Lycath's Hunt

	3 75	Lycath's Hunt (TAP) Lycath hunts to sustain the pack. There is a chance for enemies killed by melee attacks to drop health orbs and enemies killed by headshots to supply energy orbs. Increase the duration of Lycath's hunt by killing enemies affected by 5 or more Status Effects. (HOLD) Lycath guards Voruna with increased Heavy Attack efficiency. Introduced in Update 32.2 (2022-11-30)	Strength:N/A
			Duration:8 / 12 / 16 / 20 s (duration) + 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 s (extra time per conditional kill)
			Range:N/A
			Misc: 100% (health orb drop chance on melee kill) 100% (energy orb drop chance on headshot kill) ≥5 (number of statuses for extra time) 60 s (duration cap) +100% (passive heavy attack efficiency)
			Subsumable to Helminth

• Info
• Tips & Tricks

Info

• Lycath tracks down his prey's scent as he scavenges for sustenance to feed the wolf pack. Voruna expends 75 energy and embraces her huntress' instinct for 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 seconds, drawing lifeblood and energy from her prey's demise. While active, each enemy killed by Voruna's melee attacks has a 100% chance to drop a Health Orb, while each enemy directly killed by Voruna's headshot hits has a 100% chance to drop an Energy Orb. Kill an enemy affected by at least 5 Status Effects to extend Lycath's Hunt's remaining duration by 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 seconds, up to a maximum duration capped at 60 seconds.
• Hold down the ability button (default 3 ) to command Lycath to guard Voruna, changing her passive to a permanent 100% Heavy Attack Efficiency bonus to her melee weapon for no energy cost.
  • Since heavy attack efficiency is hard-capped to 90%, the extra 10% is only visible and viable when equipped with a Riven Mod that features a reduction in heavy attack efficiency (as it will subtract from the full 100% efficiency).
• Ability Synergy:
  • Voruna remains invisible when casting Lycath's Hunt during  Shroud of Dynar.
  •  Fangs of Raksh stacks and spreads 5 different types of status effects on enemies to extend Lycath's Hunt on kill.
  •  Ulfrun's Descent's direct lunge and its  Slash status effect are considered a melee attack to proc Lycath's Hunt's Health Orb drops. Radial Slash damage does not count.
• Cannot be recast while active.
• Lycath visually idles upon Voruna's left upper thigh. His distinct physical features are the forward-facing spikes above his skull and his nose ring.
• Voruna visually swipes and sharpens her claws with a menacing gesture. While active, shadowy tendrils emit from her upper body.
• Subsuming Voruna to the Helminth will offer Lycath's Hunt and its augments to be used by other Warframes.
  • However, Subsumed Lycath's Hunt orb drop rate is reduced to 50% and cannot activate the passive.

Tips & Tricks

•  Cedo's Alternate Fire can proc numerous different status effects to assist in prolonging Lycath's Hunt duration.
• Beast Companion can extend Lycath's Hunt duration on kills with Claws, as they are considered melee weapons.
•  Prey of Dynar increases the spread radius of  Fangs of Raksh by a large margin, making it easier to extend the duration of Lycath's Hunt.
• Activate Lycath's Hunt before engaging in melee to provide Voruna an indirect means of self-healing with the greatly increased drop of Health orbs.
• The increased Orb drop rate allows Voruna to effectively make use of  Health Conversion,  Energy Conversion,  Equilibrium,  Arcane Energize,  Arcane Eruption,  Arcane Pulse, and  Arcane Blessing.
  •  Equilibrium is particularly suited for a melee-centric Voruna, as she can quickly regenerate her Energy reserves by picking dropped Health orbs from slain enemies and keep hammering others with her other abilities.
• For generating Energy Orbs with Lycath's Hunt, use weapons that allow easy kills with headshots such as sniper rifles,  Scourge's alt-fire, a raised-aim  Akarius, or Incarnon form of  Dual Toxocyst.

See Also

•  Voruna