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Grimstroke

WIN RATE
51.7%
PICK
4.7%
BAN
1.0%
MATCHES
20,309
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Grimstroke stats & overview

Win rate, pick rate and ban rate for Grimstroke in patch 7.41f, with trends, positions, hero attributes, abilities, talents and the most played build.

Win rate trend

last 30 days, 7-day average
Win rate Pick rate

Positions

share · win rate
Pos 1
Carry
0% –
Pos 2
Mid
2% 54.8%
Pos 3
Offlane
1% 53.7%
Pos 4
Soft support
43% 52.0%
Pos 5
Hard support
55% 51.7%

Most played build

20,686 · 54.9%
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EARLY GAME
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23 min
25 min
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Hero attributes

Ranged · Intelligence
STR
21
+2.4/lvl
AGI
18
+1.9/lvl
INT
25
+3.8/lvl
Primary attribute outlined: each point adds 1 damage.
Health 582
Health regen 2.4
Mana 375
Mana regen 1.3
Armor 3
Magic resistance 25%
Damage 47–51
Attack range 600
Attack speed 118 · BAT 1.7
Move speed 290
Turn rate 0.6
Vision 1800 / 800
Support Nuker Disabler Escape

Abilities

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INNATE Ink Trail
Passive, Hidden · Pierces BKB: No

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 duration 4
Damage reduction 5%
Q Stroke of Fate
Point Target · Magical damage · Pierces BKB: No

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.

Cooldown 11 / 9 / 7 / 5 s
Mana cost 100 / 110 / 120 / 130
Start radius 120
End radius 160
Base damage 100 / 160 / 220 / 280
Bonus dmg per hero 20 / 40 / 60 / 80
Bonus dmg per illusion/creep 10 / 20 / 30 / 40
Movement slow 50% / 60% / 70% / 80%
Slow duration 1.75
Vision duration 2
Cast range 1400
Projectile speed 2000
Vector min cos facing angle -0.99
Vector strength 0.6
Vector max travel time multiplier 5
Vector acceptable radian to snap velocity 0.25
Vector distance to start force turning 100
Vector deg turn divisor 1.3
Vector deg turn max 60
Vector reticle distance 400
Vector reticle radius 140
Cast time 0.6
W Phantom's Embrace
Unit Target · Magical damage · Pierces BKB: 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.

Cooldown 30 / 26 / 22 / 18 s
Mana cost 80 / 100 / 120 / 140
Speed 1150
Latch duration 5
Attacks to destroy 6 / 6 / 9 / 9
Hero attack multiplier 3
Phantom dps 10 / 20 / 30 / 40
Enemy vision time 4
Tick interval 0.5
Infection search radius 1000
Rend damage 120 / 200 / 280 / 360
Return projectile speed 1150
Latched unit offset 130
Latched unit offset short 95
Cast range 900
E Ink Swell
Unit Target · Magical damage

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.

Cooldown 27 / 24 / 21 / 18 s
Mana cost 120 / 130 / 140 / 150
Buff duration 3
Movement speed bonus 20%
Radius 375
Max damage 90 / 180 / 270 / 360
Max stun duration 1.6 / 2 / 2.4 / 2.8
Damage per tick 6 / 9 / 12 / 15
Tick rate 0.2
Ink tendrils dps 30 / 45 / 60 / 75
Max threshold duration 2.5
Cast range 650 / 700 / 750 / 800
Cast time 0.15
R Soulbind
Unit Target, AOE · Pierces BKB: Yes

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.

Cooldown 70 / 65 / 60 s
Mana cost 150 / 200 / 250
Duration 6 / 7 / 8
Bind radius 600
Chain break distance 700
Leash limit multiplier 1.3
Leash radius buffer 50
Creep duration pct 50
Cast range 700 / 800 / 900
Cast time 0.15
AGHANIM'S SHARD
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

AGHANIM'S SCEPTER
Dark Portrait NEW ABILITY

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.

Talents

pick rate
+70% Stroke of Fate Speed and Travel Range
52%
25
+150 Ink Swell Radius
48%
+2 Attacks to Destroy Phantom
51%
20
+80% Stroke of Fate Damage
49%
+15% Ink Swell Movement Speed
19%
15
+25.0% Soulbind Spell Damage
81%
-4s Ink Swell Cooldown
42%
10
+65 Phantom's Embrace DPS
58%

Skill order

levels 1–18
Q
1 3 5 7
W
4 8 9 10
E
2 11 13 14
R
6 12 18

Strong against

advantage · win rate
HEROADVWIN
Slark +5.1% 57.1% Pangolier +3.4% 59.0% Lifestealer +3.2% 53.2% Timbersaw +3.1% 58.4% Necrophos +2.7% 55.0%

Weak against

advantage · win rate
HEROADVWIN
Visage −2.4% 42.4% Spectre −2.3% 47.6% Gyrocopter −2.2% 51.8% Clinkz −2.0% 47.8% Razor −1.9% 49.6%