{"id":12100,"date":"2018-09-05T22:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T05:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/grimstroke-dota-2s-new-offensive-support-hero\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T17:25:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T01:25:32","slug":"grimstroke-dota-2s-new-offensive-support-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/grimstroke-dota-2s-new-offensive-support-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Grimstroke, Dota 2\u2019s New Offensive Support Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14206\" style=\"width: 619px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14206 size-full\" title=\"Familiarizing with Grimstroke abilities.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/grimstroke-abilities.jpg\" alt=\"Grimstroke Abilities\" width=\"619\" height=\"348\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Source: PCGamesN.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">In our article yesterday, we\u2019ve featured the two newest heroes revealed by Dota 2 called Grimstroke and Mars. Although no further details were revealed about Mars, Grimstroke was initially released in the game and was made available to play as soon as the updates rolled in. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Grimstroke is described as a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">\u201cranged and offensive support hero\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> which can also act as a nuker. Armed with a set of punitive and disabling spells, he can turn the tides of flashlights and disable his victims, putting them to silence, or bind two enemies together to their death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">So without further adieu, let\u2019s get to know more about Grimstroke and his soul-binding spells:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>ABILITIES<\/h2>\n<h3>Stroke of Fate<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14210 size-full\" title=\"Familiarizing with stroke of fate.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stroke-of-fate.jpg\" alt=\"Stroke of Fate\" width=\"127\" height=\"129\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">This is Grimstroke&#8217;s first ability which causes him to wind up and paint a path of ink with his soul-binding brush. The ink causes damage and slows down enemies &#8212; the damage increases with each enemy the ink strikes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Phantom&#8217;s Embrace<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14208 size-full\" title=\"Knowing everything about Phatom Embrace\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/phantoms-embrace.jpg\" alt=\"Phantom's Embrace\" width=\"129\" height=\"128\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Grimstroke&#8217;s second ability when activated allows him to summon a phantom which quickly latches itself to the target opponent. Once it has latched on the victim, the phantom damages and silences its target. If the phantom survives the full latch duration, she hits his enemy with massive damage and then refreshes Phantom&#8217;s Embrace cooldown.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Ink Swell<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14207 size-full\" title=\"Familiarizing with Ink Swell\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ink-swell.jpg\" alt=\"Ink Swell\" width=\"128\" height=\"127\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">This is Grimstroke&#8217;s third ability wherein upon activation, he will shroud himself or an allied unit in ink. The ink then grants movement speed while silencing and disarming enemies, making Grimstroke and the allied unit immune to attacks. Enemies in range will also take damage with inky tendrils if they try to come close.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">After a few seconds, the ink then explodes, stunning nearby enemy units and applying damage in proportion to how much ink tendril damage was done during the ink&#8217;s duration.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Soul Bind<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14209 size-full\" title=\"Familiarizing with soul bind\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/soul-bind.jpg\" alt=\"Soul Bind\" width=\"128\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">This is Grimstroke&#8217;s ultimate ability which allows him to bind a targeted enemy hero to its nearby ally, preventing both of them from moving away from each other. Any unit-targeted spell cast to the bound enemy unit will also affect the other hero.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">If ever the bind is broken before the duration ends, the initial target will then be bound to the next allied hero near him. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><b>***<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Grimstroke is the fourth original Dota 2 hero to be released and is now available to play. To try his skills and gameplay, download the latest update for Dota 2 on your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowerpc.com\/category\/gaming-pcs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">gaming PC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our article yesterday, we\u2019ve featured the two newest heroes revealed by Dota 2 called Grimstroke and Mars. Although no further details were revealed about Mars, Grimstroke was initially released in the game and was made available to play as soon as the updates rolled in. Grimstroke is described as a \u201cranged and offensive support&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/grimstroke-dota-2s-new-offensive-support-hero\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Grimstroke, Dota 2\u2019s New Offensive Support Hero<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":12095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2724],"tags":[770,860,67,5081,5082,5085,4433],"class_list":["post-12100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cyberpowerpc","tag-dota-2","tag-gaming-pc","tag-grimstroke","tag-grimstroke-abilities","tag-grimstroke-gameplay","tag-new-dota-2-hero"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16775,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12100\/revisions\/16775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}