Calico build guide

7 years of (bad) luck

by DinizVersion 4Updated Oct 9, 2026Guide #744492

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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: 4 (as last synced by the API; not match usage)

Author's notes

Try to push lane early and rotate. Farm and get, bigger, stronger, better. (Don't fight mid game a lot, get boxes, help team and carry late)

Item categories

1Lane L>R
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Melee Lifesteal
  Apply with Leaping Slash
2. 2
  Spirit Strike
3. 3
  Stalker
4. 4
  Extra Spirit
5. 5
  Cold Front
6. 6
  Sprint Boots
2Pick one (read)
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Enduring Speed
  Built from Sprint Boots
  Important Rotation -> Late Juggernaut
2. 2
  Trophy Collector
  Built from Sprint Boots
  Good lane or skip.
3Lane optionsoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Extra Regen
2. 2
  Grit
  Maybe late indomitable
3. 3
  Rebuttal
4Core
Author's category · 8 items · Maybe you want to buy late items first. Or buy resist.
1. 1
  Spirit Snatch
  Built from Spirit Strike
2. 2
  Compress Cooldown
3. 3
  Torment Pulse
4. 4
5Core Late 40k
Author's category · 7 items
1. 1
  Superior Cooldown
  Built from Compress Cooldown
2. 2
  Escalating Exposure
  Built from Mystic Vulnerability
3. 3
  Improved Spirit
  Built from Extra Spirit
4. 4
6Situational (or skip)optional
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Slowing Hex
  Don't let they escape - Mina, pocket, apollo, rem, infernus
2. 2
  Spirit Sap
  Againt Spirit
3. 3
  Metal Skin
  Againt Bullet
4. 4
7Good Choices 40k++ (NOT L>R)optional
Author's category · 10 items · Stop and think, 30sec for a good decision
1. 1
  Scourge
  Good item, apply exposure and resist
2. 2
  Focus Lens
  Built from Spirit Sap
3. 3
  Spellbreaker
  Sell spirit resilience first
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 10	Gloom Bombs: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Gloom Bombs: 5 AP upgrade, step 12