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7.07b (Roamer) Rikimaru's Birthright
By breakhazard
Riki 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.
   
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breakhazard  [author] 18 Nov, 2017 @ 2:33pm 
with regards to the treads comment... i would never consider that an item to use on riki. torte de lini's standard builds on riki have never listed treads as an option, and its always alternated between tranquils and phase boots depending on the meta -- i personally advocate for phaseboots much more strongly because:

1) that phase ability is super important for chasing down the opponent, getting in front to body block when you have allies with you, phasing away from getting ganked when opponents try to body block you

2) early game phase is so much more important than the extra damage treats might give you because you are not a core starting out anyways -- you need to provide functional roaming support, not carry core support.

hope this answers your concerns!
breakhazard  [author] 18 Nov, 2017 @ 2:32pm 
i've run a dummy test with regards to the daedalus comment, and it does work perfectly fine with the crit talent:

i wrote down the occurrences of crits and which crit had proc'd in three different scenarios

1) lvl 25, 2 demon edge, crit talent skilled
9 crits dealing ~420 damage out of 50 attacks

2) lvl 25, daedalus, crit talent skilled
13 crits dealing ~650 damage, 10 crits dealing ~420 damage out of 50 attacks

3) lvl 25, daedalus, no crit talent skilled
15 crits dealing ~650 damage out of 50 attacks
76561198172956291 9 Nov, 2017 @ 9:16am 
Phase boots give 24 dmg and phasing ability, Treads give 10dmg + 10 backstab dmg, 45 attack speed, reduce mana cost of skills
76561198172956291 9 Nov, 2017 @ 9:14am 
Phase boots has never been an option on Riki obviously, Tranquil or Treads are much much better. Daelalus wont work with that crit talent too.