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All Deadlock heroes: Abrams (Brawler), Apollo (Assassin), Bebop (Brawler), Billy (Brawler), Calico (Assassin), Celeste (Marksman), Drifter (Assassin), Dynamo (Mystic), Graves (Marksman), Grey Talon (Marksman), Haze (Assassin), Holliday (Marksman), Infernus (Marksman), Ivy (Marksman), Kelvin (Brawler), Lady Geist (Mystic), Lash (Assassin), McGinnis (Mystic), Mina (Marksman), Mirage (Assassin), Mo and Krill (Brawler), Paige (Mystic), Paradox (Marksman), Pocket (Assassin), Rem (Mystic), Seven (Mystic), Shiv (Brawler), Silver (Marksman), Sinclair (Mystic), The Doorman (Mystic), Venator (Marksman), Victor (Brawler), Vindicta (Marksman), Viscous (Mystic), Vyper (Assassin), Warden (Brawler), Wraith (Marksman), Yamato (Assassin).
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Deadlock is a hybrid MOBA-shooter by Valve Corporation in closed alpha. The game combines third-person shooting with MOBA mechanics including lanes, creep waves, towers, and items. Players choose from 38 unique heroes with distinct abilities. Explore hero guides and check live statistics for the current meta.
Calico is a shadowy assassin who strikes from stealth with Gloom Bombs and Leaping Slash. Her Ava companion provides vision and pressure, while Return to Shadows offers both escape and re-engage potential. Calico excels at catching isolated targets and disappearing before retaliations arrive.
Calico is a assassin hero in Deadlock, the hybrid MOBA-shooter by Valve. With 730 max health, 78.857 weapon DPS, and 3 stamina,Calico excels at high burst and mobility.Core strengths: Calico thrives against immobile carries who cannot escape her burst. She also punishes teams with poor vision control.. Key weakness: True sight and AoE crowd control reveal and lock down Calico. Warden and Dynamo make her job difficult with instant CC..Find Calico's abilities, builds, matchups, and tier ranking on GameGoldLab.
Calico is a shadowy assassin who strikes from stealth with Gloom Bombs and Leaping Slash. Her Ava companion provides vision and pressure, while Return to Shadows offers both escape and re-engage potential. Calico excels at catching isolated targets and disappearing before retaliations arrive.
Focus on last-hitting and harass with Gloom Bombs from the edge of the lane. Use Leaping Slash to punish overextended enemies. Keep Ava on scouting duty to avoid ganks. Prioritize spirit damage for burst potential.
Roam between lanes using Return to Shadows for stealth approaches. Look for squishy targets farming alone. Gloom Bomb slows set up easy Leaping Slash confirms. Build cooldown reduction to increase your uptime.
Flank enemy backline and eliminate marksmen and mystics before fights break out. Use Return to Shadows to disengage after your burst. Save Ava for vision control around objectives. Your goal is to create a numbers advantage before full team fights.
Return to Shadows (approach) → Gloom Bombs → Leaping Slash → autofire. For escape: Return to Shadows → reposition → Leaping Slash to safety.
Calico thrives against immobile carries who cannot escape her burst. She also punishes teams with poor vision control.
True sight and AoE crowd control reveal and lock down Calico. Warden and Dynamo make her job difficult with instant CC.
Works well with Pocket (both flank from stealth angles) and Kelvin (speed boosts for roams).
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Calico is a shadowy assassin who strikes from stealth with Gloom Bombs and Leaping Slash. Her Ava companion provides vision and pressure, while Return to Shadows offers both escape and re-engage potential. Calico excels at catching isolated targets and disappearing before retaliations arrive.
Gloom Bombs
Leaping Slash
Ava
Return to Shadows
Gloom Bombs
Leaping Slash
Ava
Return to ShadowsRecommended item build from the community wiki.
Melee Lifesteal
Extra Stamina
Extra Health
Sprint Boots
Monster Rounds
Berserker
Point Blank
Bullet Armor
Spirit Armor
Cold Front
Colossus
Frenzy
Hunter's Aura
Leech
SilencerData sourced from game files & community analytics. Values may change with patches.