Calico build & guide
Calico uses the shadows to her advantage, weaving in and out of combat to hunt down her enemies one by one.
Create a Calico buildIs Calico good right now?
Calico sits in tier B (#16 of 39): a solid but unremarkable pick. They win 50.1% of their matches and appear in 24.7% of them (101,921 matches on patch 2026-09-26). The patch hurt: 1.6 points less win rate than before (51.7%).
The best-performing build right now is a spirit build: "I love cat[girl]s! Skelly's Spirit Assassin Build", at 61.6% over 146 matches.
Calico does especially well against Mirage, Shiv and The Doorman and struggles most against Rat King (40.0%) and Graves. Their best teammate is Rat King.
Written from match statistics; updated daily.
Once a decorated member of The Baxter Society, Calico left the august order once she realized that killing monsters for free was less profitable than killing people for money. Now an in demand contract killer, Calico is living her best life ending someone else's.
Best Calico builds by win rate
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Most winning ability order
- 1
+1 - 2
+1 - 3
+1 - 4+2
- 5+3
- 6
+1 - 7+2
- 8+3
- 9+4
- 10+2
- 11+3
- 12+4
- 13+4
- 14+2
- 15+3
- 16+4
Win rate: 66.3% · 13,368 matches
Items with the highest win rate for Calico
Early (< 10 min)
Trophy Collector69,047 matches · ~9 min51.0%+1.0 pp
Stalker95,995 matches · ~6 min50.3%+0.2 pp
Sprint Boots80,915 matches · ~8 min50.3%+0.2 pp
Spirit Strike95,992 matches · ~6 min50.2%+0.1 pp
Mid (10–22 min)
Grit6,518 matches · ~21 min53.7%+3.6 pp
Fortitude6,258 matches · ~22 min53.2%+3.1 pp
Extra Spirit42,902 matches · ~21 min52.8%+2.7 pp
Extra Health6,740 matches · ~16 min52.1%+2.0 pp
Late (22+ min)
Diviner's Kevlar2,956 matches · ~39 min60.8%+10.7 pp
Spirit Burn29,747 matches · ~34 min59.6%+9.5 pp
Scourge33,215 matches · ~32 min58.1%+8.0 pp
Transcendent Cooldown34,199 matches · ~35 min57.9%+7.9 pp
Items bought late win more partly because only players who are already ahead can afford them; compare items within the same timing column.
Calico counters and synergies
Strong against
Mirage7,580 matches55.7%
Shiv19,516 matches55.2%
The Doorman9,439 matches54.5%
Pocket14,119 matches54.4%
Paradox17,362 matches54.3%
Weak against (counters)
Calico's win rate in full matches against or alongside each hero, adjusted for sample size. Minimum 200 matches per pair.
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Abilities
Gloom Bombs
Throw a cluster of bombs that detonate after a delay, dealing spirit damage. Enemies hit by multiple bombs take 65% damage.
- 1 AP Cooldown: -3s
- 2 AP Melee Resist: -6% · Melee Resist Reduction Duration: +6s
- 5 AP Bomb Count: +3
Leaping Slash
Dash forward before slashing all enemies in a circle, dealing melee damage. If the ability hits at least one hero, heal a small amount of health.
- 1 AP Heal Amount: +25
- 2 AP Bonus Souls Per Assassination: +200 · Bounty Duration: +3s
- 5 AP Cooldown Refund: +50% · Impact Damage: +60
Ava
Turn to shadows and possess Ava. You gain bonus move speed that increases over time, and become hidden on the minimap. Taking damage from an enemy hero resets your bonus move speed and puts Ava on a brief cooldown.
- 1 AP Buff Duration: +15s
- 2 AP Max Move Speed: +40% · Health Regen: +15
- 5 AP Damage: +18% · DamageAmpDuration: +6 · DamageAmpBuildDuration: +10
Return to Shadows
Instantly turn to shadows, becoming untargetable, gaining bonus move speed, and dealing spirit damage. After a delay, return from the shadows, dealing spirit damage again.
- 1 AP Cooldown: -20s
- 2 AP Damage: +75 · Move Speed: +20%
- 5 AP RefundCooldowns: +1 · Heal Amount: +450
Base stats
| Base stats | Scaling (per boon) | |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 730 | +37 |
| Health regen | 2 | — |
| Move speed | 6.8 m/s | — |
| Sprint speed | 1.6 m/s | — |
| Stamina | 3 | — |
Stats for patch 2026-09-26. Game data from the community Deadlock API. Data since September 26, 2026 · refreshed every 6 h