Calico build guide

Midknight Calico

by WashedVersion 5Updated Sep 29, 2026Guide #764347

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

Author's notes

Vraic Edit

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 7 items
1. 1
  Melee Lifesteal
2. 2
  Stalker
  High sell prio but dont lose gun spike
3. 3
  Spirit Strike
4. 4
  Sprint Boots
5. 5
  Trophy Collector
  Built from Sprint Boots
  If you're not roaming early or just losing go Cold front first
6. 6
  Cold Front
7. 7
  Spirit Snatch
  Built from Spirit Strike
2OP Itemoptional
Author's category · 1 items
1. 1
  Slowing Hex
  I have this here to remind me how broken it is. If they're comp has a lot of dashes buy it right after spirit spike
3Gun spike
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Mystic Shot
  I know you hate it Skeleton. It's OP on this hero
2. 2
  Spirit Shredder
4Mid game
Game stage · 7 items
1. 1
  Mystic Vulnerability
2. 2
  Dispel Magic
  If they're chuds and don't go slowing hexes this can be counterspell
3. 3
  Arctic Blast
  Built from Cold Front
  Arctic follows you in 2 so: Arctic - 2 - gloom when they are frozen, then win.
5Defenseoptional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Ethereal Shift
  Late game if you need I frames but it's too late for counterspell
2. 2
  Juggernaut
3. 3
  Counterspell
4. 4
6Category 6optional
Author's category · 14 items
1. 1
  Focus Lens
2. 2
  Spirit Burn
3. 3
  Spirit Rend
  Built from Spirit Shredder
  When slotlocker or if they have a bunch of sprirt res buy this and sell Stalker
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