Grimstroke Counter Picks — 7.41f
Who counters Grimstroke in Dota 2 7.41f? Counter picks and matchups for Grimstroke, ranked by win rate from ranked matches.
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, Mars and Nature's Prophet get bound and bursted. Grimstroke is countered by spread-out scalers and illusions: Spectre out-scales, while Wraith King shrugs off his burst, and Bloodseeker or Meepo 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.
In Dota 2 7.41f, the heroes that counter Grimstroke hardest are Wraith King, Spectre and Visage — Grimstroke wins only 45.6%, 46.4% and 47.4% of ranked matches against them.
Grimstroke is strong against
 Timbersaw | 59.63% | 35,965 |
 Shadow Fiend | 58.59% | 91,797 |
 Pangolier | 58.00% | 25,994 |
 Tiny | 57.03% | 40,255 |
 Storm Spirit | 56.99% | 41,063 |
 Slark | 56.98% | 92,434 |
 Nature's Prophet | 56.71% | 72,309 |
 Treant Protector | 56.41% | 21,893 |
 Terrorblade | 56.18% | 42,646 |
 Kez | 55.94% | 37,032 |
 Primal Beast | 55.79% | 29,632 |
 Batrider | 55.49% | 9,733 |
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Best counter picks against Grimstroke
 Wraith King | 45.63% | 102,474 |
 Spectre | 46.41% | 83,062 |
 Visage | 47.45% | 15,949 |
 Meepo | 47.53% | 17,083 |
 Arc Warden | 48.12% | 45,031 |
 Riki | 48.35% | 45,108 |
 Legion Commander | 48.41% | 125,013 |
 Phantom Lancer | 48.66% | 103,467 |
 Bloodseeker | 48.86% | 30,446 |
 Dragon Knight | 48.94% | 107,454 |
 Vengeful Spirit | 48.96% | 81,436 |
 Juggernaut | 49.07% | 142,068 |
Frequently asked questions
4 Q&A- Who counters Grimstroke in Dota 2?
- Wraith King, Spectre and Visage are Grimstroke's toughest matchups in patch 7.41f: Grimstroke's win rate drops to 45.6% against Wraith King, 46.4% against Spectre and 47.4% against Visage.
- How to counter Grimstroke?
- Pick or ban the heroes Grimstroke struggles against most in patch 7.41f: Wraith King (Grimstroke wins only 45.6% against them), Spectre (46.4%) or Visage (47.4%). The full matchup table above covers every hero.
- Who is Grimstroke strong against?
- Grimstroke performs best against Timbersaw (59.6% win rate), Shadow Fiend (58.6%) and Pangolier (58.0%) in patch 7.41f.
- Is Grimstroke good in the current patch?
- Grimstroke wins 51.8% of quality-filtered ranked matches in patch 7.41f, with a 6.5% pick rate — ranking #22 of 127 heroes by win rate.
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Data updated Nov 6, 2026.