Grimstroke - Abilities - DOTABUFF

Stroke of FateQ

ABILITY:Point

DAMAGE TYPE:Magical

PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY:No

DISPELLABLE:Yes

Grimstroke paints a path of ink with his brush, damaging and slowing enemies. The damage is increased with each enemy the ink hits. Applies Ink Trail on hit.

BASE DAMAGE: 100 / 160 / 220 / 280

BONUS DMG PER TARGET: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50

MOVEMENT SLOW: 50% / 60% / 70% / 80%

SLOW DURATION: 1.75

CAST POINT 0.6s

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.

Phantom's EmbraceW

ABILITY:Unit Target

AFFECTS:Enemy Basic, Enemy Hero

DAMAGE TYPE:Magical

PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY:No

DISPELLABLE:No

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.

The phantom falls off if the target becomes invisible or spell immune.

The phantom will return if the target dies during the latch.

LATCH DURATION: 5

ATTACKS TO DESTROY: 6 / 6 / 9 / 9

PHANTOM DPS: 10 / 20 / 30 / 40

REND DAMAGE: 120 / 200 / 280 / 360

CAST POINT 0s

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.

Ink SwellE

ABILITY:Unit Target

AFFECTS:Friendly Basic, Friendly Hero

DAMAGE TYPE:Magical

PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY:No

DISPELLABLE:Yes

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 DURATION: 3

MOVEMENT SPEED BONUS: 20%

RADIUS: 375

MAX DAMAGE: 90 / 180 / 270 / 360

MAX STUN DURATION: 1.3 / 1.8 / 2.3 / 2.8

INK TENDRILS DPS: 30 / 45 / 60 / 75

MAX THRESHOLD DURATION: 2.5

CAST POINT 0.15s

27 / 24 / 21 / 18

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.

Dark PortraitD

ABILITY:Hidden, Show In Guides, Unit Target

AFFECTS:Enemy Hero

PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY:Yes

Creates an ink illusion of a target enemy hero. Illusion is debuff immune, has 95% magic resistance, and has bonus movement speed and attack damage.

ILLUSION DURATION: 25

ILLUSION OUTGOING DAMAGE: 150%

ILLUSION DAMAGE TAKEN: 350%

ILLUSION MOVESPEED BONUS: 30%

CAST POINT 0s

200

No dark creation is beyond the skill of the master's hand.

Ink ExplosionF

ABILITY:Hidden, No Target

PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY:No

Triggers an existing Ink Swell.

SoulbindR

ABILITY:Unit Target

AFFECTS:Enemy Hero

PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY:Yes

DISPELLABLE:No

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.

If bound to another unit, affected units are leashed and prevented from blinking.

Provides vision of both leashed units.

DURATION: 6 / 7 / 8

BIND RADIUS: 600

CAST POINT 0.15s

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...

Ink Trail

ABILITY:Passive, Skip For Keybinds

PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY:No

Adds an effect to Grimstroke's attacks that causes enemy heroes to leave a trail of ink behind them for 4s.

Provides vision over affected heroes.

Last Updated 2025-02-21

Hero Talents

Talent Tree
+70% Stroke of Fate Speed and Travel Range	25	+150 Ink Swell Radius
+3 Hits to Kill Phantom	20	+80% Stroke of Fate Damage
+12% Ink Swell Movement Speed	15	+25% Soulbind Spell Damage
-4s Ink Swell Cooldown	10	+65 Phantom's Embrace DPS

Hero Attributes


21 +2.4	18 +1.9	25 +3.8

Movement speed	290
Sight range	1800/800
Armor	2.52
Base attack time	1.7
Damage	46 - 50
Attack point	0.35

GrimstrokeAbilities