What counters Lycan in Dota 2?
Lycan counter picks and item answers, ranked from real match data for patch 7.41. Here is what actually beats Lycan — and what to buy when you face one.
Lycan public win rate: 49.1%.
Best Lycan counters
Ranked by how much the matchup swings in your favour.
Items to buy against Lycan
Situational answers to what Lycan does best.
- Black King Bar
- Pipe of Insight
- Mage Slayer
- Cloak
- Aeon Disk
- linkens_sphere
Items to avoid
- Assault Cuirass
- Butterfly
- Solar Crest