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Howl (7.20-7.22h)[]

Howl (7.20-7.22h)
Howl icon
Ability
No Target
Affects
Allies
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
Cooldown symbol
 50/45/40/35 (Talent 44/39.6/35.2/30.8)
Mana symbol
 25/30/35/40
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
modifier_lycan_howl
Blood-curdling wolf cries signal to opponents that Banehallow is among them.

  • This ability got reworked into the current Howl icon Howl in the 7.23 gameplay patch.
  • Can regenerate up to 54/90/126/162 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.


Howl (7.00-7.19d)[]

Howl (7.00-7.19d)
Howl icon
Ability
No Target
Affects
Allies
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 (Talent 650/700/750/800)
Non-Hero Health Bonus: 25/50/75/100
Night Bonus Multiplier: 2
Duration: 13
Cooldown symbol
 60/55/50/45 (Talent 52.8/48.4/44/39.6)
Mana symbol
 40
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
modifier_lycan_howl
Blood-curdling wolf cries signal to opponents that Banehallow is among them.

  • This ability got reworked into the following Howl icon Howl in the 7.20 gameplay patch.
  • Upon cast, all allied units get their maximum health increased by the given value. Their current health percentage is not affected.
  • During night time, the values are doubled.
    • Heroes gain 20/30/40/50 attack damage and 100/200/300/400 (Talent 1300/1400/1500/1600) health.
    • Non-hero units gain 8/12/16/20 attack damage and 50/100/150/200 health.
  • The health bonus does not adapt to the current daytime. It is set once upon cast and does not change.
  • The attack damage does adapt to the current daytime and is not set upon cast like the health bonus.
  • The sound effect is global for allies only.
  • Upon cast, Lycan Wolves owned by him play a special animation. This has only visual purposes.


Howl (6.53-6.88f)[]

Howl (6.53-6.88f)
Howl icon
Ability
No Target
Affects
Allies
Grants bonus damage to Lycan, all allied heroes and all units under their control.
Radius: Global
Hero Attack Damage Bonus: 14/26/38/50
Non-Hero Attack Damage Bonus: 5/10/15/20
Duration: 10
Cooldown symbol
 50/45/40/35
Mana symbol
 15/20/25/30
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
modifier_lycan_howl_aura
Undispellable
modifier_lycan_howl
Undispellable
Blood-curdling wolf cries signal to opponents that Banehallow is among them.

  • The effects are provided by an aura and thus the buff lingers for 0.5 seconds after the duration.
  • This means that any unit summoned after the cast of Howl still get the buff for its remaining duration.
  • This also means that when Lycan is dead, the effects are lost. However, if he comes back to life before its duration ends, the effects are provided again for its remaining 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.


Howl (5.31-Pre 6.53)[]

Howl (Pre 6.53)
Pierces spell immunity. WW
Howl icon
Ability
No Target
Affects
Allies
An eerie howl grants inner strength to all nearby allied units.
Cast Animation: 0.3+0.51
Radius: 500
Attack Damage Bonus: 8%/16%/24%/32%
Duration: 35
Cooldown symbol
 10
Mana symbol
 20/27/34/41
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
Howl
Blood-curdling wolf cries signal to opponents that Banehallow is among them.

  • Places a buff on allies upon cast.
  • Only increases base damage and that given by the primary attribute of the affected units. Raw bonus damage is not increased.


Howl of Terror (5.31-Pre 5.55)[]

Howl of Terror
Pierces spell immunity. WT
Howl icon
Ability
No Target
Affects
Allies
An eerie howl grants inner strength to all nearby allied units.
Cast Animation: 0.3+1.53
Radius: 500
Attack Damage Reduction: 10%/20%/30%/40%
Armor Reduction: 1/2/3/4
Duration: 20
Cooldown symbol
 20
Mana symbol
 40/55/65/85
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
Howl of Terror
The Hero howls, reducing nearby enemy units' attack damage and armor.

  • This ability may have got reworked into the following Howl icon Howl in the 7.23 gameplay patch.
  • Places a debuff on enemies upon cast.


Cannibalize (Pre 5.31)[]

Cannibalize
Cannot be used by illusions. Pierces spell immunity. WC
Feast icon
Ability
No Target
Affects
Self
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
Cooldown symbol
 0
Mana symbol
 70
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
Cannibalize
Death

  • If Lycan dies or is forcibly moved while cannibalizing the corpse, then it automatically disappears. Lycan will also not follow group orders while cannibalizing a corpse; he will only do so after he finish.
  • When Lycan reaches full health the corpse fully disappears.
    • Cannibalize used to heal up to 500 health and then the corpse disappeared. But this was changed to last until lycan reaches full health.


Feral Heart (Pre 6.53)[]

Feral Heart
Pierces spell immunity. EE
Feral Impulse icon
Ability
Passive
Affects
Self
Increases the movement speed and attack speed of the Lycanthrope.
Movement Speed Bonus: 3%/6%/9%/12%
Attack Speed Bonus: 15/19/23/27
His animalistic symbiosis with canine kind gives Banehallow enhanced reflexes and hunting capabilities.


Rend and Tear (4.00-Pre 5.31)[]

Rend and Tear
Can be used by illusions. Disabled by Break. Pierces spell immunity. RT
Critical Strike (Alpha Wolf) icon
Ability
Passive
Affects
Enemies
Many of the lycanthropy attacks tear the flesh, causing extra damage.
Proc Chance: 40.0%/42.5%/45.0%
Critical Damage: 150%/175%/200%

  • 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 sound and particles play upon start of the attack, not when the attack lands.


Amplify Damage (3.2a-Pre 4.00)[]

Amplify Damage
Blocked by Linken's Sphere. Pierces spell immunity. RG
Corrosive Haze icon
Affects
Enemies
Amplifies physical damage against enemy units by reducing their armor
Cast Range: 700
Armor Reduction: 10/15/20
Duration: 30
Cooldown symbol
 1/0/0
Mana symbol
 55
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
Amplify Damage


Feral Rage (Pre 3.2a)[]

Feral Rage
Can be used by illusions. Pierces spell immunity. RR
Shapeshift icon
Ability
No Target
Affects
Self
Transform the lycanthropy into a powerful Wolf.
Bonus Health: 400/800/1200
Bonus Attack Damage: 5
Bonus Armor: 1
Base Attack Time Reduction: 0.20
Base Bonus Movement Speed: 85
Duration: 60
Bash Chance: 28%
Bash Stun Duration: 2
Cooldown symbol
 120
Mana symbol
 175
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
Feral Rage
Death

  • During the transformation, Lycan cannot do anything. Cannot be interrupted.
  • Increases Lycan's movement speed to 400, and reduces base attack time to 1.45.
  • The proc chances of multiple bash sources stack.
  • Feral Rage is fully canceled on death.


Bash (Pre 4.00)[]

Bash
Pierces spell immunity.
Unknown icon
Ability
Passive
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Gives a chance that an attack will do bonus damage and stun an opponent for a short time.
Proc Chance: 10%
Hero Stun Duration: 1
Creep Stun Duration: 1
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
Stun

  • This is an innate ability and does not need to be skilled. It is not bound to any ability, but to Lycan himself.
  • This ability was originally part of lycan Shapeshift. However, in patch 3.2a Lycan underwent into mini hero concept rework.
    • His model changed from the usual into his Shapeshift model while also removing Shapeshift icon Shapeshift and replacing it with Corrosive Haze icon Amplify Damage.
    • He did not get any bonus health and movement speed.
    • This changes only moved bash into a innate ability.
  • This ability was removed from lycan in the 4.00 gameplay patch.
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