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- Rescaled Tricks of the Trade mana cost from 55 on each level to 45/55/65/75.
- Increased Smoke Screen effect radius from 375 to 425.
- Increased Tricks of the Trade self agility bonus from 55%/70%/85%/100% to 70%/80%/90%/100%.
- Reduced Cloak and Dagger hero damage per agility from 1/1.4/1.8 to 0.8/1.2/1.6.
- Reduced base attack speed from 100 to 90.
- Reduced Smoke Screen aura linger duration from 0.5 to 0.
Talents:- LVL 15+40% Tricks of the Trade agility bonus reduced to +30%.LVL 20+0.4 Cloak and Dagger agility as damage multiplier reduced to +0.3.LVL 25-4s Tricks of the Trade cooldown reduced to -3s.
- Reduced strength gain from 2.6 to 2.
- Increased base agility and gain from 18 + 1.4 to 30 + 2.4.
- Reduced base attack damage from 41‒45 to 27‒31.
- Reduced base armor from 2 to 0.
- Reduced Cloak and Dagger hero damage per agility from 1.2/1.6/2 to 1/1.4/1.8.
- Reduced base armor from 3 to 2.
- Increased Blink Strike charge replenish time from 25/20/15/10 to 25/21/17/13.
- Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Reduced Smoke Screen enemy armor reduction bonus from 6 to 5.
- Rescaled Blink Strike slow duration from 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8 to 0.4 on each level.
- Cloak and Dagger
- No longer affects Tormentors.
- Reduced hero damage per agility from 1.4/1.8/2.2 to 1.2/1.6/2.
- Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Reduced Smoke Screen enemy armor reduction bonus from 7 to 6.
- Talents:
- LVL 10+60 Smoke Screen radius reduced to +50.LVL 15-4s Smoke Screen cooldown reduced to -3s.LVL 15+50% Tricks of the Trade agility bonus reduced to +40%.LVL 20+0.5 Cloak and Dagger agility as damage multiplier reduced to +0.4.
- Reduced base health from 200 to 120.
- Cloak and Dagger
- Now grants 100XP per kill assists.
- Now grants 150/250/350XP per kill credit.
- ReworkedAghanim's Shard upgrade:
- OldGrants Riki the Sleeping Dart ability.
- NewSmoke Screen
- Now reduces affected enemies' armor by 7.
- Enemies within the radius are now untargetable by their allies.
- Talents:
- LVL 10LVL 15+8% movement speed bonus during Cloak and Dagger invisibility ➜ +50% Tricks of the Trade agility bonus.
- Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Sleeping Dart
- Reduced cast range from 1000 to 600.
- Increased cooldown from 12 to 15.
- Sleeping Dart
- Increased Smoke Screen effect radius from 300/325/350/375 to 375 on each level.
- Reduced Blink Strike damage from 40/60/80/100 to 40/55/70/85.
- Increased Cloak and Dagger creep damage per agility from 1.4/1.8/2.2 to 2.8/3.6/4.4. [?]
- Talents:
- LVL 10+0.3s Blink Strike slow duration increased to +0.4s.LVL 10+75 Smoke Screen radius reduced to +60.
- Reduced Tricks of the Trade cooldown from 21/18/15/12 to 18/16/14/12.
- Reduced base movement speed from 320 to 315.
- Increased Blink Strike mana cost from 50 on each level to 50/55/60/65.
- Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Reduced Sleeping Dart duration from 4 to 3.
- Increased strength gain from 2.4 to 2.6.
- Rescaled Smoke Screen mana cost from 75 on each level to 65/70/75/80.
- Blink Strike now applies a 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8-second 100% movement speed on the affected enemy.
- Increased Tricks of the Trade mana cost from 50 to 55.
- Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Sleeping Dart is now dispellable with basic dispels. [?]
- Increased Smoke Screen miss chance from 20%/35%/50%/65% to 30%/45%/60%/75%.
- Increased Blink Strike damage from 25/50/75/100 to 40/60/80/100.
- Reduced Tricks of the Trade instant attack damage from 50% to 40%.
- Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Now also increases Tricks of the Trade number of attacks to 5.
- Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Sleeping Dart
- Reduced cast range from 1200 to 1000.
- Reduced mana cost from 85 to 75.
- Sleeping Dart
- Blink Strike now increases Riki's attack animation speed by 50%.
- Tricks of the Trade
- Now grants 55%/70%/85%/100% agility bonus for its duration.
- Reduced instant attack damage from 70%/80%/90%/100% to 50% on each level.
- Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Sleeping Dart
- No longer turns the target invulnerable for the duration.
- The target now wakes up from the sleep after taking 200 accumulative damage.
- Increased sleep duration from 3 to 4.
- Sleeping Dart
- AddedAttribute Bonus.
- Talents:
- LVL 10+6 health regeneration ➜ +8 strength.LVL 15+20 attack damage ➜ 8% movement speed bonus during Cloak and Dagger invisibility.LVL 20LVL 25+125 Smoke Screen radius increased to +175.
- Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Tricks of the Trade
- No longer increases max channel time to 3.
- No longer increases the number of attacks to 6.
- Tricks of the Trade
- Talents:
- LVL 25-6s Tricks of the Trade cooldown reduced to -4s.
- Reduced base health regeneration from 3 to 2.5.
- Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Sleeping Dart
- Increased movement speed slow from 25% to 30%.
- Reduced mana cost from 125 to 85.
- Reduced cooldown from 15 to 12.
- Sleeping Dart
- Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Reduced Sleeping Dart cooldown from 20 to 15.
- Smoke Screen
- Can now be cast during Tricks of the Trade without canceling it. [?]
- Increased radius from 280/310/340/370 to 300/325/350/375.
- Rescaled miss chance from 25%/35%/45%/55% to 20%/35%/50%/65%.
- Reduced mana cost from 90 to 75.
- Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Tricks of the Trade
- Reduced cast range bonus from 1000 to 700.
- Increases max attack targets from 1 to 2.
- Tricks of the Trade
- AddedAghanim's Shard upgrade for Riki:
- Grants Riki the Sleeping Dart ability.
- Sleeping Dart
- Launches a dart at an enemy, putting them asleep for 3 seconds, during which they are invulnerable. Upon waking up, they take damage and are slowed for a short while.
- Cast time: 0.2
- Cast range: 1200
- Damage: 150
- Movement speed slow: 25%
- Slow duration: 4
- Sleep duration: 3
- Mana cost: 125
- Cooldown: 20
- Notes: The projectile travels at a speed of 1600 and can be disjointed.
- Talents:
- LVL 15+25 attack damage reduced to +20.LVL 20+0.4 Cloak and Dagger agility as damage multiplier increased to +0.5.LVL 25
- Talents:
- LVL 10+25 attack speed reduced to +20.LVL 10+8 health regeneration reduced to +6.LVL 15-5s Smoke Screen cooldown reduced to -4s.LVL 15+30 attack damage reduced to +25.LVL 20+600 Blink Strike cast range reduced to +475.LVL 20+0.5 Cloak and Dagger agility as damage multiplier reduced to +0.4.LVL 25-7s Tricks of the Trade cooldown reduced to -6s.
- Talents:
- LVL 15+35 attack damage reduced to 30.
- Increased base health regeneration from 2 to 3.
- Increased base movement speed from 315 to 320.
- Increased Tricks of the Trade instant attack damage from 55%/70%/85%/100% to 70%/80%/90%/100%.
- Increased Cloak and Dagger damage per agility from 1/1.5/2 to 1.4/1.8/2.2.
- Increased strength gain from 1.9 to 2.4.
- Reduced base agility and gain from 30 + 2.5 to 18 + 1.4.
- Increased base attack damage from 21‒25 to 41‒45.
- Increased base health regeneration from 1 to 2.
- Increased base armor from 1 to 3.
- Increased base movement speed from 290 to 315.
- Smoke Screen
- Movedfrom the third to the first ability slot.
- No longer slows movement speed by 8%/12%/16%/20%.
- No longer reduces vision of affected enemies to 200.
- Rescaled miss chance from 10%/30%/50%/70% to 25%/35%/45%/55%.
- Rescaled radius from 325 on each level to 280/310/340/370.
- Increased cooldown from 17/15/13/11 to 20/17/14/11.
- Blink Strike
- Now has 2 charges that have a 25/20/15/10 second replenish time.
- Reduced cooldown from 10/8/6/4 to 0.1 on each level. [?]
- Reduced damage from 75/90/105/120 to 25/50/75/100.
- ReworkedTricks of the Trade.
- Movedfrom the fourth to the third ability slot. This is now a basic ability.
- Changedability targeting type from No Target to Target Area.
- Now has a cast range of 400.
- Changedfrom having a fixed attack interval of 0.6/0.55/0.5 to having a fixed attack count of 4.
- Heroes no longer have a higher priority than creeps, now attacks every units with equal chances.
- Reduced instant attack damage from 100% to 55%/70%/85%/100%.
- Reduced channel time from 4/4.5/5 to 2.
- Reduced cooldown from 50/45/40 to 21/18/15/12.
- Reduced mana cost from 75 to 50.
- Cloak and Dagger
- Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Tricks of the Trade [?]
- Now increases cast range to 1000. [?]
- Now increases attack count to 6.
- Reduced max channel time from 7/8/9 to 3.
- Tricks of the Trade [?]
- Talents:
- LVL 10LVL 10+6 health regeneration increased to +8.LVL 15-8s Smoke Screen cooldown reduced to -5s.LVL 1520% proc chance for 150% critical strike damage ➜ +35 attack damage.LVL 20+0.3 Cloak and Dagger agility as damage multiplier increased to +0.5.LVL 25
- Increased Blink Strike cast range from 500/600/700/800 to 600/700/800/900.
- Talents:
- LVL 20+700 Blink Strike cast range reduced to +600.
- Smoke Screen's blind now uses pseudo-random distribution.
- Reduced base health regeneration from 3 to 1.
- Cloak and Dagger
- Now also grants 2/3/4/5 health regeneration bonus.
- Reduced fade delay from 7.5/6/4.5/3 to 6/5/4/3.
- Talents:
- LVL 15-7s Smoke Screen cooldown increased to -8s.
- Increased base attack damage from 18‒22 to 21‒25.
- Increased base movement speed from 285 to 290.
- Increased base health regeneration from 1.5 to 3.
- Increased agility gain from 2.2 to 2.5.
- Increased base attack damage from 14‒18 to 18‒22.
- Increased base movement speed from 280 to 285.
- Talents:
- LVL 20+0.2 Cloak and Dagger agility as damage multiplier increased to +0.3.
- Increased base attack damage from 11‒15 to 14‒18.
- Increased base movement speed from 275 to 280.
- Reduced base health regeneration from 3 to 1.5.
- Reduced base mana regeneration from 0.9 to 0.
- Blink Strike
- Rescaled damage from 100 on each level to 75/90/105/120.
- Reduced cooldown from 16/12/8/4 to 10/8/6/4.
- Talents:
- LVL 10+5 health regeneration increased to +6.
- Smoke Screen
- Reduced movement speed slow from 10%/15%/20%/25% to 8%/12%/16%/20%.
- Reduced miss chance from 40%/50%/60%/70% to 10%/30%/50%/70%.
- Tricks of the Trade
- Reduced radius from 500 to 450.
- Reduced duration from 4/5/6 to 4/4.5/5.
- Talents:
- LVL 20+900 Blink Strike cast range reduced to +700.LVL 25+400 Tricks of the Trade radius reduced to +300.
- Reduced Smoke Screen cast point from 0.4 to 0.2.
- Increased base attack damage from 8‒12 to 11‒15.
- Smoke Screen
- Increased radius from 250/275/300/325 to 325 on each level.
- Increased cooldown from 11 on each level to 17/15/13/11.
- Blink Strike
- Increased damage from 55/70/85/100 to 100 on each level.
- Reduced cast range from 800 on each level to 500/600/700/800.
- Increased base attack damage from 4‒8 to 8‒12.
- Increased base armor from 0 to 1.
- Increased base health regeneration from 1.5 to 3.
- Blink Strike now pierces spell immunity on enemies. [?]
- Increased Cloak and Dagger fade delay from 6/5/4/3 to 7.5/6/4.5/3.
- Increased Tricks of the Trade cooldown from 40/35/30 to 50/45/40.
- Increased Tricks of the Trade attack interval from 0.5/0.45/0.4 to 0.6/0.55/0.5.
- Tricks of the Trade
- Now hits a random enemy unit within the area, instead of hitting all at once on each interval.
- Now also hits enemy non-hero units, instead of heroes only. [?]
- Reduced attack interval from 1 on each level to 0.5/0.45/0.4.
- Increased duration from 3/4/5 to 4/5/6.
- Talents:
- LVL 15-5s Smoke Screen cooldown increased to -7s.
- Reduced base agility from 34 to 30.
- Talents:
- LVL 15-4s Smoke Screen cooldown increased to -5s.
- Increased base health regeneration from 0 to 1.5.
- Increased base mana regeneration from 0.01 to 0.9.
- Reduced base movement speed from 285 to 275.
- Smoke Screen now removes affected enemies' vision.
- Cloak and Dagger
- Is now considered as a conditional attack damage bonus. [?]
- Reduced damage per agility from 0.5/0.75/1/1.25 to 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.
- Talents:
- LVL 10+15 movement speed ➜ +8 agility.LVL 10+150 health ➜ +5 health regeneration.LVL 15+30% experience gain ➜ -4s Smoke Screen cooldown.LVL 15LVL 20LVL 20LVL 25LVL 25
- Increased strength gain from 1.6 to 1.9.
- Reduced base health regeneration from 0.25 to 0.
- Increased base mana from 50 to 75.
- Reduced base movement speed from 290 to 285.
- Talents:
- LVL 15+20% experience gain increased to +30%.
- Reduced Smoke Screen movement speed slow from 13%/17%/21%/25% to 10%/15%/20%/25%.
- Blink Strike can no longer be cast while rooted.
- AddedAghanim's Scepter upgrade for Riki:
- Tricks of the Trade
- Adds unit-targeting functionality, which can now be cast on an ally hero to hide inside them for its duration and centering the ability effects based on the ally hero's current position.
- Has a 1000 ally cast range.
- Increases duration to 7/8/9.
- Tricks of the Trade
- RemovedAttribute Bonus.
- added Talents:
- Reduced Smoke Screen movement speed slow from 19%/21%/23%/25% to 13%/17%/21%/25%.
- Reduced Smoke Screen movement speed slow from 25% on each level to 19%/21%/23%/25%.
- Reduced Blink Strike damage from 60/80/100/120 to 55/70/85/100.
- Increased Smoke Screen mana cost from 75/80/85/90 to 90 on each level.
- Addedto Captain's Mode.
- Increased base health from 180 to 200.
- Increased base mana from 0 to 50.
- Increased attack range from 128 to 150.
- Increased Blink Strike damage from 20/40/60/80 to 60/80/100/120.
- Tricks of the Trade
- Reduced cast point from 0.4 to 0.3.
- Reduced cooldown from 40 on each level to 40/35/30.
- Blink Strike
- Increased cast range from 700 to 800.
- Reduced cast point from 0.4 to 0.3.
- Tricks of the Trade
- Increased radius from 475 to 500.
- Reduced cooldown from 70 to 40.
- Increased Cloak and Dagger damage per agility from 0.4/0.6/0.8/1 to 0.5/0.75/1/1.25.
- Tricks of the Trade
- Now only attacks enemy heroes, excluding illusions.
- Increased radius from 450 to 475.
- Reduced cooldown from 90/80/70 to 70 on each level.
- Removedfrom Captain's Mode.
- Reduced strength gain from 2 to 1.6.
- Reduced agility gain from 2.9 to 2.2.
- Increased base health from 150 to 180.
- Reduced base armor from 1 to 0.
- MergedPermanent Invisibility and Backstab into Cloak and Dagger.
- This ability now takes the first ability slot.
- NewCloak and Dagger
- Riki fades into the shadows, becoming invisible. Every time Riki strikes his enemy from behind, he deals bonus damage based on his agility. When Riki attacks, he becomes visible.
- Fade delay: 6/5/4/3
- Damage per agility: 0.4/0.6/0.8/1
- ReworkedBlink Strike.
- Movedfrom the fourth ability slot to the second ability slot. This is now a basic ability.
- OldBlink Strike
- Teleports behind the target unit, striking for bonus damage if it is an enemy. Blink Strike charges restore every 35 seconds.
- Cast range: 800
- Damage: 40/70/100
- Charges: 4/5/6
- Charge replenish time: 35
- Mana cost: 40
- Notes: Ultimate ability, pierces spell immunity.
- NewBlink Strike
- Teleports behind the target unit, striking for bonus damage if it is an enemy.
- Cast time: 0.4
- Cast range: 700
- Damage: 20/40/60/80
- Mana cost: 50
- Cooldown: 16/12/8/4
- Notes: Does not pierce spell immunity.
- Smoke Screen
- Movedfrom the first to the third ability slot.
- No longer slows turn rate by 30%.
- AddedTricks of the Trade.
- This is now Riki ultimate ability.
- Phases out of the world while striking every enemy from behind in an area once per second.
- Cast time: 0.4
- Max channel time: 3/4/5
- Radius: 450
- Mana cost: 75
- Cooldown: 90/80/70
- Notes: Riki is hidden while channeling. Attacks all enemies from behind at the same time, and apply attack modifiers (e.g. Cloak and Dagger).
- Increased Permanent Invisibility health regeneration bonus from 4/5/6/7 to 6/8/10/12.
- Smoke Screen
- No longer ignores ancient creeps, Roshan and creep-heroes.
- No longer slow affected unit's attack speed by 25.
- Now slows turn rate by 30%.
- Blink Strike
- Increased max charges from 3/4/5 to 4/5/6.
- Increased charge replenish time from 30 to 35.
- Rescaled damage from 50/70/90 to 40/70/100.
- Reduced base health regeneration from 1.5 to 0.25.
- Reduced base attack damage from 14‒18 to 4‒8.
- Reduced base movement speed from 300 to 290.
- ReworkedPermanent Invisibility
- Movedto the first ability slot. This is now a basic ability.
- OldPermanent Invisibility
- Riki fades into the shadows, staying permanently invisible except while attacking. While silenced, Riki will be visible.
- Fade delay: 3/2/1
- Notes: Is an ultimate ability.
- NewPermanent Invisibility
- 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
- Invisible health regeneration bonus: 4/5/6/7
- Notes: The health regeneration is only active while fully invisible.
- ReworkedBlink Strike.
- Movedto the fourth ability slot. This is now Riki's ultimate ability.
- OldBlink Strike
- Teleports behind the target unit, striking for bonus damage if it is an enemy.
- Cast range: 700
- Damage: 30/60/90/120
- Mana cost: 50
- Cooldown: 20/15/10/5
- Notes: Is a regular ability.
- NewBlink Strike
- Teleports behind the target unit, striking for bonus damage if it is an enemy. Blink Strike charges restore every 30 seconds.
- Cast range: 800
- Damage: 50/70/90
- Charges: 3/4/5
- Charge replenish time: 30
- Mana cost: 40
- Notes: Now pierces spell immunity.
- Reduced Smoke Screen cooldown from 13 to 11.
- Increased base health regeneration from 0.75 to 1.5.
- Increased Smoke Screen cast range from 425 to 550.
- Permanent Invisibility no longer reveals Riki when casting the following abilities:
- Item abilities
- Smoke Screen
- Blink Strike [?]
- Reduced Permanent Invisibility fade time from 3/2.25/1.5 to 3/2/1.
- ChangedRiki hull type from
DOTA_HULL_SIZE_HERO_SMALLtoDOTA_HULL_SIZE_HERO. [?]- Increased collision size from 18 to 27.
- Increased bound radius from 12 to 24.
- ChangedRiki hull type from
DOTA_HULL_SIZE_HEROtoDOTA_HULL_SIZE_HERO_SMALL.- Reduced collision size from 27 to 18.
- Reduced bound radius from 24 to 12.
- Increased base health regeneration from 0.25 to 0.75.
- Increased attack range from 100 to 128.
- Smoke Screen
- Increased cast range from 350 to 425.
- Reduced cooldown from 15 to 13.
- Blink Strike
- Updated ability effects.
- Reduced cooldown from 30/20/10/5 to 20/15/10/5.
- Fixed ability interactions between Backstab and the Phoenix Sun.
- Addednew Bound Radius mechanic. [?]
- Riki has the
DOTA_HULL_SIZE_HEROhull size. [?] - This unit has a 27-radius collision size and a 24-radius bound radius respectively.
- Riki has the
- Fixed ability interactions between Last Word and other Silence sources (e.g. Smoke Screen).
- Increased base agility from 24 to 34.
- Reduced base attack damage from 24‒28 to 14‒18.
- Updated Blink Strike ability icon.
- Blink Strike now moves Riki behind the target, instead of in front.
- Reduced cast point from 0.5 to 0.4.
- Smoke Screen now stuns units within the area upon cast again.
- Smoke Screen
- Changedability backend operations. [?]
- No longer stuns units within the area upon cast.
- ChangedBlink Strike ability backend operations.
- Updated Permanent Invisibility ability icon.
- Reduced Smoke Screen duration from 7 to 6.
- Updated Smoke Screen ability tooltips.
- Fixed Blink Strike being able self-target or cast on self.
- Reduced Smoke Screen radius from 300/325/350/400 to 250/275/300/325.
- Permanent Invisibility
- Updated and added ability icon.
- Increased ade time from 3/2/1 to 3/2.25/1.5.
- Reduced Permanent Invisibility fade time from 3.5/2.5/1.5 to 3/2/1.
- Smoke Screen
- Reduced miss chance from 50%/60%/70%/80% to 40%/50%/60%/70%.
- Increased movement speed slow from 20% to 25%.
- Reduced radius from 300/350/400/450 to 300/325/350/400.
- Reduced cooldown from 17 to 15.
- Fixed ability interactions between Smoke Screen and the following units:
- Fixed Smoke Screen memory leak issues.
- Blink Strike
- Can now be cast on allied units.
- Slightly improved timing.
- Fixed Blink Strike memory leak issues.
- Fixed Blink Strike dealing no damage.
- Updated Smoke Screen ability tooltips.
- Adjusted Blink Strike damage delay.
- Removedthe
Backstab!floating text whenever Backstab triggers.
- Smoke Screen
- Rescaled movement speed slow from 15%/20%/25%/30% to 20% on each level.
- No longer disarms enemies.
- Now causes enemies within to miss 50%/60%/70%/80% of their attacks.
- Blink Strike
- No longer has a 0.3-second damage delay.
- Now blinks closer to the target.
- Rescaled Smoke Screen movement speed slow from 10%/20%/30%/40% to 15%/20%/25%/30%.
- Smoke Screen
- Increased mana cost from 40/45/50/55 to 75/80/85/90.
- Increased cooldown from 11 to 17.
- Fixed ability interaction with Nature's Attendants.
- ReworkedRiki.
- Increased agility gain from 2.8 to 2.9.
- Increased intelligence gain from 1.2 to 1.3.
- Reduced attack point from 0.433 to 0.3.
- Reduced attack backswing from 0.567 to 0.3.
- Reduced cast backswing from 1.67 to 0.51.
- Riki now has Smoke Screen, Blink Strike, Backstab as his basic abilities and Permanent Invisibility as his ultimate ability.
- NewSmoke Screen
- Throws a smoke bomb down in the area, disabling all enemy units' attacks and spells. Also slows opponents.
- Cast range: 350
- Radius: 300/350/400/450
- Movement speed slow: 10%/20%/30%/40%
- Duration: 7
- Mana cost: 45/45/50/55
- Cooldown: 11
- Notes: Silences and disarms enemies within. Also applies a mini-stun to every unit inside upon cast.
- NewBlink Strike
- Teleports to an enemy unit and strikes it, dealing bonus damage.
- Cast range: 700
- Damage: 30/60/90/120
- Mana cost: 50
- Cooldown: 30/20/10/5
- Notes: The damage is independent from Riki's attacks and is delayed by 0.3 seconds.
- NewBackstab
- The Stealth Assassin isn't afraid to fight dirty, and specializes in attacking his opponents from behind.
- Damage per agility: 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8
- Notes: Riki's attacks deal bonus damage when attacking the back of enemies. The damage is based on Riki's agility.
- Permanent Invisibility
- Movedfrom the first to the fourth ability slot. This is now Riki's ultimate ability.
- Increased level requirements from 5/10/15 to 6/12/16.
- Increased fade time from 3/2.3/1.6 to 3.5/2.5/1.5.
- Death Ward.
- Reduced attack damage from 61‒65/81‒85/131‒135/196‒200 to 61‒65/81‒85/121‒125/176‒180.
- Death Ward.
- Reduced number of attack targets 1/2/2/3 to 1/1/2/2.
- Increased health from 400 on each level to 400/400/400/500.
- Increased armor from 7 on each level to 7/9/10/12.
- Rescaled Permanent Invisibility fade delay from 3.6/2.6/2 to 3/2.3/1.6.
- Death Ward
- Increased duration from 10 to 15.
- Death Ward
- Rescaled attack damage from 51‒55/76‒80/136‒140/196‒200 to 61‒65/81‒85/131‒135/196‒200.
- Permanent Invisibility
- Increased number of ability levels from 1 to 3.
- Rescaled fade delay from 3.6 to 3.6/2.6/2.
- Reduced Death Ward duration from 30 to 10.
- Increased Permanent Invisibility fade delay from 2 to 3.6.
- Death Ward
- RemovedTrue Sight
- Reduced armor from 10 to 7.
- Death Ward
- Reduced attack damage from 56‒60/81‒85/136‒140/216‒220 to 51‒55/76‒80/136‒140/196‒200.
- Reduced armor from 10 to 7.
- Reduced attack range from 700/700/800/900 to 700 on each level.
- Reduced base attack damage from 27‒36 to 24‒28.
- Reduced nighttime vision from 1500 to 800.
- Rescaled base strength and gain from 18 + 1.8 to 17 + 2.
- Increased agility gain from 2.85 to 2.9.
- Rescaled base intelligence from 15 + 1 to 14 + 1.3.
- Blink
- Reduced mana cost from 70 to 60.
- Increased cooldown from 10/7/5/3 to 12/9/7/5.
- Increased Death Ward cooldown from 210/190/150/100 to 210/190/150/125
- Death Ward
- Increased attack damage from 56‒60/81‒85/116‒120/176‒180 to 56‒60/81‒85/136‒140/216‒220.
- Increased base health from 100 to 150.
- Increased Blink cooldown from 10/7/5/2 to 10/7/5/3.
- RemovedAghanim's Scepter upgrade for Riki.
- Death Ward
- Reduced True Sight level requirement from Level 3+ to Level 2+.
- Increased attack damage from 56‒60/81‒85/106‒110/146‒150 to 56‒60/81‒85/116‒120/176‒180.
- AddedAghanim's Scepter upgrade for Riki:
- Increases Death Ward number of attack targets from 1/2/2/3 to 2/2/3/3.
- Increases Death Ward attack damage from to 56‒60/81‒85/116‒120/176‒180 to 81‒85/116‒120/176‒180/226‒230.
- Death Ward
- Rescaled number of attack targets 1/2/2 to 1/2/2/3.
- Increased number of ability levels from 3 to 4.
- Increased level requirement from 6/11/16 to 6/11/16/21.
- Rescaled mana cost from 200 on each level to 200/300/400/500.
- Rescaled cooldown from 210 on each level to 210/190/150/100.
- Now grants True Sight on ability Level 3+.
- Death Ward
- Rescaled attack damage from 56‒60/81‒85/106‒110 to 56‒60/81‒85/106‒110/146‒150.
- Increased attack range from 700 on each level to 700/700/800/900.
- Increased acquisition range from 700 on each level to 700/700/800/900.
- Reduced acquisition range from 650 to 5.
- Blink
- Increased mana cost from 50/10/5/1 to 50/50/50/50.
- Reduced cooldown from 10/10/7/5 to 10/7/5/2.
- Permanent Invisibility
- The ability no longer forces the hero to attack enemy units.
- Reduced number of ability levels from 2 to 1.
- Reduced level requirement from 3/6 to 3.
- Updated hero model.
- Death Ward
- Addednew Splash Damage ability.
- Now reduces its attack damage after each bounce.
- Now deals splash damage based on the damage radius.
- Increased base attack damage from 21‒30 to 27‒36.
- Updated hero model.
- Addeda 4th level to all basic abilities.
- Increased strength gain from 1.4 to 1.9.
- Reduced base intelligence and gain from 17 + 1.8 to 15 + 1.
- Blink
- Rescaled mana cost from 50/10/5 to 50/10/5/1.
- Rescaled cooldown from 10/10/4 to 10/10/5/2.
- Rescaled Critical Strike critical damage from 150%/200%/250% to 150%/200%/250%/300%.
- ReworkedPermanent Invisibility.
- OldForces Riki to auto-attack nearby units when invisibile based on the hero's acquisition range.
- NewLevel 2 no longer forces Riki to auto-attack nearby units when invisible. [?]
- Increased number of ability levels from 1 to 2.
- Rescaled level requirement from 3 to 3/6.
- Rescaled base attack damage from 26‒26 to 21‒30.
- Reduced base attack damage from 30‒30 to 26‒26.
- Reduced base attack time from 2.13 to 1.7.
- Reduced base armor from 2 to 1.
- Reduced base movement speed from 350 to 300.
- Reduced strength gain from 1.5 to 1.4.
- Reduced Critical Strike critical damage from 200/300/400% to 150/200/250%
- Death Ward
- Increased number of ability levels from 2 to 3.
- Increased mana cost from 125/150 to 200.
- Increased cooldown from 180 to 210.
- Rescaled attack damage from 76‒80/101‒105 to 56‒60/81‒85/106‒110.
- Rescaled number of attack targets from 1/2 to 1/2/2.
- Addednew True Sight ability.
- Grants 900 radius True Sight on level 3.
- Increased Death Ward cooldown from 80 to 180.
- Created
Patch History[]
Patch
Description
- Typing
SAorStealth Assassinin the hero selection now highlights Riki.
- Updated Tricks of the Trade ability tooltips.
- Reduced versus scale from 1.1 to 0.87.
- Reduced loadout scale from 1.1 to 0.87.
- Addednew Adjectives attributes. [?]
- Riki has the following values: Bearded
1, Blue1, Horns1, Legs2and Nose1.
- Riki has the following values: Bearded
- Fixed Tricks of the Trade tooltips.
- Updated talent tooltips.
- Updated Blink Strike charges-related backend strings.
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- Updated Blink Strike ability backend strings.
- Smoke Screen
- Fixed multiple different sources not working independently of each other.
- Fixed ability granting assists on ally deaths.
- Fixed Ability Upgrade disabling global abilities.
- Smoke Screen
- Fixed debuff appearing on allies granting assists. [?]
- Fixed Ability Upgrade not allowing ally-related area-of-effect abilities to be cast if the ally is within the radius.
- Updated the following ability backend strings:
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- Updated Tricks of the Trade ability descriptions.
- Fixed not attacking the target upon casting Blink Strike when the target is moving.
- Updated the following abilities' tooltips:
- Fixed hero talent values.
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- Smoke Screen
- Updated ability tooltips.
- Updated ability descriptions.
- Removed ranged projectile evasion ability strings.
- Smoke Screen
- Smoke Screen can now be cast while channeling Tricks of the Trade without interrupting channeling even if Channel Requires Hold/Stop is enabled.
- Fixed Sleeping Dart debuff modifiers missing descriptions.
- Updated hero model and animation.
- Updated hero model.
- Fixed Cloak and Dagger talent being wrongly increased by 0.3 in the last patch.
- Fixed Tricks of the Trade having an arbitary target order for its attacks, instead of being random.
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- Added spell immunity interaction to Tricks of the Trade description.
- Applied forgotten 7.22f changes.
- Increased Blink Strike cast range from 500/600/700/800 to 600/700/800/900.
- Removed green effects from Tricks of the Trade.
- Smoke Screen debuff no longer affects spell immune or invulnerable units. [?]
- Fixed several cosmetic items.
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- Fixed Cloak and Dagger talent values not being applied in the tooltip.
- Fixed Cloak and Dagger
- Tricks of the Trade
- Removed absolute values from ability description.
- Added generic text that defines the ability.
- Added ability tooltip modifiers.
- Fixed Smoke Screen blind status not working as intended.
- Added Arcane Rune responses.
- Riki is enabled for new restricted accounts.
- Fixed capitalization issue with some ability tooltips.
- Fixed Tricks of the Trade missing the last attack.
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- Updated default item build.
- Added Russian voiceover lines.
- Fixed invisibility from Cloak and Dagger being ignored by Break.
- Tricks of the Trade
- Fixed ability damage not waking up units affected by Nightmare.
- Fixed Glyph of Fortification interrupting the ability.
- Fixed ability interactions between Time Dilation and abilities that swap index (i.e. Blink Strike).
- Fixed Smoke Screen ability tooltip typo.
- Cloak and Dagger
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- Renamedfrom Permanent Invisibility to Cloak and Dagger.
- Added a cooldown display for the ability fade time.
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- The ability's cooldown now updates correctly to its fade time when leveled up.
- No longer affected by cooldown manipulation.
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- Fixed Backstab ability sound effects.
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- Fixed Echo Shell ability interaction with Blink Strike.
- Fixed adding counter buffs to units that reflect them.
- Fixed Echo Shell ability interaction with Blink Strike.
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- Blink Strike reflected by Echo Shell now happens after the blink happens.
- Permanent Invisibility fade time now shows on the ability cooldown.
- Fixed Blink Strike being refreshable.
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- Fixed Blink Strike not losing a charge when blocked by Spellblock.
- Fixed Blink Strike not having an animation.
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- Fixed Blink Strike ability interactions with Reset Cooldowns.
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- Fixed various issues with Blink Strike ability charges.
- Updated default hero workshop files, including separated fbx and smd.
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- Fixed Riki sometimes revealing himself briefly when casting abilities under Permanent Invisibility.
- Added animations for the following abilities:
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- Fixed cast backswing behaviors for the following abilities:
- Fixed some ability backswing timing issues.
- Fixed an issue with Permanent Invisibility on respawning.
- Fixed Riki sometimes not attacking his Blink Strike target immediately.
- Fixed having 1 more armor than intended.
- Fixed being unable to cast for a brief moment after using Blink Strike.
- Fixed Blink Strike not guaranteeing Backstab proc.
- Fixed Riki not attacking his Blink Strike target immediately.
- Riki will only say ▶️ "This is Redundant" when picking up an Invisibility Rune while invisible.
- Fixed the Backstab sound sometimes playing when it was not proccing.
- Fixed Smoke Screen working on ancient creeps.
- Fixed Backstab working on Siege Creep.
- Fixed the timing on Blink Strike backstab damage.
- AddedRiki.
- Backstab's bonus now increases properly when leveled up.
- Fixed where with ◉ Standard auto-attack, you could break Permanent Invisibility unintentionally.
- The following abilities can now dodge incoming projectiles:
- Fixed Backstab working on denies.
- Fixed Backstab angle being too narrow.
- Scaled default hero model down 10%.