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 52.2%
Pick Rate 6.2%
Attributes
462 +55/lvl
156 +12/lvl
21 +2.5/lvl
23 +3.3/lvl
13 +1/lvl
Stats
Damage:
27 - 35 + 3.3/level (122.7 - 130.7 at level 30)
Range:
500
Armor:
-1 + 0.5/level (13.5 at level 30)
Movement:
290
Roles
Carry
Escape
Nuker
Initiator
Durable
Disabler
Support
Pusher
Facets
Insensitive
Win Rate: 52.6%
Pick Rate: 90.9%
Fervor grants armor per stack while in melee form.
Fervor
Fervor grants armor per stack while in melee form.
Bad Influence
Win Rate: 48.4%
Pick Rate: 9.1%
Battle Trance grants allied heroes 30% of the attack speed bonus.
Battle Trance
Battle Trance grants allied heroes 30% of the attack speed bonus.
Abilities
Berserker's Rage
While active, Troll Warlord swaps from using ranged to melee attacks. Melee attacks have a chance to ensnare, preventing the target from moving or using mobility spells. Berserker's Rage also grants additional movement speed, armor, and decreases base attack time. Whirling Axes has different functionality while Berserker's Rage is active.
BONUS MOVE SPEED: 5/15/25/35/45
BONUS ARMOR: 1/2/3/4/5
MELEE BASE ATTACK TIME: 1.4
ENSNARE CHANCE: 20%
ENSNARE DURATION: 0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6/2
Berserker's Rage
While active, Troll Warlord swaps from using ranged to melee attacks. Melee attacks have a chance to ensnare, preventing the target from moving or using mobility spells. Berserker's Rage also grants additional movement speed, armor, and decreases base attack time. Whirling Axes has different functionality while Berserker's Rage is active.
bonus move speed:5 / 15 / 25 / 35 / 45
bonus armor:1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
bonus range:350
base attack time:1.4
ensnare chance:20
ensnare duration:0.4 / 0.8 / 1.2 / 1.6 / 2
+25 Berserker's Rage Movement Speed
+8 Berserker's Rage Armor
Whirling Axes (Ranged)
Troll hurls a fistful of five axes in a cone shape over 950 range, slowing and damaging enemy units.
AFFECTS:unit
PASSIVE:No
DISPELLABLE:basic
DEBUFF:yes
axe width:100
axe speed:1500
axe range:950
axe damage:80 / 100 / 120 / 140
axe slow duration:2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4
movement speed:40
axe spread:25
axe count:5
AbilityManacost:60
Aghanim`s Scepter Upgrade
Causes Whirling Axes (Ranged) to dispel enemies. Reduces cooldown and mana cost.DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
AbilityCooldown:-5
AbilityManacost:-30
+2s Whirling Axes Debuff Duration
+100 Whirling Axes Damage
Whirling Axes Pierce Magic Immunity
9
Whirling Axes (Melee)
Troll hurls two axes around him in a close range area of effect, damaging enemy units and causing them to miss some attacks.
PASSIVE:No
DISPELLABLE:basic
damage:50 / 100 / 150 / 200
hit radius:100
max range:450
axe movement speed:1250
blind duration:5
blind pct:60
whirl duration:3
AbilityManacost:50
Aghanim`s Scepter Upgrade
Causes Whirling Axes (Melee) to dispel Troll Warlord. Reduces cooldown and mana cost.DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
AbilityCooldown:-5
AbilityManacost:-25
+2s Whirling Axes Debuff Duration
+100 Whirling Axes Damage
Whirling Axes Pierce Magic Immunity
9
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 and movement speed. Applies a Basic Dispel. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
PASSIVE:No
BUFF:yes
trance duration:6.5
lifesteal:40 / 60 / 80
attack speed:140 / 170 / 200
movement speed:25 / 30 / 35
range:900
Aghanim`s Shard Upgrade
Casting Battle Trance now gives Troll Warlord a global aura that gives allied heroes (including himself) +60 Attack Speed.
+1.5s Battle Trance Duration
90 / 80 / 70
150
Talents
+2s Whirling Axes Debuff Duration
+25 Berserker's Rage Movement Speed
+5 Fervor Attack Speed
+100 Whirling Axes Damage
+1.5s Battle Trance Duration
+8 Berserker's Rage Armor
Whirling Axes Pierce Magic Immunity
Battle Trance Strong Dispels
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 aghanims shard around 20-30 minute mark to make your team stronger.
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.