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Ringmaster
Ringmaster

Patch 7.41e31.07.2026-0.37 (0.37)

Abilities

Impalement Arts

Impalement Arts

  • NERFDamage per Second (Creeps) rescaled from 85/90/95/100 to 60/75/90/105-29%-17%-5%+5%

Patch 7.41d05.06.2026+3.81 (3.81)

Abilities

Funhouse Mirror

Funhouse Mirror

  • BUFFProportion Distortion Illusion damage increased from 28% to 100%+257%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 25 Talent: Wheel of Wonder Radius and Range increased from +100 to +150+50%

Patch 7.4124.03.2026+1.56 (7.83)

Abilities

Dark Carnival Barker

Dark Carnival Barker

  • REWORKSouvenir pool unified across both Dark Carnival facets?In pool:Funhouse MirrorStrongman TonicUnicycleWhoopee CushionRemoved:Crystal BallWeighted Pie
Escape Act

Escape Act

  • NEWRadius and Aghanim's Scepter's Explosion Radius now affected by AoE bonuses
  • BUFFTargeted unit is no longer stunned for 0.5 seconds when placed in a box
Impalement Arts

Impalement Arts

  • BUFFCharges rescaled from 1/2/3/4 to 3+200%+50%0%-25%
  • BUFFMana Cost decreased from 80 to 50-38%
  • BUFFMax Health Damage per second (heroes) rescaled from 3.5/4/4.5/5% to 3/4/5/6%-14%0%+11%+20%
  • NERFImpact damage rescaled from 50 to 20/35/50/65-60%-30%0%+30%
  • NERFDamage per second (creeps) decreased from 100 to 85/90/95/100-15%-10%-5%0%
  • NERFSlow Duration decreased from 0.8s to 0.5/0.6/0.7/0.8s-38%-25%-13%0%

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 10 Talent: +85 Impalement Arts Impact Damage replaced with +1 Impalement Arts Charge

Patch 7.40c22.01.2026+1.14 (2.04)

GENERAL

  • BUFFAgility gain increased from 1.4 to 1.6+14%
  • NERFBase Agility decreased from 13 to 11-15%

Facets

Carny Classics

  • BUFFStink cloud radius increased from 200 to 250+25%

Patch 7.40b23.12.2025+0.20 (0.20)

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 10 Talent: Impalement Arts Impact Damage increased from +75 to +85+13%

Patch 7.4016.12.2025+0.61 (0.61)

Abilities

Wheel of Wonder

Wheel of Wonder

  • BUFFMana Cost decreased from 175/275/375 to 150/225/300-14%-18%-20%

Patch 7.39e02.10.2025+0.24 (0.24)

Abilities

Tame the Beasts

Tame the Beasts

  • BUFFMin Damage increased from 45/70/95/120 to 50/75/100/125+11%+7%+5%+4%

Patch 7.39b29.05.2025+1.62 (1.62)

Facets

Sideshow Secrets

  • BUFFClairvoyance Scan duration increased from 4s to 5s+25%
  • BUFFPie Toss vision recovery time increased from 2s to 3s+50%

Patch 7.3922.05.2025-5.85 (7.03)

Abilities

Dark Carnival Barker

Dark Carnival Barker

  • NEWIf Ringmaster does not have a Souvenir, he will be granted one upon death (instead of upon respawn)
  • DELRingmaster will no longer be granted a Souvenir if he has no Souvenirs and dies to a Neutral Creep or Roshan
Escape Act

Escape Act

  • NERFMana Cost increased from 80 to 120+50%
  • NERFBonus Movement Speed rescaled from 5/10/15/20% to 0/8/16/24%-100%-20%+7%+20%
Impalement Arts

Impalement Arts

  • NERFImpact Damage decreased from 75 to 50-33%
Spotlight

Spotlight

  • NERFIllusion Max Health Loss each second decreased from 50% to 30%-40%

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 10 Talent: +200 Escape Act Cast Range replaced with +75 Impalement Arts Impact Damage

Patch 7.38c27.03.2025+2.60 (2.60)

Facets

Sideshow Secrets

Crystal Ball

Crystal Ball

  • NEWNow indicates the exact position of each enemy hero in the area without revealing their identity
Unicycle

Unicycle

  • NEWCan now cast non-channeling spells and pick up runes without dismounting the unicycle?Still requires Ringmaster to be facing in the spell direction
  • BUFFNo longer gets knocked off if the damage taken is below 20
  • BUFFNo longer gets knocked off from any damage for 1.5s after mounting the unicycle
Weighted Pie

Weighted Pie

  • NEWNow also slows movement of the affected enemy by 45%?Similarly to vision, movement speed is recovering over the debuff time

Patch 7.3819.02.2025+1.04 (2.32)

GENERAL

  • NEWAdded to Captains Mode

Facets

Center Stage

  • DELRemoved

Carny Classics

  • NEWNew facet
Passive: Dark Carnival Barker
Sets Dark Carnival Souvenirs to , , ?Same behavior as before

Sideshow Secrets

  • NEWNew facet
Passive: Dark Carnival Barker
Sets Dark Carnival Souvenirs to , ,
After a 0.5s preparation, Ringmaster mounts a speedy unicycle to ride around on for 10 seconds. Crashing into trees destroys them and slows the unicycle. Attacking, using abilities, taking damage, picking up runes, or crashing into units and other obstacles dismounts the rider?Unicycle reaches up to 750 speed with turn rate degrading from 130 down to 90. Tree crash divides the current speed by 4. Issuing 'Hold' or 'Cancel' commands also dismounts Ringmaster
Tosses a pie into a target enemy, knocking them back and reducing their vision to 50. Vision recovers over 2 seconds and the target's allies won't provide their vision for them over the duration. The pie instantly kills any non-ancient creep. Cast Range: 750?Push distance: 400, over 0.3s, 1400 projectile speed
Scans a targeted 450 area for 4 seconds. Indicates whether there are enemy heroes in that area for the duration. Reveals invisible units and wards in the scanned area, but does not provide vision. The reveal effect lingers for 1 second. Global Cast Range
Preparation time
0.5s
Unicycle duration
10s
Reduced vision
50
Vision recovery time
2s
Cast range
750
Scan radius
450
Scan duration
4s
Reveal linger
1s

Patch 7.37e20.11.2024-1.14 (3.10)

Abilities

Escape Act

Escape Act

  • NEWAghanim's Scepter: Replaces cooldown with 2 charges. When the box pops open, it deals 300 magical damage to all enemies in a 275 radius and throws 8 Impalement Art daggers with 50% range in all directions.
  • NEWAdded Aghanim's Scepter.
Active
Escape Act has 2 charges. When the box pops open, Impalement Art daggers are thrown in all directions, and all enemies in an 225 radius take 300 damage.
Cast range
600
Mana cost
80
Cooldown
38/32/26/20s
Charges
2
Explosion radius
225
Explosion damage
300
Spotlight

Spotlight

  • NEWNow summons 3 separate spotlights each sweeping independently from each other
  • NERFSpotlight Radius decreased from 550 to 275-50%

Patch 7.37d02.10.2024-6.66 (6.66)

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Strength decreased from 23 to 21-9%
  • NERFStrength gain decreased from 2.4 to 2.1-12%

Abilities

Tame the Beasts

Tame the Beasts

  • NERFCast Range decreased from 700/750/800/850 to 7000%-7%-12%-18%
Escape Act

Escape Act

  • NERFCan now be dispelled
Wheel of Wonder

Wheel of Wonder

  • NERFRadius decreased from 600 to 500-17%
  • NERFAutomatic explosion time decreased from 6s to 4s-33%

Patch 7.37c28.08.2024-3.54 (4.71)

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Movement Speed decreased from 315 to 310-2%

Abilities

Strongman Tonic

Strongman Tonic

  • NERFBonus Strength per Ringmaster's level decreased from 1.5 to 1-33%
Wheel of Wonder

Wheel of Wonder

  • NERFTimer Duration decreased from 2.75/3.0/3.25s to 2.5/2.75/3s-9%-8%-8%
  • NERFAutomatic explosion time decreased from 8s to 6s-25%
Spotlight

Spotlight

  • BUFFLinger duration increased from 0.1s to 0.3s+200%