Riki the Assassin

Thank you for the feed back. I am planing on making another builde for riki pretty soon. But this time is gonna be ganking not farming.

looks nice so far.
Most of the time Magic Wand is rly a nice Item for Riki. You can stay so much longer on your lane without reg.

My itembuild is:
Poor mans shield, Magic Wand and Power Treads early.

Diffusal and Yasha -> Basher -> Manta(many Snukes/AOE Damage=SnY) -> upg Diffusel.

Late game is always different.

I just read all of your comment and I am fixing it right now.

Well that's unfortunate, I would never get Daedalus on this hero then. This differs from HoN, where Riki's equivalent Night Hound could crit on Backstab.

Also after a bit of testing, Daedalus works on a separate instance than Backstab's damage -- meaning that if you deal a crit, you're not dealing backstab damage. It seems a bit counter-intuitive to his play-style.

To add to this, the reason an early Vladmir's Offering isn't recommended on most heroes (bar Ursa) is that it provides +% bonuses to base damage (damage from STR/AGI/INT) and Lifesteal. These percent-based bonuses get better and better as the game goes on and you acquire levels and items, but are weak if you don't have anything beyond Power Treads first.

A revised build such as Poor Man's Shield -> Power Treads -> Diffusal Blade -> Vladmir's Offering would be more appropriate. Keep in mind that the damage inflicted by the Feedback orb effect of Diffusal Blade actually benefits from Vladmir's Offering. As such, post Diffusal Blade is a natural time to pick one up.

I try to go Treads -> Diffusal on Riki and can normally omit Vlad's all together. I've never seen it as a core, but more of a luxury. Diffusal is a great stat bonus early game and provides purge, which can almost guarantee ganks at opportune times.

Thank you WorkPants and Gottlike for pointing out my mistake. I just fixed it.

Ye, LoL players.
Never start with friggin boots first.

Boots of Speed first isn't what you're after, try some combination of Iron Branch, Slippers of Agility, Healing Salve and Tango instead. You'll have a much easier time in lane and will be able to pick up Boots of Speed later at the side shop regardless.