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Gun · Most souls go into Weapon items.

Calico Gun build: The big catling gun theory [ fully annotated ]

Win rate43.9%
Matches41
Hero win rate49.3%
Core cost46,400

In-game build ID: 791157 v22In Deadlock, open this hero's builds, search for this ID and import it.

Mid game

core
  1. Melee Lifesteal

    800 souls · ALWAYS a first buy!!! Proc it with your 2 and sell later for slot... Lets you out-trade enemies with damage + healing (use ur weapon !!!), m

  2. Stalker

    1,600 souls · free dmg and movespeed

  3. Close Quarters

    800 souls · play at close range and trade damage with melee lifesteal (use the item!!!)

  4. Sprint Boots

    800 souls · good for early game boxing / rotations

  5. Extended Magazine

    800 souls · With how much fire rate we’re building, you’ll need this

  6. Swift Striker

    1,600 souls · Fire rate and sprintspeed (can't ask for more)

  7. Enduring Speed

    1,600 souls · Ava and her ult scale with move speed, and it gives instant value. Better roaming, ult stickiness, faster escapes + slow resist

  8. Fleetfoot

    1,600 souls · Can’t ask for more. Cast it on ult/Cat Form for extra speed, slide more = Infinite Ammo, and get slow resist + no shooting penalty. Perfect

  9. Dispel Magic

    3,200 souls · vs. debuffs / can be clutch if they’re countering you

  10. Titanic Magazine

    1,600 souls · With how much fire rate we’re building, you’ll need this

  11. Hunter's Aura

    3,200 souls · less bullet resist and fire rate... Great for isolated fights and helping with camps & objectives

  12. Burst Fire

    3,200 souls · Slide, big fire rate spike & movespeed... can’t ask for more

  1. Rebuttal

    800 souls · Can be clutch in some matchups

  2. Extra Health

    800 souls · Buy it early if you need sustain / if you’re in a hard lane

  3. Healbane

    1,600 souls · You really don’t wanna buy this, but if nobody on your team is getting anti-heal, just go for it. You’ll proc it with your combo anyway, and

  4. Spirit Resilience

    3,200 souls · last resort / vs. heavy spirit comp

  5. Fortitude

    3,200 souls · More HP + staying full hp for better map presence...you can grab your box and heal whenever; potentially better than Dispel, but they’ll usu

  6. Monster Rounds

    800 souls · Good vs. Rem, MG, Graves, or if you’re playing around obj ( sell later )

  7. Shadow Weave

    3,200 souls · Perfect all-around item: gives you fire rate, Spirit Power, melee damage, and invis for roaming

  8. Weighted Shots

    3,200 souls · dmg + slow & debuff resist ( can be good vs mobile heroes )

  9. Hollow Point

    3,200 souls · Potentially better than Hunter’s Aura, but you need to stay above 65% HP to proc it

  10. Escalating Resilience

    3,200 souls · vs. heavy M1 comps ( Take it instead of titanic )

Late game

full build
  1. Bullet Lifesteal

    1,600 souls · Can be bought after Glass Cannon... gives good sustain

  2. Glass Cannon

    6,400 souls · Best item for gun calico, but if you think you can't stack it, take lucky shot instead

  3. Split Shot

    1,600 souls · Pair it with Vamp and you’re basically immortal

  4. Point Blank

    3,200 souls · Good close-range upgrade (slow + damage)...skippable in some games

  5. Vampiric Burst

    6,400 souls · Good all-around item: gives you lifesteal, and with how much gun damage we’re building, it makes you really hard to kill. Also gives fire ra

  6. Lucky Shot

    6,400 souls · With how many shots you fire, you’re almost guaranteed to proc it often, so it gets a lot of value

  1. Spellslinger

    6,400 souls · Potentially a very good item for fire rate and reloading speed. With all your actives + combo abilities, you’re almost guaranteed to get 5 s

  2. Unstoppable

    6,400 souls · vs cc

  3. Silencer

    6,400 souls · vs. annoying spirit heroes

  4. Inhibitor

    6,400 souls · anti-heal + dmg reduction

  5. Cursed Relic

    6,400 souls · metal skin

Ability order

  1. 1Leaping Slash+1
  2. 2Gloom Bombs+1
  3. 3Ava+1
  4. 4Ava+2
  5. 5Ava+3
  6. 6Return to Shadows+1
  7. 7Ava+4
  8. 8Return to Shadows+2
  9. 9Return to Shadows+3
  10. 10Return to Shadows+4
  11. 11Leaping Slash+2
  12. 12Leaping Slash+3
  13. 13Leaping Slash+4
  14. 14Gloom Bombs+2
  15. 15Gloom Bombs+3
  16. 16Gloom Bombs+4

Author's notes

Go watch the big bang theory!!!

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