Apollo vs Calico

Assassin vs Assassin

Assassin mirrors are decided by who sees the other first. Track their cooldowns and never commit while their escape is up.

Your game plan as Apollo

A fencer. Apollo wins duels by deflecting your best shot and riposting into you.

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. 01Apollo out-farms Calico by ~12.8 last hits per match. Contest every orb and punish them for walking up to last-hit.
2. 02Calico denies ~1 more orb per match — secure your orbs before they can.
3. 03Calico looks for burst windows. Don’t sit in lane at low health, and ping the moment they disappear — they’re hunting.

This matchup

312

Usual

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54.9% win rate over 29,973 matches

• 1
  Early point

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

• 3
  Max first

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

• Apollo averages 0.93 kills per death against Calico.
• Apollo finishes 2.9k souls behind Calico on average — play for teamfights and scaling rather than lane kills.
• Track Return to Shadows (115s cooldown). The window right after Calico uses it is your best time to fight.