Agility · Melee
Remains permanently invisible until the moment to strike
Win rate
53.0%
S across all ranks
Pick rate
5.8%
of public matches
Public picks
196.8K
in the sample
Pro scene
0
0 bans · 0% win rate
Bars start at 50%. Sample sizes: Herald 6.5K · Guardian 19K · Crusader 32.8K · Archon 47.1K · Legend 49.7K · Ancient 26.3K · Divine+ 15.5K.
Last 6 days
53.3%
Bought before the horn
Iron Branch
Tango
Quelling Blade
Circlet
Observer Ward
Magic Stick
The first minutes
Boots of Speed
Power Treads
Wraith Band
Blade of Alacrity
Orb of Corrosion
Ring of Health
Core items
Diffusal Blade
Manta Style
Power Treads
Point Booster
Aghanim's Shard
The full build
Manta Style
Disperser
Skull Basher
Black King Bar
Ultimate Orb
Crystalys
Most-bought items for Riki in OpenDota’s sample of parsed public matches (1,366 purchases counted). Bars compare each item with the most-bought one in its phase. The percentage is the win rate in games where Riki bought the item by minute 30 (green or red when it is clearly above or below Riki’s average). Teams that are ahead buy items sooner, so a high number shows the item goes with winning games, not that it causes the win. Items with fewer than 100 games show no percentage. Cheap components are hidden from the mid and late game.
Yasha
121 games
Diffusal Blade
101 games
Mithril Hammer
65 games
Manta Style
151 games
Aghanim's Shard
70 games
Final items compared within the same purchase window (at least 60 games each), so they are not simply ranked by how late or expensive they are. Still a correlation: a team that is far ahead can buy anything sooner.
55
Use: Plant Tree: Targets the ground to plant a happy little tree that lasts for 20 seconds.
90
Use: Devour: Consumes a target tree to gain 7 health regeneration for 16 seconds. Consuming an Ironwood Tree doubles the heal duration. Comes with 3 charges.
100
Active: Chop Tree: Destroy a target tree.
4s
Active: Chop Tree. Destroy a target tree.
Passive: Quell. Increases attack damage against non-hero units by 8 for melee heroes, and 4 for ranged.
155
0
Use: Plant: Plants an Observer Ward, an invisible watcher that gives ground vision in a 1600 radius to your team. Lasts 6 minutes.
1s
Use: Plant. Plants an Observer Ward, an invisible watcher that gives ground vision in a 1600 radius to your team. Lasts 6 minutes. Hold Control to give one Observer Ward to an allied hero.
200
Active: Energy Charge: Instantly restores 15 health and mana per charge stored. Max 10 charges. Gains a charge whenever a visible enemy within 1200 range uses an ability.
17s
Active: Energy Charge. Instantly restores 15 health and mana per charge stored. Max 10 charges. Gains a charge whenever a visible enemy within 1200 range uses an ability.
500
Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
1,400
Active: Switch Attribute: Switches between +10 Strength, +10 Agility, or +10 Intelligence. Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
Win rate when bought54.7% · 311 games
Active: Switch Attribute. Switches between +10 Strength, +10 Agility, or +10 Intelligence. Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
505
1,000
1,050
Passive: Corrosion: Your attacks reduce the target's armor by -2, slows their movement by -16% (-8% against melee targets), and reduces Health Restoration by 18%.
Passive: Corrosion. Your attacks reduce the target's armor by -2, slows their movement by -16% (-8% against melee targets), and reduces Health Restoration by 18%. Lasts for 3 seconds.
700
2,500
Active: Inhibit: Targets an enemy, slowing it for 4 seconds.
Win rate when bought56.8% · 303 games
15s25
Active: Inhibit. Targets an enemy, slowing it for 4 seconds.
Passive: Manabreak. Each attack burns 40 mana from the target, and deals 1 physical damage per burned mana. Illusions do not burn mana.
4,650
Active: Mirror Image: Creates 2 images of your hero that last 18 seconds. Melee images deal 33% damage, while Ranged images deal 25%. Illusions take 300% damage.
Win rate when bought61.9% · 176 games
34s125
Active: Mirror Image. Creates 2 images of your hero that last 18 seconds. Melee images deal 33% damage, while Ranged images deal 25%. Illusions take 300% damage. Dispel Type: Basic Dispel
1,200
1,400
Passive: Ability Upgrade: Upgrades an existing ability or adds a new ability to your hero.
Win rate when bought59.2% · 103 games
6,100
Active: Suppress: Dispels both the wearer and the target. Enemy targets are slowed for 4 seconds.
15s75
Active: Suppress. Dispels both the wearer and the target. Enemy targets are slowed for 4 seconds. Allied targets gain bonus movespeed and 40% slow resistance for 4 seconds. Caster is always granted the ally benefit on cast. Both movement speed reduction and increase start at 100% and gradually decrease to 0% over the course of the buff duration. Dispel Type: Basic Dispel
Passive: Manabreak. Each attack burns 40 mana from the target, and deals 1 physical damage per burned mana. Illusions do not burn mana.
2,875
Passive: Bash: Grants melee heroes a 25% chance on hit to stun the target for 1.2 seconds and deal 100 bonus physical damage. Bash chance for ranged heroes is 10%.
2.3s
Passive: Bash. Grants melee heroes a 25% chance on hit to stun the target for 1.2 seconds and deal 100 bonus physical damage. Bash chance for ranged heroes is 10%.
4,050
Active: Avatar: Applies a basic dispel. Grants 60% magic resistance and immunity to reflected and pure damage.
95s50
Active: Avatar. Applies a basic dispel. Grants 60% magic resistance and immunity to reflected and pure damage. For the duration of the effect, any negative effect from enemy spells has no effect. Duration: 9 / 8 / 7s Dispel Type: Basic Dispel
2,800
2,000
Passive: Critical Strike: Grants each attack a 30% chance to deal 160% damage.
Passive: Critical Strike. Grants each attack a 30% chance to deal 160% damage.
Throws down a smoke bomb, silencing enemies and causing them to miss attacks.
Aghanim’s ShardEnemies 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.
Aghanim’s ScepterIncreases 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.
Every time Riki strikes his enemy from behind, he deals additional bonus damage equal to a multiple of his Agility.
Riki fades into the shadows, becoming invisible until he attacks. Hero kills and assists grant additional experience.
-4s Tricks of the Trade Cooldown
25+500 Blink Strike Cast Range
+0.3 Backstab Multiplier
20-1s Blink Strike Cooldown
15% of Riki's Base damage added to Tricks of the Trade
15-3s Smoke Screen Cooldown
+50 Smoke Screen Radius
10+10% Cloak and Dagger Movement Speed
Strength18+2/lvlAgility30+2.4/lvl
Intelligence14+1.3/lvlRiki 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.
Win rates come from public Dota 2 matches (OpenDota), 3.4M matches counted, refreshed Oct 24, 2026. Tiers use the win rate in the chosen rank: S 52.5%+, A 51%+, B 49%+, C 47.5%+, D below; heroes with too few games are left unrated. Hero data and patch notes are Valve’s. Builds Forge is an unofficial fan site, not affiliated with Valve.