
Grimstroke
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…
Grimstroke abilities
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.
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.…
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…
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 durat…
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.
Passive, HiddenGrimstroke has 22 tradable cosmetics on the Steam Community Market, ranging from $0.03 to $13.44. Collecting the whole Grimstroke line-up would cost about $75.12.
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What are Grimstroke's abilities in Dota 2?
Grimstroke's abilities are Stroke of Fate, Phantom's Embrace, Ink Swell, Soulbind, Ink Trail. It is a Intelligence ranged hero played as Support, Nuker, Disabler.
What is Grimstroke's primary attribute?
Grimstroke is a Intelligence hero, starting with 21 strength (+2.4/lvl), 18 agility (+1.9/lvl) and 25 intelligence (+3.8/lvl), and a base move speed of 290.
How many cosmetics does Grimstroke have?
Grimstroke has 22 tradable cosmetics on the Steam Community Market, ranging from $0.03 to $13.44.
Does Grimstroke have an Arcana?
No — Grimstroke does not have an Arcana yet. Their cosmetics are sets, couriers, wards and effects across the other rarity tiers.
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