Troll Warlord
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Troll Warlord
21 + 2.5
23 + 3.3
13 + 1
| Grants the following bonuses per level: | |
| +55HP and +0.25HP regeneration | |
| +0.55 armor and 3.3 attack speed +3.3 Main Attack Damage | |
| +12MP and +0.05MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance | |
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1200 Projectile Speed
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100 (123)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.3 + 0.3
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0.6
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Default
Gib Type | ||
2013-01-24
Released | ||
2004-05-06
(5.40) | ||
Competitive Span
2013-08-23 — Present | ||
Version Control This article is mostly accurate for 7.38b, the last version this hero was changed in. New interactions that emerged in following patches may have not yet been accounted for. |
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| 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: | |
| Adjectives | Red, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Facets[edit]
Insensitive
Fervor grants bonus armor per stack while in Melee Form.
Bad Influence
Unlocks max attack speed and removes the attack speed cap for Troll while Battle Trance is active.
x0.5 Ally Hero Bonus Attack Speed
Additionally grants allied heroes bonus attack speed bonus while active.
+5 Max Stacks
Upgrades[edit]
Aghanim's[edit]
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
The ranged Whirling Axes now dispel affected enemy units.
Reduces cooldown and mana cost.
Reduces cooldown and mana cost.
The melee Whirling Axes now self-dispels.
Reduces cooldown and mana cost.
Reduces cooldown and mana cost.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Grants a chance with additional chance per stack to throw a ranged-based instant attack at another enemy unit within the search radius.
Talents[edit]
| Battle Trance Applies | 25 | |
|---|---|---|
| +9 Berserker's Rage Armor | 20 | +1.5s Battle Trance Duration |
| +100 | 15 | +5 Fervor Attack Speed |
| +25 Berserker's Rage Move Speed | 10 | +2.5s |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All | ||
Bio[edit]
I suffer the innocents and guilty alike. There are no innocents.▶️Jah'rakal, the Troll Warlord
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.
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:
Innate[edit]
Battle Stance[edit]
Q
G
Battle StanceNo
Affects
Self
Toggle Off swaps back to Ranged Form.
Cast Animation: 
0.2 + 0
Toggle On swaps to Melee Form.
Reduces Troll's base attack time and base attack range in Melee Form.
Reduces Troll's base attack time and base attack range in Melee Form.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0
Attack Range Loss: 
350
Set Base Attack Time: 1.4
Min Attack Range: 150
Berserker's Rage grants the Troll's attacks different bonus correspondingly to the toggled Form.
- This ability is in the first ability slot.
- The transformation is instantaneous and persists
death.
- Does not interrupt Troll's
channeling abilities upon toggling.
- Has an
- The transformation is instantaneous and persists
- Casting the following Whirling Axes ability affects this ability's toggle state:
Battle Stance
.
Whirling Axes
.
- Turns Troll into a melee unit with 150
attack range.
- Does not affect attack range manipulating sources.
Items that use different values for the wielder's attack range-type now considers the caster as a melee unit.
- Turns Troll into a melee unit with 150
- While a ranged attack projectile is traveling, most items considers the traveling projectile a
- While a ranged attack projectile is traveling, most items considers the traveling projectile a
Unacquirable
Unavailable
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_BASE_ATTACK_TIME_CONSTANTMODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACK_RANGE_BONUSMODIFIER_PROPERTY_TRANSLATE_ACTIVITY_MODIFIERSMODIFIER_PROPERTY_TRANSLATE_ATTACK_SOUND- The ability is toggled off once the game starts.
- Has a min 150
- Has a min 150
Hero Model[edit]
Hero Model
Passive / Channeling
Affects
Self
The Troll's hero model has the following hidden 
innate abilities.
He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling, excluding passive innate abilities.
He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling, excluding passive innate abilities.
Has a chance to block a flat amount of physical attack damage from other incoming attacks while in Melee Form.
Proc Chance: 50%
Damage Blocked: 16
Details
Hidden Innate Abilities
Tap on the 
innate abilities for more details.
Abilities[edit]
Whirling Axes (Ranged)[edit]
Hurls a fistful of axes in a cone shape over a distance, slowing and damaging enemy units.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0
Cast Range: 
950
Axes Travel Distance: 950
Axes Radius: 
100
Number of Axes: 5
Damage: 60/80/100/120 (
160/180/200/220)
Move Speed Slow: 40%
Slow Duration: 2.5/3/3.5/4 (
5/5.5/6/6.5)
Toggles Battle Stance off after the ability cast animation.
Has an instant cast time while Battle Trance is active.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Does not affect Roshan at all.
Talent Upgrade
Now applies all ability effects normally on debuff immune units.
Now applies all ability effects normally on debuff immune units.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
The ranged Whirling Axes now dispel affected enemy units.
Reduces cooldown and mana cost.
The ranged Whirling Axes now dispel affected enemy units.
Reduces cooldown and mana cost.
9 (
4)
60 ( 30)
This ability levels up with Whirling Axes (Melee).
Only axes fueled by hate whirl with such a deadly spin.
- Has the following targeting functionalities:
- Both unit-targeting and point-targeting considers
ground-targeting the ability.
- Hence, it neither procs
Spell Block nor procs
Spell Reflection sources.
- Both unit-targeting and point-targeting considers
- Spawns 5 axes in front of Troll's
facing angle which spread up to 25°, each axe affect units within 100 radius around them.
∠ AOQ = 25°and∠ AOS = ∠ SOP = ∠ POF = ∠ FOQ = 6.25°
- Can affect enemy units at max
- The ability's starts at Troll's current position
respectively.
- The total ability area-of-effect is fan-shaped.
- The ability's starts at Troll's current position
- Each axe travels at 1500-
projectile speed, reaching max distance in 0.63 seconds.
- Each axe travels at 1500-
- Multiple overlapping Whirling Axe (Ranged) radius do not stack.
- Spawns 5 axes in front of Troll's
- Automatically toggles Battle Stance
- Whirling Axes (Ranged) has the following ability effects while Battle Trance is active as long as the
point-targeted location is within the
- Has an
- Does not require
facing the point-target location to cast.
- Has an
- Automatically toggles Battle Stance
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
basic dispel.
- Does not affect the following units:
Hidden units.
Invulnerable units.
- Does not affect the following units:
- The
magical
spell damage.
troll_warlord_whirling_axes_slow
- The ability checks if Troll has the pierce debuff immunity
talent learned prior applying the offensive
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
Both Whirling Axes are independent and draftable abilities.
Whirling Axes Slow: Slowed by x%.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE- EXPR
- Spread end radius:
(MaxTravelDistance × 2 × pi × 25° / 360°) / 2
- Spread end radius:
Whirling Axes (Melee)[edit]
Hurls axes around him in a close range area of effect, damaging enemy units and causing them to miss some attacks.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Max Effect Radius: 350
Axe Collision Radius: 100
Number of Axes: 2
Damage: 50/100/150/200 ( 150/200/250/300)
Miss Chance: 60%
Blind Duration: 5 ( 7.5)
Axes Duration: 3
Toggles Battle Stance on after the ability cast animation.
Does not affect Roshan at all.
Talent Upgrade
Now applies all ability effects normally on debuff immune units.
Now applies all ability effects normally on debuff immune units.
9 ( 4)
50 ( 25)
This ability levels up with Whirling Axes (Ranged).
Keep your enemies close.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- Automatically toggles Battle Stance
- All ability effects do not persist upon Troll's
- Centered on Troll upon cast for the entire duration.
- Automatically toggles Battle Stance
- 2 axes travel out at 1250-speed accordingly to Troll's facing angle, toward the east and west, and starts orbiting clockwise while spiraling outward.
- 1.5 seconds after casting, both
projectiles reaches the max effect radius, then returns back to Troll at the same speed.
- Only enemy units within the axe collision radius, circle
, are affected while the projectiles orbit.
- Can affect enemy units at max
- Can affect enemy units at max
- All offensive ability components affect the same enemy units once per cast.
- Only enemy units within the axe collision radius, circle
- The
troll_warlord_whirling_axes_blind- Blind uses
pseudo-random distribution.
- Stacks additively with other blind sources and multiplicatively with
evasion sources.
- Blind uses
- Recasting the ability creates another independent axe instance.
Both Whirling Axes are independent and draftable abilities.
Hidden Modifier
On hidden entity
Whirling Axes Blind: Blinded, have a x% chance to miss.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MISS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK_FAIL- The somersault ability animation is purely visual does not affect Troll's coordinates on the z-axis.
- The
- Although the projectiles move whenever Troll moves, but the actual projectile trajectory may not match the ability animations due to the orbit being a logarithmic spiral.
- The
- The somersault ability animation is purely visual does not affect Troll's coordinates on the z-axis.
Fervor[edit]
D
V
FervorWith each continuous blow on the same target, Troll gains increased attack speed. If Troll changes targets, the stacks drops to nil.
Max Stacks: 10
Attack Speed Bonus per Stack: 15/20/25/30 (
20/25/30/35)
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Grants a chance with additional chance per stack to throw a ranged-based instant attack at another enemy unit within the search radius.
Grants a chance with additional chance per stack to throw a ranged-based instant attack at another enemy unit within the search radius.
Proc Chance: (
16%)
Proc Chance Bonus per Stack: ( 3%)
Search Radius: ( 675)
Bonus Attack Targets: ( 1)
Instant Attack Factor: ( 1)
If at first you don't succeed, strike, strike again.
Insensitive
Fervor grants bonus armor per stack while in Melee Form.
Armor Bonus per Stack: 1
Bad Influence
During Battle Trance, Fervor has increased max stacks.
Max Stacks: 15
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
troll_warlord_fervor- Checks and removes the current Fervor stacks upon the first attack on the new target, if stacks are present.
- Attacks redirected by Bulwark is considered as attacking a new target.
- Each successful attack that connects with the attacked unit grants the buff or increases the stack value, and update the ability values of the whole stack. This affects the following things:
- Upon the attack
- Hence, neither
- Upon the attack
- Checks and removes the current Fervor stacks upon the first attack on the new target, if stacks are present.
- Troll's attack instance.
- Adds another passive component to Fervor.
- Upon proc, Troll launches a
secondary ranged-based attack projectile on a visible secondary enemy unit, prioritizing heroes, within the search radius, regardless of the current Battle Stance.
- Considers
clones,
illusions and
buildings as heroes,
creep-heroes and
Couriers as creeps.
- Considers
- Fervor uses
- Neither procs on nor attacks the same target, if the primary attacked target is the lone target within the search radius.
- Does not proc on other instant attack sources.
- Does not proc while attacking the following units:
- The
instant attack component has the following properties:
- Utilizies Troll's attack
- Procs any
attack modifiers and on-cast effects as per normal.
- Does not proc Berserker's Rage's
root component.
- Does not proc Berserker's Rage's
- Do not have
True Strike.
- Not affected by
disarm sources.
- Utilizies Troll's attack
- Upon proc, Troll launches a
Does not disable the 
buff stack gain.
However, existing stacks no longer grants the bonus
attack speed.
However, existing stacks no longer grants the bonus
Fervor: Attack speed increased by x.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_BONUS_CONSTANTMODIFIER_PROPERTY_PHYSICAL_ARMOR_BONUSMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACKMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK_LANDED- Grants the following bonus
- LEVEL 1LEVEL 2LEVEL 3LEVEL 4
Base
()
150 200 250 300
(350)
(225 300 375 450
(350)
- The
- For heroes with 0-attack
- Increases
attack damage by an average of
16% + 3% × f(Stack). - For
- Increases
- For heroes with 0-attack
Berserker’s Rage[edit]
Passive
Affects
Self / Enemy Units
Grants different bonuses corresponding to the current Battle Stance.
Attacks in Ranged Form on the affected enemy unit have a chance to additionally slow and deal bonus physical spell damage.
Proc Chance: 20%
Spell Damage: 8/16/24/32
Move Speed Slow: 8%/16%/24%/32%
Attack Speed Slow: 8/16/24/32
Slow Duration: 0.8/1.2/1.6/2
Attacks in Melee Form have a chance to root the affected enemy unit.
Proc Chance: 14%/16%/18%/20%
Root Duration: 0.8/1.2/1.6/2
Melee Form passively grants Troll bonus armor and bonus movement speed.
Armor Bonus: 4/5/6/7 (
13/14/15/16)
Move Speed Bonus: 15/25/35/45 (
40/50/60/70)
Like his anger, Troll Warlord's supply of axes is infinite.
- Berserker's Rage uses
- Does not work on the following units:
Allied units.
Ward-type units.
- Does not work on the following units:
- Checks Troll's current
- The ability effects are applied as follows upon proc:
- The
physical
troll_warlord_berserkers_rage_maim- Troll's attack instance.
- The
troll_warlord_berserkers_rage_ensnare- Applies the following effects to the debuff-affected enemy unit:
- Troll's attack instance.
- Checks Troll's current
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_PROCATTACK_BONUS_DAMAGE_PHYSICALMODIFIER_PROPERTY_PRE_ATTACKMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_CONSTANTMODIFIER_PROPERTY_PHYSICAL_ARMOR_BONUSMODIFIER_PROPERTY_EXTRA_HEALTH_PERCENTAGEBerserker's Rage: You're ensared by an enraged Troll!
MODIFIER_STATE_INVISIBLEMODIFIER_STATE_ROOTEDBerserker's Rage: You're maimed by an enraged Troll!
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_BONUS_CONSTANT- Grants flat
bonus armor.
- Has 305/315/325/335 (
movement speed.
- Grants flat
Battle Trance[edit]
No
Affects
Self
Unleashes a powerful battle trance, that forces Troll to continuously attack the closest enemy unit, prioritizing heroes, within the radius.
Grants Troll bonus lifesteal, bonus attack speed, and bonus movement speed.
Grants Troll bonus lifesteal, bonus attack speed, and bonus movement speed.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Enemy Search Radius: 900
Lifesteal: 
40%/60%/80%
Attack Speed Bonus: 140/170/200
Move Speed Bonus: 25%/30%/35%
Duration: 6.5 (
8)
Lifesteal is less effective on creeps.
Lifesteal Factor: 0.6
Troll's health cannot go lower than the health threshold while Battle Trance is active.
Health Threshold: 1
Set Min Health: 1
90/80/70
150
An adrenaline rush of pure hatred quickens your blades.
Bad Influence
Unlocks max attack speed and removes the attack speed cap for Troll while Battle Trance is active.
Additionally grants allied heroes bonus attack speed bonus while active.
- Interrupts Troll's
- Grants the following bonuses upon cast:
- Either the
strong dispel.
-
- The strong dispel
talent allows Battle Trance to be cast while being
disabled, except when affected by the following sources:
- While Troll
- Hex sources.
Silence sources.
- While Troll
- Troll can no longer
shift-queue this ability upon learning the
- The strong dispel
-
- Prevents death utilizing the min health mechanic.
- Troll cannot die to damage instances, including
HP Removal sources of the following:
- False Promise's delayed damage.
- Stops Ice Blast kill health threshold from killing him.
- Does not protect Troll from the following
instant kill sources:
- Culling Blade's kill threshold.
- When
troll_warlord_battle_trance- When there is no valid enemy units for Troll to attack while active, all orders function as per normal.
- If there is a valid enemy unit within the search radius, the ability applies
troll_warlord_battle_trance_visionon the nearestvisible enemy unit, prioritizing the enemy heroes utilizing auto-attack rules.
- Considers
- Attack immune units.
Invisible units or units without vision over them.
- Units with low auto-attack priority.
- Considers
- Either the
- Interrupts Troll's
- Has the following ability effects while
troll_warlord_battle_trance_visionis active:- Invalidates all other manual attack orders and movement orders.
- Grants the following ability effects:
- Stacks additively with other lifesteal sources.
Phase movement
- Explicitly unslowable by
- Flat bonus attack speed
- Unlocks max attack speed and removes the 700 attack speed cap.
Exposes the attacked unit.
- Does not grant
True Sight.
- Does not grant
- Automatically orders and forces Troll to attack the target per
server tick. This affects the following things:
- Interrupts all current
- Only abilities with
InstantCast , 0 < CastPoint ≤ 0.033can be cast due to the server tick limits. - Cast orders from abilities with
≥ 150
- Interrupts all current
- Automatically orders and forces Troll to attack the target per
- Troll sticks to the attacked target once the debuff is active, and only switches to a different target in the following conditions:
- Upon its
- Becomes an invalid attackable unit in any way.
- When the target is no longer within the enemy search radius.
- Upon its
- Troll sticks to the attacked target once the debuff is active, and only switches to a different target in the following conditions:
Battle Trance: Granting x attack speed, x% movement speed, and lifesteal. Troll cannot die during Battle Trance.
MODIFIER_STATE_UNSLOWABLEMODIFIER_STATE_NO_UNIT_COLLISIONMODIFIER_STATE_IGNORING_STOP_ORDERSMODIFIER_STATE_IGNORING_MOVE_AND_ATTACK_ORDERSMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_BONUS_CONSTANTMODIFIER_PROPERTY_IGNORE_ATTACKSPEED_LIMITMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MIN_HEALTHMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ORDERMODIFIER_PROPERTY_SLOW_RESISTANCE_STACKINGMODIFIER_PROPERTY_PHYSICAL_LIFESTEALBattle Trance Aura: Grants x attack speed.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_BONUS_CONSTANTBattle Trance: Troll Warlord has you in his sights!
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_PROVIDES_FOW_POSITIONRecent Matches[edit]
Main Article: Troll Warlord/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2025 - 12:00 SGT | Tier 3 | EPL World SEA S4 | 0 : 1 | |||||
| Apr 11, 2025 - 11:05 CEST | Tier 3 | EPL Season 25 | 1 : 0 | |||||
| Apr 11, 2025 - 10:00 CEST | Tier 3 | CCT Series 8 | 1 : 0 | |||||
| Apr 11, 2025 - 14:05 SGT | Tier 3 | EPL World SEA S4 | 0 : 1 | |||||
| Apr 10, 2025 - 16:00 CEST | Tier 2 | FISSURE Special | 0 : 1 |
Recent Changes[edit]
Description
- Fervor no longer procs additional instant attacks when attacking the following units:
- Battle Trance
- Now follows the
Bad Influence
- Now removes the attack speed limit.
- Increased ally attack speed bonus factor from 0.4 to 0.5 upon cat.
- Increases Fervor max stacks by 5 upon cast.
- Now follows the
- No longer increases Fervor max stacks by 4.
Talents:
- LVL 10 +2s Whirling Axes (Melee) / Whirling Axes (Ranged) debuff duration increased to +2.5s.
- LVL 20 +8 Berserker's Rage armor increased to +9.
Dota Plus Progress[edit]
Main Article: Hero Challenges
Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.
| Troll Warlord's Relics | Voice Lines | |
|---|---|---|
Life Stolen Physical Damage Damage From Invisibility Towers Destroyed Kill Assists Kills |
Bronze |
|
Silver |
||
Gold |
||
Platinum |
| |
Master |
| |
Grandmaster |
| |
Equipment[edit]
| Sets | |
|---|---|
| Weapon | |
| Shoulder | |
| Taunt | |
Trivia[edit]
- Troll Warlord is one of the oldest heroes from the original DotA in Reign of Chaos DotA.
- 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's alternate name in DotA was Cory Clark a nod to the famous internet troll.
- Battle Trance's ▶️ sound effect is based on ▶️ this and ▶️ this line combined.
- Whirling Axes's cast response ▶️ "Axes of evil." is a reference to the term "Axis of Evil" which former U.S. president George W. Bush coined and used many times during his presidency.
- Warcraft 3 similarities:
- Troll Warlord uses the model of the Forest Troll Warlords, a big neutral creep.
- Troll Warlord's rare front-spin idle animation is inspired by a similar back-spin animation of the neutral Trolls in Warcraft.
- Fervor's original iteration was identical to the Tauren Chieftain's Endurance Aura, with no movement speed bonus.
- Troll Warlord's old ability, Blind, was identical to the Banshee's Curse.
- Troll Warlord uses the model of the Forest Troll Warlords, a big neutral creep.
Gallery[edit]
Splash artwork
Concept art
Concept art
Concept art
Ability icon progress
Hero icon progress
Bone Harvest sprite - alive
Bone Harvest sprite - dead