Violet vs Calico
Updated · Patch Nov 4, 2026
How Violet beats Calico
Mystic vs Assassin
Keep your CC for their dive. One stun on an assassin is usually a kill for your team.
Your game plan as Violet
An ink-painter who controls space: she slows and silences anyone caught in her art and grows stronger with every portrait she finishes.
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.
Head-to-head
Win the lane: Violet into Calico
- 01Violet out-farms Calico by ~20.1 last hits per match. Contest every orb and punish them for walking up to last-hit.
- 02Calico denies ~1.6 more orbs per match — secure your orbs before they can.
- 03Calico looks for burst windows. Don’t sit in lane at low health, and ping the moment they disappear — they’re hunting.
Skill order for this matchup
54.6% win rate over 59,747 matches
Max firstYou out-farm Calico: keep the standard order and push your lead with Still Life.
Threats
Calico has no hard crowd control — take the trades.
Your tools
Winning the fights after lane
- Violet averages 0.98 kills per death against Calico.
- Violet finishes 3.0k 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.
Who else beats Calico
Matchup questions
Who wins Violet vs Calico?
Violet wins 51.8% of 40,395 recent matches against Calico — even.
How do I beat Calico as Violet?
Violet out-farms Calico by ~20.1 last hits per match. Contest every orb and punish them for walking up to last-hit. Track Return to Shadows (115s cooldown). The window right after Calico uses it is your best time to fight.