Stroke of Fate
на точкуGrimstroke 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.
Pros max it by level 7
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Grimstroke
Grimstroke: Ranged, position 4 (soft support), position 5 (hard support), Nuker, Disabler, Escape. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 52.1% win rate in pubs and a 6.9% pick rate.
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.
Rangedposition 4 (soft support)position 5 (hard support)NukerDisablerEscape
52.1%Win rate · all pubs
6.9%picked in 1 of 14 games
52.2%Turbo · 82,335 games
Complexity: medium
Abilities
patch 7.41f · Valve
Phantom's Embrace
на цельSummons 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.
Pros max it by level 15
Ink Swell
на цельGrimstroke 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.
Pros max it by level 14
Dark Portrait
на цель · from Aghanim's ScepterCreates an ink illusion of a target enemy hero. Illusion is debuff immune, has 90% magic resistance, and has bonus movement speed and attack damage.
Soulbind
на цель, по областиBinds 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.
Pros max it by level 17
Ink Trail
пассивная · innateGrimstroke's attacks and spells cause affected enemy heroes to leave a trail of Ink behind them and deal less damage to Grimstroke for 4s.
Aghanim's Scepter
Grants a new ability, Dark Portrait.
Aghanim's Shard
Upgrades 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
Talents
+150 Ink Swell RadiusLvl 25+70% Stroke of Fate Speed and Travel Range
+80% Stroke of Fate DamageLvl 20+2 Attacks to Destroy Phantom
+25% Soulbind Spell DamageLvl 15+15% Ink Swell Movement Speed
+65 Phantom's Embrace DPSLvl 10-4s Ink Swell Cooldown
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A review of your Grimstroke game
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