Hello Epic Boss Fight player , this is my first guide I have ever wrote. I plan to write guide to try help new player win the game easier, so they will not quit after first rounds of Impossible Mode . Secondly, writing guide help me improve my writing skill alot ( I think so :D, try to fix my typo ). Feel free to comment.

This guide i’ll write for our newest member ( and the most OP magic damage dealer ) of Epic Boss Fight : ELEMENTALIST ( aka Invoker ).

Elementalist is a boss slayer with unique ability system. He is a great semi-support, hard magic-carry cause his versatility. Right now he doesn’t require much item to be effective, like most magic damage dealer , so with right item choice and some practicing you can solo most bosses.

And the last thing, everything I write down here is my own experience in Impossible Mode combine with some information I take from the EBF forum. So no advice for Normal, Hard Mode etc …

Okay no more useless presentation . Let’s go :

I. Element
II. Skills
III. Item build
IV. Gameplay

I. Element
Elementalist have 3 element orbs : Fire (Q), Ice (W), Wind (E) along with Combine Element (D) and Reset Element (F).

1. Fire element
Fire is the essence of pure energy. The Elementalist manipulate it to inflict serious damage, sweep out every enemy on the battlefield

Fire Element properties:

Bonus damage per instance : 50 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200
Element power : 1 / 1.1 / 1.3 / 1.5 / 1.7 / 2 / 2.5
Level to get : 1 / 9 / 20 / 31 / 42 / 53 / 64
This orb define nearly every best damage skills Elementalist have : Level 2 Multiple Fire Spear (QQQQ), Steam Stream (QQQWW or QQQWE), Fire Tornado (QE) etc. and Fire Blessing (Q) ( damage buff ).

2. Ice element
Ice is the essence of immobility. With its power, Elementalist can make the enemy can’t feel their legs

Ice Element properties:

Bonus mana regen per instance : 5 / 10 / 20 / 40 / 80 / 160 / 320
Element power : 1 / 1.1 / 1.3 / 1.5 / 1.7 / 2 / 2.5
Level to get : 1 / 9 / 20 / 31 / 42 / 53 / 64
This orb is good to take when your team doesn’t have much disable, and it’s the key to get Steam Stream. Most of Ice skill give a good attack and move slow: Crystal Nova (WW), Frost Spike (WWWW), Ice Flame Explosion(WWQE) and a good damage skill Heavy Crystal Projectile (WWWEE)

3. Wind element
Wind is the essence of movement. Swift and agile, The Elementalist make allies more faster and danger, while his tornado blow the enemy up in the air with immense power

Ice Element properties:

Bonus move speed per instance : 2% / 4% / 6% / 8% / 16% / 32%
Bonus attack speed per instance : 2% / 4% / 8% / 16% / 32% / 50%
Element power : 1 / 1.1 / 1.3 / 1.5 / 1.7 / 2 / 2.5
Level to get : 1 / 9 / 20 / 31 / 42 / 53 / 64
Wind orb is important cause its buff Wind Blessing(E) make your teammate run like Racecar and attack very fast in early game. It also provide good spell like Fire Tornado (QE) to clear round early game.

II. Skills
So I gather some best skills of Elementalist here and sort it by damage: ( my comparison base on my feeling only, so you guys can fix it )

Multiple Fire Spear (QQQQ) (One shotted Boss 31)
Steam Stream (QQQWW) (Two-shotted Boss 31 )
Heavy Crystal Projectile (WWWEE) (Three-shotted Boss 31, actually 2 ice bullet almost kill him )
Fire Tornado (QE and QQEE)
Tornado (EEEE)
Frost Spike (WWWW) ( Very good AoE slow , but need to get close to boss )
Ice Flame Explosion (WWQE) ( This one slow very good, but its AoE is smaller than Frost Spike)
Fire Spear (QQ)
Other skills
Two important buff for the whole team :

Wind Blessing (E)
Fire Blessing (Q)
Ice Blessing(W) isn’t that good, cause it not for your whole team, and Eye of Skadi can totally replace it. Crystal Shard (WE) and its upgraded version doesn’t deal much damage and you can pick Crystal Maiden for it lol.

III. Item Build
My item build is Hit-and-Run oriented :

Early game
Eyes of Skadi / Shiva Guard
Force Boots
Blink Dagger
Shoemoney’s Hammer
1 or 2 Moon Shard
Octarine Core
With this build, you can farm pretty good, not getting one-shotted, and run very fast

Late game
Blink Dagger (450)
Force Boots (730)
Demon Eyes (14400)
Veil of the Priest (36999)
Divine Core (24620)
Divine Soul (40160)
And other utility item like Scythe of Madness, Diffusal Blade, Ressurection Stone in stash
So with this build, you need to spam many buttons in order to survive and kill things. Practice is the best choice. Well , item and skills progression will be write down in next section.

IV. Gameplay
Ah the most important thing when you play Elementalist / Invoker : Remember your combo and practice it swiftly.And without good positioning ( stay away from bosses most of time ) , Elementalist will be dead in seconds.

Early game
Round 1 : Get 1704 gold, buy skadi / shiva , blink and plain boot. Level Fire element, Wind element, Combine Element, spam Wind Blessing until your hand bleeding and then keep spamming. Don’t let the buff down. With Octarine core you can have Fire Blessing and Wind Blessing up all the time.

Round 2 : HARDEST ROUND FOR NEWCOMER !! Try to hit -> fallback -> hit -> fallback, with Eye of Skadi you can take 2 hit from these 400 range Kobold. Game will be easier if your teammates have nuker like Lina / Earthshaker / Leshrac.

After defeats these 2 Kobold, game will be more easier, don’t worry. Buy midas hammer, buy Moon Shard, buy 1 more Moon Shard if you want to. Upgrade Midas hammer to Shoemoney’s Hammer. Farm farm and farm. Remember : Shoemoney’s Hammer give 4 gold per hit while Midas Hammer give only 2.

After 10 rounds of farming, you will face the first true boss of the game. You should have Skadi, Dagger, Force boots, Moon Shard, Shoemoney’s Hammer, and Octarine core upgrade by now. Upgrade it to Spiritual Core later and then start to build Veil.

Mid game
Round 11, our beloved Roshan aka The Dire Beast get out of his pit and come here to kill us. He have 170k HP, very good HP regen, and most important : 150 armor. Your team should have at least Desolator 3 or skill like Acid Spray / Presence of the Dark Lord etc in order to kill him quickly. We need to kill him quickly cause after ~15 seconds the first Roshan came out, the next one will be born. There are 4 Roshan this round. If you dont have armor reduction, these Roshan will gather up as 4 and slap your tanker like a toy.

Round 13, very hard, but you can spam Crystal Nova (WWW) to slow these mini golems down. Try to aim the smallest one before kill the bigger. No special strategy needed for this round, just good execution.

Round 16 , Ogre boss have AoE stun. Try to blink + force behind him before his stun land, you will be fine. By this time if you have Veil of Lost Hope, you can start execute Veil + Blink to boss + Multiple Fire Spear(QQQQ). Outstanding damage.

Round 18, Troll boss. Diffusal blade ( thanks iRektNinja ) burn mana so he cannot buff Bloodlust, even if you let them Bloodlust, purge them and keep burn their mana. Don’t forget to evade his AoE stun like Ogre boss ( this one have bigger AoE ).

Round 22 , Axe boss. Tell your team to run if they are Axe’s target. Even if they get chopped, use Diffusal to purge Culling’s Blade speed buff, and then keep running while other player hit Axe.

You should have Veil of the Priest by now. From now on your main combo is Veil + Blink + Multiple Fire Spear.

Round 25 , Skeleton + Clinkz. Buy your own Chrono’s Powder, which grant magic immunity for 15 sec to all heroes in a small AoE. Dont get hit by Clinkz cause my build make Elementalist die in 2 hit, try to stay behind tanker. Spam your Fire Tornado 2 (QQEE) and Multiple Fire Spear to clear them. And the most important thing : Tell your team don’t get panic cause too much melee skeleton. These skeleton doesn’t deal damage at all ( Why French ). Only the big one cast AoE Stun.

Round 26, Skeleton King ( my beloved king ). Same as round 25, use Powder, dont get hit by his slam, 40k hp is too much for you. Try to combo Multiple Fire Spear correctly before Chrono’s Powder run out, or Skeleton King will spawn Clinkz and Skeleton and they may aim you.

To be continued …