Von Lycaon build guide.

Build at a glance

M0. The ordinary charged-attack loop and Potential-awakened loop are distinguished below. King of the Summit assumes a carry that benefits from CRIT DMG.

Substats: CRIT Rate to the set condition → CRIT DMG / ATK after utility is established

W-Engine candidates: The RestrainedSteam Oven

Prepare the carry’s opening

Lycaon combines Daze with Ice resistance reduction and an additional-ability stun multiplier. A fast stun is useful only when the carry can spend it. Choose his field time around that hand-off.

Meet the support-set condition first

The baseline supports an Ice CRIT carry. Slot 6 stays Impact; slot 4 establishes the King of the Summit condition. An Armorer or other non-CRIT damage plan requires a different support-set review.

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King of the Summit

Four pieces for a CRIT carry. Meet 50% CRIT Rate and trigger the team bonus with EX or Chain; do not farm CRIT DMG first.

Source: Icy Veins — Lycaon equipment

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Shockstar Disco

Two pieces supply Impact. A four-piece stun-focused alternative needs evidence that it changes a useful stun timing.

Source: Prydwen — Lycaon kit and PotentialSource: Icy Veins — Lycaon equipment

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The Restrained

Use if already owned and playing charged Basics. Recheck its value if you move most of Lycaon’s work to assist windows.

Source: Icy Veins — Lycaon equipment

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Steam Oven

Accessible Stun candidate. Evaluate the Energy cycle together with EX use rather than treating maximum passive stacks as permanent.

Source: Icy Veins — Lycaon equipment

Rotation and resource management

Without awakened Potential, use charged Basics and EX/assist follow-ups to prepare stun. With Potential, Glacial Waltz can enable Encircle Prey and a backward Quick Assist; placing the carry before Lycaon makes that hand-off usable.

1. Check whether Potential is unlocked before following the awakened branch.
2. Establish the relevant EX/assist debuff, then build the needed Daze.
3. For the awakened branch, take the backward Quick Assist into the intended attacker.
4. Encircle Prey can end early on a Chain, Ultimate or an attack pause; do not assume it always lasts the full duration.
5. Once the carry’s window is ready, stop extending Lycaon’s setup.

Pick an Ice carry or a faction partner

Ellen / Lycaon / Soukaku is an Ice stun composition. Miyabi / Lycaon / Soukaku gives Miyabi a stun-focused alternative to Disorder. Corin can satisfy a faction pairing, but her Physical damage does not use the Ice resistance reduction.

Shiyu Defense: measure the hand-off

Editorial practice: compare runs where the carry enters immediately after setup against runs with one extra Lycaon string. Record clear time and carry resources, not just time-to-stun.

Deadly Assault: keep the Potential branch consistent

Editorial practice: log why each coordinated-attack window ends. An early Ultimate may be intentional, but an accidental attack pause should not be mistaken for poor disc performance.

Hollow Zero: let encounter length guide setup

Editorial practice: on short encounters, test whether elaborate stun preparation delays a simpler carry finish. Keep the longer setup for targets that survive it.

Mistakes to catch

Avoid a sub-50% CRIT support set, the wrong backward-assist recipient, and an awakened rotation on a non-awakened kit. These are distinct checks; passing one does not establish the others.

What still needs testing

• No controlled comparison of awakened versus non-awakened rotations.
• No proof that a four-piece Daze set adds a useful stun on current bosses.

Mode notes share the equipment baseline above. Existing mode records are retained as context links; they are not separate tested loadouts.

Von Lycaon · field build

Sources and review history

Catalog scope: 3.2. Revision 1, updated 2026-10-05. A source check confirms what the linked page says; it does not establish current-patch performance.

Changes to this guide

• 2026-10-05: Separated Potential behavior from the ordinary kit and made the support-set threshold explicit.