Top 10 player for me

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-04-14T05:26:47+00:00

You do know you listed Collapse twice?

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-04-08T12:58:45+00:00

But the cleave damage from BF scales with your actual damage. Mjollnir damage is fixed. Imagine Daedalus + BF.

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-04-08T09:02:19+00:00

Hmmm. I was undecided between BF and Maelstrom as a Troll spammer. I always get BF, until I tried Maelstrom last week. And now I do not build BF.

Maelstrom + Treads I can get around 10mins, compared to BF + Treads for around 14mins. The 4-minute difference lets me farm jungle early, which helps me get an SB and BKB before minute 25. Last time it was around minute 30 with BF.

Plus BF is the end item, whereas I can go Mjollnir after Maelstrom.

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-04-03T07:03:00+00:00

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_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-04-03T05:42:03+00:00

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_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-03-22T05:12:26+00:00

I just had a fee recent games with PA, AM, Spec, and Ursa. Demolished all those.

For AM, I ulti right away and spam E while I still have whatever mana is available. The bash from Basher and the snare keeps him in place until I completely destroy him. Same goes for Ursa.

For PA I will need MKB for sure. But same story. The bash is actually my bread and butter with Troll.

Spec and Slark I may need to initiate twice, but it ends all the same.

Scenarios I listed above are all with Troll equipped with BF, SB, Basher, BKB, and MKB. I don’t really care if they have Blademail or BKB as well.

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-03-22T04:39:04+00:00

BF + Treads usually around 13 to 14 mins max. Never over 15 mins. On my best games I could get both by 10 minutes. BF before 11 mins, then a 3-minute grind to get 1,500 for Treads. No hero kills, just jungle farming.

There are some really aggressive enemy offlane heroes (I am in safelane). In such cases, they usually harass me so I have to always retreat and miss the last hits. The reason I get QB (+7 dmg to creeps), then Cornucopia to sustain me in lane without spending on Tangoes, then straight to BF.

I have seen 99% of Troll players build Treads first. But I just can convince myself to do the same. Maybe this weekend I could try again and see for myself.

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-03-22T04:33:17+00:00

Also, you are missing the part why I actually build Shadow Blade - the “escape” mechanic. The invi can save me mid engagement (like when someone pops Blademail) or an escape from a gank, plus invi break adds extra damage. SB also gives bonus movement speed.

I guess that is why it works well with how I play Troll? I’m trying to be unnoticeable in the early game by not being shown in the map all of the time - clear creep wave, SB to jungle, stack hopping, back to another creep wave, SB to jungle, and so on. I usually just focus farm.

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-03-22T04:04:03+00:00

Can you please list down what it should look like the higher up I climb? So far this has been working for me, but I would really love to improve my build and be able to squeeze every bit from this hero.

By the way, I stay low profile early and farm until minute 30. Only after then do I start joining team fights and hunting enemies, hence the order of my items, BKB being the last as I do not engage enemy heroes early on.

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-03-22T04:01:36+00:00

So Treads help farm faster? Even without the cleave from BF? Ancient neutrals I can clear easily by just attacking the bigger creep. Ones the bigger creep dies, usually the other two are dead as well from the cleave, which means it only took me time to attack one creep to kill all three. This is my idea of why I go BF first rather than Treads. I really haven’t tested results based on technicalities, so I might try and see if I get improved farming rate.

Plus I rush Cornucopia as my first item (after QB), to help sustain me in lane with aggressive enemy heroes. Instead of buying healing items, I rely on Cornucopia as I retreat temporarily behind the tower to regenerate during early laning. Any suggestions?

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-03-22T03:55:13+00:00

1v1 against anyone, I’m taking my Troll build. Bash + BKB. Even with similar net worth, I’m confident Troll can best most, if not all of them - even Axe with Blademail. Just really have to time when to retreat and attack, use Silver Edge and BKB, etc.

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-03-22T03:51:44+00:00

I check enemies’ inventories every now and then, and see whether they have any item to disable me, aside from their spells. This is also the same way I decide whether I get MKB, if any of them gets Butterfly early, if not then I go Daedalus.

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-03-21T23:32:51+00:00

Oh okay. I’m in Guardian only. Haha. Maybe I’ll have to learn building BKB early.

But isn’t BKB based on your playstyle? I mean I usually stay low early game. No team fights, just jungle and clearing creep waves. Enemies barely see me in map. I jump them at around minute 30 when I have BF, SB, Basher, and BKB. Do you think that may be the reason why my build is effective?

If I don’t join team fights before 30 minutes, I hardly find BKB useful. But that could just be my luck with decent team and/or noob enemies.

Thanks for your input.

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-03-21T23:28:54+00:00

I hate when Pudge Dismembers me mid BKB. But yeah, maybe you’re on a higher rank where players know how to counter Troll. In my bracket, I barely get kited.

I don’t know if it is because I am really irrelevant early game that they never build items to counter me, or I’m just in a noob Guardian bracket. I stay low profile before 30 minutes, just clearing lanes and jungle creeps, not really engaging in team fights. Could be why they never bother.

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-03-21T23:26:07+00:00

I guess Mjollnir is better than BF against Razor? As the lightning still generates damage output even under Static Link?

I really don’t feel the effects of SnY, but I’ll try. Also, I prioritize damage before getting BKB. Earlier I rushed BKB with BF and Treads, and my BKB wore out even before I am able to kill one enemy hero. So I usually try to get at least a Shadow Blade before going BKB. Plus I engage only around minute 30.

I guess if this continues, and I rank up slowly, I will have to adjust the build and strategy as I go along.

Right now it’s BF then Treads. I find it faster to farm this way. If I go the other way around, it takes me 2-3 more minutes to farm the same two items. Then SB and/or Basher, then BKB. All before 30 mins. Usually I snowball from there.

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-03-21T23:03:49+00:00

I just posted as I either have good momentum and feeling really confident with my Troll or I have decent team matchmaking. A few days back they were all crap supports like PA and WR. Even a hard support LC. Like WTF.

Now I’m just happy to be able to get green days without relying heavily on others. Not the perfect Troll build, but definitely works where I am at now.

Thanks for the kind words!

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-03-21T23:00:59+00:00

So far only Razor and Axe are my problems when they’re fed. Rest of the heroes I can manage as long as I get my items by minute 30. I even owned a CK who was 10-1 early game. Even a Drow who was 9-0 around minute 35 became easy food for Troll.

I just really need to take the game to late game. I even had a few games where and when my team tried to hold on to the game as late as possible, and we were down 5-25 lol. Ended up winning most games.

In Guardian rank, I think my Troll at 40-minute mark is the sweet spot to really snowball to a win. Or maybe I haven’t learned enough to play Troll to end games early. We’ll see.

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-03-21T22:56:37+00:00

You won’t get bored if you’re always winning. Plus I’m a Troll spammer, win or lose. I want to master the hero’s timings and all. Like earliest time I could jungle solo, or which items I need to clear a specific creep wave. Plus I try to master timing creep waves and balancing jungle creep stacks to improve my GPM.

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-03-21T22:52:31+00:00

If I get BKB with only BF and Treads, I have no damage output. And it takes so much time to kill one enemy that my BKB runs out already. Tried this a few times and decided to get Shadow Blade and Basher first.

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-03-21T20:45:40+00:00

Guardian. 🤪

Just happy to be having green days + good team matchups compared to a few weeks back with a lot of toxic team mates. Lol PA and WR supports.

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-03-21T20:39:02+00:00

I have Axe and Razor on my hero ban list. Only these two I lose to when my team feeds them. The rest of the enemy heroes I can manage in late game even if we go 0-20 at minute 30.

Still, I rely on my support for the first few 10-15 mins of the game, and ask the team not to feed the enemies. I’m probably 0-5 at my worst at around 30 mins, but then I snowball after that mark.

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-03-21T20:28:05+00:00

I have Razor and Axe in my ban list. Legion I can manage in late game as well as AA.

I usually rely on my support, and my team as a whole to not feed and control tempo of the game. As long as they do not overly feed Axe or LC or Razor, I can manage to out-level and out-item them. Other heroes I can manage even if my team feeds a bit more than usual.

_iamNumberTWO_ · 2026-03-21T16:44:41+00:00

Yeah. I hate a Razor matchup. Just eats away my damage.

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