Maldox Calico SPIRIT

Calico · ID 395218

48.3% win rate, 35.2K matches, 14.6K players

48.3%

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Early-Mid

Melee Lifesteal
Lane healing, 12 more damage, range lane Can be replaced with HealRite/Regen if hard lane or Extra Spirit if easy lane[SELL LATER IF NOT UPGRADING TO LIFESTRIKE]
Stalker
does 85 Dmg works on slash + gives speed + wallhacks + 50 HP + 9% weapon DMG + 3% melee DMG
Spirit Strike
All spirit attacks do 6% more damage after Slash, weak item on itself unless stacked with other spirit resist like sap and mystic
Cold Front
Burst-combo after Slash, movement slow for easier bomb placement, fast wave clear & clear wave in cat
Sprint Boots
Upgrade for Enduring (Good for Ganking)
Spirit Snatch
Because Leaping Slash is light melee Just 2% more spirit resist than spirit strike for 2400 & 18 power steal
Enduring Speed
In-battle speed and slow resists. Really good item overall especially for Calico (Good Buy against slows like Kelvin) |COULD REPLACE WITH TROPHY|

Rebuttal
[ALMOST CORE]Against Abrams/Billy/Viscous or cheeky parry on sinners/buffs for guaranteed kill
Trophy Collector
if buying trophy get it instead of enduring and get it before ColdFront
Grit
800 souls
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.

Hunter's Aura
Probably this instead of 2 T2 items(16% shred paired with stalker or 26% if alone)
Arctic Blast
Power Spike. Damage amp + easy way to put all bombs. Best uses: Clear waves in cat while ult CD// Use after slash to freeze enemy and bomb//Cancel enemy movement abilities & make flyers fall
Mystic Vulnerability
8% more spirit shred so all spirit attacks do 8% more damage (skip with sap if getting FocusLens)

Scourge
AOE spirit dmg + resists, teamfight damage boost. Paired with EE for crazy amount of damage
Escalating Exposure
Upgrade from Mystic Vulnerability pretty good when paired with Scourge and in team fights

Spirit Sap
Skip if dispel
Focus Lens
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
Crushing Fists
PUNCH CALICO IS NOT BAD AT ALL BUT HYBRID WITH BOTH SPIRIT AND PUNCH BUT MORE PIVOTED TO SPIRIT IS BETTER [Get almost always if against BABA]
Boundless Spirit
Pure damage buff, better than Surge of Power by pure damage but no movespeed (if buying Focus Lens get boundless after)

Slowing Hex
Better Silence Wave but against 1 specific ability, good against Shiv/WRAITH/MINA/Holiday/Sinclair/Rem/Apollo/Danny 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

Reactive Barrier
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
1,600 souls

Torment Pulse
Free Damage. Consistent and close range spirit damage (less prio after nerfs)
Surge of Power
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)
Melee Charge
melee heroes are good this patch try to bait a parry and farm with this
Mystic Shot
Calico's gun is a shotgun so it's hard to miss the shot