Dota 2 The Ringmaster & 2024 Compendium Update

With the Dota 2 Championships, widely known as The Internationals, right around the corner, Valve recently released an update for Dota 2 as a lead-up to the event. The update covers the Compendium for The International 2024 as well as a new hero called The Ringmaster. The International will run from Wednesday, 4 Sept 2024, to Sunday, 15 Sept 2024.

The International is a massive yearly event that features the best Dota teams on the planet based on performances in multiple prior events. The event, unlike most esports tournaments, takes a unique approach to the prize pool, which is partially crowdfunded through a battle pass system known as The Compendium. Through this, The International has routinely boasted some of the largest prize pools of any eSports tournament ever.

This year’s compendium has just been released and contains a number of activities and rewards that are focused on players, teams, and matches that will feature in this year’s tournament. Below is a breakdown of what this year’s update has to offer:

New Hero: The Ringmaster

The newest addition to Dota 2’s hero roster is Cogliostro Kettle, also known as The Ringmaster. The Ringmaster is a hero with a tragic background detailed in a fairly interesting comic that is free to read on the Dota homepage. He’s depicted bearing a mechanical design and is always seen with a staff in his right hand that he uses to launch projectile daggers as well as a whip in his left hand.

The Ringmaster is an intelligence-based hero that utilizes ranged attacks and a handful of abilities for damage and control. His basic stats and abilities are as follows:

Strength: 23 + 2.4

Agility: 13 + 1.4

Intelligence: 25 + 3.0

Abilities

• Inner Ability: Dark Carnival Barker
• Funhouse Mirror
• Strongman Tonic
• Whoopee Cushion
• Tame the Beasts
• Escape Act
• Impalement Arts
• Wheel of Wonder
• Aghanim’s Scepter
• Aghanim’s Shard

Compendium 2024 Activities

Earn Points Playing Dota

Every time you play the game, you will earn points through weekly challenges as well as get rewarded for every first win of the day.

Fantasy

Compete against your friends and Dota players around the world. Choose the best fantasy lineup of your favorite pros and craft custom cards with point-enhancing stats.

Oracle’s Challenge

Make predictions on which teams you think will advance and fail in this year’s tournament and earn points for accurate predictions.

Bingo

Enjoy randomly generated bingo cards based on each tournament stage filled with crazy scenarios and conditions.

Compendium 2024 Rewards

Some of the rewards up for grabs in this year’s Compendium include:

• Physical Aegis Model
• The International 2024 HUD
• 2024 Versus Screen
• Player and Team Stickers
• Permanent Chat Wheels
• 2024 Effigy Block
• Fantasy and Bingo Powerups
• Favorite Team Teleport Effects
• Loading Screens

Pricing

This year’s Compendium has two versions: a standard version going for $7.49 and an enhanced version that’s going for $29.99.

As usual, 25% of the sales will go to funding the $1.6 million prize pool for The International, which will take place this September in Copenhagen, Denmark.