Intelligence · Ranged
Weaves magic with an array of spell combos
Win rate
50.6%
B across all ranks
Pick rate
18.3%
of public matches
Public picks
619.2K
in the sample
Pro scene
10
14 bans · 60% win rate
Bars start at 50%. Sample sizes: Herald 9.4K · Guardian 34.8K · Crusader 76.1K · Archon 137.5K · Legend 173.8K · Ancient 109.9K · Divine+ 77.8K.
Last 6 days
50.7%
Bought before the horn
Iron Branch
Circlet
Faerie Fire
Observer Ward
Tango
Mantle of Intelligence
The first minutes
Null Talisman
Staff of Wizardry
Boots of Speed
Kaya
Meteor Hammer
Core items
Boots of Travel
Meteor Hammer
Black King Bar
Soul Booster
The full build
Octarine Core
Shiva's Guard
Scythe of Vyse
Black King Bar
Blink Dagger
Aghanim's Scepter
Most-bought items for Invoker in OpenDota’s sample of parsed public matches (1,780 purchases counted). Bars compare each item with the most-bought one in its phase. The percentage is the win rate in games where Invoker bought the item by minute 30 (green or red when it is clearly above or below Invoker’s average). Teams that are ahead buy items sooner, so a high number shows the item goes with winning games, not that it causes the win. Items with fewer than 100 games show no percentage. Cheap components are hidden from the mid and late game.
Spirit Vessel
81 games
Boots of Travel
78 games
Meteor Hammer
683 games
Boots of Travel
420 games
Meteor Hammer
254 games
Kaya
178 games
Soul Booster
99 games
Aghanim's Scepter
61 games
Blink Dagger
86 games
Shiva's Guard
87 games
Platemail
133 games
Tiara of Selemene
356 games
Final items compared within the same purchase window (at least 60 games each), so they are not simply ranked by how late or expensive they are. Still a correlation: a team that is far ahead can buy anything sooner.
55
Use: Plant Tree: Targets the ground to plant a happy little tree that lasts for 20 seconds.
155
65
Use: Imbue: Instantly restores 85 health.
5s
Use: Imbue. Instantly restores 85 health.
0
Use: Plant: Plants an Observer Ward, an invisible watcher that gives ground vision in a 1600 radius to your team. Lasts 6 minutes.
1s
Use: Plant. Plants an Observer Ward, an invisible watcher that gives ground vision in a 1600 radius to your team. Lasts 6 minutes. Hold Control to give one Observer Ward to an allied hero.
90
Use: Devour: Consumes a target tree to gain 7 health regeneration for 16 seconds. Consuming an Ironwood Tree doubles the heal duration. Comes with 3 charges.
140
505
1,000
500
Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
2,100
Win rate when bought51.6% · 1,086 games
2,850
Active: Meteor Hammer: CHANNELED - After a successful channel, summons a meteor that strikes a 400 AoE, stunning enemies for 0.75 seconds and dealing impact damage.
Win rate when bought51.9% · 1,033 games
24s75
Active: Meteor Hammer. CHANNELED - After a successful channel, summons a meteor that strikes a 400 AoE, stunning enemies for 0.75 seconds and dealing impact damage. Continues to deal damage over time to enemies units and buildings for 6 seconds. Non-building units are also slowed for 20% for the duration of the burn. Building Impact Damage: 90 Building Over Time Damage: 50 Non-Building Impact Damage: 130 Non-Building Over Time Damage: 50 Channel Duration: 2 seconds. Landing Time: 0.5 seconds.
2,500
Upgrade: Town Portal Scroll: Upgrades your Town Portal Scroll, allowing it to target units, reduces cooldown and does not consume a charge on usage.
Win rate when bought54.6% · 1,292 games
Upgrade: Town Portal Scroll. Upgrades your Town Portal Scroll, allowing it to target units, reduces cooldown and does not consume a charge on usage. Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
4,050
Active: Avatar: Applies a basic dispel. Grants 60% magic resistance and immunity to reflected and pure damage.
Win rate when bought53.3% · 396 games
95s50
Active: Avatar. Applies a basic dispel. Grants 60% magic resistance and immunity to reflected and pure damage. For the duration of the effect, any negative effect from enemy spells has no effect. Duration: 9 / 8 / 7s Dispel Type: Basic Dispel
3,000
Win rate when bought64.3% · 474 games
5,100
Win rate when bought66.3% · 413 games
4,500
Active: Arctic Blast: Emits a freezing wave that deals 225 magical damage to enemies and slows their movement by -40% for 4 seconds. Radius: 825
27s75
Active: Arctic Blast. Emits a freezing wave that deals 225 magical damage to enemies and slows their movement by -40% for 4 seconds. Radius: 825
Passive: Freezing Aura. Reduces the attack speed of all enemies by -40. Radius: 1200
5,200
Active: Hex: Turns a target unit into a harmless critter for 2.8 seconds. The target has a base movement speed of 140 and will be silenced, muted, and disarmed.
20s250
Active: Hex. Turns a target unit into a harmless critter for 2.8 seconds. The target has a base movement speed of 140 and will be silenced, muted, and disarmed. Instantly destroys illusions.
2,250
Active: Blink: Teleport to a target point up to 1200 units away. Blink Dagger cannot be used for 3 seconds after taking damage from an enemy hero or Roshan.
Win rate when bought60.6% · 269 games
15s
Active: Blink. Teleport to a target point up to 1200 units away. Blink Dagger cannot be used for 3 seconds after taking damage from an enemy hero or Roshan.
4,200
Passive: Ability Upgrade: Upgrades the ultimate, and some abilities, of all heroes.
Win rate when bought57.5% · 369 games
Allows manipulation of ice elements. Active Quas instances imbue Invoker with bonus hp regeneration. Passively grants bonus strength per level of Quas.
Aghanim’s ScepterGrants 1 current and max level.
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 ScepterGrants 1 current and max level.
Allows manipulation of fire elements. Active Exort instances imbue Invoker with bonus attack damage. Passively grants bonus intelligence per level of Exort.
Aghanim’s ScepterGrants 1 current and max level.
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.
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.
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 ShardGhost Walk now also applies the Ice Wall Damage Per Second to enemy heroes in its area of effect.
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 ScepterTornado 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.)
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 ShardIncreases damage for each point of mana drained by EMP and pulls enemy units into the EMP's center at 125 units per second.
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.
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.
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 ScepterCreates 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.
Aghanim’s ShardIf Sun Strike damages an enemy Hero, a Forge Spirit of current level is created at the location.
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.
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 ScepterIce 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.
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.
Radial Deafening Blast
252x Quas/Wex/Exort Active Bonuses
+2 Chaos Meteors
20–
+25 Alacrity Damage/Speed
15-6s Cold Snap Cooldown
+50 Ice Wall DPS
10-5s Tornado Cooldown
Strength19+2.5/lvl
Agility14+2/lvlIntelligence22+4/lvlIn 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.
Win rates come from public Dota 2 matches (OpenDota), 3.4M matches counted, refreshed Oct 24, 2026. Tiers use the win rate in the chosen rank: S 52.5%+, A 51%+, B 49%+, C 47.5%+, D below; heroes with too few games are left unrated. Hero data and patch notes are Valve’s. Builds Forge is an unofficial fan site, not affiliated with Valve.