NS named the worst hero in Dota 2 for playing mid and called on the community to boycott the character

Yaroslav “NS” Kuznetsov considers Riki to be one of the worst heroes to play in the center position. The streamer claims that this hero becomes especially ineffective as the player's rating increases and calls on the Dota 2 community to stop using him altogether.

The content maker made the call in an appeal to viewers of his personal Twitch broadcast.

"Guys, let's not kick Riki to the mid. Such a proposal is conceptual for everyone. Basically, you know, the character is like, not the best. That's just nonsense. Let's take a look at his current stats in general. This hero has a problem with winrate in general. I mean, he's barely above 50% win rate only on low ratings. As soon as we jump to Divine, it drops. It seems to me that the higher you go, the lower the rating goes, I suspect.

It may not be entirely true, but frankly the character is very lacking in everything just. He lacks HP, he lacks damage, he lacks... He lacks any useful skills. He just doesn't have anything. It's kind of a nightmare."

The character is currently ranked 77th in popularity with an average winrate of 50.26%. According to statistics, the character is quite effective against Puck and Storm Spirit, but has little to counter such characters as Spectre and Underlord.

Recall that earlier Yaroslav “NS” Kuznetsov named his MMR and criticized players of similar rank.