Troll Warlord

Troll Warlord #97 21 + 2.5 21 + 2.5 13 + 1
	Grants the following bonuses per point of attribute:
	+22HP and +0.09HP regeneration
	+0.17 armor and 1 attack speed; +1 main attack damage
	+12MP and +0.05MP regeneration; +0.1% base magic resistance
	Release Date: 2013-01-24
L0	Base Hero Values
L1	⤷ + Base Attributes
L15	⤷ + Attribute Gain
L25	⤷ + 6 levels of Attribute Bonus
L30	⤷ + 7 levels of Attribute Bonus
	All values shown are without talent bonuses.
Attack Animation	0.3 + 0.3
Gib Type	Default
Internal	Not Provided


Swaps between ranged and melee attacks at will.
Jah'rakal is an intolerable scoundrel, even for a troll. As such, being kicked out of the troll encampment only served to fuel his anger. The next day, he returned with axes in hand, and slew his former comrades in a Berserker's Rage. With each passing blow, the self-styled Troll Warlord accelerates his swings in an irate Fervor. Instantly able to swap between melee and ranged attacks, he throws his Whirling Axes to cripple from afar, while chopping down adjacent foes. To challenge Jah'rakal is to invite one's own death. The Troll Warlord enters a Battle Trance, channeling pure hatred into unequaled speed as he rampages forward, decimating his opponents in a storm of bloody axes.

Roles:	Carry Pusher Disabler Durable
Complexity:
Adjectives:	Legs `( 2 )`

Bio[]

Jah'rakal, the Troll Warlord

▶️ "I suffer the innocents and guilty alike. There are no innocents."

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

Abilities[]

Berserker's Rage

QG

Ability
Toggle

Affects
Self / Enemies

Damage
Magical

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 increased attack speed.

Whirling Axes has different functionality while Berserker's Rage is active.

Cast Animation: +

Armor Bonus: 6

Movement Speed Bonus: 10/20/30/40

Attack Range Loss: 350

Base Attack Time: 1.45

Root Chance: 10%/12%/14%/16%

Root Duration: 0.8/1.2/1.6/2

0

Modifiers

Berserkers Rage

Berserkers Rage Ensnare

Any

Like his anger, Troll Warlord's supply of axes is infinite.

Berserker's Rage does not interrupt Troll Warlord's channeling spells upon cast.

When toggling on, disables Whirling Axes (Ranged) and then enables Whirling Axes (Melee).

When toggling off, all changes are reverted and he becomes a ranged unit again.

Turns Troll Warlord into a melee unit with 150 attack range, meaning items treat him as such (e.g. Battle Fury, Stout Shield).

When toggling on while a ranged projectile is flying, it is treated as a melee attack by items, but cannot root with Berserker's Rage.
- This means that it can cleave in an area behind the target if Troll Warlord has Battle Fury, he gains the stronger lifesteal from Vladmir's Offering, and items such as Quelling Blade, Sange and Eye of Skadi use the melee attack values.

Berserker's Rage persists through Troll Warlord's death. If Berserker's Rage was active upon death, he respawns with it activated.

The proccing attack first applies the debuff, then its own damage.

The root of Berserker's Rage uses pseudo-random distribution.

The root does not work against allied units, wards and buildings.

Whirling Axes (Ranged)

WE

Ability
Target Point

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Troll hurls a fistful of five axes in a cone shape over 1000 range, slowing and damaging enemy units.

Cast Animation: +

Cast Range: 1000

Axes Travel Distance: 1000

Axes Radius: 100

Axes Spread End Radius: 206.17

Damage: 75 (

150)

Move Speed Slow: 40%

Slow Duration: 2.5/3/3.5/4

9 (

3)

50

Modifiers

Whirling Axes Slow

Any

Only axes fueled by hate whirl with such a deadly spin.

Whirling Axes (Ranged) is only available when Berserker's Rage is toggled off.

The axes travel at a speed of 1500, taking 0.67 seconds to travel the full distance.

Spawns 5 axes which spread up to 25 degrees and affect units within 100 radius around them.

Has no starting radius, the axes spawn at one point in front of Troll Warlord. So the total area is shaped like a cone.

Can hit units up to 1100 range away (travel distance + axes radius).

The axes first apply the damage, then the debuff.

Whirling Axes (Melee)

EF

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Troll hurls two axes around him in a close range area of effect, damaging enemy units and causing them to miss some attacks.

Cast Animation: +

Spin Radius: 350

Axes Radius: 100

Damage: 75/125/175/225 (

150/200/250/300)

Miss Chance: 60%

Blind Duration: 5

Whirl Duration: 3

9 (

3)

50

Modifiers

Whirling Axes Melee

Whirling Axes Blind

Any

Keep your enemies close.

Whirling Axes (Melee) is only available when Berserker's Rage is toggled on.

Interrupts Troll Warlord's channeling spells upon cast.

If Troll Warlord dies, the spell ends and the axes disappear.

The axes always spawn towards east and west at Troll Warlord's position and rotate clock-wise.

The axes travel at a speed of 1250 and move out at a speed of 233.33 until reaching the max distance in 1.5 seconds, and then move back to Troll Warlord at the same speed.

Only units within 100 range of an axe get damaged and blind

Can hit units up to 450 range away (max spin radius + axes radius).

The full damage and debuff is dealt the first time a unit comes in contact with an axe, being hit by the other axe does not deal extra damage or reapply the debuff.

The axes first apply the damage, then the debuff.

The visual effects of this spell are offset and do not reflect the actual currently affected area.

Fervor

DV

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

With each continuous blow on the same target, Troll gains increased attack speed. If Troll changes targets, the stacks drop to half of the current value.

Max Stacks: 12 (

15)

Attack Speed Bonus per Stack: 15/20/25/30

Modifiers

Fervor

If at first you don't succeed, strike, strike again.

Troll Warlord gains or loses stacks as soon as his attacks land on the target.
- This means that missed or disjointed attacks do not count, and in ranged form, it reacts on projectile hit, not launch.

This is how much attack speed Fervor grants with a certain amount of stacks on each level.
- Level 1: 15/30/45/60/75/90/105/120/135/150/165/180 ( /195/210/225)
- Level 2: 20/40/60/80/100/120/140/160/180/200/220/240 ( /260/280/300)
- Level 3: 25/50/75/100/125/150/175/200/225/250/275/300 ( /325/350/375)
- Level 4: 30/60/90/120/150/180/210/240/270/300/330/360 ( /390/420/450)

When already having stacks, the first attack against a new target halves the current stacks stacks, without granting a new stack.
- When having an odd amount of stacks, the value is rounded down.

Works against any unit, including allies, wards and buildings.

Battle Trance

RR

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self

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, movement speed, damage, cleave, and Invulnerability. Applies a Basic Dispel.

Cast Animation: +

Enemy Search Radius: 900

Cleave Starting Radius: 150

Cleave Distance: 360

Cleave End Radius: 650

Cleave Damage: 74%

Damage Bonus: 20% (

40%)

Lifesteal: 40%/60%/80%

Movement Speed Bonus: 30%/35%/40%

Attack Speed Bonus: 140/170/200

Duration: 6.5

90

150

Modifiers

Battle Trance

An adrenaline rush of pure hatred quickens your blades.

Battle Trance interrupts Troll Warlord's channeling spells upon cast.

Applies a basic dispel on Troll Warlord upon cast.

While active, Troll Warlord cannot be given any order at all if an enemy is within the search radius. If not, he can be controlled normally.

Once having chosen a target, Troll Warlord sticks with it until it cannot be attacked anymore.
- When cast while already attacking a unit, Troll Warlord sticks to that unit as well.

Does not target buildings, wards, or invulnerable or ethereal enemies.

Grants Troll Warlord 100% incoming damage reduction, so he cannot be damaged at all during Battle Trance.

Only increases base damage and that given by the primary attribute. Raw bonus damage is not increased.

The unit's current main damage is periodically checked, and the bonuses adapted instantly.

Cleave damage cannot be amplified with spell damage amplification and cannot spell lifesteal.

The complete area is shaped like an isosceles trapezoid in front of Troll Warlord.

Fully stacks with other sources of cleaves. Each source of cleave works completely independent.

Does not cleave upon attacking wards, buildings or allied units. Wards and buildings are unaffected by cleave.

Despite the visual effect, cleave damage is applied instantly in the whole area.

Talents[]

Hero Talents
Battle Trance 20% Bonus Damage	25	-6s Whirling Axes Cooldown
+50 Damage	20	20% Evasion
+75 Whirling Axes Damage	15	+3 Max Fervor Stacks
+250 Health	10	+10 Agility

Notes:

The health talent increases maximum health capacity, and keeps the current health percentage.
The agility talent effectively grants Troll Warlord 2 armor, 12.5 attack speed, 0.63% movement speed and 10 attack damage.
This attack damage talent is added as raw attack damage, so it does not benefit illusions, and is not affected by most percentage-based damage increasing or reducing effects.
The evasion talent stacks multiplicatively with other sources of evasion.