7.16ħ.16 mostly blocked an over-abused strat by moving the level 20 talent attack Tethered ally's target to level 25. I featured Io recently among the top offlaners of 7.17, explaining in detail the changes of the past few patches. Io is a perfect companion in the dual lane meta
TIER LIST 7.18 PRO
Maybe then the hero will be finally balanced for pro games. The movement speed loss hurts his roaming power, and Void now deals 45/80/127.5/167.5 damage during the day, which is certainly not enough.įrom sources, I heard that NS might become a Gargoyle in a few patches, turning to stone during the day. 7.18īase movement speed reduced from 290 to 285. The hero continues being picked because the adversaries need to spend several resources to force him out of the lane, and to prevent his ganks. At night, Crippling Fear is one of the best non-ultimate disables in the game: it silences and applies a 50% miss chance to the target for up to 8 seconds. The latter is an impactful change as the cooldown went from 12 to 24/20/16/12, so now you can use it just once during the early ganks.
TIER LIST 7.18 PATCH
The patch increased the cooldown of Void and Crippling Fear. The same patch also impeded his ganking abilities because Void no longer applies a mini-stun during the day, so any hero can escape using Teleport Scrolls - if you are hunting alone. Towers are absolutely safe at night, heroes' vision is less obstructed, and the Observer Wards give a 1200 vision range (1600 default, 800 prior the nerf). Some players thought that the Darkness nerf in 7.16 would have killed the hero, and indeed it had a huge impact.īefore, the ability set the enemy vision to a fixed amount (675 range) while now reduces it by 25%, and doesn’t affect buildings. There are only three heroes with a bigger health regeneration: Axe, Nyx Assassin, and Ogre Magi. With this much armor he can handle physical harassers, while the large health pool is helpful versus casters, and he can restore it quickly. Night Stalker is one of the heroes with the best stats in the entire gameĪt level 1, he has 717 HP, 4.8 armor, and a 3.25 base health regeneration. You may consider an early Ring of Basilius to compensate the 2 armor lost, but that will delay a bit the Helm of the Dominator. With only 0.5 armor at level 1, and as a melee hero, Lycan is now extremely susceptible to physical harassment. The Necronomicon has always been a mandatory item on Lycan because his abilities work on all units under his control, which includes wolves, dominated creeps, and Necronomicon units.Įvery time a Lycan player reaches one of these steps, he should exploit the new tools at his disposal to bring havoc in the enemy lines, and acquire objectives with his team.Ī big nerf to his lane phase. For example, the Centaur Conqueror’s War Stomp has a two-second duration, which is plenty for a kill in the early-mid game. The only issue that hinders his chances as a ganker is the complete lack of disables, but that’s fixed easily with the right neutral creep. Almost no one can survive a smoke gank from a Shapeshifted Lycan. Depending on the neutral selected, you can enhance your ganking or pushing power. After the lane phase ends, you must have the Helm of the Dominator. Faster and stronger, Lycan gains an amazing mobility and a huge ganking potential. Shapeshift is a game-changing ability because it literally transforms the hero in a new one. There are three moments that greatly improve Lycan’s strength, and if achieved early can turn him into a real nuisance for the enemy team. IceFrog slightly buffed them in 7.14, increasing their health in the early game and raising the overall damage. The wolves are also great to deny the first enemy rune, and you can even contest it with some help. Thanks to them, Lycan is able to farm and fight back even when the main hero is disabled or under constant threat. You can use them to pull creeps, explore the jungle preventing ganks, and to harass the opponents.
Lycan is a solid pick when the enemy supports have no AoE damage abilities to kill your wolves. Due to the trend in the current competitive meta, the off lane is generally a dual lane, so he could still count on the help of a support. The JUNGLE BOSS is back!!!.Just joking guys, stop drooling :).ĭuring The International 8 qualifiers, Lycan has been played mostly as a safe laner, but we saw him several times also in the mid and the off lane.
Lycan excels against supports with single target abilities
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