Invoker is the most versatile, absolutely universal and incredibly complex character in DOTA 2, and therefore is not very widespread. At the same time, due to the very strong complexity of managing this character, few people know what to buy things with Invoker and how to manage it at all.
Invoker - universal combat vehicle
As mentioned above, the main advantage of Invoker is its absolute versatility. He has 10 active abilities of a wide variety of types, ranging from prolonged invisibility and ending with the ability to deliver pinpoint strikes across the map, thanks to which in the Dota project Invoker can freely keep his line and at the same time help an ally push his opponent on the other line. The active abilities used also depend precisely on which combination of balls the player uses. Due to this, you first need to understand how to manage this character in general, and only then think about what things are needed for Invoker.
In this case, depending on the balls used, the player can accelerate a high attack and run speed, increase the attack power or make his character more resilient by multiplying its regeneration, and the player does not even need to think hard about pumping in a certain direction, After all, he can change his focus right in battle.
What is the complexity of Invoker?
It is no accident that, despite the fact that in Dota Invoker is recognized by all players as the most difficult character, few people undertake to play for him at least in order to show their skill. Playing for this hero is a real art.
Need to shuffle the balls
If someone is tanking or there is no danger of dying, damage increase is included. If you need to catch up or run away, as well as move between the lines for the gang, the speed of running and attack is accelerated. In between battles or, if necessary, tanking, accelerated mana and health regeneration is included.
Need to switch actives
The hero, as mentioned above, can activate 10 active abilities (not counting switching balls and ultimate), but there are only 2 on the panel. In this connection, to use a number of active abilities, you need to shuffle the balls between themselves, use the ultimate and immediately throw skill, so that he goes into a rollback, and the player can switch to the next actives.
Need to adapt to the actives
The strength and effect of most actives depends on which balls are now hanging on the hero. In this regard, before throwing a skill, you must first configure the balls to add it with an ultimate, and then reconfigure them so as to obtain the desired effect from it, and so on for each individual ability.
Considering that all these actions need to be performed in just a few seconds, switch even 5 actives and get the desired effect from them, use active skills from collected things as needed, while controlling the situation on the battlefield and switching balls to specific needs, it looks all this is almost the same as Beethoven performed by Rachmaninov.
What to collect things?
Most often in the game "Dota 2" things for Invoker are collected as follows:
- Drum Endurance (drum). Activates the increase in attack and running speeds of surrounding allies, and also gives small bonuses to the characteristics.
- Power Treads (crutch). A required element in a set such as things on Invoker. Speed and attack power, decent running speed and the ability to switch to different stats depending on the situation.
- Force Staff. A small bonus to intelligence and an active ability in the form of an enemy push.
- Blink Dagger. Teleportation in a certain direction.
- Eul's Scepter of Divinity. The necessary bonuses to intelligence and mana regeneration, as well as the ability to raise the enemy into the air.
- Orchid Malevolence. Bonus to intellect and active in the form of fat (dumbness, a ban on the inclusion of magical abilities).
- Scythe of Vyse (Hex). Bonus to intelligence, mana regeneration and active on turning the enemy into an animal.
- Aghanim's Scepter (Aganim, amp). Strengthens our ultimate and adds a little to intelligence.
- Refresher Orb. A very useful artifact that completely rolls back our abilities, because a long cd of Invoker's actives is one of his weaknesses.
- Black King Bar (bkb). Avatar - full invulnerability to spells and magical damage.
- Veil of Discord. Increase magic damage on the selected enemy.