How Lich and Troll Warlord perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lich and Troll Warlord win 53.37% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,098 matches.
Setting up a kill with Sinister Gaze gives Troll Warlord the perfect window to activate Battle Trance. That channelled lockdown is more than enough time for Troll to get on top of a target, build his Fervor stacks, and start doing serious damage. Lich's Frost Shield is also a major factor here. Casting it on Troll Warlord makes him tankier and slows anyone trying to kite him, which is exactly what he needs to stay on a target. The slows ensure that even after the Gaze ends, the enemy has a hard time creating distance.
The game plan is simple: Lich enables Troll to run at people from the mid-game onward. Once Troll Warlord has his ultimate, any enemy caught by a Lich slow is a potential kill. Opponents are forced into a difficult choice. They can try to focus Lich to break the Sinister Gaze channel, but that leaves a raging Troll free to attack them. Or they can try to kite Troll, but that’s nearly impossible with the constant slows from Frost Blast and Frost Shield. This pressure makes it hard for enemies to take fights on their own terms.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 56.87% | 313 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.70% | 575 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.06% | 409 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.11% | 135 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 53.37% | ▲ +0.3pp | 4,098 |
| 7.41d | 53.11% | ▼ -0.4pp | 42,899 |
| 7.41c | 53.56% | ▲ +1.0pp | 21,103 |
| 7.41b | 52.58% | — | 19,557 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.