Description, attributes and patch history, in one place.
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.
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 escaped, small 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.
Every time Riki strikes his enemy from behind, he deals additional bonus damage equal to a multiple of his Agility.
Throws down a smoke bomb, silencing enemies and causing them to miss attacks.
Enemies caught in the smoke screen have their armor reduced by 5 and cannot be targeted by their allies.
Teleports behind the target unit, momentarily slowing them by 100% and attacking them with bonus damage if it is an enemy.
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.
Increases Cast Range to 500. 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.
Riki fades into the shadows, becoming invisible until he attacks. Hero kills and assists grant additional experience.
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
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
