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Calico
Sieje spustoszenie z ubocza.

Calico wykorzystuje cienie na swoją korzyść, wplatając i wyplatając się z walki, by polować na wrogów jeden za drugim.

Calico
Sieje spustoszenie z ubocza.

Calico wykorzystuje cienie na swoją korzyść, wplatając i wyplatając się z walki, by polować na wrogów jeden za drugim.

Description

Fully annotated!
This is a melee bruiser build. Make sure to pick up Situational items.
Now go and be a catgirl!
Patch 2025-07-29 is really rough on this. Melee was heavily nerfed. Spirit Calico is best at the moment. This build is fun though.
Check out my spirit Calico build: 266497

Item Build

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_EarlyGame

Left to right! Get all items.

Deadlock Item

I

Wampiryczne Pięści

Great healing in lane from punching minions. And we upgrade this into Lifestrike. Procs on your 2 as well!

Deadlock Item

III

Życiodajne Gruchnięcie

So much fun. Use off CD with heavy melee in lane for a 100 health heal on a 4 sec CD. So good for sustain, which lets you permafight/push in lane. Also slows for both ult damage ticks.

Deadlock Item

II

Zdrajca

Really good early. Great for the poke damage and the move speed to help chase people down.

Deadlock Item

II

Efekt aktywny

Zimny Front

Adds to your burst damage, and the slow is great. We also can upgrade this into Arctic Blast.

Deadlock Item

I

Dodatkowe Zdrowie

Extra health is great in lane and we can upgrade this to Fortitude or Colossus later. If you need slots you can sell it though.

Deadlock Item

I

Spirytualne Uderzenie

A bunch of extra damage on our 2 and punches. We upgrade this to Spirit Snatch.

Deadlock Item

II

Szarża Osiłka

Melee damage is really fun. We upgrade this into Crushing Fists.

Deadlock Item

I

Buty Sprintu

Speeds up your rotations significantly and upgrades into Juggernaut.

Early Situationals

Deadlock Item

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Potworne Kule

Great if enemies are pushing to your tower.

Deadlock Item

I

Strzał Witalności

Great healing.

Deadlock Item

I

Dodatkowa Regeneracja

Great if you need constant healing. You can upgrade this into Healing Booster and then Healing Tempo.

Deadlock Item

I

Efekt aktywny

Rytuał Uzdrowienia

Great for healing if you get really low in lane. Sprint speed is also nice for rotating.

Deadlock Item

I

Dodatkowa Wytrzymałość

Personal preference alternative to Sprint Boots. We upgrade this into Kinetic Dash.

Deadlock Item

I

Odparcie

Incredible against Viscous in lane since it works against Viscous Puddle Punches. Also a very good item against people building melee (usually Abrams).

Early Mid

Roughly left to right.

Deadlock Item

III

Spirytualne Capnięcie

Spirit resist and power steal is amazing. Plus even more melee damage and it procs on your 2. Great damage over the course of a game.

Deadlock Item

III

Puls Męki

Great damage over the course of a game/fight. And makes you a little tankier. Great for farming as well. Just super good core item.

Deadlock Item

II

Wytrwała Szybkość

Great for rotations, the move slow resist and move speed in fights is really nice. If you went Extra Stamina go Kinetic Dash here instead.

Deadlock Item

III

Hart Ducha

The health is great for survivability, the move speed is great for rotating, and the heal lets you stay on the map more. However, you can go Veil Walker here instead or both, since its really OP atm.

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_MidGame

Get as needed.

Deadlock Item

III

Berserker

Great for damage and bullet resist.

Deadlock Item

IV

Miażdżące Pięści

Big powerspike. You can rush earlier if you are doing well. If you aren't having success with melee you could skip this and go into more of a spirit build.

Deadlock Item

III

Aura Łowcy

Resist shred is always great. Makes you very strong in 1v1s. You could just skip for AB/Scourge here instead if they have no gun carries that are an issue.

Deadlock Item

III

Nadrzędny Czas Oczekiwania

Really great for increasing your uptime with your ult and for letting you do more slashes in fights.

Situational

Pick and choose depending on what you need. Some can be built in lane/early.

Deadlock Item

II

Osłabiający Strzał w Głowę

Easy to proc. Increases yours and your teams damage. Upgrades to Crippling Headshot which is great in the late game.

Deadlock Item

II

Kinetyczny Sprint

Amazing for ammo since it gives a flat amount rather than a percentage. Helps for pushing objectives.

Deadlock Item

III

Kontrczar

Great against almost everything in the game. Especially Lash.

Deadlock Item

III

Efekt aktywny

Usuwacz Osłabień

Must buy against a ton of characters, Vindicta and Infernus in particular.

Deadlock Item

II

Skracacz Osłabień

You can build this into Debuff Remover vs certain characters. No longer helps with parry stun though.

Deadlock Item

III

Wędrowiec Woalu

If you get this, get it early. Really nice for rotating around the map, ganking, escaping/survivability, and the heal is great in the mid game for staying on the map (like Fortitude).

Deadlock Item

III

Niezłomność Balistyczna

If you need anti-bullet.

Deadlock Item

III

Niezłomność Spirytualna

If you need anti-spirit.

Deadlock Item

II

Efekt aktywny

Ogień Zwrotny

Got nerfed but is still good against gun carries. Gives you lots of survivability. Often build in lane.

Deadlock Item

II

Ochrona Spirytualna

Can build in lane. Got nerfed but I think it is still quite strong at the moment early on.

Deadlock Item

II

Bariera Reaktywna

Nice in some lanes such as against Bebop.

Deadlock Item

II

Zdrowoklątwa

Easy to proc anti-heal. The heal on kill is also really great during midgame fights.

Deadlock Item

II

Stłumiacz

Great at stopping gun carries. Easy to proc and can go on many people.

Deadlock Item

II

Efekt aktywny

Spowalniający Urok

Good against Lash, Mina, Pocket, and movement focused people.

Deadlock Item

III

Efekt aktywny

Obalenie

Good against flying characters like Vindicta and Grey Talon. Also used for knocking Seven out of his ultimate.

Deadlock Item

III

Efekt aktywny

Fala Ciszy

Very strong at the moment, silence is very good against many characters and it reduces their resist. I recommend against characters like Yamato and Pocket.

Usual Late Game

Get depending on game state. If you don't know what to get, go AB or Scourge first.

Deadlock Item

IV

Efekt aktywny

Widmowe Uderzenie

Amazing for shutting down fliers and gun carries. And for getting on top of the people you need to target in team fights.

Deadlock Item

IV

Efekt aktywny

Arktyczny Wybuch

Really great item, practically a guarenteed kill in the late game if your team is with you. The combo with it is 2, Arctic Blast, light punch, 1, 4. Also great for clearing waves quickly in cat form.

Deadlock Item

IV

Efekt aktywny

Plaga

Really good. Makes you really tanky and can do a lot of damage if you get into the middle of their team. You can rush earlier if you feel it would be good or have the money.

Deadlock Item

IV

Okaleczający Strzał w Głowę

One of the best damage items in the game because of the shred. The anti-heal is also amazing.

Deadlock Item

IV

Niszczyciel

Amazing against gun carries.

Deadlock Item

IV

Efekt aktywny

Kolos

Extra resists and health is great. If you haven't sold Extra Health this is a good upgrade.

Deadlock Item

IV

Łamacz Czarów

Incredible against Lash, Grey Talon, and any other spirit burst characters.

Deadlock Item

IV

Transcendentny Czas Oczekiwania

Gives you way more uptime on your ult and items. Also works on Torment Pulse.

Deadlock Item

IV

Bezkresny Spirytualizm

Gives you some much needed damage in the late game with your ult and gloom bombs. Great if you are trying to oneshot their carries.

Deadlock Item

IV

Pijawka

Stay alive more, nice for hybrid builds.

Optional Late Items

You can get some of these earlier as counter buys.

Deadlock Item

IV

Uciszacz

Can be good for shutting down ability reliant characters.

Deadlock Item

IV

Szał Bitewny

Good survivability against spirit.

Deadlock Item

IV

Efekt aktywny

Nie do Powstrzymania

If you're getting CCed or parried constantly. Also for midboss.

Deadlock Item

IV

Wiedźmia Kolczuga

Very situational. Only get against lots of incremental spirit damage (McGinnis turrets, Infernus, Warden Ult). Still testing this.

Deadlock Item

IV

Pancerz Płytowy

Really good against characters like Haze and Infernus, get after you already have bullet resist of some kind though.

Deadlock Item

IV

Efekt aktywny

Święta Bariera

Can remove ult debuffs such as Pocket ult. Prioritise casting it on other people though since half the CD gets refunded.

Deadlock Item

IV

Uzdrawiające Tempo

Good healing + movement.

Deadlock Item

III

Promienna Regeneracja

Quite good healing and move speed. Adds up to a lot in longer fights since Torment Pulse and Scourge easily procs it. Still testing.

Deadlock Item

IV

Efekt aktywny

Klątwa

If you need to screw over one enemy in particular.

Deadlock Item

IV

Efekt aktywny

Eteryczne Przejście

Great on Calico, helps you live much longer. They nerfed the cooldown though, so not as good as it used to be.

Final Build - Weapons

Typical late build, Beserker should also be here.

Testing and other Assorted Situationals

Random things I am testing.

Deadlock Item

III

Ciężki Kaliber

Has good stats.

Deadlock Item

III

Bezpośredniość

The weapon damage and slow is nice but the extra weapon damage does not work with your 2 I think.

Deadlock Item

II

Efekt aktywny

Gibkonogi

Alternative to Backstabber, you'd buy this after lane though.

Deadlock Item

III

Kolekcjoner Trofeów

Only buy if you are 100% sure you will get many stacks.

Deadlock Item

III

Efekt aktywny

Metalowa Skóra

This since it got buffed is actually kinda really good against some characters, especially Haze. I'd get this if just buying Bullet Resilience or Juggernaut isn't enough maybe.

Deadlock Item

II

Emblemat Czarownika

Great for spirit resist and Cooldown reduction is really rare so this is a great item since it gives you some.

Deadlock Item

II

Kamizelka Bojowa

Great item in lane for the regen, the resist is really good as well. Later though you should just get Bullet Resilience instead. Also great for farming denizens.

Deadlock Item

II

Ochrona Balistyczna

It's nice, but I just prefer to go Return Fire or Suppressor or rush Bullet Resilience early.

Deadlock Item

II

Nasycenie

Kompresja Czasu Oczekiwania

Imbue on 4. Builds into Superior CD.

Ability Point Order

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