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Calico
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I love cat[girl]s! Skelly's Calico Build

Build #209974Latest v163May 22, 2026

Fully annotated! Ability Point Order is WIP since 22/05/2026 patch. This is a melee bruiser build with a mix of gun and spirit. Make sure to pick up Situational items. Now go and be a catgirl! This build isn't very good anymore. Still fun though. Check out my spirit Calico build: 266497

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Win rate
48.4%

30 wins / 32 losses

Matches
62

60 unique players tracked

Pick rate
1.9%

Popularity #9 for this hero

Win-rate rank
#11

Ranked within the popular resolved selected builds

Ability Leveling Order

Ability unlocks and upgrades by step.

16 steps
Ability leveling order by ability and step
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Gloom Bombs
Leaping Slash
Ava
Return to Shadows

Build items

Guide items grouped by the build categories and labeled with item category, tier, and soul cost.

11 categories

Early Game

Left to right! Get all items.

8 items
Close Quarters

Close Quarters

Weapon T1800 souls

Can get earlier, not sure where you'd fit it in though.

Melee Lifesteal

Melee Lifesteal

Vitality T1800 souls

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

Extra Stamina

Extra Stamina

Vitality T1800 souls
Kinetic Dash

Kinetic Dash

Weapon T21,600 souls

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

Intensifying Magazine

Intensifying Magazine

Weapon T21,600 souls

Good ammo and damage.

Melee Charge

Melee Charge

Weapon T21,600 souls

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

Sprint Boots

Sprint Boots

Vitality T1800 souls

Gets your 4.8k souls vitality investment. Speeds up your rotations significantly and upgrades into Juggernaut.

Enduring Speed

Enduring Speed

Vitality T21,600 souls

Great for rotations, the move slow resist and move speed in fights is really nice.

Early Situationals

Optional
6 items
Stalker

Stalker

Weapon T21,600 souls

Really good early. Great for the poke damage, stats, and the move speed to help chase people down. You could get Close Quarters here instead.

Extra Regen

Extra Regen

Vitality T1800 souls

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

Healing RiteActive

Healing Rite

Vitality T1800 souls

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

GritActive

Grit

Vitality T1800 souls

Might be good for trades.

Rebuttal

Rebuttal

Vitality T1800 souls

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

Lifestrike

Lifestrike

Vitality T33,200 souls

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. You can skip and go Fortitude instead if you want.

Mid Game

Roughly left to right.

6 items
Extra Health

Extra Health

Vitality T1800 souls

Extra health is great in lane and we can upgrade this to Fortitude or Colossus later.

Fortitude

Fortitude

Vitality T33,200 souls

The health is great for survivability, the move speed is great for rotating, and the heal lets you stay on the map more. Sell Bsackstabber if no slots.

Cold FrontActive

Cold Front

Spirit T21,600 souls

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

Torment Pulse

Torment Pulse

Spirit T33,200 souls

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.

Spirit Snatch

Spirit Snatch

Spirit T33,200 souls

Gets you to your 4.8k spirit investment. 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.

Point Blank

Point Blank

Weapon T33,200 souls

Fixed and now works with your 2!

Late

Get as needed.

4 items
ColossusActive

Colossus

Vitality T46,400 souls

Extra resists and health is great. Need this for survivability. And gives melee damage now!

Crushing Fists

Crushing Fists

Weapon T46,400 souls

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.

Berserker

Berserker

Weapon T33,200 souls

Great for damage and bullet resist. Super core item for your weapon damage.

Lucky Shot

Lucky Shot

Weapon T46,400 souls

Great damage, you could also go Crippling Headshot or something else here.

Situational

Optional

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

18 items
Shadow WeaveActive

Shadow Weave

Weapon T33,200 souls

Good stats wise. Just be wary since the invis is bugged with catform.

Weakening Headshot

Weakening Headshot

Weapon T21,600 souls

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

FleetfootActive

Fleetfoot

Weapon T21,600 souls

Good for speed in fights and for rotating. And for melee cancelling to avoid parries.

Counterspell

Counterspell

Vitality T33,200 souls

Great against almost everything in the game. Especially Lash.

Dispel MagicActive

Dispel Magic

Vitality T33,200 souls

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

Metal SkinActive

Metal Skin

Vitality T33,200 souls

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.

Bullet Resilience

Bullet Resilience

Vitality T33,200 souls

If you need anti-bullet.

Spirit Resilience

Spirit Resilience

Vitality T33,200 souls

If you need anti-spirit.

Warp StoneActive

Warp Stone

Vitality T33,200 souls

Good defensively and nice for chasing and staying on targets.

Debuff Reducer

Debuff Reducer

Vitality T21,600 souls

Get if you're going Spellbreaker (good if you're against heavy spirit burst like Grey Talon or Lash).

Spirit Shielding

Spirit Shielding

Vitality T21,600 souls

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

Reactive Barrier

Reactive Barrier

Vitality T21,600 souls

Nice in some lanes and against lots of characters. Great against Bebop hook.

Healbane

Healbane

Vitality T21,600 souls

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

Trophy Collector

Trophy Collector

Vitality T21,600 souls

I like this at the moment.

Suppressor

Suppressor

Spirit T21,600 souls

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

Slowing HexActive

Slowing Hex

Spirit T21,600 souls

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

KnockdownActive

Knockdown

Spirit T33,200 souls

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

Silence WaveActive

Silence Wave

Spirit T33,200 souls

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

Extra Late Game

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

9 items
Crippling Headshot

Crippling Headshot

Weapon T46,400 souls

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

Transcendent Cooldown

Transcendent Cooldown

Spirit T46,400 souls

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

Phantom StrikeActive

Phantom Strike

Vitality T46,400 souls

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

Frenzy

Frenzy

Weapon T46,400 souls

Good survivability against spirit.

Arctic BlastActive

Arctic Blast

Spirit T46,400 souls

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.

ScourgeActive

Scourge

Spirit T46,400 souls

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.

Juggernaut

Juggernaut

Vitality T46,400 souls

Amazing against gun carries.

Spellbreaker

Spellbreaker

Vitality T46,400 souls

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

Leech

Leech

Vitality T46,400 souls

Stay alive more, nice for hybrid builds.

Optional Late Items

Optional

You can get some of these earlier as counter buys.

10 items
Silencer

Silencer

Weapon T46,400 souls

Can be good for shutting down ability reliant characters.

UnstoppableActive

Unstoppable

Vitality T46,400 souls

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

Witchmail

Witchmail

Vitality T46,400 souls

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

Plated Armor

Plated Armor

Vitality T46,400 souls

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

Divine BarrierActive

Divine Barrier

Vitality T46,400 souls

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

Indomitable

Indomitable

Vitality T46,400 souls
Stamina Mastery

Stamina Mastery

Vitality T33,200 souls
Radiant Regeneration

Radiant Regeneration

Spirit T33,200 souls

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

Cursed RelicActive

Cursed Relic

Spirit T46,400 souls

If you need to screw over one enemy in particular.

Ethereal ShiftActive

Ethereal Shift

Spirit T46,400 souls

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.

3 items
Crushing Fists

Crushing Fists

Weapon T46,400 souls
Crippling Headshot

Crippling Headshot

Weapon T46,400 souls
Hunter's Aura

Hunter's Aura

Weapon T33,200 souls

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.

Final Build - Vitality

4 items
Fortitude

Fortitude

Vitality T33,200 souls
Lifestrike

Lifestrike

Vitality T33,200 souls

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. You can skip and go Fortitude instead if you want.

Juggernaut

Juggernaut

Vitality T46,400 souls
Phantom StrikeActive

Phantom Strike

Vitality T46,400 souls

Final Build - Spirit

4 items
Torment Pulse

Torment Pulse

Spirit T33,200 souls
Spirit Snatch

Spirit Snatch

Spirit T33,200 souls
ScourgeActive

Scourge

Spirit T46,400 souls
Arctic BlastActive

Arctic Blast

Spirit T46,400 souls

Testing and other Assorted Situationals

Optional

Random things I am testing.

17 items
Hunter's Aura

Hunter's Aura

Weapon T33,200 souls
Weighted Shots

Weighted Shots

Weapon T33,200 souls

Has good stats.

Cultist SacrificeActive

Cultist Sacrifice

Weapon T33,200 souls
Ballistic Enchantment

Ballistic Enchantment

Weapon T33,200 soulsImbue

Probably not good but looks fun!

Restorative Shot

Restorative Shot

Weapon T1800 souls

Great healing.

Healing Tempo

Healing Tempo

Vitality T46,400 souls

Good healing + movement.

Veil Walker

Veil Walker

Vitality T33,200 souls

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).

Enchanter's Emblem

Enchanter's Emblem

Vitality T21,600 souls

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

Return FireActive

Return Fire

Vitality T21,600 souls

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

Battle Vest

Battle Vest

Vitality T21,600 souls

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.

Weapon Shielding

Weapon Shielding

Vitality T21,600 souls

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

Focus LensActive

Focus Lens

Spirit T46,400 souls

Strong at the moment.

Boundless Spirit

Boundless Spirit

Spirit T46,400 souls

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.

Spirit SapActive

Spirit Sap

Spirit T21,600 souls

Good item at the moment.

Disarming HexActive

Disarming Hex

Spirit T33,200 souls

The bullet resist shred is nice, and we're in a gun meta at the moment.

Superior Cooldown

Superior Cooldown

Spirit T33,200 souls

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

Compress Cooldown

Compress Cooldown

Spirit T21,600 soulsImbue

Imbue on 4. Builds into Superior CD.