Riki

Stats

These are the base values written in the game files. Totals derived from attributes (HP, mana, armor) depend on engine-side formulas, so no estimated values are shown.

Recommended items

Items the in-game shop recommends for this hero (curated by Valve). These are not win-rate statistics.

Diffusal Blade 2500 Phase Boots 1450 Orb of Venom 350 Ring of Aquila — Magic Wand 460 Power Treads 1400 Skull Basher 2875 Blink Dagger 2250 Yasha 2100 Sange and Yasha 4200 Urn of Shadows 825 Blade of Alacrity 1000

Abilities

Smoke Screen

Cooldown 15 / 14 / 13 / 12s Mana 75 Range 550

ActiveCooldown15 / 14 / 13 / 12sMana75Range550

Throws down a smoke bomb, silencing enemies and causing them to miss attacks.

Raw values (from the game files)（2）

RADIUS	425
%MISS RATE	40 / 50 / 60 / 70

• Can be cast during Tricks of the Trade.
• Doesn't prevent the use of active items.

Patch history

7.41d 2026-06-04

• Cooldown rescaled from 17/15/13/11s to 15/14/13/12s

7.41 2026-03-24

• Mana Cost rescaled from 65/70/75/80 to 75
• Miss Rate rescaled from 30/45/60/75% to 40/50/60/70%

Blink Strike

Cooldown 13 / 10 / 7 / 4s Mana 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 Range 600 / 700 / 800 / 900 PHYSICAL

ActiveCooldown13 / 10 / 7 / 4sMana50 / 55 / 60 / 65Range600 / 700 / 800 / 900

Teleports behind the target unit, momentarily slowing them by 100% and attacking them with bonus damage if it is an enemy.

Raw values (from the game files)（3）

BONUS DAMAGE	25 / 35 / 45 / 55
SLOW DURATION	0.75
slow_pct_tooltip	100

• You can Blink Strike to allies, but no damage is dealt.

Patch history

7.41d 2026-06-04

• Bonus Damage rescaled from 15/30/45/60 to 25/35/45/55

7.41 2026-03-24

• Slow Duration increased from 0.5s to 0.75s

7.40 2025-12-15

• 2 charges with 25/21/17/13s base restore time replaced with 13/10/7/4s cooldown
• Bonus 40/55/70/85 magic damage replaced with 15/30/45/60 bonus physical damage on attack

Tricks of the Trade

Cooldown 21 / 18 / 15 / 12s Mana 65 Range 400 PHYSICAL

ActiveCooldown21 / 18 / 15 / 12sMana65Range400

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.

Raw values (from the game files)（7）

RADIUS	425
ATTACK INTERVALS	4
speed_per_attack	180
interval_targets	2
ATTACK DAMAGE	25 / 50 / 75 / 100
AGILITY BONUS	0
creep_agility_multiplier	1

• Backstab damage is applied to all units hit.

Patch history

7.41 2026-03-24

• Aghanim's Scepter bonus Cast Range increased from +300 to +500 Aghanim's Scepter

7.40b 2025-12-23

• Attack Damage rescaled from 30/50/70/90 to 25/50/75/100

7.40 2025-12-15

• 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 Aghanim's Scepter
• 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

Backstab Innate Passive

PHYSICAL

Passive

Every time Riki strikes his enemy from behind, he deals additional bonus damage equal to a multiple of his Agility.

Raw values (from the game files)（6）

AGILITY MULTIPLIER	0.55
ally_multiplier	30
backstab_angle	105
BONUS XP HERO KILL	0
BONUS XP ASSIST	0
BONUS XP WARD/COURIER KILL	0

• Works when denying friendly units at 30% effectiveness.
• Illusions of Riki will play Backstab animations, but not deal any bonus damage.

Patch history

7.41d 2026-06-04

• Effectiveness on allies increased from 25% to 30%

7.41 2026-03-24

• Agility Multiplier changed from 0.6 + 0.05 per level up to 0.55 + 0.05 per level 有効値は変更なし

7.40 2025-12-15

• No longer levels with Cloak and Dagger
• Agility Damage Multiplier rescaled from 0.55/0.9/1.25/1.6 to 0.6 + 0.05 per Riki's level up
• Now works on allied units at 25% effectiveness
• Damage is now done as a separate instance of damage instead of a part of the attack damage

Cloak and Dagger Passive

Passive

Riki fades into the shadows, becoming invisible until he attacks. Hero kills and assists grant additional experience.

Raw values (from the game files)（3）

FADE DELAY	4 / 3 / 2
BONUS XP HERO KILL	130 / 260 / 390
BONUS XP ASSIST	100

Patch history

7.40 2025-12-15

• Now grants 130/260/390 experience when getting a hero kill and 100 experience when getting a hero assist

Talents

One of the two per level is chosen. They appear in the order registered in the game files.

Patch history (hero and talents)

Background

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.

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