Battle Stance
без цели, мгновенная · innateTroll Warlord swaps from using ranged to melee attacks. While melee, Troll Warlord's base attack time is improved to 1.4.Troll Warlord gains 1 armor per 30 bonus attack speed.
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Troll Warlord
Troll Warlord: Ranged, position 1 (carry), Pusher, Disabler, Durable. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 52.2% win rate in pubs and a 3.2% pick rate.
Instantly able to swap between ranged and melee attacks, Troll Warlord is a formidable force at any distance. Axes in hand, he can strike in a storm of spinning blades. He takes down enemies with increasingly swift attacks, and can speed his allies' assaults wherever they are.
Rangedposition 1 (carry)PusherDisablerDurable
52.2%Win rate · all pubs
3.2%picked in 1 of 31 games
52.5%Turbo · 108,401 games
Complexity: medium
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Troll Warlord
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
2′
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2′4′5′6′Core
13′
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13′13′20′Core items in order: Wind Lace (around minute 13), Battle Fury (around minute 13), Sange and Yasha (around minute 20).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 12
lv 15
lv 17
11+20 Berserker's Rage Movement Speed16+1s Battle Trance Duration18+160 Whirling Axes Damage
Max Whirling Axes (Ranged), then Berserker's Rage, then Fervor.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Brewmaster, Pugna and Spectre; easiest: Shadow Fiend, Slardar and Enchantress.
All 104 opponents →4How much to farm?
667average742good835great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 667 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 835.
5Common mistakes by role
Greedy death while farmingIdle at baseCourier lost with itemsFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the carry role.
Compare your Troll Warlord match with this cheat sheet
The coach shows on the map where you fell behind the pros on items and where you died.
Review my matchMistake guides for the carry role
- Greedy death while farmingDied because you stayed for a couple more creeps after two enemies went missing.
- Idle at baseSpent a quarter of a five-minute stretch at base without buying anything.
- Courier lost with itemsThe enemy killed a courier carrying you 500+ gold in items.
- No buyback while the base fellStayed dead while the enemy broke your base, although you had gold and buyback.
Picked by the hero's role. Once the hero has 20 reviews, its real common mistakes show up here.
AI coach
A review of your Troll Warlord game
Sign in with Steam and pick a match: the coach reads the replay second by second and in a couple of minutes shows where the game slipped.
- Every death and fight becomes a moment on the map: the fog of war as you saw it, and what the enemy saw that second.
- Your pace against the Troll Warlord benchmark: 667 GPM for an average player, 742 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Wind Lace by minute 13, and the coach shows where you lose time.
- Five-game homework the coach checks in your next review, plus a chat with the coach about the match.
Review my matchA month of subscription as a gift, no card and no auto-renewal.How a match review works
Pro build by minute
Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′Starting
2′20%
4′82%
5′20%
6′87%
8′61%
8′35%13′43%13′78%20′55%
20′21%
23′27%
25′59%
27′21%
32′32%
2′20%4′82%5′20%6′87%8′61%8′35%13′43%13′78%20′55%20′21%23′27%25′59%27′21%32′32%Skill build
8% of 89 pro matches
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- Lvl 11+20 Berserker's Rage Movement Speed
- Lvl 16+1s Battle Trance Duration
- Lvl 18+160 Whirling Axes Damage
Whirling Axes (Ranged)
на цель, на точкуTroll hurls a fistful of five axes in a cone shape over 950 range, slowing and damaging enemy units.
Pros max it by level 7
Whirling Axes (Melee)
без цели, мгновеннаяTroll hurls two axes around him in a close range area of effect, damaging enemy units and causing them to miss some attacks.
Fervor
пассивнаяWith each continuous blow on the same target, Troll gains increased attack speed. If Troll changes targets, the stacks drop to zero.
Pros max it by level 15
Berserker's Rage
пассивнаяWhile in melee form, Troll Warlord's attacks have a chance to ensnare, preventing the target from moving or using mobility spells and has additional movement speed.When in ranged form, Troll Warlord's attacks have a chance to Maim the target, dealing bonus damage, and slowing the target's movement and attack speed.
Pros max it by level 12
Battle Trance
Troll unleashes a powerful battle trance, that forces you to continuously attack the closest enemy unit within 900 range, prioritizing heroes. Damage does not kill you during this mode. Grants you bonus lifesteal, attack speed, slow resistance and movement speed. Applies a Basic Dispel. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Whirling Axes (Melee).
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Fervor.
Whirling Axes Pierce Magic Immunity25Battle Trance Strong Dispels
Allies Receive Battle Trance Attack Speed20+160 Whirling Axes Damage
+4 Fervor Attack Speed15+1s Battle Trance Duration
+2.5s Whirling Axes Debuff Duration10+20 Berserker's Rage Movement Speed
Matchups
Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games
Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.
Who to pick against Troll Warlord: counter picks →Benchmarks on the hero
Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
Gold per minute
average 667good 742great 835
Experience per minute
average 865good 1,046great 1,240
Last hits per minute
average 9.3good 10.7great 12.4
Hero damage per minute
average 716good 948great 1,200
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: mediumIt does best in Archon (52.5% wins) and wins 52.5% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 97% of games. Pros usually build Wind Lace, Battle Fury and Sange and Yasha by minute 20. It struggles most against Brewmaster, Pugna and Spectre and has the easiest time against Shadow Fiend, Slardar and Enchantress.