Swaps between ranged and melee attacks at will
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.
Win Rate 51.4%
Pick Rate 3.8%
Attributes
582 +55.0/lvl
231 +12.0/lvl
21 +2.5/lvl
23 +3.3/lvl
13 +1.0/lvl
Stats
Damage:
50 - 58 + 3.3/level (159 - 167 at level 30)
Range:
500
Armor:
2.8 + 0.6/level (21.1 at level 30)
Movement:
290
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Facets
Insensitive
Win Rate: 50.5%
Pick Rate: 33.6%
Fervor grants armor per stack while in melee form.
Bad Influence
Win Rate: 51.9%
Pick Rate: 66.4%
During Battle Trance, Troll Warlord has increased max Fervor stacks and no attack speed limit. Battle Trance grants allied heroes {s:bonus_attack_speed_share_percent}% of the attack speed bonus.
Abilities
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: No
Troll Warlord swaps from using ranged to melee attacks. Melee attacks have decreased base attack time.
Whirling Axes (Ranged)
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
DEBUFF [E]: Yes
Troll hurls a fistful of five axes in a cone shape over 950 range, slowing and damaging enemy units.
Does not affect Roshan.
Does not trigger spell block or spell reflect.
AXE DAMAGE: 60 / 80 / 100 / 120
SLOW DURATION: 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4
MOVEMENT SLOW: 40%
COOLDOWN: 9
MANA COST: 60
9
950
Aghanim's Scepter
Causes Whirling Axes (Ranged) to dispel enemies. Reduces cooldown and mana cost.
DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
LEVEL 25 TALENT: Whirling Axes Pierce Magic Immunity
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +100 Whirling Axes Damage
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +2.5s Whirling Axes Debuff Duration
Only axes fueled by hate whirl with such a deadly spin.
Whirling Axes (Melee)
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
Troll hurls two axes around him in a close range area of effect, damaging enemy units and causing them to miss some attacks.
Does not affect Roshan.
DAMAGE: 50 / 100 / 150 / 200
RADIUS: 450
BLIND DURATION: 5
MISS CHANCE: 60%
WHIRL DURATION: 3
COOLDOWN: 9
MANA COST: 50
9
Aghanim's Scepter
Causes Whirling Axes (Melee) to dispel Troll Warlord. Reduces cooldown and mana cost.
DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
LEVEL 25 TALENT: Whirling Axes Pierce Magic Immunity
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +100 Whirling Axes Damage
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +2.5s Whirling Axes Debuff Duration
Keep your enemies close.
Fervor
ABILITY: Passive
PASSIVE: Breakable
With each continuous blow on the same target, Troll gains increased attack speed. If Troll changes targets, the stacks drop to zero.
Break disables the gaining of new stacks.
Break disables the proc chance granted by Aghanim's Shard.
ATTACK SPEED PER STACK: 15 / 20 / 25 / 30
MAX STACKS: 10
ARMOR PER STACK:
FACET: Insensitive
Fervor grants armor per stack while in melee form.
Aghanim's Shard
Grants Troll %base_chance%% + %extra_attack_chance_per_stack%% chance per Fervor stack of firing an additional ranged attack to any unit within its ranged attack range plus %range_buffer% when attacking an enemy unit.
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +5 Fervor Attack Speed
PATCH 7.38b
Aghanim's Shard no longer procs additional attacks when attacking a building or ward-type unit
PATCH 7.38
Aghanim's Shard no longer increases Max Stacks
If at first you don't succeed, strike, strike again.
Berserker's Rage
DAMAGE TYPE: Physical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
While 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 and armor.
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.
Cooldowns of items that are different for ranged and melee units will be based on which form Troll Warlord was in when the item was used.
BONUS MOVE SPEED: 15 / 25 / 35 / 45
BONUS ARMOR: 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
ENSNARE CHANCE: 20%
ENSNARE DURATION: 0.8 / 1.2 / 1.6 / 2
MAIM CHANCE: 20%
MAIM DURATION: 0.8 / 1.2 / 1.6 / 2
MAIM MOVE SLOW: 8% / 16% / 24% / 32%
MAIM ATTACK SLOW: 8 / 16 / 24 / 32
MAIM DAMAGE: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +9 Berserker's Rage Armor
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +25 Berserker's Rage Movement Speed
Like his anger, Troll Warlord's supply of axes is infinite.
Battle Trance
PASSIVE: No
BUFF: Yes
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 and movement speed. Applies a Basic Dispel. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
Troll can still use his items and abilities while affected by Battle Trance, but not other commands.
Troll can still be killed with Axe's Culling Blade.
Troll is granted vision over the target.
TRANCE DURATION: 6.5
LIFESTEAL: 40% / 60% / 80%
ATTACK SPEED: 140 / 170 / 200
MOVEMENT SPEED: 25% / 30% / 35%
BATTLE TRANCE MAX FERVOR STACKS: 0
90 / 80 / 70
150
525
FACET: Bad Influence
During Battle Trance, Troll Warlord has increased max Fervor stacks and no attack speed limit. Battle Trance grants allied heroes 50% of the attack speed bonus.
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +1.5s Battle Trance Duration
PATCH 7.38
Now follows global Lifesteal rules (as a result, gained 40% creep penalty)
An adrenaline rush of pure hatred quickens your blades.
Talents [E]
Battle Trance Strong Dispels
+ 0.6 %
Whirling Axes Pierce Magic Immunity
+9 Berserker's Rage Armor
+1.5s Battle Trance Duration
+ 0.1 %
+100 Whirling Axes Damage
+5 Fervor Attack Speed
+ 1.2 %
+25 Berserker's Rage Movement Speed
+ 2.9 %
+2.5s Whirling Axes Debuff Duration
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Strategy
Use Whirling Axes to secure ranged creep lasthits and harass the opponents at the same time.
Avoid switching targets in engagements as you'll lose Fervor stacks.
Avoid popping Battle Trance too early in fights as you might get kited. Use it later, on disabled unit or defensively.
Troll can take Roshan early on even by himself. Use Battle Trance if necessary to heal up.
Consider purchasing anti-kiting items so you can stick to the target and not waste Battle Trance.
Consider Aghanim's Scepter in the mid-late game phase to keep yourself unkillable with dispels.
Counter Strategy
Troll Warlord is a strong laner. Buy extra healing items and take good trades.
Avoid Troll when Battle Trance is on. Don't allow him to heal by hitting you.
Battle Trance applies basic dispel on Troll. Use dispellable spells and items afterwards.
Item's like euls and ghost scepter are really good at kiting Troll Warlord and battle trance.
Troll Warlord takes down buildings fast with Fervor. Organize defense quickly.
Items that pierce evasion are good against Troll's Whirling Axes (relevant for Melee heroes).
Troll Warlord is able to take Roshan early on. Ward and check Roshan.
Aghanim's Scepter makes Troll's Whirling Axes apply basic dispel on him and opponents.
Lore
It's an easy thing to offend a troll. A prickly and contentious race, trolls thrive on argument and strife, missing no excuse to raise their voices in dispute. Males grow to maturity in subterranean chambers beneath their matriarch's domicile, feeding and amusing themselves while contributing nothing. Often they stay for years beyond the age of maturity, while the matriarch provides them with sustenance. When young trolls are finally pushed from their sub-chamber, they gather with others of their kind, forming roving gangs of malcontents who complain loudly about all manner of vexation.
As much as trolls love to argue, imagine how rare it is for a troll to be driven from his own kind for being too difficult to get along with. Such was Jah'rakal's fate, a monger troll from deep in the Hoven. So deluded was he, so bitter and abrasive, that even other trolls found his company intolerable. After one particularly vitriolic outburst in which he claimed the lion's share of loot from their latest raid, his cohorts finally snapped. They turned on him, beat him with clubs, and drove him from the encampment. Enraged at his banishment, he returned the next day, armed with steel, and slew them all, one by one. He then swore a blood oath: he would ever after be a fighting force unto himself. Now he roams the world as the Troll Warlord, bitter and angry, the Imperial high commander of an army of one.