Calico build guide

Natan's Calico

by 󠀡󠀡agafatVersion 77Updated Sep 30, 2026Guide #257501

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Observed usage

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Published guide

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Author's notes

yuh Combo: Ramp up Damage Amp as Ava > sneak up > Arctic Blast > Attach Bombs > 2 > 4

Item categories

1Lane
Author's category · 5 items · Sell Melee Lifesteal for Slot When Needed
1. 1
  Melee Lifesteal
  Pay attention to the cooldown and use Slash on an enemy hero to heal a bunch. Sell mid game for a slot
2. 2
  Stalker
  Just free damage movespeed and wallhacks
3. 3
  Spirit Strike
  Some extra burst for when you unlock ult at 3.6k souls
4. 4
  Enduring Speed
  Helps you roam around the map to look for kills, grab boxes in the tunnels as Ava. 3 and 4 scale with movespeed, not sprint speed so be aware of that if you swap it out for trophy
5. 5
  Cold Front
  More burst for your combo
2Laneoptional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Healing Rite
  Emergency
2. 2
  Grit
  Builds into Reactive/Spirit Shielding
3. 3
  Rebuttal
  Fistfight lane
4. 4
3Core
Author's category · 8 items · Order just a suggestion
1. 1
  Spirit Snatch
  Built from Spirit Strike
  More damage for your combo and steals spirit resist.
2. 2
  Compress Cooldown
  Ult is your playmaking tool, so getting it off cooldown is nice
3. 3
  Arctic Blast
  Built from Cold Front
  Huge spike, guarantees bomb hits
4Mid gameoptional
Game stage · 10 items
1. 1
  Slowing Hex
  Good pick up against a team with lots of mobile heroes, can buy instead of coldfront and buy coldfront later
2. 2
  Silence Wave
  Some utility, extra damage for your combo, prevents people like Dynamo or Ivy from using their abilities to avoid your damage
3. 3
  Knockdown
  Good vs airborne heroes or to cancel important ultimates (dynamo seven bebop ivy lash etc)
5Late gameoptional
Game stage · 10 items · Read Annotations
1. 1
  Tankbuster
  Good late game if people have a ton of spirit resist
2. 2
  Spirit Burn
  If you need Healing Reduction late game
3. 3
  Ethereal Shift
  26 second cd with Transcendant CD, great stalling power and useful to dodge important telegraphed cc/damage

Categories appear in the author's order. Only the editor's default Early, Mid and Late sections are marked as game stages; the author's own categories keep their names. “Built from” links come from the game's item recipes.

Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order
Gloom BombsGloom Bombs		Gloom Bombs: Ability unlocked, step 2								Gloom Bombs: 1 AP upgrade, step 10	Gloom Bombs: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Gloom Bombs: 5 AP upgrade, step 12