Ringmaster is the newest support hero, and his win rate is a joke. Learn how to stop the leader of the circus.
It's a tradition now. When a new hero comes out, people will say it's broken. Even though this is mostly not true, excluding the Imba Spirit, the newest hero is causing a lot of trouble. Ringmaster started his first week with 54% win rate, and it's now a stable 51%. Here's how to counter him.
Players around the world have united against what is the most picked hero of the week, according to DOTABUFF. Doubling the first 1 billion picks hero's weekly pick rate, the Ringmaster's trend is far from over. Although players are having a hard time playing against him, the puppet man is a balanced character. In fact, he has a handful of things that makes him a weak hero.
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How to counter Ringmaster: Taking advantage of his weaknesses
Just like Shadow Demon, Dazzle, and Oracle, Ringmaster depends on his positioning. Having heroes like Centaur Warrunner or Legion Commander in his frontline is Ringmaster's dream. As he strongly depends on this, you may already imagine what's his kryptonite.
To counter Ringmaster, just pick heroes that ignore the frontline and catches him. Also, add burst damage to the equation to prevent him from counter-initiating with his defensive abilities. Heroes that meet these requirements are:
- Queen of Pain: You can scale into silences with her, making it one of the best options against the newest hero.
- Storm Spirit: The preferred choice when it comes to Ringmaster's counters. Burst, initiation, disable; the all-in-one backline killing machine.
- Templar Assassin and Morphling: The concept is the same. Just first, then burst. In contrast with the two previously mentioned heroes, these two depend on damage items first.
- Micro-management units: Specially Beastmaster and Chen. Their units will easily zone Ringmaster away from the team fight, forcing him to use his defensive spells on himself instead of his team.
- Blink dagger initiators: Batrider, Tuskar, and Pangolier have become great options against him. However, you will need extra assistance to burst him since these three options have a limited timeframe to take him down.
This information will be updated as well, since the new hero is not complete yet. Ringmaster has neither Aghanim's upgrades nor facets, which will add or remove counters in the future.
To stay updated on how to make him the biggest clown in your rankeds, stay tuned to our Dota 2 guides!
