Build ID 266497
Fully annotated! This is a spirit build! Check out my melee bruiser Calico build (not updated as frequently): 209974
Typically get items from left to right.
Very common buy. Great healing in lane from punching minions. And we can optionally upgrade this into Lifestrike for more sustain.
Great damage and stats in lane and gives you move speed for chasing. The foostep sound reduction is also nice. And this gives you wallhacks from the DoT. This is also for the weapon investment bonus.
Must buy for rotating around the map and ganking other lanes. Builds into Enduring Speed or Trophy Hunter. If not going Trophy Collector, get it after Spirit Snatch.
I think this is still mostly good. You can get Enduring Speed instead of this after Spirit Snatch if you prefer.
We upgrade this to Spirit Snatch later. Adds to our burst and trades with our 2.
Adds to your burst damage, and the slow is great. We also can upgrade this into Arctic Blast.
Hits your 4.8k spirit investment spike. Spirit resist and power steal is amazing. Plus even more melee damage and it procs on your 2.
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.
Good item. Get if you need healing in lane. Typically better than Healing Rite for that.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Roughly left to right.
Hits your 4.8k green investment. Must buy against Slowing Hex. Really great against a ton of characters.
Great for 1v1s. Gets you your 4.8k weapon investment. You could also go Mystic Shot + Spirit Shredder Bullets here instead.
Great damage over the course of a game/fight. Good for tankiness and farming. You could get this earlier instead of Spirit Snatch if you prefer.
Really great item, great for catching people and for clearing waves in cat form.
Get as you want.
Good for damage, and builds into 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.
Can swap for other things, not as strong as it used to be. Makes you really tanky and can do a lot of damage if you get into the middle of their team. Boundless is a good alternative here.
Cooldown reduction is really useful.
Pick and choose depending on what you need. Some can be built in lane/early.
Counterspell
Spirit Resilience
Bullet Resilience
Metal Skin
Fortitude
Veil Walker
Enchanter's Emblem
Reactive Barrier
Spirit Shielding
HealbaneRestorative LocketDebuff ReducerSilence WaveSuppressorSlowing HexMystic ShotSpirit ShredderGreat against certain characters and abilities. Especially Lash.
If you need anti-spirit. Very common buy although not absolutely necessary since we build many items that have spirit resist already. Always good.
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.
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
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.
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.
Great for more spirit resist early. Cooldown reduction is really rare so this is a great item since it gives you some.
Great item against hard CC. Scales well into the late game as well. You could get in lane even against some heroes.
Great against spirit damage. You can get in some lanes.
Easy to proc anti-heal (good against Abrams, Victor, etc.). The heal on kill is also really great during midgame fights.
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.
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).
Good item. Very common buy. Silence is very good against many characters.
Great at stopping gun carries. Easy to proc and can proc on many people.
Good against Mina, and other movement focused people.
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.
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.
Get depending on game state. If you don't know what to get, get E-Shift and upgrades.
Transcendent Cooldown
Spirit Burn
Indomitable
Ethereal Shift
Colossus
Mystic Vulnerability
Escalating Exposure
Crippling Headshot
TankbusterGreat item once you have 2 actives. It also makes Torment Pulse tick faster!
Anti-heal + more burst damage. If you need to burst carries or need anti-heal this is really useful.
Very nice, I usually always get if I bought a barrier item earlier in the game.
Good, especially with Trans CD. Very good for surviving in fights and for countering certain ultimates.
Melee damadge and tankiness. Pick between this and Ethereal Shift for your last active slot.
Upgrades into Escalating Exposure. Spirit shred is extremely useful.
This with Scourge is good. You run into the middle of the enemy team with Scourge and this does work. Also has shred and gives you even more spirit resist so you're even tankier.
Best item in the game for damage as it shreds resists so your entire team will do more damage. And anti-heal is so good.
Still good.
You can get some of these earlier as counter buys.
Unstoppable
Spellbreaker
Juggernaut
Plated Armor
Witchmail
Siphon Bullets
Cheat Death
Stamina Mastery
Warp StoneReally great in late teamfights. Especially good if you are really struggling against CC. Or for midboss.
Incredible against Lash, Grey Talon, and any other spirit burst characters.
Great against gun carries and is good to pick up if you have no free slots.
Great but usually only buy once you already have bullet resist. Great against Haze.
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.
Might be quite nice against tanks if you've gone into more gun late game.
If you are actually like the only player on your team doing anything and you have like 65k souls you could get this.
fun item, good value, mmm mmmmovement. You could buy this in the mid game some time rather than getting resists perhaps.
Good for movement and the bullet resist is nice.
This is kind of an overflow section, for where I don't space in the above categories.
Magic Carpet
Mercurial Magnum
Cursed Relic
Disarming Hex
Radiant Regeneration
Knockdown
Decay
Compress Cooldown
Mystic Slow
Spirit SapMystic BurstPhantom StrikeBattle VestReturn FireWeapon ShieldingExtra HealthHealing RiteFocus LensSpiritual OverflowLucky ShotSpirit RendCultist SacrificeShadow WeavePoint BlankFleetfootFun and silly! Also good escape tool. Just worse to get than other 6ks though. Meme item.
Can't combo as well with Spiritual Overflow anymore.
If you really need to screw over someone in particular.
Against a gun carry who is running the game.
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.
If no one else on your team is going to buy this and you really need to stop a Vindicta/GT or Seven ult.
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.
More uptime on your 4.
Just feels really nice, makes it super easy to hit your ults second/end damage burst.
Builds into Focus Lens, easy to use and great for 1v1s. Makes your burst stronger.
Bad early since not much procs it anymore.
Good for shutting down fliers and gun carries. And for getting on top of the people you need to target in team fights.
The bullet resist and regen is great in lane. Later though you should just get Bullet Resilience. Also good for farming denizens.
Good against Graves and gun carries.
It's nice, usually the other shields are better though in most games.
You can build this into Fortitude or Colossus. You can buy this during laning to help with survivability potentially.
No point getting this because of T2 catform.
It's fine, good with your burst and the silence is nice.
Nerfed into the ground.
Great for damage and ammo, replaces Stalker.
Good late game upgrade for Spirit Shredder Bullets.
Possible item for your 4.8k Weapon Investment, but imo it's not that necessary on Calico.
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 always better.
Feels pretty good. It is now fixed for your 2! Difficult on slots though. Good for melee resist if you need that.
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.
