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Permanent Invisibility (6.82-6.85b)

Permanent Invisibility (6.82-6.85b)

WE

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

Riki fades into the shadows, becoming invisible and gaining additional health regeneration. If Riki attacks an enemy, he will become visible.

Fade Delay: 8/6/4/2

Invis Health Regen: 6/8/10/12

Modifiers

modifier_riki_permanent_invisibility

Undispellable

modifier_invisible

Death

Riki comes for you.

• This ability got replaced by Cloak and Dagger in the 6.86 gameplay patch.

• 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.

• Restores health in the form of health regeneration, so it regenerates 0.6/0.8/1/1.2 health in 0.1 second intervals, which is 6/8/10/12 health per second.

• Can restore up to 360/480/600/720 health in one minute.

• The regeneration is disabled whenever he breaks out of his invisibility, not when he is revealed.

• Casting spells or using items does not break the invisibility.

• The ability icon shows a cooldown whenever the invisibility is broken, to show the player when he turns invisible again.

Blink Strike (Pre 6.82)

Blink Strike (Pre 6.82)

▶️WB

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Self / Enemies

Damage
Magical

Teleports behind the target unit, striking for bonus damage if it is an enemy.

Cast Animation: 0.4+0

Cast Range: 700

Damage: 30/60/90/120

 20/15/10/5

 50

Modifiers

modifier_riki_blinkstrike

Death

The Stealth Assassin's agile movement makes him impossible to escape.

• This ability got reworked into the following Blink Strike (6.82-6.85b) in the 6.82 gameplay patch.

• The bonus damage is independent from Riki's attack damage and is instantly dealt to the target.

• Always Teleports Riki behind the target.

• When targeting an enemy, Riki receives the Blinkstrike buff.
  • This buff makes his next attack apply an ensured Backstab, 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.

Permanent Invisibility (Pre 6.00)

Permanent Invisibility (Pre 6.00)

RE

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

Hero becomes permanently invisible when not attacking.

Fade Delay: 3/2.3/1.6

Modifiers

Invisibility

Death

• This ability got reworked into the following Permanent Invisibility in the 6.00 gameplay patch.

• Can only be leveled on level 5/10/15.

• Riki does not auto attack enemies while invisible.

• Silence disables Permanent Invisibility. Once the silence fades, Riki has to go through the fade delay again.

• Beginning to cast spells or using items, or beginning an attack immediately breaks the invisibility.

Blink (Pre 6.00)

Blink

WB

Ability
Target Point

Affects
Self

Short distance teleportation that allows one to move in and out of combat.

Cast Animation: 0.33+0.51

Cast Range: Global

Max Blink Distance: 1000/1075/1150/1150

 12/9/7/5

 60

• This ability got replaced by Blink Strike in the 6.00 gameplay patch.

• Disjoints projectiles upon cast.

• Does not blink for the full distance when targeting closer than the max distance.

• When targeting beyond the max blink distance, Riki blinks for the max distance towards the targeted point.

Sleeping Dart (7.28-7.32e)

Sleeping Dart

▶️▶️▶️DD

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Fires a dart at the target enemy, putting them to sleep. The target will wake up at the end of the duration or if they take too much damage. Upon waking up, the target takes damage and is slowed.

Cast Animation: 0.2+0.57

Cast Range: 600

Wakeup Damage Threshold: 200

Damage: 150

Move Speed Slow: 30%

Slow Duration: 4

Sleep Duration: 3

 15

 75

Spell Block / Reflection Notes:

Blocked upon impact.

Modifiers

modifier_riki_dart

Any

modifier_riki_poison_dart_debuff

Any

Ability Draft Notes:

Requires drafting Cloak and Dagger to be unlocked.

• Requires Aghanim's Shard to be unlocked.

• The projectile travels at a speed of 1600.

• Applies sleep on affected units, preventing them from acting, until woken up.
  • The target wakes up only after cumulatively taking 200 damage.
  • The counter counts damage after all reductions.

• Sleeping units are never automatically attacked, regardless of auto attack settings.
  • This means that sleeping units are never attacked by lane creeps, neutral creeps, towers and fountains.
  • Players can still force an attack order on the target ( Right Click or A).

• Both the damage and the movement speed slow are applied upon losing the sleep debuff, no matter how.
  • This means dispelling it applies the effects as well.
  • The debuff first applies the movement speed slow, then the damage.

Backstab (Pre 6.86)

Backstab

▶️EK

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Physical

If Riki attacks from behind, bonus damage is applied based on his current agility.

Agility as Damage: 50%/75%/100%/125%

Modifiers

modifier_riki_backstab

Undispellable

The Stealth Assassin is not afraid to fight dirty, and specializes in attacking his opponents from behind.

• This ability got replaced by Cloak and Dagger in the 6.86 gameplay patch.

• Backstab damage is applied when attacking and denying allies.

• A unit's back is considered to be within 105 degrees from the back.

• The bonus damage is dealt in one instance together with the attack damage, and counts as attack damage as well.
  • It can be lifestealed off of, but it is not considered by crit or cleave.
  • It is also not affected by percentage-based attack damage bonuses or reductions, but can be reduced with flat reductions.

• The sound effect plays at the start of the attack, but the damage is applied on hit.

Critical Strike (Pre 6.00)

Critical Strike

EC

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Gives a chance to do more damage on an attack.

Proc Chance: 15%

Critical Damage: 150%/200%/250%/300%

• This ability got replaced by Backstab in the 6.00 gameplay patch.

Blink Strike (6.82-6.85b)

Blink Strike (6.82-6.85b)

▶️RB

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Self / Enemies

Damage
Magical

Teleports behind the target unit, striking for bonus damage if it is an enemy. Blink Strike charges restore every 35 seconds.

Cast Animation: 0.4+0

Cast Range: 800

Damage: 40/70/100

Number of Charges: 4/5/6

Charge Replenish Time: 35

 40

Modifiers

modifier_riki_blink_strike_charge_counter

Undispellable

modifier_riki_blinkstrike

Death

The Stealth Assassin's agile movement makes him impossible to escape.

• This ability got reworked into the current Blink Strike in the 6.86 gameplay patch.

• When learning the first level of Blink Strike, Riki instantly has the 4 charges. However, leveling it up does not instantly grant the 5th or 6th charge.

• The bonus damage is independent from Riki's attack damage and is instantly dealt to the target.

• Always Teleports Riki behind the target.

• When targeting an enemy, Riki receives the Blinkstrike buff.
  • This buff makes his next attack apply an ensured Backstab, 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.

• Can be cast on couriers.

Permanent Invisibility (Pre 6.82)

Permanent Invisibility (Pre 6.82)

RE

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

Riki fades into the shadows, staying permanently invisible except while attacking. While silenced, Riki will be visible.

Fade Delay: 3/2/1

Modifiers

modifier_riki_permanent_invisibility

Undispellable

modifier_invisible

Death

Riki comes for you.

• This ability got reworked into the following Permanent Invisibility (6.82-6.85b) in the 6.82 gameplay patch.

• Riki does not auto attack enemies while invisible.

• Silence disables Permanent Invisibility. However, when the silence fades, Riki turns instantly invisible.

• Riki turns instantly invisible after respawning, causing him to be not visible right after using Aegis of the Immortal.

• Casting spells or using items does not break the invisibility.

Death Ward (Pre 6.00)

Death Ward
Ward
Health 400/400/400/500 +0.25 This unit has no mana. Level 3 Duration 15 Armor 7/9/10/12 Magic Resistance 0% Attack Damage ▶️ Default 61/81/121/176 ‒ 65/85/125/180 Attack Range 700 Acquisition Range 700/700/800/900 Attack Animation 0.3+0.7 Projectile Speed 1000 Collision Size 32 Vision Range (G) 1200 • 800 Bounty 26–38 Experience ? Abilities Splash Damage Notes Only attacks heroes

Death Ward

RW

Ability
Target Point

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Physical

Summons a deadly trap to attack enemy heroes.

Cast Animation: 0.4+0

Cast range: 600

Number of Attack Targets: 1/1/2/2

Damage per Attack: 65/85/125/180

Duration: 15

 210/190/150/125

 200/300/400/500

• This ability got replaced by Permanent Invisibility in the 6.00 gameplay patch.

• Despite being an ultimate, this ability had 4 levels. Its level requirements were 6/11/16/21.

• This ability requires no channeling and the summoned ward is not invulnerable.

• The Death Ward automatically attacks the closest enemy hero within its attack range.

• It is possible to manually give the ward an attack target by just right-clicking an enemy hero in range.

• Can only attack heroes and illusions.

• At level 3 and 4, the ward can attack 2 enemies at the same time.

Splash Damage

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Adds a splash damage to Death Ward.

Full Damage Radius: 50

Half Damage Radius: 75/100/100

Quarter Damage Radius: 150/200/200

Bounce Damage Reduction: 0%/20%/20%