Invoker Tactics

[Silver-Berry]

Plz share some Invokers tactics here (skills/items).

My proposition: Water(0lvl) + Wind (as many as poss) + Fire max(7lvl) on 13 lvl
3 x Fire on self (+63 dmg)
Spells: Meteor and SunStrike(to do "zeus ulti plz")
Items: Hex, b00ts, bracers.

from lvl14+ boost Water to max => skill Blast + ColdSnap
Additional items: S&Y

Late game:
Buff: 3x Wind (+ms/ias)
Skills: Meteor / Tornado / Blast
Items: Hex, b00ts, s&y, eul, heart/satanic :P


Ps.: Uber Feeded Invoker = Hex, boots, s&y, satanic, buriza, assault => 1v1 ColdSnap and Alac => 5v5 Blast and Tornado 3xWind

2nd tactic is for fast teamplay hero.

Items: b00ts, eul, bracers (low lvls).
Buffs: 3x Water
Skills: Water max(7lvl) + Wind (as many as poss) + Fire (1lvl) on 13 lvl
Spells: Tornado / Blast / ColdSnap* or FrostWall

Late game(?):
Items: boots, hex, eul, bloodstone and/or likensphere
Skills: Tornado / Blast / ColdSnap or FrostWall*
Buffs: 3x Wind

*better on that lvl

[Hominghead]

When im Invoker imm getting this build,

at begin im buying boots and 2 gauntlets (sell em l8er)

as skill i grab Quas (our tango replacement)
skilling up thru Quas Exort Built, im finaly Multi using his skills, mainly i stay up with Cold Snap (kinda, stun) and Sun Strike (zeus ulti plz)

in mid game im getting Aghanim(500hp, very good, now wer fatter than that noob Leshrac with his hex, and have loads of Mana) combining: Sun Strike, Cold Snap, Forged Spirits and Ice Wall.

Late Game,(lv16)
weve got Aghanim,
Sun Strike
Cold Snap,

buying BoT(IceFrog didnt give him proper MS),

now we got an Imba HP Regen, and a big DPS machine,
when pushing (towers which survived) quickly grabbin Alacrity, and Defeaning, alacrity demolishes towers,
and defeaning kinda pushes away the horde which chases us, and gives us time to make ice wall quickly when wer ganked.

If the game aint over yet,
get Skadi.
Another boost for Hp and MP + Cold Attack is nice.
Still aint over yet?
now time for ranged Cold Lifesteal, get Mask Of Madness, together with alacrity ur the dps machine now, u can disable any noob which ganks u, give him a load of dmg,slowing his attack, and regaining own Hp thru Lifesteal, and even kill him (tornado, ice wall the path)

gg

[Rasta]

hmmm... Not bad but i think there are more better tactic then yours ..
:D

[Hominghead]

hmmm... Not bad but i think there are more better tactic then yours ..
:D

in any case these are better tactics then your Invoker-dagon

[[RO]Claudiu]

there is no predefined skill build or item build for all situations and it would take too much time to write all the builds .

my best strategy is improvisation ... that way the "enemy" cant be one step ahead of you :D because you do not have a preconcieved plan of action :D and therefore not even you dont know what comes next :D

so ... in most cases i use exort +wex = powerfull nukes and aoe dmg exort only for skills but i dont use it as passive , i use wex because i like the move speed and attackspeed .

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii67/praetorphoenix/abilitychart.png

in 5v5 games i mostley use chaos meteor and defaning blast .

in 1v1 i use cold snap and sun strike .

as for the item build ... he is very fragile vs mele heroes like faceless void , mortred , gondar etc so i make boots of travel and eul scepter ( in the old days i would also get dagger of escape but ever since they added the disable atribute it sucks :( ) ...
i am a big fan of mjolnir on mages so in most cases i make it , also linken sphere and guinsoo . other items : mkb , radiance ( triggers cold snap stuns and works great with ghost walk ) if need hp i make skady .

the most complete guide to evoker i saw here (http://forums.dota-allstars.com/index.php?showtopic=204295)

[LoGiStiK]

I advise you to use Chaos Meteor and Ice Wall , they can cause serious damage to players. Ofc in battle it's best to use 3 instances of Exort.
As a item build , i prefere to use:
- PT with Str (you need attack speed because with exort you will have a high damage)
- Orchid (again attack speed , damage , and mana regeneration , verry good for this hero)
- Dagon (to greatly favorize Chaos Meteor's huge damage with another nuke)
- Dagger (well mainly to teleport in front of a chased guy and use Ice Wall to slow him down and deal some damage to him)
- Guynsoo (good with meteor , hexing him will slow the enemy , thus reducing his capability of avoiding the Chaos Meteor's damage wich is verry high if you fully hit him)
- Radiance (well it's not extremely usefull , but you can use it to give you a good burst of damage that along with exort will be good , plus it's damaging aura will fit preety good with Chaos Meteor's dps) or you can get Shiva's Guard.

Imho this is the best damage build for invoker , and i used it succesfully in 2 games until now.

I know 3 more builds but i'll write them only if necesary. The above build is best for teamwork and supporting your allies with your big damage.

[FruF]

Well Teamplay :
IceWall, Tornado

In Single Combat :
Cold Snap (Mean Spell)
Alacrity

Also Fun : Invi Walking into a Gang and Use Icewall
Invi : Slow InceWall : fukked =)

On "normal" Games i tend to go for Damage.
So Some Mana Items @ start then damage :
U can have 200 Damage @ lv 11

[Stin]

The way I play whit Invoker is this : at lvl 13 , 7 lvl in reg(water), as many as posible in speed(air) and 2 ulti(for 2 spels).
The spells I play whit is the cyclon and cold snap.
As artifact on lvl 13 I have treads, eul ,2 bracers(Invoker has low HP),and parts of guinsoo.
The tactic I use is this, whit reg at lvl max I can afored to take some dmg couse whit 15.75 HP /sec its no problem(reg at max) so I hit the oponent as much as posible(when my HP are full I move my self on move speed and atack speed). Becouse of the mana pool big that the hero has and the artifacts just mencioned I can afored to cast cyclon as much as posible and never get out of mana.After I casted cyclon and atacked some creeps(which they die easily)I cast cold snap on the enemy hero(whith my atack and my creeps atack he is in stun constantly for 6 sec) If the hero doesent die I cast cyclon from Eull get near him and finish him of whith some other atacks(when you have finished guinsoo you are sure thet the enemy is dead).
This build alows you to escape from heroes which hunt you or get next to you easili(bara,void,blinkers,blinkstrikers etc) cyclon and eull alows you to escape very easy and then come back fast(tnx to your huge reg) and anoy your adversary .
In late game I go on whit finishing guinsoo,desolator and orchid(sometimes in stead of desolator I make skady). Also in late game I play whit as many spells I can afored.
This is the tactic whith which I beaten Magina(he wasn't a noob but he didnt pushed at all he died onece in late and I distroided everything), and Axe; in 5v5 its a diferent story same build but you can die although you have cyclon and eull.
Now please forgive me for my spelling mistakes, and I aspect to see more tactics. :D

[PaTh]

OMG LOOOL YEEE

PLZ SHARE TACTIC!!!?!?!? PLZ?!?!? HOW TO PLAY WITH ONE UNIT!!!

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[Palec]

OMG LOOOL YEEE

PLZ SHARE TACTIC!!!?!?!? PLZ?!?!? HOW TO PLAY WITH ONE UNIT!!!

lol ****ing dota

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Pathfinder (server aka) ye ?

Listen, you wouldnt be able to play with that one unit. Besides your 1v1/2v2 skills are also poor as I faced you in ladder many times and never lost. Dota is relaxing, I think you should try it, since I've noticed you are a bit frustrated... and frustration leads to impotence.

take care:tiphat:

[Ryaelin]

which orbs have to mix to get sun strike ?
i like this hero, coz he's universal :D i'll try one of these tactics ;)

[[RO]Claudiu]

which orbs have to mix to get sun strike ?
i like this hero, coz he's universal :D i'll try one of these tactics ;)

sorry for the late response i quit reading the forum back then >)

3 instances of exort = sun strike :)

[DyLyMaKe]

hmm
1st spell on him = sun strike :) easy steal = gold = items = imba O.o
in late game i use Tornado + EMP :) or simply blast + meteor.. but is boring xD

[klemen]

could work on noobs :D

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[FaP.RaptorJesus]

blast is the most usefull spell of him, imo.
its 5,75 sec disable, that is hard.

[EliteSamurai]

Whymost people spam meteor......... using cold snap and tornado is better maybe...... Anyway I keep reading, I am noob with invoker. Anyone use forge spirit? It is in the game.......... :cool: