Streamer and former professional player Ilya 'ALOHADANCE' Korobkin shared his initial impressions of Ringmaster during a personal Twitch stream.
Korobkin mentioned that he would have preferred to play Monkey King instead. He expressed that after reviewing the patch, he found Ringmaster to be underwhelming and not particularly engaging. He described the hero as somewhat weak and noted that its late-game scaling seemed poor.
Previously, professional player Georgiy 'swedenstrong' Zaynalabidov had praised Ringmaster as an impressive hero, believing that he possesses many strong abilities.