Lycan Curse
Lycan Curse is Silver's ultimate in Deadlock (slot 4), an active ability with a 60 second cooldown. 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.
Open the most-bought Silver build
The 4 items bought most in each phase of 133,554 Silver matches, October 30 to November 1, 2026, measured by deadlock-api.com.
Lycan Curse in matches
Silver players unlocked Lycan Curse last (fourth) in 99.0% of matches (132,937 of 134,265) and third in 0.8% of matches (1,110 of 134,265), in all-rank matches from October 30 to November 1, 2026, from patch 6833's release day.
Measured from matches at all ranks from October 30 to November 1, 2026, starting on the day patch 6833 was released (October 30, 2026), by deadlock-api.com. These are match results, not numbers from the game files, and not a recommendation. Each share is the Silver matches in which Lycan Curse was the first, second, third or fourth ability unlocked, out of every Silver match counted; a step under 500 matches is not listed.
Match data: deadlock-api.com. deadlock-api.com is not endorsed by Valve and does not reflect the views or opinions of Valve or anyone officially involved in producing or managing Valve properties. How a share is computed: methodology.
Lycan Curse stats
Lycan Curse
- Cooldown 60s
- Duration 15s
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.
- 30% Missing Health as Healing
Upgrades
| Tier | Bonuses | In game |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | +15% Bullet Resist +15% Spirit Resist | +15% Bullet & Spirit Resistance |
| 2 | +4 m Move Speed +200 Bonus Health | +4 m/s Move Speed and 200 Bonus Health |
| 3 | +15s Kill Duration Bonus +1.5 Kill Credit Window | On Hero Kill: Refresh abilities and duration |
Each tier is bought with ability points; how many points a tier costs is not in the game files this site reads, so it is not shown. Learning the ability takes 1 ability unlock.
Lycan Curse change history
| Patch | Change | State |
|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2026build 6860from build 6643 | No player-facing change in 54 builds (July 28 to November 5, 2026). | Unchanged |
| July 28, 2026build 6642 | Lycan Curse's Cast Delay changed from 0.2s to 0.3s and Channel Move Speed from 300m/s to 100m/s. Lycan Curse's tier 1 upgrade changed from +20% Bullet Resist and +20% Spirit Resist to +15% Bullet Resist and +15% Spirit Resist. | Changed |
| July 25, 2026build 6640 | First recorded in Deadlock. | Baseline |
Lycan Curse FAQ
What does Lycan Curse do?
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. Its tooltip lists +125 Bonus Health (+15 x Boons), +1.5 m Move Speed, +60% Fire Rate (+0.45 x Spirit, in percentage points) and 30% Missing Health as Healing.
What is Lycan Curse's cooldown in Deadlock?
Lycan Curse has a 60 second cooldown.
How does Lycan Curse scale with spirit power?
Fire Rate starts at +60% and gains 0.45 percentage points per point of Spirit, the coefficient the game file writes on the value.
What do Lycan Curse's upgrades do?
Tier 1: +15% Bullet & Spirit Resistance. Tier 2: +4 m/s Move Speed and 200 Bonus Health. Tier 3: On Hero Kill: Refresh abilities and duration.
Was Lycan Curse changed in the latest patch?
No. Lycan Curse is unchanged in the latest build of Deadlock on file (the November 5, 2026 patch, build 6860). It last changed in the July 28, 2026 patch (build 6642).