I remember when I first started playing DotA in Warcraft 3, Riki had just been nerfed by removing his death ward. He was so ridiculously imba before that! I still liked being invisible, since back then pub were waaay worse than now, there was no dust, and nearly nobody bought wards. Fun times :)
Dude showing us where you read the cool back story on the items was such a nice touch. Being able to pop D2 open and read that was rad. These are better than even slacks' ones on Dota cinema. Great job man and keep up the epic work!!!
One critical difference in how Night hound worked in HoN was how backstab and blinkstrike worked, in Dota and Dota2 Blinkstrike merely does it's intended 120 dmg to the target, but in HoN Backstabs dmg was also added to the blinkstrike spell itself as Night hound landed, resulting in some sick spelldmg scaling.
He recently has started to reference eul dota's hero designs albeit grudgingly haha. Almost 20 years later and the allstars folks can't even admin to playing a copycat :P
I just love your videos. Maybe its this good feeling to return to old versions of the game (when we were kids), or maybe its the fun way you present it. Awesome job :) Keep it up!
omg why is this so good, you never disappoint, thankyou for these videos, please do a storm, ive commented on almost all of your videos , once again thanks for the quality content
dear heavens, i love your mini jokes, i love your spirit in speech, i loe how much details you add, i love that you provide videos or pictures for everything you say, this is amazing, this is art, great work man.
dennis the tall youre the best. you even included other moba game heroes not just dota. yeah they deserve to be known too cuz I actually playing those like HON, HoTS, and even mobile legends. Great work and well done
I am happy with the video, but at last, puff, my mind exploded, and i tell you THANKS for that, for that detail, have a nice day all days :D jajaja i going play Riky, i feel inspired. xD
I think you forgot to mention that earlier riki's invisibility used to get broken when he casts a spell or uses any item. It was changed in Dota2 to only break when he attacks.
Riki is heavily inspired by Nightcrawler from the Marvel comics. Notice how the first iteration of Riki was red ( Nightcrawler's father is Azazel, who basically just looks like a red and more sinister version of Nightcrawler ), then it changed to a dark blue ( same color as Nightcrawler ), Riki is able to teleport around like Nightcrawler ( except it's not called teleportation, just "blink" ), both use bladed weapons in combat ( in Nightcrawler's case, it's fencing swords and in Riki's case it's daggers ), both have a tail, 3 fingers and 2 toes, and both can become invisible ( the only difference is Nightcrawler is only invisible at night or in shadowy areas whereas Riki is invisible regardless of his surroundings ).
Don't think many people would care tbf, but just a quick note about Night Hound - apart from having his Permanent Invisibility levelable at 3 and then 1 before that happened to Riki (while still occupying the ult slot, though), for quite a long time he did have an altered ult which gave him periodic charges which allowed him to attack once without breaking stealth, making him much better as a suicide offlaner. It was not a very well-liked change even though his winrate was quite ordinary so he got the generic ult back after a year or so, the attack without breaking stealth mechanic being given in a more limited fashion to Grinex instead.
Yup being the middle sucks the most. I feel it too. U lose when ur little just because u cant do "grown up" things but then when u got older still lose to ur younger siblings since ur older
Two important notes about Night Hound (HoN) - for quite some time, pounce was reworked to jump before the target instead of behind, as an attempt to nerf him, lol. Secondly, his ultimate can be skilled at levels 1/6/11.
Ahimtar HoN wow...S2 just said fuck u we can't take it...we don't give a shit about this anymore...I mean blinkstrike to the front...ult at level 1 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Losing vision on Smoke Screen seems to come from Reworked Graves's W, which is him throwing a Smoke Grenade on the ground, which kills your vision since Season 6. Good change, since it makes no sense being able to see inside of a smoke screen
Riki was my favorite hero as a kid back in Dota1, the Riki meta back then was Mask of Madness(didn't silence you back then) and -Cranium- errr I mean, Skull Basher.
Man I really hope more people know about your channel. Your vids are sick and I luv em. You deserve more for the amount of effort u put in these vids. Keep it up dude
Another great video, glad to see you back after a month lol. Btw, could you make a video on Faceless Void or Drow Ranger? Thanks for all the Dotaology videos, and keep up the good work!
Hey Bro, love your videos !!! You forgot to tell that back in the days when Permanent invisibility was 1st spell it required lvl 5 to learn not lvl 1 :)
I think you forgot a patch where Riki's backstab no longer deals damage before the actual attack so that Riki players can't abuse cancel command to dish out monstrous amount of damage (i kinda forgot do backstab then breaks the invis or the actual attacks, it's still broken nonetheless)
Wow nice research dude I like old model riki then now, n like old smoke screen too. silence, disarm, mini stun less mana n short cooldown What a complex skill!!
I'm curious - which of Riki's ults is your favorite?
Dennis The Tall the 0 CD. Blink is the best
Who's Riki?
It's definitely tricks of the trade...I would put perma invis but I like cloaks and daggers better
Dennis The Tall hey Dennis love ur videos...keep up the good work...I would like to see a history of someone like ta or ns
the blink one dont really like the giant AOE thing
what do you mean riki is standing behind me :( it's night time and im alone now im scared
unblock pls sumail
Lol who is this guy?
Chobass u dont know him?
Hi mom
Don't worry, he's 1/18
How to Riki
Step 1: get diffusal before 20 mins
Step 2: say gg ez
Hahahaha
Good old me
20mins doesnt do it this days should be 15mins
@@justakidwithnolife5671 minute 15 doenst do it anymore, should be 10 minutes these days
@@canoninmunaone 💀💀 picking carry riki is trolling right now.
I remember when I first started playing DotA in Warcraft 3, Riki had just been nerfed by removing his death ward. He was so ridiculously imba before that! I still liked being invisible, since back then pub were waaay worse than now, there was no dust, and nearly nobody bought wards. Fun times :)
back in 2015~ Nyx and Riki could roam anywhere because my team would never ward.
I wish Blink Strike flavor text would just say "psshh, nothing personnel, Kid"
God I wish this were a thing
Dennis The Tall
*COLDSTEEL THE HEDGEHEG*
_rated E for EDGE_
"Cutting plan" "is that all?"
Dude showing us where you read the cool back story on the items was such a nice touch. Being able to pop D2 open and read that was rad. These are better than even slacks' ones on Dota cinema. Great job man and keep up the epic work!!!
One critical difference in how Night hound worked in HoN was how backstab and blinkstrike worked, in Dota and Dota2 Blinkstrike merely does it's intended 120 dmg to the target, but in HoN Backstabs dmg was also added to the blinkstrike spell itself as Night hound landed, resulting in some sick spelldmg scaling.
Did everyone just forget when he used to be called SA for stealth assassin back when sentinel and scourge had different heroes to choose from?
Remember when he used to have land mines?
@@breadbaker6854 yep. Those were the days when lavabuster used to have charges and you could straight up stun lock someone lmao. Broken ass game.
He recently has started to reference eul dota's hero designs albeit grudgingly haha. Almost 20 years later and the allstars folks can't even admin to playing a copycat :P
@@BitmapFrogs ... Aren't guinsoo, the other person moved into LoL so Dota 2 afraid of copyright change the item name
great video dude love your calm voice and witty humor.
I just love your videos. Maybe its this good feeling to return to old versions of the game (when we were kids), or maybe its the fun way you present it. Awesome job :) Keep it up!
11:37 is literally the most god-awful TRASH riki ult I have ever seen performed. This had better not have been you dennis
keep trucking!!! your vids keeps getting better and better.
Love the bone tossed towards mobile legends :)
PLEASE DO OUTWORLD, I BEG OF YOU. He's my favorite of all time and the sole reason I play DotA. He has a crazy history too!
omg why is this so good, you never disappoint, thankyou for these videos, please do a storm, ive commented on almost all of your videos , once again thanks for the quality content
dear heavens, i love your mini jokes, i love your spirit in speech, i loe how much details you add, i love that you provide videos or pictures for everything you say, this is amazing, this is art, great work man.
dennis the tall youre the best. you even included other moba game heroes not just dota. yeah they deserve to be known too cuz I actually playing those like HON, HoTS, and even mobile legends. Great work and well done
fantastic videos!! Incredibly well written and very informative. Keep up the good work!
2:28 its a Mr Deeds reference! "Sneaky sneaky, sir"
its currently 2:16 AM and i was about to cast Sleep on myself but TH-cam notification cast Smoke Screen and i got Silenced.
good to see you back man !
please do more videos !
Thank you
You missed when he was part of original Euls Dota 1, with that ninja skin and that bizarre Escape spell
And just a year later, Cloak and Dagger was moved back to the ult slot.
Thank you for adding this, Death ward. This was the RoC versio of dota!!! YESSS, everyone thought i was dumb and lying when i talked about this lmfao
SPECTRE OR VISAGE? They are having a really great story i think. :)) Really quality content, keep up!
I am happy with the video, but at last, puff, my mind exploded, and i tell you THANKS for that, for that detail, have a nice day all days :D jajaja i going play Riky, i feel inspired. xD
Do one for Naix please, people will be shocked how crazy OP he was initially.
in dota 1 when your allied hero has low hp, when you blink you can kill them
This channel is gonna be huge, I'm sure of it. Great work!
This is my new favorite TH-cam show!! Very nice dude
"Having a regular guy named like Ricky is pretty weird when you have characters like Zeus and Dark Terror"
Oh so Sven, Lina and Carl are fine?
Sven sounds cool, Lina sounds hot and Carl.....well it's lucky he's called invoker
I think you forgot to mention that earlier riki's invisibility used to get broken when he casts a spell or uses any item. It was changed in Dota2 to only break when he attacks.
Upload these type of videos more please.
Amazing job -/\-
Riki is heavily inspired by Nightcrawler from the Marvel comics.
Notice how the first iteration of Riki was red ( Nightcrawler's father is Azazel, who basically just looks like a red and more sinister version of Nightcrawler ), then it changed to a dark blue ( same color as Nightcrawler ), Riki is able to teleport around like Nightcrawler ( except it's not called teleportation, just "blink" ), both use bladed weapons in combat ( in Nightcrawler's case, it's fencing swords and in Riki's case it's daggers ), both have a tail, 3 fingers and 2 toes, and both can become invisible ( the only difference is Nightcrawler is only invisible at night or in shadowy areas whereas Riki is invisible regardless of his surroundings ).
Love your vids man, actually brings excitement to my day :3
Your videos like this made me a subscriber. Keep it up and thanks for making a lot of research and effort in all of your videos 🤘
I miss the days where riki is so small my opponents don't even notice me hitting them
Now people buy shiny items which basically gives their location easier when seen
Don't think many people would care tbf, but just a quick note about Night Hound - apart from having his Permanent Invisibility levelable at 3 and then 1 before that happened to Riki (while still occupying the ult slot, though), for quite a long time he did have an altered ult which gave him periodic charges which allowed him to attack once without breaking stealth, making him much better as a suicide offlaner. It was not a very well-liked change even though his winrate was quite ordinary so he got the generic ult back after a year or so, the attack without breaking stealth mechanic being given in a more limited fashion to Grinex instead.
Really love your Dotaology videos. Keep the good work !
History of Bloodseeker? He's been reworked like 3 times!
AW YEAH thank you I love ur dotaology series
My favorite Riki's ult is Death Ward because I never play the version where that ability exist
Yup being the middle sucks the most. I feel it too. U lose when ur little just because u cant do "grown up" things but then when u got older still lose to ur younger siblings since ur older
Notif squad where you at?!!
Great job as per usual Dennis!
more people should be watching your vids, they're really underrated
"Im not just doing this for fun you know.." awww
Two important notes about Night Hound (HoN) - for quite some time, pounce was reworked to jump before the target instead of behind, as an attempt to nerf him, lol. Secondly, his ultimate can be skilled at levels 1/6/11.
Ahimtar HoN wow...S2 just said fuck u we can't take it...we don't give a shit about this anymore...I mean blinkstrike to the front...ult at level 1 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Losing vision on Smoke Screen seems to come from Reworked Graves's W, which is him throwing a Smoke Grenade on the ground, which kills your vision since Season 6.
Good change, since it makes no sense being able to see inside of a smoke screen
Speaking of Riki's ult changes. They changed it back to Cloak and Dagger again. Then moved Trick of the Trade as a regular skill.
What am I doing here... I do not even play dota
Me also
Basically watching the video
I subscribe for you mah boi. Keep up the good work
Riki was my favorite hero as a kid back in Dota1, the Riki meta back then was Mask of Madness(didn't silence you back then) and -Cranium- errr I mean, Skull Basher.
Hey Dennis! i like your videos! please make more of this History Of Series! Medusa would be a fun one!
Man I really hope more people know about your channel. Your vids are sick and I luv em. You deserve more for the amount of effort u put in these vids. Keep it up dude
AWWWWW YESSSS!!!! Dennis The Tall has uploaded a new vid. ❤️
Always looking forward to your new vidssss!!
Much love from Dota PH community :))))
Thank you very much! Lots of love right back at ya
Also isn't it 2 am over there right now??
It is hahaha. I like staying up late though and watching dota vids on YT, as it is much more peaceful at night.
Hoping to see more uploads soon!
Another great video, glad to see you back after a month lol. Btw, could you make a video on Faceless Void or Drow Ranger? Thanks for all the Dotaology videos, and keep up the good work!
Love dazzle, I watch your whole twelve minute video for the 3 second picture of your cat. :)
Your dotaology videos are great. I was wondering wether you still made them, was a nice surprise to see you just released a new vid :)
Do dota lore aswell. Giving all the secret lore of each hero. Your videos are so good youd make lore videos incredible as well
Am I late for the heart?
Fine job as ever!
Something something pausing long enough to see the plain-text joke and making a reference to it.
Thank you for your due diligence :')
another inspiration for his name comes from another sneaky ninja from the Soul Calibur series, Taki her daggers are named rikki-maru and mekki-maru
And Gondar said: “Riki, I always knew you were a backstab!” 😂
lets play homie xD
waow this channel will grow quickly! love those quality videos with the cool joke xD
Dude these videos are great! Keep it up :)
Not mentioning Evelyn from lol as she was the riki port back then. Having perma stealth and being an assassin.
Hey Bro, love your videos !!!
You forgot to tell that back in the days when Permanent invisibility was 1st spell it required lvl 5 to learn not lvl 1 :)
the true history of rikimaru, came from an idea in naming him as rikimaru from the game tenchu being an assassin together with ayame and tatsumaru..
Its so fun to play dota when u know the history of them. Thanks Dennis!
I want story of the best grill, Vengeful Spirit
I kinda like all you're dota history, Keep it up!
I think its worth mentioning that his ult used to dispel dust, what made him even more annoying
Smoke screen used to ministun? Thanks a lot, I was planning on sleeping tonight
Who wants Riki in Smash? Wait. Who doesn't?
Very Good Editing, and story board... really loved it.
where were you for 1 month? i missed history of dota 2 so much
Great work! But you forgot the fact that permanent invisibility was broken by items and spells earlyer, and it was changed 2 years ago
2:27 - I bet you that's a Mr.Deeds reference.
7:13 "Luckily for him tho, his family was murdered" lmao
Wouldn't it be.. Mono-slash? .. rather than Uno-slash? :o
I subbed! Thanks for featuring my 1st ever hero.
I think you forgot a patch where Riki's backstab no longer deals damage before the actual attack so that Riki players can't abuse cancel command to dish out monstrous amount of damage (i kinda forgot do backstab then breaks the invis or the actual attacks, it's still broken nonetheless)
I loved to spam Dagon on him when I was new to the game
Pls do enigma's History and also his voicelines are very Deep (or unknown)
And he always says the line
"A NEW LOCATION"
In honor of your cat, do Dazzle vid next!!. And good vid as always, hundreds hero to go!!
Haha not a bad idea
OMG DENNIS SENPAI NOTICED ME
Riki used to have a lower maximum level than other heroes in early versions. With the death ward ult he was such a broken hero.
nice content Dennis!
Can i suggest make Terrorblade/Faceless void next?
or maybe just do the history of the Cat in the end xD
Love your vids, but mentioning Shaco/Akali but not Evelynn?
Wow nice research dude
I like old model riki then now, n like old smoke screen too. silence, disarm, mini stun less mana n short cooldown What a complex skill!!
Watch your back. Riki might be in your back right now
the way you narrating the video is the best.
Can you do any of the spirits? Especially, Ember Spirit. Also, nice DBZ reference.
Welp, the counter needs to be added in again due to Cloak and Dagger being its Ult now for years
Great work as always! Please do a necrophos history soon. . :)
Riki's name on HON is Night Hound I play HON like 4 years ago. And Switched to Dota.
Please do Terrorblade soon, I've been with him since the beginning, through all the remakes. XD
Oh boy, oh boy! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
Newerth Riki sounds like Pennywise.
Great work i realy enjoy watching your videos
i wish i could research in school as good as you do