Von Lycaon Skill Kit & Playstyle Analysis

General Introduction

Von Lycaon is a S Rank Agent of the Ice element and Stun Specialty. He specializes in quickly raising the enemies’ Daze gauge to put them into the stunned state while also increasing the stun duration of the enemies and reducing their Ice Damage resistance, allowing him to enable different Ice Damage team comps that want to stun enemies.

Skill Analysis & Leveling Priority

	Basic Attack: Deal up to 5 Instances of Ice damage to enemies.
	Leveling Priority: High
Basic Attack
Reason: Level this up to optimize Lycaon’s Daze modifiers and allow him to deal more Daze to enemies.

	Special Attack: Deal Ice damage to enemies. EX Special Attack: Deal enhanced Ice damage to enemies, increasing their Daze gauge. Hold EX Special Attack: Hold EX Special Attack to charge up this attack, once charged, deal enhanced Ice damage to enemies and quickly raise the enemy’s Daze gauge.
	Leveling Priority: High
Special Attack
Reason: Level this up to optimize Lycaon’s Daze modifiers and allow him to deal more Daze to enemies.

	Chain Attack: Takes the field and deal Ice Damage to enemies. Ultimate: Deal Ice damage to enemies and quickly raise their Daze Gauge
	Leveling Priority: High
Chain Attack & Ultimate
Reason: Level this up to optimize Lycaon’s Daze modifiers and allow him to deal more Daze to enemies.

	Dodge: Dodge the enemies’ attacks. Dodge Counter: Dodge the enemies’ attacks and deal Ice damage to them
	Leveling Priority: Low
Dodge
Reason: Leveling this doesn’t improve Lycaon’s abilities too much, so players should only level this up if they have materials

	Defensive Assist: Parries the enemies’ attack. Assist Follow Up: Parries the enemies’ attack, dealing Ice damage to enemies. Enhanced Assist Follow Up: When Assist Follow Up is triggered, deal an additional instance of Ice Damage to enemies.
	Leveling Priority: Low
Assist
Reason: Leveling this doesn’t improve Lycaon’s abilities too much, so players should only level this up if they have materials

	Core Skill: When Lycaon completes a charge-up during a [Normal Attack] or activates a [Dodge Counter] or [Dash Attack] , the imbalance value caused by the move is increased by 80% . When [Enhanced Special Skill: Wild Hunt] , [Support Assault: Vengeful Counterattack] , or [Support Assault: Vengeful Counterattack – Ice Dance] hits an enemy, the target’s ice damage resistance is reduced by 25%, and the damage received from other elements is increased by 20% , lasting 30 seconds. During the activation of [Support Assault: Vengeful Counterattack – Ice Dance] , the [ Quick Support ] of the previous character in the party will be triggered . After triggering [Quick Support] in this way , Lycaon will enter the [Hunting] state for 10 seconds , with a maximum of once. One entry into the [Hunting] state is gained when an elite or boss-level enemy is in a state of imbalance . While in the [Hunting] state, Lycaon will perform [Dodge] , [Dash Attack] , and [Dodge Counter] depending on the move activated by the currently controlled character. After activating [Dodge Counter] , a third [Normal Attack] can be performed simultaneously . When the currently controlled character activates a [Normal Attack] or [Enhanced Special Skill] , Lycaon will simultaneously perform the first to third stages of the [Normal Attack] . When the currently controlled character activates a [ Combo Skill] or [ Finishing Move] , Lycaon will simultaneously activate [Support Assault: Vengeful Counterattack – Ice Dance] and end the [Hunting] state. Moves performed while in the [Hunting] state only deal damage and inflict imbalance. For every second remaining after the [Hunting] state ends prematurely, the imbalance caused by the next [Support Assault: Vengeful Counterattack – Ice Dance] will increase by 6%. When Lycaon is in the [Hunting] state while the currently controlled character is active , the [Hunting] state timer stops Additional Ability: When another character in your squad shares the same Attribute or Faction, or other Anomaly characters:When Lycaon hits a Stunned enemy, the target’s Stun DMG Multiplier increases by 35%. Potential: When Lycaon is in the [Synergy] state, Impact is increased by 15%.When [EX Special Attack: Thrill of the Hunt], [Assist Follow-Up: Vengeful Counterattack], or [Assist Follow-Up: Vengeful Counterattack – Ice Dance] hits an enemy, the target’s non-Ice DMG taken is increased by 20% for 30s.
	Unlock Priority: Highest
Core Skill, Additional Ability & Potential
Reason: Lycaon’s most important skill, prioritize unlocking this as much as possible as quickly as possible.

Playstyle Guide & Rotation

Von Lycaon’s playstyle is extremely simple but effective: he wants to attack enemies with his basic attacks as much as possible to raise their Daze gauge and stun the enemies before switching out to the team’s main DPS to deal more damage to enemies under the stun status.

Lycaon’s main gameplay lies in his basic attack, which can chain combo into each other to constantly deal Ice damage to enemies and quickly raises the enemies’ daze gauge. After a certain basic attack combo, players can hold his Ex Special attack to allow Lycaon to charge up his attack, dealing more Ice damage and enhancing the amount of Daze gauge he does to enemies. Finally, by unleashing his Ultimate, Lycaon can quickly raise the enemy’s daze gauge and deal amazing Ice damage to them as well.

Lycaon’s skill kit is relatively simple, but it offers a lot of important utility for the team. The most important utility Lycaon offer to the team is that he has the ability to extend the Stun duration of stunned enemies when they are hit with any of his attacks, allowing the main DPS more time to deal damage to them. Furthermore, Lycaon’s attacks also reduce enemies’ Ice damage resistances, making it so that enemies take more Ice damage from the team overall. 

With his new potential, Lycaon can now also remain on the field to deal constant Daze damage to enemies whenever the active Agent deals damage to enemies, making him a more consistent Stunner.

Von Lycaon Best In Slot W-Engines

As a relatively simple Stunner Agent, Lycaon wants W-Engines that can boost his Impact stat, the amount of Daze he deals and offers the team beneficial effects.

Von Lycaon Best W-Engines Choices

Some of Von Lycaon’s Best W-Engine Choices are:

The Restrained	Hellfire Gears	Precious Fossilized Core
Standard 5* W-Engine	Standard 5* W-Engine	Battle Pass 4* W-Engine

	Main Stat: 684 Attack
	Sub Stat: 18% Impact
The Restrained	W-Engine Rating: Best W-Engine
Effect: When an attack hits an enemy, DMG and Daze from Basic Attacks increase by 6% for 8s, stacking up to 5 times. This effect can trigger at most once during each skill. The duration of each stack is calculated separately.
Explanation: Lycaon’s signature W-Engine and his best in slot as it provides him with important Impact stat and boost the damage and Daze amount he does.

	Main Stat: 684 Attack
	Sub Stat: 18% Impact
Hellfire Gears	W-Engine Rating: Best Alternative
Effect: While off-field, the equipper’s Energy Regen increases by 0.6/s.When using an EX Special Attack, the equipper’s Impact is increased by 10% for 10s, stacking up to 2 times. The duration of each stack is calculated separately.
Explanation: An alternate W-Engine option for Lycaon that allow him to use his EX Special attack more often to boost his Impact stat.

	Main Stat: 594 Attack
	Sub Stat: 15% Impact
Precious Fossilized Core	W-Engine Rating: F2P Alternative
Effect: When the target’s HP is no lower than 50%, the equipper inflicts 10% more Daze to the target. When the target’s HP is no lower than 75%, this bonus is further increased by 10%.
Explanation: A F2P W-Engine that boost Lycaon’s overall Impact and Daze amount by a decent amount.

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Von Lycaon Best Drive Discs Builds & Stats

Von Lycaon Best Drive Discs Set

The best drive disc sets for Von Lycaon are the 4pcs Shockstar Disco, which boost the amount of Daze he inflicts on enemies and boost his Impact stat. For the 2 pieces set, players should use the 2 piece King of The Summit set to further boost his attacks’ Daze. That being said, if you want Lycaon to serve more as a support rather than a quick on field stunner, you can switch the sets instead, using the 4 piece King of The Summit set and 2 piece Shockstar Disco set.

	Shockstar Disco
2-pc: Impact +6%
4-pc: Basic Attacks, Dash Attacks, and Dodge Counters inflict 20% more Daze to the main target.

	King of the Summit
2-pc: Increases Daze of attacks by 6%
4-pc: When the equipper is a Stun character and uses an EX Special Attack or Chain Attack, increases CRIT DMG of all squad members by 15%, and when the equipper’s CRIT Rate is more than or equal to 50%, further increases CRIT DMG by 15%, lasting 15s. Repeated triggers reset the duration. Passive effects of the same name do not stack.

Von Lycaon Best Main Stats & Sub Stats

As a Stun Agent, Lycaon doesn’t need much stat aside from the Impact stat, which can only be gained through the main stat of #6 disc. Aside from that players can optimize Lycaon’s damage a bit by boosting his offensive and critical stats.

His preferred stats are as followed:

Important Stat Threshold:

– Players should focus on boosting Von Lycaon’s Impact by using an Impact 6th disc. 

– If you are using the King of the Summit 4 piece set instead of the 4 piece Shockstar Disco on Lycaon, then you need to get Lycaon’s Critical Rate to at least 50% to fulfill the set condition to allow the entire team to gain a critical damage buff.

Von Lycaon Best Teams 

Von Lycaon can be slotted into any teams that can take advantage of his ability to extend the enemies’ stun duration and ice resistance reduction effects from his skill kit, making him a perfect stunner to go alongside any Ice DPS characters that want to deal damage to enemies during their stunned window.

Hugo Hypercarry Team

Hugo	Von Lycaon	Lighter
Main DPS	Sub DPS	Sub DPS
Essential	Flexible	Flexible

Main DPS: Hugo is the team’s main DPS character that takes full advantage of Von Lycaon’s Stun duration and extension and Ice resistance reduction effects on enemies, allowing him to deal more Totalized damage against enemies. He is the perfect partner to go alongside Von Lycaon. Aside from Hugo, any characters that want to deal damage against stunned enemies can be used in this slot as well.

Sub DPS:  Von Lycaon serves as the team’s primary stunner, capable of extending enemies Stun Duration and reducing enemies Ice resistances, maximizing the damage output of Hugo’s Totalize effect.

Sub DPS: Lighter is the team’s other sub DPS character since Hugo wants to have a secondary Stunner on his team and Lighter can increase the Ice Damage to the team, helping to maximize Hugo’s damage output. For other DPS characters, players can use a support character like Astra Yao instead to boost the overall damage of the team.

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