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Calico

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Calico
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Weapon:
"Sweetest Lie"

BASE STATS

Weapon Stats
Damage Per Second: 72.4
Bullet Damage: 1.9 +0.044
Ammo: 10
Bullets per sec: 4.76
Reload Time: 2.5s
Bullet Velocity: 318m/s
Light Melee: 63 +1.58
Heavy Melee: 116 +2.91
Falloff Range: 20m → 58m
Vitality Stats
Health: 650 +37
Health Regen: 2
Move Speed: 7.3m/s
Stamina: 3
Information
Voice Actor: Toks Olagundoye
Release Date: January 17, 2025
Voice Lines: Calico/Quotes
Sound Effects: Calico/Sounds
Codenames: Nano
Wreaks 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 is a Hero in Deadlock, a former monster hunter turned hired assassin. Possessing her cat, Ava, Calico uses the shadows to her advantage to surprise her foes, slinging Gloom Bombs and attacking with a Leaping Slash for damage and healing. By Returning to the Shadows, she can turn any fight to her advantage, disappearing after a fight or engaging again when the enemy least expects her.

As a contract killer, Calico is glad to finally be earning significant money by assassinating other people. Despite the good that the Baxter Society did by slaying monsters, it simply didn't pay well enough for her.

Calico was added to Hero Labs on October 24, 2024, and officially released on January 17, 2025.

Abilities[edit | edit source]

Gloom Bombs



Radius 2.5m





Cooldown 10s
Throw a cluster of bombs that detonate after a delay, dealing spirit damage.

Enemies hit by multiple bombs take 50% damage.

4

Bomb Count

Spirit Power#Spirit Power Scalingx0.744

55

Damage
Ability Point 1
-3s Cooldown
Ability Point 2
+18 Damage
Ability Point 5
+2 Bomb Count

Weapon[edit | edit source]

Weapon Stats
Falloff Range
20m - 58m
72 Damage Per Second
Sweetest Lie
Spreadshot Close Range

Update history[edit | edit source]

Main article: Update history
Update Changes

June 17, 2025

  • Ava no longer automatically breaks boxes, instead you can use the melee hotkey to do a pounce attack to break them.
  • Base Health reduced from 700 to 650.
  • Base Health Growth reduced by 13%.
  • Leaping Slash melee multiplier has been reduced from 1.6 to 1.3.
  • Return to Shadows T3 reduced from +30% Amp to +24%.

May 27, 2025

  • Ammo increased from 9 to 10.
  • Ava self slow on damage duration increased from 1.5s to 2s.
  • Ava self slow on damage increased from -50% to -65%.
  • Ava duration reduced from 15s to 14s.
  • Ava T1 duration reduced from +20s to +14s.
  • Ava recent damage window increased from 5s to 6s.
  • Fixed Curse and stuns not interrupting Ava (similar to Ice Path and Flame Dash).

May 8, 2025

  • Remastered several characters' weapon fire sounds using the new feature set ( Wraith, Dynamo, Calico, and Abrams).
  • Leaping Slash: Fixed animation getting stuck when stunned during the ability cast.
  • (Undocumented) Gun damage reduced from 1.98 to 1.9.
  • (Undocumented) Leaping Slash T1 heal reduced from +30 to +25.
  • (Undocumented) Ava T3 health regen reduced from 30 to 25.

Background[edit | edit source]

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.

A FATE'S TALE

Lore[edit | edit source]

Calico has a son.[1]

Calico has knowledge about the Deep[2][3], the Troubadour[4] and Oathkeeper.[5]

Calico has been called “the most dangerous woman on the planet”.[6]

Calico is a target of the Scotland Yard[7] and the OSIC.[8][9]

Character interactions[edit | edit source]

  • Calico was the assassin hired to kill Pocket, who survived because the bullet missed their heart.[10] Calico says she's "tying up loose ends" when she kills Pocket.[11][12]
    • Vyper says Calico has a reputation of "sloppy work" due to “a hit that went bad”, possibly another reference to Pocket's attempted assassination.[13]
  • McGinnis accuses Calico of stealing her ideas.[14]
  • Lady Geist says Calico "reeks of new money”.[15] She doesn't like Ava.[16]
  • Calico is interested in Viscous' suit.[17]
  • Calico knows Raven and likes him.[18][19]
  • Calico calls Grey Talon "a relic of a bygone era",[20] but also says she will mourn his death.[21] She also comments on his health.[22]
  • Calico compares Holliday's introverted personality to Grey Talon's.[23]
  • Calico has respect for Paradox.[24]
  • Calico wants to be friends with Wraith.[25][26]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • Calico was called Nano in Neon Prime.
  • At one point in development, Calico's gameplay style was inspired by Dota 2's Broodmother.
  • Calico was an arms dealer in her original background.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Calico's in-game voice line - "It's like I told my son, you are free to make all the horrible decisions you'd like."
  2. Calico's in-game voice line (killed Fathom) - "Ugh, creatures of the Deep."
  3. Calico's in-game voice line (killed Viscous) - "The Deep should have chosen a more competent emissary."
  4. Holliday and Calico conversation - Holliday: "You ever hear of something called 'The Troubadour'?" Calico: "Enough to know to stay away from it."
  5. Calico's in-game voice line - "Only a fool would make a deal with Oathkeeper."
  6. Holliday's in-game voice line (killed Calico) - "'Most dangerous woman on the planet' my ass!"
  7. Calico's in-game voice line (killed Holliday) - "A small-town sheriff couldn't accomplish what Scotland Yard has been trying to do for years. Surprise, surpise."
  8. Haze's in-game voice line (killed Calico) - "Calico could only evade me for so long."
  9. Calico's in-game voice line (killed Haze) - "The OSIC should stay out of my affairs."
  10. Pocket and Calico conversations
  11. Calico's in-game voice line (killed Pocket) - "I love tying up loose ends."
  12. Calico's in-game voice line (killed Pocket) - "I'm sure Maximilian will have questions."
  13. Calico conversations
  14. McGinnis' in-game voice line - "Tell you what, you stop stealing my ideas and I'll stop shootin' ya."
  15. Lady Geist's in-game voice line - "Ugh. She reeked of new money."
  16. Lady Geist's in-game voice line - "That cat is revolting."
  17. Calico's in-game voice line (killed Viscous) - "I wonder how that suit works."
  18. Calico's in-game voice line (killed Raven) - "Always a pleasure seeing you again, Raven."
  19. Calico's in-game voice line (killed Raven) - "He was fun."
  20. Calico's in-game voice line - "You're a relic of a bygone era, Talon."
  21. Calico's in-game voice line - "The Baxter Society will mourn him, as will I."
  22. Calico's in-game voice line - "I see that arthritis hasn't kicked in yet."
  23. Calico and Holliday conversation
  24. Calico's in-game voice line - "Oh, I've always wanted to go toe-to-toe with Paradox."
  25. Calico's in-game voice line - "And here I hoped we could be friends."
  26. Calico's in-game voice line - "Wraith, we could have had so much fun together."
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