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.
Description
"Goo hits harder than you think, doesn't it?"
The 1st build in the "Concerns of The Deep" series.
This one is oriented around Puddle Punch (3), melee and your gun. You'll be punching anyone on your path!
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Item Build
Early Game
Buy left to right. If you lower the Bullet Resistance of the enemy, it means you'll deal more Melee Damage to them! If you feel like you'll parry a lot, get Rebuttal in the Parrying section! Upon acquiring Express Shot, use your Alt-Fire (RMB) to deal big damage! Just remember to wait 4s between shots to get its effect!
800
Allows your Puddle Punch (3) to restore about ~100hp when you hit a hero. | Upgrade into Lifestrike |
800
Empowers your Puddle Punch (3) and melee to deal some Spirit Damage and reduce Spirit Resistance. Try to land Splatter (1) after using this! | Upgrade into Spirit Snatch |
800
Gives you an extra charge of Puddle Punch (3). Useful to harass more! | Upgrade into Rapid Recharge |
800
Increases the velocity of your bullets, including your Alt-Fire! |Upgrade into Express Shot|
4000
After not shooting for 4s, your next bullet is doubled and deals a lot more damage. Use your Alt-Fire (RMB) to deal huge damage! |Can be sold for a slot|
Mid Game
Buy left to right. Enduring Speed is optional. You can sell Express Shot for slots if needed. If you are able to time parries well, grab Counterspell as it'll make you able to parry many ultimate abilities!
1600
A huge increase of Heavy Melee Damage. Can be activated with Puddle Punch (3) when fully upgraded! | Upgrade into Crushing Fists |
1600
Allows you to move faster and grants you resistance against slows. Useful when going in to melee. | This item is optional |
4000
Grants you even more charges of Puddle Punch (3) and less downtime between them.
4000
A large increase in melee damage. Will also improve your healing, and put a big slow on the enemy. Works with Puddle Punch (3).
8000
Your melee attacks lower the bullet resistance of the enemy, and gives you some ammo. Each hit creates stacks, at max stack, you'll stun the enemy! Works with Puddle Punch (3).
3200
The more damage you endure, the stronger you'll get. This increases your melee damage!
Parrying
If you are confident in your parries, then these will help you dish out more damage and increase your survivability by a considerable amount.
800
Lowers your parry cooldown passively, but also deflects melee damage on successful parry! You also gain a HUGE boost in melee damage after a parry. Does NOT work with Counterspell.
3200
Parry ANYTHING. This means almost any abilities such as Geist's Ultimate, Shiv's Ultimate, Lash's Ultimate, etc...
Late Game
Buy left to right. Juggernaut is Optional. Get items as you unlock Flex Slots! Don't forget to get Actives, they are very powerful items that can turn the tides of battle.
4000
Upon hitting a hero with melee, steal their spirit power and resistance! Resulting in the enemy getting weaker and you getting stronger! Can be done with Puddle Punch (3).
3200
Any enemy near you will have their bullet resistance and fire rate lowered. Tripled if the enemy is alone!
8000
Grants you Enduring Speed's slow resistance, but also lowers the fire rate of anyone shooting you. Very useful against gun oriented characters like Haze and Wraith. | This item is Optional |
1600
Lowers the enemy's bullet resistance when you headshot them. | Upgrade into Crippling Headshot |
8000
Lower the resistances of your enemies with a headshot and also apply Healing reduction! Less bullet resistance for the enemies makes them take more melee damage!
3200
When you are at high health, you'll deal more bullet damage! Which means more melee damage! You also lower the enemy's bullet resistance when hitting them!
6400
You become very resilience to gun damage when below half health. You also gain movement speed which helps you escape delicate situations.
Survival
If you find yourself dying easily or taking too much damage, consider one (or more) of those items! Since the rework, Barriers work with Resistances.
1600
If you take too much GUN damage in quick succession, this item will grant you a nice Barrier to help you survive!
1600
If you take too much SPIRIT damage in quick succession or a big burst of damage, this item will grant you a nice Barrier to help you survive!
3200
Very useful if the enemy team is mostly Bullet oriented.
3200
Very useful if the enemy team is mostly Spirit oriented.
1600
Grants you decent Barrier when you get CC'd, including when you get Parried! Useful against Mirage's Tornado, Bebop's Hook, Abrams' Charge, Haze's Sleep and more!
1600
Lowers the duration of Infernus' Burn, Mirage's Tornado, any form of stuns or immobilize and more. This includes the stun when you get Parried!
4800
Removes Bebop's Bomb, Infernus' Burn, Vindicta's Tether, Mirage's Tornado, and more! NO LONGER removes Pocket's Affliction.
6400
Gain a chance to ignore bullet effects when you get shot. You also have a chance to deflect bullets back.
1600
Grants you (Or an Ally!) a barrier and some movement speed.
8000
Remove all from of debuffs from yourself (Or an ally!) and gain a Barrier along with move speed.
Actives
Those actives are extremely powerful items to gain the edge against the enemy. If you frontline a lot, I recommend Arctic Blast or Scourge. Focus Lens is useful if enemies tend to escape before you finish them off. Do not buy Return Fire if you have Juggernaut.
1600
Deflect a portion of damage taken for a few seconds. You need to have Line of Sight for the deflect to work. Sell if you have Juggernaut.
1600
Deals a burst of Spirit Damage around you, that also slows enemies hit. REMEMBER: Punch first before using this to trigger Spirit Strike and lower the enemy's resistance!
3200
Allows you to teleport in any direction while also giving you some bullet resistance.
8000
Become immune to any form of Crowd Control for a few seconds. You cannot get parried while this is active!
7200
Grants you a large amount of max HP passively, but also a decent amount of resistances, and a slowing aura upon activation.
6400
Teleports you to a target, disarms and slows them while also dealing a burst of Spirit Damage. This will bring down any flying enemy to the ground.
6400
Gain a large amount of Spirit Resistance and an Area of Effect around you that deals damage to enemies near based off their Max Health. Can be applied to an Ally! This can replace Torment Pulse.
8000
Unleash an ice wave around you upon use, similar to Cold Front. The wave will FREEZE enemies hit. Frozen enemies take more damage.
6400
Silence an enemy. Upon expiration, 30% of the damage inflicted to the enemy while silenced will be dealt. Useful to kill enemies that tend to escape when low on health.
Anti-Healing
If you feel like that Crippling Headshot isn't enough to reduce the enemy's healing consider one of those! Healbane is the cheapest and can be triggered by dealing Spirit Damage!
3200
Lowers an enemy's healing, while also dealing constant spirit damage to them based off their current health. Useful against Abrams, Shiv and Mo&Krill.
1600
Reduces the healing of anyone hit by your Spirit Damage. Toxic Bullets and Decay can trigger this too!
3200
After landing enough bullets on an enemy, you'll proc a bleed effect that'll deal damage based off their current health and also reduces their healing.
6400
You bullets and melee attacks will lower the enemy's damage, and also apply healing reduction.
Situational & Counters
These items will help you have a better time against specific enemies or simply allow you to modify your gameplay to something that fits you more. Keep in mind that these items are NOT part of the build. Decay, Silence Glyph, Knockdown and Curse are powerful actives that can be bought to counter specific heroes.
800
Grant you heal regen when hitting an enemy with Splatter (1) but also Puddle Punch (3) when Spirit Strike hits! | Can be sold for a slot |
1600
Every 8s, your next bullet will deal a burst of spirit damage. Be mindful that it'll go on cooldown even if you miss. Can be used for various combos with the Alt Fire.
1600
This works with Puddle Punch (3) but the enemy needs to not be looking at you. The angle of the Punch does not matter as long as they aren't looking at you. | Can be sold for a slot |
4000
Grants you more damage when you're really close to your enemies! Your close range gun damage/melee damage will also slow down your enemies.
6400
Your bullets will charge up Spirit Power for more damage with Splatter (1) and actives such as Cold Front or Arctic Blast.
800
Will grant you more sprint speed, but also out of combat health regen. Out of combat means, you need to not be taking damage, and not be attacking! |Upgrade into Trophy Hunter|
4000
Grants you a lot of bonuses, like soul generation, when you rack up kills and assists!
1600
Extra Bullet Damage & Fire rate when you are above 65% health. Useful if you find yourself in need of some Bullet Resistance.
1600
Extra Spirit & Cooldown reduction when you are above 65% health. Useful if you find yourself in need of some Spirit Resistance.
2400
Increases your healing, such as Melee Lifesteal, Lifestrike and even the Cube (2).
4000
Grants you a large amount of health regen when you don't take damage for 12s. This means you don't have to go to base to heal!
1600
A burst of healing upon use depending on the amount of stacks. Also grants you 2 stamina back if used at full stacks. Stacks are obtained when nearby enemies cast their abilities.
3200
Become immune to bullet damage upon use for 4s! Useful against Haze, Wraith and more. Can be paired with Return Fire!
4000
Can be used to heal yourself (And an ally!) a large amount of health. You can also pull an ally to you. Also works when your Ally is in The Cube (2).
4000
A lot more dashes, resulting in a lot more mobility.
3200
Deal spirit damage to the two nearest enemies, which provides us with constant passive damage at melee range. Scourge can be bought instead!
800
Lowers the fire rate of an enemy. Useful against gun oriented characters like Vyper, Haze, Infernus, Wraith and more.
1600
Blocks a target's movement abilities and movement items (Like Warp Stone) for a short duration. Use it BEFORE they use their movement ability.
4000
Disarm a hero for 4 seconds and lower their bullet resistance. A hard counter to Haze, Wraith, Vyper and Infernus!
3200
4800
Throw a wave forward that silences, lowers spirit resistance and their spirit power. Useful against Yamato, Geist, Lash, Pocket, and many more.
3200
Allows you to stun an enemy. Brings down flying characters very quickly. Useful against Seven, Bebop and more.
6400
Disarms and silence a target. Extremely useful against anyone and any sort of carry. This DOES interrupt channeled abilities, such as Bebop's ult, Seven's ult, Vindicta's flight, and more!
Ability Point Order
Splatter
The Cube
Puddle Punch
Goo Ball
1
2
1
2
5
5
1
2
5
1
2
5