What players buy
The items bought most in each of Valve’s four game stages
Public matches · each item’s own count
1stMost bought
179 buys
2ndSecond most
68 buys
3rdThird most
67 buys
4thFourth most
64 buys
5thFifth most
41 buysBy GamGem ResearchLast updated 22 Sept 2026
Troll Warlord
Ranged · Agility
- Win rate
- 51.8%
- Pick share
- 0.3%
- Matches
- 137,610
- Patch
- 7.41f
Draft coverage
BringsCarryPusherDisablerDurable
NeedsSupportInitiatorBurstEscape
Recommendation
Pick
- The game is heading for 40–50 min — that is where this hero measures best, at 50.7% over 1,484 matches.
- You are playing around Herald — its strongest medal, 53.1% over 6,869 picks.
Avoid
- Abaddon is on their side — this hero wins 30.0% of 50 matches against it.
- Nature's Prophet is on their side — this hero wins 36.2% of 69 matches against it.
- Kez is on their side — this hero wins 30.8% of 39 matches against it.
179 buys68 buys67 buys64 buys41 buys
Skill Order
Which ability to max first, and where each point goes — what most league players on Troll Warlord took at each level.
WWhirling Axes (Ranged)
Troll hurls a fistful of five axes in a cone shape over 950 range, slowing and damaging enemy units.
Unit Target · Point Target · Magical damage
DFervor
With each continuous blow on the same target, Troll gains increased attack speed.
Passive
FBerserker's Rage
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.
Passive · Physical damage
RBattle Trance
Troll unleashes a powerful battle trance, that forces you to continuously attack the closest enemy unit within 900 range, prioritizing heroes.
Max Order
WQE
Max W first, then Q, then E. Most took R at 6 / 13.
Level-up Order
- WWhirling Axes (Ranged)
- DFervor
- FBerserker's Rage
- RBattle Trance
- TTalent
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WWhirling Axes (Ranged) | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||
| DFervor | D | D | D | D | |||||||||||
| FBerserker's Rage | F | F | F | ||||||||||||
| RBattle Trance | R | R | |||||||||||||
| TTalent | T | T |
Matchup map
How Troll Warlord performs against every opponent with 30 or more counted games
74 opponents · public matches40%60%Troll Warlord's win rate
≥ 60%Very favorable
55 – 60%Favorable
50 – 55%Even
45 – 50%Unfavorable
40 – 45%Hard
< 40%Very hard
If this happens, use this
- They are running away
Something that holds them still, or closes the gap yourself. Matched on “slow”, “ensnare”.
- I am being jumped
A way out, a way to shrug the debuff, or something to eat the burst. Matched on “dispel”.
- Kill them in one window
Damage that lands now rather than over a minute. Matched on “magical”.
- Stay in lane
Healing, regeneration or lifesteal — not having to walk back. Matched on “lifesteal”.
By medal
- Herald53.1%6,869
- Guardian52.5%16,858
- Crusader51.7%22,275
- Archon51.5%24,469
- Legend51.4%21,449
- Ancient50.5%12,839
- Divine50.6%7,927
One count per medal, not one rate split across them; a medal with no counted matches is left out.
By match length
- 0–20 min48.8%3,173
- 20–30 min48.9%7,027
- 30–40 min50.0%4,107
- 40–50 min50.7%1,484
- 50 min +49.3%614
Bands under 120 matches are absent rather than shown small.
Learning Troll Warlord
Abilities
Battle Stance
No Target · Instant CastTroll 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.
Whirling Axes (Ranged)
Unit Target · Point Target · Magical damageTroll hurls a fistful of five axes in a cone shape over 950 range, slowing and damaging enemy units.
Whirling Axes (Melee)
No Target · Instant Cast · Magical damageTroll hurls two axes around him in a close range area of effect, damaging enemy units and causing them to miss some attacks.
Fervor
PassiveWith each continuous blow on the same target, Troll gains increased attack speed. If Troll changes targets, the stacks drop to zero.
Berserker's Rage
Passive · Physical damageWhile 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.
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
Base attributes
- Strength
- 21 +2.5
- Agility
- 23 +3.3
- Intelligence
- 13 +1.0
- Move · range
- 290 · 500
Talents
- 4Whirling Axes Pierce Magic ImmunityBattle Trance Strong Dispels
- 3Allies Receive Battle Trance Attack SpeedWhirling Axes Damage
- 2Fervor Attack SpeedBattle Trance Duration
- 1Whirling Axes Debuff DurationBerserker's Rage Movement Speed
Aghanim’s Scepter
Changes Whirling Axes (Melee)
Causes Whirling Axes (Melee) to dispel Troll Warlord. Reduces cooldown and mana cost. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
Aghanim’s Shard
Changes Fervor
Grants Troll 16% + 3% chance per Fervor stack of firing an additional ranged attack to any unit within its ranged attack range plus =175 when attacking an enemy unit.
Sources
- Kit, talents and upgrades · mechanicalread 22 Sept 2026
Ability names, icons, behaviour, damage type and text, plus the Aghanim’s Scepter and Shard descriptions — as the game itself ships them. Nothing here was counted over matches.
- Win rate by medal · countedread 15 Sept 2026
The same hero at each of Valve’s eight medals, over 4,610,063 public matches. Each medal carries its own sample, because the eight buckets are nothing like the same size.
- Matchups and match length · counted, on a narrower windowread 16 Sept 2026
Win rate against each opponent and across five match-length bands. This channel reports far fewer games than the medal figures above: the median hero pairing is 51 matches and the largest on the whole roster is 707. Rows under 30 games are absent rather than shown small, and the ones that remain are ORDERED by a figure shrunk toward even by its own sample — the rate you see is the real one, the ranking is the careful one.
- What players build · countedread 15 Sept 2026
The five most common items in each of Valve’s four game stages, with each row’s own pick count.
- Skill order · counted, in league matchesread 3 Oct 2026
Where skill points go, read off every player's own learning order in premium and professional league matches on patches 7.41 and 7.40. Each level shows the ability most players took there and the share that did — a column only a third agree on is printed as a third, not as the rule. Heroes under 30 counted games show no path.
- Situation index · derived, and checkableread 22 Sept 2026
Each situation is a phrase match against Valve’s own ability text, and every row shows the phrases that matched. No win rate is attached, because nobody counts one per situation.
Mechanics are the ones Valve publishes for patch 7.41f. GamGem is not affiliated with or endorsed by Valve Corporation.