Riki stats, abilities and strategy [7.40c]
Remains permanently invisible until the moment to strike
Riki stalks the battlefield, unseen by the enemy. He chooses his moment carefully and bursts forth in a puff of silencing smoke, stabbing at his foes before they even know he's there.
Win Rate 51.6%
Pick Rate 5.4%
Attributes
516 +44.0/lvl
243 +15.6/lvl
18 +2.0/lvl
30 +2.4/lvl
14 +1.3/lvl
Stats
Damage:
52 - 56 + 2.4/level (135 - 139 at level 30)
Range:
150
Armor:
5.0 + 0.4/level (18.9 at level 30)
Movement:
315
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Patch 7.40
- Removed Contract Killer and Exterminator facets
Facets
Cutthroat
Win Rate: 51.6%
Pick Rate: 100.0%
This facet doesn't do anything. Riki is still looking to avenge the House of Tahlin...
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
DAMAGE TYPE: Physical
Every time Riki strikes his enemy from behind, he deals additional bonus damage equal to a multiple of his Agility.
Works when denying friendly units at 25% effectiveness.
Illusions of Riki will play Backstab animations, but not deal any bonus damage.
AGILITY MULTIPLIER: 0.6
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +0.3 Backstab Multiplier
Patch 7.40
- No longer levels with Cloak and Dagger
- Agility Damage Multiplier rescaled from 0.55/0.9/1.25/1.6 to 0.6 + 0.05 per Riki's level up
- Now works on allied units at 25% effectiveness
- Damage is now done as a separate instance of damage instead of a part of the attack damage
Smoke Screen
AFFECTS: Area
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
Throws down a smoke bomb, silencing enemies and causing them to miss attacks.
Can be cast during Tricks of the Trade.
Doesn't prevent the use of active items.
DURATION: 6
RADIUS: 425
MISS RATE: 30% / 45% / 60% / 75%
17 / 15 / 13 / 11
65 / 70 / 75 / 80
550
Aghanim's Shard
Enemies caught in the smoke screen have their armor reduced by 5 and cannot be targeted by their allies.
LEVEL 15 TALENT: -3s Smoke Screen Cooldown
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +50 Smoke Screen Radius
Since his escape during the night of his betrayal, Riki has valued the use of a simple smoke screen to confuse his opponents.
Blink Strike
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Physical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: No
Teleports behind the target unit, momentarily slowing them and attacking them with bonus damage if it is an enemy.
BONUS DAMAGE: 15 / 30 / 45 / 60
SLOW DURATION: 0.5
13 / 10 / 7 / 4
50 / 55 / 60 / 65
600 / 700 / 800 / 900
LEVEL 25 TALENT: +500 Blink Strike Cast Range
LEVEL 20 TALENT: -1s Blink Strike Cooldown
Patch 7.40
- 2 charges with 25/21/17/13s base restore time replaced with 13/10/7/4s cooldown
- Bonus 40/55/70/85 magic damage replaced with 15/30/45/60 bonus physical damage on attack
The Stealth Assassin's agile movement makes him impossible to escape.
Tricks of the Trade
AFFECTS: Area
DAMAGE TYPE: Physical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: No
CHANNELED - Riki phases out of the world and periodically strikes 2 random enemy units from behind in an area around him. He has fixed attack damage while phased out.
RADIUS: 425
ATTACK INTERVALS: 4
ATTACK DAMAGE: 25 / 50 / 75 / 100
21 / 18 / 15 / 12
65
400
Aghanim's Scepter
Increases Cast Range. Allows you to target an allied unit, hiding inside them for the duration. While hiding in an allied unit, they have 15% bonus movement speed, and Tricks of the Trade lasts 1s longer and does an additional 2 attacks.
LEVEL 25 TALENT: -4s Tricks of the Trade Cooldown
LEVEL 15 TALENT: 15% of Riki's Base damage added to Tricks of the Trade
Patch 7.40b
- Attack Damage rescaled from 30/50/70/90 to 25/50/75/100
Patch 7.40
- Mana Cost rescaled from 45/55/65/75 to 65
- Cooldown increased from 18/16/14/12s to 21/18/15/12s
- Radius decreased from 450 to 425
- 40% Attack Damage replaced with 30/50/70/90 flat damage
- Still applies bonus damage from Backstab, but as a separate instance of damage now
- No longer provides bonus Agility
- Now attacks 2 random targets by default
- Aghanim's Scepter slightly reworked
- No longer increases the number of targets attacked
- Now also allows to hide within allied creeps
- Now increases ability duration by 1s and attack count by 2, but only when Riki hides within an ally
- No longer increases attack count on non-ally casts
- Now provides 15% bonus movement speed to the ally Riki's hiding in
The Stealth Assassin is not afraid to fight dirty, and specializes in attacking his opponents from behind.
Cloak and Dagger
ABILITY: Passive
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: Breakable
Riki fades into the shadows, becoming invisible until he attacks. Hero kills and assists grant additional experience.
FADE DELAY: 4 / 3 / 2
BONUS XP HERO KILL: 130 / 260 / 390
BONUS XP ASSIST: 100
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +10% Cloak and Dagger Movement Speed
Patch 7.40
- Now grants 130/260/390 experience when getting a hero kill and 100 experience when getting a hero assist
Riki comes for you.
Talents
+500 Blink Strike Cast Range
+ 5.0%
-4s Tricks of the Trade Cooldown
-1s Blink Strike Cooldown
+0.3 Backstab Multiplier
+ 0.4%
-3s Smoke Screen Cooldown
15% of Riki's Base damage added to Tricks of the Trade
+ 0.2%
+10% Cloak and Dagger Movement Speed
+ 1.6%
+50 Smoke Screen Radius
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Patch 7.40
- Level 15 Talent +50 Tricks of the Trade Agility replaced with 15% of Riki's Base damage added to Tricks of the Trade
- Level 20 Talent -4s Blink Strike Replenish Time replaced with -1s Blink Strike Cooldown
- Level 25 Talent Tricks of the Trade Applies a Basic Dispel replaced with +500 Blink Strike Cast Range
Strategy
Use Blink Strike to secure ranged creep last hits.
When in trouble, blink away, Tricks of the Trade over a cliff or in tree lines, or Smoke Screen and {town-portal-scroll} out.
Check opponents' inventories frequently for detection.
Avoid passing by spots where the enemy team might typically have a {sentry-ward}, such as rune or pillar spots.
Prioritize dealing with backliners and supports as Riki is great at gap-closing.
Take your time to farm the {diffusal-blade} which will significantly improve your pick-off potential.
Pick up {aghanims-shard} around minute 15 to isolate enemy heroes stuck in Smoke from getting help.
Counter Strategy
Against Riki, carry detection on multiple heroes.
Pair {observer-and-sentry-wards} on the map to track Riki's movements.
Protect your supports from being killed by Riki.
Items and spells with stuns and roots are great against Riki's mobility spells.
{force-staff} and {hurricane-pike}, allow you to move out of Riki's Smoke Screen.
Break effects disable Cloak and Dagger and prevent Riki from being invisible.
Once Riki gets {aghanims-shard}, you will need your own mobility item, such as a {force-staff}, to get out of Smoke.