Troll Warlord/Counters

Bad against...

 * Due to and, Troll Warlord has a significant attack speed, which gives a higher chance to procc 's  and tear off chunks of health from Troll Warlord due to his low HP.
 * Even if the damage from diminishes over time, with  Axe can turn Troll Warlord's farm against him. The bonus armor provided by  means that Troll Warload will suffer a lot more than Axe.


 * Troll Warlord's survivability relies on his ability to lifesteal with his high DPS. completely nullifies any healing Troll Warlord receives, thus limiting his survivability and turns it comparable to that of any other fragile hero, as well as dealing magical damage.
 * Ancient Apparition can also significantly slow Troll Warlord with his to prevent him from getting too close to his teammates or running away with his Berserker's Rage and successfully kite him if he switches to melee mode, and keeping him disabled with his  while dealing significant damage, should Troll Warlord get confused between running away and staying.


 * can dlsarm and root a single hero half of the time. Troll Warlord's only damage source is his physical attack, so a well-played would be a huge problem as she is alive in team fight. Troll Warlord needs either  or  to dispel  . In the worst case, the purge from  or Satyr Banisher may also work.
 * and significantly slows Troll Warlord down. Troll Warlord has no mobility skills, thus slowing down makes him vulnerable to gank and control in fight.
 * The Magical Damage from can harm Troll Warlord severely. Troll doesn't obtain stun ability except passive bash in melee form, which requires walk close to Crystal Maiden in reduced speed.


 * and significantly slows Troll Warlord down, also hurt Troll Warlord a lot.
 * protects and his allies from physical damage while hampering Troll Warlord's movement speed.
 * Troll Warlord has no regen ability, so together with  can harass him very often.


 * disarms you for 3 seconds at level 1, effectively nullifies a gank in early game. At late game, can disarm a hero 4.5s per use and has a 7 second cooldown, rendering Troll useless in teamfight.
 * can save an ally when being initiated on, delaying the effect of burst damage output during and giving 's ally time to react.
 * and can burst Troll Warlord down quickly in early to mid game.


 * can drain your damage output hard, making you useless in teamfight or unable to last hit in lane.
 * allows to chase after Troll Warlord when  deals damage.


 * kites Troll Warlord very often.
 * and deals lots of damage to a hero that stays in the frontline, namely Troll Warlord.
 * makes extremely resilient to Troll's attack damage and extreme attack speed. Consider building  if this becomes a problem.


 * and slows Troll Warlord down, a lot.
 * together with certain items such as allows  to sit and fire at safety distance, if not being initiated on.


 * decreases Troll Warlord damage a lot before he builds up damage items.
 * locks Troll Warlord down, forbidding Troll's ability to chase and escape while dealing constant damage.


 * nullifies most of your damage.
 * turns your fire on an allied hero, which often causes the ally's death due to Troll's immense physical damage.

Items

 * Before he can realise it, Troll Warlord will tear off a chunk of his Health if an enemy activates . If the only targets close enough to Troll Warlord are ones that have Blade Mail activated, Troll Warlord won't have a target to focus on to lifesteal, and is forced to either retreat or eventually die from the attacks of his enemies.
 * Troll Warlord relies solely and on his attack damage to output a lot of damage while maintaining his own survival. will completely disarm Troll Warlord and turn him harmless while his enemies focus him/attempt to escape by blinking or teleporting away.  can also manage to disarm Troll Warlord for 5.5 seconds should he switch to ranged.
 * is generally better than heaven's halberd on Troll Warlord, because its duration is more consistent and doesn't rely on Troll Warlord's current attacking state and provides a longer disarm (along with silencing and muting Troll Warlord) duration should Troll Warlord be in melee range within someone. also guarantees that Troll Warlord won't escape by setting his base movement speed to 100 and preventing him from using any escape items such as.

Good against...

 * provides a 60% miss chance, thus auto attack of has little chance to land on Troll Warlord in laning phase.
 * together with Troll Warlord's high attack speed gives Troll a high chance of passive bash, which allows Troll Warlord to manfight without a net worth disadvantage, even knock him out when Anti-Mage is stunned.
 * Still, beware that Anti-Mage can farm much faster than Troll Warlord after getting . Anti-Mage is capable of killing Troll Warlord with and  with an advantage on items.


 * provides a 60% miss chance, thus 's has little chance to land on Troll Warlord.
 * together with Troll Warlord's high attack speed gives Troll a high chance of passive bash, which allows Troll Warlord to manfight in any stages of the game, even when  gets.


 * is a fearsome fighter who deals damage at melee range. However together with Troll Warlord's high attack speed gives Troll a high chance of passive bash, which allows Troll Warlord to manfight Lifestealer.
 * The passive armor provided by makes Troll resilient to  in early game. The miss chance given by  is useful when  is not activated.


 * Due to and, Troll Warlord has a significant attack speed:
 * He can easily mitigate attack speed slow from
 * He and his allies can knock out very fast.


 * provides a 60% miss chance, and the passive armor provided by makes Troll resilient to physical damage in early game. Thus 's  won't hurt that much.
 * The slow from allows Troll to chase  effectively, given Sven's low movement speed.
 * together with Troll Warlord's high attack speed gives Troll a high chance of passive bash, which allows Troll Warlord to manfight Sven even with.
 * Beware that Sven can farm much faster than Troll Warlord by pulling ancients and clear them with.


 * Due to and, Troll Warlord has a significant attack speed, enabling him and his allies to crush  very fast.
 * usually stays at the front line with no stun or control, thus he is an easy target for Troll Warlord to take out.

Others

 * Due to his passive bash, doesn't care about  that much, as long as he can hit his enemies.
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Works well with...

 * It is relatively simple to coordinate Battle Trance with his . The attack speed could help all your allies near the Chronosphere rather than just Void.
 * Even if his Chronosphere has already been used, Void benefits greatly from Battle Trance to proc additional s.


 * Tiny has some of the highest damage in the game, in exchange for reduced attack speed with . Battle Trance will correct this flaw.


 * Slardar will considerably improve your damage on a target with.
 * Slardar benefits greatly from Battle Trance to proc additional es.


 * It is relatively simple to coordinate Battle Trance with her.


 * Lycan is a reknown solo-pusher. You will help him out greatly with Battle Trance.
 * He will help you out as well with.

Others

 * Any pushers.
 * Any armor reduction.
 * Any extra stun or root can allow Troll to keep hitting a target, building up Fervor stacks and eventually bashing him.

List of heroes that counter Troll Warlord, and list of heroes that work well with Troll Warlord.