Lycan

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Lycan 25 + 3.8 16 + 1 17 + 1.4
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 120 670 1836 2936 3398 +0 +2.5 +7.82 +12.82 +14.92 Mana 75 279 507 819 927 +0 +0.85 +1.83 +3.13 +3.58 Armor -2 0.67 3 6.67 7.83 Magic Resist 25% % % % % Damage Block 16 (50%) Damage 30 35 55 60 108 113 158 163 179 184 Attack Rate 0.59/s 0.68/s 0.76/s 0.89/s 0.94/s Attack Range 150 (600) Attack Speed ▶️ 100 (1.7s BAT) Attack Animation 0.55 + 0.55 Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed ▶️ 315 ( 345) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 8 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 800) Gib Type Default Internal Not Provided

Banehallow, the Lycan, is a melee strength hero who is capable of immense physical damage and considerable movement speed, who also excels at pushing buildings and bolstering his team's damage and health. He is capable of summoning Wolves who make excellent sources of damage and objective control. His Howl gives a large boost to the attack damage and health of his allies, while Feral Impulse turns Lycan and his pack into prime fighters on their own with bonus attack damage and health regeneration. When the time is right, Shapeshift allows the Lycan himself to join in the hunt, overwhelming foes with deadly critical strikes and incredible movement speed.

Bio

Banehallow, the Lycan

▶️ "Wolves need no armor."

Lore:

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.

Voice:

Nolan North (Responses)

Abilities

File:Summon Wolves formation.png

The wolves' formations.

Summon Wolves

▶️QV

Ability
No Target

Summons two wolves to fight for Lycan. Level 3-4 wolves have Cripple, and level 4 wolves have permanent invisibility.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.73

Number of Wolves: 2 ( 4)

Duration: 55

 30 ( 25.5)

 145

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

• Casting Summon Wolves replaces currently active wolves from a previous cast.

• The wolves are summoned 200 range in front on Lycan, with 120 range distance between the wolves. Lycan is always at the center of the line.

• The wolves gain Cripple on level 3 and Invisibility on level 4.

• Already summoned wolves do not get new abilities when the spell is leveled. Only wolves summoned after leveling get them.

• Has a cast backswing of 0.6 during Shapeshift.

Howl

▶️WW

Ability
No Target

Affects
Allies

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

Cast Animation: 0.3+0

Radius: Global

Attack Speed bonus: 20/30/40/50

Armor Bonus: 3/4/5/6

Health Regen Bonus: 4/8/12/16

Duration: 9

 50/45/40/35 ( 42.5/38.25/34/29.75)

 25/30/35/40

Modifiers [?]

Howl

Any

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

• Only affects units under player control. Lane creeps are not affected.
  • Does not place the buff on invulnerable or hidden allies.
  • Does not place the buff on wards and Undying Zombies.

• Can regenerate up to 36/72/108/144 health over its full duration.

• The sound effect is global for allies only.

• Upon cast, Lycan Wolves owned by him play a special animation. This has only visual purposes.

Feral Impulse

EI

Ability
Aura

Affects
Self

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

Radius: 1200

Attack Damage Bonus: 12%/24%/36%/48% ( 37%/49%/61%/73%)

Health Regeneration Bonus: 1/3/5/7 ( 301/303/305/307)

Aura Linger Duration: 0.5

Modifiers [?]

Feral Impulse

Undispellable

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

• Only increases base damage and that given by the primary attribute of affected units. Raw bonus damage is not increased.

• Affects all units under Lycan's control, not just himself and his wolves.

• Can regenerate up to 60/180/300/420 ( 18060/18180/18300/18420) health in one minute.

• The aura's buff lingers for 0.5 seconds.

• Lycan illusions dominated by Enchant do not grant Enchantress' units the bonuses, only the illusion itself keeps them.

• However, Lycan illusions created by other spells ( Disruption, Wall of Replica, Reflection) do provide their owner and its units the bonuses.

Shapeshift

▶️RF

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self

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 40% chance to deal a critical strike doing 150%/175%/200% damage.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Transformation Time: 1.5

Night Vision Bonus: 1000

Haste Speed: 650

Critical Chance: 40% ( %)

Critical Damage: 150%/175%/200%

Aura Linger Duration: 0.1

Duration: 18 ( 24)

 130/105/80 ( 110.5/89.25/68)

 100

Modifiers [?]

Shapeshift Transform

Undispellable

Shapeshift Aura

Undispellable

Shapeshift Speed

Undispellable

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

• During the transformation, Lycan cannot do anything. Cannot be interrupted.

• Increases Lycan's night vision to a total of 1800.

• The movement speed and critical strike are provided by a global aura which affects all units owned by Lycan. The aura's effects linger for 0.1 seconds.

• The movement speed boost is a haste, meaning affected units cannot be slowed below the set value.

• The critical strike increases the attack damage of Lycan and all his units by an average of 20%/30%/40% ( ).

• The proc chances of multiple crit sources stack.
  • If two sources of critical strike proc at the same time, the higher multiplier has priority.

• The critical strike uses pseudo-random distribution.

• Shapeshift is fully canceled on death.

Lycan Wolf

Lycan Wolf
Summoned Creep
Health 325/375/425/475 +0.5 ⤷ 625/675/725/775HP This unit has no mana. Level 1/2/3/3 Duration 50 Armor 0 Magic Resistance 40%/50%/60%/70% Status Resistance 0 Attack Damage ▶️ Default 20/26/32/38 ‒ 23/29/34/40 ( 30/36/42/48–33/39/44/50) Attack Range 90 Acquisition Range 500 Attack Speed 100 • 1.2/1.1/1/0.9s BAT Attack Animation 0.33+0.64 Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed ▶️ 400/420/440/460 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 18 Bound Radius 8 Vision Range (G) 1200 • 800 Bounty 21/26/36/41 Experience 20 Abilities L3 L4 Invisibility Cripple

Cripple

▶️

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies / Allies

Damage
Magical

Gives 20% chance to cripple the target, causing 8 damage per second and lose 60 attack speed for 4 seconds.

Proc Chance: 20%

Damage per Second: 8

Move Speed Slow: 15%

Attack Speed Slow: 60

Duration: 4

Modifiers [?]

modifier_lycan_summon_wolves_critical_strike

Undispellable

modifier_lycan_summon_wolves_crit_maim

Any

• Requires
  LEVEL 4
  Summon Wolves to be unlocked.

• Deals damage in 1-second intervals, starting second after proccing, resulting in 4 instances.

• Can deal up to 32 damage to the target (before reductions).

• Successive debuff procs on the same target stack.
  • The proccing attack first applies the debuff, then its own damage.
  • Can proc on allied units as well. Does not proc on wards or buildings.

Invisibility

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

Permanently invisible when not attacking.

Fade Delay: 2

Modifiers [?]

modifier_lycan_summon_wolves_invisibility

Death

modifier_invisible

Death

• Requires
  LEVEL 3+
  Summon Wolves to be unlocked.

• Lycan Wolf will keep turning invisible for its summoned duration.
  • During the fade delay, Lycan Wolf can still perform attacks.

• Invisibility sources with fade delays use the same modifier and do not stack with other invisibility sources of the same type — the longer duration overrides the shorter one.
  • While invisible, Lycan Wolf can still turn without breaking invisible.
  • Attacking breaks the invisibility and resets the fade delay. Missed attacks or attacking items do break it.

• Does not grant phased movement.

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Hero Talents
+2 Wolves Summoned	25	Howl Reduces Total Attack Damage
+25% Feral Impulse Damage	20	+6s Shapeshift Duration
-15s Shapeshift Cooldown	15	+300 Summon Wolves Health
+10 Wolves Damage	10	+2 Howl Armor Reduction

Notes:

• The attack damage and health talents affect the regular Lycan Wolves and the Lane Wolves.
  • Grants flat bonus attack damage.

Attribute Bonus

Attribute Bonus

33

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

+2 to All Attributes

Strength Bonus: 2/4/6/8/10/12/14

Agility Bonus: 2/4/6/8/10/12/14

Intelligence Bonus: 2/4/6/8/10/12/14

Min Level: 6

• Requires hero level 6 to be unlocked.
  • The minimum levels required per level of Attribute Bonus are 6/8/10/12/14/16/18.
  • If all ability points are spent on their respective levels, this ability levels up automatically on levels 17/19/21/22/23/24/26.

• The attributes effectively grant the following stats on each level:
  • 4.2/8.4/12.6/16.8/21/25.2/29.4 main attack damage to universal heroes.
  • 2/4/6/8/10/12/14 main attack damage to other heroes.
  • 44/88/132/176/220/264/308 health and 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8/1/1.2/1.4 health regeneration.
  • 2/4/6/8/10/12/14 attack speed and 0.33/0.67/1/1.33/1.67/2/2.33 main armor.
  • 24/48/72/96/120/144/168 mana, 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5/0.6/0.7 mana regeneration, and 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8/1/1.2/1.4% magic resistance.

Gameplay

Part man and part wolf, Banehallow stands as the lone surviving heir to the noble house of Ambry. Not one to squander his curse, Banehallow Summons Wolves to scout ahead and aid him in the hunt. A blood-curdling Howl empowers his animal companions, sinking fang and claw into his prey with Feral Impulse. But these abilities pale in comparison to the true manifestation of his lycanthropy. Under the full moon, Banehallow Shapeshifts into the great wolf, and takes on supernatural haste as he sprints unhindered across the battlefield to tear the throats from his enemies.
Roles:	Carry Pusher Jungler Durable Escape
Complexity:
Adjectives:	Legs ( 2 )

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Equipment

Lycan Equipment (expand sets) Sets Armor of the Sanguine Moon Set Creed of the Skullhound Curse of Ambry Darkheart Redemption Form of the Great Grey Set Hunter of Kings Mark of the Blood Moon Requiem for Red Wolf Clan Trail of the Grey Ghost Winter Lineage Trail of the Grey Ghost Head Bloodmayne Avenger Shoulder Shoulder of the Noble Shapeshift Curse of the New Season Form of the Great Calamity Wolves Icewrack Pack Kinetic Gems Kinetic: Red Moon

Trivia

• Lycanthropy refers to the ability of a human to transform into a wolf, or gain wolf-like characteristics. The term derives from the Greek word lykànthropos, which translates to "wolf man", or "werewolf" in English.
• The line ▶️ "Was I a wolf who dreamed he was a man?" refers to a quote by Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi - "Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man."
• The line ▶️ "Are you an air wolf?", refers to the American famous television series "Airwolf", counting this response is said to Gyrocopter.
• The line ▶️ "Who fears the wolf should fear the forest." is a reference to Russian novelist Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky quote from 'The Gambler' : 'Who fears the wolf should never enter the forest'
• The line ▶️ "I thought you were Team Yakov!" is a reference (and pun) to Jacob Black from the Twilight series, who is a werewolf. Fans divide themselves into "teams" by who their most preferred main character is, one of such teams is "Team Jacob".
• The line ▶️ "One eye is better than none." indicates that Lycan was supposed to have only one functioning eye, with the other one probably covered by an eye patch, as seen in one of the concept arts below.

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