New Dota 2 Hero is Out Now And Another Coming This Winter
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In a surprise announcement, two new Heroes were just announced at The International for Dota 2. The first Hero teased was Mars, which just had a quick still shot and a winter release date. And then, seemingly out of nowhere, they announced that another Hero, Grimstroke, is available to play now!
His abilities, according to the official Valve site, are as follows:
- Stroke of Fate — Grimstroke winds up and paints a path of ink with his brush, damaging and slowing enemies in its wake. The damage increases with each enemy the ink strikes.
- Phantom’s Embrace — Grimstroke commands a phantom to latch onto his enemy, damaging and silencing it. If the phantom survives the latch duration, it rends the victim for heavy damage and refreshes Phantom Embrace’s cooldown.
- Ink Swell — Grimstroke covers himself or an ally in ink, silencing the target while granting bonus speed and immunity to attacks. The ink damages nearby enemies over time before bursting, damaging and stunning in the area based on how much harm it caused along the way.
- Soulbind (Ult) — Grimstroke binds an enemy hero to its nearest allied hero in range, preventing each from moving away from the other. Unit-targeted spells that hit either hero affect both. If the bind is broken before it expires, the initial target will again be bound to its nearest allied hero in range.
The ult specifically seems pretty exciting, as you can literally amplify or absorb anything done to your hero. But the Phantom Embrace is an intense early-game harass and will likely make a quick impact in your pubs. He has two disables and a slow, so it’s likely you’ll be dealing with him as a ganker.
Aside from tonight’s hero, we still have more to look forward to this year: a teaser for Mars but not much information was given. We know about a hero standing among skeleton-like knights that likely have risen again.
The teaser states Mars will be released in the winter.
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