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Grimstroke
21 + 2.4
18 + 1.9
25 + 3.8
| Grants the following bonuses per attribute point: | |
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+22HP and +0.1HP regeneration |
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+0.17 armor and 1 attack speed |
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+12MP and +0.05MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance +1 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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1800 / 800
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Default
Gib Type | ||
Competitive Span
2018-11-19 — Present |
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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. | |
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| Roles: |  Support  Nuker  Disabler  Escape |
| Complexity |   |
| Adjectives | Flying, Undead, Nose Legs ( 0 ) |
Facets[edit]
Inkstigate
Grants Grimstroke the Ink Explosion sub-ability.
Trigger an existing Ink Swell anytime as the ink master wishes.
Max Duration: 5
Trigger an existing Ink Swell anytime as the ink master wishes.
Max Duration: 5
Fine Art
Stroke of Fate can now be vector targeted to manipulate the ink's travel path.
Bonus Damage Per Target:
Bonus Damage Per Target:
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:
Increases both the damage per second and the final damage component. Ink Swell now heals the affected ally unit based on the damage values.
Applies a strong dispel on the affected ally unit and spell lifesteals for the explosion damage upon the ink explosion.
Applies a strong dispel on the affected ally unit and spell lifesteals for the explosion damage upon the ink explosion.
Talents[edit]
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|---|---|---|
| +70% Stroke of Fate Speed/Travel Range | 25 | +150 Ink Swell Radius |
| +3 Phantom Hit Count | 20 | +75% Stroke of Fate Damage |
| +12% Ink Swell Speed | 15 | +25% Soulbind Spell Damage Amp |
| -4s Ink Swell Cooldown | 10 | +65 Phantom's Embrace Damage per Second |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All / / Attributes | ||
Bio[edit]
I'll paint this world as I see fit.
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:
Innate[edit]
Ink Trail[edit]
Ink Trail 
Passive
Affects
Self / Enemy Heroes
Successful attacks apply a debuff that causes enemy heroes to leave a trail of ink behind, directly exposing them.
Expose Duration: 4
Stroke of Fate also applies the trail to affected enemy heroes.
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.
- Does not grant
vision over the affected enemy unit.
grimstroke_ink_trail (1414)
- Applies a red trail ability effect on affected enemy heroes.
- Affects ally heroes, but has no gameplay benefits.
Hero Model[edit]
Hero Model
Passive
Affects
Self
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.
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)
1400 ( 2380) First Radius: 
120
120 End Radius: 160
160 Base Damage: 100/160/220/280 (
175/280/385/490)
175/280/385/490) InkstigateHas a lower damage increment per hit with the selected facet.
Damage Increment per Hit: 20/30/40/50 ( 35/52.5/70/87.5)
35/52.5/70/87.5) Fine ArtAdds a vector-targeting functionality to the ability that causes the launched projectile to curve accordingly.
Damage Increment per Hit: 20/40/60/80 ( 35/70/105/140)
35/70/105/140)
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.
- Stroke of Fate has a 2000 ( 3400)-travel speed, reaching its full distance in 1.43 ( 1.43) seconds.
- Affects enemy units up to 1560 ( 2540) range away with the travel distance and end radius.
- The ink trail starts 120-distance of Grimstroke's left side and travel towards the point-targeted direction.
- Hence, the ink's travel direction is not based on the Grimstroke's facing direction, but instead on the angle between the aforementioned points.
- Grants the following bonus vision effects:
- A non-lingering 120-radius vision centered around the projectile as it travels.
- A 2-second 250-radius
flying vision at all affected enemy unit's location and at the end location of the projectile.
- A non-lingering
- The damage increment per affected enemy unit has no cap, the damage increases as long as an enemy unit is affected by the magical spell damage.
- Hence, it neither affects nor counts
hidden or 
invulnerable total damage.
- Hence, it neither affects nor counts
- Both the ability visual effects and sound effects are visible and audible to everyone.
modifier_projectile_vision
On hidden entity
modifier_grimstroke_dark_artistry_slow
Stroke of Fate: This unit has slowed movement speed.
grimstroke_dark_artistry (8000)
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The magical spell damage.
- The
movement speed slow debuff.
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
900 Damage per Second: 10/20/30/40 (
75/85/95/105)
75/85/95/105) Attacks to Destroy: 2/2/3/3 (
3/3/4/4)
3/3/4/4) 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
0 
Creeps' attacks are less effective on Yaovhi.
Creep Attacks to Destroy: 6/6/9/9 ( 9/9/12/12)
9/9/12/12)36/30/24/18
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.
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Lvl
2
0
0%
200
This unit does not attack.
XP
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 clones and illusions as heroes, attacks from creep-heroes as creeps.
Towers specifically ignore attached-type units.
- Grants a non-lingering 200-radius shared vision over the enemy unit while traveling towards it, and while latched.
- The vision immediately stops once she unlatches herself from the enemy unit.
- 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.
- Shared vision fully affects
debuff immune units.
- Cannot be disjointed by enemy units.
- Only the Phantom returned from the primary target refreshes the ability's cooldown.
modifier_grimstroke_ink_creature_spawningOn hidden entity
modifier_grimstroke_ink_creature
Hidden modifier
modifier_grimstroke_ink_creature_latchedHidden modifier
modifier_provide_visionHidden modifier
modifier_grimstroke_ink_creature_debuffPhantom's Embrace: A phantom is silencing and damaging this unit.
grimstroke_ink_creature (8006)
- Has a 1150- projectile speed.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The
- The
Ink Swell[edit]
Shrouds an ally unit in ink, increasing its movement speed.
Enemy units in range of the affected ally are damaged with inky tendrils over time. After seconds it triggers, applying in an area around the unit in proportion to how long ink tendril was near any hero.
Enemy units in range of the affected ally are damaged with inky tendrils over time. After seconds it triggers, applying in an area around the unit in proportion to how long ink tendril was near any hero.
Cast Animation: 0.15 + 0.73
Cast Range: 500/600/700/800
500/600/700/800 Effect Radius: 375 (
525)
375 ( 525) Move Speed Bonus: 20% (
32%)
32%) Radius Damage per Second: 25/40/55/70 ( 32.5/52/71.5/91)
32.5/52/71.5/91) Duration: 5
Heal per Second: 
( 9.75/15.6/21.45/27.3)
( 9.75/15.6/21.45/27.3) 
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 ( 6.5)
6.5)Max Stun Duration: 1.3/1.8/2.3/2.8
Explosion Spell Lifesteal: ( 35.1/70.2/105.3/140.4)
35.1/70.2/105.3/140.4)
Has a different cast backswing when self-casting the ability.
Cast Animation: 0.15 + 0.86
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Increases both the damage per second and the final damage component. Ink Swell now heals the affected ally unit based on the damage values.
Applies a strong dispel on the affected ally unit and spell lifesteals for the explosion damage upon the ink explosion.
Increases both the damage per second and the final damage component. Ink Swell now heals the affected ally unit based on the damage values.
Applies a strong dispel on the affected ally unit and spell lifesteals for the explosion damage upon the ink explosion.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
The spell lifesteal factor is less effective when affecting creeps.
The spell lifesteal factor is less effective when affecting creeps.
Creep Spell Lifesteal Factor: ( 0.8)
0.8)27/24/21/18 (
23/20/17/14)
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.
- Ink Swell utilizes the
modifier_stunned debuff.
- Debuff sources of the same modifier do not stack, the longer duration debuff takes precedence when the same modifier is applied onto the affected enemies.
modifier_grimstroke_spirit_walk_buffInk Swell: This unit has increased movement speed and is damaging nearby enemies.
modifier_stunned
Stunned
grimstroke_spirit_walk (8007)
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The movement speed buff.
- The magical spell damage.
- The
stun debuff.
- The
Ink Explosion[edit]
W
E
Ink ExplosionNo
Affects
Heroes
Trigger an existing Ink Swell anytime as the ink master wishes.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0
1
Sub-ability of Ink Swell.
- Selecting the Inkstigate facet unlocks this sub-ability.
- The Ink Explosion sub-ability has the following properties:
- Procs all on-cast effects.
- Replaces Ink Swell until this sub-ability is used or until the debuff max duration.
- Goes into a 1-second
cooldown upon Ink Explosion cast.
- Grants Ink Swell if this sub-ability is the last cast ability.
- Only affects the primary target.
grimstroke_return (5034)
Dark Portrait[edit]
Unit
Affects
Enemy Heroes
Masterfully creates an illusion of the affected enemy hero.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0.54
Cast Range: 1200
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: 
150%
150% Damage Taken: 
350%
350% Move Speed Bonus: 30%
Magic Resist Bonus: 95%
Duration: 25
This illusion is also spell immune and does not interact specifically with spell damage at all.
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 illusion created has the following properties:
- The Ink-based
strong illusion is not affected by certain instant kill sources. - Visually distinguishable from the real hero for everyone.
- Applies a buff on the illusion that grants the following bonuses:
- Spell immune.
- Bonus movement speed.
- Hence, it is possible for enemies to check the buff and ping the remaining duration of the Ink-based illusion.
- The illusion bounty is defined as:
- EXPR
2 × IllusionLVL
- The Ink-based
- The Ink-based strong illusion spawns a fixed 58-distance away in the following sequence, following the affected enemy hero's facing angle:
- South
East North West South.
- South
- Recasting the ability creates another Ink-based illusion. All Ink-based illusions' duration are independent of each other.
- Dark Portrait considers clones and illusions as heroes, creep-heroes as creeps.
- Stacks multiplicatively with other
magic resistance sources.
- Acquiring Aghanim's Scepter while drafting the following components unlocks this ability.
- Soulbind
- Grimstroke's hero model.
modifier_grimstroke_scepter_buffDark Portrait: Deals bonus damage and movement increased by x%.
modifier_illusionIllusion
modifier_invulnerableHidden modifier
grimstroke_dark_portrait (7852)
- The Ink-based strong illusion has a 96.25% base magic resistance.
- Increases the total magic resistance by 0.05% per 10
intelligence points the illusion has.
- Increases the total
Soulbind[edit]
Bound an enemy hero to its nearest ally hero within the radius, preventing both of these affected enemies from moving away from each other.
Any unit-targeted ability that either bound hero received is receives is cast on the other hero.
Any unit-targeted ability that either bound hero received is receives is cast on the other hero.
Cast Animation: 0.15 + 0.5
Cast Range: 700/800/900
700/800/900 Search Radius: 600
600 Max Bound Units: 2
Break Distance: 700
Duration: 6/7/8
Spell Damage Amp: (
25%)
( 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 ally 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 aforementioned sources cannot break the leash, if cast before the leash debuff applied.
- The leash mechanic has the following properties:
- Checks the affected enemy unit's position and
facing angle per server tick to the center of the leashed point, and speficially sets the enemy's movement speed to a certain value when it is facing away from the leashed point center. - 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 debuff expires while the forced movement source is happening.
- However, Force and 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 leash, but does not dispel the debuff.
- Checks the affected enemy unit's position and
- The debuff applies the following ability effects:
- The search radius has the following properties:
- The primary target can be an illusion or the Spirit Bear.
- For the primary target:
- Considers clones and creep-heroes as heroes, illusions as creeps.
- Considers clones and creep-heroes as heroes,
- Does not search for enemy heroes affected by the following sources:
- Invisible units.
- Invulnerable units.
- Does not proc Spell Duplication in the following conditions:
- Abilities cast by all creep-type units.
- Item abilities cast by creep-heroes.
- Abilities that do not proc
Spell Reflection sources. - When an illusion is the primary target.
- When the primary target is affected by Spell Reflection sources.
- 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 Spell Reflection sources.
- Certain abilities that do not affect debuff immune units will still be cast on the leashed debuff immune target, applying other of its ability effects, despite not affecting them.
- Applies generic
incoming spell damage amplification on affected enemy heroes.
- 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.
- Does not search for
- Other ability effects fully affects debuff immune units.
- Procs
Spell Block sources on the primary target.
- Does not proc Spell Reflection sources.
modifier_grimstroke_soul_chain_channel_checkHidden modifier
modifier_grimstroke_soul_chainSoulbind: Binding to nearby heroes. Leashed and prevented from blinking if bound.
grimstroke_soul_chain (6491)
- 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 leash mechanic has the following properties:
- Sets the affected enemy unit's current movement speed as fixed value upon applying the leash debuff.
- 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 07, 2024 - 15:00 ICT | Tier 4 |  | HPB Legion 1 |      |  | 0 : 1 |  |      |
| Sep 06, 2024 - 13:00 SGT | Tier 3 |  | Phoenix League |     |  | 0 : 1 |   |      |
| Sep 05, 2024 - 12:25 CEST | Tier 1 |  | TI2024 |   |  | 0 : 1 |  |   |
| Sep 05, 2024 - 12:25 CEST | Tier 1 | | TI2024 |  |  | 0 : 1 |  |    |
| Sep 02, 2024 - 15:00 CST | Tier 3 |  | Douyu Super Dream League S2 |  | | 0 : 1 | |      |
Recent Changes[edit]
Description
- Increased Stroke of Fate File:Dota2 Facet Brush icon.png Fine Art damage increment per hit from 20/35/50/65 to 20/40/60/80.
- ADDED the Ink Trail innate ability for Grimstroke :
- Attacks now applies a 4-second expose debuff on enemy heroes.
- Stroke of Fate now applies Ink Trail on all affected enemy units.
- ADDED the Facet component:
- File:Dota2 Facet Area of Effect icon.png Inkstigate
- Ink Swell
- Increased duration from 3 to 4.
- Grants the Ink Explosion sub-ability allowing Grimstroke to manually trigger Ink Swell at any point.
- Ink Swell
- File:Dota2 Facet Brush icon.png Fine Art
- Stroke of Fate
- Adds Vector Target functionality that curves the projectile trajectory.
- Increased damage increment per hit from 20/30/40/50 to 20/35/50/65.
- Stroke of Fate
- File:Dota2 Facet Area of Effect icon.png Inkstigate
- Phantom's Embrace Phantom is no longer disjointable while returning to Grimstroke.
- Ink Swell
- Reduced duration from 5 to 3.
- MOVED Ink Explosion sub-ability component to File:Dota2 Facet Area of Effect icon.png Inkstigate.
Talents:
- LVL 20 +1000 Stroke of Fate cast range ➜ +75% Stroke of Fate damage.
- LVL 25 +75% Stroke of Fate damage ➜ +70% Stroke of Fate cast range/travel speed.
- Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Ink Swell
- Reduced tendrils damage per second bonus from 40% to 30%.
- Reduced expire max damage bonus from 40% to 30%.
- Reduced damage as spell lifesteal from 40% to 30%.
- Ink Swell
- Talents:
- LVL 15 +14% Ink Swell movement speed bonus reduced to +12%.
- LVL 25 +60% Stroke of Fate damage increased to +75%.
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 | |
|---|---|---|
 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[edit]
| Sets | |
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| Weapon | |
| Head | |
| Taunt | |
Trivia[edit]
- 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".
Gallery[edit]
In-game model
In-game model
