User blog comment:Krufix/Dota2 - Is it REALLY so much harder than LoL?/@comment-120.22.141.205-20130121221133/@comment-89.80.9.19-20130123010405

So yes, I heard about Invoker, I was playing DotA before he existed ;) (#hipster)

No seriously, Invoker is all about muscle memory and memory itself. It's really really hard the first games ("omg, how do I go meteor? I don't remember how to go sunstrike").

But once you've played him like, let's say, 5-10 hours, you remember every single spell (unless you're bad and played 20 games with only two spells). I'm telling you that cause, I had a friend very pro on Invoker, but when I saw him playing, I was afraid of trying. I actually never tried Invoker on Dota1 (lol I have like at least 10000hours on this game). When I went on Dota2, I randomed him, and started to like him, and I played him. In two days, I was really good (when I say really good, I mean instantly go to the exact spell I need at the exact moment, like doing 3 dual spell combos and 2 item + spell combos in one teamfight [if you wanna know -> tornado + emp ; meteor + defening blast ; blink dagger + ice wall ; forge spirit + cold snap ; eul scepter + sunstrike ; alacrity on the carry, and all of this touching the intended heroes, leading to scores like 26-3]).

However, I played SF thousand of times, and I'm still not able to play like YaphetS :(