Ringmaster
Directs the battle with fear and mesmerism
Command the spotlight with Ringmaster, the ultimate circus act excelling at Controlling fights and punishing missteps. He effortlessly tames enemies with high-utility spells, cleverly ushers allies away from danger using a magical box, and always draws a crowd with his hypnotic ultimate.
Ringmaster abilities, talents and win rates on this page are from Dota 2 patch 7.41e.
Ringmaster Performance Summary
On patch 7.41e, Ringmaster holds a 47.99% win rate across 190,491 ranked games. That average hides a 2.9-point swing between skill brackets — 49.03% in Divine against 46.18% in Herald — so Ringmaster rewards knowing the hero far more than the raw number suggests. In professional play Ringmaster has been picked 35 times for a 37.14% win rate.
Base Stats
Strength
AgilityIntelligence
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Attack RangeWin Rates by Rank
Herald
Guardian
Crusader
Archon
Legend
Ancient
DivineFaces of Ringmaster
Innate Ability
Ringmaster receives a random single-use Dark Carnival Souvenir whenever an enemy hero dies within 925 units of him. Additional Souvenirs are held as charges.If Ringmaster does not have a Souvenir when he dies he will be granted one.
Talent Tree
Abilities
CHANNELED - Ringmaster twirls his whip for up to 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.
90 / 105 / 120 / 135
16 / 14 / 12 / 10s
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 out of the initial area.
12038 / 32 / 26 / 20s
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.
501s
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 4 seconds.
150 / 225 / 30090 / 80 / 70s
Use: Proportion DistortionCreates 1 imperfect image of your hero that lasts 18 seconds. Your illusion deals 100% and takes 300% damage.
3s
Use: Forcefully ImbibeTemporarily increases an allied hero's Strength by 5 plus 1 per Ringmaster's level for 8 seconds. The effect holds for 4 seconds and then deteriorates over the duration.
3s
Use: WhoopsiePropels your hero forward 400 units. Leaves a 250 radius stink cloud behind for 3 seconds that slows enemies by -30%.
3s
Use: Saddle UpSummons a speedy unicycle to ride around on for 10 seconds. 1.5s after mounting the unicycle, taking damage from enemy hero sources greater than 20 dismounts the rider. Crashing into trees destroys them and slows the unicycle. Attacking, using channeled abilities, or crashing into units and other obstacles also dismounts the rider.
3sAghanim's Upgrades
Escape Act has 2 charges. When the box pops open, Impalement Art daggers are thrown in all directions, and all enemies around it take damage.
Ringmaster shines 3 spotlights that sweep 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. These effects linger for 0.3 seconds after leaving the light.
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