5 Right Ways to Counter Invoker in Dota 2

As we know, invoker is one of the most difficult Dota 2 heroes to counter. There are still many people who have difficulty countering invokers, in fact sometimes they actually intend to counter but instead make opposing players who use invokers more flexible to dominate the game. This is natural for new players in Dota 2 because of the lack of experience and careful thinking to fight Invoker.

Previously, maybe you need to know a little about invoker, invoker is said to be one of the Dota 2 heroes that is very difficult to counter because this hero has 10 skills. Just imagine when you meet someone with 10 abilities in real life of course this is very amazing right? So that’s the reason why this hero is very difficult to counter, but that doesn’t mean you can’t counter Invoker.

5 Ways to Counter Invoker

Actually there are many ways to counter Invoker, but everyone has different thoughts and different opinions. So many players use the wrong way, in fact if you want to ask and find out then you will get the right way. Based on observations and analysis of how most players counter Invoker, gamedaim has summarized how to effectively counter Invoker.

1. Anti-Magic and Magic Resistance Items

As we know, invoker is a hero with magic skills. Therefore, anti-magic items such as Black King Bar (BKB) are needed to fight Invoker. And you can also use magic resistance items to reduce magic damage, magic resistance items include Hood of Defiance, Pipe of Insight, Glimmer Cape, and Cloak.

2. Disable Hero

Why disable heroes? Because to win the battle against Invoker it will be easier if we can make the invoker unable to use his skills or items. So a stunner hero is needed to make him silent for a moment, silence to make him unable to use skills, hex to make him unable to use skills and run away easily, and the point is to make the Invoker unable to use his items or skills. Examples such as: Lion, Drow Ranger, Silencer, and others.

3. Burn Mana

Burn which is meant here is to spend the opponent’s mana. We can find Burn where we can find the following heroes such as Anti-Mage, Keeper of the Light, Nyx Assassin, Outworld Devourer, and Lion. Explanation of which skill burn each hero:

• Anti-Mage with the other skill, Mana Break which will reduce the opponent’s mana if the opponent is hit. (After taking the skill, the opponent’s mana will decrease if hit).
• Keeper of the Light with his second skill, Mana Leak which will reduce the opponent’s mana if the opponent moves when the skill is applied to his opponent.
• Nyx Assassin with her second skill, Mana Burn, will immediately reduce her opponent’s mana if the skill is applied to her opponent.
• Outworld Devourer with his first skill, Arcane Orb which will reduce his opponent’s intelligence by one if his opponent is hit.

In addition to using heroes who have skill burn mana, you can also use items that can drain your opponent’s mana such as the Diffusal Blade. By using the Diffusal Blade you can reduce the opponent’s mana by 50 per hit, you can also use the Diffusal Blade to slow down the Invoker by pressing the Diffusal Blade on the target.

4. Conditional Items

Conditional items are items that are used according to certain conditions, therefore gamedaim recommends that you use conditional items when you face various heroes. Due to the many skills possessed by Invoker, then you have to observe how your opponent plays using Invoker. Example conditional items:

• Eul’s Scepter of Divinity or commonly called Eul, Eul can fly the opponent’s hero or the hero we use. So what does that have to do with countering Invoker? It is said to be a conditional item to counter Invoker because as we know Invoker itself can create a deadly combo, there are some typical Invoker players who use Eul to do a Sun Strike + Chaos Meteor + Blast combo. When they use Eul on your hero and want to do a combo, you can also use Eul when the hero you are using has just released the effect of the opponent’s Eul. So you can avoid the Invoker deadly combo. You can also use it to escape by using it on yourself and then using the escape item or using it on the invoker and then running away.
• Infused Raindrop or commonly called Raindrop, Raindrop is said to be a conditional item because this item can block magic damage. This item is usually very useful at the beginning of the game, because invoker is a type of hero with magic skills, of course this item will be very helpful.
• Magic Wand and Magic Stick, usually this item is used at the beginning of the game, this item will be filled if the opponent uses his magic skill on your hero and can restore your blood and mana if you use it on your hero. This item is very useful at the beginning of the game.
• Blade Mail or commonly abbreviated as BM is an item that will restore the damage that the opponent gives to the hero who activates this item. This item is very suitable for use by tanker heroes, when Invoker uses his skills you only need to open the BM so that Invoker is exposed to the effect of his own skill. But the function of returning the opponent’s damage from BM for the hero who activates it will still be affected by damage from his opponent’s skill.
• Manta Style or commonly called Manta serves to create 2 illusions of the hero we are using. This item is usually used to outwit opponents so that they are confused about finding our real hero, the use of this item really requires good timing. This item will eliminate the effect of the opponent’s skill if it is used and if you use the right timing the opponent’s skill will not be felt.

5. Item Disabler

Similarly, heroes who use disable skills will easily overcome Invoker, you can also use disabler items against Invoker so that he will be in trouble. Example of disabled items:

• Orchid Malevolence or commonly referred to as Orchid which serves to give a silence effect to the opponent so that the opponent cannot open his skill.
• Bloodthorn is a direct item from Orchid that has the same function as Orchid, only the difference is that this item has a Critical Strike effect.
• The Abyssal Blade or commonly called the Abyssal serves to stun the opponent. This item is a continuation item from Skull Basher.
• Monkey King Bar or commonly called MKB is an item that is passive and has a mini bash effect that stuns the opponent.
• Scythe of Vyse is an item that has the ability to turn its opponent into a pig causing the opponent to slow down and not be able to use his skills for a few seconds.

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