Grimstroke

Disables enemies with a swipe of his brush

Ranged

Paint a masterpiece of destruction with Grimstroke, a backline caster who can easily disable his victims with silencing phantoms. In teamfights, use Soulbind to bind them together, allowing single-target spells to duplicate, while sending dark strokes to constantly vex opponents.

2/3

Complexity

2/3

Support

2/3

Nuker

2/3

Disabler

1/3

Escape

Base Stats

Health582+0.3 / s

Mana375

AttributeBase / Growth per lvl

Strength

21+2.4 per lvl

Agility

18+1.9 per lvl

Intelligence

25+3.8 per lvl

StatValue

Damage

47 – 51

Armor

Movement Speed

290

Attack Range

600

Win Rates by Rank

Patch7.41d

Public Win Rate52%184.3K matches

Pro Win Rate50%2W / 2L

Pro Bans00% of contests

RankPicksWin Rate

Herald

8.5K

50%

Guardian

25.8K

51%

Crusader

35.7K

51%

Archon

39.1K

52%

Legend

32.3K

52%

Ancient

21.8K

52%

Divine

21.2K

51%

Faces of Grimstroke

Data Timeframe: Past 6 months

Innate Ability

Ink Trail

Hidden, Passive

Grimstroke's attacks and spells cause affected enemy heroes to leave a trail of Ink behind them and deal less damage to Grimstroke for 4s.

Debuff Duration4s

Damage Reduction5%

Talent Tree

+70% Stroke of Fate Speed and Travel Range

+150 Ink Swell Radius

+2 Attacks to Destroy Phantom

+80% Stroke of Fate Damage

+15% Ink Swell Movement Speed

+25% Soulbind Spell Damage

-4s Ink Swell Cooldown

+65 Phantom's Embrace DPS

Abilities

Stroke of Fate

MagicalDispellable

Point Target

Grimstroke paints a curved path of ink with his brush, damaging and slowing enemies. The damage is increased with each enemy the ink hits. Can be put on alt-cast to have the path be straight.

Start Radius120

End Radius160

Base Damage100 / 160 / 220 / 280

Bonus Dmg Per Hero20 / 40 / 60 / 80

Bonus Dmg Per Illusion/Creep10 / 20 / 30 / 40

Movement Slow50% / 60% / 70% / 80%

Slow Duration1.75s

Vision Duration2s

Projectile Speed2000

Vector Min Cos Facing Angle-0.99

Vector Strength0.6

Vector Max Travel Time Multiplier5s

Vector Acceptable Radian To Snap Velocity0.25

Vector Distance To Start Force Turning100

Vector Deg Turn Divisor1.3

Vector Deg Turn Max60

Vector Reticle Distance400

Vector Reticle Radius140

Cast Range1400

Cast Time0.6s

100 / 110 / 120 / 130

11 / 9 / 7 / 5s

Phantom's Embrace

Magical

Unit Target

Summons a phantom that moves quickly towards the target, latching to it when she arrives. Once latched, the phantom damages and silences. If she survives the full latch duration she rends her victim for heavy damage and refreshes Phantom's Embrace's cooldown. Hero attacks against the phantom count as 3 attacks each.

Speed1150

Latch Duration5s

Attacks To Destroy6 / 6 / 9 / 9

Hero Attack Multiplier3

Phantom Dps10 / 20 / 30 / 40

Enemy Vision Time4s

Tick Interval0.5s

Infection Search Radius1000

Rend Damage120 / 200 / 280 / 360

Return Projectile Speed1150

Latched Unit Offset130

Latched Unit Offset Short95

Cast Range900

80 / 100 / 120 / 140

30 / 26 / 22 / 18s

Ink Swell

MagicalDispellable

Unit Target

Grimstroke shrouds an allied unit in ink, increasing its movement speed. Enemies in range of the allied unit are damaged with inky tendrils over time. After 3 seconds it applies damage and stun in an area around the unit in proportion to how long ink tendril was near any hero.

Buff Duration3s

Movement Speed Bonus20%

Radius375

Max Damage90 / 180 / 270 / 360

Max Stun Duration1.6 / 2 / 2.4 / 2.8s

Damage Per Tick6 / 9 / 12 / 15

Tick Rate0.2

Max Threshold Duration2.5s

Cast Range650 / 700 / 750 / 800

Cast Time0.15s

120 / 130 / 140 / 150

27 / 24 / 21 / 18s

Soulbind

Pierces BKB

Unit Target, AOE

Binds a targeted enemy hero to its nearest allied hero within the bind radius, preventing both from moving away from each other. Any unit-targeted ability that either bound hero receives also gets cast on the other hero. If the bind is broken before the duration expires, the initial target will be bound to its nearest allied hero in the radius.

Duration6 / 7 / 8s

Bind Radius600

Chain Break Distance700

Leash Limit Multiplier1.3

Leash Radius Buffer50

Creep Duration Pct50s

Cast Range700 / 800 / 900

Cast Time0.15s

150 / 200 / 250

70 / 65 / 60s

Aghanim's Upgrades

Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Dark Portrait

Creates an ink illusion of a target enemy hero. Illusion is debuff immune, has 90% magic resistance, and has bonus movement speed and attack damage.

Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Ink Swell

Ink Swell dispels the allied unit when cast. Causes Ink Swell to deal 40% more damage and heal the target for 40% of the damage Ink Swell deals.DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel