Lycan wins 49.1% of public ranked matches in patch 7.41, the 76th highest win rate of 127 heroes: 51.5% in Very High, 48.9% in High and 47.0% in Normal skill games. It is picked in 1.2% of matches, and over the last 10 days its win rate has gone up by 4.6 points.
Lycan does best in short games (under 25 minutes), winning 65.3% of them, against 45.3% in long games (over 50 minutes). Lycan is strongest against Arc Warden, Sniper and Razor, and struggles against Kunkka, Naga Siren and Primal Beast. The best teammates for Lycan are Enigma, Treant Protector and Earth Spirit.
From public ranked All Pick matches of the current patch. Updated 10 October 2026. Compare with every other hero in the Dota 2 meta table, or pick against a full enemy draft in the Counter & Synergy Picker.
Advantage (Adv) - The difference between the actual winrate of the heroes and the expected winrate from their base winrates.
Example: Let's take two heroes, Superman, with a general winrate of 53%, and Lex Luthor, with a general winrate of 47%. When they meet on the battlefield they each have a statistical winrate of 50%.
In this case it's obvious that, even if they have the same winrate when they battle, there is some sort of innate statistical advantage that Lex Luthor (average winrate 47% but 50% against Superman) has over Superman (average winrate 53% but 50% against Lex Luthor). There are many theories about why this happens, but the most common one is related to Kryptonite.
Winrate (WR) - The winrate between the two heroes.
Skill level:
Each line in the graph represents the probability that Lycan brings an advantage to the total XP of a team
at a certain point in time (the probability to change the inclination of the xp graph).
Lycan is strongest in the midgame: around minute 20 its team gains the experience lead in 53.2% of games, against 43.6% at minute 5 and 43.7% at minute 45.
The chart shows, every 5 minutes and for each skill bracket, the share of games in which Lycan's team gains more experience than the enemy team (50% is neutral). All heroes compared: Hero XP Advantage by Minute.
Daily win rate and pick rate of Lycan for each skill bracket, overall and in short, medium and long games. All heroes side by side: Hero Win Rate and Pick Rate Trends.
