Riki stats, abilities and strategy [7.40]
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 48.3%
Pick Rate 4.2%
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: 48.2%
Pick Rate: 99.3%
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: 30 / 50 / 70 / 90
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 7.40
- 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
+ 0.0%
-4s Tricks of the Trade Cooldown
-1s Blink Strike Cooldown
+ 0.0%
+0.3 Backstab Multiplier
-3s Smoke Screen Cooldown
+ 0.0%
15% of Riki's Base damage added to Tricks of the Trade
+10% Cloak and Dagger Movement Speed
+ 0.0%
+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 
Aghanim's 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
Aghanim's Shard, you will need your own mobility item, such as a
Force Staff, to get out of Smoke.