How Alchemist and Lycan perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
As teammates
Together 45.84%
Win rate when Alchemist and Lycan are on the same team, over 2,476 ranked matches (7.41f).
In Dota 2 7.41f, Alchemist and Lycan win 45.84% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,476 matches.
Why this works
A shared focus on accelerated farming defines the game's tempo with this pair. Lycan and Alchemist both want to hit an early power spike and immediately convert it into objectives. Lycan brings the tower pressure with his summons and Shapeshift, while Alchemist can provide area denial and armor reduction with Acid Spray. A common plan involves Alchemist farming an Aghanim's Scepter to grant Lycan the Wolf Bite ability, adding another transformed core to the push. This approach is risky, however. Both heroes require significant resources to come online, and if they fall behind early, the team is left with two greedy cores who missed their critical timing window, making recovery difficult.
Alchemist + Lycan across patches
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
Patch
Team win rate
Change
Matches
7.41f
45.84%
▼ -0.4pp
2,476
7.41e
46.21%
▲ +0.7pp
7,210
7.41d
45.48%
▼ -5.4pp
9,660
7.41c
50.88%
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9,681
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