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General DiscussionQuestion to Lycan players

Question to Lycan players in General Discussion
Emiya

    If any of you guys play Lycan a lot you must have noticed that when he shapeshifting and start chasing sometimes his units block him so he can't attack and lose a huge dps.

    What you usually do to a void this

    basement :)

      Micro?

      HaffyTaffy

        Buy Phase Boots.

        I am sick of your pignoyness

          BKB, Skadi or SaY, Necronomicon or Helm of Dominator and Boots of Travel.

          Trees are a huge advantage so a slow can really help.

          HaffyTaffy

            ^I don't think you understand the question.

            His question is how Lycan players avoid losing a lot of attacks because of being blocked be your own, slower units.

            GRANT MACDONALD

              You micro your units- Also if you are in ult form and youve got say an alpha wolf, 2 wolf minions and you, run past the hero you are chasing, then attack. I also like to micro one of my wolves to bodyblock. Unless you are doing something stupid like chasing a bristleback or a tidehunter you should take anoyone down in a couple of seconds after you swarm around them, esp around 8:00 when you should be making your first ganks. If the enemy runs thru a tree line it can compress your minions into a line and make it harder to control them.
              Of course you can always grab a hill troll and ensnare them into place

              If you cant micro decently, lycan isnt a great hero. I use Ctrl+move for unified orders then immediately f1 to select lycan

              Seven-

                doesnt matter everyone dies in 3 hits anyway, not like u have the aspeed to get lots of attacks to begin with

                ImagineDodong

                  Lycan is not necessarily a hero killer tho he excels more in taking objectives fast like a madman.

                  Emiya

                    Thank you very much for the answers

                    Beks

                      true but i usually micro
                      or put wolfs in back

                      i have 5 reports to use

                        Pretty sure u just put your units on auto attack and animation cancel on your hero and buy phase boots

                        Gazz   ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

                          also like to micro one of my wolves to bodyblock.

                          This is the best move but easier said that done, especially in a real time clash.

                          Phase Boots is the answer. Some people are using echo sabre

                          GRANT MACDONALD

                            @imagine dodong.
                            Late game i would agree with you but his power spike is unreal at 8-25:00. Theres no reason why you cant ult, double kill, summon more wolves, howl and tear the tower apart as well.

                            I realize i am Ns but i have had way more success with securing hero kills around my ult during this time frame than being a stand-alone rat lord. With HOTD now so strong in this meta, there are way too many useful creep skills to help secure kills. Your aura is monstrous in teamfights its basically like carrying a mana-less mek for free

                            Ave with an internet pfp

                              Licetea , WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?

                              Shou

                                Dont the wolves get the speed too? How do you get blocked if all the units are max movespeed? I mean ive seen it happen just confused a bit.

                                Onions

                                  Daddy- all units have 650 MS in his ult but if the wolves are in front of you they will stay in front of you- also i believe due to pathing if theres another unit, say a friendly lane creep in the way moving in the same direction, lycan and his possee wont necessarily run around. Theres a dotacinema fails of the week like 169-170 or so that had this very scenario

                                  arin

                                    i thought lycan, naga and several other heroes have reduced collision size or something like that?

                                    casual gamer

                                      Dont the wolves get the speed too? How do you get blocked if all the units are max movespeed? I mean ive seen it happen just confused a bit.

                                      because im cancelling the backswing on my heroes attack animation, but the wolves are standing still during their attack backswing and thus move slower than my hero