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Invoker 18 + 2.4 14 + 1.9 15 + 4.6
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 200 560 1220 1940 2220 Health regen 0 1.8 5.16 8.76 10.16 Mana 75 255 1023 1719 2019 Mana regen 0 0.75 3.97 6.87 8.12 Armor 0 2.33 6.77 11.93 13.85 Att/sec 0.59 0.67 0.83 1.01 1.08 Damage 29‒35 44‒50 108‒114 166‒172 191‒197
Magic resistance 25% ▶️ Movement speed 280 ▶️ Attack speed 100 Turn rate 0.6 Vision range 1800/800 Attack range 600 Projectile speed 900 Attack animation 0.4+0.7 Base attack time 1.7 Damage block 0 Collision size 24 Legs 2  Gib type Default

Carl, the Invoker, is a ranged intelligence hero who is very difficult to master. He is unique in that he possesses a total of 14 abilities in his arsenal; three of them - Quas, Wex, and Exort - are reagents and one is his special ultimate Invoke. The three abilities he learns throughout leveling up can have three instances, which serve as the basic ingredients or components for him to create a new ability using his ultimate. Once the reagents or elements are combined, he can invoke one out of ten different abilities. All of his invoked abilities are capable of a multitude of actions, from damaging enemies to aiding his allies, and even saving himself from danger. His three reagents can be upgraded up to level 7 which determines the power and potency of his invoked abilities, making it more powerful than an ordinary spell. Because of this, he can be played in almost any role possible. Invoker can be a carry, semi-carry, ganker, pusher, initiator or even support. His three reagents provide a passive bonus per instance, allowing for specialization at early levels and situational boosts at later levels. His extremely flexible nature allows him to use many different combinations of items effectively but also make him dependent on solid builds and a good gold advantage.

Invoker is available in Ability Draft, but due to his very unique nature, he has been heavily modified to work in that mode. See Invoker in Ability Draft for details.

Bio

Carl, the Invoker

▶️ "I am a beacon of knowledge blazing out across a black sea of ignorance."

Lore:

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.

Voice:

Dennis Bateman (Responses)

Abilities

Quas

QQ

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self

Allows manipulation of ice elements. Each Quas instance provides increased health regeneration.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Instances of Quas per Cast: 1

Health Regen Bonus per Quas Instance: 1/2/3/4/5/6/7

Passive Strength Bonus: 2/4/6/8/10/12/14

0

Illusions copy the currently active reagents and benefit from the regen bonus.

Modifiers

modifier_invoker_quas_instance: Dispellable with death only.

Notes:

• Quas interrupts Invoker's channeling abilities upon cast.

• Quas can be leveled 7 times, from level 1/3/5/7/9/11/13 on, respectively.

• Invoker can only have up to 3 instances up at any time. The orbs floating above Invoker are visible to everyone.

• If he already has 3 instances, the oldest instance is replaced. The order of instances can be seen in the HUD as status buff icons, the oldest one being on the left.

• Can regenerate up to 60/120/180/240/300/360/420 health per Quas instance in one minute.

• The passive strength bonus effectively grants Invoker 40/80/120/160/200/240/280 health and 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8/1/1.2/1.4 health regeneration.

• This is how much health regeneration Invoker gains from 1, 2 and 3 Quas instances:
  • 1 Quas Instance: 1/2/3/4/5/6/7 health regeneration.
  • 2 Quas Instance: 2/4/6/8/10/12/14 health regeneration.
  • 3 Quas Instance: 3/6/9/12/15/18/21 health regeneration.

Wex

WW

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self

Allows manipulation of storm elements. Each Wex instance provides increased attack speed and movement speed.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Instances of Wex per Cast: 1

Attack Speed Bonus per Wex Instance: 1/2/3/4/5/6/7

Move Speed Bonus per Wex Instance: 1%/2%/3%/4%/5%/6%/7%

Passive Agility Bonus: 2/4/6/8/10/12/14

0

Illusions copy the currently active reagents and benefit from the speed bonuses.

Modifiers

modifier_invoker_wex_instance: Dispellable with death only.

Notes:

• Wex interrupts Invoker's channeling abilities upon cast.

• Wex can be leveled 7 times, from level 1/3/5/7/9/11/13 on, respectively.

• Invoker can only have up to 3 instances up at any time. The orbs floating above Invoker are visible to everyone.

• If he already has 3 instances, the oldest instance is replaced. The order of instances can be seen in the HUD as status buff icons, the oldest one being on the left.

• The passive agility bonus effectively grants Invoker 0.33/0.67/1/1.33/1.67/2/2.33 armor and 2/4/6/8/10/12/14 attack speed.

• • 1 Wex Instance: 1/2/3/4/5/6/7 attack speed and 1%/2%/3%/4%/5%/6%/7% movement speed.
  • 2 Wex Instance: 2/4/6/8/10/12/14 attack speed and 2%/4%/6%/8%/10%/12%/14% movement speed.
  • 3 Wex Instance: 3/6/9/12/15/18/21 attack speed and 3%/6%/9%/12%/15%/18%/21% movement speed.

Exort

EE

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self

Allows manipulation of fire elements. Each Exort instance provides increased attack damage.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Instances of Exort per Cast: 1

Attack Damage Bonus per Exort Instance: 2/4/6/8/10/12/14

Passive Intelligence Bonus: 2/4/6/8/10/12/14

0

Illusions copy the currently active reagents, but cannot benefit from the attack damage bonus.

Modifiers

modifier_invoker_exort_instance: Dispellable with death only.

Notes:

• Exort interrupts Invoker's channeling abilities upon cast.

• Exort can be leveled 7 times, from level 1/3/5/7/9/11/13 on, respectively.

• Invoker can only have up to 3 instances up at any time. The orbs floating above Invoker are visible to everyone.

• If he already has 3 instances, the oldest instance is replaced. The order of instances can be seen in the HUD as status buff icons, the oldest one being on the left.

• The passive intelligence bonus effectively grants Invoker 24/48/72/96/120/144/168 mana, 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5/0.6/0.7 mana regeneration, and 2/4/6/8/10/12/14 attack damage.

• This is how much attack damage Invoker gains from 1, 2 and 3 Exort instances:
  • 1 Exort Instance: 2/4/6/8/10/12/14 attack damage.
  • 2 Exort Instance: 4/8/12/16/20/24/28 attack damage.
  • 3 Exort Instance: 6/12/18/24/30/36/42 attack damage.

The invoke list which appears when clicking on the SPELLS button.
It appears right above the HUD.

Invoke

▶️RR

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self

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.

Click the help button to see the list of possible spells.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Max Spells: 2

Invoke Cooldown Reduction per Orb Level: 0.3

7

Adds one level to the stats provided by Quas, Wex, and Exort on all Invoked spells.

So begins a new age of knowledge.

Notes:

• This is an innate ability and does not need to be learned.

• A SPELLS button is located right above the ability icon. It opens a list which shows the required combination for every invoked ability.

• Invoke interrupts Invoker's channeling abilities upon cast.

• The arrangement of element instances does not matter.

• When already having two abilities invoked, invoking a new spell replaces the older spell.

• New invoked abilities are always placed in the 4th ability slot.
  • The previously invoked ability is moved to the 5th slot in the process, while the previous spell in the 5th slot is lost.

• When invoking an ability which is already invoked, Invoke does not go on cooldown.
  • If the re-invoked ability was in the 5th ability slot, it moves into the 4th, swapping position with the other invoked ability.

• When not using legacy or custom hotkeys, the hotkey for the spell in the 4th slot is always D and the spell in the 5th slot is always F.

• Each level of Quas, Wex, and Exort reduces the cooldown for Invoke by 0.3 seconds.
  • Cooldown of Invoke with each level of orbs: 6.7 / 6.4 / 6.1 / 5.8 / 5.5 / 5.2 / 4.9 / 4.6 / 4.3 / 4 / 3.7 / 3.4 / 3.1 / 2.8 / 2.5 / 2.2 / 1.9 / 1.6 / 1.3 / 1 / 0.7

• With Aghanim's Scepter, it increases the invoked abilities 1 level higher than what they are currently at.
  • It does not improve the passive bonuses granted by Quas, Wex and Exort.

• Invoker is available in Ability Draft. For details, see Invoker in Ability Draft.

Invoked Abilities

Wex/Wex/Wex

EMP

Quas/Wex/Wex

Tornado

Wex/Wex/Exort

Alacrity

Quas/Quas/Wex

Ghost Walk

Quas/Wex/Exort

Deafening Blast

Wex/Exort/Exort

Chaos Meteor

Quas/Quas/Quas

Cold Snap

Quas/Quas/Exort

Ice Wall

Quas/Exort/Exort

Forge Spirit

Exort/Exort/Exort

Sun Strike

Cold Snap

▶️▶️D/FY

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

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.

Cast Animation: 0.05+0

Cast Range: 1000

Damage per Proc (Quas): 8/16/24/32/40/48/56 ( /64)

Stun Duration per Proc: 0.4

Trigger Cooldown (Quas): 0.77/0.74/0.71/0.69/0.66/0.63/0.60 ( /0.57)

Debuff Duration (Quas): 3/3.5/4/4.5/5/5.5/6 ( /6.5)

20 ( 12)

100

Does not stun or attempt to damage on proc if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.

Modifiers

modifier_invoker_cold_snap: Dispellable with any dispel.

modifier_invoker_cold_snap_freeze: Dispellable with strong dispels.

Sadron's Protracted Frisson.

Notes:

• Ability invokes when Invoker has 3 Quas instances.

• Cold Snap immediately triggers on the target upon cast, so the next proc can only happen after the trigger cooldown.

• Every time the effect triggers, the target is stunned and damaged.

• On each trigger, Cold Snap first applies the damage, then the stun debuff.

• Only triggers on damage equal to or greater than 10 (after reductions).

• Cold Snap does not trigger on self-inflicted damage, and on damage flagged as HP Removal.

• With its current trigger cooldown and debuff duration, it can trigger up to 4/5/6/7/8/9/10/12 times (including the initial trigger upon cast).

• Can deal up to 32/80/144/224/320/432/560/768 damage (before reductions) when triggering as often as possible.

• Ability formulas:
  • Damage per proc: 0 + (8 * Quas)
  • Trigger cooldown: 0.8 - (0.03 * Quas)
  • Debuff duration: 2.5 + (0.5 * Quas)

Ghost Walk

▶️D/FV

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self / Enemies

Invoker manipulates the ice and electrical energies around him, rendering his body invisible. 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.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Fade Time: 0

Slow Radius: 400

Enemy Move Speed Slow (Quas): 20%/25%/30%/35%/40%/45%/50% ( /55%)

Self Move Speed Change (Wex): -30%/-20%/-10%/0%/+10%/+20%/+30% ( /+40%)

Aura Linger Duration: 2

Duration: 100

45 ( 21)

200

Although the debuff lingers, it does nothing when the target turns spell immune.

Modifiers

modifier_invoker_ghost_walk_self: Dispellable with death only.

modifier_invoker_ghost_walk_enemy: Dispellable with death only.

Myrault's Hinder-Gast.

Notes:

• Ability invokes when Invoker has 2 Quas and 1 Wex instances.

• Ghost Walk does not interrupt Invoker's channeling abilities upon cast.

• The movement speed slow on the enemies is provided by an aura. Its debuff lingers for 2 seconds.
  • The slow debuff places some particles on the affected units, allowing them to know that Invoker is nearby.

• Invisibility is lost upon reaching the cast point of abilities or items, or upon launching an attack.

• Ghost Walk allows Invoker to phase through other units, including wards but not buildings.

• Invoker can pick up or drop items without breaking the invisibility.

• Ability formulas:
  • Enemy movement speed slow: 15% + (5 * Quas)%
  • Self movement speed change: -40 + (10 * Wex)

Ice Wall

▶️▶️D/FG

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

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.

Cast Animation: 0.05+0

Wall Spawn Distance: 200

Wall Length: 1120

Wall Width: 105

Damage per Second (Exort): 6/12/18/24/30/36/42 ( /48)
( 66/72/78/84/90/96/102  /108)

Move Speed Slow (Quas): 20%/40%/60%/80%/100%/120%/140% ( /160%)

Aura Linger Duration: 2

Wall Duration (Quas): 3/4.5/6/7.5/9/10.5/12 ( /13.5)

25

175

Debuff is immediately removed when enemy turns spell immune.

Modifiers

modifier_invoker_ice_wall_thinker: Undispellable. Persists death.

modifier_invoker_ice_wall_slow_aura: Undispellable. Persists death.

modifier_invoker_ice_wall_slow_debuff: Dispellable with death only.

Killing Wall of Koryx.

Notes:

• Ability invokes when Invoker has 2 Quas and 1 Exort instances.

• The Ice Wall is always created in front of Invoker, perpendicular to the line between Invoker and a point 200 range right in front of him.

• Creates 15 wall segments, with a spacing of 80 between each, resulting in a total length of 1120.
  • Each segment affects a 105 radius around itself.
  • The wall's effective length (wall length + radius from both sides) is 1330.

• Each segment possesses a movement speed slowing aura. Its debuff lingers for 2 seconds.

• The damage is independent from the slow, so getting further than 105 radius away from a segment immediately stops the damage, while the slow still lingers.

• Deals damage in 1-second intervals, starting 1 second after cast, resulting in up to 3/4/6/7/9/10/12/48 possible instances.
  • Can deal up to 18/48/108/168/270/360/504/624 damage to a single unit (before reductions), when it stays in range for its full duration.
  • With the level 15 talent, can deal up to 198/288/468/588/810/960/1224/1404 damage to a single unit (before reductions), when it stays in range for its full duration.

• Ice Wall is not a pathing blocker. Any unit can pass through it.

• Ability formulas:
  • Damage per second: 0 + (6 * Exort)
  • Movement speed slow: 0 + (20 * Quas)%
  • Wall duration: 1.5 + (1.5 * Quas)

EMP

▶️D/FC

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

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 50% of the mana drained.

Cast Animation: 0.05+0

Cast Range: 950

Effect Radius: 675

Effect Delay: 2.9

Mana Burned (Wex): 100/175/250/325/400/475/550 ( /625)

Damage per Burned Mana: 60%

Self Mana Gain per Burned Mana: 50%

30

125

Modifiers

modifier_invoker_emp: Undispellable. Persists death.

Endoleon's Malevolent Perturbation.

Notes:

• Ability invokes when Invoker has 3 Wex instances.

• EMP first applies the mana burn, and then the damage.

• Restores Invoker's mana when it burns mana from heroes.
  • Mana burned on illusions and other units does not restore mana.
  • The damage and the mana restored are dependent on the amount of mana burned on the enemies.
  • This means if the enemy had no mana left to burn, it deals no damage to it and does not restore Invoker's mana.

• Fully affects invisible units, but not invulnerable or hidden units.

• Can deal up to 60/105/150/195/240/285/330/375 damage to each affected unit (before reductions).

• Can restore up to 50/87.5/125/162.5/200/237.5/275/312.5 mana for Invoker from each affected hero.

• The visual effects and the sound during the 2.9 seconds effect delay are visible and audible to everyone.

• Ability formulas:
  • Mana burned: 25 + (75 * Wex)
  • Damage per Burned Mana: (25 + (75 * Wex)) * 0.6
  • Self Mana Gain per Burned Mana: (25 + (75 * Wex)) * 0.5

Tornado

▶️▶️D/FX

Ability
Target Point

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

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.

Cast Animation: 0.05+0

Cast Range: 2000

Effect Radius: 200

Travel Distance (Wex): 800/1200/1600/2000/2400/2800/3200 ( /3600)

Base Damage: 70

Bonus Damage (Wex): 45/90/135/180/225/270/315 ( /360)

Cyclone Duration (Quas): 0.8/1.1/1.4/1.7/2/2.3/2.6 ( /2.9)

30 ( 20)

150

Modifiers

modifier_projectile_vision: Undispellable. Persists death.

modifier_invoker_tornado: Dispellable with any dispel.

Claws of Tornarus.

Notes:

• Ability invokes when Invoker has 2 Wex and 1 Quas instances.

• The Tornado travels at a speed of 1000 and always travels the full distance, so it takes 0.8/1.2/1.6/2/2.4/2.8/3.2/3.6 seconds to reach the max distance.

• The Tornado can hit units up to 1000/1400/1800/2200/2600/3000/3400/3800 range away (travel distance + effect radius).

• Tornado first applies the basic dispel, then the cyclone on the affected units, turns them invulnerable and fully disables them for its duration.

• The damage is applied upon losing the Tornado debuff. Can deal up to 115/160/205/250/295/340/385/430 damage to each affected unit (before reductions).

• While in the air, other units may pass below the cycloned units.

• The Tornado provides 200 radius flying vision as it travels. This vision does not last.
  • The same vision is also provided for 1.75 seconds after reaching its final destination.

• Does not lift Roshan, but damages and interrupts him for a split second.

• Ability formulas:
  • Travel distance: 400 + (400 * Wex)
  • Bonus damage: 0 + (45 * Wex)
  • Cyclone duration: 0.5 + (0.3 * Quas)

Alacrity

▶️D/FZ

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Allies

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.

Cast Animation: 0.05+0

Cast Range: 650

Attack Speed Bonus (Wex): 10/25/40/55/70/85/100 ( /115)
( 45/60/75/90/105/120/135  /150)

Attack Damage Bonus (Exort): 10/25/40/55/70/85/100 ( /115)
( 45/60/75/90/105/120/135  /150)

Duration: 9

17

60

Modifiers

modifier_invoker_alacrity: Dispellable with any dispel.

Gaster's Mandate of Impetuous Strife.

Notes:

• Ability invokes when Invoker has 2 Wex and 1 Exort instances.

• ↓↓ Double-tapping automatically targets self.

• Ability formulas:
  • Attack speed bonus: -5 + (15 * Wex) ( -5 + 35 + (15 * Wex))
  • Attack damage bonus: -5 + (15 * Exort) ( -5 + 35 + (15 * Exort))

Sun Strike

▶️▶️D/FT

Ability
Target Area
( Target Unit / Target Area)

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Pure

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.

Cast Animation: 0.05+0

Cast Range: Global

Effect Radius: 175

Effect Delay: 1.7

Damage (Exort): 100/162.5/225/287.5/350/412.5/475 ( /537.5)

 Cataclysm Min Distance: 160

 Cataclysm Max Distance: 200

25 ( 100)

175

Adds Cataclysm. Launched when Sun Strike is double tapped. Puts it on a 100 second cooldown. Creates 2 visible Sun Strikes within 160-200 range of each enemy hero.

Modifiers

modifier_invoker_sun_strike: Undispellable. Persists death.

modifier_invoker_sun_strike_cataclysm_thinker: Undispellable. Persists death.

modifier_invoker_sun_strike_cataclysm: Undispellable. Persists death.

Harlek's Incantation of Incineration.

Notes:

• Ability invokes when Invoker has 3 Exort instances.

• The damage is spread evenly among all affected units within the targeted area, including creeps. Unaffected units do not soak up any damage.
  • Does not affect wards, buildings, invulnerable or hidden units.

• This is how much damage Sun Strike deals when hitting a certain amount of units (before reductions).
  • 2 Units: 50/81.25/112.5/143.75/175/206.25/237.5/268.75 damage.
  • 3 Units: 33.33/54.17/75/95.83/116.67/137.5/158.33/179.17 damage.
  • 4 Units: 25/40.63/56.25/71.88/87.5/103.13/118.75/134.38 damage.
  • 5 Units: 20/32.5/45/57.5/70/82.5/95/107.5 damage.

• Provides 300 radius flying vision at the targeted point for 5.5 seconds upon cast.

• The visual effects and the sound during the seconds effect delay are visible and audible to allies only.

• With Aghanim's Scepter, ↓↓ Double-tapping sends two Sun Strikes to every hero (including Tempest Double, but excluding other clones and illusions) on the map.
  • Uses the extended cooldown when targeting self, and the regular cooldown when targeting area.
  • These Sun Strikes are fully visible and audible to the enemy during their delays.
  • The strikes are placed randomly around the target, using the given minimum and maximum distances.

• Ability formulas:
  • Damage: 37.5 + (62.5 * Exort)

Forge Spirit

▶️D/FF

Ability
No Target

Invoker forges a spirit embodying the strength of fire and fortitude of ice. Damage, mana, 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.

Cast Animation: 0.05+0

Number of Forged Spirits (Quas and Exort): 1/1/1/2/2/2/2 ( /2)

Spirit Attack Damage (Exort): 22/32/42/52/62/72/82 ( /92)

Spirit Attack Range (Quas): 300/365/430/495/560/625/690 ( /755)

Spirit Max Health (Quas): 300/400/500/600/700/800/900 ( /1000)

Spirit Max Mana (Exort): 100/150/200/250/300/350/400 ( /450)

Spirit Armor (Exort): 0/1/2/3/4/5/6 ( /7)

Spirit Duration (Quas): 20/30/40/50/60/70/80 ( /90)

30

75

Modifiers

modifier_forged_spirit_stats: Dispellable with death only.

modifier_kill: Dispellable with death only.

Culween's Most Cunning Fabrications.

Notes:

• Ability invokes when Invoker has 2 Exort and 1 Quas instances.

• Casting Forge Spirit replaces the spirits from the previous cast, no matter who they are owned by.

• The spirits are always summoned next to Invoker at a random position around him, but always facing east upon spawn.

• Forged Spirit possess the Melting Strike ability.

• Already summoned spirits do not have their stats upgraded when Exort or Quas is leveled. Their stats are set upon spawn.

• Ability formulas:
  • Spirits attack damage: 12 + (10 * Exort)
  • Spirits attack range: 235 + (65 * Quas)
  • Spirits max health: 200 + (100 * Quas)
  • Spirits max mana: 50 + (50 * Exort)
  • Spirits armor: -1 + (1 * Exort)
  • Spirits duration: 10 + (10 * Quas)

Chaos Meteor

▶️▶️D/FD

Ability
Target Point

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

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.

Cast Animation: 0.05+0

Cast Range: 700

Effect Radius: 275

Travel Distance (Wex): 465/615/770/920/1070/1220/1370 ( /1520)

Number of Meteors: 1 ( 3)

Effect Delay: 1.3

Effect Interval: 0.5

Main Damage per Interval (Exort): 57.5/75/92.5/110/127.5/145/162.5 ( /180)
( 80.5/105/129.5/154/178.5/203/227.5  /252)

Burn Damage per Second (Exort): 11.5/15/18.5/22/25.5/29/32.5 ( /36)
( 16.1/21/25.9/30.8/35.7/40.6/45.5  /50.4)

Burn Duration: 3

 Chaos Meteor Spread Distance: 200

 Chaos Meteor Angle: 30°

55 ( 40)

200

Causes two extra Chaos Meteors to land alongside the primary cast at slight angles. Reduces cooldown by 15.

Attempts to deal damage if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.

Modifiers

modifier_invoker_chaos_meteor_land: Undispellable. Persists death.

modifier_projectile_vision: Undispellable. Persists death.

modifier_invoker_chaos_meteor_burn: Dispellable with any dispel.

Tarak's Descent of Fire.

Notes:

• Ability invokes when Invoker has 2 Exort and 1 Wex instances.

• Chaos Meteor needs 1.3 seconds to land. It lands at the targeted point within the cast range, not at Invoker's position.
  • The visual effects and the sound during the 1.3 seconds effect delay (the meteor falling from the sky) are visible and audible to everyone.

• Chaos Meteor provides 400 radius flying vision while it is rolling. This vision does not last.
  • Also provides the same vision for 3 seconds after reaching its final destination.

• With the cast range, travel distance and effect radius, it can hit units up to 1440/1590/1745/1895/2045/2195/2345/2495 range away. The area between Invoker and the targeted point is unaffected.

• Chaos Meteor rolls at a speed of 300 and always rolls the full distance, so it takes 1.55/2.05/2.57/3.07/3.57/4.07/4.57/5.07 seconds to reach the max distance.

• After landing, the meteor deals its main damage and places the burn debuff to units within its effect radius in 0.5-second intervals, starting immediately upon landing.
  • On each interval, the meteor first applies the damage, then the debuff.

• The following Chaos Meteor damage calculations are all before reductions:
  • The main damage can hit a unit up to 4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11 times and thus can deal up to 230/375/555/770/1020/1305/1625/1980 ( 322/525/777/1078/1428/1827/2275/2772) damage.

• The burn debuff deals damage in 1-second intervals, starting 1 second after the debuff is placed, resulting in 3 instances for each debuff.
  • The burn debuffs from each interval fully stack and do not refresh each other. So a unit can be affected by 4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11 instances of the burn debuff per cast.
  • One instance of the burn debuff can deal up to 34.5/45/55.5/66/76.5/87/97.5/108 damage.
  • All possible instances of burn damage per unit together can deal up to 138/225/333/462/612/783/975/1188 damage.
  • The whole Chaos Meteor, main and burn damage, can deal up to 368/600/888/1232/1632/2088/2600/3168 damage when a unit is hit by all possible instances.

• With the level 15 talent:
  • With the damage increasing talent, one instance of the burn debuff can deal up to 48.3/63/77.7/92.4/107.1/121.8/136.5/151.2 damage.
  • All possible instances of burn damage per unit together can deal up to 193.2/315/466.2/646.8/856.8/1096.2/1365/1663.2 damage.
  • The whole Chaos Meteor, main and burn damage, can deal up to 515.2/840/1243.2/1724.8/2284.8/2923.2/3640/4435.2 damage when a unit is hit by all possible instances.

• With Aghanim's Shard, the extra meteors are launched with a 30° angle to the left and right of Invoker.
  • The angle is based on Invoker's position. No matter the cast distance, the meteors always land and travel along offset by 30° from the centered meteor.
  • The extra meteors land so that they are at least 200 range away from the centered meteor.
  • This means when the targeted point is within 346 range of Invoker, they land further ahead of the centered meteor to keep a minimum distance of 200.
  • This means, unlike the centered meteor, the extra meteors cannot land within 400 range of Invoker.

• Ability formulas:
  • Travel distance: 315 + (150 * Wex)
  • Main damage per interval: 40 + (17.5 * Exort) ( (40 + (17.5 * Exort)) * 1.4 )
  • Burn damage per second: 8 + (3.5 * Exort) ( (8 + (3.5 * Exort)) * 1.4 )

Deafening Blast

▶️D/FB

Ability
Target Point

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

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.

Cast Animation: 0.05+0

Cast Range: 1000

Starting Radius: 175

Travel Distance: 1000

End Radius: 225

Damage (Exort): 40/80/120/160/200/240/280 ( /320)

Knockback Distance (Quas): 45.6/88.6/133.5/171.5/205/242.1/274.3 ( /305.14)

Knockback Duration (Quas): 0.25/0.5/0.75/1/1.25/1.5/1.75 ( /2)

Disarm Duration (Wex): 1.25/2/2.75/3.5/4.25/5/5.75 ( /6.5)

40

300

Knockback persists if debuff was placed before spell immunity. Disarm can be dispelled by spell immunity only.

Modifiers

modifier_invoker_deafening_blast_knockback: Dispellable with death only.

modifier_invoker_deafening_blast_disarm: Dispellable with death only.

Buluphont's Aureal Incapacitator.

Notes:

• Ability invokes when Invoker has 1 Quas, 1 Wex and 1 Exort instances.

• Deafening Blast travels at a speed of 1100 and always travels the full distance, which takes 0.91 seconds.

• The blast can hit units up to 1225 range away (travel distance + end radius).

• The complete area is shaped like a cone.

• Applies a non-disabling Forced Movement, so affected enemies can still use abilities and items during it and their channeling abilities are not interrupted.

• The knockback and disarm are applied at the same time.

• This is how the knockback works:
  • Affected units are moved in 0.03 second intervals.
  • They are moved 8/16/25/33/41/50/58/66 times, and is defined as (Quas * 25 / 3).
  • The knockback calculation can be split up into two sections - the first ${\tfrac {1}{3}}$ intervals and the remaining ${\tfrac {2}{3}}$ intervals.
  • The first ${\tfrac {1}{3}}$ intervals, units are moved linearly, by a distance of 6 per interval.
  • Therefore, the total of the first ${\tfrac {1}{3}}$ intervals is moved 2/5/8/11/13/16/19/22 times, which results in a knockback distance of 12/30/48/66/78/96/114/132.
  • For the remaining ${\tfrac {2}{3}}$ of the intervals - 6/11/17/22/28/34/39/44, the units are moved exponentially with 0.98 times the speed of the previous interval.
  • So the remaining intervals together (on each level) move the units by a distance of 33.56/58.58/85.46/105.5/127.02/146.08/160.29/173.14.
    • The remaining intervals can be defined as $6\times \sum ^{n=1\to i}(0.98^{n})$ at level 1 Quas.
  • Summed up, the total distance on each level is 45.56/88.58/133.46/171.5/205.02/242.08/274.29/305.14.
  • As conclusion, the knockback starts at a speed of 200 and decreases exponentially.

• Can knock units over impassable terrain. During the knockback, all trees the units collide with get destroyed.

• Does not knock back Roshan, but damages and disarms him.

• With the level 25 talent, the blasts are released towards every direction around Invoker, no matter where it is targeted.
  • A total of 12 blasts are released. One blast is released towards the targeted point, while the other eleven are adapted to it, with 30° angles between them.
  • A unit can only be hit by one blast per cast. If an enemy unit stands within the areas of multiple blasts, it is only affected by one.

• Ability formulas:
  • Damage: 0 + (40 * Exort)
  • Knockback distance: $({\color {blue}Quas}\times {\tfrac {25}{9}})+({\color {blue}Quas}\times {\tfrac {50}{9}}){\big (}(\sum ^{n=1\to i}(0.98^{n}){\big )}$

For further explanation, see knockback notes above.

• Knockback duration: 0 + (0.25 * Quas)
• Disarm duration: 0.5 + (0.75 * Wex)

Forged Spirit

Forged Spirit
Summon
Level 3 Duration 20/30/40/50/60/70/80 ( /90) Health 300/400/500/600/700/800/900 ( /1000) Health regeneration 0.25 Mana 100/150/200/250/300/350/400 ( /450) Mana regeneration 4 Armor 0/1/2/3/4/5/6 ( /7) Magic resistance 0% Status resistance 0% Attack damage 22/32/42/52/62/72/82 ( /92) Acquisition range 900 Attack range 300/365/430/495/560/625/690 ( /755) Base attack time 1.35 Attack animation 0.2+0.4 Projectile speed 1000 Movement speed 320 Follow range 100 Turn rate 0.5 Collision size 16 Vision range 1200 • 800 (G) Bounty 32‒46 Experience 31 Model scale 1 Abilities Melting Strike

Melting Strike

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemy Heroes

Melts away the armor of heroes hit by the spirit's attack. Each successive hit increases the amount of armor melted.

Armor Reduction per Attack: 1 ( 3)

Armor Reduction Cap: 20 ( 60)

Duration: 5

Armor reduction persists if debuff was placed before spell immunity.

Modifiers

modifier_melting_strike: Undispellable. Persists death.

modifier_forged_spirit_melting_strike_debuff: Dispellable with death only.

Notes:

• Successive attacks fully refresh the whole stack's duration.

• The armor reduction is applied or increased after the attack damage is applied.

• Only affects heroes and illusion, and nothing else.

Talents

Hero Talents
+2 Forged Spirit Armor Reduction	25	Radial Deafening Blast
+35 Alacrity Damage/Speed	20	-10s Tornado Cooldown
-8s Cold Snap Cooldown	15	+60 DPS Ice Wall
+40% Chaos Meteor Damage	10	-24s Ghost Walk Cooldown

Recent Changes

Main Article: Invoker/Changelogs

Version

Description

7.29c

• Reduced Wex attack speed bonus from 2/4/6/8/10/12/14 to 1/2/3/4/5/6/7.

7.29b

• Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
  • Reduced Chaos Meteor spread distance from 225 to 200.

7.29

• Increased turn rate from 0.5 to 0.6.
• Quas
  • Now passively grants 2/4/6/8/10/12/14 strength.
  • Reduced health regeneration bonus per active instance from 1/3/5/7/9/11/13 to 1/2/3/4/5/6/7.
• Wex now passively grants 2/4/6/8/10/12/14 agility.
• Exort
  • Now passively grants 2/4/6/8/10/12/14 intelligence.
  • Reduced attack damage bonus per active instance from 2/6/10/14/18/22/26 to 2/4/6/8/10/12/14.
• Reworked Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
  • Old: Increases Ice Wall length by 320 and turns it into a vector targeting ability with a 1100 cast range.
  • New: Reduces Chaos Meteor cooldown by 15 and causes it to release 3 meteors, one going centered and the others 225 range away from the middle one at 30° angles towards the left and right.
• Talents:

Level 15 right talent: +40 Ice Wall damage per second increased to +60.

Recommended Items

Starting items:

• Tango gives health regeneration to help Invoker stay longer in lane.
• Faerie Fire is often bought to increase his starting damage for lasthitting, and to consume in an early fight, potentially avoiding death for a low cost.

Early game:

• Boots of Speed are important to get quickly, as Invoker has one of the lowest base movement speeds in the game. Getting a movement speed advantage over your opponent allows you to position yourself for casting your spells more easily.
• Magic Stick provides Invoker with additional mana and health with its charges, which is important on any frail caster. Using the charges can give Invoker enough health to survive an attempted gank, or allow him to cast one more spell to ensure a kill.
• Null Talisman increase Invoker's attributes, particularly his attack damage so that he can last-hit more easily.
• Urn of Shadows helps Invoker gank as it keeps dealing damage to the targets, proccing Cold Snap to increase damage output and disabling time.

Mid game:

• Hand of Midas should be picked up if Invoker had a good early game, especially with Quas-Exort build. It increases his experience gain which is incredibly important for Invoker.
• Boots of Travel is a useful item, allowing Invoker to split push and farm with Forge Spirits, and teleport to team fights. It also gives him lots of movement speed.
• Magic Wand gives Invoker stats and larger charge storage when upgraded from Magic Stick. A full charge Wand can allow Invoker to cast any of his spells.
• Aghanim's Scepter improves Invoker's spells across the board and unlocks the deadly teamfight spell Cataclysm, giving him a welcome boost in power.

Late game:

• Blink Dagger is a very strong item to build on Invoker, as he requires good positioning in order to make the most of his spells. Its mobility greatly increases his offensive potential as well as survivability.
• Octarine Core is extremely strong on cast-heavy nukers, and can make Invoker a force to be reckoned with. The item grants a tremendous amount of health and mana, reduces the cooldowns on all of his spells as well as Invoke, and allows him to lifesteal from his nukes, making him much harder to bring down in fights.
• Refresher Orb turns Invoker into an unstoppable nuker. Two back to back spell combos will kill just about any hero.

Situational items:

• Phase Boots are the best boots for Quas-Exort Invoker, as the speed boost offsets his low base movement speed. Additionally, the bonus attack damage helps him farm creeps faster.
• Power Treads are the best boots for Quas-Wex Invoker (along with Boots of Travel), as they give him attributes and attack damage, making last hitting easier.
• Scythe of Vyse gives good attributes and plenty of mana and mana regeneration, increasing Invoker's survivability while also giving him the mana he needs to cast his spells. Hex is also one of the strongest hard-disables in the game that can completely turn teamfights around.
• Drum of Endurance further increases Invoker's attack and movement speed, and provides him with extra attributes and mana regeneration.
• Force Staff is a very useful item. Its active ability can be used to escape, to chase enemies or to save teammates from sure death, as well as re-position yourself for your spells. As well, it provides Invoker with more intelligence and health regen, allowing him to cast spells more easily.
• Eul's Scepter of Divinity is a great utility item, as it gives Invoker many powerful benefits for a cost-effective price. It increases his intelligence and gives him powerful scaling mana regen, allowing him to cast spells more frequently, and the increased base movement speed offsets his low mobility, making positioning for spells much easier. The Cyclone is also a very powerful disable and is often used to set up difficult-to-land spells such as Sun Strike, Chaos Meteor, EMP, and so on.
• Spirit Vessel, upgraded from Urn of Shadows and serving similar purpose, gives bonus health and movement speed. Furthermore, the active counters enemy healing so Invoker can gank better.
• Black King Bar is a good item to build on Invoker if you're constantly being focused or disabled by the enemy. The spell immunity allows you to stand on the front lines to cast your spells without being interrupted.

Gameplay

Roles:	Carry Nuker Disabler Escape Pusher
Complexity:	★★★
Playstyle:	A competent wizard knows perhaps two spells; an exceptional one, three or four. Wielding the elements of Quas, Wex, and Exort, the Invoker surpasses them all. He conjures Forge Spirits, granting them the Alacrity to stun foes through Cold Snap. Predicting enemy movement, the Invoker Sun Strikes any point in the world, then vanishes with Ghost Walk, leaving an impassable Ice Wall to dissuade pursuers. A strong Tornado throws opponents into the air, while an EMP awaits to deplete their mana upon landing. Advancing enemies are repelled with Deafening Blasts, giving Invoker more than enough time to crush them under a Chaos Meteor. Whatever magic he chooses, one thing is certain: All shall come to bow before the Arsenal Magus.

Strategy & Tips

Counters &
Matchups

Audio

Responses

Sounds

History

Lore

Old Abilities

Changelogs

Equipment

Invoker Equipment (expand sets) Personas Acolyte of the Lost Arts Sets Adornings of the Quas Precor Set Cabalist of Dark Magic Set Cadenza Magic Master Covenant of the Depths Dark Artistry Fate Meridian Garbs of the Eastern Range Set Iceforged Set Mnemonus Arcanus Set Northern Blight Relics of Glorious Inspiration Sempiternal Revelations Sinister Lightning The Fires of Exort Set The Magus Magnus Set Trials of the Blackguard Magus Vestige of the Arsenal Magus Volatile Majesty Head Magus Apex Mask of the Divine Sorrow Shoulder Heaven-Piercing Pauldrons Arms Magus Accord Forge Spirit Grievous Ingots Infernus Taunt Taunt: The Master Juggles

Trivia

• In the earliest version of Invoker, the order of instances mattered when Invoke was cast. Invoker, therefore, had access to 27 spells, including most of the 10 still in the game (though with some differences). For more information, see here.
• Invoker is (or used to be) a Magus like Rubick, who calls him the ▶️ ▶️ ▶️ Arsenal Magus.
• Invoker's Deafening Blast cast response ▶️ "Sonic boom!" is a reference to the signature move of Guile from the Street Fighter fighting game series.
• Invoker (Along with some players and casters) sometimes jokingly refers to his Chaos Meteor as a meatball (▶️ "Behold the meatball!"), due to their highly similar appearance.
• One of Invoker's lines when he casts Chaos Meteor is ▶️ "Gallaron's Abyssal Carnesphere!" Carne is Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, and Italian for meat, and a sphere is the geometric shape of a ball. So, "carnesphere" is another way of saying "meatball".
• Invoker's preferred style of spellcasting, involving the invocation of mnemonics, is inspired by the magic in Jack Vance's Dying Earth series. Further references to Vancian magic are in the alternate names for his spells, which involve verbose invocations such as "Sadron's Protracted Frisson" and "Killing Wall of Koryx.".
• Invoker's line for purchasing a Blink Dagger ▶️ "Dagger of the mind." references the "Dagger" monologue from Shakespeare's play, Macbeth.
• Invoker's respawn line ▶️ "Knowing me... knowing you." references the song by the band Abba, of the same name.
• Invoker's voice actor, Dennis Bateman, also voices the Spy from Team Fortress 2. Invoker's killing response ▶️ "You die as you lived: insipid and ignorant." is a reference to this, as the Spy also has 2 similar killing responses: "You died as you lived: running away!" and "You died as you lived: morbidly obese!".
• As referenced in the details of his name, Invoker was known as Kael, or Kael'thas Sunstrider, in DotA. Kael'thas is best known as the Lord of the Blood Elves in the Warcraft universe. The Invoker of DotA also makes use of his Warcraft 3 model and voice.
  • Skywrath Mage's responses when meeting Invoker may also be related to this, as Dragonus was also a blood elf in DotA.
• The first letter of Quas, Wex and Exort refers to the key of a QWERTY keyboard they are by default bound to (Q, W, and E). In lore, they are most likely mnemonics used to invoke spells.

Name

• In DotA, Invoker's name is Kael, based on the WarCraft Blood Elf Mage character, Kael'thas Sunstrider. His fun name is Kal-El, a pun conflating the name Kael with the birth name of Superman.
• In April 2011, a fake DotA 6.72 Chinese changelog referred to Invoker as "卡尔" ("Kael", transliterated as "Kǎ'ěr"). A PlayDota forum member translated the changelog with Google Translate, in an attempt to get a quick, rough translation. Google Translate mistakenly translated "卡尔" as "Carl". PlayDota forum members were at first confused, then entertained by the mistake. IceFrog, the lead developer of DotA and Dota 2, joked "Carl had it coming".
• In December 2011, drafts of Invoker's Dota 2 lore referred to him as "Garral" twice, presumably a nod to "Carl". This name was excised upon Invoker's release in January 2012; the lore currently refers to him only as "the Invoker".
• Invoker's voice lines include the name Carl three times. Invoker has a small chance to speak one of these lines when his model is selected:
  • ▶️ "Carl!"
  • ▶️ "Throughout the eons I have been known by many names…but my true name of power…is Carl."
  • ▶️ "Behold before you, the illustrious, the imperious, ingenious arch-mage… CARL."
• Undying uses the name Carl once, when meeting an allied Invoker on the battlefield, and even then only 5% of the time:
  • ▶️ "Carl, is that you?"
• Mirana uses the name Carl once, when killing an enemy Invoker, and even then only 5% of the time:
  • ▶️ "Carl, meet Sagan." A pun on Carl Sagan. (Mirana's feline mount is named Sagan.)
• In summary, Invoker's real name was meant to be possibly Carl, hence the audio files that Mirana, Undying, and Invoker himself mentioned beforehand. The release of Young Invoker persona has confirmed this, in the item's description, that the real name of Invoker is indeed Carl.

Gallery

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  Model

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  An early version of Invoker from Legacy DotA, where he had access to 27 spells.

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  Splash artwork

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  Concept art

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  Envisioning Invoker Loading Screen concept art

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  Hero icon progress

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