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7.28b

• Rescaled Lycan Wolf passive abilities:
  • Moved Cripple from level 3 and above to level 4 Lycan Wolves.
  • Moved Invisibility from level 4 to level 3 Lycan Wolves and above.
• Reduced Feral Impulse attack damage bonus from 14%/26%/38%/50% to 12%/22%/32%/42%.

7.28a

• Talents:

Level 15 left talent: 10% cooldown reduction reduced to 8%.

7.28

• Howl
  • Reduced mana cost from 50 on each level to 35/40/45/50.
  • Reduced cooldown from 24/22/20/18 to 18 on each level.
• Increased Feral Impulse radius from 1200 to global.
• Added Aghanim's Shard upgrade for Lycan:
  • Causes one of the three lanes' creep waves to include a Lane Wolf, which behaves like the lane creeps that cannot be controlled by the player, and move at the same speed as they do. Requires Summon Wolves to be learned to work.

Lane Wolf stats:

Level: 3

Health: 450

Health regen: 0.5

Armor: 0

Magic resistance: 70%

Attack damage: 48-52

Attack range: 90

Movement speed: 325

Vision range: 1200/800

Notes: Has Cripple.

• Talents:

Level 10 right talent changed: +4 armor ➜ +8 Feral Impulse health regen.

Level 15 right talent changed: +10 Feral Impulse health regen ➜ +75 Shapeshift movement speed.

Level 20 left talent: +15% Feral Impulse attack damage increased to +25%.

7.26c

• Reduced movement speed from 315 to 305.

7.26b

• Talents:

Level 10 left talent: +20 attack damage reduced to +15.

Level 10 right talent: +5 armor reduced to +4.

Level 15 left talent: 12% cooldown reduction reduced to 10%.

Level 15 right talent: +13 Feral Impulse health regen reduced to +10.

Level 20 left talent: +18% Feral Impulse attack damage reduced to +15%.

Level 20 right talent: +6s Shapeshift duration reduced to +5s.

Level 25 right talent: +40% Shapeshift critical chance reduced to +32%.

7.25c

• Increased Shapeshift cooldown from 110/95/80 to 125/110/95.

7.25b

• Reduced base attack damage from 30-35 to 24-29.
• Talents:

Level 20 right talent: +8s Shapeshift duration reduced to +6.

Level 25 left talent: +3 Wolves summoned reduced to +2.

7.25

• Increased Feral Impulse health regeneration bonus from 1/3/5/7 to 2/4/6/8.
• Increased Shapeshift duration from 18 to 22.

7.24

• Increased base intelligence from 19 to 23.
• Reduced Shapeshift transformation time from 1.5 to 1.25.

7.23

• Reworked Howl

Old Howl

Grants bonus attack speed, armor, and health regen to Lycan, all allied heroes and all units under their control.

Radius: Global

Attack speed bonus: 20/30/40/50

Armor bonus: 3/4/5/6

Health regen Bonus: 6/10/14/18

Duration: 9

Mana cost: 25/30/35/40

Cooldown: 50/45/40/35

Notes: Only affects units under player control. Lane creeps are not affected.

New Howl

Strikes fear into enemies, reducing armor and attack damage to all enemies within a radius around Lycan and his wolves.

Radius: 2000

Attack damage reduction: 25%/30%/35%/40%

Armor reduction: 5/6/7/8

Duration: 5/6/7/8

Mana cost: 50

Cooldown: 24/22/20/18

Notes: The effect is applied around Lycan and around his wolves. Overlapping areas don't stack the effect.

• Shapeshift now grants the caster melee properties as well. [?]
• Reworked Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Old: Causes one of the three lanes' creep waves to include three Lane Wolves, which behave like the lane creeps that cannot be controlled by the player, and move at the same speed as they do.
  • New: Grants Lycan the Wolf Bite ability.

Wolf Bite

Lycan bites an ally, granting them Shapeshift propertiers. Lycan and the bitten ally gain lifesteal and share lifesteal with each other as long as they are within range of each other.

Cast range: 300

Cast time: 0.3

Lifesteal: 30%

Lifesteal radius: 1200

Mana cost: 150

Cooldown: 80

Notes: Applies the current level of Shapeshift on the ally, so if it is not learned, this does nothing. Can only target allied heroes.

7.22g

• Reduced Shapeshift cooldown from 130/105/80 to 110/95/80.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Lane Wolves
    • Increased number of summons from 2 to 3.
    • Reduced gold bounty from 20 to 15.

7.22f

• Increased Feral Impulse attack damage bonus from 12%/24%/36%/48% to 14%/26%/38%/50%.
• Increased Howl health regeneration bonus from 4/8/12/16 to 6/10/14/18.

7.22e

• Increased base strength from 25 to 26.
• Increased base intelligence from 17 to 19.
• Shapeshift's critical strike now uses pseudo-random distribution.
• Talents:

Level 15 right talent: +10 Feral Impulse health regen increased to +13.

Level 20 left talent: +16% Feral Impulse attack damage increased to +18%.

7.22b

• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Lane Wolves
    • Reduced gold bounty from 41 to 20.
    • Reduced experience bounty from 20 to 10.

7.22

• Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Lycan:
  • Causes one of the three lanes' creep waves to include two Lane Wolves, which behave like the lane creeps that cannot be controlled by the player, and move at the same speed as they do.

Lane Wolf stats:

Level: 3

Health: 450

Health regen: 0.5

Armor: 0

Magic resistance: 70%

Attack damage: 48-52

Attack range: 90

Movement speed: 325

Vision range: 1200/800

Notes: Have Cripple.

• Talents:

Level 15 right talent: +8 Feral Impulse health regen increased to +10.

7.21c

• Reduced strength gain from 3.8 to 3.4.

7.21b

• Increased base armor from -2 to -1.

7.21

• Increased strength gain from 3.3 to 3.8.
• Increased movement speed from 300 to 315.
• Increased Howl health regeneration bonus from 4/6/8/10 to 4/8/12/16.
• Lycan Wolf
  • Reduced armor from 1 to 0.
  • Reduced magic resistance from 80% to 70%.
  • Increased health from 230/260/290/320 to 300/350/400/450.

7.20c

• Reduced Howl attack speed bonus from 21/34/47/60 to 20/30/40/50.

7.20

• Reduced base health regeneration from 1.5 to 0.
• Reduced base mana regeneration from 0.9 to 0.
• Lycan Wolf's Cripple no longer pierces spell immunity.
• Reworked Howl

Old Howl

Grants bonus damage and bonus health to Lycan, all allied heroes and all units under their control. Howl has double effect during night.

Radius: Global

Hero attack damage bonus: 10/15/20/25

Non-Hero attack damage bonus: 4/6/8/10

Hero health bonus: 50/100/150/200

Non-Hero health bonus: 25/50/75/100

Night bonus multiplier: 2

Duration: 13

Mana cost: 40

Cooldown: 60/55/50/45

New Howl

Grants bonus attack speed, armor, and health regen to Lycan all allied heroes and all units under their control.

Attack speed bonus: 21/34/47/60

Armor bonus: 3/4/5/6

Health regen bonus: 4/6/8/10

Duration: 9

Mana cost: 25/30/35/40

Cooldown: 50/45/40/35

• Increased Feral Impulse radius from 900 to 1200.
• Talents:

Level 25 right talent changed: +600 Howl hero health ➜ +40% Shapeshift critical chance.

7.18

• Reduced base attack damage from 33-38 to 30-35.
• Reduced base armor from 0 to -2.

7.17

• Reduced Feral Impulse attack damage bonus from 15%/26%/37%/48% to 12%/24%/36%/48%.

7.16

• Reduced intelligence gain from 1.55 to 1.4.
• Reduced Shapeshift critical strike damage from 160%/180%/200% to 150%/175%/200%.

7.14

• Lycan Wolf
  • Increased health from 200/240/280/320 to 230/260/290/320.
  • Increased attack damage from 15-19/26-30/35-39/44-48 to 24-28/32-36/40-44/48-52.

7.13b

• Reduced movement speed from 305 to 300.

7.10

• Reduced base attack damage from 36-41 to 33-38 (total damage now 58-63).

7.08

• Reduced base armor from 1 to 0 (total armor is now 2.67).
• Increased Shapeshift cooldown from 120/90/60 to 130/105/80.

7.07

• Increased base health regeneration from 0 to 1.5.
• Increased base mana regeneration from 0.01 to 0.9.
• Feral Impulse
  • Fixed not being disabled by Break.
  • Reduced health regeneration bonus from 1/4/7/10 to 1/3/5/7.
• Reworked talents:

Old:

Level 10: +200 health or +15 attack damage

Level 15: +12 strength or +12 Feral Impulse health regen

Level 20: 15% cooldown reduction or 15% evasion

Level 25: +2 Wolves summoned or +15s Shapeshift duration

New:

Level 10: +20 attack damage or +5 armor

Level 15: 12% cooldown reduction or +8 Feral Impulse health regen

Level 20: +16% Feral Impulse attack damage or +8s Shapeshift duration

Level 25: +3 Wolves summoned or +600 Howl hero health

7.06f

• Howl no longer affects current health upon gaining the buff. [?]

7.06e

• Increased Howl cooldown from 55/50/45/40 to 60/55/50/45.

7.06

• Increased strength gain from 3 to 3.3.
• Reduced base health regeneration from 0.25 to 0.
• Talents:

Level 15 right talent changed: -25s respawn time ➜ +12 Feral Impulse health regen.

7.05

• Increased Shapeshift critical strike damage from 140%/160%/180% to 160%/180%/200%.
• Talents:

Level 10 left talent: +175 health increased to +200.

7.04

• Increased base strength from 22 to 25.

7.03

• Talents:

Level 10 left talent: +150 health increased to +175.

7.02

• Enabled in Captain's Mode.
• Reduced agility gain from 1.5 to 1.
• Increased Howl mana cost from 30 to 40.
• Talents:

Level 15 right talent: -20s respawn time increased to -25s.

7.01

• Reduced agility gain from 1.9 to 1.5.
• Howl
  • Increased cooldown from 50/45/40/35 to 55/50/45/40.
  • Increased mana cost from 15/20/25/30 to 30 on each level.
• Talents:

Level 10 right talent: +20 attack damage reduced to +15.

7.00

• Lycan Wolf
  • Reduced base attack time from 1.25/1.2/1.15/1.1 to 1.2/1.1/1/0.9.
  • Reduced health regeneration from 0.5/0.5/0.5/15 to 0.5 on each level.
  • Increased Cripple attack speed slow from 40 to 60.
  • Rescaled Lycan Wolf passive abilities:
    • Moved Cripple from level 2 to level 3 Lycan Wolves and above.
    • Moved Invisibility from level 3 to level 4 Lycan Wolves.
• Howl
  • Now places an expiring buff on affected units, instead of providing a temporary aura. [?]
  • Now grants 50/100/150/200 health to heroes and 25/50/75/100 health to creeps. [?]
  • Attack damage and health bonuses are doubled during night time.
  • Reduced hero attack damage bonus from 14/26/38/50 to 10/15/20/25.
  • Reduced creep attack damage bonus from 5/10/15/20 to 4/6/8/10.
  • Increased duration from 10 to 13.
• Feral Impulse
  • No longer provides 15/20/25/30 attack speed.
  • Now provides 1/4/7/10 health regeneration.
  • Increased attack damage bonus from 15%/20%/25%/30% to 15%/26%/37%/48%.
• Added talents:

Level 10: +150 health or +20 attack damage

Level 15: +12 strength or -20s respawn time

Level 20: 15% cooldown reduction or 15% evasion

Level 25: +2 Wolves summoned or +15s Shapeshift duration

6.87

• Increased attack range from 128 to 150.

6.86

• Lycan Wolf
  • Replaced Critical Strike with Cripple.

Old Critical Strike

Gives a chance to deal bonus damage.

Proc chance: 30%

Critical damage: 170%

New Cripple

Gives a chance to cripple the target, causing damage over time and lose attack speed.

Proc chance: 20%

Damage per second: 8

Attack speed slow: 40

Duration: 4

Notes: Passive ability available at level 2 Lycan Wolves and above. Pierces spell immunity. Deals magical damage.

• Shapeshift
  • No longer grants Lycan 30%/35%/40% critical strike for 170% damage.
  • Now grants all units under Lycan's control (including self) 40% critical strike chance to deal 140%/160%/180% damage. [?]

6.85

• Increased strength gain from 2.75 to 3.0.
• Increased Shapeshift critical strike chance from 30% on each level to 30%/35%/40%.

6.82

• Shapeshift
  • No longer reduces base attack time to 1.5.
  • Increased cooldown from 100/70/40 to 120/90/60.
  • Increased movement speed from 522 to 650.
  • Now has a 1.5 second transformation time.

6.81b

• Howl
  • Reduced duration from 12 to 10.
  • Reduced hero attack damage bonus from 20/30/40/50 to 14/26/38/50.

6.81

• Shapeshift no longer increases health by 100/200/300.

6.80

• Lycan Wolf
  • Increased health regeneration from 0.5 on each level to 0.5/0.5/0.5/15.
  • Level 4 Lycan Wolves now have a passive ability that gives them 15 health regeneration.
  • Invisibility
    • Level 3 Lycan Wolves now have Invisibility.
    • Reduced fade delay from 3 to 1.7.

6.79

• Increased base armor from 0 to 1 (total armor is now 3.24).
• Increased base attack damage from 31-35 to 36-40 (total attack damage is now 58-62).
• Increased Lycan Wolf magic resistance from 50% to 80%.
• Increased Howl non-hero attack damage bonus from 4/8/12/16 to 5/10/15/20.
• Shapeshift no longer grants 1 bonus armor.

6.78

• Increased base armor from -1 to 0 (total armor is now 2.24).
• Reduced Shapeshift armor bonus from 2 to 1.

6.77

• Increased base intelligence from 15 to 17.
• Increased Lycan Wolf armor from 0 to 1.

6.75

• Increased Summon Wolves mana cost from 125 to 145.
  • Lycan Wolf
    • Wolves now have 50% magic resistance.
    • Reduced health from 400/450/500/550 to 200/240/280/320.
• Fixed Shapeshift haste speed aura lingering after dying with Aegis of the Immortal.

6.72d

• Increased collision size from 12 to 24.
• Reduced Lycan Wolf health from 400/475/550/625 to 400/450/500/550.
• Reduced Feral Impulse radius from global to 900.
• Increased Shapeshift base attack time from 1.4 to 1.5

6.72c

• Reduced collision size from 24 to 12.

6.72

• Increased attack range from 100 to 128.
• Lycan Wolf
  • Increased movement speed from 400 to 400/420/440/460.
  • Reduced collision size from 24 to 8.

6.71

• Feral Impulse
  • Increased attack damage bonus from 10%/15%/20%/25% to 15%/20%/25%/30%.
  • Increased attack speed bonus from 10/15/20/25 to 15/20/25/30.

6.70

• Increased Lycan Wolf's Critical Strike damage from 150% to 170%.
• Increased Shapeshift critical strike damage from 150% to 170%.

6.69

• Increased Shapeshift duration from 14/15/16 to 18 on each level.

6.67

• Howl
  • Increased hero attack damage bonus from 11/22/33/44 to 20/30/40/50.
  • Reduced duration from 16 to 12.
  • Increased cooldown from 35 to 50/45/40/35.

6.57

• Reduced base armor from 1 to -1 (total armor is now 1.24).
• Lycan Wolf
  • Reduced health from 400/400/600/700 to 400/475/550/625.
  • Reduced armor from 2 to 0.
• Shapeshift now grants Lycan 2 armor.

6.54

• Lycan Wolf
  • Reduced health from 400/500/600/700 to 400/400/600/700.
  • Reduced armor from 3/4/5/5 to 2 on each level.

6.53

• Increased base movement speed from 295 to 305.
• Lycan Wolf
  • Increased armor from 3/4/4/4 to 3/4/5/5.
  • Removed Bash.
  • Critical Strike
    • Increased proc chance from 10% to 30%.
    • Reduced damage from 200% to 150%.
• Reworked Howl

Old Howl

An eerie howl grants inner strength to all nearby allied units. Increases base damage for a while.

Radius: 500

Attack damage bonus: 8%/16%/24%/32%

Duration: 35

Cooldown: 10

Mana cost: 20/27/34/41

Notes: Places a buff on allies upon cast. The % increase only considers base damage and damage from attributes.

New Howl

An eerie loud howl grants an inner strength to all player controlled units.

Radius: Global

Hero attack damage bonus: 11/22/33/44

Non-Hero Attack damage bonus: 4/8/12/16

Duration: 16

Cooldown: 35

Mana cost: 15/20/25/30

Notes: The effect is aura-based. If a unit was summoned after the howl, it still gets the damage. The damage is a flat bonus, not percentage.

• Reworked Feral Heart into Feral Impulse.

Old Feral Heart

Increases movement speed and attack speed of the Lycanthrope.

Movement speed bonus: 3%/6%/9%/12%

Attack speed bonus: 15/19/23/27

New Feral Impulse

Increases the attack damage and speed of Lycan and his units.

Radius: Global

Attack damage bonus: 10%/15%/20%/25%

Attack speed bonus: 10/15/20/25

Notes: Affects all units under Lycan's control. Only increases base damage and that granted by attributes. Does not increase raw damage bonus.

• Shapeshift
  • No longer increases base attack damage from 31-35 to 40-62.
  • Now applies a 522 movement speed haste on Lycan and all his controlled units.
  • Increased critical strike chance from 10% to 30%.
  • Reduced critical strike damage from 200% to 150%.
  • Reduced duration from 40/50/60 to 14/15/16.
  • Reduced cooldown from 160/150/140 to 100/70/40.
  • Reduced mana cost from 150/175/200 to 100 on each level.

6.52b

• Increased Howl duration from 20 to 35.

6.51

• Lycan Wolf
  • Increased duration from 45 to 55.
  • Can now attack flying units.

6.50

• Reduced Shapeshift cooldown from 160/150/140 to 160/145/120.

6.48b

• Increased Lycan Wolf armor from 0/0/0/0 to 3/4/4/4.
• Reduced Shapeshift cooldown from 180/170/160 to 160/150/140.

6.35

• Increased base armor from 0 to 1 (total armor is now 3.24).

6.28

• Changed attack properties during Shapeshift from ranged to melee (attack range stays the same).

6.20

• Shapeshift
  • Reduced health bonus from 150/275/400 to 100/200/300.
  • No longer uses 2 second transformation time.

6.19b

• Reduced Lycan Wolf collision size to fix bugs in certain locations of the map.

6.04

• Increased Howl cooldown from 0 to 10.

5.80

• Lycan Wolf
  • Increased health 300/400/500/600 to 400/500/600/700.
  • Reduced base attack time to 1.25/1.25/1.20/1.15 to 1.25/1.20/1.15/1.10.
• Increased Shapeshift movement speed from 345 to 380

5.75

• Increased Shapeshift movement speed from 330 to 345.

5.74

• Reduced base mana regeneration from 0.25 to 0.1.

5.71

• Reduced movement speed from 320 to 295.
• Lycan Wolf
  • Reduced health from 500/600/700/900 to 300/400/500/600.
  • Reduced Bash non-hero duration from 2 to 1 second (now matches same as hero stun).
• Shapeshift
  • Reduced movement speed from 410 to 330.
  • Reduced critical chance from 20% to 10%.

5.62

• Reduced Lycan Wolf Bash hero duration from 1.3 to 1.

5.61

• Lycan Wolf
  • Increased base damage from 15/23/30/38 to 16/24/31/40. (Total Damage is now 17-18/27-33/34-40/43-49).
  • Reduced base attack time from 1.25/1.25/1.25/1.20 to 1.25/1.25/1.20/1.15.
  • Bash
    • Increased stun damage from 10 to 15.
    • Increased proc chance from 12 to 15%.
    • Reduced hero duration from 1.5 to 1.3.
• Increased Howl radius from 300 to 500.
• Reduced Shapeshift base attack time from 1.35 to 1.20.

5.59

• Increased Feral Heart bonus attack speed from 7/13/20/27% to 15/19/13/27%.
• Increased Lycan Wolf Bash chance from 10% to 12%.

5.58

• Rescaled base strength and gain from 21 + 2.85 to 22 + 2.75.
• Reduced agility gain from 2 to 1.9.
• Reduced intelligence gain from 1.75 to 1.55.
• Reduced base damage from 32-46 to 31-35.

5.55

• Reworked Howl of Terror into Howl.

Old Howl of Terror

An eerie howl grants inner strength to all nearby allied units.

Radius: 500

Attack damage reduction: 10/20/30/40%

Armor reduction: 1/2/3/4

Duration: 20

New Howl

Howl an eerie howl grants a inner strength to all nearby friendly units.

Radius: 300

Bonus damage: 8%/16%/24%/32%

Duration: 15 seconds.

Mana cost: 20/27/34/41

Cooldown: 0

5.53

• Reduced Howl of Terror cooldown from 20 to 5.
• Reduced Feral Heart bonus movement speed from 4%/8%/12%/16% to 3%/6%/9%/12%.
• Reduced Shapeshift critical chance from 22% to 20%.

5.50

• Reduced strength gain from 3 to 2.85.
• Reduced base agility and gain from 17 + 2.1 to 16 + 2.
• Rescaled base intelligence and gain from 17 + 1.7 to 15 + 1.75.
• Increased base health from 100 to 150.
• Lycan Wolf
  • Fixed Level 1 Lycan Wolf being able to proc Critical Strike.
  • Reduced health from 600/750/850/1000 to 500/600/700/900.
  • Reduced base damage from 16-17/28-31/35-38/43-46 to 16-17/26-29/33-36/41-44.
  • Rescaled base bounty from 26-38/26-50/36-60/36-60 to 21-33/26-50/36-60/41-65.
• Reduced Howl of Terror mana cost from 45/55/65/85 to 45/50/55/60
• Shapeshift
  • Reduced critical chance from 40% to 22%.
  • Reduced bonus movement speed from 300/600/900 to 150/275/400.
• Removed Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Lycan.
  • No longer increases critical strike chance during Shapeshift form from 40% to 60%.

5.40

• Increased Shapeshift critical chance from 20% to 40%.
• Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Lycan:
  • Increases critical strike chance during Shapeshift form from 40% to 60%.

5.35

• Increased Howl of Terror minus armor from 1/2/3/4 to 1/3/4/6.

5.31

• Restored hero model change, back to non-wolf form.
• Increased base strength from 20 to 21.
• Increased base damage from 31-47 to 32-46.
• Reduced base armor from 2 to 1.
• Increased base attack time from 1.65 to 1.7.
• Replaced Cannibalize with Howl of Terror.

Old Cannibalize

Eats a nearby dead animal or person to restore the lycanthropy's hit points.

Cast range: 80

Hero Corpse Duration: 8

Unit Corpse Duration: 10

Heal per second: 15/25/35/45

Duration: 10

Mana cost: 70

Cooldown: 0

New Howl of Terror

The hero wols, reducing nearby enemy unit's attack damage and armor.

Duration: 20 seconds.

Attack damage reduction: 10%/20%/30%/40%

Armor reduction: 1/2/3/4

Radius: 500

Mana cost: 45/55/65/85

Cooldown: 20

• Replaced Rend and Tear with Shapeshift.

Old Rend and Tear

Many of the lycanthropy attacks tear the flesh, causing extra damage.

Proc chance: 40.0%/42.5%/45.0%

Critical damage: 150%/175%/200%

New Shapeshift

A full Moon curdles the blood of the lycanthropy. He transforms into a Wolf with extra damage, hit points, Critical Strike, and bonus movement and attack speed.

Bonus health: 300/600/900

Duration: 40/50/60 seconds

Mana Cost: 150/175/200

Transformation time: 2

Cooldown: 180/170/160

Critical Strike Chance: 20%

Critical Strike Damage: 200%

Night vision: 1400

• Shapeshift
  • Reduces base attack time from 1.70 to 1.35
  • Increases base damage from 30 to 38
  • Increases damage from 32-46 to 40-62
  • Increases base regen from 0.5 to 3.00
  • Increases movement speed from 320 to 410

5.10

• Reduced Lycan Wolf health from 600/900/1100/1300 to 600/750/850/1000.
• Reduced Feral Heart bonus movement speed from 12%/24%/36%/48% to 4%/8%/12%/16%.

4.0beta9

• Rend and Tear
  • Rescaled proc chance from 40%/45%/45% to 40%/42.5%/45%.
  • Rescaled critical damage from 167%/200%/233% to 150%/175%/200%.

4.0beta6

• Changed base attribute from agility to strength.
• Increased base strength and gain from 18 + 2.5 to 20 + 3.
• Reduced base agility and gain from 20 + 2.7 to 17 + 2.1.
• Increased base attack damage from 27-43 to 31-47.
• Increased base armor from 1 to 2.
• Lycan Wolf
  • Increased base attack time from 1.00/1.00/0.85/0.85 to 1.25/1.25/1.25/1.20.
  • Increased Critical Strike proc chance from 15% to 20%. [?]
  • Bash
    • Reduced damage from 18 to 10.
    • Reduced proc chance from 18% to 10%.

4.0beta5

• Increased Summon Wolves mana cost from 110 to 125.
  • Lycan Wolf
    • Bash
      • Reduced hero stun duration from 1.6 to 1.5
      • No changes to non-hero duration. (2 seconds)
      • Reduced damage from 26 to 18.
      • Reduced from 26% to 18%.
• Rescaled Feral Heart bonus movement speed from 15%/30%/45%/60% to 12%/24%/36%/48%.
• Reduced Rend and Tear proc chance from 45% on each level to 40%/45%/45%.

4.0beta2

• Added a 4th level to all basic abilities.
• Removed the Bash innate ability for Lycan.
• Summon Wolves
  • Increased mana cost from 75 to 110.
  • Reduced cooldown from 60 to 30.
  • Lycan Wolf
    • Rescaled damage from 16-17/23-26/26-32 to 16-17/28-31/35-38/43-46.
    • Reduced base attack time from 1.00/1.00/0.85 to 1.00/1.00/0.85/0.85.
    • Rescaled bounty from 26-38/26-50/36-60 to 26-38/26-50/36-60/36-60.
    • Rescaled health from 600/900/1200 to 600/900/1100/1300.
    • Bash
      • Reduced damage from 28 to 26.
      • Reduced chance from 28% to 26%.
      • Reduced hero duration from 1.75 to 1.6.
      • No changes to non-hero duration. (2 seconds)
    • Rescaled Lycan Wolf passives:

Level 1: 600 health [?]

Level 2: 900 health and Critical Strike.

Level 3: 1100 health, Critical Strike, and Bash.

Level 4: 1300 health, Critical Strike, Bash and Permanent Invisibility

• Feral Heart
  • Rescaled bonus movement speed from 15/30/45% to 15/30/45/60%.
  • Rescaled bonus attack speed from 7/13/20% to 7/13/20/27%.
• Cannibalize
  • Rescaled health regeneration from 15/25/35 to 15/25/35/45 per second.
  • Removed heal cap per corpse (Previously is 500).
  • Increased mana cost from 50 to 70.
• Replaced Amplify Damage with Rend and Tear.

Old Amplify Damage

Amplifies physical damage against enemy units by reducing their armor.

Armor reduction: 10/15/20

Cast range: 700

Mana cost: 55

Hero/Creep duration: 30/120

New Rend and Tear

Many of the lycanthropy attacks tear the flesh, causing extra damage.

Proc chance: 45%

Critical damage: 167/200/233%

3.2j

• Reduced Bash hero duration from 1.50 to 1.00.
• Reduced Lycan Wolf Bash hero duration from 2 to 1.75.

3.2a

• Added the Bash innate ability for Lycan:

Bash

Gives 10% chance to stun for 2 seconds on any attack.

Proc chance: 10%

Hero duration: 1.5

Non-Hero duration: 2

3.00a

• Changed hero model to always stay on Shapeshift form.
• Increased movement speed from 315 to 320.
• Renamed Feral Spirit into Feral Heart.
• Replaced Feral Rage with Amplify Damage.

Old Feral Rage

Transform the lycanthropy into a powerful Wolf.

Bonus health: 400/800/1200

Base bonus damage: 5

Base bonus armor: 1

Base attack time reduction: 0.20 (From 1.65 to 1.45)

Base bonus movement speed: 85 (From 315 to 400)

Duration: 60

Bash chance: 28%

Bash duration: 2

Mana cost: 175

Cooldown: 120

New Amplify Damage

Amplifies physical damage against enemy units by reducing their armor.

Armor reduction: 10/15/20

Cast range: 700

Mana cost: 55

Hero/Creep duration: 30/120

2.60

• Created.

Patch history

Patch

Description

29 Nov 2019

• Wolf Bite
  • Fixed rendering Troll Warlord and Lone Druid unable to attack if they also cast Berserker's Rage or True Form during it.
  • Fixed recasting on the same target resulting in permanent shared lifesteal.

28 May 2019

• Fixed Lane Wolves not gaining critical strike while Shapeshift is active.

01 Feb 2018

• Fixed Lycan Wolves not being centered on spawn when having the +3 wolves talent chosen.

24 Mar 2016

• Fixed Lycan's Shapeshift wolf changing into a headless Lycan model on death.
• Fixed Lycan retaining the speed buff on respawn if he is killed during the transformation period.
• Fixed portraits for Lycan, Night Stalker's Black Nihility, Visage's Tolling Shadows and Juggernaut's Kuurishiminari ward.
• Lycan, Visage and Warlock summoned units can now be independently bindable.

04 Feb 2015

• Fixed Lycan Shapeshifting while disconnected giving all creeps the move speed bonus.

21 Nov 2013

• Renamed Lycanthrope to Lycan.

18 Jul 2013

• Fixed Backswing behavior for: Soul Rip, Tombstone, Cold Feet, Ice Vortex, Chilling Touch, Enfeeble, Shallow Grave, Thunder Strike, Kinetic Field, Static Storm, Malefice, Midnight Pulse, Howl, Stifling Dagger, Static Link, Shrapnel, Psionic Trap, Whirling Axes (Ranged), Storm Hammer, God's Strength, Wave of Terror, Venomous Gale, Shadow Word, Fatal Bonds, The Swarm, Time Lapse, Maledict, and Ice Shards.

30 Nov 2012

• Pseudo Random chances are now enabled for these abilities: Drunken Brawler's critical strike, Chaos Strike, Time Lock, Blade Dance, Shapeshift's critical strike, Coup de Grace, Mortal Strike, Bash of the Deep and Headshot.

12 Jul 2012

• Fixed Lycan Wolves having max speed for their duration after Shapeshift ends if summoned during Shapeshift.

10 May 2012

• Fixed Shapeshift speed boost disappearing from other units upon Lycan.
• Fixed other controlled units not getting movement buff if created after Shapeshift was cast.
• Fixed Shapeshift not healing for the amount of bonus HP he gains.
• Fixed Lycan Wolves giving too much XP.

26 Apr 2012

• U
  Updated the hero selection portrait.

12 Apr 2012

• Fixed a bug where if Nature's Prophet cast Sprout on Lycan in wolf form while he was running, Lycan could run through the trees and escape the Sprout.

28 Mar 2012

• Added Lycan in Captain's Mode.
• U
  Added ability icons for Lycan Wolves.

22 Mar 2012

• Added Lycan!

19 Jan 2012

• Added strings for Lycan.