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It's been almost 2 months since Valve released the new hero Grimstroke at the biggest Dota2 arena of the year The International 8. Different from all the previously revealed new heroes like Monkey King, Dark Willow, … just seconds after revealed two new heroes, Mar and Grimstroke Valve released a new patch that brought Grimstroke into Dota 2 causing a stir in the community. With a history of "only bringing new heroes into the game half a decade after being revealed", Grimstroke's arrival is a surprise gift for players.
The Ashkavorians gathered around the temple square, eager to see the new squire perform the ascending ritual - to stand near the man who would bind their souls to him. But when his last brush stroke broke from the seal on the rock, and the bond between that superior and all the people, whether present or at home, was formed, they immediately felt terrible things happened.
The guard knew the situation immediately. The drops of sacred blood he had found that had been intended to strengthen the inkpot, had instead contaminated it, and the power of the chanted binding magic now threatened to devour the suffering master. The stream of corrupt ink crept up from the seal, flowed back down the handle of the brush, and quickly took possession of both hands. From there, it quickly spread. Then when it poured into his face and mouth, he couldn't even scream.
All his life he had been trying to find a way to gain greater power, surpassing the limits allowed by his masters--even to the point of breaking his sacred oath not to strengthen ink. Indeed, with the energy of the upward link now open to his eyes, he felt a power flowing through his soul that he had never imagined. The greatest success awaits, as long as he can survive.
He borrowed a lot of strength from the bond of bond, resisting the corrupt flow of ink. A cry filled the air -- a symphony of the screams of his countrymen. Some people were no longer standing. The weak will fall. Many parts try to run away. Still, he wanted to extract more bloodline power from them. But that is still not enough to stop the ink tide.
It was only when his own breath began to weaken, when the darkness of the lake completely enveloped him, that he saw the way out. The bond he had forged with Ashkavor -- his compatriots - that had only been mobilized in service to protect them... turned out to be bidirectional.
With the last bit of force - this time controlled not only by blind hatred - he pushed the ink straight into that bondage. Slowly, he felt the tide recede... and heard the anguished cry from the sack as the corrupt ink engulfed them. So that when the ink finally calmed down, he opened his eyes to see a changed world. The Ashkavor people he once knew were gone. All lives are transformed into terrifying ghosts - not flesh or bone, but slimy, unclean ink.
Ability Builds
Level: 0 1 15 25 30
Health: 200 620 1280 2000 2280
Health regen: +0.25 +2.35 +5.71 +9.31 +10.71
Mana: 75 375 1011 1611 1863
Mana regen: +0 +1.25 +3.91 +6.41 +7.46
Armor: 0 3 7.43 12.6 14.52
Damage Block: -
Magic Resistance: 25%
Status Resistance: 0%
Damage: 21‒25 46‒50 99‒103 149‒153 170‒174
Attack Rate: 0.59/s 0.69/s 0.85/s 1.03/s 1.1/s
Attack Range: 600 (800)
Attack Speed: 100 (1.7s BAT)
Attack Animation: 0.35+0.85
Projectile Speed: 900
Movement Speed: 290
Turn Rate: 0.6
Collision Size: 24
Vision Range: 1800 • 800
Legs: 0
Gib Type: Default
Ability Upgrades:
- Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter;
- Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Talents
Tips & Tactics
General
Always raise skill 1 first, can raise 3 if laning on a hero with slow/stun. This skill 1 at level 1 gives a very strong burst, slows up to 50% and cooldown is only 11s. This skill also only has 100 mana, so with the initial mana pool (420) and waiting for regen, you can spam up to 5 times. Having more Mango or Clarity is of course more spam. Skill 1 if you hit up to 5 targets, the end target can receive up to 137 magic damage (basic reduction 25% calculated), if 6 units, it will be 149, in the comments I will post pictures. Four times spam is four times. Note that this skill also includes creeps, so like I said, it is only strong when meta control equilibrium is not needed. If you hit 3 or more units and the 3rd or more unit hits the enemy creep Range (Magic resist 0%), its HP will drop below 50%.
Abilities
Stroke of Fate
Always raise skill 1 first, can raise 3 if laning on a hero with slow/stun. This skill 1 at level 1 gives a very strong burst, slows up to 50% and cooldown is only 11s. This skill also only has 100 mana, so with the initial mana pool (420) and waiting for regen, you can spam up to 5 times. Having more Mango or Clarity is of course more spam.
Skill 1 if you hit up to 5 targets, the end target can receive up to 137 magic damage (basic reduction 25% calculated), if 6 units, it will be 149, in the comments I will post pictures. Four times spam is four times. Note that this skill also includes creeps, so like I said, it is only strong when meta control equilibrium is not needed. If you hit 3 or more units and the 3rd or more unit hits the enemy creep Range (Magic resist 0%), its HP will drop below 50%.
Phantom's Embrace
Release a phantom that haunts the enemy for dmg every second and silences the enemy for the duration of the haunting, if the haunt is long enough without being destroyed, it will deal 360 dmg and restore this skill. Ghosts can withstand up to 9 hits from creeps and 3 hits from heroes. When a hero is hit by a specter that uses stealth, magic immunity (Black King Bar, Omni Repel) or immortality (Eul, Manta), the ghost will lose its effect.
Ink Swell
Buff yourself or an ally to increase movement speed and deal damage over time within 400 distance. After 3 seconds will create an explosion that deals damage and stuns enemy heroes depending on how long this skill was affected before. The longer the enemy hero is damaged by this skill, the more damage it will receive when it explodes and the longer it will be stun.
Soulbind
Connect the enemy hero hit by this skill to the nearest ally, making it impossible for the two heroes to move further than 550 distances apart. Every time one of the two affected receives the effect of a target skill, the other will also hit that ability. Simply, when 2 enemy hero names are connected, you Dagon one name, the other name is also Dagoned.
Dark Portrait
Create an ink clone of a specified enemy champion. This clone is immune to magic, gaining movement speed and damage.
Ink Over
Cover an enemy in ink for 6 seconds, slow down 50 attack speed of enemy, 25% movement speed and deal 320 damage.