We already know Valve announced that they will be increasing their pace for releasing new heroes. Well, they were not kidding during this International 2018, as expected, announced two new heroes for Dota 2, Grimstroke and Mars. Grimstoke, for the very first time, was able to play right after the announcement. However, the initial reception of the all-new hero was not quite what the developers hoped for as the community complained that the hero is too overpowered as every new hero who gets released in Dota 2. Valve released a new update bringing changes to the Dota 2 Hero Girmstroke.
Dota 2 Hero Girmstroke Model and Abilities Updates
About the whining part of the community was not an exaggeration. They are totally right the amount of damage this single hero can do is surreal. Valve just releaseda new update which bought many changes related to the heroes.
Ability Changes
- Stroke of Fate: reduced movement slow duration 2->1.5
- Stroke of Fate: movement slow can now be dispelled
- Stroke of Fate: reduced projectile vision radius (240->160)
- Stroke of Fate: reduced projectile’s endpoint vision radius (300->160) and duration (3.34->2)
- Stroke of Fate: fixed +600 range talent incorrectly updating the range preview
- Phantom’s Embrace: reduced phantom unit’s vision range 400->200
- Phantom’s Embrace: changed latch duration 4.0/4.5/5.0/5.5 -> 4.0/4.0/5.0/5.0
- Phantom’s Embrace: if the target dies, the Phantom now flies back to caster to refresh the cooldown
- Phantom’s Embrace: fixed a bug with +2 hits required talent only giving +1.3 hits (4 non-hero hits instead of 6)
- Ink Swell: reduced bonus move speed 28/32/36/40->18/22/26/30
- Ink Swell: damage and stun amounts now range from 0 to max, instead of from a base value to max
- Ink Swell: ink tendril particle doesn’t display if the affected enemy unit is invisible
- Soulbind: no longer sees through invisibility on leashed targets
Overall Changes
- Reduced model scale 0.81->0.76
- Fixed some tooltip values that didn’t update with talent values
- Added some tooltip notes
Furthermore, with the all-new update, the developers have added in Grimstroke to both Overthrow and Underhollow. I personally think he will only get nerfs in the upcoming updates. What do you guys think? What do you think about Dota 2 Hero Girmstroke? Let us know in the comments below.