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Lycan

Shapeshifts into a ferocious beast

Melee

Run down prey with Lycan, a fierce pusher who dominates the map by Summoning stealthy wolves. When he activates Shapeshift, he gains max movement speed and strength, making him virtually unkiteable and a terrifying threat to enemy supports and structures alike.

Lycan abilities, talents and win rates on this page are from Dota 2 patch 7.41e.

2/3
Complexity
3/3
Pusher
2/3
Carry
1/3
Durable
1/3
Escape

Lycan Performance Summary

On patch 7.41e, Lycan holds a 48.64% win rate across 55,976 ranked games. That average hides a 5.5-point swing between skill brackets — 52.04% in Divine against 46.54% in Crusader — so Lycan rewards knowing the hero far more than the raw number suggests. Captains treat Lycan as a threat: 71.05% of its 38 contested pro drafts ended in a ban.

Base Stats

Lycan
Health736+0.3 / s
Mana351
AttributeBase / Growth per lvl
strengthStrength
28+3.4 per lvl
agilityAgility
18+1.7 per lvl
intelligenceIntelligence
23+1.7 per lvl
StatValue
DamageDamage
52 – 57
ArmorArmor
3
Movement SpeedMovement Speed
305
Attack RangeAttack Range
150

Win Rates by Rank

Patch7.41e
Public Win Rate49%56K matches
Pro Win Rate55%6W / 5L
Pro Bans2771% of contests
RankPicksWin Rate
HeraldHerald
2.5K
49%
GuardianGuardian
7.6K
47%
CrusaderCrusader
10.2K
47%
ArchonArchon
11.4K
48%
LegendLegend
9.9K
50%
AncientAncient
6.8K
50%
DivineDivine
7.5K
52%

Faces of Lycan

Data Timeframe: Past 6 months

Innate Ability

Apex Predator
Passive

Lycan and units he controls deal extra damage to neutral creeps.

Extra Damage18%

Talent Tree

-25% Summon Wolves BAT
25
Howl Reduces Total Attack Damage
+25% Feral Impulse Damage
20
+7s Shapeshift Duration
-15s Shapeshift Cooldown
15
+375 Summon Wolves Health
+14 Wolves Damage
10
+3 Howl Armor Reduction

Abilities

Summon Wolves
No Target

Summons 2 wolves to aid Lycan in battle. At level 3, wolves gain Permanent Invisibility, and at level 4 wolves gain Cripple that gives 20% chance to cripple the target, causing 8 damage per second and lose 60 attack speed for 4 seconds.

Wolf Index1 / 2 / 3 / 4
Duration50s
Base Attack Time1.2 / 1.1 / 1 / 0.9 / 0.9 / 0.9s
Damage22 / 28 / 34 / 40 / 46 / 52
Hp325 / 375 / 425 / 475 / 525 / 575
Bash Chance15
Bash Duration1s
Wolf Count2
Bonus Levels2
Cast Time0.3s
Mana115 / 120 / 125 / 130
Cooldown30s
Howl
Dispellable
No Target

Strikes fear into enemies, reducing armor and attack damage of all enemies within 2000 range of Lycan and his wolves. At night, Howl's armor and attack damage reductions are global.

Duration8s
Attack Damage Reduction25% / 30% / 35% / 40%
Armor Reduction4 / 5 / 6 / 7
Radius2000
Max Level4
Cast Time0.3s
Mana40
Cooldown22 / 20 / 18 / 16s
Feral Impulse
Passive

Increases the HP regeneration and damage of Lycan and all units under his control.

Bonus Damage10% / 20% / 30% / 40%
Bonus Hp Regen2 / 4 / 6 / 8
Max Level4
Shapeshift
No Target

Lycan assumes his lupine form, granting him critical strikes and added vision at night. During Shapeshift, Lycan moves at increased speed and cannot be slowed. Movement and critical strike bonuses are also applied to all units under Lycan's control.

Duration25s
Shapeshift Move Speed550
Bonus Night Vision1000
Transform Time1.1s
Critical Chance40%
Critical Damage160% / 200% / 240%
Health Bonus225 / 325 / 425
Is Wolfpack1
Mana100
Cooldown105 / 95 / 85s

Aghanim's Upgrades

Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Wolf Bite

Lycan bites an allied hero or creep-hero, granting them Shapeshift properties. Lycan and the bitten target gain 40% Lifesteal and share the healing effect of Lifesteal with each other as long as they are within 1200 range of each other.

Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Summon Wolves

Increases the number of wolves summoned. Grants all summoned wolves the ability Hightail, an active ability that gives them phased movement, evasion, movespeed, and attack speed.