Troll Warlord

Troll Warlord

The Radiant

17 + 2.2 21 + 2.75 13 + 1

Level 1 16 25 Hit Points 473 1138 1841 Mana 169 390 741 Damage 38-56 81-99 124-142 Armor 1.94 7.96 13.98 Attacks / Second 0.71 0.96 1.21

Movement Speed 300 Turn Rate 0.5 Sight Range 1800/800 Attack Range 500 Missile Speed 1200 Attack Duration 0.3+0.3 Cast Duration 0.51+0.3 Base Attack Time 1.7

Jah'rakal, the Troll Warlord, is a ranged Agility hero able to output mighty damage competitively at range and in melee. His Berserker's Rage gives him the unique ability to change his attack position, from ranged to melee and back at will, as the situation prefers. When in close combat, his stats are increased accordingly, he gains bonus damage, armor, movement speed, attack speed, health, reduced base attack time, and the ability to Bash. Not only does this greatly improve the Troll Warlord, but it allows him to survive and match on other melee fighters. The Troll Warlord is an axe specialist, using them in his unique Whirling Axes, Whirling Axes has two variations, the first is available to his ranged form where he throws five axes in a cone formation to damage and slow them down, the second is when he is in melee form, unleashing swirling axes to damage and blind nearby enemies. To keep up with his gruff and savage nature, Fervor builds up the Warlord's momentum, with each continuous hit on the same target, he gains more and more attack speed. Battle Trance not only massively enhance his own attack speed, but it also enhance his allies for a short period of time. The Troll Warlord capitalizes on the power and speed of his attacks, notorious for his superbly fast attack speed that can only matched by few. He is truly an ill-tempered troll and his rampaging might is unstoppable, bashing and crippling his foes with his axes quickly. If he acquires the right items to improve his fighting prowess, there aren't many fighters who can take him down.

Bio

Jah'rakal, the Troll Warlord Play "The strong eat the weak, and I eat the strong." Role: Carry 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. Voice: Nolan North (Responses)

Abilities

Berserker's Rage Q G Ability Affects Toggle Self Allows the Warlord to use his throwing axes as melee weapons, gaining bonus damage, attack speed, movement speed, hitpoints, armor, and a chance to bash targets on attack. Berserker's Rage also changes the functionality of Whirling Axes. Bonus damage: 15 Bonus HP: 100 Bonus armor: 3 Bonus movement speed: 20/20/20/30 Base attack time: 1.55 Bash chance: 10% Bash duration: 0.8/1.2/1.6/2 Bash damage: 20/30/40/50 Illusions will be melee and will benefit from bonuses, but will not be able to bash.

Notes: Changes Troll Warlord's attack to melee. Bash deals magical damage. Does not stack with Skull Basher. The chance to bash is determined by pseudo-random distribution.

Berserker's Rage Active Ability Affects Toggle Self Allows the Warlord to use his throwing axes as melee weapons, gaining bonus damage, attack speed, movement speed, hitpoints, armor, and a chance to bash targets on attack. Berserker's Rage also changes the functionality of Whirling Axes.

Notes: Changes Troll Warlord's attack back to ranged. Removes all bonuses listed in the description of the above ability.

Whirling Axes (Ranged) W E Ability Affects Damage Target Point Enemies Magical Troll hurls a fistful of five axes in a cone shape over 900 range, slowing and damaging enemy units. Range: 900 Damage: 75 Movement speed slow: 30% Slow duration: 3/3.75/4.5/5.25 Radius of each axe: 100 20 50

Whirling Axes (Melee) W E Ability Affects Damage No Target Enemies Magical Troll unleashes a set of magical axes which whirl around him in a circle. Nearby enemies take damage and have a chance to miss on their attacks. Radius: 450 Damage: 125/175/225/275 Miss chance: 60% Duration: 4/5/6/7 Whirl Duration: 4 12 50

Fervor E F Ability Affects Passive Enemy units and structures With each continuous blow on the same target, Troll gains increased attack speed. If Troll changes targets, the stacks drop to zero. Max stacks: 2/3/4/5 Attack speed per stack: 20

Notes: If Jah'rakal changes targets, his rage counter drops to zero. Fervor increments increase while attacking buildings. Each hit increases attack speed by 20. Fervor works when denying allied units.

Battle Trance R R Ability Affects No Target Allied Heroes Troll's presence on the battlefield increases the attack speed of himself and all allied heroes. Radius: Global Duration: 10 Bonus attack speed: 60/120/180 20 75

Recommended items

Explanation: Starting items: Tango and Salve give you basic health regeneration to stay in lane longer. Ring of Protection provides a minor armor bonus, it also builds into a Ring of Aquila. Early-game items: Magic Stick helps against enemies that can spam spells, it later builds into Magic Wand. Core items: Phase Boots help you to escape bad situations as well get close to enemies to take advantage of your more powerful melee form. Helm of the Dominator provides lifesteal which works well with your high attack speed. You can dominate a neutral creep with it to make soloing Roshan easier. Troll is vulnerable to stuns and disables, Black King Bar should be built in most situations to counter this. Situational items: Yasha is a good choice as it adds agility and movement speed. Upgrade it into either a Sange and Yasha for some durability and slow, or a Manta Style for the illusions. Shadow Blade offers cost effective attack speed and damage increases, strong initiation and mobility, and a mediocre escape. Helm of the Dominator can be upgraded into a Satanic for a significant strength buff. Daedalus gives your attacks a great deal of damage. Monkey King Bar can also be picked up to counter evasion, and to give greater punch to your physical strikes. Butterfly provides a massive agility and attack speed bonus as well as evasion. Unmentioned items: Poor Man's Shield will give you some durability in the early game, keep in mind however that it is more effective when you are in melee form. Drum of Endurance is a strong item coupled with the bonuses from Berserker's Rage, giving you even greater mobility and extra stats. Mjollnir and Eye of Skadi (or both) are the only few Unique Attack Modifiers that stack with the commonly opted HotD. Vladmir's Offering and Desolator are a powerful combination, and may be picked up in rare circumstances.

Tips

• The ability to switch between ranged and melee is very useful in the initial laning phase of the game. Ranged form can be used to harass enemies and last hit from afar to avoid being harassed, and melee form's bonus damage makes getting last hits and denies much easier.
• Heroes who mainly auto-attack benefit greatly from Battle Trance. Keep this in mind when picking allies, but make sure not to have a bad team composition.
• Battle Trance can be used to siege towers effectively, especially if you have numerous damage-boosting items. If he has enough attack damage, Troll Warlord can auto-attack to the point that he can beat backdoor protection from buildings.
• You can aid allies from across the map thanks to Battle Trance's global range. Cast it when your allies are in enemy engagements, especially if they rely on auto-attacks.
• The melee and ranged versions of whirling Axes have separate cooldowns. Keep this in mind when in battle, so that you can output more damage with them.
• When your target enemy is starting to become harder to chase in melee form, keep in mind that you still have a Ranged form. Ranged Whirling Axes can aid in crippling them, so that you can revert back to melee form to finish them off.
• Augment Troll Warlord's power with damage-boosting items, since his power lies in his excellent attack speed.
  • Ally buffs such as Magnus's Empower can also be a good source of boosting damage.
• Because of its instant boost to attack speed, Fervor is usually leveled up early. This can help him last-hit while laning, and also beat down his targets sooner.
• Attack speed items such as Gloves of Haste or Hyperstone are not discouraged; having additional attack speed means Fervor can be built up much sooner.
• It's better to focus on one target rather than switching from one to another, since Fervor makes him more dangerous the more he attacks the same target with each blow.

Trivia

• Unlike in DotA, Troll Warlord cannot purchase a Skull Basher in Dota 2. In DotA, though he can hold a Basher in his inventory, it still won't stack with his melee bash. It is still possible for him to get a Basher in Dota 2, but only through cheats or special game mode events (i.e. the Greeviling).
• Jah'rakal's lore and certain dialogue lines make several references to Internet trolls, a type of identity or role assumed by certain Internet users.
• Troll Warlord, along with Phantom Assassin, has the lowest intelligence growth in the game (+1 per level).
• He was completely changed by the time the 6.60 era began. He received new skills and modified some of it. His old skillset used to be
  • Berserker's Rage used to cost mana.
  • Blind was arguably his trademark ability, and the very reason why he was called the Blinding Axe in the lore of DotA. An intense light blinds his enemy, causing some of their attacks to miss.
  • Fervor used to be Beastmaster's recent Inner Beast, where it was an attack speed enhancing aura.
  • Rampage, his old ultimate, is where he goes into animalistic berserk state, increasing his movement speed and boosting his attack speed to an ultimate level for a long period of time. This ability is able to give him instant blinding speed and the potential to wipe out five heroes seperately, thus, it was the inspiration of the name of a five hero kill from a single hero "Rampage".

Update History

February 14, 2013 Patch

• Fixed a case where ranged Troll Warlord can Bash when attacking while transforming.
• Added a "fast" attack animation that will only trigger when his attack speed is above 210.

February 07, 2013 Patch

• Added Pseudo Random support for his Bash.
• Fixed Whirling Axes interaction with Roshan.

January 25, 2013 Patch

• Fixed stolen Berserker's Rage not restoring the original attack type on death.
• Fixed Battle Trance affecting units like Spirit Bear.

January 24, 2013 Patch

• Added Troll Warlord!

Balance changelog

6.75

• Battle Trance now lasts full duration for allies

6.74

• Battle Trance attack speed bonus increased from 60/100/140 to 60/120/180

6.73

• Fervor increments now increase while attacking towers

6.72c

• Ranged Whirling Axes now does 75 damage
• Fervor AS bonus rebalanced

Old:

5/10/15/20 AS per attack with a max of 100

New

20 AS per attack max of 40/60/80/100

6.72

• Cast point reduced by 0.3
• Berserker's Rage transformation time removed (was 0.1 sec)
• Blind replaced with Whirling Axes

Whirling Axes:

Troll is a master of the axe, learning axe skills in all forms of combat. When in melee form, summons magical axes to whirl around him in a circle, damaging enemies and :causing them to have a 60% chance to miss attacks. When in ranged form, Troll hurls a fistful of axes in cone formation. Enemy units hit by the axes are slowed by 30%.

Each have their own cooldowns and costs.

Ranged Form:

Slow: 30%

Duration: 3/3.75/4.5/5.25

Range: 900

Travels in a small cone

Cooldown: 20

Manacost: 50

Melee Form:

Miss Rate: 60%

Damage: 125/175/225/275

AoE: 450

Duration: 4/5/6/7 seconds

Cooldown: 12

Manacost: 50

6.69

• Battle Trance self duration increased from 8 to 10 seconds

6.67

• Berserker's Rage bash rebalanced from 5/5/10/10% chance for 2 seconds bash and 25/50/25/50 damage to 10% chance for 0.8/1.2/1.6/2 seconds bash and 20/30/40/50 damage

6.63

• Battle Trance attack speed bonus increased from 60/80/100 to 60/100/140

6.60

• Replaced Rampage with a new ability Battle Trance

Jah'rakal unconsciously uses dormant magic to awaken the savagery of every warrior on the battlefield. Greatly increases attack speed for a short duration, and lasts an :additional 4 seconds on Jah'rakal.

Attack Speed Bonus: 60/80/100

Duration: 4 seconds

Cooldown: 20

Manacost: 75

• Replaced Fervor Aura with a new ability Fervor
• Rebalanced Blind. Miss from 15/24/33/42 -> 20/28/36/44% and Cooldown from 8 -> 15/12/9/6 seconds

Replaced Abilities

Blind W D Ability Affects Target Unit Enemies A searing light blinds the vision of a target enemy unit, making it miss on some attacks. Range: 700 Miss chance: 20%/28%/36%/44% Duration: 15 15/12/9/6 20

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See Also

• Troll Warlord responses