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  • Dota 2 - Abaddon Build Guide

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    BIO
    The Font of Avernus is the source of a family's strength, a crack in primal stones from which vapors of prophetic power have issued for generations. Each newborn of the cavernous House Avernus is bathed in the black mist, and by this baptism they are given an innate connection to the mystic energies of the land. They grow up believing themselves fierce protectors of their lineal traditions, the customs of the realm--but what they really are protecting is the Font itself. And the motives of the mist are unclear.

    When the infant Abaddon was bathed in the Font, they say something went awry. In the child's eyes there flared a light of comprehension that startled all present and set the sacerdotes to whispering. He was raised with every expectation of following the path all scions of Avernus took--to train in war, that in times of need he might lead the family's army in defense of the ancestral lands. But Abaddon was always one apart. Where others trained with weapons, he bent himself to meditation in the presence of the mist. He drank deep from the vapors that welled from the Font, learning to blend his spirit with the potency that flowed from far beneath the House; he became a creature of the black mist.

    There was bitterness within the House Avernus--elders and young alike accusing him of neglecting his responsibilities. But all such accusations stopped when Abaddon rode into battle, and they saw how the powers of the mist had given him mastery over life and death beyond those of any lord the House had ever known.

    INTRODUCTION
    Abaddon is the most manly hero in Dota. he should become the beast to his team. He should come first in every teamfight and slay enemy in the frontline. He have some nice tanking skill which will really helps him to become a decent tank. He can also become a nuker on early game with his Shield + Mist Coil. And not just that, he can also become a decent carry because he have askill to increase the movemenet speed and also the attack speed.
    PROSCONS
    Provide protection to all teammatesHis Mist Coil can't heal himself
    Can recover HP from enemy's attackDon't have a disable
    Have a nice slower
    Dota 2 - Abaddon Build Guide
    ROLE
    Melee - Carry -  Durable

    STATS
    LEVEL11525
    HIT POINTS5871,3052,198SIGHT RANGE1800 / 800
    MANA2736371,157ATTACK RANGE128
    DAMAGE55-6593-103140-150MISSILE SPEEDN/A
    ARMOR2510

    ABILITIES
    1. Mist Coil
    Abaddon releases a coil of deathly mist that can damage an enemy unit or heal a friendly unit at the cost of some of Abaddon's health.
    MANA COST: 75/75/75/75COOLDOWN: 5
    ABILITY: UNIT TARGETAFFECTS: HEROES
    DAMAGE: MAGICALSELF DAMAGE: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125
    DAMAGE/HEAL: 100 / 150 / 200 / 250
    A skill to give damage to enemy and also if it casted on ally, it will gives heal.
    Can be use to faster the exploding of your 2nd skill: Aphotic Shield.
    Remember that the ability gives yourself a damage too. Can kill yourself if your Hp is below 125 and your ultimate is still on cooldown.
    Unfortunately, this skill can't heal yourself.

    2. Aphotic Shield
    Summons dark energies around an ally unit, creating a shield that absorbs a set amount of damage before expiring. When the shield is destroyed it will burst and deal damage equal to the amount it could absorb to an area around it. Removes certain types of negative buffs and stuns on cast.
    MANA COST: 100/105/110/115COOLDOWN: 12/10/8/6
    ABILITY: UNIT TARGETCAFFECTS: ALLIED UNITS
    DURATION: 15MAX DAMAGE ABSORBED: 110 / 140 / 170 / 200
    BURST RADIUS: 675
    Absorb enemy's damage, and the absorbed damage will explode and damaging the enemy itself. So good to keep your teammates alive while being ganked and in a teamfight too. You can sue the explode for faming too, it will increase your Gold per minute.

    3. Curse of Avernus
    Abaddon strikes an enemy with chilling curse on each attack, causing all units who attack the slowed enemy to gain increased movement speed, along with faster attack speed, for a limited time.
    ABILITY: PASSIVEDEBUFF DURATION: 2.5
    BUFF DURATION: 4.5SLOW: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20
    MOVE SPEED BONUS: 15%ATTACK SPEED BONUS: 10 / 20 / 30 / 40
    Slow down enemies and also gives enemy a buff so that if someone attack the buffed target, the attacker will get bonus attack speed and also bonus movement speed. So good skill on cahsing any enemy. And also gives youe the ability to carry the game because of the additional attack speed you gain.

    4. Borrowed Time

    When activated, most negative buffs will be removed and any damage you take will heal instead of damaging you. If the ability is not in cooldown, it will passively activate when your hitpoints drop below a certain threshold. Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
    MANA COST: 0/0/0COOLDOWN: 60/50/40
    ABILITY: NO TARGETHP THRESHOLD: 400
    DURATION: 3 / 4 / 5SCEPTER DURATION: 5 / 6 / 7
    A skill to isntantly convert every enemy's damage in the duration into your HP. A diving skill that makes you can survive in the front lane of every battle, Becaue if you receive damage you will be healthier than before, so you can stand still on the teamfight.
    The enemy should not to attack you while in the duration. That's the way to counter this ability. But, because no one can damaging while in this phase, so you can freely attack the opponent.

    Eul scepter or some lockdown abilities like Outworld Devourer's Astral Imprisonmenrt or Shadow Demon's Disruption will makes you don't receive anything from this skill.
    .

    SKILLBUILD
    Level 1: Aphotic Shield
    Level 2: Mist Coil
    Level 3: Mist Coil
    Level 4: Aphotic Shield
    Level 5: Mist Coil
    Level 6: Borrowed Time
    Level 7: Mist Coil
    Level 8: Aphotic Shield
    Level 9 : Aphotic Shield
    Level 10: Curse of Avernus
    Level 11: Borrowed Time
    Level 12: Curse of Avernus
    Level 13: Curse of Avernus
    Level 14: Curse of Avernus
    Level 15: Stats
    Level 16: Borrowed Time
    Level 17-25: Stats

    Why maxed Aphotic Shield first?  This is your main skill for diving and surviving in every situation in the game. You need the defense the most. You are an initiator. The blast damage is also good for farming creeps.

    Why maxed Mist Coil before Curse of Avernus?  You need Mist Coil more on early-mid game because you need the damage to nuke down enemies and also you need the heal to save your friend's life. The later the game gets, the less efeective a nuke will be.
    Curse of Avernus is a skill to boost the attack speed. On early game, nuke is dominant, and in the late game, attack damage is dominant. So no need to hurry to increase this ability.

    STRATEGY
    Early Game
    As a semi-carru, you can get last hits on the early game. Last hits is quiet easy with this hero because your basic damage is high. On this laning phase, always keep an eye on the rune spot where usually the enemy comes from. They may come to you to kill you. Ask your support to always replace the Observer Ward.

    Mid Game
    Mid game is the ganking time! Everybody will roam around the map and find somebody to kill. It's your time to roam too. Don't forget to buy the Smoke of Deceit to hid from enemy's Observer Ward.

    You have some ganking skill here. So if you want to initiate in a gank, what you need to do is:
    1. Comunicate with your teammates about who should be ganked, you should focus fire on 1 hero in a gank, because if you don't communicate well you may attack the A person and your teammates attack the B person, and that is a bad gank and can lead to failure on getting the kill.
    2. Prepare the items needed in the gank:
    a. Use Smoke of Deceit
    b. Prepare Dust, Sentry Wards, or Gem if you will gank an invisible hero like Rikimaru, Clinkz, or Nyx Assassin
    c. Cast the Aphotic Shield to defend yourself
    d. Run towards the squishiest hero
    e. Kill him

    Late Game
    You are considered a carry. So you need to boost your damage the most. By buying nice items, I hope you can win every teamfight here. Your place in every strat is in the front line. You are the bravest hero of Dota. You should tank all damages and make all your friends can easily harass the enemy hero.

    And if your team won the teamfight, you have two options:
    1. You can get the Aegis for your team's main hero or
    2. Your team can push enemy base and destrouy their buildings. Choose wisely!

    ITEM BUILD
    1. Starting
    Cost: 225
    Shield: Block creep's damage
    Ring: Additional defense
    Tango: HP recovery for early game

    2. Early game
    Basillus: For mana regen
    Wand: To save your life when on a difficult situation
    Orb of Venom: To slow down enemy's movement

    3.  Power Threads
    Total cost: 1400
    Recipe: Gloves of Haste, Boots of Speed, Belt og Giant Strength/ Robe of Magi/ Band of Elvenskin
     Power Threads, Dota 2 - Chaos Knight Build Guide
    Active: Switch Attribute - Changes selected attribute between Strength, Agility and Intelligence.
    Flat movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack. + 55 Movement Speed
    + 8 Selected Attribute   + 30 Attack Speed
    Why Power Threads? It will gives you attack speed, that's what you need, attack speed and damages. Power threads is also a flexible shoes, you can change it to STR, AGI, or INT for what you need.
    STR for Survivability, AGI for attack speed, and INT for mana.

    4. Mekansm
    Total cost: 2306
    Recipe: Headress + Buckler + Recipe
    Mekansm, Dota 2 - Shadow Shaman Build Guide
    Active: Restore - Heals 250 HP and gives +2 armor in an area.
    Passive: Mekansm Aura - Bonus HP Regen in an area.
    Multiple instances of Mekansm Aura do not stack
    + 5 All Attributes
    + 5 Armor
    BONUS HP REGEN: 4
    Mana:150   Cooldown:45
    Why Mekansm? Heal for all allies in AoE, is a must for teamfights.

    5. Sange & Yasha
    Total cost: 4100
    Recipe: Sange (Ogre Axe, Belt of Giant Strength) + Yasha (Blade of Alacrity + Boots of Elvenskin)
    Sange & Yasha, Dota 2 - Chaos Knight Build Guide
    Passive: Greater Maim - Gives a chance on attack to slow movement speed for 4.0 seconds.
    Percentage based movement speed bonuses from multiple items do not stack. + 12 Damage
    + 16 Strength    + 16 Agility    + 15 Attack Speed     + 12% Movement Speed
    MAIM CHANCE: 15%    SLOW: 30%
    Why Sange & Yasha? It will makes you more tanky, more damage, more attack speed and more movement speed + gives a slower with you attack. Very good item for a carry-tanker like you.

    6. Assault Cuirass
    Total cost:: 5300
    Recipe: Platemail, Hyperstone, Chainmail, Recipe
    Assault Cuirass, Dota 2 - Chaos Knight Build Guide
    Passive: Assault Aura - Grants attack speed and armor to nearby allied units, and decreases armor for nearby enemies. Multiple instances of Assault Aura do not stack.
    + 35 Attack Speed     + 10 Armor       AURA ATTACK SPEED: 20
    AURA BONUS ARMOR: 5                ARMOR REDUCTION: 5
    Why Assault Cuirass?
    Increase attack speed that makes your damage flowing rapidly, it is very good because you already have very high damage, it also gives you +aura for the team and your clones.
    +Armor aura is very important for late game, so good for increasing team's defense.
    - Armor aura is important for late game too because thr damage dealt from your teams will be increased

    7. Heart of Tarrasque
    Total cost: 5500
    Recipe: Reaver + Vitality Booster
    Heart of Tarrasque, Dota 2 - Chaos Knight Build Guide

    Passive: Health Regeneration - Restores a percentage of max health per second.
    This ability is disabled if damage is taken from an enemy Hero or Roshan within the last 4 seconds if your hero is melee or 6 seconds if your hero is ranged.
    + 40 Strength   + 300 Health     HEALTH RESTORED: 2%    Cooldown:
    Why Heart of Tarrasque? Makes you tanky. So good item for late game.

    8. Shiva's Guard  
    Total cost: 4700
    Recipe: Plate Mail + Mystic Staff + Recipe                                                  
    Shiva's Guard, earthshaker, dota 2
    Active: Arctic Blast - Emits a freezing wave that does 200 damage to enemies and slows their movement by -40% for 4.0 seconds.
    Passive: Freezing Aura - Reduces attack speed on enemies.
    Multiple instances of Freezing Aura do not stack.
    + 30 Intelligence   + 15 Armor    AURA SLOW: 25%
    Manacost: 100   Cooldown:   30
    Why Shiva's? This item is very good in teamfights, With the slowing of attack speed and movement speed, the enemy will hardly move and attack on the teamfight. A nice defense mechanism for your team.

    And don't forget this for the late game
    9. Boots of Travel
    Total cost: 2450
    Recipe: Boots of Speed + Recipe
    Boots of Travel, Dota 2 - Bloodseeker Build Guide
    Active: Teleport - Teleports you to an allied non-hero unit or structure.
    Flat movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack. + 100 Movement Speed
    Manacost: 75   Cooldown60
    Why Boots of Travel? With the creeps becoming more powerful in pushing your base, you need fast teleport to save your Ancient.
    Also, this item will give you 1 free slot that is saved for Teleport Scroll if you don't have this Boots
  • Dota 2 - Skywrath Mage Build Guide

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    BIO
    A highly placed mage in the court of the Ghastly Eyrie, Dragonus lives a troubled existence. Sworn by birth to protect whoever sits within the Nest of Thorns, he hates the current Skywrath queen with all his soul. As a youth, high-born, he was a friend and companion to the eldest Skywrath princess, Shendelzare, first in line for the Nest. He had loved her warmly and unshakably, but as his studies took hold, his mind turned to arcane learning and the mastery of Skywrath sorcery.

    Obsessed with matters aetherial, he missed the mundane signs of courtly treachery that hinted at a plot against Shendelzare, and lost his chance to foil it. When the court was shaken by a swift and violent coup, he emerged from his studies to discover his oldest and dearest friend had been lost to him. The Nest of Thorns now belonged to Shendelzare's ruthless younger sister, and Dragonus could do nothing. The magic of the Skywrath Mage serves only the sworn protector of the Skywrath scion, so to act against the Nest would render him helpless. He clings to his post, believing it to be the best hope of one day restoring his true love to her rightful place. Meanwhile, his secret is known only to the goddess Scree'auk, whose magic it was transformed Shendelzare from a crippled physical creature into an embodiment of pure vengeful energy.

    While he dreams of restoring his beloved queen to the Ghastly Eyrie, he dreams even more desperately of restoring Shendelzare herself to a fully healed physical form. The duplicity of his role at court tortures him, for he is a noble and good-hearted creature; but the worst torture of all is imagining the hatred that Vengeful Spirit must hold in her heart for him.

    INTRODUCTION
    Skywrath mage is one of the best nuker in Dota. He have spammable skills that will knock down enemy in seconds. since the earliest of the game, he already have a skill to harass his enemy and can drain enemy's HP easily. He also have a Powerful high damage ultimate on his pocket. Not just that he is also have a silencing and slowing skill to destrouy his opponent. So if you want to play a hero that can dominate enemy from the beginning, you can choose Skywrath Mage.
    PROSCONS
    Have a deathly, spammable skillSquishy
    Have an ultra high damage ultimateHis ultimate aoe is small, difficult to deal it's maximum damage
    Have a long ranged slowerHis silence is only a single targetted skill
    Have a silence skill
    Have high mana gain
    ROLE
    Ranged - Nuker - Support

    STATS
    LEVEL11525
    HIT POINTS5119101,575SIGHT RANGE1800 / 800
    MANA3519331,609ATTACK RANGE600
    DAMAGE39-4984-94136-146MISSILE SPEED1000
    ARMOR126


    ABILITIES
    1. Arcane Bolt
    Skywrath launches a slow-moving bolt of arcane magic, dealing damage to an enemy unit based on Skywrath's intelligence.
    MANA COST: 70/70/70/70COOLDOWN: 5/4/3/2
    ABILITY: UNIT TARGETAFFECTS: ENEMY UNITS
    DAMAGE: MAGICALBASE DAMAGE: 60 / 80 / 100 / 120
    INT DAMAGE MULTIPLIER: 1.6
    This is your most fierceful skill on the early game. You need to always spam this skill since the earliest stage of the game and keep your opponent on low health. That way you will have more laning opportunity because as your opponent is in low health, they should not come near you and they cannot farm well so you can last hits and denies easily.

    2. Concussive Shot
    Skywrath sets off a long range shot that hits the closest hero within a long range. Upon impact, it deals damage and slows in an area of effect.
    MANA COST: 110/110/110/110COOLDOWN: 20/18/16/14
    ABILITY: NO TARGETDAMAGE: MAGICAL
    SHOT RANGE: 1600DAMAGE RADIUS: 200
    DAMAGE: 50 / 100 / 150 / 200SLOW DURATION: 4
    SLOW: 40%
    An auto-searching for target ability. So you click this ability, and then comes a bolt from you that finds the nearby enemy. The range is so high: 1600, So if you see any enemy on your screen, you can immediately slow down him and also damaging him with this skill. Needed to initiate a fire to the opponent, After you cast this sability, your enemy is slowed down and you can use your other 3 abilities. Also your friends can easily harass the opponent. The slow down effect can also be use on a run.

    3. Ancient Seal
    Skywrath seals the targeted unit with an ancient rune, silencing it and causing it to take additional damage from spells.
    MANA COST: 80/90/100/110COOLDOWN: 11
    ABILITY: UNIT TARGETAFFECTS: ENEMY UNITS
    MAGIC RESISTANCE REDUCTION: 18% / 24% / 30% / 36%DURATION: 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
    Silence down a target. And also gives the target a magical damage amplifier. One of your two initiating skill beside the Conssive Shot. Use the two skill combined and get the max result.

    4. Mystic Flare
    Skywrath uses his ultimate magical ability to conjure a precise and violent mystical field that lays waste to his adversaries. Deals massive damage distributed evenly among any Heroes in the area over 2 seconds.
    MANA COST: 350/575/800COOLDOWN: 60/40/20
    ABILITY: POINT TARGETDAMAGE: MAGICAL
    RADIUS: 170DURATION: 2
    DAMAGE: 600 / 900 / 1200
    Your most damaging ability. A bit hard to use because the radius is so small. So you may need a helping ability from your friend. You need a lock down ability that makes enemy can't move so he will receive a full damage from this skill.

    SKILLBUILD
    Level 1: Arcane Bolt
    Level 2: Concussive Shot
    Level 3: Arcane Bolt
    Level 4: Ancient Seal
    Level 5: Arcane Bolt
    Level 6: Mystic Flare
    Level 7: Arcane Bolt
    Level 8: Concussive Shot
    Level 9 : Concussive Shot
    Level 10: Concussive Shot
    Level 11: Mystic Flare
    Level 12: Ancient Seal
    Level 13: Ancient Seal
    Level 14: Ancient Seal
    Level 15: Stats
    Level 16: Mystic Flare
    Level 17-25: Stats

    Why maxed Arcane Bolt first?  This is your main nuke, you will need this for ganking and killing on early mid game.

    Why maxed Concussive Shot before Ancient Seal? The rule of DotA: Nukes for early game, physical damage for late game.  Concussive Shot is a nuke so it will be more effective on late game since enemies HP are still relatively low.

    STRATEGY
    Early Game
    You should start harassing enemy on your lane with the Arcane Bolt. It gives massive damage to your enemy. Don't let them can farm easily, make their laning phase as hard as possible. You may also denying the creeps to delay enemy's gold and exp. Don't dorget to also buy some wards to ward the fog of war so you can prepare yourself if enemy is trying to gank you. As a supportive hero you may not greedy in getting lst hits. let the carry get the farm, he need gold more than a support like you.

    Mid Game
    Mid game is the ganking time! Everybody will roam around the map and find somebody to kill. It's your time to roam too. Don't forget to buy the Smoke of Deceit to hid from enemy's Observer Ward.

    You have some ganking skill here. So if you want to initiate in a gank, what you need to do is:
    1. Comunicate with your teammates about who should be ganked, you should focus fire on 1 hero in a gank, because if you don't communicate well you may attack the A person and your teammates attack the B person, and that is a bad gank and can lead to failure on getting the kill.
    2. Prepare the items needed in the gank:
    a. Use Smoke of Deceit
    b. Prepare Dust, Sentry Wards, or Gem if you will gank an invisible hero like Rikimaru, Clinkz, or Nyx Assassin
    3. Use the Concussive Shot
    4. Use Ancient Seal
    5. Use your ultimate
    6. Spam your 1st ability.
    7. If there is a running away enemy, you should chase him, your Cuncussive Shot may hels here

    On mid game, what you need to do is ganking 24/7. Always see if there is any possible hero to gank and straight gank him.
    Late Game
    Late game teamfight is the most intense teamfight from all teamfight. It will be so much action here.
    Stay calm and don't afraid of opponent. Your magic damage is not painful here. But you still can use your silence and also your slower. Keep targetting their carry .
    Also always use all items you have. Like Sheepstick, Orchid, or something you have.

    And if your team won the teamfight, you have two options:
    1. You can get the Aegis for your team's main hero or
    2. Your team can push enemy base and destrouy their buildings. Choose wisely!

    ITEMS BUILD
    As a prime support in the team you should buy some supportive items like Courier and Wards.
    1. Animal Courier

     Cost: 150
    Animal Courier, Dota 2 - Shadow Demon Build Guide
    Creature that carries items to and from your base. 
    Why Animal Courier? It is a must item for a team in DotA. If any teams not buy this item, that means they are noobs.

    2. Observer Wards
    Cost: 150
    Observer Wards, Dota 2 - Shadow Demon Build Guide
    Use: Places an Observer Ward to give sight of the surrounding area.
    Lasts 6 minutes.
    Why Observer Wards? You are a support, it is your job to buy this. This is a must item to observing some area.

    3. Arcane Boots
    Total cost: 1450
    Recipe: Boots of Speed + Energy Booster
    Arcane Boots, Dota 2 - Shadow Demon Build Guide
    Active: Replenish Mana - Restores mana in an area around the hero.
    Flat movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
    + 60 Movement Speed
    + 250 Mana
    MANA RESTORED: 135
    Mana Needed: 25    Cooldown: 55
    Why Arcane Boots? You have spammable skills, so you need more mana, with this item, your mana will be fulfilled. And also to replenish mana of the team.

    4. Force Staff
    Total cost: 2350
    Recipe: Staff of Wizardy + Ring of Regen + Recipe
    Force Staff, Dota 2 - Shadow Demon Build Guide
    Active: Force - Pushes any target unit 600 units in the direction it is facing. Double click to self-cast. + 10 Intelligence    + 3 HP Regeneration
    Manacost: 25    Cooldown: 20
    Why Force Staff? ForceStaff is useful on many purposes, you can initiate a teamfight with ForceStaff, or you can save somebody, or you can save yourself.

    5. Mekansm
    Total cost: 2306
    Recipe: Headress + Buckler + Recipe
    Mekansm, Dota 2 - Shadow Demon Build Guide
    Active: Restore - Heals 250 HP and gives +2 armor in an area.
    Passive: Mekansm Aura - Bonus HP Regen in an area.
    Multiple instances of Mekansm Aura do not stack
    + 5 All Attributes
    + 5 Armor
    BONUS HP REGEN: 4
    Mana:150   Cooldown:45
    Why Mekansm? Heal for all allies in AoE, is a must for teamfights.

    6. Pipe of Insight
    Total cost: 3628
    Recipe: Hood of Defiance + Headress + Recipe
    Pipe of Insight, Dota 2 - Shadow Demon Build Guide
    Active: Barrier - Gives nearby friendly units a shield that blocks 400 spell damage.
    Multiple instances of spell resistance from items do not stack.
    + 11 HP Regeneration
    + 30% Spell Resistance
    Manacost: 100   Cooldown: 60
    Why Pipe of Insight? Gives barrier for all allies in AoE that Block 400 spell damage, very useful.

    7.  Schyte of Vyse
    Total cost: 5675
    Recipe: Mystic Staff + Ultimate Orb + Void Stone
    Schyte of Vyse, Dota 2 - Shadow Demon Build Guide
    Active: Hex - Turns a target unit into a harmless critter for 3.5 seconds. Destroys illusions.
    + 10 Strength   + 10 Agility  + 35 Intelligence
    + 150% Mana Regeneration
    Manacost: 100   Cooldown: 35
    Why Schyte of Vyse? Very good item to initiate a teamfight. or to defend against somebody.
  • Dota 2 - Troll Warlord Build Guide

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    BIO
    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.

    INTRODUCTION
    Troll is a carry hero that can change his attack range. He can choose to become a melee carry or to become a ranged carry. Melee means more damage and also can have the stunning ability and ranged means he can deal damage from  a long range and can be use for chasing a running target if a melee attack can't catch up.
    PROSCONS
    High attack speedSquishy
    Can become a melee
    Can do solo Roshan
    Dota 2 - Troll Warlord Build Guide
    ROLE
    Ranged - Carry

    STATS
    LEVEL11525
    HIT POINTS4731,0581,856SIGHT RANGE1800 / 800
    MANA169351741ATTACK RANGE500 / 128
    DAMAGE38-5677-95124-142MISSILE SPEEDN/A
    ARMOR2714


    ABILITIES
    1. Berserker's Rage
    Allows the Warlord to use his throwing axes as melee weapons, gaining bonus damage, attack speed, movement speed, hitpoints, armor, and a chance to bash targets on attack. Berserker's Rage also changes the functionality of Whirling Axes.
    ABILITY: NO TARGET, TOGGLEBONUS DAMAGE: 15
    BONUS MOVE SPEED: 20 / 20 / 20 / 30BASE ATTACK TIME: 1.55
    BONUS HP: 100BONUS ARMOR: 3
    BASH CHANCE: 10%BASH DURATION: 0.8 / 1.2 / 1.6 / 2
    BASH DAMAGE: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50
    Make you get more damage, HP, attack speed, armor and a stun attack by using a melee-mode.
    This is your carry-mode. So in any teamfight, it is 100% must for you to use this mode.

    2a. Whirling Axes (Ranged)
    Troll hurls a fistful of five axes in a cone shape over 900 range, slowing and damaging enemy units.
    MANA COST: 50/50/50/50COOLDOWN: 20
    ABILITY: UNIT TARGET, POINT TARGETAFFECTS: ENEMY UNITS
    DAMAGE: MAGICALAXE DAMAGE: 75
    SLOW DURATION: 3 / 3.75 / 4.5 / 5.25MOVEMENT SLOW: 30%
    A slowing skill that needed to chase enemy that runs away.

    2b. Whirling Axes (Melee)
    Troll hurls two axes around him in a close range area of effect, damaging enemy units and causing them to miss some attacks.
    MANA COST: 50/50/50/50COOLDOWN: 12
    ABILITY: NO TARGETDAMAGE: MAGICAL
    DAMAGE: 125 / 175 / 225 / 275RADIUS: 450
    BLIND DURATION: 4 / 5 / 6 / 7MISS CHANCE: 60% / 60% / 60% / 60%
    WHIRL DURATION: 3
    A nice damaging ability with low manacost and gives a miss chance to the enemy attack. So good to be cast ona duel with your enemy. And also can be use to farm.

    3. Fervor
    With each continuous blow on the same target, Troll gains increased attack speed. If Troll changes targets, the stacks drop to zero.
    ABILITY: PASSIVEMAX STACKS: 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
    ATTACK SPEED PER STACK: 20
    A nice skill that makes you get more attack speed on each attack by not changing your target. Needed to make you a decent carry on the late game. The more HP the enemy have, the more you will get the benefit from this ability. So Roshing and also fighting enemy carry on the late game will be easier because of this skill.

    4. Battle Trance
    Troll's presence on the battlefield increases the attack speed of himself and all allied heroes.
    MANA COST: 75/75/75COOLDOWN: 30
    ABILITY: NO TARGETTRANCE DURATION: 7
    ATTACK SPEED: 60 / 120 / 180
    Increase your attack speed like crazy! A very good skill on anything. farming, jungling, Roshing, and also ganking and carrying.
    Also gives the attack speed buff to all your friend globally.

    SKILLBUILD
    Level 1: Berserker's Rage
    Level 2: Whirling Axes
    Level 3: Whirling Axes
    Level 4: Fervor
    Level 5: Whirling Axes
    Level 6: Battle Trance
    Level 7: Whirling Axes
    Level 8: Berserker's Rage
    Level 9 : Berserker's Rage
    Level 10: Berserker's Rage
    Level 11: Battle Trance
    Level 12: Fervor
    Level 13: Fervor
    Level 14: Fervor
    Level 15: Stats
    Level 16:Battle Trance
    Level 17-25: Stats

    Why take Berserker's Rage? With the increased damage in melee-mode, it will increase your chance for getting the last hits. Also can save you from enemy's attempt to get firstblood because in melee mode you gain bonus movement speed to run away and you also get more Hp  to increase your survivability.

    Why maxed Whirling Axes first?  This is your main nuke, you will need this for ganking, farming, and killing on early mid game.

    Why maxed Berserker's Rage before Fervor? Attack Speed bonus from Fervor is a good late game booster. And you not need it to increase it early. You may need the Berserker's Rage more because it gives more stun duration to help you chase your target.

    STRATEGY
    Early Game
    Use Berserker's Rage for easier last hits. It will increase your damage. Also use the Whirling Axe for multiple last hits. Beware of high damage nukes, you are one of the squishiest hero on the map. Also always keep an eye on your ward so you can see any movement from the enemy that may harm yourself.  You need farm the most, so be focus in last hitting because you are the carry of your team.

    Mid Game
    Mid game is the ganking time! Everybody will roam around the map and find somebody to kill. It's your time to roam too. Don't forget to buy the Smoke of Deceit to hid from enemy's Observer Ward.

    You have some ganking skill here. So if you want to initiate in a gank, what you need to do is:
    1. Comunicate with your teammates about who should be ganked, you should focus fire on 1 hero in a gank, because if you don't communicate well you may attack the A person and your teammates attack the B person, and that is a bad gank and can lead to failure on getting the kill.
    2. Prepare the items needed in the gank:
    a. Use Smoke of Deceit
    b. Prepare Dust, Sentry Wards, or Gem if you will gank an invisible hero like Rikimaru, Clinkz, or Nyx Assassin
    c. Use Whirling Axe
    d. Use your ultimate
    e. Brutally attack their support
    d. Chase the running enemy using Whirling Axe and you may use the Ranged mode if the enemy just need 1 more hit and you cannot catch up with him.

    Keep farming and get as many gold as you can. As a carry, you need to boost 3 things;
    1. Damage
    2. Attack Speed
    3. Survivability

    Also always keep an eye on enemys movement and prepare yourself from any attempt to gank you.


    Late Game
    Late game is your time to shine. You should already reach high level here. It will gives you so much advantage from the additional HP and attack. And also I assume that you should already finished your core items. That means you are ready to crush enemy in the teamfight.
    Your part here is:
    1. Use Bkb
    2. Use Whirling Axes
    3. Use your ultimate
    4. Kill all enemy

    And if your team won the teamfight, you have two options:
    1. You can get the Aegis for your team's main hero or
    2. Your team can push enemy base and destrouy their buildings. Choose wisely!

    ITEMS BUILD
    1. Quelling Blade
    Cost: 225

    Quelling Blade, Dota 2 - Anti Mage Build Guide
    Active: Destroy Tree - Destroy a target tree.
    Passive: Quell - Gives bonus attack damage against non-hero units, depending on the type of hero you are.   MELEE BONUS: 32%     RANGED BONUS: 12%      Cooldown: 5
    Why Quelling Blade? Makes you easier to lasthit every creeps.

    2. Phase Boots
    Total Cost: 1350
    Recipe: Boots of Speed + 2 x Blades of Attack
    Phase Boots, Dota 2 - Windrunner Build Guide
    Active: Phase - Gives increased movement speed and lets you move through units. Phase is cancelled upon using another item or ability.
    Flat movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack. PHASE DURATION: 4
    PHASE MOVE BOOST: 16%    + 55 Movement Speed    + 24 Damage
    Cooldown: 8
    Why Phase boots? Gives you attack damage, and gives phase skill (+ms and can walk through creep/heroes).

    3. Helm of the Dominator and upgrade it into Satanic Later.
    Total Cost: 1850
    Recipe: Morbid Mask, Helm of iron Will
    Helm of the Dominator, Dota 2 - Huskar Build Guide
    Active: Dominate - Take control of a non-hero, non-ancient target unit.
    Passive: Lifesteal - Gives lifesteal on attacks.
    Helm of the Dominator is a Unique Attack Modifier, and does not stack with other Unique Attack Modifiers. + 20 Damage    + 5 Armor     LIFESTEAL: 15%
    Manacost: 75     Cooldown: 60
    This items gives you  lifesteal and some additional damage. With lifesteal you can survive in a tough teamfight.  With the additional lifesteal you can solo Roshan because you have a continuous increase in attack speed thanks to your passive.
    This item also gives you the abiliy to dominate creeps, I recomtend you to dominate Alpha Wolf to increase your damage.

    3. Drum of Endurance
    Total Cost: 1725
    Recipe: Bracer + Robe of Magi + Recipe
    Drum of Endurance, Dota 2 - Chaos Knight Build Guide
    Active: Endurance - Gives bonus +10 attack and +10% movement speed to surrounding allies.
    Passive: Swiftness Aura - Gives bonus attack and movement speed to surrounding allies.
    Multiple instances of Swiftness Aura do not stack. + 9 All Attributes
    + 3 Damage    AURA ATTACK SPEED: 5    AURA MOVE SPEED: 5%
    Cooldown: 30
    Why Drums? It gives Movement Speed and Attack Speed aura for the whole team . The attack speed aura is for teamfight and the movement speed aura is for chasing and for escaping. Also increase all your attributes so you get stronger and tankier.

    4. Black King Bar
    Total cost:: 3900
    Recipe: Ogre Axe, Mithril Hammer, Recipe
    Black King Bar, Dota 2 - Sandking Build Guide
     Active: Avatar - Grants magic immunity. Duration and cooldown decrease with each use. Some Ultimate abilities are able to disable through Black King Bar. + 10 Strength
    + 24 Damage     DURATION: 10/9/8/7/6/5     Cooldown: 80
    Why Black King Bar?  It  gives you survivability in a teamfight because you will get magic immunity during teamfight.

    5. Dominator > Satanic
    Total Cost: 5850
    Recipe: Tarrasque + Helm of the Dominator + Recipe 
    Satanic, Dota 2 - Mortred Build Guide
    Active: Unholy Rage - Increases Lifesteal by 175% for 3.5 seconds.
    Passive: Lifesteal - Gives Lifesteal on attacks.
    Satanic is a Unique Attack Modifier, and does not stack with other Unique Attack Modifier.
    + 20 Damage    + 25 Strength    + 5 Armor    LIFESTEAL: 25%   Cooldown: 35
    Why Satanic? It will really helps you to survive in a hard condition in a teamfight. It will gives you lifesteal, Strength, and Armor, thats all what you need to survive in a teamfight. If your HP become low, immediately use the Unholy Rage, attack your enemy and your HP will full again in seconds.

    6. Butterfly
    Total cost:: 6000
    Recipe: Talisman of Evasion, Eaglesong, Quarterstaff
    Butterfly, Dota 2 - Mortred Build Guide
    + 30 Agility            + 30 Damage
    + 35% Evasion      + 30 Attack Speed
    Why Butterfly?
    It gives you more damage and more attack speed that makes you become much more powerful. It also gives evasion to helps you survive in teamfight. Butterfly is always a good item for a carry.
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