Following a long wait, Valve has finally introduced the highly anticipated new hero, Ringmaster, to Dota 2. Featuring a unique skill set that enables him to get his teammates out of tricky situations while simultaneously dishing out decent amounts of damage to his opponents, Ringmaster is the 125th hero to be added to the ever-expanding roster of heroes in the game.
With two weeks remaining till the start of TI13, the new Dota 2 update has brought a bunch of new content to the MOBA. Alongside the new hero Ringmaster, the update also brings with it The International 2024 Compendium, which includes new stickers, voice lines, fantasy, bingo, and much more.
In this article, we focus on everything you need to know about Ringmaster, its abilities, facets, and souvenirs.
Dota 2 Ringmaster Abilities Explained
Let’s take a look at Ringmaster’s kit and what he will bring to the table:
- Tame the Beasts (Q)
CHANNELED – Ringmaster twirls his whip for up to 1 second then cracks it. Whipped enemies are damaged and flee in fear from Ringmaster. Channel time exponentially increases damage and extends the fear duration, but reduces the radius.
- Escape Act (W)
Ringmaster packs himself or an allied hero into a mobile, extradimensional box. Boxed units gain phased movement, slow resistance, bonus magic resistance, and bonus movement speed. They are also untargetable, muted, silenced, and disarmed. The box will pop open after the effect expires or it moves more than 500 units away.
- Impalement Arts (E)
Ringmaster throws one of his daggers to a precise point of his choosing. If he strikes an enemy, the dagger deals impact damage, briefly slows the unit hit, and causes them to bleed. The bleeding deals a percentage of the victim’s maximum health in damage every second to heroes and flat damage per second to creeps.
- Wheel of Wonder (Ultimate)
Ringmaster rolls the Wheel of Wonder to the targeted location, knocking aside enemies along the way. After it reaches its target, enemies in range of the wheel take damage over time and are slowed by -50%.
Enemy heroes who face the wheel for more than 0.5 seconds are mesmerized and drawn towards it. The first enemy to be mesmerized triggers a timer for the wheel to explode. If the timer is not triggered, it will automatically explode after 8 seconds.
- Spotlight (Aghanim’s Shard)
Ringmaster shines a spotlight that sweeps over an area. Enemies in the light have a chance to miss their attacks and are revealed if invisible.
Illusions hit by the beam fade away, losing a percentage of their maximum health each second.
Dota 2 Ringmaster Souvenirs Explained
Unlike other heroes in Dota 2, Ringmaster has a unique Innate ability that enables him to get a Souvenir every time an enemy hero dies within his range. Without further ado, let’s take a look at Ringmaster’s and Souvenirs.
- Funhouse Mirror
Creates 1 imperfect image of your hero that lasts 18 seconds. Your illusion deals 28% and takes 300% damage.
- Strongman Tonic
Temporarily increases an allied hero’s Strength by 5 plus 1.5 per Ringmaster’s level for 8 seconds. The effect holds for 4 seconds and then deteriorates over the duration.
- Whoopee Cushion
Propels your hero forward 400 units. Leaves a 200 radius stink cloud behind for 3 seconds that slows enemies by -30%.
That’s everything you need to know about Ringmaster and his abilities. Whether this new hero manages to shake up the current meta of Dota 2 remains to be seen.
