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Invoker build & guide

Weaves magic with an array of spell combos

With an intricate arsenal of spells at his disposal, Invoker can adapt to any battle situation. Each configuration of his three spell components yields of one of ten spells, meaning he's never without a way to destroy or escape his enemies.

  • Strength: 19 +2.5
  • Agility: 14 +2
  • Intelligence: 22 +4
  • Damage: 41–47
  • Armor: 1.3333335
  • Move speed: 280
  • Attack range: 600

Invoker abilities

Quas

Allows manipulation of ice elements. Active Quas instances imbue Invoker with bonus hp regeneration. Passively grants bonus strength per level of Quas.

Aghanim's Scepter: Grants 1 current and max level.

Wex

Allows manipulation of storm elements. Active Wex instances imbue Invoker with bonus movement and attack speed. Passively grants bonus agility per level of Wex.

Aghanim's Scepter: Grants 1 current and max level.

Exort

Allows manipulation of fire elements. Active Exort instances imbue Invoker with bonus attack damage. Passively grants bonus intelligence per level of Exort.

Aghanim's Scepter: Grants 1 current and max level.

Invoke

Combines the properties of the elements currently being manipulated to create a new spell for Invoker to use. Invoke cooldown is reduced by 0.3 seconds for each orb level. Invoker gains a bonus ability point for his orbs at levels 6, 12, and 18. Invoker's vast knowledge of magic allows him to choose from Multiple Aghanim's Scepter and Shard options. The items must be activated before they can be used, and cannot be changed after they are chosen. Click the help button to see the list of possible spells.

Cold Snap

Invoker draws the heat from an enemy, chilling them to their very core for a duration based on the level of Quas. The enemy will take damage and be briefly frozen. Further damage taken in this state will freeze the enemy again, dealing bonus damage. The enemy can only be frozen so often, but the freeze cooldown decreases based on the level of Quas.

Ghost Walk

Invoker manipulates the ice and electrical energies around him, rendering his body invisible and gaining health and mana regen. The elemental imbalance created as a consequence slows nearby enemies based on the level of Quas, and slows Invoker as well based on the level of Wex.

Aghanim's Shard: Ghost Walk now also applies the Ice Wall Damage Per Second to enemy heroes in its area of effect.

Tornado

Unleashes a fast moving tornado that picks up enemy units in its path, suspending them helplessly in the air shortly before allowing them to plummet to their doom. Travels further based on the level of Wex. Holds enemies in the air for a duration based on the level of Quas. Deals base damage plus added damage based on levels in Wex. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel

Aghanim's Scepter: Tornado spawns twisters along its path. They persist for Tornado's duration plus additional time based on Quas, dealing damage based on Wex in a 150 radius every 0.25 seconds. (half damage to creeps.)

E.M.P.

Invoker builds up a charge of electromagnetic energy at a targeted location which automatically detonates after 2.9 seconds. The detonation covers an area, draining mana based on the level of Wex. Deals damage for each point of mana drained. If EMP drains mana from an enemy hero, Invoker gains 25% of the mana drained.

Aghanim's Shard: Increases damage for each point of mana drained by EMP and pulls enemy units into the EMP's center at 125 units per second.

Alacrity

Invoker infuses an ally with an immense surge of energy, increasing their attack speed based on the level of Wex and their damage based on the level of Exort.

Chaos Meteor

Invoker pulls a flaming meteor from space onto the targeted location. Upon landing, the meteor rolls forward, constantly dealing damage based on the level of Exort, and rolling further based on the level of Wex. Units hit by the meteor will also be set on fire for a short time, receiving additional damage based on the level of Exort.

Sun Strike

Sends a catastrophic ray of fierce energy from the sun at any targeted location, incinerating all enemies standing beneath it once it reaches the earth. Deals damage based on the level of Exort, however this damage is spread evenly over all enemies hit.

Aghanim's Shard: If Sun Strike damages an enemy Hero, a Forge Spirit of current level is created at the location.

Aghanim's Scepter: Creates a Cataclysm when Sun Strike is double tapped. Puts it on a 90 second cooldown. Creates 2 visible 75% damage Sun Strikes within 90-180 range of each enemy hero.

Forge Spirit

Invoker forges a spirit embodying the strength of fire and fortitude of ice. Damage and armor are based on the level of Exort while attack range, health, and duration are based on the level of Quas. The elemental's scorching attack is capable of melting the armor of enemy heroes. The number of spirits spawned is determined by the lower level of Quas and Exort.

Ice Wall

Generates a wall of solid ice directly in front of Invoker for a duration based on the level of Quas. The bitter cold emanating from it greatly slows nearby enemies based on the level of Quas and deals damage each second based on the level of Exort.

Aghanim's Scepter: Ice Wall becomes Ice Floe, Vector Targeted. After a delay, Ice Floe appears as a 45 width Ice Wall. Enemy heroes in its area for longer than 2.5 seconds become rooted and take magic damage based on Quas.

Deafening Blast

Invoker unleashes a mighty sonic wave in front of him, dealing damage to any enemy unit it collides with based on the level of Exort. The sheer impact from the blast is enough to knock those enemy units back for a duration based on the level of Quas, then disarm their attacks for a duration based on the level of Wex.

Biography

In its earliest, and some would say most potent form, magic was primarily the art of memory. It required no technology, no wands or appurtenances other than the mind of the magician. All the trappings of ritual were merely mnemonic devices, meant to allow the practitioner to recall in rich detail the specific mental formulae that unlocked a spell's power. The greatest mages in those days were the ones blessed with the greatest memories, and yet so complex were the invocations that all wizards were forced to specialize. The most devoted might hope in a lifetime to have adequate recollection of three spells--four at most. Ordinary wizards were content to know two, and it was not uncommon for a village mage to know only one--with even that requiring him to consult grimoires as an aid against forgetfulness on the rare occasions when he might be called to use it. But among these early practitioners there was one exception, a genius of vast intellect and prodigious memory who came to be known as the Invoker. In his youth, the precocious wizard mastered not four, not five, not even seven incantations: He could command no fewer than ten spells, and cast them instantly. Many more he learned but found useless, and would practice once then purge from his mind forever, to make room for more practical invocations. One such spell was the Sempiternal Cantrap--a longevity spell of such power that those who cast it in the world's first days are among us still (unless they have been crushed to atoms). Most of these quasi-immortals live quietly, afraid to admit their secret: But Invoker is not one to keep his gifts hidden. He is ancient, learned beyond all others, and his mind somehow still has space to contain an immense sense of his own worth...as well as the Invocations with which he amuses himself through the long slow twilight of the world's dying days.