Artificing

Artificing appears to be a type of craftsmanship in the lore of Dota 2. It involves the construction of magical goods and what not. Since artificing is a magical skill, its use may overlap with other types of sorcery, such as necromancy.

The construction of a ward is a rite of passage for those who aspire to be an artificer.

Notable Practitioners
is an artificer. She learned early that she had the potential to become a skilled artificer and completed an artificer's rite of passage by creating a ward.

Aghanim is a master artificer, having created his legendary titular scepter by travelling through dimensions. His son laments that he did not inherit his father's great skill in construction, but he has a semblance of that skill with his talent in arcane assembly.