Invoker
Historical Balance Tracker & Intelligence
Balance History
6/22/2026
Ghost Walk: Cooldown increased from 32s to 40s
Chaos Meteor: Contact Damage decreased from 55/80/105/130/155/180/205/220/235 to 55/75/95/115/135/155/175/195/215
Ice Wall: Movement Slow rescaled from 20/40/60/80/100/120/140/160/180% to 30/45/60/75/90/105/120/135/150%
5/6/2026
Base Movement Speed decreased from 285 to 280
Patch 7.41bNet Gain
4/7/2026Invoke: Now grants Invoker an additional Ability Point at hero levels 6, 12, and 18
Talents: Level 20 Talent +1 Orb Levels replaced with +50% Forged Spirit Armor Reduction
Patch 7.41aNet Gain
3/27/2026Base Intelligence increased from 20 to 22
Damage on level 1 increased from 39–45 to 41–47
Talents: Level 10 Talent Tornado Cooldown Reduction increased from 4s to 5s
Patch 7.41Net Gain
3/24/2026Quas: Max Level increased from 7 to 8
Wex: Max Level increased from 7 to 8
Exort: Max Level increased from 7 to 8
Tornado: Aghanim's Scepter twister damage decreased from 40 + 10 * Wex Level to 30 + 10 * Wex Level
Invoke: Now 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
Invoke: You can't change selected upgrades. Selling Aghanim's Scepter and buying it again will provide the same upgrade you chose the first time
Invoke: Aghanim's Scepter no longer provides +1 level to all three orbs. Now it provides +1 level only to a single orb you choose
Talents: Level 15 Talent +1 Facet Orb Level replaced with +25 Alacrity Speed/Damage
Talents: Level 20 Talent +50 Alacrity Speed/Damage replaced with +1 Orb Levels
1/22/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
12/23/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.40Net Gain
12/16/2025Alacrity: Mana Cost decreased from 90 to 75
Alacrity: Cast Range increased from 650 to 700
Ice Wall: Damage increased from [25 + 5 * Exort] to [24 + 6 * Exort]
Talents: Level 15 Talent Cold Snap Cooldown Reduction increased from 5s to 6s
Talents: Level 20 Talent +35 Alacrity Damage/Speed changed to +50
10/2/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/12/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/24/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/29/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.39Net Gain
6/12/2026Base damage increased by 4
Damage at level 1 increased from 35–41 to 39–45
Intelligence gain decreased from 4.7 to 4.0
Aghanim's Scepter no longer grants +2 levels to facet-centered orb and +1 to the others. Now grants only +1 level to all Orbs
Removed basic facet-exclusive upgrades: Cold Snap's health and mana restoration for Scholar of Koryx, Alacrity's bonus attack range for Mind of Tornarus and Chaos Meteor's increased size and travel distance for Agent of Gallaron
Wex: Now also grants +1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10 Attack Speed per instance
Exort: Attack 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
Cold Snap: Freeze Damage increased by 20
Sun Strike: Damage decreased from (150 + 50 * Exort) to (125 + 50 * Exort)
Forge Spirit: Duration rescaled from 10/20/30/40/50/60/70/80/90/100s to 24/30/36/42/48/54/60/66/72/78s
Ice Wall: The 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
Ice Wall: Damage interval improved from 1s to 0.5s
Ice Wall: Damage per second rescaled from (8 * Exort) to (25 + Exort * 5)
Ice Wall: Wall Width now supports AoE bonuses again
Talents: Level 15 Talent -4s Sun Strike Cooldown replaced with +1 Facet Orb Level
Talents: Level 20 Talent Alacrity Damage/Speed increased from +30 to +35
3/27/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
3/4/2025
Forge Spirit: Attack range rescaled from 300/365/430/495/560/625/690/755/820/885 to 305/360/415/470/525/580/635/690/745/800
Patch 7.38Net Gain
2/19/2025Is now an Intelligence Hero
Base Health Regen decreased from 0.5 to 0.25
Base Damage increased by 12-10
Base Intelligence increased from 19 to 20
Damage at level 1 decreased by 4-6 (from 39-47 to 35-41)
Strength gain decreased from 2.6 to 2.5
Agility gain increased from 1.8 to 2
Intelligence gain increased from 4.0 to 4.7
Damage gain per level decreased from +5.9 to +4.7
Damage at level 30 decreased by 46 (from 224-232 to 180-186)
Removed Mastermind ability
Removed Agnostic and Elitist Facets
Added 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
Aghanim'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
Quas: Each active orb now provides 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10 Health Regen by default
Quas: Leveling up Quas now provides +1 Strength by default
Wex: Each 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
Wex: Leveling up Wex now provides +1 Agility by default
Exort: Each active orb now provides 1/3/5/7/9/11/13/15/17/19 bonus damage by default
Exort: Leveling up Exort now provides +1 Intelligence by default
Cold Snap: No longer heals Invoker when dealing damage by default
Cold Snap: Added values for levels 9 and 10
Cold Snap: Duration for levels 9 and 10 of Quas is 6.2/6.6s
Cold Snap: Freeze Cooldown for levels 9 and 10 of Quas is 0.56/0.53s
Cold Snap: Freeze Damage for levels 9 and 10 of Quas is 68/72
Ghost Walk: Health 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
Ghost Walk: Self Speed rescaled from -15/-10/-5/0/5/10/15/20% to -20/-15/-10/-5/0/5/10/15/20/25%
Ghost Walk: Added values for levels 9 and 10
Ghost Walk: Enemy Slow for levels 9 and 10 of Quas is 60/65%
Ghost Walk: Mana Regen for levels 9 and 10 of Wex is 18/20
Tornado: Added values for levels 9 and 10
Tornado: Travel Distance for levels 9 and 10 of Wex is 3900/4200
Tornado: Lift Time for levels 9 and 10 of Quas is 2.8/3s
Tornado: Damage for levels 9 and 10 of Wex is 405/450
E.M.P.: Added Mana Burned values for levels 9 and 10 of Wex: 700/775
Alacrity: Added values for levels 9 and 10
Alacrity: Bonus Attack Speed for levels 9 and 10 of Wex is 106/118
Alacrity: Bonus Damage for levels 9 and 10 of Exort is 106/118
Chaos Meteor: Added values for levels 9 and 10
Chaos Meteor: Travel Distance for levels 9 and 10 of Wex is 1725/1890
Chaos Meteor: Contact Damage for levels 9 and 10 of Exort is 235/250
Chaos Meteor: Burn Damage per Second for levels 9 and 10 of Exort is 50/55
Sun Strike: Added Damage values for levels 9 and 10 of Exort: 600/650
Forge Spirit: Forge 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
Forge Spirit: Forge Spirit's Base Mana decreased from 5 to 0
Forge Spirit: Duration rescaled from 20/30/40/50/60/70/80/90s to 10/20/30/40/50/60/70/80/90/100s
Forge Spirit: Damage rescaled from 22/32/42/52/62/72/82/92 to 20/30/40/50/60/70/80/90/100/110
Forge Spirit: Added values for levels 9 and 10
Forge Spirit: Mana for levels 9 and 10 of Exort is 500/550
Forge Spirit: Armor for levels 9 and 10 of Exort is 8/9
Forge Spirit: Attack Range for levels 9 and 10 of Quas is 820/885
Forge Spirit: Health for levels 9 and 10 of Quas is 1100/1200
Forge Spirit: Melting Strike Armor Reduction per Stack for levels 9 and 10 of Exort is 1.6/1.7
Ice Wall: Flat AoE bonuses (like those granted by Gleipnir) no longer increase radial thickness of the wall, but instead increase length of the entire wall
Ice Wall: Duration rescaled from 3/4.5/6/7.5/9/10.5/12s to 3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12s
Ice Wall: Added Movement Slow values for levels 9 and 10 of Quas: 180/200%
Ice Wall: Damage per second increased from 6/12/18/24/30/36/42/48 to 8/16/24/32/40/48/56/64/72/80
Deafening Blast: Damage increased from 60/100/140/180/220/260/300/340 to 70/110/150/190/230/270/310/350/390/430
Deafening Blast: Knockback 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
Deafening Blast: Disarm 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
Talents: Level 15 Talent +1 Forged Spirit replaced with -4s Sun Strike Cooldown
Talents: Level 25 Talent 2x Quas/Wex/Exort Active Bonuses is now set for all facets
11/20/2024
E.M.P.: Aghanim's Shard pull speed decreased from 175 to 150
Cold Snap: Mana Cost increased from 90 to 100
10/3/2024
Ghost Walk: Health Regeneration (Quas) decreased from 10/15/20/25/30/35/40/45 to 3/6/9/12/15/18/21/24
Ghost Walk: Mana 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
Patch 7.37cNet Gain
8/28/2024No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.37bNet Gain
8/14/2024Elitist: Exort: Spell Amplification per instance increased from 2/3/4/5/6/7/8% to 3/4/5/6/7/8/9%
Quas: Can now be cast during channeling and does not break invisibility
Wex: Can now be cast during channeling and does not break invisibility
Exort: Can now be cast during channeling and does not break invisibility
Invoke: Can now be cast during channeling and does not break invisibility
Talents: Level 15 Talent +50 Forged Spirit Attack Speed replaced with +1 Forged Spirit
Patch 7.37Net Gain
7/31/2024No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/25/2024
Mastermind: Now also triggers if units under Invoker's control land the deny
Patch 7.36bNet Gain
6/6/2024Base Damage increased by 2
Mastermind: Deny experience increased from 15% to 25%
Patch 7.36aNet Gain
5/27/2024No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.36Net Gain
5/23/2024Wex: No longer grants cooldown reduction
Cold Snap: Cooldown decreased from 20s to 18s
Ghost Walk: Cooldown decreased from 35s to 32s
Tornado: Cooldown decreased from 30s to 27s
E.M.P.: Cooldown decreased from 30s to 27s
Alacrity: Cooldown decreased from 17s to 15s
Chaos Meteor: Cooldown decreased from 55s to 50s
Sun Strike: Cooldown decreased from 25s to 23s
Forge Spirit: Cooldown decreased from 30s to 27s
Ice Wall: Cooldown decreased from 25s to 23s
Deafening Blast: Cooldown decreased from 40s to 36s
Patch 7.35dRecovery
3/21/2024No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.35cNet Gain
2/22/2024No hero-specific updates in this patch.
12/21/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.35Net Gain
6/12/2026Base Damage decreased by 1
Strength gain increased from 2.4 to 2.6
11/21/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.34dNet Gain
10/5/2023Base Health Regen decreased from 1 to 0.5
Cold Snap: Freeze Heal decreased from 16->128 to 13->104
E.M.P.: Burned Mana as Mana Restored decreased from 50% to 25%
9/9/2023
Base Health Regen decreased from 1.5 to 1
Wex: Move Speed per instance decreased from 0.8% per level to 0.6% per level
Tornado: Base Damage decreased from 70 to 50
E.M.P.: Aghanim's Shard Pull Linger Duration decreased from 0.5s to 0s
E.M.P.: Aghanim's Shard Pull will no longer affect units that become debuff immune after the E.M.P. has been created
8/15/2023
Base Armor decreased by 1
Wex: Cooldown Reduction no longer works on items
Ghost Walk: Health Regeneration decreased from 10->80 to 10->45
Ghost Walk: Mana Regeneration decreased from 5->40 to 2.5->20
Ghost Walk: Health and Mana Regeneration are disabled if Invoker took player-controlled damage in the last 3s
Talents: Level 10 Talent Tornado Cooldown Reduction decreased from 6s to 4s
Talents: Level 15 Talent Cold Snap Cooldown Reduction decreased from 8s to 5s
Patch 7.34Net Gain
8/8/2023Now is a Universal Hero
Base Health Regen increased from 0.25 to 1.5
Base Damage decreased from 29-35 to 2-10
Agility gain decreased from 1.9 to 1.8
Base Intelligence increased from 15 to 19
Intelligence gain decreased from 4.6 to 4.0
Damage on level 1 decreased by 6-4 (from 44-50 to 38-46)
Damage gain per level increased from +4.6 to +5.74
Quas: Strength per level decreased from 2 to 1
Quas: No longer grants Health Regen
Quas: Now grants 2%->8% Spell Lifesteal on Invoker's abilities per orb on cast. The value is stored at the moment of spell cast and cannot be changed by swapping orbs after. All Spell Lifesteal works at 1/5th strength on creeps. Does not affect items
Wex: Agility per level decreased from 2 to 1
Wex: No longer grants Attack Speed
Wex: Now grants 1%->7% Cooldown Reduction per orb on all Invoker's abilities and items. The value is stored at the moment of spell cast and cannot be changed by swapping orbs after
Exort: Intelligence per level decreased from 2 to 1
Exort: No longer grants damage
Exort: Now grants 1%->7% Spell Amplification on all Invoker's abilities per instance on cast. The value is stored at the moment of spell cast and cannot be changed by swapping orbs after. Does not affect items
Cold Snap: Now heals Invoker for 16->128 every time it procs
Cold Snap: Freeze Cooldown decreased from 0.83s->0.62s to 0.8s->0.59s
Cold Snap: Mana Cost decreased from 100 to 90
Ghost Walk: Now grants Invoker 10->80 Health Regen (Quas) and 5->40 Mana Regen (Wex)
Tornado: Lift Duration increased from 0.85s->2.6s to 1.2s->2.6s
Tornado: Mana Cost decreased from 150 to 140
Alacrity: Mana Cost decreased from 100 to 90
Sun Strike: Damage increased from 120->540 to 200->550
Deafening Blast: Mana Cost decreased from 300 to 250
Talents: Level 25 Talent Quas/Wex/Exort Passive Effects decreased from x3 to x2
Patch 7.33eNet Gain
7/13/2023No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/16/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.33cNet Gain
5/14/2023Base Strength increased from 18 to 19
Cold Snap: Duration decreased from 3/3.5/4/4.5/5/5.5/6/6.5s to 3/3.4/3.8/4.2/4.6/5.0/5.4/5.8s
Cold Snap: Freeze Duration increased from 0.3s to 0.4s
Tornado: Travel Distance increased from 800/1200/1600/2000/2400/2800/3200/3600 to 1500/1800/2100/2400/2700/3000/3300/3600
E.M.P.: Aghanim's Shard Pull Speed increased from 100 to 175
Chaos Meteor: Contact Damage increased from 52/71/90/109/128/147/166/185 to 55/80/105/130/155/180/205/220
Chaos Meteor: Burn Damage per second increased from 10/14/18/22/26/30/34/38 to 10/15/20/25/30/35/40/45
4/26/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/13/2026
Cold Snap: Freeze Duration decreased from 0.4s to 0.3s
Chaos Meteor: Aghanim's Shard Upgrade removed. Effect moved to level 20 talent
E.M.P.: Now upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. Multiplies Burn Damage by 1.5x and makes it pull enemy units into its center at 100 units per second
Talents: Level 10 Talent +20% E.M.P. Mana Burnt replaced with +50 Ice Wall DPS
Talents: Level 20 Talent +80% Chaos Meteor Damage replaced with +2 Chaos Meteors