielding best items, others read annotations. 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 if NEED survive

Deadlock Item

II

Backstabber

Can take if dominate lane with gun carry, gives movespeed + wallhack + small dmg, weak otherwise

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

III

Fortitude

More health, move speed, and heal while getting boxes after fight. All stats good for Calico

Deadlock Item

III

Veil Walker

Alternative to Fortitude, enemies see you through wall 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

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

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

Fortitude is situational now, go to base for heal // Arctic Blast travels with you

Deadlock Item

I

Sprint Boots

Step for Enduring Speed

Deadlock Item

II

Enduring Speed

In-battle speed and slow resists, recently buffed. Really good item overalll, especially for Calico

Deadlock Item

III

Torment Pulse

Power Spike. Consistent and good scalable close range spirit damage

Deadlock Item

II

Imbue [E]

Compress Cooldown

50 seconds ULT cd! Amazing, allows you to help team in fights much more

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Arctic Blast

Calico core item. Damage amp + easy way to put all bombs. Best uses: Clear waves in cat while ult CD// Use after slash to freeze enemy and bomb//Cancel enemy movement abilities

Deadlock Item

III

Superior Cooldown

Faster CD for everything, after Arctic Blast to make bombs max more effective earlier

Deadlock Item

IV

Transcendent Cooldown

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

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

First 2 better than the others. After Mid Game there is no universal order for items, think what to buy yourself

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Scourge

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

Deadlock Item

IV

Juggernaut

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

Deadlock Item

IV

Spellbreaker

Spirit Nukers + Debuffs, the best T4 green item

Deadlock Item

IV

Spirit Burn

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

Deadlock Item

IV

Boundless Spirit

Pure damage buff, better than Surge of Power by pure damage but no movespeed

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

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

Ability Point Order

Gloom Bombs

Leaping Slash

Ava

Return to Shadows

1

2

1

2

5

1

5

2

1

2

5

5

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