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General DiscussionHow am I supposed to build lycan now?

How am I supposed to build lycan now? in General Discussion
Dr. Banana

    I like the "buffs" but then icefrog made him like any other strength carry: low on attack speed. Is the standard build still OK (Vlad's,necro3, to boots, bkb/AC, bkb/AC, deso/heart/some other item)?
    If I go that build, will I have any problems? Can he still be a ratter at low levels? Can he? Seriously I just want to rat with him.

    evy

      Dagon ofc

      Luxon

        Get fast domi. Dominate a wolf and go hardcore pushing. You should get a midas at this point. Treads, Deso, AC as always. If you haven't won yet, as you approach level 25 you should have octarine incoming. Then abyssal or whatever fits the game.
        It sounds retarded, but is definitely going to be my build this patch.

        Cpt.Solar

          then do the rat the same build low attack speed he stil got his passive right?

          Seven-

            @luxon

            how bout necrobook?

            Dr. Banana

              then do the rat the same build low attack speed he stil got his passive right?

              If you actually read the patch notes, you would know he gets regent instead of attack speed bonus from his passive.

              Odinn21

                Headress > PT > Dominator > Necronomicon > AC > Desolator
                Heart, Abyssal, BKB for the last spot depending on your need.

                Luxon

                  Not a fan of Necronomicon on Lycan personally. Used to build it a lot, but now I think that with a proper build he can be both a manfight beast and a great pusher, while also not being countered by AoE abilities that much.
                  Also the warrior does slightly less damage against towers this patch.

                  Odinn21

                    But with the damage type changed, Necronomicon summonings are more team-fight oriented than before.
                    I know how you feel, I used to build Silver Edge when it included Sange on Lycan over Necrobook. But you have to admit that Necronomicon is easily the best item to get DPS on Lycan.

                    TheBlackSword

                      Octo was nerfed, it's basically only good for the reduced cooldown, at least on Lycan anyways. IMO not worth the purchase.

                      Emiya

                        i may not be that great lycan but here is my 2 cent

                        i tried him in dota 2 test with PT - mom - armlet - medallion and he manfight like a beast late game ( silver edge/AC/skadi/heart/bkb/mkb/even daedalus if you went crazy snowball)
                        if you get his lower CD talent + wolf form lvl 25 talen he will transforn to wolf for 33 second and downtime 15 second so you can actually go crazy around the map finding an opening for rat or killing lone enemies

                        bearcat0611

                          which was the point of luxons oct core. You would basically have perma shapeshift

                          Dr. Banana

                            I like that you guys are sharing your builds, but my main question is that is my build still viable?

                            Emiya

                              it is viable since nothing really change the fact that lycan is strong pusher + the lvl 25 4 wolves talent but i believe that going for manfight may work better atm

                              Dr. Banana

                                There's nothing wrong with it though, right?