Riki — Dota 2 hero guide

Riki is a melee Agility hero played as Carry, Escape, Disabler.

Abilities

• Smoke Screen: Throws down a smoke bomb, silencing enemies and causing them to miss attacks.
• Blink Strike: Teleports behind the target unit, momentarily slowing them by 100% and attacking them with bonus damage if it is an enemy.
• Tricks of the Trade: 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.
• Backstab: Every time Riki strikes his enemy from behind, he deals additional bonus damage equal to a multiple of his Agility.
• Cloak and Dagger: Riki fades into the shadows, becoming invisible until he attacks. Hero kills and assists grant additional experience.

Lore

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.

Hardest counters

Heroes with the best public-match win rate against Riki: Rubick, Warlock, Queen of Pain, Shadow Demon, Shadow Fiend. See the full counter list.