Grimstroke
Patch 7.41e30.07.2026+0.12 (0.12)
Abilities
Dark Portrait
- BUFFNo longer has illusion vision penalty
Patch 7.41d04.06.2026-0.98 (0.98)
Abilities
Dark Portrait
- NERFMagic Resistance decreased from 95% to 90%-5%
Talents
- NERFLevel 20 Talent: Attacks to Destroy Phantom decreased from +3 to +2-33%
Patch 7.4124.03.2026+0.71 (1.42)
Abilities
Ink Trail
- NEWNow also applied when an enemy hero is affected by any of Grimstroke's abilities
- NEWNow also applied by attacks from Grimstroke's illusions (including Dark Portrait)
- NEWGrimstroke now takes 5% + 0.5% per level less damage from enemies affected by Ink Trail
L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9 L10 L11 L12 L13 L14 L15 L20 L25 L30 value 5.5% 6.0% 6.5% 7.0% 7.5% 8.0% 8.5% 9.0% 9.5% 10.0% 10.5% 11.0% 11.5% 12.0% 12.5% 15.0% 17.5% 20.0%
Stroke of Fate
- MISCCan now be put on alt-cast to send the stroke straight
Patch 7.40c21.01.2026+2.00 (2.00)
GENERAL
- BUFFBase damage increased by 1?Now it's 22. Before this patch it was changed in 7.22f (7 years 1 month ago)+5%
- BUFFDamage at level 1 changed from 46–50 to 47–51+2%
Abilities
Ink Swell
- BUFFCast Range increased from 500/600/700/800 to 650/700/750/800+30%+17%+7%0%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Ink Swell Movement Speed increased from +12% to +15%+25%
Patch 7.4015.12.2025+0.76 (3.13)
Abilities
Phantom's Embrace
- NEWCooldown is now also refreshed if the phantom's target dies before the phantom latches to it
Soulbind
- NEWAbility can now be reflected?Reflected spells get casted onto both units affected by Soulbind
Dark Portrait
- BUFFIllusion Damage Taken decreased from 350% to 275%-21%
- NERFIllusion Outgoing Damage decreased from 150% to 125%-17%
Patch 7.39d05.08.2025+0.40 (0.40)
Abilities
Phantom's Embrace
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 36/30/24/18s to 30/26/22/18s-17%-13%-8%0%
Ink Swell
- BUFFMax Stun Duration increased from 1.3/1.8/2.3/2.8s to 1.6/2/2.4/2.8s+23%+11%+4%0%
Patch 7.3921.05.20250.00 (0.38)
Facets
Fine Art
- REWORKFacet reworked.
Stroke of Fate
Stroke of Fate additionally launches a reflected curved stroke from the right hand.
Stroke of Fate
Grimstroke launches a mirrored curved stroke from his free hand. Each enemy can take damage only from one stroke but still contributes to bonus damage accumulation for both.
Abilities
Stroke of Fate
- REWORK20/30/40/50 bonus damage per unit replaced with separate values for heroes and creeps: 20/40/60/80 per hero and 10/20/30/40 per creep?Illusions count as creeps
- MISCPoint Vector Target behavior, previously exclusive to Fine Art facet, is now enabled by default
Soulbind
- MISCIf the debuff ends on the primary target early due to status resistance, it will also be destroyed on the secondary target?Previously, the secondary target would still be leashed