Invoker
Patch 7.41f15.09.2026-0.77 (0.77)
Abilities
Cold Snap
- NERFCooldown increased from 18s to 19s+6%
Ghost Walk
- DELAghanim's Shard no longer applies damage to non-Hero units
Patch 7.41e31.07.2026-1.17 (1.17)
Abilities
Ghost Walk
- NERFDuration decreased from 60s to 50s-17%
- DELAghanim's Shard no longer increases radius
Patch 7.41d05.06.2026-2.50 (2.50)
Abilities
Ghost Walk
- NERFCooldown increased from 32s to 40s+25%
Chaos Meteor
- NERFContact Damage decreased from 55/80/105/130/155/180/205/220/235 to 55/75/95/115/135/155/175/195/2150%-9%
Ice Wall
- NERFMovement Slow rescaled from 20/40/60/80/100/120/140/160/180% to 30/45/60/75/90/105/120/135/150%+50%-17%
Patch 7.41c06.05.2026-0.63 (0.63)
GENERAL
- NERFBase Movement Speed decreased from 285 to 280-2%
Patch 7.41b07.04.2026-0.06 (0.86)
Abilities
Invoke
- NEWNow grants Invoker an additional Ability Point at hero levels 6, 12, and 18
Talents
- SWAPLevel 20 Talent: +1 Orb Levels replaced with +50% Forged Spirit Armor Reduction
Patch 7.41a27.03.2026+1.10 (1.10)
GENERAL
- BUFFBase Intelligence increased from 20 to 22?Damage at level 1 increased from 39–45 to 41–47+10%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 10 Talent: Tornado Cooldown Reduction increased from 4s to 5s+25%
Patch 7.4124.03.2026-1.42 (3.08)
Abilities
Invoke
- REWORKNow whenever Invoker gets Aghanim's Scepter or Aghanim's Shard, these items are inert in the inventory until Invoker activates them manually. Upon activation, he will be presented with three upgrades to choose from. Upgrades themselves for both Aghanim's Scepter and Aghanim's Shard are unchanged?You can't change selected upgrades. Selling Aghanim's Scepter and buying it again will provide the same upgrade you chose the first time
- NERFAghanim's Scepter no longer provides +1 level to all three orbs. Now it provides +1 level only to a single orb you choose
Quas, Wex, Exort
- BUFFMax Level increased from 7 to 8+14%
Tornado
- NERFAghanim's Scepter twister damage decreased from 40 + 10 × Wex Level to 30 + 10 × Wex Level-17%start-7%end
W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 old 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 new 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 Δ% -17% -14% -12% -11% -10% -9% -8% -8% -7% -7%
Talents
- SWAPLevel 15 Talent: +1 Facet Orb Level replaced with +25 Alacrity Speed/Damage?TalentLevelValueAlacrity Speed/Damage20 → 15+50 → +25 −50%
- SWAPLevel 20 Talent: +50 Alacrity Speed/Damage replaced with +1 Orb Levels ?TalentLevelValueAlacrity Speed/Damage20 → 15+50 → +25 −50%
Patch 7.40b23.12.2025-0.90 (0.90)
Facets
Mind of Tornarus
- NERFTornado Aghanim's Scepter Twister Duration decreased by 0.5s from 3.2-5.0s to 2.7-4.5s-16%start-10%end
W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 old 3.2s 3.4s 3.6s 3.8s 4.0s 4.2s 4.4s 4.6s 4.8s 5.0s new 2.7s 2.9s 3.1s 3.3s 3.5s 3.7s 3.9s 4.1s 4.3s 4.5s Δ% -16% -15% -14% -13% -12% -12% -11% -11% -10% -10% - NERFE.M.P. Aghanim's Shard burn damage decreased from 90% to 80%-11%
Patch 7.4016.12.2025+1.73 (3.25)
Facets
Mind of Tornarus
- NERF
Aghanim's Shard drag speed decreased from 150 to 125-17%
Abilities
Alacrity
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 90 to 75-17%
- BUFFCast Range increased from 650 to 700+8%
Ice Wall
- BUFFDamage increased from 25 + 5 × Exort Level to 24 + 6 × Exort Level0%start+12%end
E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 E10 old 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 new 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72 78 84 Δ% 0% +3% +5% +7% +8% +9% +10% +11% +11% +12%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Cold Snap Cooldown Reduction increased from 5s to 6s+20%
- BUFFLevel 20 Talent: +35 Alacrity Damage/Speed changed to +50+43%
Patch 7.3922.05.2025+0.73 (18.40)
GENERAL
- REWORKAghanim's Scepter no longer grants +2 levels to facet-centered orb and +1 to the others. Now grants only +1 level to all Orbs?Additional orb level is moved to the new Level 15 Talent
- BUFFBase damage increased by 4?Now it's 19. Before this patch it was changed in 7.38 (1 year 8 months ago)Damage at level 1 increased from 35–41 to 39–45+27%
- NERFIntelligence gain decreased from 4.7 to 4.0-15%
Facets
Scholar of Koryx
Quas
- DELNo longer gains the second additional level from Aghanim's Scepter
Cold Snap
- DELNo longer restores mana or health
Ice Wall
- REWORKAghanim's upgrade reworked: Shard → Scepter.
Active
Enemy heroes that stay in Ice Wall for longer than 3s freeze, becoming rooted for 1.5s and taking 300 magic damage. Also increases wall's radial thickness by 40 and length by 160
Mana cost125
Cooldown23s
Freeze time
3s
Root duration
1.5s
Magic damage
300
Wall thickness bonus
+40
Wall length bonus
+160
Active
Ice Wall becomes Ice Floe, vector targeted. After a 1.3s delay, the Ice Floe forms from the center of the targeted area, creating a 150 width Ice Floe in its wake. Enemies that stay in it for longer than 2.5 seconds freeze, becoming rooted for 1.5 + (0.1 × Quas) seconds and take (75 + 25 × Quas) magical damage.
Ice Floe can freeze the same unit multiple times if they leave the floe and enter it again. Staying in the floe would prevent the unit from being rooted again.?1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9/2.0/2.1/2.2/2.3/2.4/2.5s root duration and 100/125/150/175/200/225/250/275/300/325 damage
Mana cost125
Cooldown23s
Cast range
600
Formation delay (Scepter)
1.3s
Ice Floe width (Scepter)
150
Freeze delay (Scepter)
2.5s
Base root duration (Scepter)
1.5s
Root duration per Quas (Scepter)
0.1s
Base damage (Scepter)
75
Damage per Quas (Scepter)
25
Ghost Walk
- REWORKAghanim's upgrade reworked: Scepter → Shard.
Active
When cast, the effect is also applied to all allied heroes and forge spirits within a 600 radius. Allies and spirits have a 0.5s fade time and 30s duration.
Mana cost175
Cooldown32s
Radius
600
Fade time
0.5s
Duration
30s
Active
Increases Slow Radius by 150 and applies Ice Wall's Damage Per Second to all affected enemies.
Mana cost175
Cooldown32s
Slow radius bonus
+150
Mind of Tornarus
Wex
- DELNo longer gains the second additional level from Aghanim's Scepter
Alacrity
- DELNo longer provides bonus attack range to Invoker and his controlled units
Tornado
- BUFFAghanim's Scepter Twister duration changed from 4s to 3s + 0.2s × Quas Level-20%start+25%end
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 old 4s 4s 4s 4s 4s 4s 4s 4s 4s 4s new 3.2s 3.4s 3.6s 3.8s 4s 4.2s 4.4s 4.6s 4.8s 5s Δ% -20% -15% -10% -5% 0% +5% +10% +15% +20% +25% - NERFAghanim's Scepter Twister damage per second rescaled from 120 to 50 + 10 × Wex Level-50%start+25%end
W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 old 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 new 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 Δ% -50% -42% -33% -25% -17% -8% 0% +8% +17% +25% - NERFAghanim's Scepter Twister spawn interval increased from 300 to 400+33%
Agent of Gallaron
Exort
- DELNo longer gains the second additional level from Aghanim's Scepter
Chaos Meteor
- DELNo longer has increased size and travel distance
Sun Strike
- NERFAghanim's Scepter Cataclysm cooldown increased from 75s to 90s+20%
Abilities
Wex
- NEWNow also grants +1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10 Attack Speed per instance
Exort
- BUFFAttack Damage per instance increased from 1/3/5/7/9/11/13/15/17/19 to 2/4/6/8/10/12/14/16/18/20+100%+5%
Cold Snap
- BUFFFreeze Damage increased by 20?From 8/16/24/32/40/48/56/64/72/80 to 28/36/44/52/60/68/76/84/92/100+250%+25%
Sun Strike
- NERFDamage decreased from 150 + 50 × Exort Level to 125 + 50 × Exort Level-12%start-4%end
E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 E10 old 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 new 175 225 275 325 375 425 475 525 575 625 Δ% -12% -10% -8% -7% -6% -6% -5% -5% -4% -4%
Forge Spirit
- NERFDuration rescaled from 10/20/30/40/50/60/70/80/90/100s to 24/30/36/42/48/54/60/66/72/78s+140%-22%
Ice Wall
- NEWWall Width now supports AoE bonuses again
- BUFFDamage per second rescaled from 8 × Exort Level to 25 + 5 × Exort Level+275%start-6%end
E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 E10 old 8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 72 80 new 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 Δ% +275% +119% +67% +41% +25% +15% +7% +2% -3% -6% - BUFFDamage interval improved from 1s to 0.5s-50%
- BUFFThe damage per second interval is now based on an individual unit gaining the debuff, rather than on an interval for the entire wall. As a result, the first damage instance is now applied instantly
Talents
- SWAPLevel 15 Talent: -4s Sun Strike Cooldown replaced with +1 Facet Orb Level
- BUFFLevel 20 Talent: Alacrity Damage/Speed increased from +30 to +35+17%
Patch 7.38b06.03.2025+0.58 (4.01)
Facets
Scholar of Koryx
- NEWWhen Cold Snap triggers, Invoker now also restores 5 mana in addition to existing healing based on Quas
- BUFFAghanim's Scepter ally duration increased from 20s to 30s+50%
Mind of Tornarus
- BUFFAttack range bonus increased from 50/60/70/80/90/100/110/120/130/140 to 60/70/80/90/100/110/120/130/140/150+20%+7%
Agent of Gallaron
- NERFAghanim's Scepter Cataclysm cooldown increased from 60 to 75 seconds+25%
Abilities
Forge Spirit
- NERFAttack range rescaled from 300/365/430/495/560/625/690/755/820/885 to 305/360/415/470/525/580/635/690/745/800+2%-10%
Patch 7.3819.02.2025-3.31 (25.23)
GENERAL
- REWORKMain attribute changed from Universal → Intelligence
- NERFStarting damage decreased from 39–47 to 35–41-12%
- NERFDamage gain per level decreased from 5.9 to 4.7?Base damage 3–11 → 15–21Damage at level 30: 224–232 → 180–186 (-20%), with all 7 Attribute Bonus levels, as Valve counts it-20%
- NEWAdded three orb-centered facets. Each provides an extra level for the specific orb, permanently improves an ability, and sets their own Aghanim's Scepter and Shard upgrades
- BUFFBase Damage increased by 12-10?Now it's 15. Before this patch it was changed in 7.36b (2 years 5 months ago)+400%
- BUFFBase Intelligence increased from 19 to 20+5%
- BUFFAgility gain increased from 1.8 to 2+11%
- BUFFIntelligence gain increased from 4.0 to 4.7+18%
- BUFFAghanim's Scepter still provides +1 level to all orbs, but also provides an additional level to the orb of the chosen facet, allowing it to reach max level of 10?By default, Level 30 Invoker will have two orbs at level 7 and one facet-related orb at level 8. Buying Aghanim's Scepter will increase these levels to 8 and 10 respectively
- NERFBase Health Regen decreased from 0.5 to 0.25-50%
- NERFStrength gain decreased from 2.6 to 2.5-4%
- NERFDamage gain per level decreased from +5.9 to +4.7-20%
- NERFDamage at level 1 decreased by 4-6 (from 39-47 to 35-41)-12%
- NERFDamage at level 30 decreased by 46 (from 224-232 to 180-186)-20%
Facets
Agnostic, Elitist
- DELRemoved
Scholar of Koryx
- NEWNew facet
Active: Quas
When Invoker reaches level 6, he gains a bonus level of Quas without spending a skill point. Also increases its max level up to 8Aghanim's Scepter grants 1 additional current level, and increases max level to 10Active: Cold Snap
Invoker heals for 13-130 health (depending on level of Quas) whenever Cold Snap triggers?Healing effect is now exclusive to this FacetActive: Ghost Walk
When cast, the effect is also applied to all allied heroes and forge spirits within a 600 radius. Allies and spirits have a 0.5s fade time and 20s duration
Active: Ice Wall
Enemy heroes that stay in Ice Wall for longer than 3s freeze, becoming rooted for 1.5s and taking 300 magic damage. Also increases wall's radial thickness by 40 and length by 160
Max level
8
Bonus level (Scepter)
1
Max level (Scepter)
10
Min heal
13
Max heal
130
Radius (Scepter)
600
Fade time (Scepter)
0.5s
Duration (Scepter)
20s
Freeze time (Shard)
3s
Root duration (Shard)
1.5s
Magic damage (Shard)
300
Wall thickness bonus (Shard)
+40
Wall length bonus (Shard)
+160
Mind of Tornarus
- NEWNew facet
Active: Wex
When Invoker reaches level 6, he gains a bonus level of Wex without spending a skill point. Also increases its max level up to 8Aghanim's Scepter grants 1 additional current level, and increases max level to 10Active: Alacrity
Grants bonus 50-140 attack range (depending on level of Wex) when cast on Invoker or any ranged units under his controlActive: Tornado
Tornado creates smaller twisters along its path every 300 units. Each twister lasts for the duration of Tornado, and persists for 4 additional seconds after the tornado is destroyed, dealing 120 damage per second in a 150 radius. Twisters have ground vision in a 50 radius around them. Damage interval: 0.25s. Damage from multiple twisters stack. Twisters deal half damage to creeps
Active: E.M.P.
Increases Burn Damage from 60% to 90% and pulls units to its center at 150 units per second?Unchanged from previous Shard upgrade, but made exclusive to this facet
Max level
8
Bonus level (Scepter)
1
Max level (Scepter)
10
Min bonus attack range
50
Max bonus attack range
140
Twister spacing (Scepter)
300
Linger duration (Scepter)
4s
Damage per second (Scepter)
120
Twister radius (Scepter)
150
Damage interval (Scepter)
0.25s
Burn damage (Shard)
90%
Agent of Gallaron
- NEWNew facet
Active: Exort
When Invoker reaches level 6, he gains a bonus level of Exort without spending a skill point. Also increases its max level up to 8Aghanim's Scepter grants 1 additional current level, and increases max level to 10Active: Chaos Meteor
Increases meteor's radius by 30 and travel distance by 200Active: Sun Strike
Now Aghanim's Scepter grants Cataclysm exclusively with this facet. Cooldown decreased from 100s to 60s, Min/Max Distance decreased from 160/200 to 90/180, Sun Strike damage decreased from 100% to 75%
Active: Sun Strike
Causes Sun Strike to summon the current level of Forge Spirit at the location when damaging a real enemy Hero?This effect spawns 1 Forge Spirit per Sun Strike, no matter the number of heroes hit or current Forge Spirit Count. This is also true for each Sun Strike created by Cataclysm, summoning 2 spirits if both strikes hit the same hero
Max level
8
Bonus level (Scepter)
1
Max level (Scepter)
10
Radius bonus
+30
Distance bonus
+200
Cooldown (Scepter)
60s
Min/max distance (Scepter)
90/180
Sun Strike damage (Scepter)
75%
Abilities
Mastermind
- DELRemoved?Now Invoke is classified as Invoker's only innate ability
Quas
- NEWEach active orb now provides 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10 Health Regen by default
- NEWLeveling up Quas now provides +1 Strength by default
Wex
- NEWEach active orb now provides 0.6/1.2/1.8/2.4/3/3.6/4.2/4.8/5.4/6% bonus movement speed by default
- NEWLeveling up Wex now provides +1 Agility by default
Exort
- NEWEach active orb now provides 1/3/5/7/9/11/13/15/17/19 bonus damage by default
- NEWLeveling up Exort now provides +1 Intelligence by default
Cold Snap, Ghost Walk, Tornado, E.M.P., Alacrity, Chaos Meteor, Sun Strike, Forge Spirit, Ice Wall
- NEWAdded values for levels 9 and 10
Ability Value 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Cold SnapDuration (s) 3.0 3.4 3.8 4.2 4.6 5.0 5.4 5.8 6.2 6.6 Freeze Cooldown (s) 0.80 0.77 0.74 0.71 0.68 0.65 0.62 0.59 0.56 0.53 Freeze Damage 8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 68 72 Ghost WalkEnemy Slow (%) 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 Mana Regen 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 Self speed (%) -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 TornadoTravel Distance 1500 1800 2100 2400 2700 3000 3300 3600 3900 4200 Lift Time (s) 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 Damage 45 90 135 180 225 270 315 360 405 450 E.M.P.Mana Burned 100 175 250 325 400 475 550 625 700 775 AlacrityBonus Attack Speed 10 22 34 46 58 70 82 94 106 118 Bonus Damage 10 22 34 46 58 70 82 94 106 118 Chaos MeteorTravel Distance 465 615 780 930 1095 1245 1410 1575 1725 1890 Contact Damage 55 80 105 130 155 180 205 220 235 250 Burn Damage per Second 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 Sun StrikeDamage 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 Forge SpiritMana 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 Armor 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Attack Range 300 365 430 495 560 625 690 755 820 885 Health 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 Melting Strike Armor Reduction per Stack 0.8 0.9 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Damage 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 Duration (s) 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Spirit count 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 Ice WallMovement Slow (%) 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 Wall duration (s) 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 Damage per second 8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 72 80
Cold Snap
- DELNo longer heals Invoker when dealing damage by default
Ghost Walk
- NERFHealth Regeneration per Quas level rescaled from 3/6/9/12/15/18/21/24 to 2/4/6/8/10/12/14/16/18/20-33%
- NERFSelf Speed rescaled from -15/-10/-5/0/5/10/15/20% to -20/-15/-10/-5/0/5/10/15/20/25%-33%-25%
Forge Spirit
- REWORKForge Spirit Count is changed to 1/1/1/2/2/2/2/3/3/3. These values are true for both Quas and Exort, but the ability will use one with the lowest level
- NERFForge Spirit's Base Mana decreased from 5 to 0?Previously it resulted in Forge Spirit having 5 more mana than intended-100%
- NERFDuration rescaled from 20/30/40/50/60/70/80/90s to 10/20/30/40/50/60/70/80/90/100s-50%-11%
- NERFDamage rescaled from 22/32/42/52/62/72/82/92 to 20/30/40/50/60/70/80/90/100/110-9%-2%
Ice Wall
- REWORKFlat AoE bonuses no longer increase radial thickness of the wall, but instead increase length of the entire wall?Like those granted by
- BUFFDamage per second increased from 6/12/18/24/30/36/42/48 to 8/16/24/32/40/48/56/64/72/80+33%
- NERFDuration rescaled from 3/4.5/6/7.5/9/10.5/12s to 3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12s0%-25%
Deafening Blast
- BUFFDamage increased from 60/100/140/180/220/260/300/340 to 70/110/150/190/230/270/310/350/390/430+17%+3%
- BUFFKnockback Duration increased from 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8/1/1.2/1.4/1.6s to 1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5/1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9/2s+450%+12%
- NERFDisarm Duration rescaled from 1.25/2/2.75/3.5/4.25/5/5.75/6.5s to 1.5/2/2.5/3/3.5/4/4.5/5/5.5/6s+20%-23%
Talents
- SWAPLevel 15 Talent: +1 Forged Spirit replaced with -4s Sun Strike Cooldown ?Doesn't affect Cataclysm
- BUFFLevel 25 Talent: 2x Quas/Wex/Exort Active Bonuses is now set for all facets?Removed alternative 2x Quas/Wex/Exort Passive Bonuses talent
Patch 7.37e20.11.2024-0.97 (0.97)
Abilities
E.M.P.
- NERFAghanim's Shard pull speed decreased from 175 to 150-14%
Cold Snap
- NERFMana Cost increased from 90 to 100+11%
Patch 7.37d02.10.2024-2.58 (2.58)
Abilities
Ghost Walk
- NERFHealth Regeneration (Quas) decreased from 10/15/20/25/30/35/40/45 to 3/6/9/12/15/18/21/24-70%-47%
- NERFMana Regeneration (Wex) decreased from 2.5/5/7.5/10/12.5/15/17.5/20 to 2/4/6/8/10/12/14/16-20%
Patch 7.37b14.08.2024+0.72 (0.96)
Facets
Elitist
- BUFFSpell Amplification per instance increased from 2/3/4/5/6/7/8% to 3/4/5/6/7/8/9%+50%+12%
Abilities
Quas, Wex, Exort, Invoke
- NEWCan now be cast during channeling and does not break invisibility
Talents
- SWAPLevel 15 Talent: +50 Forged Spirit Attack Speed replaced with +1 Forged Spirit