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Valve has announced a new hero for Dota 2, Grimstroke, who is available to play right now. He fills a support role and is particularly good at disabling heroes with ranged attacks. Flaunting a horned demon mask and a giant, mystical paintbrush, Grimstroke has a design inspired by Japanese mythology, with lots of references to spirits and souls. There’s a wonderful artistic flair to his abilities that evoke Japanese calligraphy, too, with his attacks being telegraphed with splatters of ink as he glides through the battlefield. This inky theming also seeps into the announcement trailer where Grimstroke’s backstory is visualised through splashes of red and black ink. The lore behind Grimstroke is further explained on the official Dota 2 website and, uh, it’s pretty creepy. Grimstroke sacrificed his entire race for power, and now they “exist only as inky revenants, bound forever to his brush.” If that doesn’t spook you enough know that one of his abilities, Phantom’s Embrace, unleashes the phantom of his former lover, who latches onto enemies and scratches at their faces. Charming.

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