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Ring Master · Hard Support (pos. 5)

Damage build

OffensiveAdvancedData-drivenPatch 7.41
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When to use it

Moves the popular items that add damage — Shadow Blade and Vladmir's Offering — to the front. Choose it when your lane went well and you can afford to be greedy. Built from what Ring Master players buy in the public matches we measured.

This build is part of the guide Ring Master Items: What to Buy and When.

Where it's played

Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.

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  1. Safe laneMain51% of matchesSafe lane next to your carry, as Hard Support (pos. 5).
  2. OfflanePriority 245% of matchesOff lane next to your offlaner, as Soft Support (pos. 4).

Starting items

Iron Branch+1 All Attributes.TangoBlood Grenade+50 Health.Faerie Fire+2 Damage.Observer and Sentry Wards1600 Observer vision range, 6 Observer duration, 8 Sentry duration.Sentry Ward

Core items

  1. 1Shadow Blade+25 Damage, +35 Attack Speed. Active: Shadow Walk.
  2. 2Vladmir's Offering+1 Armor, +0.75 Mana Regeneration.
  3. 3Blink DaggerActive: Blink.
  4. 4Rod of Atos+12 Intelligence, +275 Health. Active: Cripple.

Boots

Arcane Boots+45 Movement Speed, +0.25 Mana Regeneration, +125 Mana. Active: Replenish.

Late game

Aether Lens+300 Mana, +2.5 Mana Regeneration, +225 Cast Range.Force Staff+10 Intelligence, +175 Health. Active: Force.Aghanim's Scepter+10 All Attributes, +175 Health, +175 Mana.

Skill order

Max order:Tame the Beas…›Impalement Ar…›Escape Act

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Talents by level

  1. Escape Act Grants Strong Dispel and Flying
    +150 Wheel of Wonder Radius and Range
    25
  2. +1s Impalement Arts Bleed and Slow Duration
    +75/+300 Tame the Beasts Min/Max Damage
    20
  3. Debuff Immunity While Channeling Tame the Beasts
    Impalement Arts Penetrates One Target
    15
  4. Whoopee Cushion
    Strongman Tonic
    10