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Calico
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I'm gonna slash

Build #485188Latest v23May 27, 2026

Tanky melee assasin build where you are always in fight helping team and gaining assists From the creator of "I'm gonna burst" - [260466] Calico is still kinda meh but at least playable twitch.tv/johndimaa

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Win rate
58.4%

52 wins / 37 losses

Matches
89

80 unique players tracked

Pick rate
2.8%

Popularity #8 for this hero

Win-rate rank
#5

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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Leaping Slash
Gloom Bombs
Ava
Return to Shadows

Build items

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

7 categories

Early Game

Calico is still not good but at least playable (bad in high elo). Your enemies feed - buy early Trophy collector

6 items
Melee Lifesteal

Melee Lifesteal

Vitality T1800 souls

Slash +100 heal, proc it with your 2 on enemy only. Sell late game or get Lifestrike

Stalker

Stalker

Weapon T21,600 souls

Lane pressure, stronger slash damage and overall helpful. Sell late game

Spirit Strike

Spirit Strike

Spirit T1800 souls

More damage from everything + later upgrade

Cold FrontActive

Cold Front

Spirit T21,600 souls

AOE burst damage, wave clear, moveslow

Trophy Collector

Trophy Collector

Vitality T21,600 souls

Kinda core item but if there's many moveslows then better buy Enduring Speed (or both)

Spirit Snatch

Spirit Snatch

Spirit T33,200 souls

Spirit spike + constant usage + recently buffed, choose either HuntAura or Dispel after this

Lane Situationals

Optional
4 items
Rebuttal

Rebuttal

Vitality T1800 souls

Melee city. Enemy melee characters - try to not sell. Very good for urn fight

Extra Regen

Extra Regen

Vitality T1800 souls

Good passive heal, weaker than Rite but works always

Healing RiteActive

Healing Rite

Vitality T1800 souls

Better than extra regen if you need heal fast after fight + useful for whole game cuz movespeed

GritActive

Grit

Vitality T1800 souls

Actually pretty good item which later upgrades into Spirit Shielding (awesome)

Green situationals / alternatives

Optional

Read and think yourself

10 items
Enduring Speed

Enduring Speed

Vitality T21,600 souls

Faster movespeed in fights, good even with Trophy but usually replaces it vs many move slows

Spirit Shielding

Spirit Shielding

Vitality T21,600 souls

Better CD and Passive stats than from Reactive + gives spirit res on activation

Weapon Shielding

Weapon Shielding

Vitality T21,600 souls

Spirit shielding but for gun dmg with less CD, good vs melee/gun chars, can take double shielding

Healbane

Healbane

Vitality T21,600 souls

Very good vs self healers, easy proc with Torment. Buy earlier if many of those in game

Debuff Reducer

Debuff Reducer

Vitality T21,600 souls

Only item in shop vs DOT damage (Infernus/Pocket/Shiv) & any control (Mo/Holiday)

Reactive Barrier

Reactive Barrier

Vitality T21,600 souls

Insanely nerfed since couple last patches, indomitable is BAD, NO BUY!

Lifestrike

Lifestrike

Vitality T33,200 souls

Actually bad right now until 20~ boons (19+k), better not to buy until then

Counterspell

Counterspell

Vitality T33,200 souls

Block big strong ults with some bonuses. Against Lash/Wraith/Talon/Shiv/Rem/Pocket and so on

Metal SkinActive

Metal Skin

Vitality T33,200 souls

Pure gun damage enemies (Silver, Venator, Haze etc), Bad vs Victor/Wraith

Spirit Resilience

Spirit Resilience

Vitality T33,200 souls

45% spirit resist when less than 50% hp. Sounds very good, buy if 4/6 enemies spirit

Mid Game

Dominate hard - Hunter's Aura first, Many controls - Dispel first

7 items
Hunter's Aura

Hunter's Aura

Weapon T33,200 souls

Still better than any other Gun T3 for Calico, can sell hyperlate

Dispel MagicActive

Dispel Magic

Vitality T33,200 souls

To this day the best Calico green. VS Slowing Hex/Roots/Silence (Calico weakness)

Torment Pulse

Torment Pulse

Spirit T33,200 souls

Consistent close range spirit damage, easy Healbane proc

Alchemical FireActive

Alchemical Fire

Weapon T33,200 souls

Urn fights are INSANELY important right now, this gives you AOE dmg for it + shred/push waves/steal farm

Superior Cooldown

Superior Cooldown

Spirit T33,200 souls

Faster CD for all Abilities and Zipline boost

Mystic Vulnerability

Mystic Vulnerability

Spirit T21,600 souls

More spirit dmg + procs with alch fire

Transcendent Cooldown

Transcendent Cooldown

Spirit T46,400 souls

Power Spike. CD reduction for ALL items

Spirit Situationals

Optional

vibe based buys

3 items
Slowing HexActive

Slowing Hex

Spirit T21,600 souls

Silence against movement abilities. 12k~ buy. Good against Wraith/Mina/Talon/Rem/Vindicta/Apollo etc

Disarming HexActive

Disarming Hex

Spirit T33,200 souls

I personally buy it only VS cheaters on gun carries

Silence WaveActive

Silence Wave

Spirit T33,200 souls

Silence is really good vs ability dependant characters but not super meta

Late Game

no order

3 items
ScourgeActive

Scourge

Spirit T46,400 souls

Very good VS spirit damage teams & tanks (Victor/Abrams/Mo etc) + debuff resist

Spirit Burn

Spirit Burn

Spirit T46,400 souls

AOE dmg + Healbane replacement

Escalating Exposure

Escalating Exposure

Spirit T46,400 souls

Stacking damage "amp" with torment pulse/stalker/scourge/spirit burn/alch fire

Late++

Optional

Read and think yourself

5 items
Ethereal ShiftActive

Ethereal Shift

Spirit T46,400 souls

Tank enemy controlling abilities, get out free item vs anything except Curse. Combo with Scourge

Arctic BlastActive

Arctic Blast

Spirit T46,400 souls

Recently buffed, bigger range + stop everyone in team fight for 1 second and freeze stamina regen

ColossusActive

Colossus

Vitality T46,400 souls

Big resists, hp and overall tankiness, nice vs everything but not op. Curse counters

Spellbreaker

Spellbreaker

Vitality T46,400 souls

Best T4 green item. Anti spirit burst. If want flat resist - buy Resilience or Scourge

Juggernaut

Juggernaut

Vitality T46,400 souls

Move faster, enemy gun char life is a bit harder Great item as an late update to Enduring