Calico build guide

novitk sucks at calico

by NovitkVersion 5Updated Apr 18, 2026Guide #585589

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Observed usage

Match statistics · filters applied except game mode

Published guide

As written by the author · latest version · not affected by filters

In-game favourites: 2 (as last synced by the API; not match usage)

Author's notes

kill them without dying

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 9 items
1. 1
  Melee Lifesteal
2. 2
  Stalker
3. 3
  Spirit Strike
4. 4
  Cold Front
5. 5
  Lifestrike
  Built from Melee Lifesteal
6. 6
  Sprint Boots
7. 7
  Enduring Speed
  Built from Sprint Boots
8. 8
  Torment Pulse
9. 9
  Hunter's Aura
  Close quaters if many melee characters
2Lane Susoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Healing Rite
2. 2
  Rebuttal
3Core
Author's category · 7 items
1. 1
  Spirit Snatch
  Built from Spirit Strike
2. 2
  Silence Wave
  Use effectively without just spamming
3. 3
  Arctic Blast
  Built from Cold Front
4. 4
4perhapsoptional
Author's category · 4 items · dispel basically mandatory
1. 1
  Dispel Magic
2. 2
  Healbane
3. 3
  Reactive Barrier
4. 4
5Late game
Game stage · 7 items
1. 1
  Escalating Exposure
  Built from Mystic Vulnerability
2. 2
  Ethereal Shift
3. 3
  Scourge
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 13	Gloom Bombs: 2 AP upgrade, step 14