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I love cat[girl]s! Skelly's Calico Build

In-game community build · v16316,480 favouritesUpdated 5/22/2026

Fully annotated! Ability Point Order is WIP since 22/05/2026 patch. This is a melee bruiser build with a mix of gun and spirit. Make sure to pick up Situational items. Now go and be a catgirl! This build isn't very good anymore. Still fun though. Check out my spirit Calico build: 266497

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_EarlyGame

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Intensifying Magazine

Melee Charge

Sprint Boots

Enduring Speed

Close Quarters

Can get earlier, not sure where you'd fit it in though.

Melee Lifesteal

Great healing in lane from punching minions. And we can upgrade this into Lifestrike. Procs on your 2 as well!

Kinetic Dash

Amazing for ammo since it gives a flat amount rather than a percentage. Helps for pushing objectives.

Intensifying Magazine

Good ammo and damage.

Melee Charge

Melee damage is really fun. We upgrade this into Crushing Fists.

Sprint Boots

Gets your 4.8k souls vitality investment. Speeds up your rotations significantly and upgrades into Juggernaut.

Enduring Speed

Great for rotations, the move slow resist and move speed in fights is really nice.

Early SituationalsOptional

Stalker

Really good early. Great for the poke damage, stats, and the move speed to help chase people down. You could get Close Quarters here instead.

Extra Regen

Great if you need constant healing. You can upgrade this into Healing Booster and then Healing Tempo.

Healing Rite

Great for healing if you get really low in lane. Sprint speed is also nice for rotating.

Grit

Might be good for trades.

Rebuttal

Incredible against Viscous in lane since it works against Viscous Puddle Punches. Also a very good item against people building melee (usually Abrams).

Lifestrike

So much fun. Use off CD with heavy melee in lane for a 100 health heal on a 4 sec CD. So good for sustain, which lets you permafight/push in lane. You can skip and go Fortitude instead if you want.

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_MidGame

Roughly left to right.

Extra Health

Extra health is great in lane and we can upgrade this to Fortitude or Colossus later.

Fortitude

The health is great for survivability, the move speed is great for rotating, and the heal lets you stay on the map more. Sell Bsackstabber if no slots.

Cold Front

Adds to your burst damage, and the slow is great. We also can upgrade this into Arctic Blast.

Torment Pulse

Great damage over the course of a game/fight. And makes you a little tankier. Great for farming as well. Just super good core item.

Spirit Snatch

Gets you to your 4.8k spirit investment. Spirit resist and power steal is amazing. Plus even more melee damage and it procs on your 2. Great damage over the course of a game.

Point Blank

Fixed and now works with your 2!

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_Late

Get as needed.

Colossus

Extra resists and health is great. Need this for survivability. And gives melee damage now!

Crushing Fists

Big powerspike. You can rush earlier if you are doing well. If you aren't having success with melee you could skip this and go into more of a spirit build.

Berserker

Great for damage and bullet resist. Super core item for your weapon damage.

Lucky Shot

Great damage, you could also go Crippling Headshot or something else here.

SituationalOptional

Pick and choose depending on what you need. Some can be built in lane/early.

Shadow Weave

Good stats wise. Just be wary since the invis is bugged with catform.

Weakening Headshot

Easy to proc. Increases yours and your teams damage. Upgrades to Crippling Headshot which is great in the late game.

Fleetfoot

Good for speed in fights and for rotating. And for melee cancelling to avoid parries.

Counterspell

Great against almost everything in the game. Especially Lash.

Dispel Magic

Must buy against a ton of characters, Vindicta and Infernus in particular.

Metal Skin

This since it got buffed is actually kinda really good against some characters, especially Haze. I'd get this if just buying Bullet Resilience or Juggernaut isn't enough maybe.

Bullet Resilience

If you need anti-bullet.

Spirit Resilience

If you need anti-spirit.

Warp Stone

Good defensively and nice for chasing and staying on targets.

Debuff Reducer

Get if you're going Spellbreaker (good if you're against heavy spirit burst like Grey Talon or Lash).

Spirit Shielding

Can build in lane. Got nerfed but I think it is still quite strong at the moment early on.

Reactive Barrier

Nice in some lanes and against lots of characters. Great against Bebop hook.

Healbane

Easy to proc anti-heal. The heal on kill is also really great during midgame fights.

Trophy Collector

I like this at the moment.

Suppressor

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

Slowing Hex

Good against Lash, Mina, Pocket, and movement focused people.

Knockdown

Good against flying characters like Vindicta and Grey Talon. Also used for knocking Seven out of his ultimate.

Silence Wave

Strong at the moment, silence is very good against many characters and it reduces their resist. I recommend against characters like Yamato and Pocket.

Extra Late Game

Get depending on game state. If you don't know what to get, go gun items or AB or Scourge first.

Crippling Headshot

Transcendent Cooldown

Crippling Headshot

One of the best damage items in the game because of the shred. The anti-heal is also amazing.

Transcendent Cooldown

Gives you way more uptime on your ult and items. Also works on Torment Pulse.

Phantom Strike

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

Frenzy

Good survivability against spirit.

Arctic Blast

Really great item, practically a guarenteed kill in the late game if your team is with you. The combo with it is 2, Arctic Blast, light punch, 1, 4. Also great for clearing waves quickly in cat form.

Scourge

Really good. Makes you really tanky and can do a lot of damage if you get into the middle of their team. You can rush earlier if you feel it would be good or have the money.

Juggernaut

Amazing against gun carries.

Spellbreaker

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

Leech

Stay alive more, nice for hybrid builds.

Optional Late ItemsOptional

You can get some of these earlier as counter buys.

Silencer

Can be good for shutting down ability reliant characters.

Unstoppable

If you're getting CCed or parried constantly. Also for midboss.

Witchmail

Very situational. Only get against lots of incremental spirit damage (McGinnis turrets, Infernus, Warden Ult). Still testing this.

Plated Armor

Really good against characters like Haze and Infernus, get after you already have bullet resist of some kind though.

Divine Barrier

Can remove ult debuffs such as Pocket ult. Prioritise casting it on other people though since half the CD gets refunded.

Radiant Regeneration

Quite good healing and move speed. Adds up to a lot in longer fights since Torment Pulse and Scourge easily procs it. Still testing.

Cursed Relic

If you need to screw over one enemy in particular.

Ethereal Shift

Great on Calico, helps you live much longer. They nerfed the cooldown though, so not as good as it used to be.

Final Build - Weapons

Typical late build, Beserker should also be here.

Crushing Fists

Crippling Headshot

Hunter's Aura

Resist shred is always great. Makes you very strong in 1v1s. You could just skip for AB/Scourge here instead if they have no gun carries that are an issue.

Final Build - Vitality

Lifestrike

So much fun. Use off CD with heavy melee in lane for a 100 health heal on a 4 sec CD. So good for sustain, which lets you permafight/push in lane. You can skip and go Fortitude instead if you want.

Final Build - Spirit

Testing and other Assorted SituationalsOptional

Random things I am testing.

Hunter's Aura

Weighted Shots

Cultist Sacrifice

Ballistic Enchantment

Weighted Shots

Has good stats.

Ballistic Enchantment

Probably not good but looks fun!

Restorative Shot

Great healing.

Healing Tempo

Good healing + movement.

Veil Walker

If you get this, get it early. Really nice for rotating around the map, ganking, escaping/survivability, and the heal is great in the mid game for staying on the map (like Fortitude).

Enchanter's Emblem

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

Return Fire

Got nerfed but is still good against gun carries. Gives you lots of survivability. Often build in lane.

Battle Vest

Great item in lane for the regen, the resist is really good as well. Later though you should just get Bullet Resilience instead. Also great for farming denizens.

Weapon Shielding

It's nice, but I just prefer to go Return Fire or Suppressor or rush Bullet Resilience early.

Focus Lens

Strong at the moment.

Boundless Spirit

Gives you some much needed damage in the late game with your ult and gloom bombs. Great if you are trying to oneshot their carries.

Spirit Sap

Good item at the moment.

Disarming Hex

The bullet resist shred is nice, and we're in a gun meta at the moment.

Superior Cooldown

Really great for increasing your uptime with your ult and for letting you do more slashes in fights.

Compress Cooldown

Imbue on 4. Builds into Superior CD.

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Build ID 209974

Calico / Build guide

I love cat[girl]s! Skelly's Calico Build

In-game community build · v16316,480 favouritesUpdated 5/22/2026

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_EarlyGame

Left to right! Get all items.

Intensifying Magazine

Melee Charge

Sprint Boots

Enduring Speed

Close Quarters

Can get earlier, not sure where you'd fit it in though.

Melee Lifesteal

Great healing in lane from punching minions. And we can upgrade this into Lifestrike. Procs on your 2 as well!

Kinetic Dash

Amazing for ammo since it gives a flat amount rather than a percentage. Helps for pushing objectives.

Intensifying Magazine

Good ammo and damage.

Melee Charge

Melee damage is really fun. We upgrade this into Crushing Fists.

Sprint Boots

Gets your 4.8k souls vitality investment. Speeds up your rotations significantly and upgrades into Juggernaut.

Enduring Speed

Great for rotations, the move slow resist and move speed in fights is really nice.

Early SituationalsOptional

Stalker

Really good early. Great for the poke damage, stats, and the move speed to help chase people down. You could get Close Quarters here instead.

Extra Regen

Great if you need constant healing. You can upgrade this into Healing Booster and then Healing Tempo.

Healing Rite

Great for healing if you get really low in lane. Sprint speed is also nice for rotating.

Grit

Might be good for trades.

Rebuttal

Incredible against Viscous in lane since it works against Viscous Puddle Punches. Also a very good item against people building melee (usually Abrams).

Lifestrike

So much fun. Use off CD with heavy melee in lane for a 100 health heal on a 4 sec CD. So good for sustain, which lets you permafight/push in lane. You can skip and go Fortitude instead if you want.

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_MidGame

Roughly left to right.

Extra Health

Extra health is great in lane and we can upgrade this to Fortitude or Colossus later.

Fortitude

The health is great for survivability, the move speed is great for rotating, and the heal lets you stay on the map more. Sell Bsackstabber if no slots.

Cold Front

Adds to your burst damage, and the slow is great. We also can upgrade this into Arctic Blast.

Torment Pulse

Great damage over the course of a game/fight. And makes you a little tankier. Great for farming as well. Just super good core item.

Spirit Snatch

Gets you to your 4.8k spirit investment. Spirit resist and power steal is amazing. Plus even more melee damage and it procs on your 2. Great damage over the course of a game.

Point Blank

Fixed and now works with your 2!

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_Late

Get as needed.

Colossus

Extra resists and health is great. Need this for survivability. And gives melee damage now!

Crushing Fists

Big powerspike. You can rush earlier if you are doing well. If you aren't having success with melee you could skip this and go into more of a spirit build.

Berserker

Great for damage and bullet resist. Super core item for your weapon damage.

Lucky Shot

Great damage, you could also go Crippling Headshot or something else here.

SituationalOptional

Pick and choose depending on what you need. Some can be built in lane/early.

Shadow Weave

Good stats wise. Just be wary since the invis is bugged with catform.

Weakening Headshot

Easy to proc. Increases yours and your teams damage. Upgrades to Crippling Headshot which is great in the late game.

Fleetfoot

Good for speed in fights and for rotating. And for melee cancelling to avoid parries.

Counterspell

Great against almost everything in the game. Especially Lash.

Dispel Magic

Must buy against a ton of characters, Vindicta and Infernus in particular.

Metal Skin

This since it got buffed is actually kinda really good against some characters, especially Haze. I'd get this if just buying Bullet Resilience or Juggernaut isn't enough maybe.

Bullet Resilience

If you need anti-bullet.

Spirit Resilience

If you need anti-spirit.

Warp Stone

Good defensively and nice for chasing and staying on targets.

Debuff Reducer

Get if you're going Spellbreaker (good if you're against heavy spirit burst like Grey Talon or Lash).

Spirit Shielding

Can build in lane. Got nerfed but I think it is still quite strong at the moment early on.

Reactive Barrier

Nice in some lanes and against lots of characters. Great against Bebop hook.

Healbane

Easy to proc anti-heal. The heal on kill is also really great during midgame fights.

Trophy Collector

I like this at the moment.

Suppressor

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

Slowing Hex

Good against Lash, Mina, Pocket, and movement focused people.

Knockdown

Good against flying characters like Vindicta and Grey Talon. Also used for knocking Seven out of his ultimate.

Silence Wave

Strong at the moment, silence is very good against many characters and it reduces their resist. I recommend against characters like Yamato and Pocket.

Extra Late Game

Get depending on game state. If you don't know what to get, go gun items or AB or Scourge first.

Crippling Headshot

Transcendent Cooldown

Crippling Headshot

One of the best damage items in the game because of the shred. The anti-heal is also amazing.

Transcendent Cooldown

Gives you way more uptime on your ult and items. Also works on Torment Pulse.

Phantom Strike

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

Frenzy

Good survivability against spirit.

Arctic Blast

Really great item, practically a guarenteed kill in the late game if your team is with you. The combo with it is 2, Arctic Blast, light punch, 1, 4. Also great for clearing waves quickly in cat form.

Scourge

Really good. Makes you really tanky and can do a lot of damage if you get into the middle of their team. You can rush earlier if you feel it would be good or have the money.

Juggernaut

Amazing against gun carries.

Spellbreaker

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

Leech

Stay alive more, nice for hybrid builds.

Optional Late ItemsOptional

You can get some of these earlier as counter buys.

Silencer

Can be good for shutting down ability reliant characters.

Unstoppable

If you're getting CCed or parried constantly. Also for midboss.

Witchmail

Very situational. Only get against lots of incremental spirit damage (McGinnis turrets, Infernus, Warden Ult). Still testing this.

Plated Armor

Really good against characters like Haze and Infernus, get after you already have bullet resist of some kind though.

Divine Barrier

Can remove ult debuffs such as Pocket ult. Prioritise casting it on other people though since half the CD gets refunded.

Radiant Regeneration

Quite good healing and move speed. Adds up to a lot in longer fights since Torment Pulse and Scourge easily procs it. Still testing.

Cursed Relic

If you need to screw over one enemy in particular.

Ethereal Shift

Great on Calico, helps you live much longer. They nerfed the cooldown though, so not as good as it used to be.

Final Build - Weapons

Typical late build, Beserker should also be here.

Crushing Fists

Crippling Headshot

Hunter's Aura

Resist shred is always great. Makes you very strong in 1v1s. You could just skip for AB/Scourge here instead if they have no gun carries that are an issue.

Final Build - Vitality

Lifestrike

So much fun. Use off CD with heavy melee in lane for a 100 health heal on a 4 sec CD. So good for sustain, which lets you permafight/push in lane. You can skip and go Fortitude instead if you want.

Final Build - Spirit

Testing and other Assorted SituationalsOptional

Random things I am testing.

Hunter's Aura

Weighted Shots

Cultist Sacrifice

Ballistic Enchantment

Weighted Shots

Has good stats.

Ballistic Enchantment

Probably not good but looks fun!

Restorative Shot

Great healing.

Healing Tempo

Good healing + movement.

Veil Walker

If you get this, get it early. Really nice for rotating around the map, ganking, escaping/survivability, and the heal is great in the mid game for staying on the map (like Fortitude).

Enchanter's Emblem

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

Return Fire

Got nerfed but is still good against gun carries. Gives you lots of survivability. Often build in lane.

Battle Vest

Great item in lane for the regen, the resist is really good as well. Later though you should just get Bullet Resilience instead. Also great for farming denizens.

Weapon Shielding

It's nice, but I just prefer to go Return Fire or Suppressor or rush Bullet Resilience early.

Focus Lens

Strong at the moment.

Boundless Spirit

Gives you some much needed damage in the late game with your ult and gloom bombs. Great if you are trying to oneshot their carries.

Spirit Sap

Good item at the moment.

Disarming Hex

The bullet resist shred is nice, and we're in a gun meta at the moment.

Superior Cooldown

Really great for increasing your uptime with your ult and for letting you do more slashes in fights.

Compress Cooldown

Imbue on 4. Builds into Superior CD.