Riki

Notes:

• All effects of Smoke Screen are provided by an aura. Its debuff lingers for 0.5 seconds.

• Although the debuff lingers, its effects instantly stop if the target turns invulnerable.

• Can be cast during Tricks of the Trade without interrupting it, as long as the targeted point is within cast range.
  • During Tricks of the Trade, Smoke Screen has a cast point and backswing of 0 and does not require facing the targeted point to be cast.
  • The channeling itself does get interrupted, but the ability continues with its effects.
  • In this state, new ⇧ Shift-queue orders causes Trick of the Trade to get completely canceled.

• Smoke Screen’s blind uses pseudo-random distribution.

Notes:

• Riki gets all 2 charges immediately upon learning Blink Strike.

• The bonus damage is independent from Riki’s attack damage and is instantly dealt to the target.

• Blink Strike always teleports Riki behind the target.
  • Does not disjoint projectiles upon teleporting.

• Can be cast on allies without damaging them.

• Riki is ordered to attack the target if it is an enemy.

• When targeting an enemy, Riki receives a hidden buff.
  • This buff makes the next attack apply an ensured backstab hit with Cloak and Dagger, regardless of facing angle.
  • This means if the target manages to turn around before Riki’s attack hits, it still applies the backstab damage.
  • The buff lasts for 1 attack, or for up to 1 second, whichever happens first.
  • The buff is used up upon starting an attack, not upon landing it, so canceling or missing the attack wastes it.
  • The 1-second duration allows Riki to use the ensured backstab damage against other units than the Blink Strike target.

• Cannot be cast on Couriers.

Notes:

• Tricks of the Trade disjoints projectiles upon cast.

• Riki is phased, invulnerable and hidden during Tricks of the Trade.

• Does not affect invisible units, but does affect units inside the Fog of War.

• The visual effects indicating Tricks of the Trade’s attack radius are visible to both allies and enemies.
  • The attack radius is always centered on Riki and follows him even when he gets moved (e.g. with Glimpse).
  • However, a part of the radius indicating visual effects on the ground do not follow Riki, and stay at the cast location.

• Riki reappears at the center of the ability after the max channel time.
  • ↓↓ Double-tapping automatically moves Riki to the targeted location within the cast range. Riki reappears at the center of the ability.

• With Aghanim’s Scepter, Trick of the Trade attacks 2 enemies at once, resulting in up to 10 attacks over the same intervals and duration.
  • Can be cast on an allied hero, including illusions and clones, excluding creep-heroes.
  • Riki and all of Tricks of the Trade’s effects are centered around and follow the allied hero. Riki still remains hidden.
  • Does not end when the target dies. The ability continues at its corpse’s location. It is still bound to the ally, so when it reincarnates, it follows it still.

Notes:

• Requires Aghanim’s Shard to be unlocked.

• The projectile travels at a speed of 1600.

• Applies sleep on affected units, preventing them from acting, until woken up.
  • The target wakes up only after cumulatively taking 200 damage.
  • The counter counts damage after all reductions.

• Sleeping units are never automatically attacked, regardless of auto attack settings.
  • This means that sleeping units are never attacked by lane creeps, neutral creeps, towers and fountains.
  • Players can still force an attack order on the target ( Right Click or A).

• The damage and slow are applied upon losing the sleep debuff, no matter how.
  • This means dispelling it applies the effects as well.
  • The debuff first applies the slow debuff, then the damage.

Notes:

• Riki does not auto-attack enemies while invisible.

• When respawning or reincarnating, Riki starts off invisible and does not need to go through the fade delay.

• Casting abilities or using items does not break the invisibility.

• The ability icon shows a cooldown whenever the invisibility is broken. However, this has only informative purposes.

• Backstab damage is applied when attacking and denying allies.

• The bonus damage is dealt in one instance together with the attack damage, and counts as attack damage as well.
  • It can be lifestealed off of, and is considered by crit or cleave.
  • It is not affected by percentage-based attack damage bonuses or reductions, but can be reduced with flat reductions.

• The sound effect plays at the start of the attack, but the damage is applied on hit.

• The movement speed talent is only granted while invisible (i.e. when the ability is not on cooldown).