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Question about Riki 's new ult

4 points · submitted Dec 2015 by u/Empty-Mind

So does Riki's new ult purge dust, or would he still be dusted? As a corollary to that is his new ult more of a defensive or offensive spell? I could see it doing both.

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stakoverflo 1 points · Dec 2015

There's no indication that it purges anything. Just makes you invisible and you channel it.

Not really defensive, they know where you are so if they have a ground targeted stun you won't be using it long. You can probably use it to force them back from a dive, but I generally see it entirely for offensive use in conjunction with things like Ravage, Overgrowth, Reverse Polarity etc.

Actually I want to see Riki + CM now.

Lazarous86 8 points · Dec 2015

See I read it as a omni slash/slight of fist style move where you are immune from taking damage. If that is not the mechanic, they did a ton of rework to make this hero shitty when he was already spectacular. They nerfed him across his entire skillset (leaving out combining the two skills) and stats, only to supplement him with this ult. It better bet great.

Edit: YouTube ftw https://youtu.be/Jiyduq609WY Definitely a Dodge spell. It disjoints you. I would really like to see this be shortened, but at the same time. 5 seconds is forever end game. Plus I am sure this goes through bkb.

stakoverflo -1 points · Dec 2015

My initial reading of the spell, I basically pictured Slark Ult meets Sleight of Fist, but the gif I saw of the spell showed it as a channeled spell. So I assume Fissure, Ravage, Light Strike Array etc. will all interrupt the spell.

I think the reason it mentions it makes him invisible (forget the exact wording) is just so that there's no confusion as to whether or not the channel "locks" permanent invisibly from fading you out. With this you just disappear and go on a stabbing frenzy.

Slarks ult specifically state it "makes you immune to detection", so re-reading both abilities, I'm 90% confident Riki can be easily stopped

cerealkillr 3 points · Dec 2015 · https://yasp.co/players/42043315 MMR: 3762

I think he is actually removed from the map, but he can cancel the channel at any time to blink strike out or walk away, immediately ending the effect.