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Grimstroke
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Grimstroke
21 + 2.4
18 + 1.9
25 + 3.8
| Grants the following bonuses per level: | |
| +52.8HP and +0.24HP regeneration | |
| +0.32 armor and 1.9 attack speed | |
| +45.6MP and +0.19MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance +3.8 Main Attack Damage | |
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900 Projectile Speed
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100 (118)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.35 + 0.85
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0.6
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Default
Gib Type | ||
Competitive Span
2018-11-19 — Present | ||
Version Control This article has been updated to the latest version (7.41d) and is mostly accurate. |
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| Disables enemies with a swipe of his brush. | |
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| The peoples of Ashkavor gave their lives for the newly Ascended, one unlike any Ascended before him. Grimstroke's lust for power had tainted the sacred ritual, and the corrupted ink consumed him — along with his kin. The defiled remnant of his former beloved remains at his side, agonizing those caught in this Phantom's Embrace. Shrouded by a shadowy Ink Swell, Grimstroke retaliates with lashing black tendrils, while a Stroke of Fate forms under his brush, darkening the land and painting a Dark Portrait of an unfortunate foe. Drawing on Ashkavorian rituals of protection, Grimstroke twists the ancient arts to Soulbind foes together, so that the sufferings and vexes of one will be felt equally by the other. | |
| Roles: | |
| Adjectives | Flying, Undead, Nose Legs ( 0 ) |
Bio
[edit]I'll paint this world as I see fit.▶️Grimstroke
Alias:
GS
Lore:
The people of Ashkavor crowded around the temple square, eager to witness the ascension of their new guardian -- to stand near the man as he bound their souls to his own. But as his final brush strokes fell against the runestone, and the bond of a new Ascended One was forged, everyone -- even those who'd stayed in their homes -- could sense that something had gone terribly wrong.
He knew the cause instantly. The droplets of ichor he'd procured to amplify the potency of his inkpots had instead contaminated them, and the power of the binding spell he'd cast now threatened to consume him. An inky corruption snaked upward from the runestone, along the handle of his brush, soon overtaking his hands. From there it spread quickly. Once it overcame his face and his mouth, he couldn't have screamed even if he'd wanted to.
All of his life he'd calculated on how to attain ever greater powers than the limits presented by his teachers would allow--going so far as to break the sacred prohibition against augmenting the inks. Indeed, with the Wellspring of the Ascended Bond open to him, he felt a measure of power coursing into his soul like he'd never imagined. His greatest triumph was upon him, if he could only survive it.
He drew deep from the power of the bond, pushing back against the corrupted ink flow. A great moan filled the air -- the collective cry of his people. Some swayed on their feet. The weakest collapsed. Many tried to run. And still deeper he pulled from their bloodline reservoir. But it wasn't enough to stop the ink tide.
It was only when the breath trapped in his lungs began to fail him, and the inkpool darkness fully encased him, that he saw his way out. The bond he'd made with the Ashkavoran people -- his people -- meant to be drawn upon only in service of their protection... It flowed two ways.
With a final surge of strength -- this time directed by more than just blind repulsion -- he pushed the ink torrent into the bond itself.
Slowly, he felt the tide retreat... and heard the awful wails of his people as the corruption in turn rolled over them. When at last the ink relented, his eyes opened upon a world changed. The Ashkavoran people as he knew them were gone. Every last soul was transformed into terrifying shades of their former selves -- comprised no longer of blood and bone, only viscid, tainted ink.
He knew the cause instantly. The droplets of ichor he'd procured to amplify the potency of his inkpots had instead contaminated them, and the power of the binding spell he'd cast now threatened to consume him. An inky corruption snaked upward from the runestone, along the handle of his brush, soon overtaking his hands. From there it spread quickly. Once it overcame his face and his mouth, he couldn't have screamed even if he'd wanted to.
All of his life he'd calculated on how to attain ever greater powers than the limits presented by his teachers would allow--going so far as to break the sacred prohibition against augmenting the inks. Indeed, with the Wellspring of the Ascended Bond open to him, he felt a measure of power coursing into his soul like he'd never imagined. His greatest triumph was upon him, if he could only survive it.
He drew deep from the power of the bond, pushing back against the corrupted ink flow. A great moan filled the air -- the collective cry of his people. Some swayed on their feet. The weakest collapsed. Many tried to run. And still deeper he pulled from their bloodline reservoir. But it wasn't enough to stop the ink tide.
It was only when the breath trapped in his lungs began to fail him, and the inkpool darkness fully encased him, that he saw his way out. The bond he'd made with the Ashkavoran people -- his people -- meant to be drawn upon only in service of their protection... It flowed two ways.
With a final surge of strength -- this time directed by more than just blind repulsion -- he pushed the ink torrent into the bond itself.
Slowly, he felt the tide retreat... and heard the awful wails of his people as the corruption in turn rolled over them. When at last the ink relented, his eyes opened upon a world changed. The Ashkavoran people as he knew them were gone. Every last soul was transformed into terrifying shades of their former selves -- comprised no longer of blood and bone, only viscid, tainted ink.
Voice:
Upgrades
[edit]Aghanim's
[edit]Grants the Dark Portrait ability.
Masterfully creates an illusion of the affected enemy hero.
The ink illusion is a strong illusion, has bonus movement speed, deals additional damage based on the affected enemy's main attack damage and receives additional incoming damage.
Masterfully creates an illusion of the affected enemy hero.
The ink illusion is a strong illusion, has bonus movement speed, deals additional damage based on the affected enemy's main attack damage and receives additional incoming damage.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Applies a basic dispel on the target upon cast.
Ink Swell tendrils now heal the affected allied unit based on the damage dealt, and spell lifesteals from the ink explosion damage.
Increases damage.
Ink Swell tendrils now heal the affected allied unit based on the damage dealt, and spell lifesteals from the ink explosion damage.
Increases damage.
Talents
[edit]| +70% Stroke of Fate Speed/Travel Range | 25 | +150 Ink Swell Radius |
|---|---|---|
| +2 Phantom Hit Count | 20 | +80% Stroke of Fate Damage |
| +15% Ink Swell Move Speed | 15 | +25% Soulbind Spell Damage Amp |
| -4s Ink Swell Cooldown | 10 | +65 Phantom's Embrace Damage per Second |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All | ||
Ink Trail
[edit] Ink Trail 
Passive
Affects
Self / Enemy Heroes
Both attack damage and spell damage sourced to Grimstroke applies a debuff on enemy heroes that exposes them.
The debuff causes affected enemy units to deal less damage to Grimstroke.
The debuff causes affected enemy units to deal less damage to Grimstroke.
Incoming Damage Reduction: 
5%
Expose Duration: 4
Innate Properties
The higher Grimstroke's level, the greater the incoming damage reduction value.
The higher Grimstroke's level, the greater the incoming damage reduction value.
Incoming Damage Reduction Increase: 
0.5%
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
grimstroke_ink_trail_debuff- Does not grant
vision over the affected enemy unit.
Exposes the affected enemy unit's hero model in the following conditions:
- Upon a successful attack.
- Upon Stroke of Fate's
projectile impact.
- Considers
clones,
illusions, and
creep-heroes as heroes.
- Affects allied units, but has no gameplay benefits.
- Does not grant
- Grimstroke's attack instance or the ability instance.
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACKMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK_LANDEDMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK_RECORD_DESTROYInk Trail: Leaving an Ink Trail
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATHMODIFIER_PROPERTY_PROVIDES_FOW_POSITION- Applies a red trail ability effect on affected enemy heroes.
Hero Model
[edit] Hero Model
Passive / Channeling
Affects
Self
Grimstroke's hero model has the following hidden 
innate abilities.
He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling.
He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling.
Innate Properties
Grimstroke is considered a ground unit, despite its hero model showing otherwise.
Grimstroke is considered a ground unit, despite its hero model showing otherwise.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Dark Portrait is innately bound to Grimstroke's hero model.
Dark Portrait is innately bound to Grimstroke's hero model.
Details
Hidden Innate Abilities
Tap on the 
innate abilities for more details.
Abilities
[edit]Stroke of Fate
[edit]
Paints a path of ink with his brush, damaging and slowing enemies. The damage is increased with each enemy the ink hits.
Cast Animation: 0.6 + 0.5
Travel Distance: 
1400 (
2380)
First Radius: 
120
End Radius: 160
Base Damage: 100/160/220/280 (
180/288/396/504)
Damage Increment per Hero Hit: 20/40/60/80 ( 36/72/108/144)
Move Speed Slow: 50%/60%/70%/80%
Slow Duration: 1.75
Stroke of Fate has a vector-targeting functionality that causes the launched projectile to curve.
Vector Curve Radius: 140
With Alt-Cast Enabled
Can be put on alt-cast to have the path be straight.
Can be put on alt-cast to have the path be straight.
The damage increment is reduced when the enemy unit hit is a creep.
Damage Increment per Creep Hit: 10/20/30/40 ( 18/36/54/72)
11/9/7/5
100/110/120/130
The corruptive force of Grimstroke's ink, drawn from the reservoir of his fallen people, consumes any enemy caught in its path.
- The trail starts 120-distance of Grimstroke's left side and travel towards the
point-targeted direction.
- Hence, the travel direction is not based on the Grimstroke's facing direction, but instead on the angle between the aforementioned points.
- Has a 2000 (
- Has a 2000 (
- Grants a non-lingering
- Grants a non-lingering
- Grants a 2-second 250-radius flying vision at all affected enemy unit's location and at the end location of the projectile.
- The trail starts 120-distance of Grimstroke's left side and travel towards the
- Affects enemy units up to
- The
magical
spell damage increment per affected enemy unit has no cap, and increases as long as an enemy unit is affected along the projectile.
- Does not consider the following units:
Hidden units.
Invulnerable units.
Spell immune units.
- The
On Hidden Entity
Stroke of Fate: This unit has slowed movement speed.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE- Both the ability visual effects and sound effects are visible and audible to everyone.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The
- The
movement speed slow
debuff.
- Ink Trail
- The
Phantom's Embrace
[edit]Summons a phantom that moves quickly towards the unit-targeted enemy. Once the phantom latches on the unit, she deals damage over time while silencing it.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Cast Range: 900
Damage per Second: 10/20/30/40 (
75/85/95/105)
Attacks to Destroy: 2/2/3/3 (
4/4/5/5)
Max Silence Duration: 5
Latch Duration: 5
If she survives the full latch duration she rends her victim for heavy damage and refreshes this ability's cooldown.
Latch Distance: 130
Damage: 120/200/280/360
Cooldown Factor per Phantom Returned: 
0
Creeps' attacks are less effective on Yaovhi.
Creep Attacks to Destroy: 6/6/9/9 ( 12/12/15/15)
30/26/22/18
80/100/120/140
Grimstroke holds no sorrow for the downfall of his people. Only for Yaovhi, she who was most dear to him, does he feel even a semblance of longing.
100
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Yaovhi is uncontrollable at all times.
She travels forth to the enemy unit and back to Grimstroke at the same speed, and can be attacked upon spawned.
She travels forth to the enemy unit and back to Grimstroke at the same speed, and can be attacked upon spawned.
-
-
-
Lvl
2
0
0%
200
This unit does not attack.
10
10 (x̄)
This unit ignores collision size and may pass through other units.
- Yaovhi is an
attached-type unit, and has the following properties:
- Has the highest priority for auto-attack behaviors.
- Upon cast, it immediately spawns ≈150-distance in front of Grimstroke, and travels to the enemy unit on the next
server tick.
- However, it is
untargetable while it returns to Grimstroke.
- However, it is
- Considers attacks from
Towers ignore
- Grants a non-lingering 200-radius
shared vision over the enemy unit while traveling towards it, and while latched.
- The
- The
- Yaovhi latches onto the enemy unit when it is within 130 radius of the enemy.
- Once latched, it stays 130-distance in front of the latched enemy unit.
- If she fails to latch the enemy because the enemy died during her travel, she will despawn and instantly refresh the ability cooldown
Cannot be disjointed by enemy units.
Can be disjointed by Grimstroke while the Phantom is returning, doing so does not reset the ability's cooldown.
Can be disjointed by Grimstroke while the Phantom is returning, doing so does not reset the ability's
Only the Phantom returned from the primary target refreshes the ability's cooldown.
On Hidden Entity
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_STATE_MAGIC_IMMUNEMODIFIER_STATE_NOT_ON_MINIMAPMODIFIER_STATE_NO_UNIT_COLLISIONMODIFIER_STATE_NO_TEAM_MOVE_TOMODIFIER_STATE_NO_TEAM_SELECTMODIFIER_STATE_FLYING_FOR_PATHING_PURPOSES_ONLYMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_ABSOLUTEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_NO_DAMAGE_PHYSICALMODIFIER_PROPERTY_NO_DAMAGE_MAGICALMODIFIER_PROPERTY_NO_DAMAGE_PUREMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACKEDMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATHMODIFIER_PROPERTY_HEALTHBAR_PIPSHidden modifier
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_TRANSLATE_ACTIVITY_MODIFIERSHidden Modifier
MODIFIER_STATE_PROVIDES_VISIONPhantom's Embrace: A phantom is silencing and damaging this unit.
MODIFIER_STATE_SILENCEDMODIFIER_PROPERTY_PROVIDES_FOW_POSITION- Has a 1150-
projectile speed.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The
- The
Ink Swell
[edit]Shrouds an allied unit in ink, increasing its movement speed.
Enemy units in range of the affected ally are damaged with inky tendrils over time.
Enemy units in range of the affected ally are damaged with inky tendrils over time.
Cast Animation: 0.15 + 0.73
Cast Range: 650/700/750/800
Effect Radius: 375 (
525)
Move Speed Bonus: 20% (
35%)
Radius Damage per Second: 30/45/60/75 (
42/63/84/105)
Duration: 3
After swelling up for a period of time, the ink explodes, applying damage and stun within the radius proportion to the duration the tendril was near any enemy hero.
Max Power Duration: 2.5
Max Explosion Damage: 90/180/270/360 ( 126/252/378/504)
Max Stun Duration: 1.6/2/2.4/2.8
Has a different cast backswing when self-casting the ability.
Cast Animation: 0.15 + 0.86
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Applies a basic dispel on the target upon cast.
Ink Swell tendrils now heal the affected allied unit based on the damage dealt, and spell lifesteals from the ink explosion damage.
Increases damage.
Applies a basic dispel on the target upon cast.
Ink Swell tendrils now heal the affected allied unit based on the damage dealt, and spell lifesteals from the ink explosion damage.
Increases damage.
Tendril Heal: 
( 40%)
Explosion Spell Lifesteal: 
( 40%)
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
The heal and spell lifesteal component is less effective when affecting creeps.
The heal and spell lifesteal component is less effective when affecting creeps.
Creep Heal Factor: ( 0.2)
Creep Spell Lifesteal Factor: ( 0.2)
27/24/21/18 (
23/20/17/14)
120/130/140/150
Now that the rise of the ink tide no longer threatens to overwhelm Grimstroke, its tendrils of power are never far from his hand.
Doubletap casts the ability on Grimstroke.
- The ability has two
- Deals 6/9/12/15 (
- Deals 6/9/12/15 (
or
-
buff application.
-
- The following ability values increases per radius damage instance applied to, and per enemy hero affected within the radius, up until the
spirit_walk- The explosion
- The
stun duration.
- The explosion
- Considers
- For the ability values to increase, at least 1 valid enemy hero must be affected within the damage instances' duration.
- For the ability to apply its explosion spell damage and stun component, at least 1 valid enemy hero must within the effect radius.
- Nullifies this ability component upon the affected allied unit's
death.
-
- Applies a
basic dispel upon cast.
- Applies a
- Applies a
- Nullifies this ability component upon the affected allied unit's
- The following ability values increases per radius damage instance applied to, and per enemy hero affected within the radius, up until the
Ink Swell: This unit has increased movement speed and is damaging nearby enemies.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_DISABLE_AUTOATTACKStunned
MODIFIER_STATE_STUNNEDMODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_ANIMATION- Has two different cast animations for this ability.
- Deals 90/135/180/225 (
- Deals 90/135/180/225 (
- The following ability values increases per radius damage instance applied:
- 0.12/0.15/0.18/0.22-second
- 6.92/13.85/20.77/27.69 (
- 0.12/0.15/0.18/0.22-second
- The following ability values increases per radius damage instance applied:
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The expire
- The
- The expire
- The
- Sources on Grimstroke.
- Sources on the allied hero.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The
- The
- The
strong dispel.
- The
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
Dark Portrait
[edit]Unit
Affects
Enemy Heroes
Masterfully creates an illusion of the affected enemy hero.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0.54
Cast Range: 1200
The ink illusion is a strong illusion, has bonus movement speed, deals additional damage based on the affected enemy's main attack damage and receives additional incoming damage.
Number of Illusions: 1
Damage Dealt: 
125%
Damage Taken: 
275%
Move Speed Bonus: 30%
Duration: 25
This illusion is debuff immune and has high magic resistance.
Magic Resist: 95%
35
200
No dark creation is beyond the skill of the master's hand.
- Acquiring
Aghanim's Scepter unlocks this ability in the fourth ability slot.
- The strong illusion is not affected by certain
instant kill sources.
- Spawns a fixed 58-distance away in the following sequence, following the affected enemy hero's
facing angle:
- South
East
- South
- Applies the following ability effects on the illusion:
- Stacks multiplicatively with other
magic resistance sources.
- Bonus
- It is possible for enemy units to check the
- Applies the following ability effects on the illusion:
- The illusion bounty is defined as:
- EXPR
2 × IllusionLVL
- Visually distinguishable from the real hero for everyone.
- The strong illusion is not affected by certain
- Recasting the ability creates another Ink-based illusion.
- All Ink-based illusions' duration are independent of each other.
- Considers
Acquiring Aghanim's Scepter while drafting the following components unlocks this ability:
Soulbind.
Grimstroke's hero model.
Soulbind.
Grimstroke's hero model.
Dark Portrait: Deals bonus damage and movement increased by x%.
MODIFIER_STATE_DEBUFF_IMMUNEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MAGICAL_RESISTANCE_BONUS_ILLUSIONSMODIFIER_ABSOLUTE_NO_DAMAGE_PUREMODIFIER_PROPERTY_STRONG_ILLUSIONIllusion
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_DAMAGEOUTGOING_PERCENTAGE_ILLUSIONMODIFIER_PROPERTY_FIXED_DAY_VISIONMODIFIER_PROPERTY_FIXED_NIGHT_VISIONMODIFIER_PROPERTY_IS_ILLUSIONMODIFIER_PROPERTY_ILLUSION_LABELMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATHMODIFIER_PROPERTY_LIFETIME_FRACTIONMODIFIER_PROPERTY_INCOMING_DAMAGE_ILLUSION- Has a 1900% base
- Increases the total
intelligence points the illusion has.
- Has a 1900% base
Soulbind
[edit]Bound an enemy hero to its nearest allied hero within the radius, preventing both affected enemy units from moving away from each other.
Any unit-targeted ability that either bound hero received is instantly cast on the other.
Any unit-targeted ability that either bound hero received is instantly cast on the other.
Cast Animation: 0.15 + 0.5
Cast Range: 700/800/900
Search Radius: 600
Max Bound Units: 2
Break Distance: 700
Duration: 6/7/8
Spell Damage Amp: (
25%)
If the bonds are broken before the debuff duration expires, the debuff remains on the primary target, and binds itself to the next nearest allied hero.
70/65/60
150/200/250
The Ascended were chosen sons of Ashkavor, granted immense power by the bonds forged between their own souls and those they were charged with protecting. In the years that followed the ruination of his kin, Grimstroke discovered much more sinister applications for the binding rituals...
- The
leash mechanic has the following properties:
- Checks the affected enemy unit's position and
- The set movement speed value are not displayed on the HUD and it reduces linearly toward the 700-break distance edges.
Teleport sources may break the leash.
- Mechanic interactions with
forced movement sources:
- Can break the leash when forcefully moving beyond the leash radius, except Force Staff-based items.
- Leash nullifies the forced movement source when the
- However, Hurricane Thrust (Ally) may only break the leash if the affected target did not move after being leashed.
- Both targets come to a full stop at when they are 600-distance apart.
- Stretching both targets 700-distance apart breaks the
- Checks the affected enemy unit's position and
- The
- The search radius has the following properties:
- The primary target can be an illusion or the Spirit Bear.
- For the primary target:
- Considers
- Considers
- Does not search for enemy heroes affected by the following sources:
Invisible units.
- Does not proc
Spell Redirection in the following conditions:
- Abilities cast by all creep-type units.
- Item abilities cast by
- Abilities that do not proc
Spell Reflection sources.
- When an
- Most ability effects are first applied to the secondary target, then the primary target.
Charge-based abilities only consume a single charge when the ability is also cast on the secondary target.
- Soulbind has the lowest priority of all
- Certain abilities that do not affect
-
- Stacks additively with other generic incoming damage manipulation sources.
- Does not affect
HP Removal sources.
The ability ignores the following units:
Does not search for debuff immune secondary targets.
Does not latch onto other units if the primary target is debuff immune.
Other ability effects fully affects debuff immune units.
Does not search for
Does not latch onto other units if the primary target is
Other ability effects fully affects
Procs 
Spell Block sources on the primary target.
Does proc 
Spell Reflection sources.
Does proc Empower Spell on secondary hero after the 
unit-targeted cast.
If Spell blocked by secondary target, procs on main target instead.
If Spell blocked by secondary target, procs on main target instead.
Hidden Modifier
Soulbind: Binding to nearby heroes. Leashed and prevented from blinking if bound.
MODIFIER_STATE_PROVIDES_VISIONMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_LIMITMODIFIER_PROPERTY_INCOMING_DAMAGE_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATHMODIFIER_PROPERTY_REDIRECT_SPELL- The ability animations are based on and are affected by
status resistance. This affects the following things:
- EXPR
StatusResistance1 > StatusResistance2- The leash disappears, and the primary target is no longer affected by Soulbind.
- However, the secondary target is still affected by Soulbind's effects.
- EXPR
StatusResistance2 > StatusResistance1- The chain disappears, and the secondary target is no longer affected by Soulbind.
- The primary target is still affected by Soulbind, and leashes the next valid enemy hero within the search radius.
- The ability's
- Sets the affected enemy unit's current
- EXPR
SetMS = CurrentMS
- Soulbind applies a 4 set movement speed reduction to either units per 1-distance away between both units, up to a min 0.1-set movement speed value.
- Hence, the ability formulas are defined as:
- EXPR
When 0 < |(PrimaryTargetPosition - SecondaryTargetPosition)| < 594.975, SetMS = 2380 - 4 × |(PrimaryTargetPosition - SecondaryTargetPosition)| - EXPR
When 594.975 < |(PrimaryTargetPosition - SecondaryTargetPosition)| < 780, SetMS = 0.1 - The set movement speed value along the edges does not decrease below the original movement speed.
- Sets the affected enemy unit's current
Recent Matches
[edit]Main Article: Grimstroke/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | Patch | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 6, 2026 - 16:45 CEST | Tier 1 | BLAST SLAM VII - Playoffs | 1 : 0 | 7.41 | |||||||
| June 6, 2026 - 16:45 CEST | Tier 1 | BLAST SLAM VII - Playoffs | 1 : 0 | 7.41 | |||||||
| June 5, 2026 - 20:00 CEST | Tier 3 | EPL Season 38 - June 5 | 0 : 1 | 7.41c | |||||||
| June 4, 2026 - 20:00 SGT | Qualifier | EWC 2026 SEA CQ | 0 : 1 | 7.41 | |||||||
| June 4, 2026 - 20:00 SGT | Qualifier | EWC 2026 SEA CQ | 0 : 1 | 7.41 | |||||||
- Grimstroke has won the following final matches in The International of the following years:
Recent Changes
[edit]Description
- Reduced Dark Portrait magic resistance bonus from 95% to 90%
Talents:
- LVL 20 +3 Phantom's Embrace hit count reduced to +2.
- Ink Trail
- Now applies the debuff to enemy heroes when the enemy hero is affected by the following sources:
- Created
- Grants self a unique 5% + (0.5% * HeroLvl) incoming damage reduction from the debuff-affected enemy units.
- Now applies the debuff to enemy heroes when the enemy hero is affected by the following sources:
- Stroke of Fate
- REMOVED
Fine Art ability component.
- ADDED
Alt-Cast functionality.
- Toggles and swaps the ability with Stroke of Fate (Alt-Cast) , the ability now has a
- Toggles and swaps the ability with Stroke of Fate (Alt-Cast) , the ability now has a
- REMOVED
- Ink Swell
- REMOVED the
Inkstigate ability component.
- REMOVED the Ink Explosion sub-ability.
- REMOVED the
- Increased base attack damage from 21‒25 to 22‒26.
- Increased Ink Swell cast range from 500/600/700/800 to 650/700/750/800.
Dota Plus Progress
[edit]Main Article: Hero Challenges
Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.
| Grimstroke's Relics | Voice Lines | |
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Bronze |
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Silver |
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Gold |
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Platinum |
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Master |
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Grandmaster |
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Equipment
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| Taunt | |
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Trivia
[edit]- Grimstroke was revealed during The International 2018, alongside with Mars in the same trailer.[1]
- Grimstroke's abilities have different names in the game files:
- Stroke of Fate: "Dark Artistry"
- Phantom's Embrace: "Ink Creature"
- Ink Swell: "Spirit Walk"
- Soulbind: "Soul Chain"
- ▶️ "More art than science." is a reference to the common phrase "More of an art than a science", when referring to an activity or field that is not bound by clearly-defined rules and is open to subjective interpretation.
- ▶️ "At least you died with a smile on your face." is a reference to album of the label "Bella Union".
- ▶️ "Welcome to the real void." perhaps a reference to the film "Matrix" - "Welcome to the real world".
- After killing Lich he says ▶️ "Another self-styled king meets his end." perhaps a reference to the Lich-King in the fantasy world "Warcraft".
- ▶️ "Brush beats scythe." is a reference to game "Rock, paper, scissors".
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