dota 2 guide

BIO
The Tidehunter known as Leviathan was once the champion of the Sunken Isles, but his motives are as mysterious as those of his people. We all know the importance of the Drylanders' shipping lanes, how empires may rise and fall according to who controls the open water. Far less is known of the submarine lanes, and how the warring tribes of the Meranthic Diaspora have carved out habitations through endless undersea skirmishes. In the fragile treaties between the Mer and Men, we can glimpse the extent of the drowned empires, but their politics appear complex and opaque. It would seem that Leviathan tired of such petty strife, and set off on his own, loyal only to his abyssal god, Maelrawn the Tentacular. He stalks the shallows now in search of men or meranths who stray into his path, and with a particular loathing for Admiral Kunkka, who has long been his nemesis for reasons lost in the deepest trenches of the sea.

INTRODUCTION
Tide hunter is a big, strong, tanky initiator hero to starting a teamfight. Tidehunter is one of the best initiator on the game. The Ravage is a massive stunning ability for all enemy heroes. He also have the Gush to slow down enemy and reducing enemy's armor. The gush is needed to intiate a gank. He also have the Kraken Shell to tank any damage. And he also have the Anchor Smash to controlg the laning phase by reducing enemy's damage.

BIO
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.

INTRODUCTION
Invoker is different from another hero. He needs to combine Quas, Wex, and Exort to create an ability. He have 10 abilities in total. If you can maximize the usage of all your abilities, you become a god because his abilities are all destuctive. The player of this hero needs a faster hand. You need to invoke a skill quickly and use the right combo in every situation.
ROLE
Ranged - Carry - Nuker - Initiator - Escape

STATS

ABILITIES
1. Quas
Allows manipulation of ice elements and grants a permanent strength bonus. Each Quas instance provides increased health regeneration.
This skill is for defensive-support type invoker which focuses on survivability. If you prefer defense to offense, increase this skill.

2. Wex
Allows manipulation of storm elements and grants a permanent agility bonus. Each Wex instance provides increased attack speed and movement speed.
Very good skill. Can be used in many conditions.
1. Combo with EMP, This skill first and then EMP second. It will make EMP hit perfectly to the target. To drain enemy;s mana _ damaging the enemy.
2. To initiate a teamfight
3. To chase a person
4. To harass enemies
5. To escape

8.  EMP
Invoker builds up a charge of electromagnetic energy at a targeted location which automatically detonates after a duration based on the level of Wex. The detonation covers an area, draining mana based on the level of Wex. Deals damage for each point of mana drained.
It will drain your enemy's mana . Use this skill before teamfight start to make your enemy can't .use their Abilities.

9. Alacrity
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.
Will helps the carry of your team become faster in attack speed and higher in attack damage. Powerful support for single alliy.

10. Chaos Meteor
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.
Very powerful nuke that attacks large area. Very nice skill in a crowded teamfight.

11. Sun Strike
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.
Global skill but small area which needs precision to get the damage. Hard to use, it will be easier if your friend stuns the target first.

12. Forge Spirit
Invoker forges a spirit embodying the strength of fire and fortitude of ice. Damage, health, and armor are based on the level of Exort while attack range, mana, and duration are based on the level of Quas. The elemental's scorching attack is capable of melting the armor of enemy heroes. If both Quas and Exort are level 4 or higher, Invoker will create two spirits instead of one.
Call an army , or two, of powerful creature which it's attack will reduce enemy's armor. Call this creature before teamfight starts.

13. Ice Wall
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.
Create a wall in front of you to make the enemy hard to move. A perfect defens ein a teamfight

14. Defeaning Blast
Skill invokes if Kael has 1 Quas, 1 Wex and 1 Exort instances. Invoker unleashes a mighty sonic wave in front of him, dealing up to 280 damage to any enemy unit it collides with based on Exort. The sheer impact from the blast is enough to knock those enemy units back for a maximum of 1.75 seconds based on Quas, in addition to preventing their attacks for a further 1-4 seconds based on Wex.
This skill is a nice disabler ability. Use this skill in the beginning of teamfight followed by your other skill like Chaos Meteor to create a good combo.

SKILLBUILD
Early Game
Invoker usually choose the mid lane. It is because of the need for fast leveling because if Invoker can become the higher level than the opponent, he can easily kill the opponent. On early game beware of enemy's gank. Your team needs ward. Ask your support to provide you the ward.

Mid Game
Mid game is the ganking time! Everybody will roam around the map and find somebody to kill. It's your time to roam too. Don't forget to buy the Smoke of Deceit to hid from enemy's Observer Ward.

You have some ganking skill here. So if you want to initiate in a gank, what you need to do is:
1. Comunicate with your teammates about who should be ganked, you should focus fire on 1 hero in a gank, because if you don't communicate well you may attack the A person and your teammates attack the B person, and that is a bad gank and can lead to failure on getting the kill.
2. Prepare the items needed in the gank:
a. Use Smoke of Deceit
b. Prepare Dust, Sentry Wards, or Gem if you will gank an invisible hero like Rikimaru, Clinkz, or Nyx Assassin
3. Summon the Forged Spirit

4. You may start the gank using
a. EMP + Tornado
b. Defeaning Blast + Chaos Meteor

5. You can use the coldsnap to chase + harass the running away enemy.

6. Assassinate the red-hp ed opponent with Sunstrike

Late Game:
On late game. The teamfight will be very intense. Beware! if your team lose a single teamfight it may cost you the game.
You should already reached high level here so you have an all high level skill and also an already high sats, HP and damage. And so does ebverybody in the map. And also with the high level, that means a long respawn time. That means that every move is becoming more important and decisive. So keep focus and also don;'t panic at every sitaution. Always think clearly and use all you have.

Here you should make a wise decision to choose btween 2 options:
1. To save money for buyback
2. To buy your next item
How to choose between those two? you may see how important is your next item. You can see it by: If you don't buy that item immediately, your team's can't compete with the enemy's power so buy it immediately, but if the item is not that important, you should save for buyback

On late game, initiation is becoming the most important, you need Force Staff + Hex to do it. and after that you can start your combo

Your combo in a teamfight:
The main idea of invoker is to maxing you hand speed, with a full-speed hand, you can use Invoker in it's maximum potential.

After your team won pthe teamfight, you have two options:
1. You can get the Aegis for your team's main hero or
2. Your team can push enemy base and destrouy their buildings. Choose wisely!

A. ITEM BUILD FOR QUAS WEX
1. Phase Boots
Total cost: 1350
Recipe: Boots of Speed + 2 x Blades of Attack
Why Phase Boots? +Decent amount of Damage and +Decent amount of Movement Speed.
If this is combined with wex, it will give a very high movement speed which will make you are hard to catch or makes you can easilly catch someone

2. Orchid Malevolance
Total cost: 5025
Recipe: 2 x Ring of Obilivion + Recipe
Why Orchid? This is your core item. You need this to land a perfect combo > Silence + EMP + Coldsnap that will easyly kill a target. Also add damage and attack speed.

3. Force Staff
Total cost: 2350
Recipe: Staff of Wizardy + Ring of Regen + Recipe
Why Force Staff? ForceStaff is useful on many purposes, you can initiate a teamfight with ForceStaff, or you can save somebody with it.

4.  Schyte of Vyse
Total cost: 5675
Recipe: Mystic Staff + Ultimate Orb + Void Stone
Why Schyte of Vyse? Very good item to initiate a teamfight. or to defend against somebody.

5. Aghanim's Scepter
Total cost:: 4200
Recipe: Point Booster, Ogre Axe, Staff of Wizardy, Blade of Alacrity
Why Aghanim's Scepter?
It will decrease your invoke's cooldown, that means that you can use more skill in the sama  time.

6. MKB
Total cost:: 5400
Recipe: Demon Edge + 2x Javelin
Why Monkey King Bar?
Good Damage. It will give you 100% hit rate although you are on the lower ground.

B. ITEM BUILD FOR QUAS-EXORT
1.  Hand of Midas
Total cost: 1400
Recipe: Gloves of Haste + Recipe
Why Hand of Midas? It will boost your golds and exp. Here you will think of the long term plan. so you can easily get all of your items because of the gold boost. And also you will faster increasing your level.
Additionally it also gives additional attack speed for physical damage.

2. Phase Boots
Total cost: 1350
Recipe: Boots of Speed + 2 x Blades of Attack
Why Phase Boots? +Decent amount of Damage and +Decent amount of Movement Speed.
which will make you are hard to catch or makes you can easilly catch someone

3. Necromicon
Why Necronomicon? Your concept is to deal DPS using lots of units. Besides the Forge Spirit, the Necro Book is a strong Companion for you. Easy to push towers and also gives tons of physical. Combine with Forge Spirit and Coldsnap and the enemy cant do anything because of cold snap,

4. Force Staff
Total cost: 2350
Recipe: Staff of Wizardy + Ring of Regen + Recipe
Why Force Staff? ForceStaff is useful on many purposes, you can initiate a teamfight with ForceStaff, or you can save somebody with it.

5.  Schyte of Vyse
Total cost: 5675
Recipe: Mystic Staff + Ultimate Orb + Void Stone
Why Schyte of Vyse? Very good item to initiate a teamfight.

6. Aghanim's Scepter
Total cost:: 4200
Recipe: Point Booster, Ogre Axe, Staff of Wizardy, Blade of Alacrity
Why Aghanim's Scepter?
It will decrease your invoke's cooldown, that means that you can use more skill in the sama  time.

7. MKB
Total cost:: 5400
Recipe: Demon Edge + 2x Javelin
Why Monkey King Bar?
Good Damage. It will give you 100% hit rate although you are on the lower ground.