Calicobuilds

Rebuttal

Melee city / can bait

Slowing Hex

Good buy in every single game, can buy on lane

Silence Wave

Geist/Mina/Pocket/Ivy/Viscous/Haze/Vyper/Doorman/Bebop/Yamato/Wraith

Torment Pulse

Raw dmg VS close range + some stats. Good if enemy many brawlers

Ethereal Shift

VS many soft controls like Roots/Capacitors/Silences if counterspell not enough

Focus Lens

Late game replace for SlowHex/Silence. From 500 to 1000 more dmg based on enemy items

Enduring Speed

Built from Sprint Boots

Buy instead Trophy collector if team sucks

Lifestrike

Built from Melee Lifesteal

Very good sustain item if need

Spirit Shielding

if need

Healbane

Get if teammates can't buy it

Metal Skin

Pure gun dmg enemies Silver/Venator/Warden

Counterspell

OP item, instead remover if big strong ults & no debuffs

Plated Armor

OP VS gun chars with low firerate, bad vs vyper/wraith

Juggernaut

Built from Enduring Speed

VS moveslow/slow firerate enemy

Crushing Fists

Built from Melee Charge

OP item tbh. if can use effectively - buy.

Indomitable

Compy. Take if enemy low on CC, bad if many

Spellbreaker

VS spirit burst or if slot locked

Divine Barrier

Lategame replace for Dispel Magic

Compress Cooldown

Mystic Shot

More raw dmg, replace melee charge if good aim

Hunter's Aura

Better when have gun team/vs gun team, can buy instead of spirit Shredder

Close Quarters

Nice for melee resist. If you want to kill minions and objectives, its as good as Monster Rounds. If you are planning to go more into gun, this builds into Point Blank for that.

Extra Regen

Good item. Get if you need healing in lane. Typically better than Healing Rite for that.

Grit

You could get this much earlier in lane instead. We're mainly getting it here to hit our 4.8k spike. If you went Dispel Magic earlier, you can skip this.

Rebuttal

Great against Viscous in lane since it works against Viscous Puddle Punches. Also a very good item against people building melee (Abrams and Billy). Only buy if you can actually parry consistently.

Enduring Speed

Built from Sprint Boots

Great for move speed in fights and the slow resist. Lets you easily hit the second ult damage burst. You can get this instead of Trophy Collector, if so, buy it after Spirit Snatch.

Lifestrike

Built from Melee Lifesteal

Buffed! So much fun. Use off CD with heavy melee in lane for a 80+ health heal on a 4 sec CD. Lets you permafight/push in lane. Slow is super good as well.

Counterspell

Great against certain characters and abilities. Especially Lash.

Spirit Resilience

If you need anti-spirit. Very common buy although not absolutely necessary since we build many items that have spirit resist already. Always good.

Bullet Resilience

Usually just go Metal Skin instead. In worst case scenario you could get this. But something like Plated Armor or maybe Disarming Hex will likely just be better.

Metal Skin

This since it got buffed is actually kinda really good against some characters, especially Haze and Drifter. I'd get this as an alternative to Bullet Resilience or Plated Armor. Good with trans CD

Fortitude

The health is great for survivability, the move speed is great for rotating, and the heal lets you stay on the map longer. I prefer this over VW cause it works in the tunnels.

Veil Walker

Nice for rotating around the map, ganking, escaping/survivability, and the heal is great. At the moment I don't like this too much since it doesn't work in the tunnels.

Enchanter's Emblem

Great for more spirit resist early. Cooldown reduction is really rare so this is a great item since it gives you some.

Reactive Barrier

Built from Grit

Great item against hard CC. Scales well into the late game as well. You could get in lane even against some heroes.

Spirit Shielding

Built from Grit

Great against spirit damage. You can get in some lanes.

Healbane

Easy to proc anti-heal (good against Abrams, Victor, etc.). The heal on kill is also really great during midgame fights.

Restorative Locket

8% spirit resist for 1.6k and the health and the stamina is really nice. I don't think you build this most games anymore with the nerf to it.

Debuff Reducer

Good if you need debuff reduction and are going to build Spellbreaker later (good if they have heavy spirit burst such as Grey Talon or Lash).

Silence Wave

Good item. Very common buy. Silence is very good against many characters.

Suppressor

Great at stopping gun carries. Easy to proc and can proc on many people.

Slowing Hex

Good against Mina, and other movement focused people.

Mystic Shot

Pretty good. If you're getting 3 1.6k gun items to get your 4.8k spike then this would be one of them usually.

Spirit Shredder

Pretty good. If you're getting 3 1.6k gun items to get your 4.8k spike then this would be one of them usually.

Unstoppable

Built from Debuff Reducer

Really great in late teamfights. Especially good if you are really struggling against CC. Or for midboss.

Spellbreaker

Built from Debuff Reducer

Incredible against Lash, Grey Talon, and any other spirit burst characters.

Juggernaut

Built from Enduring Speed

Great against gun carries and is good to pick up if you have no free slots.

Plated Armor

Great but usually only buy once you already have bullet resist. Great against Haze.

Witchmail

Kind of a meme item. Very situational. Only get against lots of incremental spirit damage (McGinnis turrets, Infernus, Warden Ult) and have Spirit Resilience already.

Siphon Bullets

Might be quite nice against tanks if you've gone into more gun late game.

Cheat Death

If you are actually like the only player on your team doing anything and you have like 65k souls you could get this.

Stamina Mastery

fun item, good value, mmm mmmmovement. You could buy this in the mid game some time rather than getting resists perhaps.

Warp Stone

Good for movement and the bullet resist is nice.

Magic Carpet

Fun and silly! Also good escape tool. Just worse to get than other 6ks though. Meme item.

Mercurial Magnum

Can't combo as well with Spiritual Overflow anymore.

Cursed Relic

If you really need to screw over someone in particular.

Disarming Hex

Against a gun carry who is running the game.

Radiant Regeneration

Kind of fun, but not very good. Adds up to a decent amount of heal in longer fights since Torment Pulse and Scourge easily procs it.

Knockdown

If no one else on your team is going to buy this and you really need to stop a Vindicta/GT or Seven ult.

Decay

I don't think this is really all that worth it compared to just getting Healbane. Since any person incredibly reliant on healing will just get Debuff Remover. But maybe get against Mo or Abrams.

Compress Cooldown

More uptime on your 4.

Mystic Slow

Just feels really nice, makes it super easy to hit your ults second/end damage burst.

Spirit Sap

Builds into Focus Lens, easy to use and great for 1v1s. Makes your burst stronger.

Mystic Burst

Bad early since not much procs it anymore.

Phantom Strike

Good for shutting down fliers and gun carries. And for getting on top of the people you need to target in team fights.

Battle Vest

The bullet resist and regen is great in lane. Later though you should just get Bullet Resilience. Also good for farming denizens.

Return Fire

Good against Graves and gun carries.

Weapon Shielding

Built from Grit

It's nice, usually the other shields are better though in most games.

Extra Health

You can build this into Fortitude or Colossus. You can buy this during laning to help with survivability potentially.

Healing Rite

No point getting this because of T2 catform.

Focus Lens

Built from Spirit Sap

It's fine, good with your burst and the silence is nice.

Spiritual Overflow

Nerfed into the ground.

Lucky Shot

Great for damage and ammo, replaces Stalker.

Spirit Rend

Built from Spirit Shredder

Good late game upgrade for Spirit Shredder Bullets.

Cultist Sacrifice

Possible item for your 4.8k Weapon Investment, but imo it's not that necessary on Calico.

Shadow Weave

Built from Sprint Boots

I think the stats from this can be good. The invisibility is bugged with cat form I think though, so just be wary of that. Other items are usually better.

Point Blank

Built from Close Quarters

Feels pretty good. It is now fixed for your 2! Difficult on slots though. Good for melee resist if you need that.

Fleetfoot

Not as good since the speed stacking nerf. I still like it though. Good for movespeed in ult and catform. Combine with a 3.2k weapon item to get your 4.8k investment spike.

Rebuttal

Against Abrams/Billy/Viscous or cheeky parry on sinners/buffs for guaranteed kill

Trophy Collector

Built from Sprint Boots

if buying trophy get it instead of enduring and get it before ColdFront

Grit

Extra Regen

Dispel Magic

Better than Couterspell because can remove Silence/Slowing Hex/root/stun and other things + Spirit Resist for self

Counterspell

Block big strong ults with some bonuses Take against Lash/Wraith/Talon/Rem/Apollo/Infernus/BebopBomb/Solomon etc.

Scourge

AOE spirit dmg + resists, teamfight damage boost. Paired with EE for crazy amount of damage

Escalating Exposure

Built from Mystic Vulnerability

Upgrade from Mystic Vulnerability pretty good when paired with Scourge and in team fights

Spirit Sap

Skip if dispel

Focus Lens

Built from Spirit Sap

Assasinate people with bomb burst, BAD IF ENEMY HAS DISPEL MAGIC/Ethereal Shift/Divine Barrier, Low CD (use it before combo)

Spirit Burn

Best antiheal and little AOE dmg, easier push, not prio if have 1 or 2 in team

Boundless Spirit

Built from Improved Spirit

Pure damage buff, better than Surge of Power by pure damage but no movespeed (if buying Focus Lens get boundless after)

Transcendent Cooldown

CD reduction for ALL items (Torment/Snatch/Arctic/Barriers/Silence/Dispel/Counterspell/MetalSkin and so on)

Ethereal Shift

Nerf is REALLY big so item is not prio BUT still good vs silences

Juggernaut

Built from Enduring Speed

Great item overall as a late update to Enduring Speed, makes enemy gunners life harder

Crippling Headshot

16% SPIRIT RESIST combo now becomes 2 -> shoot -> Arctic -> 1 (throw bombs on feet) -> Ult

Spellbreaker

Against Spirit Nukers + Debuffs, the best T4 green item *if enemy has spell breaker consider mystic shot to break spellbreaker so you use your combo after

Cursed Relic

Ability cancel + silence for items, good for teamfights/ duo kills. (get if u fall off late game)

Unstoppable

Amazing in Teamfights or u getting CC fucked and good for midboss contest

Slowing Hex

Better Silence Wave but against 1 specific ability, good against Shiv/WRAITH/MINA/Holiday/Sinclair/Rem/Apollo etc (use it After ColdFront/Arctic)

Silence Wave

Silence for 3s + 75 DMG Great against Pocket/Mina/Geist/Victor etc could replace with Torment for massive burst DMG

Knockdown

Anti-Flyer mainly against(Vindicta/lash/talon/DANNY) but can be used for others like Celeste/Kelvin

Reactive Barrier

Built from Grit

The best barrier item, if have 3+ enemies (or 2 on lane) who proc it with abilities - 100% buy

Debuff Reducer

Buy mostly against Baba and upgrade later to spellbreaker or unstop

Spirit Shielding

Built from Grit

Healbane

Antiheal and self heal on kill, if possible - ask your often spirit dmg characters to get it (Mina/Yamato/Shiv)

Enchanter's Emblem

Spirit Power + CD + HP + Regen

Lifestrike

Built from Melee Lifesteal

Good heals + move slow stacks with cold front move slow (cheapest item to get the 4.8K Green Spike) |Max Ult first if buying|

Fortitude

More health, move speed, and heal while getting boxes after fight. All stats good for Calico

Bullet Resilience

get metal skin instead

Veil Walker

Alternative to Fortitude, enemies see you through wall if use veil in cat form.

Stamina Mastery

Calico is bucket 1 so best stamina distance but meh

Metal Skin

[18 SEC COOLDOWN] VERY GOOD ITEM ESPECIALLY WITH TRANSCENDENT COOLDOWN

Spirit Resilience

Buy if 4 enemies spirit and ur lowkey getting targeted

Torment Pulse

Free Damage. Consistent and close range spirit damage (less prio after nerfs)

Surge of Power

Built from Extra Spirit

THis item is very good if you M1 a lot but it's considered mainly for gun heroes

Tankbuster

procs on ult & (bombs if have boundless and all are stuck to enemy)

Spirit Shredder

8% Spirit shread procs on Leaping Slash (could upgrade to spirit rend later if using gun more)

Mystic Shot

Calico's gun is a shotgun so it's hard to miss the shot

Melee Charge

melee heroes are good this patch try to bait a parry and farm with this

Shadow Weave

Built from Sprint Boots

Buffed cooldown gives speed good item imo

Fleetfoot

Weapon Damage + Slow Resist + infinite ammo cuz slide (Good Buy against slows like Kelvin)

Phantom Strike

Against Flyers like Talon/Vindicta/DANNY/Lash

Echo Shard

Magic Carpet