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Howl (7.20-7.22h)[]
Ability
No Target
No Target
Affects
Allies
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
50/
44/39.6/35.2/30.8)
44/39.6/35.2/30.8)
25/
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 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)[]
Ability
No Target
No Target
Affects
Allies
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 ( 650/700/750/800)
650/700/750/800)Non-Hero Health Bonus: 25/50/75/100
Night Bonus Multiplier: 2
Duration: 13
60/
52.8/48.4/44/39.6) 40
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.
- 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 ( 1300/1400/1500/1600) health.
- Non-hero units gain 8/12/16/20 attack damage and 50/100/150/200 health.
- Heroes gain 20/30/40/50 attack damage and 100/200/300/400 (
- 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.
- Treats creep-heroes as creeps.
- 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)[]
Ability
No Target
No Target
Affects
Allies
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
50/
15/
Modifiers
modifier_lycan_howl_aura
Undispellable
modifier_lycan_howl
Undispellable
Blood-curdling wolf cries signal to opponents that Banehallow is among them.
- This ability got reworked into the following Howl (7.00-7.19d) in the 7.00 gameplay patch.
- 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.
- Affects all allied and own units, including invulnerable and hidden units, except for Undying Zombies, illusions and wards.
- Does not affect lane creeps.
- 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) WW
WWAbility
No Target
No Target
Affects
Allies
Allies
An eerie howl grants inner strength to all nearby allied units.
Radius: 500
Attack Damage Bonus: 8%/16%/24%/32%
Duration: 35
10
20/
Blood-curdling wolf cries signal to opponents that Banehallow is among them.
- This ability got reworked into the following Howl (6.53-6.88f) in the 6.53 gameplay patch.
- 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 WT
WTAbility
No Target
No Target
Affects
Allies
Allies
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
20
40/
The Hero howls, reducing nearby enemy units' attack damage and armor.
Cannibalize (Pre 5.31)[]
Cannibalize WC
WC
Ability
No Target
No Target
Affects
Self
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
0
70
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.
- This ability was replaced in 5.31 with Howl of Terror.
Feral Heart (Pre 6.53)[]
Feral Heart EE
EE
Ability
Passive
Passive
Affects
Self
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.
- This ability got reworked into the current Feral Impulse in the 6.53 gameplay patch.
Rend and Tear (4.00-Pre 5.31)[]
Rend and Tear RT
RT
Ability
Passive
Passive
Affects
Enemies
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.
- Rend and Tear does not use pseudo-random distribution.
- The sound and particles play upon start of the attack, not when the attack lands.
Amplify Damage (3.2a-Pre 4.00)[]
Amplify Damage RG
RG
Ability
Target Unit
Target Unit
Affects
Enemies
Enemies
Amplifies physical damage against enemy units by reducing their armor
Cast Range: 700
Armor Reduction: 10/15/20
Duration: 30
1/
55
- Provides shared vision and True Sight over the target.
- This ability was replaced with Rend and Tear in patch 4.00
Feral Rage (Pre 3.2a)[]
Feral Rage RR
RR
Ability
No Target
No Target
Affects
Self
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
120
175
Modifiers
Feral Rage
Death
- This ability was replaced by Amplify Damage in patch 3.2a
- 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.
- The bash does not use pseudo-random distribution.
- Feral Rage is fully canceled on death.
Bash (Pre 4.00)[]
- 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 and replacing it with 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.