Grimstroke — Dota 2 7.41 Counters, Synergies & Win Rate

Also known as: GS

Grimstroke (GS) in Dota 2 7.41: win rate, pick rate, the heroes Grimstroke counters and struggles against, and its best teammates — from recent ranked matches by Batru's AI win-prediction pipeline.

Grimstroke counters & matchups

Grimstroke is a burst-and-control support whose Soulbind chains two enemies together, Ink Swell sets up stuns, and Phantom's Embrace silences and damages. He's strong into immobile, clumpable heroes: Timbersaw (59.6%), Mars (57.0%) and Nature's Prophet (56.9%) get bound and bursted. Grimstroke is countered by spread-out scalers and illusions: Spectre (43.6%) out-scales, while Lycan (46.2%), Bloodseeker (46.4%) and Naga Siren (46.8%) bring too much pressure for his single-target lock. Draft tip: Grimstroke is a high-burst lockdown support into grouped, squishy drafts; he's weaker into spread-out and illusion line-ups.

Strong against

Hero	Win Rate	Matches
Timbersaw	59.63%	7,961
Mars	56.99%	20,794
Nature's Prophet	56.89%	19,177
Tinker	56.55%	12,790
Storm Spirit	56.53%	17,420
Tiny	56.26%	18,750
Slark	55.82%	36,950
Largo	55.23%	6,379

Struggles against

Hero	Win Rate	Matches
Spectre	43.60%	24,557
Lycan	46.25%	4,320
Bloodseeker	46.39%	13,258
Naga Siren	46.84%	8,239
Wraith King	46.85%	36,068
Chen	47.13%	2,773
Dawnbreaker	47.69%	19,310
Phantom Lancer	48.02%	22,369

Grimstroke synergies

Grimstroke's Soulbind doubles up control — whatever happens to one bound hero happens to the other — making him a teamfight multiplier. He pairs best with AoE and burst cores: Wraith King (57.4%) and Tidehunter (56.2%) lock the bound pair for a double-kill, while Meepo (56.6%) Poofs onto the chained enemies. Give Grimstroke an AoE follow-up and one Soulbind turns a 1-for-1 into a 2-for-0.

Best teammates

Hero	Win Rate	Matches
Wraith King	57.40%	34,701
Meepo	56.59%	8,703
Tidehunter	56.25%	31,188
Spectre	56.06%	23,890
Lich	55.81%	33,097
Riki	55.64%	13,474
Axe	55.47%	39,173
Lifestealer	55.21%	39,723