Riki backstap crit ?

[Yorkie]

Can the Riki backstap bonus damage be critical ?
Cause I have done a test where I'm looking the critical red number with and without talent points in backstab and I see no differences.
Thank you

[RIP-Midas-]

No it can't, it's a separate instance of damage. It is dealt before attack so it isn't counted as one.

[Yorkie]

Ok thx,
also what about miss chances of the backstab ?

[crinckle]

Originally Posted by Yorkie

Ok thx,
also what about miss chances of the backstab ?

It can't miss. Backstab occurs at the start of your attack, so it works even if you cancel your attack.

[Figamo]

So if you cancel the attack animation before the frontswing ends but after the backstab damage is dealt, you can "spam" it by pressing stop several times?

[aestropher]

^that's correct.

[AngryGanker]

will doing that break your invisibility?

[Febrilian]

Is it sames like Barathrum's knockback?

[magic101]

Can Riki backstab on an attack that breaks his invisibility?

[zarlan]

yes man, ofcourse he'll visible when he atacked an anemy

[eimeegaw]

so it deals 2 instances of dmg? 1 for backstab and 1 for attack.. so it consumes 2 charges of Lanaya's refraction if attacked once? considering Riki attacked from behind

[eimeegaw]

Originally Posted by Febrilian

Is it sames like Barathrum's knockback?

yes it's the same in a way that it occurs before the attack.. not sure if they're identical

[MauranKilom]

Originally Posted by eimeegaw

so it deals 2 instances of dmg? 1 for backstab and 1 for attack.. so it consumes 2 charges of Lanaya's refraction if attacked once? considering Riki attacked from behind

That deduction is correct.

[Luffydude]

Can anyone here please tell me if backstab works like this in Dota2 ?

[MauranKilom]

Yes. The guys at the DotA 2 dev forum. This forum is only about DotA 1.