Lycan

Stats

These are the base values written in the game files. Totals derived from attributes (HP, mana, armor) depend on engine-side formulas, so no estimated values are shown.

Recommended items

Items the in-game shop recommends for this hero (curated by Valve). These are not win-rate statistics.

Power Treads 1400 Necronomicon 5200 Black King Bar 4050 Mask of Madness 1900 Assault Cuirass 5125 Quelling Blade 100 Desolator 3500 Armlet of Mordiggian 2500 Vladmir's Offering 2200 Stout Shield 100 Helm of the Dominator 2550 Boots of Travel 2500

Abilities

Summon Wolves

Cooldown 30.0 / 30.0 / 30.0 / 30.0s Mana 115 / 120 / 125 / 130

ActiveCooldown30.0 / 30.0 / 30.0 / 30.0sMana115 / 120 / 125 / 130

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.

Raw values (from the game files)（9）

wolf_index	1 / 2 / 3 / 4
DURATION	50
BASE ATTACK TIME	1.2 / 1.1 / 1.0 / 0.9 / 0.9 / 0.9
DAMAGE	22 / 28 / 34 / 40 / 46 / 52
HP	325 / 375 / 425 / 475 / 525 / 575
bash_chance	15
bash_duration	1.0
WOLF COUNT	2
bonus_levels	2

• Using this spell will replace currently active summoned Wolves.

Patch history

7.41 2026-03-24

• Aghanim's Shard upgrade reworked Aghanim's Shard
• Increases the number of wolves by 1 and grants them Hightail ability. Activate it to give them 100% evasion, 20 bonus attack speed, and hasted movement for 6s

7.40 2025-12-15

• Wolf Damage decreased from 23/29/35/41/47/53 to 22/28/34/40/46/52

Howl

Cooldown 22 / 20 / 18 / 16s Mana 40

ActiveCooldown22 / 20 / 18 / 16sMana40

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.

Raw values (from the game files)（5）

DURATION	8
%ATTACK DAMAGE REDUCTION	25 / 30 / 35 / 40
ARMOR REDUCTION	4 / 5 / 6 / 7
radius	2000
max_level	4

Feral Impulse Passive

Passive

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

Raw values (from the game files)（3）

%BONUS DAMAGE	10 / 20 / 30 / 40
BONUS HP REGEN	2 / 4 / 6 / 8
max_level	4

Patch history

7.41c 2026-05-06

• Health Regen increased from 1/3/5/7 to 2/4/6/8

Wolf Bite

Cooldown 105 / 95 / 85s Mana 150 Range 300

ActiveCooldown105 / 95 / 85sMana150Range300

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.

Raw values (from the game files)（3）

lifesteal_percent	40
lifesteal_range	1200
attack_range	150

• Wolf Bite cooldown matches the cooldown of the current level of Shapeshift.

Apex Predator Innate Passive

Passive

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

Raw values (from the game files)（1）

%EXTRA DAMAGE	18

Patch history

7.41 2026-03-24

• Damage to neutrals changed from 2% per level to 18% + 2% per level

Shapeshift

Cooldown 105 / 95 / 85s Mana 100

ActiveCooldown105 / 95 / 85sMana100

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.

Raw values (from the game files)（8）

DURATION	25
SHAPESHIFT MOVE SPEED	550
BONUS NIGHT VISION	1000
TRANSFORM TIME	1.1
%CRITICAL CHANCE	40
%CRITICAL DAMAGE	160 / 200 / 240
HEALTH BONUS	225 / 325 / 425
is_wolfpack	1

• Hex doesn't remove Lycan's movement speed.

Patch history

7.41b 2026-04-07

• Cooldown decreased from 110/100/90s to 105/95/85s

7.41 2026-03-24

• Now grants controlled units movement speed and critical strike bonuses

7.40 2025-12-15

• Health Bonus decreased from 250/350/450 to 225/325/425

Talents

One of the two per level is chosen. They appear in the order registered in the game files.

Patch history (hero and talents)

Background

Banehallow was noble-born to the house of Ambry, the greatest of the landed castes in the old kingdom of Slom. Before the Fall, as the King's wants grew strange, and his court grew crowded with sorcerers and charlatans, the house of Ambry was the first to rise against the avarice of the throne. No longer willing to pay homage and fealty, they instead sent six-thousand swords into the capital, where they were wiped out in the Massacre of the Apostates. And then came the teeth behind the old truth: When you strike a king's neck, you had better take his head. Enraged by the betrayal, the king exterminated the vast Ambry bloodline, sparing only the lord of the house and his youngest son, Banehallow. Before all the royal court, with the disgraced lord chained to the ornate marble floor, the King bade his magicians transform the boy into a wolf so that he might tear out his own father's throat. "Do this," the king said, "so that Lord Ambry will understand the bite of betrayal." Powerful magic was invoked, and the child was transformed. But though his body was changed, his spirit remained intact, and instead of biting the exposed neck of his father, he attacked his handlers, tearing them to pieces. A dozen of the King's knights perished under the wolf's teeth before they managed to drive it off into the night. Lord Ambry laughed from his chains even as the King ran him through with a sword. Now the heir to the lost house of Ambry, Banehallow wanders the trail as the Lycan, part warrior, part wolf, in search of justice for all that he lost.

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