Smoke Screen
по области, на точкуThrows down a smoke bomb, silencing enemies and causing them to miss attacks.
Pros max it by level 15
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Riki
Riki: Melee, position 2 (mid), position 1 (carry), Escape, Disabler. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 52.8% win rate in pubs and a 6.5% pick rate.
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.
Meleeposition 2 (mid)position 1 (carry)EscapeDisabler
52.8%Win rate · all pubs
6.5%picked in 1 of 15 games
51.9%Turbo · 167,023 games
Complexity: easy
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Riki
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
2′
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2′4′5′6′Core
14′
25′
27′
14′25′27′Core items in order: Diffusal Blade (around minute 14), Manta Style (around minute 25), Aghanim's Shard (around minute 27).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 15
lv 17
11+50 Smoke Screen Radius1615% of Riki's Base damage added to Tricks of the Trade18+0.3 Backstab Multiplier
Max Blink Strike, then Tricks of the Trade, then Smoke Screen.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Spectre, Bounty Hunter and Lycan; easiest: Storm Spirit, Pangolier and Omniknight.
All 120 opponents →4How much to farm?
521average625good707great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 521 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 707.
5Common mistakes by role
Death streakDied with gold in pocketEnemy took the runesFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.
Compare your Riki match with this cheat sheet
The coach shows on the map where you fell behind the pros on items and where you died.
Review my matchMistake guides for the mid and offlane role
- Death streakDied three times in a row almost without a break, or right after respawning.
- Died with gold in pocketDied while holding enough gold for a whole item.
- Enemy took the runesIn mid your opponent took two or more power or water runes than you.
- Aegis without buildingsYour team took Roshan but broke no building during the 5 minutes of Aegis.
Picked by the hero's role. Once the hero has 20 reviews, its real common mistakes show up here.
AI coach
A review of your Riki game
Sign in with Steam and pick a match: the coach reads the replay second by second and in a couple of minutes shows where the game slipped.
- Every death and fight becomes a moment on the map: the fog of war as you saw it, and what the enemy saw that second.
- Your pace against the Riki benchmark: 521 GPM for an average player, 625 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Diffusal Blade by minute 14, and the coach shows where you lose time.
- Five-game homework the coach checks in your next review, plus a chat with the coach about the match.
Review my matchA month of subscription as a gift, no card and no auto-renewal.How a match review works
Pro build by minute
Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′Starting
2′41%
4′57%
5′83%
6′28%
7′97%
11′20%14′88%25′55%27′43%
31′31%
31′21%
2′41%4′57%5′83%6′28%7′97%11′20%14′88%25′55%27′43%31′31%31′21%Skill build
20% of 94 pro matches
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- 10
- 11T
- 12
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- 14
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- 16T
- 17
- 18T
- Lvl 11+50 Smoke Screen Radius
- Lvl 1615% of Riki's Base damage added to Tricks of the Trade
- Lvl 18+0.3 Backstab Multiplier
Blink Strike
на цельTeleports behind the target unit, momentarily slowing them by 100% and attacking them with bonus damage if it is an enemy.
Pros max it by level 7
Tricks of the Trade
на точку, по области, поддерживаемаяCHANNELED - 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.
Pros max it by level 10
Backstab
пассивная · innateEvery time Riki strikes his enemy from behind, he deals additional bonus damage equal to a multiple of his Agility.
Cloak and Dagger
пассивнаяRiki fades into the shadows, becoming invisible until he attacks. Hero kills and assists grant additional experience.
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Tricks of the Trade.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Smoke Screen.
-4s Tricks of the Trade Cooldown25+500 Blink Strike Cast Range
+0.3 Backstab Multiplier20-1s Blink Strike Cooldown
15% of Riki's Base damage added to Tricks of the Trade15-3s Smoke Screen Cooldown
+50 Smoke Screen Radius10+10% Cloak and Dagger Movement Speed
Matchups
Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games
Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.
Who to pick against Riki: counter picks →Benchmarks on the hero
Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
Gold per minute
average 521good 625great 707
Experience per minute
average 849good 1,086great 1,299
Last hits per minute
average 4.9good 6.4great 7.7
Hero damage per minute
average 604good 884great 1,227
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: easyIt does best in Legend (53.5% wins) and wins 51.9% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 2 (mid) in 56% of games and position 1 (carry) in 29% of games. Pros usually build Diffusal Blade, Manta Style and Aghanim's Shard by minute 27. It struggles most against Spectre, Bounty Hunter and Lycan and has the easiest time against Storm Spirit, Pangolier and Omniknight.