Assassin hero · ModerateWreaks havoc from the sidelines
Calico uses the shadows to her advantage, weaving in and out of combat to hunt down her enemies one by one.
Calico starts with 730 health and a gun that deals 79 damage per second. Their abilities are Gloom Bombs, Leaping Slash and Ava, with Return to Shadows as the ultimate.
Win rate 48.5% Pick rate 16.5% 548k matches in the last 30 days Counters and synergy
The kit
Ability 1
Throw a cluster of bombs that detonate after a delay, dealing Spirit Damage.
Enemies hit by multiple bombs take 65% damage.
-3s Cooldown
1 APPer Bomb Touch : -6% Melee Resist for 6s
2 AP+3 Bomb Count
5 AP
Ability 2
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.
+25 Heal Amount
1 APHeroes killed within 3s grant +200 souls
2 AP+60 Damage & On Hero Hit: 50% Cooldown Refund
5 AP
Ability 3
Turn to shadows and possess Ava. You gain 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.
+15s Buff Duration
1 AP+15 Health Regen & +40% Max Move Speed
2 APGain Damage Amp over time, up to 18%. Lingers for 6s
5 AP
Ultimate
Instantly turn to shadows, becoming untargetable, gaining Move Speed, and dealing Spirit Damage.
After a delay, return from the shadows, dealing Spirit Damage again.
-20s Cooldown
1 AP+75 Damage and +20% Move Speed
2 APOn Completion: Heal for 450 and refund all ability cooldowns
5 APWhat players buy
The items Calico players pick most often in the early game, and how often they buy each one.
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Calico wins 48.5% of 548k matches in the last 30 days. Here's who Calico does best with, the heroes Calico struggles against most, and the ones Calico beats most often.
From recent matches
How often Calico players buy each item and how often they win with it, over 548k matches in the last 30 days. Expensive items bought late often show high win rates because the game was already going well.
| Item | Bought in | Win rate | Usually bought at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melee Lifesteal | 96.9% | 48.6% | 2 min |
| Spirit Strike | 94.1% | 48.6% | 6 min |
| Stalker | 92.7% | 48.8% | 6 min |
 Spirit Snatch | 91.7% | 49.0% | 14 min |
 Cold Front | 89.6% | 48.9% | 10 min |
 Arctic Blast | 79.3% | 51.1% | 23 min |
| Sprint Boots | 76.9% | 48.6% | 8 min |
 Improved Spirit | 64.8% | 49.8% | 22 min |
 Trophy Collector | 63.9% | 49.6% | 9 min |
 Boundless Spirit | 56.6% | 54.1% | 29 min |
Highest win rates (bought in 5% of matches or more)
Spirit Burn 58.9% won · bought in 27.1%
Indomitable 57.6% won · bought in 8.7%
Scourge 57.6% won · bought in 24.3%
Focus Lens 57.3% won · bought in 9.0%
Escalating Exposure 56.8% won · bought in 27.3%
Transcendent Cooldown 56.3% won · bought in 30.5%Gun
Damage over distance
Headshots deal ×1.65 damage. Bullets travel at 318 m/s.
Initiate to Eternus
How often Calico wins at each rank (by the average rank of the match) over the last 30 days. The middle line is 50%.
Every boon
Collecting souls levels you up. Each level from 2 onward is a boon, and every boon permanently adds:
Quick answers
Case history
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.
Initiate
Seeker
Acolyte
Sentinel
Mystic
Ritualist
Emissary
Oracle
Phantom
Ascendant
Eternus