Lycan — win rate, matchups and best allies

Popular builds

A build is the first three key items a player bought, in any order, shown in the most common buying order. Win rate and how often it is played are shown under each, from matches with item timings.

Selected build

Key items, in buying order

Helm of the Dominator~9:17
Helm of the Overlord~16:32
Assault Cuirass~28:02

Skill order, levels 1–25

57.7% · 284 games with this order

Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Summon Wolves	1		3		5		7
Howl				4								12		14	15
Feral Impulse		2						8	9	10
Shapeshift						6							13					18
Talent											T					T				T					T
Attributes																	17		19		21	22	23	24

The most common order. Games count if they followed it for as long as they lasted, from 10 points on. Gold numbers: the levels where an ultimate point or a talent usually comes. T: a talent is taken here; the tree shows which.

Talents

-25% Summon Wolves BAT

54% · 59.5% · 74

Howl Reduces Total Attack Damage

46% · 50.0% · 64

+25% Feral Impulse Damage

68% · 56.2% · 260

+7s Shapeshift Duration

32% · 57.7% · 123

-15s Shapeshift Cooldown

63% · 56.5% · 331

+375 Summon Wolves Health

37% · 59.9% · 192

+14 Wolves Damage

78% · 59.0% · 420

+3 Howl Armor Reduction

22% · 57.0% · 121

+2 to All Attributes · levels 17, 19, 21–24

Numbers from the games of this build. Under each talent: how often it is picked, win rate, games. ★ the higher win rate we are 95% sure of, with at least 30 games on each side. Bar: how often each side is picked.

Starting items

45.2% · 146

61.2% · 49

46.7% · 45

Neutral items

45.5% · 189

44.6% · 177

45.7% · 140

50.6% · 85

51.2% · 80

59.7% · 67

When to buy

Win rate depending on when the item was bought (first purchase, 5-minute windows). Earlier is usually better — this shows by how much.

Helm of the Dominator~9:17

0–5 min	▲ 100.0%	2
5–10 min	▲ 55.6%	747
10–15 min	▼ 40.8%	245
15–20 min	▼ 11.1%	9
20–25 min	▲ 100.0%	2
25–30 min	▼ 33.3%	3
30–35 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Helm of the Overlord~16:32

5–10 min	▲ 100.0%	1
10–15 min	▲ 70.3%	333
15–20 min	▼ 43.9%	524
20–25 min	▼ 40.8%	71
25–30 min	▼ 31.3%	16
30–35 min	▲ 50.0%	6
35–40 min	▲ 100.0%	2
40–45 min	▲ 50.0%	2
50–55 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 70.4% wins; later: 43.6%.

Assault Cuirass~28:02

15–20 min	▲ 78.9%	19
20–25 min	▲ 74.2%	236
25–30 min	▲ 54.1%	283
30–35 min	▼ 49.2%	122
35–40 min	▲ 52.4%	42
40–45 min	▼ 40.0%	25
45–50 min	▼ 40.0%	10
50–55 min	▲ 66.7%	3
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	2
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	2

Bought before 25:00: 74.5% wins; later: 51.7%.

Black King Bar~32:05

15–20 min	▲ 62.5%	8
20–25 min	▲ 52.9%	68
25–30 min	▲ 54.8%	155
30–35 min	▼ 45.9%	209
35–40 min	▼ 48.6%	107
40–45 min	▼ 44.2%	43
45–50 min	▲ 57.1%	14
50–55 min	▼ 33.3%	3
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	4

Bought before 30:00: 54.5% wins; later: 46.3%.

Echo Sabre~20:59

5–10 min	▲ 50.0%	4
10–15 min	▲ 61.4%	57
15–20 min	▼ 44.0%	50
20–25 min	▲ 50.0%	40
25–30 min	▲ 54.5%	22
30–35 min	▼ 42.9%	14
35–40 min	▼ 42.9%	14
40–45 min	▼ 0.0%	2
45–50 min	▲ 100.0%	1
50–55 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 20:00: 53.2% wins; later: 48.9%.

Nullifier~35:23

20–25 min	▲ 81.8%	11
25–30 min	▲ 60.5%	43
30–35 min	▲ 61.4%	44
35–40 min	▲ 52.0%	50
40–45 min	▲ 57.1%	28
45–50 min	▲ 53.8%	13
50–55 min	▼ 20.0%	5
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	3

Bought before 35:00: 63.3% wins; later: 50.5%.

Aghanim's Scepter~33:47

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	1
15–20 min	▼ 25.0%	8
20–25 min	▲ 69.2%	26
25–30 min	▲ 80.6%	36
30–35 min	▲ 76.1%	46
35–40 min	▲ 62.5%	32
40–45 min	▲ 50.0%	26
45–50 min	▲ 50.0%	8
50–55 min	▲ 70.0%	10
55–60 min	▲ 66.7%	3

Bought before 30:00: 70.4% wins; later: 64.8%.

Orchid Malevolence~28:34

10–15 min	▲ 66.7%	3
15–20 min	▼ 43.8%	16
20–25 min	▲ 58.7%	46
25–30 min	▲ 57.8%	45
30–35 min	▲ 60.5%	38
35–40 min	▼ 42.9%	21
40–45 min	▼ 44.4%	9
45–50 min	▼ 33.3%	3
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 25:00: 55.4% wins; later: 54.2%.