Lone Druid stats, abilities and strategy [7.39c]
Commands a powerful spirit bear in battle
Battling alongside his powerful spirit bear, Lone Druid demolishes enemy forces and structures. Switching as needed between ranged and melee attacks with his transformation, should he have enough time to arm and strengthen both himself and his companion, there is little that can stop them.
Win Rate 51.2%
Pick Rate 1.5%
Attributes
516 +55.0/lvl
231 +16.8/lvl
18 +2.5/lvl
20 +2.8/lvl
13 +1.4/lvl
Stats
Damage:
38 - 42 + 2.8/level (133 - 137 at level 30)
Range:
550
Armor:
3.3 + 0.5/level (19.2 at level 30)
Movement:
325
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Facets
Bear with Me
Win Rate: 51.9%
Pick Rate: 86.2%
Spirit Link's Shared Armor is increased and Lone Druid's attacks heal the Spirit Bear.
Bear Necessities
Win Rate: 46.5%
Pick Rate: 13.8%
Lone Druid can only use the first 3 items in his inventory. These items' passive bonuses are more powerful. Other item slots do not provide any bonuses. Neutral slot is unaffected.
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
Lone Druid's Spirit Bear receives a copy of his Neutral Item that has an independent cooldown.
Summon Spirit Bear
PASSIVE: No
Summons a powerful Spirit Bear companion that can equip items.
If the bear moves 1100 distance away from the Lone Druid, it cannot attack. Lone Druid suffers 20% of his max health as backlash damage if the Spirit Bear dies.
Spirit Bear has the Return, Demolish and Entangling Claws abilities.
Most spells interact with the Spirit Bear in the same way as they do with heroes.
Spirit Bear has 0 base attributes and does not gain them with level. Attributes from buffs or items fully affect the bear as they would for Universal heroes.
Spirit Bear cannot gain experience. Spirit Bear health and damage increase by 100 and 5 respectively with Lone Druid's level.
Spirit Bear has its own Aghanim's Scepter and Shard upgrades.
BEAR HP: 1100 / 1400 / 1700 / 2000
BEAR HP REGEN: 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
BEAR BASE ATTACK TIME: 1.75 / 1.65 / 1.55 / 1.45
BEAR ARMOR: 0 / 2 / 4 / 6
BEAR MOVESPEED: 300 / 330 / 360 / 390
150 / 140 / 130 / 120
75
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +7 Spirit Bear Armor
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +30 Spirit Bear Movement Speed
Patch 7.39c
- Spirit Bear health per Lone Druid's level increased from 90 to 100
Patch 7.39
- Gem of True Sight's passive True Sight now works when carried by the Spirit Bear
Sylla's lifelong companion is symbiotic with his spirit and heart, coming to aid him in any time of need.
Spirit Link
ABILITY: Passive
PASSIVE: Breakable
DISPELLABLE: Yes
BUFF: Yes
Links Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear, increasing their attack speed as well as sharing a percentage of their armor and lifesteal with each other.
Break disables the shared lifesteal.
ATTACK SPEED: 20 / 35 / 50 / 65
SHARED LIFESTEAL: 15% / 30% / 45% / 60%
ARMOR SHARED: 8% / 12% / 16% / 20%
1200
FACET: Bear with Me
Shared Armor increased. Damage dealt by either the Spirit Bear or Lone Druid will heal the other.
LEVEL 25 TALENT: +45 Spirit Link Attack Speed
Sylla is emboldened by the presence of his companion, his vitality replenished with each swipe of the Spirit Bear's claws.
Savage Roar
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear roar fiercely causing nearby enemies to flee towards their base in terror. Their movement speed is increased by 20%.
An entangled hero will not be able to move.
Cooldown is shared with Spirit Bear.
RANGE: 350
ENEMY MOVEMENT SPEED BONUS: 20%
DURATION: 0.8 / 1.2 / 1.6 / 2
38 / 32 / 26 / 20
50
Aghanim's Shard
Applies a basic dispel and grants allies in an area around the caster bonus movement and attack speed. Replicates between Lone Druid and Spirit Bear regardless of castability on the other.
DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +150 Savage Roar Radius
LEVEL 15 TALENT: -5s Savage Roar Cooldown
Sylla studies and masters the arts of the lost Bear Clan, enhancing his attunement with the wild.
True Form
PASSIVE: No
Lone Druid starts a transformation into a raging bear that has enhanced attack and defensive capabilities.
Cooldowns of items that are different for ranged and melee units will be based on which form Lone Druid was in when the item was used.
BONUS ARMOR: 8 / 10 / 12
BONUS HP: 500 / 1000 / 1500
DURATION: 40
TRANSFORM TIME: 1.933
100
200
FACET: Bear with Me
Lone Druid morphs himself into a raging bear, losing his ranged advantage, but gaining increased bonus armor, more health, and improved versions of Entangling Claws and Demolish.
LEVEL 25 TALENT: -50s True Form Cooldown
The mighty bear is the king of the forest, possessing the throne through raw power.
Talents
+45 Spirit Link Attack Speed
+ 3.7%
-50s True Form Cooldown
+30 Entangling Claws DPS
+150 Savage Roar Radius
+ 0.8%
+7 Spirit Bear Armor
-5s Savage Roar Cooldown
+ 2.0%
+30 Spirit Bear Movement Speed
+200 Health
+ 1.7%
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Strategy
Control runes with hero and Spirit Bear.
Fish for entangle by poking opponents with the Spirit Bear here and there. If it procs, you can do follow up damage with more right clicks.
Make use of catapult waves. The Spirit Bear can tank tower shots for a while.
When in trouble, consider using Savage Roar and True Form. Lifesteal or body blocks from the Spirit Bear can also help survive.
Avoid showing your hero too much, especially at the start of the fight.
You can take 
Roshan fairly early by yourself or with minimal help. The Bear with Me facet will help heal both the hero and Spirit Bear with right clicks.
Make sure to pick up 
Aghanim's Shard on your hero at the 15 minute mark. It provides a buff similar to 
Drum of Endurance and basic dispel with Savage Roar.
In tough late game scenarios, resort to ratting with 
Aghanim's Scepter on your Spirit Bear to let it attack away from your hero.
Counter Strategy
Spirit Link heals Lone Druid every time the Bear hits. Burst Lone Druid or don't bother hitting him.
Lone Druid buys items for the Spirit Bear if he has the Bear with Me facet. If you kill Spirit Bear twice, he does no damage.
Spirit Bear does a lot of damage to buildings. Organize defense quickly.
Lone Druid is a snowbally hero and falls off as the game goes. Look to extend the game.
Lone Druid is great at split-pushing and ratting. Consider getting 
Boots of Travel on a core.