In the new patch 7.38, Valve made significant changes to the balance of Dota 2. The developers added Ringmaster to Captain’s Mode, making the hero available for professional matches.

Ringmaster possesses a unique souvenir mechanic that provides additional abilities. His basic aspect, Carny Classics, includes the following souvenirs:

• Funhouse Mirror — creates an illusion of the hero that lasts for 18 seconds. The illusion receives 300% damage and deals 28% of the owner's damage.
• Strongman Tonic — temporarily increases the strength of the selected allied hero by 5 + 1.5 per Ringmaster level. The maximum effect lasts for 4 seconds, then gradually reduces and vanishes after 8 seconds.
• Whoopee Cushion — propels the hero forward by 400 units, leaving behind a cloud with a radius of 200, slowing enemies by 30% for 3 seconds.

The alternative aspect, Sideshow Secrets, offers other souvenirs:

• Crystal Ball — allows scanning of the area, revealing invisible enemies and providing vision of the area.
• Unicycle — summons a unicycle that increases the hero's movement speed and allows passage through creatures.
• Weighted Pie — knocks back an enemy, limits their vision, and instantly kills any non-ancient creep.

Although the hero Kezu has also received two aspects, he has not yet been added to Captain’s Mode.

Kezu's Aspects

• Flutter — Switch Discipline: Kezu deals 12% more damage with the first attack or ability after switching to the katana and gains +12% movement speed for 2 seconds after switching to the sai.
• Shadowhawk — Shodo Sai: Activating the mark from Shodo Sai from invisibility deals 50% more critical damage. When Kezu activates the mark, the cooldown time for Shodo Sai and Kazurai Katana is reduced by 20/30/40/50%.

Ringmaster appeared in Dota 2 in August 2024, and Kez was released in November. More details on other changes in patch 7.38 can be found by following the link.