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Grimstroke

Support · Nuker · Disabler · Escape

Pro games

What pros buy

Most-bought items in each phase of recent professional games, from OpenDota. Consumables are left out after the start.

Starting items

  • Iron BranchIron Branch152×
  • TangoTango102×
  • Blood GrenadeBlood Grenade96×
  • Faerie FireFaerie Fire78×
  • Sentry WardSentry Ward70×
  • Observer and Sentry WardsObserver and Sentry Wards69×

Early game

  • Boots of SpeedBoots of Speed94×
  • Arcane BootsArcane Boots16×
  • Null TalismanNull Talisman3×
  • BottleBottle1×
  • BracerBracer1×
  • Urn of ShadowsUrn of Shadows1×

Mid game

  • Arcane BootsArcane Boots75×
  • Staff of WizardryStaff of Wizardry26×
  • Blink DaggerBlink Dagger23×
  • Glimmer CapeGlimmer Cape19×
  • Ogre AxeOgre Axe18×
  • Point BoosterPoint Booster18×

Late game

  • Blink DaggerBlink Dagger48×
  • Aghanim's ScepterAghanim's Scepter28×
  • Mystic StaffMystic Staff17×
  • Scythe of VyseScythe of Vyse14×
  • Aether LensAether Lens11×
  • Glimmer CapeGlimmer Cape9×

Pro games

Matchups

Grimstroke's win rate against each hero in pro games. Only heroes with 25+ games count, and small samples are pulled toward 50% when ranking.

Grimstroke is strong against

Grimstroke struggles against

Benchmarks

What strong games look like

From recent public games on this hero: the typical game, and what the best 10% and best 1% of games reached.

StatTypicalTop 10%Top 1%
Gold per minute354454622
XP per minute5517881,019
Last hits per minute1.53.15.6
Hero damage per minute3966481,027
Tower damage3071,7554,042

Watch and learn

Recent pro games on Grimstroke

5–7 in the last 12. Open one for the scoreboard, items and graphs.