Troll Warlord — hero grid for mains
Troll Warlord is an Agility hero, ranged, played as carry (1), with a 52.1% win rate and 110th place by games in the OpenDota snapshot of 23 Sept 2026. Below — a grid with Troll Warlord in Mains and the hero's places in the site's layouts.
In-game name and nicknames
Every Dota client, Russian included, shows the name Troll Warlord. Short names for Troll Warlord you will see in chat: “troll”. On Russian servers you will hear “Тролль Варлорд” (or “тролль” and “трол”).
The hero's line in Valve's list reads: “Swaps between ranged and melee attacks at will”.
Search in the hero picker is forgiving: “Troll Warlord”, “Тролль Варлорд”, “troll” — each of them lands on Troll Warlord.
Attribute, attack and roles
Troll Warlord: Agility attribute, shared with 34 other heroes; ranged attack; Valve rates the complexity medium, 2 of 3.
Role dots from Valve: Carry ●●●, Pusher ●●○, Disabler ●○○, Durable ●○○; full marks for Carry.
In the ready layouts that means the “AGILITY” (30th of 35) block of By attributes and the “MEDIUM” (54th of 59) band of By complexity.
Positions and lanes
One position only for Troll Warlord: carry (1), with the next best score at just 0.15. All five scores (best = 1): carry 1 · mid 0.15 · offlane 0.04 · soft support 0 · hard support 0 — which is why the editor's Auto-pick places Troll Warlord in the “1 · CARRY” row and nowhere else.
| Position | Score |
|---|---|
| 1 · Carry | 1 |
| 2 · Mid | 0.15 |
| 3 · Offlane | 0.04 |
| 4 · Soft support | 0 |
| 5 · Hard support | 0 |
Where the scores come from: in 397 parsed OpenDota matches (data as of 23 Sept 2026) Troll Warlord went safe lane 85% of the time, mid 10% and offlane 4%. Median gold per minute is 583 — core-level gold on the site's scale (540 and up); experience per minute is 813.
Where to put the hero in your grid
Troll Warlord is not in Classic: positions 1–5, which holds the 18 most popular heroes per position, but each row fits 20 portraits — add Troll Warlord to the “1 · CARRY” row with “+ Hero” and the portraits keep their size.
Quickly, the rest of the practical templates for Troll Warlord: not in Meta by stats (ten heroes per position); not in Two columns (44 cores and 44 supports).
With the button at the top, the MAINS block of Mains + situational starts with Troll Warlord, then Medusa, Lone Druid and Drow Ranger, because all three share the same main position (carry), the same attribute and ranged attack.
To get the grid into the game, press “Download grid” and, with Dota closed, put hero_grid_config.json into Steam → userdata → account number → 570 → remote → cfg — details in how to install a hero grid.
OpenDota stats, 23 Sept 2026
Troll Warlord has 119,308 games in the OpenDota snapshot of 23 Sept 2026, Herald to Divine — 110th of 127 by games played — and a 52.1% win rate, 17th of 127.
The win rate is flat across brackets — 52.4% low, 51.7% high. Players pick Troll Warlord more than usual at Herald (+113%) and less at Divine (−29%).
| Rank | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|
| Herald | 6,907 | 53.0% |
| Guardian | 16,528 | 52.5% |
| Crusader | 22,354 | 52.2% |
| Archon | 25,822 | 52.1% |
| Legend | 23,867 | 52.1% |
| Ancient | 14,607 | 52.0% |
| Divine | 9,223 | 51.2% |
Troll Warlord in the snapshot's pro matches: 3 picks, 2 wins, 0 bans. Turbo: 95,827 games at 53.7%, about the same as in ranked brackets.
Drawing the hero in your grid
No ready dot drawing of Troll Warlord yet, but any art or screenshot of the hero turns into dots in Picture to dots. Among the heroes with skins that are also played as carry, the closest to Troll Warlord are Drow Ranger, Shadow Fiend and Faceless Void — their dot drawings are ready for a carry grid.
Questions and answers
Can I make Troll Warlord big in my grid?
Yes: the MAINS block in Mains + situational has the biggest portraits, and “Make a grid with Troll Warlord” puts the hero there first.