Calico build guide

ThuhBigA Melee Calico

by Twitch.tv/ThuhBigAVersion 108Updated Sep 17, 2026Guide #362706

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Published guide

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Author's notes

Melee Calico That Doesn't die (TTV/ThuhBigA)

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 8 items · Left to right!
1. 1
  Melee Lifesteal
  Great healing in lane from punching minions. And we upgrade this into Lifestrike. Procs on your 2 as well!
2. 2
  Spirit Strike
3. 3
  Stalker
4. 4
  Cold Front
5. 5
  Shadow Weave
6. 6
  Spirit Snatch
  Built from Spirit Strike
7. 7
  Melee Charge
8. 8
  Lifestrike
  Built from Melee Lifesteal
2Early optionoptional
Author's category · 3 items · pick 1
1. 1
  Healbane
  if enemy heal a lot early
2. 2
  Reactive Barrier
  if enemy has a lot of cc
3. 3
  Healing Booster
  if fed and want to stay on map
3Mid game
Game stage · 3 items
1. 1
  Hunter's Aura
2. 2
  Point Blank
3. 3
  Arctic Blast
  Built from Cold Front
4Situationaloptional
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Dispel Magic
  they got a ton of debuffs
2. 2
  Spirit Resilience
3. 3
  Counterspell
4. 4
5(NOT IN ORDER) Pick What Would Help Next
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Transcendent Cooldown
2. 2
  Diviner's Kevlar
3. 3
  Boundless Spirit
4. 4
6Category 6optional
Author's category · 11 items
1. 1
  Colossus
2. 2
  Spirit Burn
3. 3
  Escalating Exposure
4. 4

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 14	Gloom Bombs: 2 AP upgrade, step 15