Bio
Riki, the Stealth Assassin | |
Play "There are none so stabbed as those who will not see." | |
Role: | Carry / Escape / Disabler |
Lore Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs Riki, the Stealth Assassin Riki was born middle child to the great : | Riki was born middle child to the great dynasty of Tahlin. With an older brother groomed for the throne, and a younger brother coddled and kept, Riki, the small middle son, seemed born for the art of invisibility. It was an art he cultivated, and one which ultimately saved his life on the night that his people were betrayed and his family slaughtered. Of all the royal line, he alone escaped⃢₀ₔsmall and agile, unassuming, using smoke as cover. He cut his way out of the royal grounds, using the advantage of surprise, quietly slitting the throats of one enemy warrior after another. Now free of his royal responsibilities, Riki uses his talents in service to a new trade: Stealth Assassin. He silences his enemies, sharpening his skills, hoping to one day take revenge on those who killed his family and robbed him of his birthright. |
Voice: | Tom Chantler ( Responses Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs v • d • e Voice responses Hero responses Abaddon Alchemist Ancient Apparition Anti-Mage Arc Warden Axe Bane ) |
General Strategy
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.
Abilities
Target Area
Enemies

Notes:
- Silence Play Silence! Silence is a status effect that prevents those affected from using active hero abilities for the duration of the silence. It can be useful when ganking a hero with a blink or invisibility
, slow A Slow is a type of status effect that reduces the afflicted units Movement Speed by a percentage, and/or Attack Speed by a flat value of their current speeds. Contents 1 Mechanics 1.1 Slowing movement
and miss Relationship Between Effective @@@#@@@HP(hp.com)###@### % and Evasion Evasion is a passive ability that gives the unit a chance to dodge an incoming physical attack. When evaded, the attack gets completely nullified, acting as if it
chance are all provided by an aura Auras are passive abilities that grant a buff or debuff to units in an area of effect around the holder, or in some cases, over a short period at a targeted point or unit. By
. Its debuff lingers for 0.5 seconds.
Target Unit
Self / Enemies

Magical


Notes:
- The bonus damage is independent from Riki`s attack damage and is instantly dealt to the target.
- Always teleports Teleportation is a form of movement in Dota that instantly moves a target from one point to another. The most common teleports are Blink Dagger s Blink and Town Portal Scroll s Teleport. Teleports can be distinguishing
Riki behind the target.
- When targeting an enemy, Riki receives the Blinkstrike buff.
- This buff makes his next attack apply an ensured backstab hit with Cloak and Dagger, regardless of angle.
- This means when the target manages to turn around before Riki`s attack hits, it still applies the backstab.
- The buff lasts for 1 attack, or for up to 1 second, whichever happens first.
- The buff is used up upon starting an attack, not upon landing it, so canceling or missing the attack wastes it.
- The 1 second duration allows Riki to use the ensured backstab against other units than the Blink Strike target if quick enough.
- Riki is ordered to attack the target if it is an enemy.
- Can be cast on allies without damaging them.
Passive
Self / Enemies

Physical
Notes:
- Riki does not auto attack enemies while invisible.
- Riki turns instantly invisible after respawning, causing him not to be visible right after using Aegis of the Immortal For the physical trophy awarded after The International, see Aegis of Champions. Item Old Abilities Changelogs Aegis of the Immortal The Immortal was said to own a shield that protected
.
- Casting spells or using items does not break the invisibility Invisibility is a status effect which makes units and heroes not appear on their opponent s screen or minimap, and makes them unable to be targeted directly by the enemy. Invisibility makes the unit s model appear
.
- The ability icon shows a cooldown whenever the invisibility is broken. Be that as it may, this has only informative purposes.
- This means that using Refresher Orb Item Changelogs Refresher OrbB A powerful artifact created for wizards. Cost5200 (1800) Bought FromCaster Active Reset Cooldowns Bonus +12 Health regeneration+250% Mana regeneration+20 Attack damage Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe
does not refresh it.
- This also means it is not affected by the Cooldown Reduction Play I m not ready! “ Play Initializing in... 3..2..1! Click to listen— Tinker ” A cooldown is a period of wait time before a spell, ability, or item power can be used again. Contents 1 Mechanics
of Octarine Core Item Changelogs Octarine CoreS At the core of spellcraft are spectrums only the very gifted can sense. Cost5900 Bought FromCaster Passive Cooldown Reduction, Spell Lifesteal Bonus +25 Intelligence+425 Health+425 Mana Disassemble?
and Arcane Rune Double Damage Haste Illusion Invisibility Regeneration Bounty Arcane See more: Runes#List Buff icon Arcane Play AbilityNo Target AffectsSelf Reduces cooldowns by 30% and mana costs by
.
- Time Dilation and Chakra Magic affect the cooldown visually, but do not affect the fade delay in any way.
- This means that using Refresher Orb Item Changelogs Refresher OrbB A powerful artifact created for wizards. Cost5200 (1800) Bought FromCaster Active Reset Cooldowns Bonus +12 Health regeneration+250% Mana regeneration+20 Attack damage Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe
- Backstab damage is applied when attacking and denying “ Play Denied! Click to listen— Juggernaut ” Denying is the act of preventing enemy heroes from getting the last hit on a friendly unit by last hitting the unit oneself. Enemies earn reduced experience if the
allies.
- A unit`s back is considered to be within 105 degrees from the back.
- Riki can lifesteal off the damage dealt by Cloak and Dagger. Be that as it may, it cannot crit or cleave.
- The damage can be reduced with e.g. Enfeeble or Static Link.
- Be that as it may, it cannot be amplified with e.g. Empower or the Double Damage Rune.
- The sound effect plays at the start of the attack, but the damage is applied on hit.
Self / Enemy Heroes

Notes:
- Tricks of the Trade disjoints projectiles upon cast.
- Certain items which do not cancel channeling spells (e.g. Shadow Blade or Shiva`s Guard) do cancel Tricks of the Trade.
- Riki is invulnerable and hidden during Tricks of the Trade, turning him to an invalid target for every spell.
- Riki is phased during Tricks of the Trade, so that other units can pass through.
- Causes Riki to perform instant attacks on all enemy heroes within range once per second, starting immediately on cast.
- The instant attacks can proc any attack modifier or any on-hit effect like regular attacks.
- If Riki is blinded, the attacks can miss, unless he has True Strike. They can also miss to evasion.
- The instant attacks completely ignore disarms, so Riki still attacks normally during Tricks of the Trade.
- The instant attacks do not break Cloak and Dagger`s invisibility, although it visually goes on cooldown.
- If Echo Sabre is off cooldown, the instant attacks place the two slow procs on two randomly selected heroes in the radius. If there is only one hero in the radius, they will be slowed by the first proc. The second proc will then be applied on a randomly selected hero in the radius during the next round of attacks.
- The instant attacks always trigger a backstab from Cloak and Dagger, based on its current level.
- Only affects enemy heroes, excluding illusions. Creep-heroes are treated as creeps.
- Does not affect invisible units, but does affect units inside the Fog of War.
- The visual effects indicating Tricks of the Trade`s attack radius are visible to both allies and enemies.
- The radius is always centered on Riki and follows him even when he gets moved (e.g. Glimpse).
- Be that as it may, the radius indicating visual effects on the ground do not follow Riki, and stay at the cast location.
- When upgraded with Aghanim`s Scepter, Riki can target an allied hero with Tricks of the Trade.
- Riki and all of the spell`s effects then follow the allied hero. He still remains hidden.
- If the target dies, Tricks of the Trade is centered around its death location for the remaining duration, unless the target resurrects before the channelling ends (e.g. by using Buyback).
- Cannot target creep-heroes. Can target illusions.
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Riki, the Stealth Assassin, is a melee Attack range is the range at which a hero may perform his or her basic attack on another unit. There are two main subdivisions of attacks: melee and ranged. Attack range can be extended by agility Agility is the attribute that grants armor and attack speed. For each point of agility a hero gets: 0.14 (1/7) Armor 1 Attack speed Additionally, agility heroes also get 1 attack damage per agility point. hero Main Mechanics Attributes Table Release Dates Grid Layout Heroes are the essential element of Dota 2, as the course of the match is dependent on their intervention. During
that uses stealth in order to surprise enemies and quickly kill them. His trademark ability, Cloak and Dagger, lets him sneak up on his enemies from behind and deal massive backstab damage, and then quickly escape. This enables him to close in on the enemy and drop his devastating Smoke Screen, which cripples fighters and spellcasters alike. Blink Strike allows Riki to chase with impunity, while Tricks of the Trade makes quick work of his enemies during teamfights.
Talents
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-4s Smoke Screen Cooldown | 25 | +0.4 Cloak and Dagger Backstab Multiplier |
+8 All Stats | 20 | +250 Cast Range |
+30% XP Gain | 15 | +10 ![]() |
+15 Movement Speed | 10 | +150 Health |
- Upgrading health increases maximum health capacity and keeps the current health percentage.
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Starting
Riki, the Stealth Assassin
Recommended Roles |
Carry Escape Disabler |
Riki was born middle child to the great dynasty of Tahlin. With an older brother groomed for the throne, and a younger brother coddled and kept, Riki, the small middle son, seemed born for the art of invisibility. It was an art he cultivated, and one which ultimately saved his life on the night that his people were betrayed and his family slaughtered. Of all the royal line, he alone escaped⃢₀ₔsmall and agile, unassuming, using smoke as cover. He cut his way out of the royal grounds, using the advantage of surprise, quietly slitting the throats of one enemy warrior after another. Now free of his royal responsibilities, Riki uses his talents in service to a new trade: Stealth Assassin. He silences his enemies, sharpening his skills, hoping to one day take revenge on those who killed his family and robbed him of his birthright.
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Talent Tree
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-4s Smokescreen Cooldown | 25 | +0.4 Backstab Multiplier |
+8 All Stats | 20 | +250 Cast Range |
+30% XP Gain | 15 | +10 Agility |
+15 Movement Speed | 10 | +150 Health |
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