Bash those skulls!! Updated for 7.00

Honestly, Doto is such a flexible game that whatever Troll Warlord skill build picks doesn't matter in the long run. Many kind of his build brings similar DPS. All three skills bring many kinds of utility, how you play and your teammate heroes is the deciding factor.

What he needs to do essentially is to go online quick like many carries these days. Hence the most important in the end is how the item progression goes.

well damn....

such is the power of 9k MMR. Dem power farming with a team that stacks camps and a hero that syncs well with Troll, Magnus. A carry's dream in pubs.

I have never thought to disassemble Dragon Lance to Sange and Yasha or else I whould have put it here, but then again, this is 9k guy we are talking about. I'll probably do some adjustment in the future, after some testing.

About skill build... hmm... have to try that, when team has compatible heroes.

Thanks for the video, an eye opening.

Considering this maths, i do believe you are talking of stationary targets that won't move about or atun you back.

You need maxed beraerjers rage to manfight. You need that 2 secind stun to dole out your dps. And you won't be getting that with fervor.

Nevertheless, i can see the gain with fervor, so if your team has lockdown you can go for it

Holy ****, the world needs more people like you. +1 for you.

Thanks for clarifying up. I always feel maxing Fervor is good, nice to see the math behind me supports my feelings.

He is vulnerable to ganks in early game like most carries, that has never changed from previous patches. His lack of innate escape ability will never let him able to escape from ganks. Even maxed Berserker's Rage and Phase Boots is a mediocre escape at best (but better than none).

Play like other agility carry, let your teammates be meat shield for you, haha.

On another note, this is another reason to max Fervor so he can farm jungle on the other side of gank hunts and to use the space created from your team to take unguarded towers fast.

Thanks for the feedback.

Buying Sange and Yasha will need you to spend 30 minutes just to farm for it with Quelling Blade and Helm of the Dominator. DL will cut you down to 19:00 minutes, and that's after having a bad lane against Undying and Witch Doctor lane combo and my partner feeds first blood (and leech exp at that) to them.

OH and death ball strat is not very good these days, not when the comeback gold will bite your team's ***es if you fail just once. Having carry that can farm fast and goes online quick is far preferable.

Besides, you should have teammates to prevent the Deathball no matter what kind of strat you go, unless you are in a team full of newbies and filled with carries, then you are, in a crude way, already lose from the start.

Since you are carry, you need and should have space to farm no matter what, only that you should use that space as little as possible in this current meta. If you cannot farm even after dodging many gank attempts and your team doesn't take any objective while you create space, it's your team's fault.

Like other carries, You should find yourself out of ganks way, This is the one of the line that divides a bad carry from being a good carry. Even without wards protecting you, you should be always aware of the map. 3 to 4 enemy heroes missing or the one who is most dangerous is missing? Farm closer to your base and towers so your team can quickly cover for you if they do indeed come to gank.

Unfortunately, reading where enemies are going is a skill only for people who has playing Dota 2 for a long time, and only experience will let newbies know.

About your skill build... is your choice I suppose, there is merit in leveling that Whirling Axes, manfighting them with AoE 300 magical damage nuke (combination of Ranged and Melee).

Although I have my own opinion, most people already running away when they see spinning axes around you, and that makes bashing them harder. But I find my Troll deal way more damage with maxed Fervor, Phase Boots, level 1 Battle Trance, Helm of the Dominator in the same second than maxed Whirling Axes does. Dragon Lance is the item that prevents you to get blown up in 1 second by one or 2 nukes and getting full stacks of Fervor is never the intention, it's the stacks attack speed bonus per stack. Another reason, Maxing Fervor also makes you get faster stacks.

Besides, Whirling Axes (Melee) has a range that sucks balls. You are most likely already kited to death before able to cast it (Experiencing it myself so many times).

Although It is not bad, maybe when you are covered by Infused Raindrops it will become viable. Needs testing however.

Thanks for the input.