Lhikan counters

Lycan is not the most popular character in Dota, because it requires good farming skills and is highly dependent on the actions of both his team and the enemy. However, in good hands, this is a very strong hero, who alone can make a lot of rustle on the map.

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Base Attack Time

Permanently invisible when not attacking. Given when wolves reach level 3.

Gives a chance to cripple the target, doing damage over time and slowing attack speed. Given when wolves reach level 4. Can affect building.

Lycan Lane Wolf

Lycan is a hero who very often lives his life on the map and tries to play alone. Nevertheless, you should not completely close your eyes to it. It is important to know how to counter it and minimize its effectiveness.

Lycan is a hero who is designed to push lanes quickly. Of course, he is ready to take part in fights, but due to certain circumstances, he most often avoids them, because no one wants to fight him, especially in the early stages and in the mid-game.

Dota 2 — Lycan :: Job or Game

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Last statistics update: 08.12.2020

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General game tips

Lucan is one of those heroes who can exist on his own. The main condition is that it should be without serious damage to his team. Alone, Lucan is unlikely to pull out the game, for this there must be many circumstances. But with an appropriate peak with his entire team, Lucan can really get to the throne very quickly.

Lucan rarely uses his ult. This is due to the fact that he does not take part in fights so often. And most often you have to activate it just to run away, since in this guise it is almost impossible to catch up with him. Therefore, if you are attacked in any lane, activate the werewolf and run to a safe place. Don’t save your ult exclusively for fights.

Lucan is a hundred times more effective with the Dominator and its advanced version. Therefore, playing for this character, you need to be able to control creatures under control for maximum efficiency. This is the main difficulty of the game for this character.

Summons two wolves to fight for Lycan. The wolves benefit from his other abilities.

Cast Point 0.3

Cast Backswing 0.73

The very enchantment that twisted his being also summons canine familiars.

Strikes fear into enemies, reducing armor and attack damage to all enemies within range of Lycan and his wolves.

Blood-curdling wolf cries signal to opponents that Lycan is among them.

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

His animalistic symbiosis with canine kind gives Lycan enhanced reflexes and hunting capabilities.

Lycan assumes his lupine form, granting him and his units critical strikes and added vision at night. During Shapeshift, Lycan and all units under his control move at increased speed, cannot be slowed and have a chance to deal a critical strike doing extra damage.

Forever a slave to his Lycan, Banehallow has come to accept his curse, and embrace his own savagery.

Cast Range 300

Does this bite look infected?

• Mana Cost: 50
• Cooldown: 80
• Mana Cost: 150

• Base Intelligence increased by 2
• Base Strength increased by 1

• Base armor reduced by 2
• Base damage reduced by 3

• Armor increased by 1 (Shapeshift total armor is still the same as before)
• Base damage increased by 5

When to take a hero

Lucan is literally made for fast pushing. If you see that the pick is located in order to end the game as quickly as possible, then Lucan can be safely picked. Of course, provided that you know how to confidently play for him.

In what cases is this hero useful

Lucan’s element is the demolition of towers and lines up to the very throne. Therefore, he is great in a peak with heroes who quickly demolish towers (Pugna, Jakiro, Furion, etc.)

Lukan is good in principle and as a complete loner, he can calmly push the lanes while your team is participating in the team. Of course, this is only relevant if your allies are more or less comfortable with the four of them. Otherwise, your allies will be quickly killed and you will be constantly prevented from pushing.

Counters

Lucan is especially good against the following heroes: Ark Varden, Razor, Silencer, Apparatus, Bane.

Who counters this hero

Lukan’s ultimate allows him to quickly run away in case of danger or, on the contrary, quickly kill enemies who simply cannot hide from him. Therefore, it is important to stop it quickly or quickly disappear.

Expert opinion

“Lucan is often not seen on the battlefield. He is either in the jungle or pushing the lanes while everyone else is taking part in the fights. It is quite easy to act against him, but it is impossible not to pay attention to him at all during the game. There are times when Lucan single-handedly takes down the throne while others are busy in the fight.

How to play against Lucan

You can play against Lucan both passively and aggressively. If you rot him as much as possible from the first minutes, then he will simply be lost on the map without farm and clothes. If you play passively, then you need to focus on the fights against his team and constantly spread rot at the expense of the advantage. Lucan rarely gets into fights in the early stages, instead he either focuses on pushing lanes or quietly farming the jungle.

Remember that the best means of escaping from Lucan in the form of a werewolf is a banal scroll of teleportation. If Lucan does not have Basher, then he will simply have nothing to stop you.

If it is possible to quickly disable Lukan, then it is better to do this before he presses the ult, otherwise it will be almost impossible to stop him.

Hero Boost

As we already understood, Lucan is exclusively about pushing, so the buildup of this hero is almost stereotyped from the moment the game appeared.

Lucan Pusher

Lucan basically doesn’t care where to play: easy, hard, mid or jungle in general, while his item build will be the same everywhere.

Itembuild

If you see Lucan in the peak, you shouldn’t take too greedy heroes who need a lot of time to build up. Lukan has a pushing potential, which actively manifests itself from the first minutes until the late game. By the time the carries are swinging, it might be too late.

Banehallow, the Lycan

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.

As a man or as a wolf, Lycan devastates enemies with sharp claws and deadly jaws. Summoning stealthy wolves to scout ahead or assault a foe, his wolf transformation grants him the speed and strength to run down his enemies, or escape an ambush.

Таланты героя

Каждый талант по своему хорош, и выбирается ситуативно. Обратите внимание на талант 25 уровня по снижению общего урона от Howl. Изначально данная способность снижает только базовый урон врагов, а с талантов — общий. Это серьезный ущерб для керри противника, особенно в лейте.

Аганим

Невероятно мощный бонус дает Аганим. У Люкана появляется новая способность Wolf Bite. Люкан может применять её на любого союзника, который превращается в такого же оборотня, как и сам герой, и получает все соответствующие бонусы. Более того, если Люкан и союзник оба в облике оборотней и находятся друг с другом в пределах радиуса 1200, то они дополнительно получают эффект вампиризма в 30%. Кулдаун: 125/110/95

Аганим шард

Шард у Люкана тоже имеет интересную особенность. После его покупки к одной из волн крипов добавляется волк Люкана, правда, он полностью бесконтрольный.

Сильные и слабые стороны

Хороши против Люкана те, кто не дает ему убегать. Это Нага со своей сеткой, Свен, который после стана может нанести тучу урона, и Тролль, который в ульте может несколько раз выкинуть сетку и по которому Люкан будет постоянно промахиваться, если решит с ним драться.

Шейкер очень хорош как в плане станов, так и в плане урона по многочисленной армии подконтрольных существ.

Хорош Брист, поскольку он фактически будет неубиваемой целью для Люкана.

Герой Lycan

Главный атрибут: Сила. Люкан — это керри-герой в Доте, который сильно зависим от фарма. Его главной целью является постоянный пуш линий, ведь все его способности и атрибуты располагают к этому.

«Люкан создан для тех, кто любит играть в одиночку, а также для быстрого сноса линий (аналогичные роли у Друида и Бруды). Герой требует особых навыков игры и точно не подойдет новичкам, поскольку здесь нужно и управлять существами, и уметь быстро фармить».

Способности героя

Скиллы Люкана предельно просты, тут не надо быть опытным игроком, чтобы долго осваиваться. Но вот играть за этого персонажа эффективно смогут далеко не все, поскольку Люкан — это также про контроль саммонов, то есть подконтрольных существ.

Summon Wolves

Люкан призывает двух подконтрольных волков, которые имеют урона 24/32/40/48 и живут на протяжении 50 секунд. С третьего уровня волки получают эффект невидимости, который раскрывается при атаках. А с четвертого уровня волки получают пассивную способность Cripple, которая имеет шанс в 20% при атаке покалечить врага, уменьшая скорость его атаки на 60% и нанося периодический урон в 8 единиц в течение 60 секунд. Кулдаун: 30 сек.

С волками Люкан может очень круто фармить линию и леса. А когда они получают невидимость, можно разведывать территории. Учитывая маленький кулдаун и продолжительную жизнь, делать это можно бесконечно на протяжении всей игры.

Howl

При активации враги в радиусе 2000 от Люкана получают снижение урона на 25%/30%/35%/40%, плюс уменьшается их броня на 4/5/6/7. Эффект длится 8 секунд. Кулдаун: 22/20/18/16 сек.

Feral Impulse

Пассивная способность Люкана — это аура, которая дает дополнительный урон в 10%/20%/30%/40% самому герою и всем подконтрольным ему существам, плюс есть дополнительная регенерация здоровья 1/3/5/7. Кулдаун: нет.

Shapeshift

Ульта Люкана при активации превращает его из человека в оборотня, который получает ряд бонусов. Оборотень передвигается фактически с максимальной скоростью 550. Ночной обзор увеличивается до 1000. Появляется шанс критического урона в 40%, величина критического урона — 160%/190%/220%. Длительность формы — 25 секунд. Кулдаун: 125/110/95.

В облике оборотня Люкана почти нереально убить, если только не оглушить его на длительное время и не убить всей командой. Также от него почти нереально скрыться, если он вас видит.

Skill order

At the beginning of the game, it is worth downloading wolves and aura. The second skill does not make much sense, since at first you are unlikely to participate in fights.

What to buy and collect against this hero

Tanks and supports will be very good at Halberd, which for 5 seconds will prohibit Lucan from attacking.

Supports will be great with Ghost, who will also prevent them from being attacked. During this time, you can try to escape or wait for help from allies.

Athos is also good against a werewolf, as he can stop him even in his ult. During this time, by the way, Skymag can destroy him with his ult.

Glimmer will also go great, Lucan is unlikely to waste time looking for you, instead he will run further.

Strengths and weaknesses of the hero

All of Lukan’s skills are geared towards fast lane pushing. It is enough for him to have a couple of items for quick damage in order to most effectively do his favorite thing. This is his forte.

Weaknesses include the fact that this is a very situational hero. His excessive selfishness often negatively affects allies, who are forced to play in the minority most of the time. And if Lukan does not manage to demolish the lines during this time, then he will simply turn out to be useless and his whole team will quickly lose the rink.

Conclusions

Material updated: 04.08.2023

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