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Silver · Ultimate · 60s cooldown

Lycan CurseLycan Curse

Passive: Dealing damage generates bloodlust, increased at low health. At max bloodlust, you automatically cast Lycan Curse. Active: Instantly transform, gaining increased max health, and stacking fire rate on enemy heroes, and replacing your abilities and weapon with their ferocious versions.

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What does Lycan Curse do in Deadlock?

Lycan Curse is Silver's ultimate on a 60-second cooldown with 15s duration, 0.3s cast delay, 125 bonus health. Passive: Dealing damage generates bloodlust, increased at low health. At max bloodlust, you automatically cast Lycan Curse. Active: Instantly transform, gaining increased max health, and stacking fire rate on enemy heroes, and replacing your abilities and weapon with their ferocious versions.

Upgrades: 1 AP — +15% Bullet & Spirit Resistance; 2 AP — +4 m/s Move Speed and 200 Bonus Health; 5 AP — On Hero Kill: Refresh abilities and duration.

In the most played Silver skill order (57.2% win rate over 9.7K games), Lycan Curse takes its first point at step 7 and gets 4 of the first 12 points, making it the third ability players max.

Full numbers below; for items and lane matchups see the Silver build, or compare cooldowns on the all-abilities table.

Base values, before items

Lycan Curse stats

Cooldown

60s

Duration

15s

Cast Delay

0.3s

Bonus Health

125

Health Threshold to Auto-Cast

20%

Fire Rate

60%

Max Stacks

15

Stack Duration

5s

Missing Health as Healing

30%

Ability points

Lycan Curse upgrades

  1. 1 AP

    +15% Bullet & Spirit Resistance

    +15% Bullet Resist · +15% Spirit Resist

  2. 2 AP

    +4 m/s Move Speed and 200 Bonus Health

    +4m Move Speed · +200 Bonus Health

  3. 5 AP

    On Hero Kill: Refresh abilities and duration

    +15s Kill Duration Bonus

Most played Silver skill order

When to level Lycan Curse

1Slam Fire
2Slam Fire
3Boot Kick
4Entangling Bola
5Slam Fire
6Boot Kick
7Lycan Curse
8Lycan Curse
9Boot Kick
10Lycan Curse
11Lycan Curse
12Slam Fire

In the most played Silver skill order (57.2% win rate over 9.7K games), Lycan Curse takes its first point at step 7 and gets 4 of the first 12 points, making it the third ability players max.

Lycan Curse patch history

Minor Update - 07-28-2026 · July 28, 2026

  • – Lycan Curse precast time increased from 0.2 to 0.3
  • – Lycan Curse precast movespeed reduced from 7.6m to 2.5m
  • – Lycan Curse T1 reduced from +20% Resists to +15%

Minor Update - 07-09-2026 · July 9, 2026

  • – Lycan Curse cooldown reduced from 80s to 60s

Minor Update - 06-11-2026 · June 12, 2026

  • – Lycan Curse cooldown increased from 40s to 70s
  • – Lycan Curse T3 no longer heals

Minor Update - 05-31-2026 · May 31, 2026

  • – Lycan Curse Fire Rate reduced from 65% to 60%

Other Silver abilities

Heal

Abilities like Lycan Curse

FAQ

What is the cooldown of Lycan Curse?+

Lycan Curse has a 60-second base cooldown before cooldown items or upgrades.

What are the Lycan Curse upgrades?+

1 AP: +15% Bullet & Spirit Resistance 2 AP: +4 m/s Move Speed and 200 Bonus Health 5 AP: On Hero Kill: Refresh abilities and duration

When should you level Lycan Curse?+

In the most played Silver skill order (57.2% win rate over 9.7K games), Lycan Curse takes its first point at step 7 and gets 4 of the first 12 points, making it the third ability players max.

Which hero has Lycan Curse?+

Lycan Curse is Silver's ultimate. Silver is a brawler whose other abilities are Slam Fire, Boot Kick, Entangling Bola.