Crystal Maiden

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Crystal Maiden #3 17 + 2.2 16 + 1.6 18 + 3.3
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 20 394 1054 1802 2088 +0.25 +1.95 +5.03 +8.43 +9.73 Mana 80 296 848 1388 1604 +0.5 +1.4 +3.71 +5.96 +6.89 Armor 0 2.67 6.4 11.07 12.73 Magic Resist 25% 26.8% 31.42% 35.92% 37.77% Damage Block - Damage 30 36 48 54 94 100 139 145 157 163 Attack Rate 0.59/s 0.68/s 0.81/s 0.98/s 1.04/s Attack Range 600 (750) Attack Speed ▶️ 100 (1.7s BAT) Attack Animation 0.45 + 0 Projectile Speed 900 Move Speed ▶️ 280 ( 310) Turn Rate 0.6 Collision Size 27 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 800) Gib Type Ice Internal npc_dota_hero_crystal_maiden

Unleashes a high damage blizzard upon her foes.
Wherever Rylai went, the cold went with her. Fields and orchards withered in her wake, leaving her parents no choice but to pack her off to Icewrack, a realm in the frigid north. Under the tutelage of a hermit wizard, Rylai learned to imprison her enemies with a Thick Block of Ice, holding them in place as she Freezes the Ground. Magic flourishes under her, stimulating Arcane Energy Regeneration in all her companions. In the heat of battle, Rylai keeps a cool head. Channeling her Elemental Talents, the Crystal Maiden summons enormous shards of ice from the skies, obliterating all foes foolish enough to remain in her Freezing Field.
Roles:	Support Disabler Nuker
Complexity:
Adjectives:	Blue, Cape, Cute, Female, Icy, Nose Legs ( 2 )

Bio

Rylai, the Crystal Maiden

▶️ "When Hell freezes over, I'll start calling it Heaven."

Lore:

Born in a temperate realm, raised with her fiery older sister Lina, Rylai the Crystal Maiden soon found that her innate elemental affinity to ice created trouble for all those around her. Wellsprings and mountain rivers froze in moments if she stopped to rest nearby; ripening crops were bitten by frost, and fruiting orchards turned to mazes of ice and came crashing down, spoiled. When their exasperated parents packed Lina off to the equator, Rylai found herself banished to the cold northern realm of Icewrack, where she was taken in by an Ice Wizard who had carved himself a hermitage at the crown of the Blueheart Glacier. After long study, the wizard pronounced her ready for solitary practice and left her to take his place, descending into the glacier to hibernate for a thousand years. Her mastery of the Frozen Arts has only deepened since that time, and now her skills are unmatched.

Aliases:

CM, Rylai, Wolf

Voice:

Gin Hammond (Responses)

Abilities

Crystal Nova

▶️QV

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

A burst of damaging frost slows enemy movement and attack rate in the targeted area.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.6

Cast Range: 700

Effect Radius: 425 ( 550)

Damage: 110/160/210/260 ( 410/460/510/560)

Move Speed Slow: 20%/30%/40%/50%

Attack Speed Slow: 30/45/60/75

Slow Duration: 5

 11/10/9/8 ( 7/6/5/4)

 115/135/155/175

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:

New Ability

Grants the Crystal Clone ability.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_crystal_maiden_crystal_nova

Any

The air temperature around Rylai drops rapidly, chilling all around her to the core.

• Provides a 6-second 900 radius ground vision at the target area upon cast.

• Crystal Nova first applies the damage, then the debuff.

• Plays a sound effect during the cast time which is audible to everyone.

• Successive casts do not update the movement speed and attack speed slow values but refresh the slow duration.

• COSMETIC
  Has a cast backswing of 0.8 with the Frost Avalanche equipped.

Frostbite

▶️WE

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Encases an enemy unit in ice, prohibiting movement and attack, while dealing damage over time. Lasts 10 seconds on creeps level 6 or lower.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.6

Cast Range: 600 ( 725)

Damage Interval: 0.2

Damage per Second: 100

Hero Duration: 1.5/2/2.5/3 ( 2.75/3.25/3.75/4.25)

Creep Duration: 10 ( 11.25)

 9/8/7/6

 125/135/145/155

Debuff Immunity Notes:

The True Sight pierces debuff immunity.

Spell Block / Reflection Notes:

Not blocked when passively applied by Freezing Field.

Not blocked when passively applied by Crystal Clone.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_crystal_maiden_frostbite

Any

Rylai channels winds from the Blueheart Glacier, imprisoning attackers in thick blocks of ice.

• Despite the visual effects, Frostbite applies its effects immediately and cannot be disjointed.

• Roots and disarms the target, preventing it from moving, attacking, and casting certain mobility abilities.
  • Provides True Sight over the target.

• Deals 20 damage in 0.2-second intervals, starting 0.2 seconds after cast, resulting in 7.5/10/12.5/15 ( 13.75/16.25/18.75/21.25) damage instances to heroes and 50 ( 56.25) to creeps.
  • Can deal up to 150/200/250/300 ( 275/325/375/425) damage to heroes and 1000 ( 1125) damage to creeps (before reductions).

• Treats illusions, creep-heroes, ancient creeps and Roshan as heroes.

• Successive casts do not stack but refresh the duration.

• COSMETIC
  Has a cast backswing of 0.8 with the Frost Avalanche equipped.
  • Has a cast backswing of 1 with the Conduit of the Blueheart equipped.

Arcane Aura

ER

Ability
Aura

Affects
Allies

Gives additional mana regeneration to all friendly units on the map. Allies within a 1200 radius of Crystal Maiden receive 3x the mana regeneration. Crystal Maiden herself receives 7x the bonus.

Aura Radius: Global

Proximity Aura Radius: 1200

Base Mana Regen Bonus: 0.4/0.6/0.8/1

Proximity Bonus Factor: 3

Self Bonus Factor: 7

Aura Linger Duration: 0.5

Illusion Notes:

Bestows and benefits from the aura.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_crystal_maiden_brilliance_aura

Undispellable

modifier_crystal_maiden_brilliance_aura_effect

Undispellable

Cold temperatures promote the essence of magic, causing Rylai's presence to allow spell usage in abundance.

• Arcane Aura provide two auras, and its buff lingers for 0.5 seconds.
  • The first aura has a Global radius.
  • The second proximity aura grants her allies 1.2/1.8/2.4/3 mana regeneration bonus per ability level within 1200 radius.
  • Crystal Maiden receives 7 times of the base mana regeneration value, regenerating 2.8/4.2/5.6/7 mana per second per ability level.

• The base mana regeneration aura can regenerate up to 24/36/48/60 mana per minute for allies.
  • Within the proximity aura radius, allies can regenerate up to 72/108/144/180 mana per minute.
  • Can regenerate up to 168/252/336/420 mana per minute for Crystal Maiden.

• Does not affect invulnerable or hidden units.

Crystal Clone

DT

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self / Enemies

Damage
Magical

Slides backward, creating a crystal clone of herself in her place. If the clone takes enough damage or times out, it shatters, Frostbiting enemies in a 450 AoE around its place.

Cast Animation:  0+0

Split Time: 0.1

Move Distance: 275

Move Duration: 0.3

Frostbite Radius: 450

Crystal Clone Illusion

Damage Threshold: 150

Damage Dealt: 100%

Damage Taken: 100%

Illusion Duration: 5

 10

 150

Debuff Immunity Notes:

The True Sight of Frostbite pierces debuff immunity.

Spell Block / Reflection Notes:

Not blocked when Frostbite is passively applied.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_crystal_maiden_crystal_clone

Undispellable

Ability Draft Notes:

* Requires drafting Frostbite to be unlocked.

• Access Crystal Clone by toggling auto-cast on Frostbite

• Requires Aghanim's Shard to be unlocked.

• Does not interrupts Crystal Maiden's channeling abilities upon cast.

• Crystal Clone disjoints projectiles upon cast.
  • Also provides 0.1-second 1800 and 800 ground vision respectively upon cast.

• Crystal Maiden slides backward from the direction she is facing, at a speed of 916.67 up to 0.3 seconds.
  • Can move over other units and over impassable terrain.

• While sliding, Crystal Clone cancels all movement orders and attack orders, and then it creates an illusion instantly despite having a slight animation delay.

• The illusion created does not visually animate, it is also unselectable and uncontrollable.
  • However, it can still be attacked by enemies via ground-targeting an attack (A) on the nearest unit.

• Despite the ability tooltip, the illusion does not have a fixed health, it passively shatters when it collectively receives 150 damage (before all reductions, except Damage Barriers).
  • When the illusion shatters, it applies Frostbite within 450 radius based on its current level.
  • Frostbite notes fully apply. If it is not learned, it is not applied.
  • The Frostbite applied is independent of the ability and does not cost any mana.

• Taunt sources and its mechanic notes fully apply to the illusion.
  • However, once the illusion is taunted, the taunt state lasts indefinitely regardless of the taunt duration and does not change targets even when it cannot find the taunting unit anymore.

Freezing Field

▶️RF

Ability
No Target / Channeled

Affects
Enemies
( Self)

Damage
Magical

Surrounds Crystal Maiden with 100 random icy explosions that slow enemies and deal massive damage. Grants bonus armor while channeling. Lasts 10 seconds.

Passive Component

 Frostbite Timer: 2.5

Cast Animation: 0+0

Max Channel Time: 10 ( 0)

Slow Radius: 810

Min Explosion Spawn Radius: 195

Max Explosion Spawn Radius: 785

Explosion Damage Radius: 320

Self Armor Bonus: 20

Explosion Spawn Interval: 0.1 ( 0.083)

Damage per Explosion: 105/170/250 ( 155/220/300)

Move Speed Slow: 40%

Attack Speed Slow: 60

Slow Duration: 1

 Self Move Speed Slow: 75%

 100/95/90

 200/400/600

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

New Ability

Grants the Stop Freezing Field ability.
Allows you to move, cast and attack during Freezing Field. Can still be interrupted by enemies. You move 75% slower during this. Increases total number of explosions by 20%. Applies Frostbite to any unit that has been standing in the Freezing Field for over 2.5s.

Spell Block / Reflection Notes:

Not blocked when Frostbite is passively applied.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_crystal_maiden_freezing_field

Death

modifier_crystal_maiden_freezing_field_slow

Any

modifier_crystal_maiden_freezing_field_tracker

Death

Ability Draft Notes:

Frostbite must be drafted as well for it to get applied.

Once the place of her exile, Icewrack has become an anchor for Rylai's frigid onslaught.

• Both the movement speed and attack speed slow is applied to all enemies within the radius in 0.1-second intervals, regardless of the ice explosions.

• The explosions occur in 0.1 ( 0.083)-second intervals, starting 0.1 ( 0.083) seconds after cast, resulting in 99 ( 121) explosions.

• Each ice explosion can spawn within a random distance of 195 to 785 away from Crystal Maiden.
  • The explosion spawn radius is divided into four 90° segments (0°–90°, 90°–180°, 180°–270°, 270°–360°).
  • The first explosion occurs within the northeast segment of the circle, following explosions proceeding counterclockwise, regardless of facing direction.

• With the max spawn radius and explosion radius, it can damage units up to 1105 range away.

• The average damage is roughly constant up to a radius of 485, falling off after that.
  • It is slightly less than 50% at a radius of 785. The very center does 5% more damage.
  • It approximately deals 2000/3300/4800 ( 2400/3960/5760) damage to enemies within 485 range over the full duration, ±1.9 ( ±2.28) explosions.

• The radius is always centered on Crystal Maiden and follows her even when she is moved.

• Despite the visual effects, the damage is dealt as the falling ice shards are spawned, not upon them reaching the ground.

• SCEPTER
  Freezing Field now provides an aura that tracks enemies within the area. The tracker lingers for 0.1 seconds.
  • If an enemy unit is affected by the tracker for 2.5 seconds, Frostbite is applied to the enemy unit based on its current level.
  • A unit can only be affected by Frostbite once per cast of Freezing Field. Even if they re-enter the area, they are not affected a second time.
  • If a unit is already frostbitten by a manual cast, it can still be frostbitten again by Freezing Field, and refreshing the duration.
  • The tracker resets whenever it is reapplied to a unit. This means a unit must be affected by it for 2.5 seconds continuously in order to be frostbitten.

• The tracker is placed on enemies even without having Aghanim's Scepter, tracking the duration enemies spend within the area normally.
  • This means when acquiring the item while channeling, enemies which have been in the area for more than 2.5 seconds instantly have Frostbite applied to them.
  • The tracker does not affect invulnerable or hidden units.

• SCEPTER
  Freezing Field no longer requires channeling and Crystal Maiden can move and act freely during its duration.
  • Still interrupts Crystal Maiden's channeling abilities upon cast.
  • While Freezing Field is active, it applies a 75% movement speed slow on Crystal Maiden, which can be off-set by movement speed bonuses, including haste.
  • Freezing Field is interrupted if Crystal Maiden gets stunned, silenced, cycloned, feared, hexed or slept during it.
  • It also stops when Crystal Maiden dies, or when she uses the Stop Freezing Field sub-ability.
  • The following abilities are no longer able to interrupt Freezing Field:
    • Glimpse, Earth Splitter, Relocate, Recall, X Marks the Spot, Return, Overgrowth and Nether Swap.
• SPELL STEAL
  The passive Frostbite applied is based on Crystal Maiden's current ability level when acquired.
• SOULBIND
  The passive Frostbite applied on any of the targets is not shared with the other.

Stop Freezing Field

RF

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self

Immediately stops the Freezing Field

Cast Animation:  0+0

Max Duration: 10

 1

 0

• Requires Aghanim's Scepter to be unlocked.

• Replaces Freezing Field until the sub-ability is used or the duration ends.

• Interrupts Crystal Maiden's channeling abilities upon cast.

• Goes into a 1-second cooldown right after Freezing Field is cast, this is to prevent accidental double-casts prematurely ending the ability.

Talents

Hero Talents
+300 Crystal Nova Damage	25	+1.25s Frostbite Duration
+50 Freezing Field Damage	20	+225 Attack Speed
-4s Crystal Nova Cooldown	15	+125 Frostbite Cast Range
+125 Crystal Nova AoE	10	+250 Health

Notes:

• The health talent increases the max health capacity and keeps the current health percentage.

Recent Changes

Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore

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7.35d

• Increased Crystal Clone Mana Cost from 50 to 150.

7.35

• Increased Arcane Aura self bonus factor from 6 to 7.
• Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
  • Crystal Clone
    • The created illusion can now be destroyed by Crystal Maiden's Crystal Nova and Freezing Field.
    • Increased radius from 400 to 450.

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  -3s Crystal Nova cooldown increased to -4s.

  LVL 25

   

  +240 Crystal Nova damage increased to +300.

7.34d

• Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
  • Crystal Clone
    • No longer interrupts channeling abilities upon cast.
    • U
      Now has an instant cast time.
    • Reduced cooldown from 12 to 10.

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Recommended Items

Starting items:

• Tango provides Crystal Maiden with health regeneration to stay in lane and support her teammates without being harassed away and being forced to return to base.

• Healing Salve also restores health to Crystal Maiden or her allies.

• Clarity is a useful purchase due to Crystal Maiden's low base intelligence preventing her from casting too many spells in the laning stage.

• Enchanted Mango can allow her to bring both of her disables to bear on an enemy, greatly increasing the odds of a kill during a gank.

Early game:

• Magic Wand is very useful on Crystal Maiden to sustain enemies' spammable abilities during laning stage.

• Tranquil Boots give a large amount of movement speed and health regeneration at a very low price. As Arcane Aura sustains her mana, Tranquil Boots help with two of Crystal Maiden's biggest weaknesses and let her stay in the field.

• Pavise is a cheap support item that protects Crystal Maiden or an ally against physical damage.

Mid game:

• Glimmer Cape can be a useful item to purchase if you intend on making use of Freezing Field regularly. Casting the active on yourself prior to jumping in with your ultimate can give you a little extra time to channel it. In other situations, it can be an awesome stealth initiation, escape, or survivability tool when used either on Crystal Maiden or her ally.

• Blink Dagger augments Crystal Maiden's mobility, allowing her to instantly jump within range for locking down enemy heroes with her disables. It allows her to move around the map more easily either to support her teammates or to escape pursuing enemies.

• Solar Crest is an upgrade to Pavise that provides the powerful Shine ability for bolstering allied carries in fights. It can also be cast on Crystal Maiden herself in emergencies to block physical damage.

• Urn of Shadows is a good utility item for a roaming Crystal Maiden, as it can add a little periodical damage to her nukes or be used to recover health after ganks. The additional attributes and armor tank her up a bit, while the mana regeneration works alongside Arcane Aura to keep her mana topped up.

Late game:

• Eul's Scepter of Divinity grants Crystal Maiden additional movement speed, a larger mana pool, and mana regeneration. It is generally built if an additional disable against enemies is needed.

• Force Staff provides Crystal Maiden with repositioning abilities and increases the size of her mana pool to allow her to cast her disables more easily. Particularly, it is a good choice if saving up for a Blink Dagger is unfeasible, or be used in tandem with Blink Dagger to grant both initiation and escape.

• Black King Bar is an expensive luxury item that should be considered only if given farm priority and all other support duties have been met. It prevents interruptions to Crystal Maiden's ultimate as well as increasing the size of her health pool.

Situational items:

• Ghost Scepter gives survivability against attacking carries by granting Crystal Maiden a brief period of invulnerability to physical damage as well as some additional attributes. The active is also useful for preventing enemies from ending the channelling of Freezing Field by attacking her.

• Drum of Endurance gives Crystal Maiden attributes to tank up. The extra movement speed allows her to position for casting spells.

• Aether Lens is a strong caster item that greatly improves Crystal Maiden's disabling capabilities. The item facilitates casting spells from her small mana pool. The increased cast range allows Crystal Maiden to cast Frostbite and Crystal Nova from longer ranges to catch enemies.

• Meteor Hammer can be used as an extra means of disabling enemies when combined with Frostbite. It provides Crystal Maiden with useful attribute and regeneration bonuses and improves her team's pushing potential.

• Scythe of Vyse is a very expensive support item, however, it gives a very reliable ranged hard-disable, a larger mana pool, some more HP, and a powerful mana regeneration boost.

• Shiva's Guard gives Crystal Maiden a strong area slow which synergizes with Crystal Nova and Freezing Field. The armor bonus also makes her much more resistant to physical damage, making it harder to focus her down.

Dota Plus Progress

Main Article: Hero Challenges

Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.

Relics	Voice Lines
Multi-Hero Crystal Novas Blink Frostbite Combos Three Hero Freezing Fields Freezing Field Damage While Invisible Freezing Field Kills Roots Leading To Kills Slows Leading To Kills Triple Kills Dominating Kill Streaks Dusts Leading To Kills Enemy Ward Kills Wards Placed Kill Assists Kills	Bronze	▶️ Ah ha ha ha ha. ▶️ Very cool of you!
	Silver	▶️ Now nobody wins! ▶️ You'll make a nice snow angel.
	Gold	▶️ I've got goosebumps! ▶️ I didn't see that coming.
	Platinum	▶️ It just keeps getting better.
	Master	▶️ Is it cold in here or is it just me?
	Grandmaster	▶️ You only live ice...

Equipment

Crystal Maiden Equipment (expand sets) Personas Conduit of the Blueheart   Conduit of the Blueheart Bundle Sets Blueheart Sovereign   Charge of the Tundra Warden   Conduit of the Blueheart   Ensemble of the Crystalline Comet   Frostiron Sorceress Set   Frozen Feather Set   Glacial Gardens   Glacial Magnolia   Glacier Duster Set   Guardian Snow Angel   Heart of the North Set   Icebound Floret   Lady of the Lumini Polare   Lineage Charge of the Tundra Warden   Prelate of the Wyvern Legion   Regalia of the Crystalline Queen Set   Royal Winterbloom   Whitewind Battlemage   Winter Snowdrop   Winter's Warden   Wraps of the Winterbringer Weapon Dragonfish Sceptre   Eul's Scepter of Divinity   Force Staff   Frost Owl's Beacon   Golden Ice Blossom   Ice Blossom   Sceptre of Icewrack   White Sentry Head Blueheart Tails   Luscious Locks   Winter Solstice Fashion   Wolfsden Gift   Yulsaria's Glacier Shoulder Yulsaria's Mantle Taunt Taunt: Beautiful Snowangel   Taunt: Making Friends Kinetic Gems Kinetic: Impatient Maiden   Kinetic: Yulsaria's Glacier

Trivia

• Rylai is one of the oldest heroes from the original DotA in Reign of Chaos DotA. Her title used to be Frost Maiden.
  • In some earlier versions of DotA, Rylai's title was changed to "Batrider" and used Troll Batrider model as default.

• Rylai's name in Warcraft DotA was Rylai Crestfall. Her surname was removed in the transition to Dota 2 for the implementation of her sibling rivalry with Lina.

• Arcane Aura used to be named "Brilliance Aura".

• In early versions of DotA, Crystal Maiden and Lich used to share the same Frost Blast ability, although they were both named Frost Nova.
  • In later updates, Crystal Maiden's Frost Nova was changed to Crystal Nova, turning it into a free-cast area-of-effect ability, while Lich kept the original effects.

• In Warcraft DotA, Frostbite can freeze the enemy's Fountain and uses the creep duration.

• "League of Legends" features an item called Rylai's Crystal Scepter as an homage to Crystal Maiden, boosting Ability (spell) Power and adding a slowing effect to spells and abilities.

• In World of Warcraft an Alliance NPC is named Rylai Crestfall, a homage to the original Crystal Maiden from Warcraft III's DotA.

• Her leveling-up response ▶️ "Is it cold in here or is it just me?" is a reference to the action movie "Demolition Man".

• Her respawning line ▶️ "You only live ice..." is a reference to the 1967 James Bond film "You Only Live Twice" based on the novel of the same name.

• Crystal Maiden's line ▶️ "It's all fun and games until someone's frozen solid." is a reference to a novel written by Christopher Brookmyre entitled "All Fun and Games until Somebody Loses an Eye".

• Crystal Maiden's rare response ▶️ "Can you guess my... favorite poet?" is a reference to Robert Frost due to his last name, and also an allusion to Frost's poem "Fire and Ice".
  • She is the ice, and her sister Lina is fire. An excerpt: "Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice ... know enough of hate, to say that for destruction ice is also great, and would suffice.".

• Her Crystal Clone spell is inspired by the Ice Klone special move of Sub-Zero from the Mortal Kombat franchise.
  • Just like Sub-Zero who jumps back and leaves an ice clone in his previous spot, Crystal Maiden slides backward and leaves a crystal clone in her place.
  • Its ability to freeze anyone near it by taking enough damage is similar to how Sub-Zero's ice clone freezes opponents who make contact with it.

Gallery

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  Crystal Maiden and Axe cartoon art

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  Steam profile background art

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  Concept art

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  Ability icon progress

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  Hero icon

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  Crystal Maiden on the Ability Draft splash art in the New Bloom 2014 update.