# \[HOT FIX COMING\] Lycantrophy on Hero still freezing the game after 5.5 update! **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [May 12, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hot-fix-coming-lycantrophy-on-hero-still-freezing-the-game-after-5-5-update/69934 "2021-05-12T00:34:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alv-thanos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/alv-thanos/32/62164_2.png) [@alv-thanos](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/alv-thanos)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hot-fix-coming-lycantrophy-on-hero-still-freezing-the-game-after-5-5-update/69934/1 "2021-05-12T00:34:03Z")
**Platform, device version and operating system:** Steam **Screenshot or image:** ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/e/d/edc7d10bd6fec5f3c6cdc7c4cbc99dc75458e055.jpeg) **What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened:** I expect after the 5.5 update the hero affected with Lycantrophy and the game still runs, not the case, this feature is still broken. **How often does this happen? When did it begin happening?** Since 5.4 update, still happening on 5.5. **Steps to make it happen again** Choose a PVP battle and cast Essence of Evil on the HERO. Or use troops that inflict random status effect and hope for hero to be affected with Lycantrophy. ---
**Author:** ![MysticWeirdo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MysticWeirdo](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MysticWeirdo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hot-fix-coming-lycantrophy-on-hero-still-freezing-the-game-after-5-5-update/69934/2 "2021-05-12T00:41:39Z")
Also on xbox. Crashes to the dashboard. ---
**Author:** ![Luceo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/luceo/32/57692_2.png) [@Luceo](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Luceo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hot-fix-coming-lycantrophy-on-hero-still-freezing-the-game-after-5-5-update/69934/3 "2021-05-12T01:03:23Z")
![20210512035700_1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/4/e/4e1e9cea901e94ea971ae586c7ee2a18b01393f6.jpeg) I can confirm the bug is still there. Game stuck on opponent turn as before. Nice fix 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HounganAtLarge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/hounganatlarge/32/28697_2.png) [@HounganAtLarge](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/HounganAtLarge)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hot-fix-coming-lycantrophy-on-hero-still-freezing-the-game-after-5-5-update/69934/4 "2021-05-12T01:25:33Z")
Devs. Just do everyone, including yourselves a favor. Leave. Lycanthropy. Off. Of. Essence. Of. Evil. I flat guarantee that far more people will prefer Essence of Evil that way. Consider it a “legacy” weapon. ---
**Author:** ![Kafka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/kafka/32/33529_2.png) [@Kafka](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kafka)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hot-fix-coming-lycantrophy-on-hero-still-freezing-the-game-after-5-5-update/69934/5 "2021-05-12T02:18:02Z")
This will be fixed in a hot fix. ---
**Author:** ![Kafka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/kafka/32/33529_2.png) [@Kafka](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kafka)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 2:39am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hot-fix-coming-lycantrophy-on-hero-still-freezing-the-game-after-5-5-update/69934/6 "2021-05-12T02:39:38Z")
We’ve removed Lycanthropy from Essence of Evil again until the Hot Fix goes live. ---
**Author:** ![Sekundes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Sekundes](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sekundes)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hot-fix-coming-lycantrophy-on-hero-still-freezing-the-game-after-5-5-update/69934/7 "2021-05-12T03:08:25Z")
Why is it so difficult to just leave EoE alone? You want to annoy players using lycan, just put it in another new troop, no one will complain. ---
**Author:** ![CyberZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@CyberZ](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/CyberZ)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 6:02am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hot-fix-coming-lycantrophy-on-hero-still-freezing-the-game-after-5-5-update/69934/8 "2021-05-12T06:02:09Z")
you had one job … ---
**Author:** ![pewiha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@pewiha](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/pewiha)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 6:18am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hot-fix-coming-lycantrophy-on-hero-still-freezing-the-game-after-5-5-update/69934/9 "2021-05-12T06:18:36Z")
I hope it is fixed completly. I lost yesterday a ticket for the delve, because the Eldrazhi troop triggered Lycanthropy on the hero and it was triggered. It was the first fight, but nevertheless it is annoying. ---
**Author:** ![MsMarple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@MsMarple](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MsMarple)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hot-fix-coming-lycantrophy-on-hero-still-freezing-the-game-after-5-5-update/69934/10 "2021-05-14T06:28:30Z")
![lycan](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/6/b/6b8132da6a592ad33d67e9d614173be0de859d2a.jpeg) I don’t know if this was already obvious, but you don’t need EoE to have this happen. Anything that can cast Lycanthropy on hero will soft lock the game. In this case I could retire from the battle, but couldn’t move anything on board or cast spells. ---
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 8:49am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hot-fix-coming-lycantrophy-on-hero-still-freezing-the-game-after-5-5-update/69934/11 "2021-05-14T08:49:22Z")
Update on this for you, we have deployed a hot fix which removed lycanthropy’s ability to be triggered in the game until we fix this issue. (This is across the whole game, not just EoE.) ---
**Author:** ![Rockwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@Rockwell](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rockwell)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 9:42am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hot-fix-coming-lycantrophy-on-hero-still-freezing-the-game-after-5-5-update/69934/12 "2021-05-14T09:42:33Z")
Or you could just keep it removed, given that it seems to have been a bad idea in the first place… ---
**Author:** ![Dust\_Angel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/dust_angel/32/35256_2.png) [@Dust\_Angel](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dust_Angel)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 9:51am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hot-fix-coming-lycantrophy-on-hero-still-freezing-the-game-after-5-5-update/69934/13 "2021-05-14T09:51:42Z")
Agreed. A good chance to remove it from negative statusceffect pool and leave Lycanthropy to dedicated troops that have been designed with this gimmick in mind.