Bruiser Support Calico

Author's notes

Her ability scalings are hybrid and weak. She falls off lategame. This build funnels her excess gold into support role. Tips and Tricks: - Use Bombs either simultaneously with Leap or be patient with it. - Focus squishies for bonus souls on kills with Leap. Ignore tanks. - You can squeeze a light melee after Leaping Slash. * Fully annotated, 4.8k optimized build. Read and Enjoy!

Item categories

1. 1Early game

   Game stage · 7 items · Left to Right | Lots of heals from Leaping Slash and Melee Lifesteal. Use it.

   1. 1

      Spirit Strike

      Sell or Upgrade later.

   2. 2

      Melee Lifesteal

      Sell later. Not worth upgrading because Leaping Slash is a light melee. Doesn't scale well into lategame.

   3. 3

      Cold Front

      Cheap extra burst and slow. Sell or Upgrade later.

   4. 4

2. 2Sustain/Componentsoptional

   Author's category · 4 items · If lane is difficult

   1. 1

      Close Quarters

      Melee resist and melee damage.

   2. 2

      Healing Rite

      If enemy has burst damage, use this and open boxes. Scales with Spirit.

   3. 3

      Extra Regen

      If the enemy has low/chip damage, buy this.

3. 3Lane Specific Itemsoptional

   Author's category · 4 items · Occasional buys

   1. 1

      Slowing Hex

      Great vs low gravity, dash ability enemies like Celeste, Holliday, Mina, Shiv, Calico (ouch), etc. Good component to upgrade later as well.

   2. 2

      Spirit Sap

      Makes Spirit heroes deal 0 damage early game, such as Infernus, Mina, etc. Very expensive upgrade and dispellable.

   3. 3

      Suppressor

4. 4T3 Gunoptional

   Author's category · 3 items · Buy 1 for 4.8k spike

   1. 1

      Point Blank

      Built from Close Quarters

      Great vs melees like Billy, Abrams, Viscous. Applies slow on Leaping Slash as well.

   2. 2

      Toxic Bullets

      Great vs healers and tanks. %max hp damage and scales with spirit into lategame.

   3. 3

      Hunter's Aura

5. 5Utilityoptional

   Author's category · 3 items · Situational gamechangers

   1. 1

      Counterspell

      Parry telegraphed spells and ultimates with this such as Doorman ult (from inside), Warden Cage, Yamato Slash, Lash ult, Infernus Ult, etc.

   2. 2

      Metal Skin

      Best defense against Haze, Silver, Drifter, etc.

   3. 3

      Dispel Magic

      If you need to remove stun/cc from yourself which Divine Barrier can not do.

6. 6Core Items

   Author's category · 7 items · L - R | Buy 1 green T3 item for 4.8k vitality spike. Read Lightning Scroll!

   1. 1

      Torment Pulse

      Don't sell this. It applies all your "on-spirit damage" effects.

   2. 2

      Greater Expansion

      Built from Mystic Expansion

      Easy to land your Leaping Slash and Ultimate on multiple people if they are stacked together.

   3. 3

      Mystic Slow

7. 7Support your team!optional

   Author's category · 4 items · L-R Best to Worst

   1. 1

      Silence Wave

      Extra AoE burst damage and silence. Good for assassin gameplay.

   2. 2

      Healing Nova

      Built from Healing Rite

      Healing tempo is your core, you can apply it to your entire team as well.

   3. 3

      Knockdown

      Good buy vs annoying ults like Lash, Dynamo, Vindicta, Talon, etc. If there is another main support, they should buy this one.

8. 8Mobilityoptional

   Author's category · 3 items

   1. 1

      Kinetic Dash

      Stamina recovery and +6 bullets is great for you since you have only 12.

   2. 2

      Warp Stone

      %30 bullet resist, Use this to disengage if necessary.

   3. 3

      Stamina Mastery

      Main benefit is that it takes no active slot.

9. 9Extra Spiritoptional

   Author's category · 2 items

   1. 1

      Spirit Snatch

      Built from Spirit Strike

      Your Leaping Slash is a light attack so this deals and steals %30 less stats. But you can steal stacks from multiple people at once.

   2. 2

      Spirit Burn

      Procs fastest if you have Arctic Blast/Silencing wave or Ult. Bombs are inconsistent.

10. 10Extra Utilityoptional

    Author's category · 6 items · Lategame Actives | L - R Best to Worst

    1. 1

       Vortex Web

       Built from Slowing Hex

       Combo = Vortex Web -> (Active AoE Item) -> Gloom Bombs + Leaping Slash -> Return to Shadows -> Gloom Bomb + Leaping Dash

    2. 2

       Cursed Relic

       Counter enemy carries lategame, purge their buffs, interrupt ults, disarm and silence them.

    3. 3

       Divine Barrier

11. 11Extra Defenseoptional

    Author's category · 5 items · This build lacks bullet resist.

    1. 1

       Plated Armor

       Buy this vs on-hit carries like Infernus, Wraith, Haze, Mina, etc.

    2. 2

       Spellbreaker

       Good vs chunking Spirit abilities like Yamato Slash, Holliday Barrel, Apollo skills, Lash, Drifter Rend, etc.

    3. 3

       Diviner's Kevlar

       Cooldown perfectly syncs with your ult but %15 duration is useless for us.

12. 12Extra Gunoptional

    Author's category · 3 items · Try T3 Gun items above too

    1. 1

       Crippling Headshot

       You have to land headshots now.

    2. 2

       Silencer

       Your Leaping Slash applies this effect too. Makes you more of a nuisance and tanky.

    3. 3

       Spiritual Overflow

       Easy to build up but we don't really need these stats except maybe Spirit Power.

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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 3						Gloom Bombs: 1 AP upgrade, step 91			Gloom Bombs: 2 AP upgrade, step 122