Abrams vs Calico

Brawler vs Assassin

You have the health; they have the burst. Make them fight you long — every second past their first combo is in your favour. Buy defensive items early and stay near allies.

Your game plan as Abrams

A bully who wins by refusing to leave. Every fight Abrams takes, he wants to take at shotgun range.

How to beat Calico

A shadow-hunter who appears, bursts and vanishes before anyone can turn around.

• 01Move in pairs once she leaves lane; Calico hunts solo targets.
• 02Make her use Return to Shadows before you spend your big cooldown.
• 03Spread out against Gloom Bombs. Extra bomb hits deal reduced damage, but a full cluster still hurts.

1. 01Abrams out-farms Calico by ~17.7 last hits per match. Contest every orb and punish them for walking up to last-hit.
2. 02Calico looks for burst windows. Don’t sit in lane at low health, and ping the moment they disappear — they’re hunting.
3. 03Your own sustain (Siphon Life, Infernal Resilience) wins extended lanes — stay longer than they can.

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59.4% win rate over 117,860 matches

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  Early point

  Put an early point into Shoulder Charge: Calico dives on you, and an escape ready beats a lost trade.

• 2
  Max first

  You out-farm Calico: keep the standard order and push your lead with Shoulder Charge.

• Abrams averages 0.99 kills per death against Calico.
• Abrams finishes 1.8k souls behind Calico on average — play for teamfights and scaling rather than lane kills.
• Abrams deals 972 more objective damage per match than Calico — push structures when you win lane.
• Track Return to Shadows (115s cooldown). The window right after Calico uses it is your best time to fight.