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Grimstroke
Grimstroke
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Grimstroke

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Win Rate48.9%#80 overall
Pick Rate3.9%#100 overall
Matchups
Timbersaw
+3.5
Primal Beast
+3.4
Tidehunter
+3.3
Elder Titan
-3.4
Lycan
-3.7
Shadow Demon
-4.9
Best against
Grimstroke
Worst against
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Safe Lane 
0.5%
39.3%
4%
W16%
D22%
L37%
21%
Suggested partners
PugnaOgre MagiLionDisruptorShadow Shaman
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Mid Lane 
3.0%
51.2%
3%
W23%
D28%
L39%
8%
Strongest against
ViperRubickSniperHuskarDeath Prophet
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Off Lane 
1.0%
42.9%
4%
W14%
D20%
L39%
24%
Suggested partners
TinkerRubickDisruptorJuggernautRiki
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Soft Support 
42.0%
48.7%
4%
W24%
D23%
L36%
12%
Suggested partners
UndyingPudgeAncient ApparitionShadow ShamanOmniknight
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Hard Support 
Most played
53.4%
48.2%
7%
W30%
D24%
L31%
8%
Suggested partners
SniperRazorShadow FiendJuggernautOmniknight
Abilities
Stroke of Fate
Stroke of Fate
Point Target
Max first
Phantom's Embrace
Phantom's Embrace
Unit Target ∙ Enemies
Ink Swell
Ink Swell
Unit Target ∙ Allies
Dark Portrait
Dark Portrait
Unknown ∙ Enemies
New
Soulbind
Soulbind
Unit Target ∙ Enemies
Level at 9
Unknown
Passive
Talents
+70%% Stroke of Fate Speed and Travel Range+1.8%
+150 Ink Swell Radius
+3 Hits to Kill Phantom
+75%% Stroke of Fate Damage+0.6%
+12% Ink Swell Movement Speed
+25.0% Soulbind Spell Damage+1.1%
-4s Ink Swell Cooldown
+65 Phantom's Embrace DPS+3.0%
Items
Boots
Boots of Speed
49%
Arcane Boots
49%
Boots of Travel
68%
Boots of Travel 2
61%
Starting-1:40
Smoke of Deceit
52%
Wind Lace
50%
Quelling Blade
49%
Circlet
49%
Early0:00 - 15:00
Mekansm
72%
Ghost Scepter
69%
Glimmer Cape
60%
Great Healing Lotus
60%
Mid15:00 - 35:00
Scythe of Vyse
69%
Dagon (level 5)
67%
Great Healing Lotus
66%
Buckler
64%
Late35:00+
Wind Lace
68%
Soul Booster
67%
Octarine Core
67%
Greater Healing Lotus
64%
Featured guides
бдыдыщ
40:44
Dire
11
/
9
/
27
Stroke of Fate
Phantom's Embrace
Ink Swell
Soulbind
Magic Wand02:01
Arcane Boots09:27
Blink Dagger17:40
Aghanim's Scepter29:44
Glimmer Cape32:48
Scythe of Vyse40:11
ΧΥΣ
41:38
Radiant
4
/
10
/
33
Stroke of Fate
Phantom's Embrace
Ink Swell
Soulbind
Arcane Boots09:27
Blink Dagger25:53
Ethereal Blade35:12
Smoke of Deceit38:12
Dust of Appearance38:14
Point Booster 
冰空花束
30:44
Radiant
6
/
6
/
21
Stroke of Fate
Phantom's Embrace
Ink Swell
Soulbind
Arcane Boots05:47
Pavise10:59
Dust of Appearance22:41
Lotus Orb25:00
Observer and Sentry Wards 
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1
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+17
2
бдыдыщ
+15
3
СвинонеймРевунд
+14
4
Avywenna
+13
5
Kazoomian
+11
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Details
Skilled at manipulating battle from the outskirts, Grimstroke studies every movement and assesses each line, deciding when to emerge from inky darkness to disable his victims and bind them together with a swipe of his brush. He delights in unleashing phantom thralls to vex opponents, as he carefully considers how to dispatch multiple enemies with one fateful stroke.
Hero ID
121
Aliases
gs
LoreThe 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.