Kael the Invoker Mini Guide, composed by William, made by William, tested foolproof by William. AI Map and spell list sponsored by the fellow blogger who uploaded the link on his blog, so.... acknowledgements to him LOL!
People will know Kael as the super boss that you can unlock and fight against in the standard 6.49 map by Icefrog (loading screen has the new picture with a centaur kahn vs pit lord and some other heroes around them). However, in the ai map (6.49c aiplus 1.52), you will now be able to USE KAEL HIMSELF! I will be making a mini guide on how anyone should be using him, although everything is really up to you.
If you are looking for the map download to Dota 6.49c AIplus 1.52 (revision 7), you can get it here. Of course, besides using Kael, you can train other heros like Lanaya, since other AIs are noobish and do not provide a challenge. This Ai map is good, cuz it really test you to the limit.There are also other extra heros you can play include Maverick the Gambler (his skills are really based on luck and gambling), the old Naix (when his Rage was his ulti and he has a good passive poison sting), and the old Silencer which has not been seen for very long (but you got to admit, the old Silencer is really lousier than the one most players are using now since the old 6.42s). And just for a note, you can still use old naix even if you put -ai (all intelligence).. hehe :D
Download Link: http://dota-allstars-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/649c-aiplus-dota-allstars-map-free.html
Guide:
K first things first. What exactly are Kael's skills you may ask. Well the answer is 4 main skills, plus the ability to Invoke 27 spell combinations for you to use. Best of all, the hotkeys are very easy to use. First skill, Quas, has the hotkey Q. 2nd skill, Wex, is W. 3rd skill, Exort, is E. If you are wondering where these words appeared from, these are the letters you had to find back in 6.49 when unlocking Kael as boss, except Exort is what Icefrog lettered as Extort. And his 'ulti' Invoke, is R. However, whenever you invoke a spell, the spell doesnt take effect immediately. Rather it's almost as if it's placed on standby for you to cast at any time anywhere till you invoke another spell combination. To cast an invoked spell, press V, and you will perform the spell. THE BEST THING IS, all skills and spells got very few mana cost and cooldown, and Quas, Wex, Exort can be used with no cooldown or costs at all!
The setback? Well of course every hero has their setback. Kael is an intel hero, which makes him pretty weak in terms of health. But we can easily overcome such problem. The main problem would be to cast what kind of spell combination.
As I mentioned, there's practically 27 combinations (if you actually take your time to permutate, you will get it lol). How so? Well, the 3 skills, Quas (Q), Wex (W) and Exort (E) can be cast in different orders to make diff spell combination. As Kael's hero personification is that of the original Frozen Throne's Blood Mage, you will see that the original Blood Mage (Kael'thas) have 3 fiery balls floating around him. That is what we call the reagents. Whenever you use a reagent (or in other words use the skill), the balls will change to their respective colours. These colours are actually the same as the elemental bosses you fought in the original 6.49 to unlock Kael as boss. Hence, for Q, you will see some kinda storm balls; for W, you will see storm balls; for E, you will see fire balls. Each reagent affects Kael in different way, and the order in which you make the reagents will affect the spell combination. So let's say, I type E,E,E (meaning makes all 3 reagents Exort), and press Invoke. I will get a Fireball. But if i type something like E,Q,E, I will get another spell. Or E,W,E.. E,Q,W....W,Q,E...W,Q,Q. you will definitely end up with many different spells. For more info on what are the spells Kael can summon, you can check it on top (if you need to, download this picture and zoom in to see clearly.
K here's the main part. How exactly do we use Kael. First of all, when you start the game, type whatever code you want for the game..-apem, or wat so ever. Then, type -fun. You will see an extra tavern on the south east corner of the map (incidentally the 6.10 series seem to have this tavern too, but I'm not too sure). Choose that tavern and choose Kael. Now, for an intel hero, you will probably be tempted to buy lots of intel stuff for him. While this may work just fine, I suggest buying things that will improve overall offense. So instead of buying things like Dagon, I rather you buy Orchid Malevolence, or even Eye of Skadi. For an intel hero, a good item combination is actually these 2 items, plus satanic, cuz you can never always rely on spells late game. But for early game, you can pick your choice. A good buy in the start of the game is juz boots and mayb a ring of regen or juz flask.
Now, when you check your skills, you will realise that you don't have attribute bonus skill like everyone else do. This is because Quas can already add 1 to your intel every time you learn it; Wex adds 1 to agility; Exort adds 1 to strength. Quas will also boost your damage as your current reagents; Wex boosts movespeed (good for chasing missions); Exort boosts hp regen per sec. Every level of the skills you learnt will increase the effect, as well as the number of reagents each skill uses. I suggest you should learn Exort first, as there is a good hp regen added when you use them as your reagents. Make all 3 reagents Exort, and use it to farm. The main skills I suggest that you should pump often is Exort and Quas. However, do learn one Wex before level 6 so that you can summon all kinds of spell combinations when invoking. Otherwise, you will only have access to spells that use only Quas or Exort or both. Exort is a skill that is pretty important in many ways. It is useful for overall performances, both farming and spell-wise. On the other hand, if you are going mostly for spell damage and physical damage, you might want to put more emphasis on Quas instead, as it boosts many kinds of spells' damage. For example, Quas Wex Wex will summon a tornado blast whose dmg is based on your Quas level. And Quas Exort Quas (if i rmb right) will invoke a spell that cuts 1 armour for every Quas level. Of course, Wex and Exort may also boost damage for other certain spells. Quas is meant for most offensive players, as every Quas learnt boost your intel (=damage), and if you make them your reagents, will further boost your damage. I once managed to get +106 damage at only level 17, with some useful items of course, but also by boosting with 3 Quas reagents. If you cut your opponent armour with the spell, and use physical damage to lower your opponent hp, chances are you will either rout them or can kill them.
The pros and cons of this hero is pretty obvious. Pros: If you learnt to play it well, you can counter any hero with him (Kael is best against intel in fact). By using Skadi to improve your physical offense, it will really help things along. Buying intel items will obviously boost his damage, but instead of making him pure intel, you can convert him into a stronger physical hero (helped by using Quas). Cons: If you still can't get a few good spell combinations at your fingertips, then there is no point trying this hero at all, cause early game you will really have to rely on your spells. And if you are one who must cast a spell BEFORE level 6, then there's no hope for you to play this hero, because Kael's first 3 skills are almost like activable self-boosting skills. Or if you really cant play a hero with low hp, don't bother using Kael at all...
Personally, the main spells I will use is Tornado Blast, Frost Nova, Disarm (makes your opponent unable to attack physically. I used it on Darkterror just as he Chronosphered and he couldn't hit me cuz i disarmed him b4 hand), Power Word (the cut armour spell) and sometimes Chaos Meteor (juz to flaunt my skills lol.. Tornado Blast will be faster and more effective than this). A good few others include the arcane arts (passive skill that reduce spell dmg based on Wex). One major flawed spell is the Invisibility Aura. While it seems that the units around Kael will go invisible, for some reason my opponent manage to attack me, which makes me think that the aura has a glitch or some other error, so don't bother invoking that.
That's the general gist of using Kael. If you have any questions on using him, you can place your comments here. And that's about it for my mini guide (still seem long for a mini guide lol).
