If you have the luxury to do so, place/channel your shield once Recharge is on cooldown. Otherwise Torvald can simply drain it and repair his own shield in one fell swoop.
Any sort of Rush ability like Nando's charge, Zhin's Whirl, Andro's Nether Step, Buck's Leap and so on can counter any small knockback like Ash's or Cassie's. But if it's torvald's ult, You probably need resilience 3