Calico build guide

Angadxo updated calico

by TTV/AngadxoVersion 7Updated Sep 26, 2026Guide #769917

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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

echo shard is broken

Item categories

1L>R
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Melee Lifesteal
  best sustain item for calico infinite healing
2. 2
  Stalker
  when you get this and 2 points cat you can roam and do big damage
3. 3
  Spirit Strike
  can buy later
4. 4
  Sprint Boots
5. 5
  Trophy Collector
  Built from Sprint Boots
  can buy before spirit strike if winning hard or ganking fast
6. 6
  Cold Front
  best early damage
2good situational buysoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Slowing Hex
  vs mina, celeste, lash and other movement characters
2. 2
  Silence Wave
  vs people with invincible frames that cant be slow hexed like viscous ivy pocket
3. 3
  Torment Pulse
  if you are ahead, really good damage stats
3optional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Grit
2. 2
  Enduring Speed
  Built from Sprint Boots
4Mid game
Game stage · 7 items
1. 1
  Spirit Snatch
  Built from Spirit Strike
  when you get this its better to slash then bomb people, before this you should bomb then slash
2. 2
  Hunter's Aura
  Sometimes skip if not shooting your gun, typically still good team utility regardless
3. 3
  Dispel Magic
5optional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Reactive Barrier
  Built from Grit
2. 2
  Spirit Shielding
  Built from Grit
3. 3
  Weapon Shielding
  Built from Grit
4. 4
6Late game
Game stage · 6 items · no particular order buy whats needed
1. 1
  Scourge
2. 2
  Tankbuster
3. 3
  Spirit Burn
4. 4
7Late Game survivabilityoptional
Author's category · 10 items · buy unstop for midboss if your team needs
1. 1
  Cheat Death
2. 2
  Indomitable
  Built from Reactive Barrier
  upgrade from reactive for green invest
3. 3
  Unstoppable
  if your team needs mid contest

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