Calico build guide

DIMOV Edit

by DannyBVersion 9Updated Aug 15, 2026Guide #765773

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

Author's notes

learn tunnel routes

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 11 items · rush torment if held onto a lot of cash, or coldfront
1. 1
  Melee Lifesteal
2. 2
  Stalker
3. 3
  Spirit Strike
4. 4
  Cold Front
5. 5
  Sprint Boots
6. 6
  Enduring Speed
  Built from Sprint Boots
  core
7. 7
  Spirit Snatch
  Built from Spirit Strike
  broken for combo
8. 8
  Mystic Shot
  who doesnt want 100 dmg + spirit
9. 9
  Spirit Shredder
  8% dmg increase shred for all, triggers on 2
10. 10
  Dispel Magic
  any decent team will counter buy you, eventually...
11. 11
  Torment Pulse
  free 120 dmg on combo + chase dmg
2Mid game
Game stage · 6 items · arctic or Mystic based on tempo
1. 1
  Mystic Vulnerability
  skippable if low on slots, +8% dmg and helps team finish, triggers w snatch on 2
2. 2
  Arctic Blast
  Built from Cold Front
  can rush if fed infernus (nets a guaranteed kill on a max prio target)
3. 3
  Slowing Hex
  If/When needed
3situationaloptional
Author's category · 5 items · for green spike or live
1. 1
  Counterspell
  instead of dispel, into instakill ults/util on people u wanna kill (Wraith)
2. 2
  Healbane
3. 3
  Reactive Barrier
4. 4
4other
Author's category · 11 items
1. 1
  Escalating Exposure
  Built from Mystic Vulnerability
  Late DMG + Spirit Resist
2. 2
  Spirit Burn
  Late DMG/AntiHeal
3. 3
  Boundless Spirit
  Built from Improved Spirit
  Late DMG
5Late Green
Author's category · 17 items · + other shit
1. 1
  Phantom Strike
  vin but she kinda still counterspells ur shit
2. 2
  Plated Armor
  infern mirage richochet bs
3. 3
  Cheat Death
  u get mad targeted late game
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