Rikimaru - The Stealth Assassin

perma invi, Lv 1, 3 sec fade time... if i m not wrong...

Riki is imba, I love him.

Hes easy to use and POWERFUL!!!

wouldnt say powerful... but very effective on 1v1 conditions, just as long as ur not fightin a tank.

yup, i think so ehehe!!

his backstab is very effective if u hav loads of agility, u can deal like 91+ damage with that skill alone without any items at lvl 25 (24x2.9+22). with items it would probably be like 200+ more damage. invi, ward, backstab, smoke, attack, blink if needed. should be very health drainin for the enemy.

Rikimaru greatest weakness. Hehe. Sentry Ward. hehehe. Use on early level for easy kill.

yea... but thats only for early game, just switch lanes or kill neutrals till it wears off..

I reckon if someone gets wards, its because they know they need to snatch an advantage on you. Feel proud. Half the times people do this to me, its too late for this to be any good.

COOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!

COOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!

boooooooo!! PANGIT!!!

I can kill Rikimaru even if i am using Pudge or Raigor In your Freakin facesss lolololol

You cannot beat me using rikimaru im the best =_=

Guide for Rikimaru. Ownage guide.

Items. ROR ring of regeneration.
2 x Wraith Bands.
1 x Power Treads.
1 x Radiance
1 x Gem of true sight if there is any heroes on opposite team that can turn invis. But if not,
1 x Hyperstone.

Skill Build.

Smoke
Blink
Smoke
Blink
Smoke
Invis
Smoke
Blink
Blink
Backstab
Invis
Backstab
Now on max invis and backstab.

- Muramasa -

And if you want to own in kills. Go kill the little bitches like Zeus Dazzle and stuff like that. But I can usually own everyone with this build except for Bounty Hunter, Tiny and Treant Protector. Well the guide to use Rikimaru and own other people is. You sneak behind in invis. Smoke screen. Hit them to death. If they run away, catch up because your pretty fcking fast. If they run away again. Blink and attack.

And then he should be dead by then. Because your blink strike is 5 seconds cooldown so its basically impossible to escape Stealth Assassin. Except for the ones I said like Bounty Hunter, Tiny and Treant Protector.

And by the way, you should get rid of 1 wraith and get Sange and Yasha put together before you get radiance.

So its in this order.

Ror ring of regenartion
2 x wraith bands
1 x power treads
1 x sange and yasha put together
1 x Radiance
1 x Gem of true sight if 1 enemy can turn invis if not then get 1 of these choices

Buriza
Butterfly
Hyperstone

And if there is and enemy which can turn invis then get Gem of true sight and then sell one of your Wraith bands and get one of the 3 items I just listed.
I always get butterfly or buriza but its up to you.

Bloodseeker owns Rikimaru

Bloodseeker definitely eats SA for lunch. But... Astekrog, we hate you. Just because you ran into a noob SA or two... man. On a final note, Radiance does not work worth a SH*T on SA, it gives him away, which no-one wants unless they have a DEATH WISH.

i asked a DotA pro, he says it works with rikimaru, but gives the enemy a clue that rikimaru is around cos they r bein affected by an invisible hero.

back stab is so STRONG!! if you increase your agi, you will increase base damage AND damage of backstab so getting agi will be VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY helpful for killing, and also when you blink strike and you end up hitting the back of the enemy you will deal your base damage + backstab damage + 120 extra damage from blink strike! wow, but the problem is he's a very easy hero to kill, which, makes up for perma invis..

u need to get all agility items plus basher if u want and increased movement speed items to own with this hero

Can someone confirm this if his attack speed is slowed by his perma invisibility?

Best items for Rikimaru :
1. Boots of travel
2. Desolator
3. Hiperstone
4. Cranium Basher
5. Cranium Basher

some people use radiance on him... bah! crap! what the purpose of his anme "stealth assasin"

radiance is the best item for riki, you get lots of money and you are able to damage your enemies without being seen

Radiance is good, because even though they know you are nearby, they can not attack or see you. It's free damage, easy farming and psychological suspense. Try using radiance with riki before being a noob about it please.

in the older maps, didnt radiance reveal where rikimaru was?

in the older maps, rikimaru couldnt use radiance cos it revealed him right?

DA best among the assasin because he had an permanent invi..........

i owned with stealth 1v1 against lion, gota love da invisibility smokescreen and backstab!

two ways to build this guy

support with radiance+mojollnir

or

killer desolator+bashers+hyperstone

I dont really know what a basher is so can any one tell me! i wanna make a bada$$ rikimaru and want to master everything iv recored after!!!!!!!!

.: Help and id be obliged :.

i think the best is
2 basher
1 S&Y
1 buriza
1 radiance
1 hyperstone or soulbooster

depends cos SA mana low

anyway how do i post a stradegy

he is not IMBA... just buy a gem and this hero is useless

2 basher , butterfly , MKB...

SnY, radiance vangard is d best item for him

i could kill riki using atropos hehehe his ULTIMATE is super great even if riki fade and i dont walk the damage stills go to him hehe

U NOOBS
ONLY BUILD (PUB -EM)
treads butterfly
manta sny
gem buriza
If you get bashers, I will personally play you 1v1 to shut your faces op.

HoT works well, just you're in a pub and you won't be hit much... if you're enemies are smart enough, you CAN get a hot, but SA is a pubsmashing noob-hero, not really a hero that can do a alot.

Best finisher of all. I had 15-0 once when I used him on 5v5 LoL.

BTW, I've always wondered why people use radiance and aura items on him. It beats the whole purpose of being stealth.

Radiance in the 6'38^ maps keep Rikimaru invis. I don't under Auras either because Rikimaru is a 1v1 hero and KS'er

bloody_red27 said:
BTW, "I've always wondered why people use radiance and aura items on him. It beats the whole purpose of being stealth."

they use radiance (i use radiance too) beacuse you can be close to the enemy damaging with the inmolation and he doesn't know were exactly are you.
so you just walk around the enemy (radiance AOE is pretty large)and you kill a lot of creeps too FTW

bloody_red27 said:
BTW, "I've always wondered why people use radiance and aura items on him. It beats the whole purpose of being stealth."

they use radiance (i use radiance too) beacuse you can be close to the enemy damaging with the inmolation and he doesn't know were exactly are you.
so you just walk around the enemy (radiance AOE is pretty large)and you kill a lot of creeps too FTW

in the 6.43 maps does radiance make Rikimaru VISIBLE ????

can someone tell me please ???

uhm guyz how do i face dis situation:

i'm using stealth assasin when suddenly i attack a creep then out from nowhere come Yurnero and hits me with omnislash...den lich comes out of nowhere and plants a ward...lich goes frost nova on me den spectre keeps hittin me...

dey keep usin dat strategy and hunts me down...and when i try runnin and leveling in another lane i get ganked again...my allies are so useless they totally ditch me and don't show their butts...what should i do???!!

First thing you do is learn where the "T" and the "H" key's are on your key board. Then, insert instead of your "D" key in certain areas. Such as "th" for "d" in "den", or "dis".

Farm some neutral creeps that and get ally tank to buy gem of true sight to destroy wards.

this hero is CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP

for me, riki is the best company for sand king in battle. Trust me sand king can kill all enemies who just got caught with his empale and epic center... with rikimaru's smoke screen, very big help for sk's hero killing....

http://dota.skillze.com/viewtopic.php?pid=199

wat do u doif the enemy gets gem of true sigth.........rikimarus pretty uselesss then isnt he?

Well, when I play Riki and if someone has a Gem, then I tell my team that *insert character here* has the Gem, and they usually gank up in the said hero.

1v1 vs tanker,he will lose!

Not necessarily, Rikimaru can pick off the heroes health bit by bit with blink strike and backstab. if the enemy chooses to fight, smokescreen. he walks out and u get a couple more strikes in, then u reinvis, blinkstrike again.

i think this hero is so cheap, i faced him in a 5v5, and he back doored like mad crazy

when he becomes invisible he's you just have to buy a readiance and hill kill all around him you don't even have to get visible oh and hes a great hero easy to play hard to kill easy to kill whit

@reanne2000

lol how on earth do u die from a jugs omnislash i mean while he slashes u just get faded into invisi
the only thing would b if he has wards or gem

i never really understood how backstab works... even though i like usin him.

cos u know how agility heroes get bonus damage if they hav agility stat items and strength heroes get bonus damage if they hav strength stat items... isnt that basically what that is?

From what i understand of it, you get +1 damage for every agility point you get extra, i think that doesnt count as the attack damage you already get from getting agility.

Perhaps my favorite hero, alongside Phantom Assassin. This little guy is pretty scary. Imagine running back to your base with low hp, and hearing that fatal blood gushing slash from Rikimaru's blade, before dying. As quick as he comes, he goes, off to kill another unlucky hero.

Run behind them, not right behind him, but positoned behind them for the blink in. Blink in and hit, now you use smoke screen over the area and just hack away at them. If they try to run, they will be slowed by the smoke and even if they manage to get out, Riki has that deadly Blink.

Only downside? If the mega tank on enemy side gets a gem you'll be dead meat. Rikimaru is a deadly solo assassin but if someone gets a gem, it's best to stick with a teammate and kill heros with him/her or go for the gem holder. Last game I went 12-0 (Horrible score, but I've been playing for like three weeks, give me a break) and only died at the very end when Clinkz got a gem and they started thinking smart while in a huge group.

So.. Rikimaru

Followup: I meant horrible score as it should have been 20-0 or 30-0. Also alot of new players seem save blink when chasing an enemy for the last hit, and this is wrong. Once blink cools down you should always use it! You must always been on their heels.

lol i was using this guy for the first time and got 5 kills :) (but against computer players). i wanted to knw which skill we need to first keep rising.. blink or smoke or backstab? and i got this items for him can u say if its good.

Yasha
Power threads
Manta style
Oops forgot others :P sorry.. is this three good for him

PS: i have been only playing dota for a few days.

now i remember i bought
1. Power treads
2. Hyperstone
3. Yasha
4. Manta style
i finished game soon :P

refer to my guide :D, although people dislike it cos different people hav different game tactics.
i dont understand why u bought manta style. manaburn isnt a great item to get him. and if u could afford a hyperstone, why did u demon edge or eaglehorn, even though its more expensive. although he has higher attack speed, u shouldve bought him an agility item that both increased attack speed and damage

Probably the most hated hero of all. He's not imba, he's shit. If it wasn't for his ulti he'd be the worst in the game.

Everyone should build lothar's edge for this hero.

good farmer after lvl 6

i hate this guy, like when facing him, he's like super great, except when fighting tanks, he's so hard to die unless if you get wards which will still be pretty hard with his smoke screen and blink strike, he is like great man,,


and 1 suggestion, his permanent invis should have a bacstab damage LOL

easy hero to chase and escape.really hard to attack.but because of his low hp he can be killed with some power full blows

This hero is Gay
All of his skills is for the GAY type of player(a noob that is trying to show that he is pro).
he is not imba but he is a very good hero.
The strategy is not to be afraid of him and not run for escape.
He is a very good hunter and he will catch you (unless you have blink) and backstab you till you are dead.
If you are stronger than him try not to stay isolated and keep fighting him till the end.
Most of the times someone see riki and stay to fight him whe he turns red he runs away.
NO!!! Don't do that please!Against riki if you are red you are dead (if you run away)!

jiovannos>>> dude just admit you lost or can't kill riki... he is after all called the stealth assasin

it is a pwerful hero if it has a:
1.eye of skadi
2.butterfly
3.power treads
4.buriza
5.mkb
6.guinsoo

COMBOS
1. TRAVEL
2. SKADI
3. BUTTERFLY
4. VLTHIMIR OFFERING
5. BUTTERFLY
6. BUTTERFLY
NO OTHER COMBOS NEEDED BECAUSE IN SMOKE HE WILL KILL ANY ONE VERY EASILY FACE VOID ALSO TRY AND TELL ME

RIKI IS A NOOB HERO ANYONE WHO USES HIM IS A NOOB!!!!!!!

not really... if hes against a hero who buys a Gem of True Sight and he never has his back turned to Rikimaru, hes not that strong.
the best way to fight rikimaru is not to let him get behind u, even at low health, dont run away, hes so bad at actual combat cos he relies so heavily on backstab.

Satanic is nice too with Riki. I also recommend only getting smoke screen early on if you need to. For the most part you can wreck people without it and max out blink and backstab.

Oh my god, I just got rikimaru the greatest build. Unbelievable. Behold:

1- Power Treads
2- Cranium Basher
3- Cranium Basher
4- Butterfly
5- Radiance
6- Buriza

GODLIKE!

i hate his level 6 true sigth can see him

Nah.....!!!.....

Riki....is all ABOUT AGILITY...AGILITY..&...AGILITY !!!11

X2 Butterfly
x1 Assault Cuirass
x1Power Thread
x1 Buriza
x1 Mkb

or Eye of skadi

riki with bashers is 0wnage

Cheapest hero ftw

he isn't much of a hero.. if the opponetn hero gets gem of true sight he all his abilities are wasted... i own riki with every hero after i get gem ;)

Rikimaru can still own u even if u hav gem of true sight. He blinks strikes in, smokescreen. There you have two options, leave the smoke so you won't miss, while taking damage from backstab, or continue to fight in the smokescreen, but can't use abilities and miss a lot, even though he can blink strike behind u again to backstab.

Even with gem of true sight, Rikimaru is still pretty cheap.

More often yes but if you are Gondar... tables may turn

i don't get radiance. i just don'ät get it. why build him sth that just gives dam and not agi? backstab is given him for a reason. and basher? why? totally pointless. Best build ever:

2 wraith bands
power treads or BoT
mjollnir (gives most agi in the game and 200 dmg chain light and can be charged)
butterfly maybe
lifesteal maybe

but just with 4 items and smoke you can own.
Remember to play riki as if he has no invis. In that case no gem or ward can stop you.

best rikis buy their own wards or gem.

glhf

This hero doesnt need his ulti to kill a hero so what if ur opponent got a gem
he has a very gd spell which is smoke screen which can stop spell casters and DPS he has a gr8 skill which is back stab to do major DPS, and he have an excellent escape-damaging skill which is backstab He is imba even without his ulti !!!

Best build for riki is:

-PT
-Mjollnir
-Butterfly
Well the game should end here if not get Radiance

just an easy thing to say....better dont use him if ur enemy is a pro-Slardar user...pls,dont use him if ur enemy is PRO SLARDAR USER....hahahahahha!!!believe me guys!!!although slardar has quite low str HP among others.....

RIKIMAMAW heheheh

The reason people get manta style is, in my opinion, because the item looks like it was DESIGNED for riki. At low lvls, you don't have enough mana for blink spamming, so buy a robe. around lvl 6, including other miscellaneous costs, you should have farmed enough for blade for agi. then a silencer starts catching on, and every time they see you, you get silenced. Upgrade to diffusal blade, and you can just purge yourself out of it. In the late game, someone buys a ward. What now?? WHAT NOW?!??! Finish your manta style. 250 hp helps you live a bit longer, and manta style lets you 1v1 that guy better, plus you still can just image split to get out of silence. If you've got a pretty good setup other then manta (i.e. plenty of dmg items, agi especially) then you stand a good chance against most other heros 1v1. especially under smokescreen. And if not, you can keep using him for harassment, just use feedback, blink strike and images, if you use those then run away, people won't like you anymore.

His ultamate is super easy to counter, just get the gem of the truth sight thing then poof! no more invisibleness

Gem isn't that great of a riki counter. Early game riki is destroyed easily by wards because you get him unsuspected, wards cheaper than gem. While Riki's invisibility is really nice, it isn't his real power. His power comes from backstab (basically perma double damage if attacking from behind) and smoke screen, a large 7 second silence that can turn a team battle into a holocaust.

But yeah gem helps in killing him otherwise he can easily escape.

my build for SA is

1. Bracer X2 (need to have start game for health)

2. Power Treads for attk and movement speed.If playing 6.49, switch between agi and str power treads as needed, probably str at start for hp, then agi later for backstab dmg

3. Perseverance (mana and regen purposes, mana is usually a problem with riki for me)

4. Hyperstone (once you have this, you'll be killing people soo fast they wont know what hit them)

5.Crystalys then upgrade to buriza
after this the game is usually over, if not, then basher or butterfly is good

Uh nah? build with butterfly, Buriza, Basher, treads, radiance (if you make it) and ....MKB or another basher. (need pace not attacking speed.

Also......counter with Slardar? duh?
Slardar with Basher would own ! oh and hyper stone....got 17 kills for..3 deaths. 6 kills involving SA crikey powerful enough?

He's use less when u have sentry wards and gem o' tru sight

hmm i dont like riki and other invisible heroes,dunno how to fight properly..pure 1 on 1 combat

dood you got no chance in hell to beat me
even if i use pudge or dirge or even the obsidian destroyer

Tards and their radiance rikis... maybe you can pull that off in a pub apem game with noob enemies... but against anyone of real skill, that's just dumb.

hes the most hated hero but i love him.broodmother nets have so shes imba vs him.but game is so chilled if opp. dont get wards or gem(really noobish)

Rikimaru 4 noobs

Riky is striaght up good.he isnt good against all cus of wareds and gem and stregth based heros ,but who cares ,theres always someone 2 pick on.

Deso, is the best item

Hiya all, firstly Rikimaru is a player killer not a farmer...so dont get Radiance, if fact get radiance and u will most certanly loose from lots of ganking... i promise u..
the idea behind this char is to mass damage and agility, so Buriza and buttlerfly are a must also to gurantee a kill the next step is to buy a desolator or a scardi... this should ne started early in the game as they are very expensive.. then merely sneak between the trees or behind a traget and slice and dice... if they take more than half ur heath use screen then only then!!!!! and if they try to run blink on them and they will die...
this can somtimes be dangerous if they hit alot of damage so a preserverance or heart is needed depending on how much they hit.and to own multiple hero's buy hyperstone then build a Assult curaiss. GAME OVER!!!

BUILD;

Treads(with Belt of ogre stregth)
burixa
buttlerfly
Scardi/Desolator
Peserverance/Heart
Hypestone-Assualt Curaiss

HAPPY HUNTING

some guys skill build wast to do blink and screen at the begining and at like lvl 10 backstab... I think thats kind of stupid because its a great damage emplefier, and if someone runs away you get extra damage bcz ur behind the guy, and ofcourse when you invis engage them it l take a few secs to realise your ebehind him

If an enemy hero got radiance, would it show up on SA? Cuz if so, that would make him vulnerable to AoE nukes and stuns, and there is no way to counter Radiance unlike wards or a gem

Come on!!!!his a FEEDER!!!!!!!!!!Buy gem of true sight and its over for him!

My strategy is,
1.Boots
2.5 wraith bands
3.late game, sell a wraith band, buy an eagle horn.
4.store a wraith band somewhere,buy a quarterstaff,
5.quickly drop a wraith band and buy bfly.
keep repeating until you have full bfly's...if thats possible

hahaha,,i just want to say SA is great in strategies

hey,,what a great combo,,in every i use riki and im invi,,the other hero can see me some times they just walk in front of me and all of them are cannot see me hahahaha,,there are all blinds,,haha,,,and then if they cannot see me i will just blink on them and they are shocked every i blink!!!!wow they really blind!!!hahaha

this (yes he is) imba hero can also be a tank!if u have satanic,s&y etc

No ur wrong, riki is fair but annoying...ALCHEMIST!!!!!!!!!! is imba

i found him unstoppable with a few items although does the brood mothr's web negate the effect of permanent invisibilty???

i can't use this hero
but i love his skiil

i play as riki and spectre dagger screwed up my invis bad

good hero, but easy to beat =p

powerfull fill you up!!!!!!!!!!

I agree with "beatNgu"
he is a quite easy hero to kill
Espacially with bounty hunter'track'

to kill with Stealth Assassin
1. go behind enemy and attack
2. after attacking once or twice go invinsible again
3.when enemy has 1/3 health remaining smoke and attack a few times
4. if chasing use blink strike

Can u counter his stupid invisibility with
gem of true sight damn I can't kill him with that invisibility only with sven and other tanks please answer if it does that's a byebye to his last skill at one onone condition

You can easy kill him with barathrum charge of darkness then normal normal normal nether strike first blood!!

i like his backstab....

Backstab (K)
The Stealth Assassin isn`t afraid to fight dirty, and specializes in attacking his opponents from behind.

Level 4 - Deals 1x the Agility of the SA to the target.

if ur agility is very high like 150....

it deals damage 1x.....

like a critical attack....

i like his backstab....

Backstab (K)
The Stealth Assassin isn`t afraid to fight dirty, and specializes in attacking his opponents from behind.

Level 4 - Deals 1x the Agility of the SA to the target.

if ur agility is very high like 150....

it deals damage 1x.....

like a critical attack....

Shimrra_3 you made alot of good guides (techies-spider ect.)

puke ang lufet

Awesome hero (NOTE:always use the butterfly with him)gud agility hero

Omg Stealth Assasin Owns But If Person On Other Team Has Gem of true sight it just kills it lol my build is

.SnY

.PowerTreads

.Radiance

-Hyper stone if afford No One Will Ever Defeat Stealth Assasin Wit Deas Items

venom or viper own him

Riki is to imba, I got a tripple kill with him and I never got his ulti >.>
Bfly and Eye ftw!

madaya c rikimaru !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

adfasdadada

IF U R PLAYING AGAINST RIKIMARU BUY A GEM AND HE WONT BE INVISIBLE AND UL KICK HIS ASS

1.Vanguard
2.Sange&Yasha
3.Butterfly
4.Mjollnir
5.Eye of Skadi
6.Boots of Travel

Sigh i am so sick of people saying how gem of true sight and sentry can own Riki most of the time you end up killing gem guy and you can simply move elswhere when warded. The Simple facts are that at the end of the game he frickin owns his Dmg and attack speed is almost impossible to beat. My build for him:

1. SY
2.Hyper
3.Basher (Stun when facing back to u for backstab
4.Lifesteal preferably Satanic
5.Butterfly
6.Assault Curiass or Butterfly
note:Game normaly ends b4 u can get al this

Try to read my work...early game item for riki..."MADNESS". go for hunting, hunt heroes which are int type or any heroes which has a less hp..good place to hunt is the enemies creeping area.. 1st smoke, then backstab then activate madness.. the greater attack speep to have, the greater backstab your enemy will get...

I think butterfly is better than radiance because in butterfly attackspeed increases,backstab damage increases,and normal damage increases too

MY BUILD:

1.2 WRAITH BANDS
2.2 BUTTERFLY
3.1 POWER THREADZ
4.AND 1 HYPER

OWNING!!!!

RIKI SUX WITH SnY.........USE EoS ....

guys try my set.. xDD
2 basher..
1 butter fly
1 power treads
1 S%Y
1 buriza do....
wahahhahahhaha try it guys!! u will love it!

guys try my set.. xDD
2 basher..
1 butter fly
1 power treads
1 S%Y
1 buriza do....
wahahhahahhaha try it guys!! u will love it!

deso,MKB,vanguard,threads = GG^^

seriously who cares if other people have gem or wards? just go somewhere else or wait until they die...or get someone else to kill them for u

Rikimaru is atotaaly 100% noob hero.I hate his abillity of becoming invisible.So...FUCK RIKI!

hayzzzz this hero is useless it cant even save his allies......... sorry for those who love this character.....

rikimaru specialty is backstab,so try buffing his damage n agility,to counter the problem of low health,juz get vlad's lifesteal thingy,as riki deals great amount of damage mid n late game. i dun see why people hate this guy,he's a good hero killer n can farm as well,u can own using him. gem n wards may counter him,but doesnt really affect his style of play,kill the gem bearer n stay away from the wards...hehe...REMEMBER...DAMAGE N AGILITY...BUFF BUFF BUFF...

I think that Gondar and Bloodseeker are the only heros that pose a risk to RIKI. All SA needs to do is buy a gem to counter Wards, but the abilities of those heroes completely counter him.

how bout slardar to that list??
he can counter him as well
also tree to some extent and maybe weaver
do watchers see invis?

how bout slardar to that list??
he can counter him as well
also tree to some extent and maybe weaver
do watchers see invis?

But slardar doesn't get increase MS to hunt RIKI down.

But sladar has sprint right..

yea he still got problem with it but my build for this char is

sange and yash
power treads
meka

Are you kiddin'? Slardar is the WORST enemy of Rikimaru. His ult makes riki visible for a long time and unlike Bloodseeker, SG can track him even if he is on full hp, after using damage amplify; he also has sprint to catch him, bash and stun ( which ensures that you will score a bash )

@deathkiller:
Dude, why on earth would you put meka on Riki?
Use S&Y, Butterfly, and why not some bashers

i tried this yesterday and it worked pretty well, get one level of blink strike and then get as much backstab as you can and get some smoke, my starting items were gloves of haste and then i got a mask of death and upgraded to a mask of madness. once i got lvl 6, i went around ganking, put down smoke and use your MoM and attack from behind, the smoke will prevent them from hitting you wich makes the +20% damage intake from the MoM nothing, if they run blink after them and its G_G