RIKIMARU
Base HP : 473
Base Mana : 182
Strength : 17 + 2
Agility : 24 + 2.9 (Primary)
Intelligence : 14 + 1.3
Base damage : 48 - 52
Attack Range: Melee
Base Armor : 5.4
Movement speed : 300
RIKIMARU'S SKILLS.
1st Skill : Smokescreen
Throws a smoke bomb down in the area, silencing opponents and causing them to miss on most of their
attacks. Also slows by 25% at all levels. Doesn't silence item spells.
Lasts 7 seconds.
Level 1 - 250 AoE, 50% miss.
Level 2 - 275 AoE, 60% miss.
Level 3 - 300 AoE, 70% miss.
Level 4 - 325 AoE, 80% miss.
Mana Cost: 75/80/85/90
Cooldown: 15
2nd Skill : Blink Strike
Teleports to an enemy and strikes at it, dealing bonus damage.
Costs 50 mana.
Level 1 - 30 second cooldown, deals 30 extra damage.
Level 2 - 20 second cooldown, deals 60 extra damage.
Level 3 - 10 second cooldown, deals 90 extra damage.
Level 4 - 5 second cooldown, deals 120 extra damage. Can now teleport to an ally.
Mana Cost: 50
Cooldown: 30/20/10/5
3rd Skill : Backstab
The Stealth Assassin isn't afraid to fight dirty, and specializes in attacking his opponents from behind.
Level 1 - Deals .25x the Agility of the SA to the target.
Level 2 - Deals .5x the Agility of the SA to the target.
Level 3 - Deals .75x the Agility of the SA to the target.
Level 4 - Deals 1x the Agility of the SA to the target.
4th Skill (Ultimate) : Permanent Invisibility
Hero becomes permanently invisible when not attacking.
Level 1 - 3.5 second fade time.
Level 2 - 2.5 second fade time.
Level 3 - 1.5 second fade time.
Skill Build.
1. Blink Strike (Level 1)
2. Smokescreen (Level 1)
3. Blink Strike (Level 2)
4. Backstab (Level 1)
5. Blink Strike (Level 3)
6. Permanent Invisibility (Level 1)
[Link] Strike (Level 4)
8. Backstab (Level 2)
9. Backstab (Level 3)
10. Backstab (Level 4)
11. Permanent Invisibility (Level 2)
12. Smokescreen (Level 2)
13. Smokescreen (Level 3)
14. Smokescreen (Level 4)
15. Stats (Level 1)
16. Permanent Invisibility (Level 3)
17. Stats (Level 2)
18. Stats (Level 3)
19. Stats (Level 4)
20. Stats (Level 5)
21. Stats (Level 6)
22. Stats (Level 7)
23. Stats (Level 8 )
24. Stats (Level 9)
25. Stats (Level 10)
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ITEM BUILD A. (The Manta Build)
Start Game:
1. 2 Sets of Tango
2. 1 ironwood branch
3. 1 Slippers Of Agility
4. 1 Circlet of Nobility
Early Game:
1. Boots (Complete threads first before vlads)
2. Mask of death
3. Wraith Band
4. Ring of Regen
5. Other Optional Items
Mid Game:
1. Threads
2. 2 Wraith Bands (The more the merrier! xD)
3. Vladmir's Offering
4. Diffusal Blade
5. Other Optional Items
Late Game:
1. Threads
2. Vladmir's Offering
3. The Butterfly
4. Upgrade Diffusal Blade to Manta Style.
5. Another Butterfly.
6. Assault Curiass
ITEM BUILD B. (The S&Y Build)
Start items are the same.
Early Game:
1. Boots (Try to get threads A.S.A.P.)
2. Wraith Band
3. Helm of Iron Will
Mid Game:
1. Threads
2. Wraith Band
3. Wraith Band
4. Helm Of The Dominator
5. S&Y
Late Game:
1. Threads
2. S&Y
3. The Butterfly
4. Upgrade Helm Of The Dominator to Satanic.
5. Vladmir's Offering/Assault Curiass. (Vladmir's for extra lifesteal if you want, AC is for high attack
speed, more armor )
6. Another butterfly
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Playing Rikimaru the SA:
Early Game:
Start Off the game with 2 sets of Tangos (In case of harrass). 1 circlet of nobility, 1 Slippers of Agility,
(So that you'll get your first Wraith Band faster ) And finally Ironwood branch . Rikimaru is very
weak and paper in early game and so, I recommend not solo-ing a lane in early game as it also needs a
support of a strong early gamer. If you're in the sentinel side, Bot lane is the best for you. Just like if
you're at the Scourge side, the top lane is best for you as the creeps will fite nearer the tower and so the
tower will help you in clearing some creeps . Also, as you'll get harrassed often by ranged heros and
you'll have a HARD time farming, often pull creeps from the NC to your creeps and get the last hit of the
NC so as to overlevel the opponent AND to gain MORE gold. I recommend Huskar the Sacred Warrior to
go with the same lane as RIKIMARU. Huskar is a great early game dominator and its harrassing skills are
great with its burning spear. If huskar does his harrassing properly, there should be no problem farming
well .
Mid Game:
This is your farming period. Try to find a lane that has no one farming there OR you farm at the
NCs..Farm as much as you can, get the last hit.
During this period, you should try to abstain from joining gangs and stuff and stay quiet and continue on
farming. If you've farm well, you should be able to get at least a threads, 2 wraith bands, HotD/Vlads,
S&Y/Diffusal. After you've got Diffusal/S&Y, you can start to participate in gangs and start to hunt your
easy preys already.
Late Game:
This is the period where you can show your full potential to your opponent . Since you have your ulti :
Permanent Invisibility, hunt people in the Jungle in the opponent's NC area. Start by hiting the opponent
once or twice. The opponent will then realize that you are attacking him and most probably start to RUN!
Purge him and use your first skill: Smokescreen and whack him in the smoke and PWN him! Don't forget,
if he manages to run away, you still have your 2nd skill : Blink strike and use it to catch your opponents.
After getting diffusal, you should get the butterfly. Try to make full use of your purges as they are very
good! After the butterfly, upgrade your diffusal into manta. Manta is also very good but u'd lost the purge
of the diffusal blade. So, change method of hunting by manta-ing ON the opponent's hero while he's NC-
ing or farming on lane and use your first skill immediately to slow him. Try to trap him between your 2
illusions and yourself so that he cannot escape .
I've seen many other builds like the EOS, Bfury...etc. But I'd prefer the S&Y build and the Manta build.
They are very effective againts opponents thus pwning them easily.
Well this is my guide of RIKIMARU the STEALTH ASSASSIN.
If you have any querries, feel free to post it here and I'll be glad to help you!
P.S. I'll try to improve my guide after sometime and reading it again more times.
