Lycan
Historical Balance Tracker & Intelligence
Balance History
6/22/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/6/2026
Feral Impulse: Health Regen increased from 1/3/5/7 to 2/4/6/8
Talents: Level 10 Talent Wolves Damage increased from +10 to +14
Talents: Level 15 Talent Summon Wolves Health increased from +350 to +375
Patch 7.41bNet Gain
4/7/2026Shapeshift: Cooldown decreased from 110/100/90s to 105/95/85s
3/27/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
3/24/2026
Apex Predator: Damage to neutrals changed from 2% per level to 18% + 2% per level
Summon Wolves: Aghanim's Shard upgrade reworked
Summon Wolves: 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
Shapeshift: Now grants controlled units movement speed and critical strike bonuses
Talents: Level 25 Talent +2 Wolves Summoned replaced with -25% Summon Wolves BAT
1/22/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
12/23/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
12/16/2025
Summon Wolves: Wolf Damage decreased from 23/29/35/41/47/53 to 22/28/34/40/46/52
Shapeshift: Health Bonus decreased from 250/350/450 to 225/325/425
10/2/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/12/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.39cNet Gain
6/24/2025No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/29/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/12/2026
Wolf Bite: Now can also be used on allied creep-heroes
Talents: Level 20 Talent Shapeshift Duration increased from +6s to +7s
Patch 7.38cNet Gain
3/27/2025Base Strength increased from 26 to 28
Damage at level 1 increased from 50–55 to 52–57
3/4/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
2/19/2025
Is now a Strength Hero
Base Damage increased by 20
Damage at level 1 unchanged (50-55)
Strength gain increased from 3.0 to 3.4
Agility gain decreased from 1.8 to 1.7
Intelligence gain increased from 1.2 to 1.7
Damage gain per level decreased from +4.2 to +3.4
Damage at level 30 decreased by 40 (from 202-207 to 162-167)
Summon Wolves: Magic Resistance rescaled from 40/50/60/70% to 45/50/55/60%
Patch 7.37eNet Gain
11/20/2024Apex Predator: Now also applies to units under Lycan's control. Bonus is still based on Lycan's level
10/3/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/28/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/14/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
7/31/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/25/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/6/2024
Talents: Level 10 Talent Summon Wolves Damage Per Wolf decreased from +8 to +6
5/27/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/23/2024
Howl: No longer fears non-hero controlled units
Shapeshift: No longer applies its movement speed and critical strike bonuses to units under Lycan's control by default
Wolf Bite: Lifesteal increased from 30% to 40%
Wolf Bite: Lifesteal now has a 40% penalty against creeps
Wolf Bite: Cooldown decreased from 125/110/95s to 110/100/90s
Talents: Level 10 Talent Howl Armor Reduction increased from +2 to +3
Talents: Level 15 Talent Summon Wolves Health increased from +300 to +350
3/21/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
2/22/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.35bNet Gain
12/21/2023Summon Wolves: Damage increased from 20-23/26-29/32-34/38-40 to 22-24/28-30/34-36/40-42
Shapeshift: Health bonus increased from 200/300/400 to 250/350/450
Shapeshift: Critical Damage increased from 160/190/220% to 160/200/240%
6/12/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.34eNet Gain
11/21/2023Base Agility increased from 16 to 18
Agility gain increased from 1.4 to 1.8
10/5/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
9/9/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/15/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/8/2023
Howl: Fear no longer affects creep-heroes
Talents: Level 10 Talent +20% Howl Attack Damage Reduction replaced with +2 Howl Armor Reduction
Talents: Level 15 Talent Summon Wolves Health increased from +250 to +300
7/13/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.33dNet Gain
6/16/2023Shapeshift: Cooldown decreased from 125/110/95s to 110/100/90s
Talents: Level 15 Talent Summon Wolves Health increased from +200 to +250
5/14/2023
Base Damage decreased by 4 (Level 1 damage increased by 2)
4/26/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/13/2026
Now is a Universal Hero
Base Damage decreased from 24-29 to 8-13
Strength gain decreased from 3.4 to 3.0
Agility gain decreased from 1.7 to 1.4
Intelligence gain decreased from 1.7 to 1.2
Damage on level 1 decreased by 3 (from 50-55 to 47-52)
Damage gain per level decreased from +3.4 to +3.36
Summon Wolves: Mana Cost decreased from 125/130/135/140 to 115/120/125/130
Howl: Mana Cost rescaled from 35/40/45/50 to 40
Howl: Now also fears enemy controlled units (non-heroes) for 1/1.5/2/2.5s