Riki — win rate, matchups and best allies

Popular builds

A build is the first three key items a player bought, in any order, shown in the most common buying order. Win rate and how often it is played are shown under each, from matches with item timings.

Top 5 builds cover 66% of games that reach three key items

Selected build

Diffusal Blade → Yasha → Manta Style · 1,165 games · win rate 61.6%

Everything below follows the selected build.

Full build

From the starting items to the late game, in this build's games with the filters above. Each phase shows up to 3 combinations with win rate, games and share of the build's games; the most played is highlighted.

Most common path

1 · Starting items

0:00

52.8%235 · 20%
53.6%56 · 5%
57.1%42 · 4%

Bought before the horn.

2 · Early game

before the 1st key item

57.9%349 · 30%
60.8%148 · 13%
58.9%124 · 11%

Finished items only: no components, consumables or Aghanim's Shard. Any order; shown in the most common one.

3 · Core

first 3 key items

61.6%1,155 · 99%

The build itself, in its most common buying orders.

4 · Late game

next 3 items after the core

59.3%199 · 17%
55.4%195 · 17%
54.2%192 · 16%

Any order, shown in the most common one. A game counts if it reached at least one of the items.

Situational items

Bought in at least 5% of this build's games and not on the most common path, sorted by win-rate change.

Eye of Skadi9% of games · ~39:51+27.8 pts
Essence Distiller6% of games · ~21:41+21.4 pts
Sange19% of games · ~42:04+16.0 pts
Abyssal Blade17% of games · ~43:18+15.8 pts
Daedalus12% of games · ~40:52+12.8 pts
Urn of Shadows12% of games · ~6:41+10.7 pts
Linken's Sphere8% of games · ~37:54+10.6 pts
Perseverance12% of games · ~33:39+9.8 pts

Win-rate change: win rate of the build's games with the item minus without it, in percentage points. At least 30 games on each side.

Skill order, levels 1–25

56.0% · 332 games with this order

Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Smoke Screen				4								12		14	15
Blink Strike	1		3		5		7
Tricks of the Trade		2						8	9	10
Cloak and Dagger						6							13					18
Talent											T					T				T					T
Attributes																	17		19		21	22	23	24

The most common order. Games count if they followed it for as long as they lasted, from 10 points on. Gold numbers: the levels where an ultimate point or a talent usually comes. T: a talent is taken here; the tree shows which.

Talents

+500 Blink Strike Cast Range

69% · 72.7% · 461

-4s Tricks of the Trade Cooldown

31% · 64.8% · 210

-1s Blink Strike Cooldown

25% · 67.1% · 252

+0.3 Backstab Multiplier

75% · 62.8% · 769

-3s Smoke Screen Cooldown

16% · 56.7% · 187

15% of Riki's Base damage added to Tricks of the Trade

84% · 62.7% · 975

+10% Cloak and Dagger Movement Speed

61% · 64.1% · 716

+50 Smoke Screen Radius

39% · 57.7% · 449

+2 to All Attributes · levels 17, 19, 21–24

Numbers from the games of this build. Under each talent: how often it is picked, win rate, games. ★ the higher win rate we are 95% sure of, with at least 30 games on each side. Bar: how often each side is picked.

Neutral items

53.6% · 483

53.4% · 470

56.5% · 386

53.1% · 179

55.2% · 134

54.1% · 111

When to buy

Win rate depending on when the item was bought (first purchase, 5-minute windows). Earlier is usually better — this shows by how much.

Diffusal Blade~15:33

5–10 min	▲ 60.8%	102
10–15 min	▲ 62.9%	1,174
15–20 min	▼ 49.0%	937
20–25 min	▼ 39.6%	227
25–30 min	▼ 36.4%	55
30–35 min	▲ 61.5%	13
35–40 min	▼ 0.0%	1
40–45 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 62.8% wins; later: 46.8%.

Yasha~21:35

10–15 min	▲ 75.8%	66
15–20 min	▲ 66.0%	770
20–25 min	▲ 53.8%	626
25–30 min	▼ 43.6%	250
30–35 min	▲ 55.3%	85
35–40 min	▲ 57.1%	28
40–45 min	▼ 42.9%	7
45–50 min	▲ 100.0%	2
50–55 min	▼ 0.0%	3

Bought before 20:00: 66.7% wins; later: 51.3%.

Manta Style~26:38

15–20 min	▲ 88.4%	86
20–25 min	▲ 69.6%	585
25–30 min	▲ 55.1%	535
30–35 min	▲ 52.2%	207
35–40 min	▼ 48.3%	87
40–45 min	▲ 55.0%	20
45–50 min	▲ 66.7%	9
50–55 min	▲ 100.0%	1
55–60 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 25:00: 72.0% wins; later: 53.9%.

Disperser~34:10

15–20 min	▲ 81.8%	11
20–25 min	▲ 84.5%	110
25–30 min	▲ 77.2%	241
30–35 min	▲ 67.9%	299
35–40 min	▲ 64.2%	173
40–45 min	▲ 63.6%	107
45–50 min	▲ 58.9%	56
50–55 min	▲ 60.0%	40
55–60 min	▲ 64.3%	14
60–65 min	▲ 71.4%	7
65–70 min	▼ 33.3%	3
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 79.6% wins; later: 65.0%.

Skull Basher~33:04

15–20 min	▲ 62.5%	40
20–25 min	▲ 66.4%	119
25–30 min	▲ 66.0%	215
30–35 min	▲ 64.3%	238
35–40 min	▲ 64.7%	173
40–45 min	▲ 64.0%	111
45–50 min	▲ 56.0%	50
50–55 min	▼ 42.9%	21
55–60 min	▲ 60.0%	5
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	3
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	2
75–80 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 65.8% wins; later: 62.4%.

Crystalys~32:48

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	8
15–20 min	▲ 62.5%	32
20–25 min	▲ 65.4%	81
25–30 min	▲ 57.7%	97
30–35 min	▲ 56.6%	122
35–40 min	▲ 63.1%	84
40–45 min	▲ 56.9%	51
45–50 min	▲ 67.9%	28
50–55 min	▼ 44.4%	18
55–60 min	▲ 87.5%	8
60–65 min	▲ 66.7%	6
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 62.8% wins; later: 59.7%.

Sange~38:47

15–20 min	▲ 70.0%	10
20–25 min	▲ 66.7%	45
25–30 min	▼ 48.0%	50
30–35 min	▲ 81.5%	81
35–40 min	▲ 74.1%	108
40–45 min	▲ 73.8%	103
45–50 min	▲ 62.9%	62
50–55 min	▲ 59.3%	27
55–60 min	▲ 72.7%	22
60–65 min	▲ 57.1%	7
65–70 min	▼ 0.0%	3
70–75 min	▲ 50.0%	2
75–80 min	▲ 100.0%	1
80–85 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 68.3% wins; later: 69.3%.

Black King Bar~36:57

15–20 min	▲ 100.0%	1
20–25 min	▲ 72.7%	11
25–30 min	▲ 55.4%	56
30–35 min	▲ 63.4%	112
35–40 min	▲ 51.0%	104
40–45 min	▲ 56.6%	76
45–50 min	▼ 44.8%	29
50–55 min	▲ 58.3%	12
55–60 min	▲ 80.0%	5
60–65 min	▲ 66.7%	3
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 61.7% wins; later: 53.0%.