Question about Riki 's new ult
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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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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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.
aznscourge 2 points · Dec 2015
I played a game with someone who went the new riki. He really sucks in lane now early game without his crazy regen during invis. His ult is also not that good in the early - mid good. But eventually the guy ended up going beyond godlike once he had some core items up. I can see it being really good for mid-late game fights if you have any sort of AOE crowd control on your team.
Lazarous86 1 points · Dec 2015
Good info. Do you know if you can use items while you are in your ult phase? If you could use a diffusal so someone couldn't run out of it? I am also thinking Orb of Venom is a must have item early. S&Y is a core item now with all the stat reductions to strength and agi. Plus maim doesn't have an internal cooldown like a basher would.
aznscourge 1 points · Dec 2015
Hmm i'm not really sure about using items. I think it will apply any orb effects you have but I don't know about actually activating items during that time. I imagine it's probably a no, sort of like Jugg Ult where you'd activate your MoM before entering omnislash. I was too busy testing out radiant jungling with Iron Talon to pay too much attention to what exactly riki was building, but I think it was your standard riki build with S&Y. I just remember it being really funny because the riki was complaining for the first 20-30 minutes about how terrible the hero and the new ult are now, and then all of a sudden he started freaking out about how good it was.
-sideshow- 1 points · Dec 2015 · https://yasp.co/players/6073446 MMR: ~3070
Anything that procs off attacks will work. You could diffusal someone then ult, but it's only an attack a second: you only want to use it to get out of trouble or if there are multiple enemies. If there's just one enemy you're much better off just hitting them. It is good for getting a last hit when chasing early on, as it gives you a hit as soon as you push the button