Ring Master
Welcome, welcome, one and all — to a stage-lit extravaganza for the ages! Prepare to have your senses shattered! Your expectations demolished! Your Ancients smashed to ruins! Witness the impossible feats and derring-do of the one and only clockwork marvel, the Great Cogliostro Kettle — Ringmaster, torture artist, genius in his own time — here now for the sole agony and entertainment of any hero bold enough to draw back the crimson carnival curtain and behold what mysteries await inside. The mistake most maestros make is waiting for the public to come to them. The Ringmaster knows you need to go out and find your audience! Drag them to you. And make them watch.
Hero lore
Welcome, welcome, one and all — to a stage-lit extravaganza for the ages! Prepare to have your senses shattered! Your expectations demolished! Your Ancients smashed to ruins! Witness the impossible feats and derring-do of the one and only clockwork marvel, the Great Cogliostro Kettle — Ringmaster, torture artist, genius in his own time — here now for the sole agony and entertainment of any hero bold enough to draw back the crimson carnival curtain and behold what mysteries await inside. The mistake most maestros make is waiting for the public to come to them. The Ringmaster knows you need to go out and find your audience! Drag them to you. And make them watch.
Compact stat and ability fields shown here were checked against patch 7.41e where this model represents the changed field. Talents and full mechanics remain in the official notes.
Ring Master abilities
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.
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 op…
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 eve…
Gather souvenirs from kills and assists.
Passive
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…
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 sec…
*CRACK*
Popular items by game phase
OpenDota professional-match aggregate as of Jul 21, 2026, 9:50 PM UTC. Popularity rows are independent phase totals, not a coherent build, sequence, or win-rate advice.
Starting
6 items- 1
Iron Branch157 selections · 21% - 2
Faerie Fire104 selections · 13.9% - 3
Tango103 selections · 13.8% - 4
Blood Grenade98 selections · 13.1% - 5
Observer and Sentry Wards77 selections · 10.3% - 6
Sentry Ward65 selections · 8.7%
Early
3 items- 1
Boots of Speed99 selections · 91.7% - 2
Urn of Shadows7 selections · 6.5% - 3
Arcane Boots2 selections · 1.9%
Mid
6 items- 1Arcane Boots72 selections · 33.2%
- 2
Blink Dagger32 selections · 14.7% - 3
Staff of Wizardry24 selections · 11.1% - 4
Essence Distiller16 selections · 7.4% - 5
Aether Lens11 selections · 5.1% - 6
Glimmer Cape11 selections · 5.1%
Late
6 items- 1Blink Dagger45 selections · 26.8%
- 2Aether Lens25 selections · 14.9%
- 3
Aghanim's Scepter23 selections · 13.7% - 4Glimmer Cape13 selections · 7.7%
- 5
Force Staff10 selections · 6% - 6
Aeon Disk7 selections · 4.2%
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Ring Master — frequently asked
What are Ring Master's abilities in Dota 2?
Ring Master's abilities are Tame the Beasts, Escape Act, Impalement Arts, Souvenir Slot, Spotlight, Wheel of Wonder, Crack. It is a Intelligence ranged hero played as Support, Nuker, Escape.
What is Ring Master's primary attribute?
Ring Master is a Intelligence hero, starting with 21 strength (+2.1/lvl), 11 agility (+1.6/lvl) and 25 intelligence (+3/lvl), and a base move speed of 310.
What do the popular Ring Master item phases mean?
The saved OpenDota aggregate is dated 2026-07-22. The phase lists summarize professional-match item popularity; they are not one coherent build, a recommended sequence, or win-rate advice.