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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.

7.34c

Increased base intelligence from 16 to 18.
Increased base armor -1 to 0.

7.34b

Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Increased Crystal Clone Frostbite radius from 300 to 400.

7.34

Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Freezing Field
  - Increased Frostbite timer from 1.75 to 2.5.
  - Now increases total number of explosions by 20%. [?]
  - Removes the channeling restriction and allows her to move, attack and cast abilities while active. [?]
  - Reduces self-movement speed by 75% while active.
  - Grants Crystal Maiden the Stop Freezing Field sub-ability, which stops the Freezing Field on cast.
Reworked
Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Moved
  Freezing Field max channeling time as max ability duration and explosions increasing components to Ability Upgrade.
- New
  Grants Crystal Maiden the Crystal Clone ability.

Crystal Clone

Crystal Maiden slides backwards, creating a crystal clone of herself in her place. Whenever the clone times out or is destroyed, the current level of Frostbite is applied on all enemies within the radius. The clone is untargetable, but can be damaged with AoE effects.

Moved distance: 275

Frostbite radius: 300

Clone health: 150

Clone duration: 5

Mana cost: 50

Cooldown: 12

7.33d

Reduced base mana regeneration from 1 to 0.5.

7.33c

Reduced Crystal Nova damage from 130/170/210/260 to 110/160/210/260.

7.33

Reduced base health from 200 to 120.
Increased base attack damage from 28‒34 to 30‒36.
Reduced Frostbite damage interval from 0.25 to 0.2.
Reduced Freezing Field cooldown from 100 on each level to 100/95/90.

Talents:

LVL 20

+200 attack speed increased to +225.

7.32d

Arcane Aura
- Reduced base mana regeneration bonus from 0.6/0.9/1.2/1.5 to 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.
- U
  Increased ally mana regeneration proximity bonus factor from 2 to 3.
- U
  Increased self bonus factor from 4 to 6.

7.32

Arcane Aura
- No longer replenishes 6/12/18/24 mana to allies within 1200 radius whenever Crystal Maiden casts any of her abilities.
- Now has an ally mana regeneration proximity bonus factor of 2 within 1200 radius. [?]
- Rescaled base mana regeneration bonus from 0.5/1/1.5/2 to 0.6/0.9/1.2/1.5.
- Increased self bonus factor from 3 to 4.
Increased Freezing Field cooldown from 90 to 100.

Talents:

LVL 15

+20 Arcane Aura mana replenish per cast ➜ +125 Frostbite cast range.

7.31d

Reduced base strength from 18 to 17.
Increased Crystal Nova slow duration from 4.5 to 5.
Increased Frostbite cast range from 550 to 600.

7.31c

Freezing Field
- Increased explosion damage radius from 300 to 320.
- Increased movement speed slow from 30% to 40%.
- Reduced cooldown from 110/100/90 to 90 on each level.

7.31

Increased Crystal Nova attack speed slow from 20/30/40/50 to 30/45/60/75.
Arcane Aura now replenishes 6/12/18/24 mana to allies within 1200 radius whenever Crystal Maiden casts any of her abilities. [?]

Talents:

LVL 10

+200 health increased to +250.
LVL 15

+6% Arcane Aura magic resistance ➜ +20 Arcane Aura mana replenish per cast.

7.30c

Reduced Frostbite mana cost from 140/145/150/155 to 125/135/145/155.

7.30

Increased base health regeneration from 0 to 0.25.
Reduced base attack speed from 115 to 100.
Reduced Crystal Nova mana cost from 130/145/160/175 to 115/135/155/175.
Freezing Field explosions are now distributed more evenly throughout the area. [?]
Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Now also increases Freezing Field number of explosions by 20%. [?]

7.29

Increased turn rate from 0.5 to 0.6.
Reworked
Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Old
  Frostbite
  - Reduces cooldown by 1.
  - Adds ↓↓ Double-tapping support, applying root and disarm on self, and granting 70% incoming damage reduction.
  - Has an instant cast time when cast while channeling. [?]
- New
  Freezing Field
  - Removes the channeling restriction and allows her to move, attack and cast abilities while active. [?]
  - Reduces self-movement speed by 75% while active.
  - Grants Crystal Maiden the Stop Freezing Field sub-ability, which stops the Freezing Field on cast.

Talents:

LVL 10

+75 cast range ➜ +125 Crystal Nova radius.

7.28

Changed
Frostbite ability operations.
- The damage is now defined by 100 per second, rather than a total damage value of 150/200/250/300 for heroes and 1000 for creeps. [?]
- The amount of ticks is no longer decided by the default duration divided by the tick interval, rounded down. It now ticks for the whole duration. [?]
- The damage interval is now a flexible 0.25, instead of a fixed 0.7. [?]
Added
Aghanim's Shard upgrade for Crystal Maiden:
- Frostbite
  - Reduces cooldown by 1.
  - Adds ↓↓ Double-tapping support, applying root and disarm on self, and granting 70% incoming damage reduction.
  - Has an instant cast time when cast while channeling. [?]

7.27b

Increased base intelligence from 14 to 16.
Reduced base attack damage from 30‒36 to 28‒34.
Increased base movement speed from 275 to 280.
Reduced Freezing Field max explosion radius from 835 to 810.
Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Reduced Freezing Field Frostbite timer from 2 to 1.75.

Talents:

LVL 15

-2s Crystal Nova cooldown increased to -3s.
LVL 15

8% Arcane Aura magic resistance reduced to 6%. [?]

7.26c

Talents:

LVL 15

-1.5s Crystal Nova cooldown increased to -2s.

7.26b

Talents:

LVL 10

+100 cast range reduced to +75.
LVL 10

+250 health reduced to +200.
LVL 15

-2s Crystal Nova cooldown reduced to -1.5s.
LVL 15

10% Arcane Aura magic resistance reduced to 8%. [?]
LVL 20

+60 Freezing Field damage per explosion reduced to +50.
LVL 20

+250 attack speed reduced to +200.
LVL 25

+300 Crystal Nova damage reduced to +240.
LVL 25

+1.5s Frostbite duration reduced to +1.25s.

7.25

Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Reduced Freezing Field Frostbite timer from 2.5 to 2.

7.24

Talents:

LVL 15

+150 Gold per minute ➜ -2s Crystal Nova cooldown.

7.23d

Reduced base mana regeneration from 1.5 to 1.
Increased Arcane Aura self bonus factor from 2 to 3. [?]

7.23c

Reduced Crystal Nova cooldown from 14/12/10/8 to 11/10/9/8.
Arcane Aura no longer grants 5%/6%/7%/8% magic resistance bonus.

Talents:

LVL 15

14% Arcane Aura mana cost/mana loss reduction ➜ 10% Arcane Aura magic resistance. [?]

7.23b

Increased Crystal Nova cooldown from 11/10/9/8 to 14/12/10/8.

7.23a

Increased base mana regeneration from 1 to 1.5.
Arcane Aura
- Reduced mana regeneration bonus from 1/1.5/2/2.5 to 0.5/1/1.5/2.
- Rescaled magic resistance bonus from 4%/6%/8%/10% to 5%/6%/7%/8%

7.23

Increased base mana regeneration from 0 to 1.
Arcane Aura
- Now has a self bonus factor of 2.
- Now also grants 4%/6%/8%/10% magic resistance bonus. [?]
- Reduced self mana regeneration bonus from 2.5/4.5/6.5/8.5 to 2/3/4/5. [?]

7.22f

Reduced base armor from 0 to -1.

7.22

Increased base attack speed from 100 to 115.
Reduced attack point from 0.55 to 0.45.

7.21b

Increased Freezing Field self armor bonus from 10 to 20.

7.21

Increased intelligence gain from 2.9 to 3.3.
U
Increased base attack damage from 28‒34 to 30‒36.
Arcane Aura
- Reduced ally mana regeneration bonus from 1.2/1.7/2.2/2.7 to 1/1.5/2/2.5.
- Increased self mana regeneration bonus from 2.4/4.4/6.4/8.4 to 2.5/4.5/6.5/8.5.
Freezing Field now grants self 10 armor bonus while channeling.

7.20

Increased strength gain from 2 to 2.2.
Reduced base health regeneration from 1.5 to 0.
Reduced base mana regeneration from 0.9 to 0.
Increased base attack damage from 26‒32 to 28‒34.
Frostbite
- No longer applies a 0.1-second stun on cast.
- Increased cast range from 525 to 550.
- U
  
  Changed
  ability operations:
  - The damage is now defined by 150/200/250/300 total damage to heroes and 1000 total damage to creeps, rather than a 100 damage per second.
  - The amount of ticks is now decided by the default duration divided by the tick interval, rounded down. [?]
  - Increased damage interval from 0.5 to 0.7.
Arcane Aura
- Increased allied mana regeneration bonus from 0.8/1/1.2/1.4 to 1.2/1.7/2.2/2.7.
- Increased self mana regeneration bonus from 1.8/2.6/3.4/4.2 to 2.4/4.4/6.4/8.4.
Reduced Freezing Field cast time from 0.3 to 0.

7.19c

Reduced Arcane Aura ally mana regeneration bonus from 0.8/1/1.2/1.4 to 0.7/0.9/1.1/1.3.

7.19b

Increased Crystal Nova mana cost from 130/140/150/160 to 130/145/160/175.

7.19

Increased Crystal Nova mana cost from 100/120/140/160 to 130/140/150/160.

7.18

Increased Crystal Nova damage from 100/150/200/250 to 130/170/210/260.
Increased Arcane Aura self mana regeneration bonus from 1.6/2.4/3.2/4 to 1.8/2.6/3.4/4.2.

7.17

Reduced Crystal Nova cooldown from 12/11/10/9 to 11/10/9/8.

Talents:

LVL 15

+120 Gold per minute increased to +150.

7.16

Increased base attack damage from 24‒30 to 26‒32.
Increased Arcane Aura self mana regeneration bonus from 1.3/2.2/3.1/4 to 1.6/2.4/3.2/4.

7.15

Reduced base intelligence from 16 to 14.
Increased base attack damage from 22‒28 to 24‒30.

7.14

Increased base armor from -1 to 0.
Increased Freezing Field attack speed slow from 30 to 60.

7.13b

Increased base strength from 16 to 18.

7.12

Increased base attack damage from 19‒25 to 22‒28.
Increased Arcane Aura self mana regeneration bonus from 1/2/3/4 to 1.3/2.2/3.1/4.

7.10

Talents:

LVL 10

+250 health increased to +250.
LVL 15

+90 Gold per minute increased to +120.

7.07

Increased base health regeneration from 0 to 1.5.
Increased base mana regeneration from 0.01 to 0.9.
Arcane Aura
- Reduced ally mana regeneration bonus from 1/1.5/2/3 to 0.8/1/1.2/1.4.
- Reduced self mana regeneration bonus from 2/3/4/8 to 1/2/3/4.

Talents:

LVL 10

+60 attack damage ➜ +100 cast range.
LVL 10

+15% magic resistance ➜ +200 health.
LVL 15

+250 health ➜ +90 Gold per minute.
LVL 15

+125 cast range ➜ 14% Arcane Aura mana cost/mana loss reduction.
LVL 20

+50 Freezing Field damage per explosion increased to +6.
LVL 20

+120 Gold per minute ➜ +250 attack speed.

7.06d

Increased Frostbite mana cost from 115/125/140/150 to 140/145/150/155.

7.06c

Reduced base movement speed from 280 to 275.

7.06

Increased strength gain from 1.7 to 2.
Reduced base health regeneration from 0.25 to 0.
Increased base mana from 50 to 75.
Increased Freezing Field cooldown from 90 on each level to 110/100/90.
Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Fixed Frostbite applied by Freezing Field not interrupting enemies.

Talents:

LVL 20

-35s respawn time ➜ +50 Freezing Field damage per explosion.

7.03

Talents:

LVL 10

+50 attack damage increased to +60.
LVL 15

+200 health increased to +250.
LVL 25

+250 Crystal Nova damage increased to +300.

7.02

Talents:

LVL 10

+50 attack damage increased to +60.
LVL 15

+200 health increased to +250.
LVL 25

+200 Crystal Nova damage increased to +250.

7.00

Reworked
Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Freezing Field
  - Old
    - Increases damage to 170/250/310.
    - Increases movement speed slow to 50%.
    - Increases attack speed slow to 50.
  - New
    Applies Frostbite based on its current level to any unit that has been standing within the radius for over 2.5 seconds.
    - Can only affect an enemy unit once per cast.
Removed
Attribute Bonus.

added
Talents:

+50 attack damage

+15% magic resistance
+200 health

+125 cast range
-35s respawn time

+120 Gold per minute
+200 Crystal Nova damage

+1.5s Frostbite duration [?]

6.88

Increased Crystal Nova radius from 400 to 425.
Increased Frostbite cast range from 500 to 525.

6.87

Increased base health from 180 to 200.
Increased base mana from 0 to 50.
Reduced Crystal Nova cooldown from 12 on each level to 12/11/10/9.
Arcane Aura
- No longer has a self bonus factor of 2.
- Increased self mana regeneration bonus from 2/3/4/6 to 2/3/4/8.

6.86

Increased base health from 150 to 180.
Reduced Crystal Nova cooldown from 13 to 12.
Increased Arcane Aura mana regeneration bonus from 1/1.5/2/2.5 to 1/1.5/2/3.

6.85

Reduced Crystal Nova cooldown from 15 to 13.

6.84

Crystal Nova
- Rescaled movement speed slow from 30% on each level to 20%/30%/40%/50%.
- Rescaled attack speed slow from 30 on each level to 20/30/40/50.
- Rescaled slow duration from 3.5/4/4.5/5 to 4.5 on each level.
Reduced Frostbite cooldown from 10/9/8/7 to 9/8/7/6.
Reduced Freezing Field cooldown from 150/120/90 to 90 on each level.

6.83

Increased Crystal Nova attack speed slow from 20 to 30.
Reduced Frostbite cooldown from 10 on each level to 10/9/8/7.
Freezing Field
- Increased explosion max spawn distance from 635 to 785.
- Increased explosion damage radius from 250 to 300.
- Increased max channel time from 7 to 10.

6.82

Frostbite
- Increased damage per second from 70 to 100.
- Reduced damage interval from 1 to 0.5.
Increased Freezing Field explosion damage radius from 230 to 250.

6.80

Reduced base intelligence from 19 to 16.

6.79c

Reduced base intelligence from 21 to 19.
Increased base attack damage from 17‒23 to 19‒25.

6.79

Increased Freezing Field attack speed slow from 20 to 30.
Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Increased Freezing Field movement speed slow from 30% to 50%.

6.78

Increased Arcane Aura mana regeneration bonus from 0.5/1/1.5/2 to 1/1.5/2/2.5.
Increased Freezing Field explosion damage radius from 215 to 230.
Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Increased Freezing Field attack speed slow from 20 to 50.

6.77b

Fixed Arcane Aura not working properly on self.

6.76

Arcane Aura mana regeneration now has a self bonus factor of 2. [?]

6.75

Increased Freezing Field duration from 4 to 7.

6.74

Freezing Field
- Increased explosion max spawn distance from 535 to 635.
- Increased explosion damage radius from 190 to 215.

6.72c

Changed
Freezing Field Legacy Keys from Z to F.

6.72

Reduced Freezing Field mana cost from 300/400/600 to 200/400/600.

6.70

Added
new Bound Radius mechanic. [?]
- Crystal Maiden has the DOTA_HULL_SIZE_HERO hull size. [?]
- This unit has a 27-radius collision size and a 24-radius bound radius respectively.

6.69

Crystal Nova
- Increased damage from 80/130/180/230 to 100/150/200/250.
- Reduced slow duration from 5 on each level to 3.5/4/4.5/5.

6.65

Updated Crystal Nova ability icon.

6.60

Replaced
Frost Nova with Crystal Nova.

Old

Frost Nova

Blasts enemy units around a target enemy unit with a wave of damaging frost that slows movement speed and attack rate for 4 seconds.

Cast range: 600

Radius: 200

Primary damage: 50/100/125/275

Area damage: 75/100/125/125

Move speed slow: 30%

Attack speed slow: 20

Slow duration: 4

Mana cost: 100/130/155/185

Cooldown: 11

New

Crystal Nova

Blasts enemy units around a target point with a wave of damaging frost that slows movement speed and attack speed.

Cast range: 700

Radius: 400

Damage: 80/130/180/230

Movement speed slow: 30%

Attack speed slow: 20

Slow duration: 5

Mana cost: 100/120/140/160

Cooldown: 15

Reduced Arcane Aura mana regeneration bonus from 0.75/1.5/2.25/3 to 0.5/1/1.5/2.

6.55

Increased Arcane Aura mana regeneration bonus from 0.6/1.2/1.8/2.4 to 0.75/1.5/2.25/3.
Fixed some performance issues with Freezing Field.

6.54

Freezing Field
- Updated ability effects.
- Changed
  ability operations.
  - Now slows all enemy units in a 685 radius around Crystal Maiden, instead of only slowing enemies hit by an explosion.
  - The explosions now have a minimum spawn radius of 195. [?]
  - Changed
    explosion spawning system from randomly within the radius to spawning in a certain pattern.
    - The radius is now divided into 4 segments.
    - The first explosion occurs within the northeast segment of the circle. The next occurs in the northwest segment, proceeding counterclockwise.
  - Reduced slow duration from 4 to 0.5.

6.50

Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Fixed an issue with Freezing Field.

6.49

Fixed Fissure conflicting with root-based abilities (i.e. Frostbite).
Increased Arcane Aura radius from 400 to Global.

6.44

Added visual effects with Aghanim's Scepter equipped on the hero.
Updated Freezing Field ability icon.

6.42

Arcane Aura
- Now stacks with Basilius Aura.
- Increased mana regeneration bonus from 0.33/0.67/1/1.33 to 0.6/1.2/1.8/2.4.

6.39

Updated hero description.

6.35

Fixed some lag issues with Freezing Field.
Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Fixed an issue with Freezing Field.

6.29

Fixed a bug with Freezing Field and dummy units.

6.20

Frostbite
- Increased damage per second from 60 to 70.
- Reduced hero duration from 2/2.5/3/3.5 to 1.5/2/2.5/3.
Fixed Freezing Field ability animations spawning the ice explosions before reaching the cast point.

6.19b

Fixed some bugs on Freezing Field.

6.17

Freezing Field
- Fixed dummies created by ability sometimes giving gold to enemies.
- Changed
  ability operations so that multiple instances can run at the same time.

6.10

Frost Nova
- Changed
  Legacy Keys from F to V.
- Removed ability animation when used with -refresh.
Fixed Freezing Field memory leak issues.

6.05

Fixed a control loss bug when Frostbite gets Spell Reflected.

6.03

Updated Freezing Field ability tooltips.
- Added
  CHANNELED notice.

6.02

Increased base attack damage from 2‒8 to 17‒23.

6.00

Reduced base attack damage from 17‒33 to 2‒8.
Reduced acquisition range from 650 to 600.
Reduced projectile speed from 1300 to 900.
Increased base movement speed from 278 to 280.

5.72

Increased Freezing Field cooldown from 150/120/60 to 150/120/90.

5.67

Reduced Frost Nova area damage from 75/100/125/150 to 75/100/125/125.

5.65

Reduced Freezing Field slow duration from 4 to 3.75.

5.61b

Increased Frostbite damage per second from 40 to 60.

5.61

Frost Nova
- Increased mana cost from 100/125/150/175 to 100/130/155/185.
- Increased cooldown from 10 to 11.
Freezing Field
- Increased min explosion spawn radius from 115 to 125.
- Increased max explosion spawn radius from 625 to 635.
- Reduced Freezing Field damage from 110/180/265 to 105/170/250.
Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Reduced Freezing Field damage from 180/265/330 to 170/250/310.

5.58

Reduced strength gain from 1.8 to 1.7.
Increased base agility from 15 to 16.
Rescaled base intelligence and gain from 20 + 3 to 21 + 2.9.
Reduced base attack time from 1.75 to 1.7.
Increased base attack damage from 16‒24 to 17‒33.
Frost Nova
- Increased area damage from 50/75/100/125 to 75/100/125/150.
- Increased slow duration from 2.8 to 4.
- Reduced movement speed slow from 40% to 30%.
Freezing Field
- Reduced movement speed slow from 40% to 30%.
- Increased min explosion spawn radius from 75 to 115.
- Reduced Freezing Field damage from 115/190/300 to 110/180/265.
Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Reduced Freezing Field damage from 190/300/390 to 180/265/330.

5.57

Reduced Freezing Field damage from 115/200/325 to 115/190/300.
Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Reduced Freezing Field damage from 200/325/470 to 190/300/390.

5.55

Frost Nova
- Reduced primary damage from 50/100/200/250 to 50/100/125/175.
- Reduced area damage from 50/100/100/150 to 50/75/100/125.
- Reduced mana cost from 100/125/150/200 to 100/125/150/175.
- Reduced slow duration from 3 to 2.8.
Frostbite
- Rescaled damage per second from 20/30/40/60 to 40 on each level.
- Rescaled hero duration from 2/3/3/3 to 2/2.5/3/3.5.
- Reduced mana cost from 115/125/150/165 to 115/125/140/150.
Reduced Arcane Aura radius from 900 to 300.

5.53

Reduced base strength from 17 to 15.
Reduced base agility from 17 + 3.4 to 15 + 3.
Reduced base intelligence from 22 to 20.
Frost Nova
- Now has a 50/100/200/250 primary damage.
- Reduced area damage from 90/180/270/360 to 50/100/100/150.
- Reduced mana cost from 100/125/150/170 to 100/125/150/200.
- Reduced cast range from 650 to 600.
- Reduced slow duration from 5 to 3.
Frostbite
- Increased damage per second from 20/30/40/50 to 20/30/40/60.
- Reduced hero duration from 3 on each level to 2/3/3/3.
Reduced Freezing Field damage from 120/210/340 to 115/200/325.
Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Reduced Freezing Field damage from 210/340/490 to 200/325/470.

5.50

Increased base health from 100 to 150.
Updated attack projectile.
Increased projectile speed from 1100 to 1300.
Increased Freezing Field damage from 120/200/300 to 120/210/340.
Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Increased Freezing Field damage from 200/300/480 to 210/340/490.

5.40

Added
Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Crystal Maiden:
- Increases Freezing Field damage to 200/300/480.

5.35

Increased Freezing Field damage from 110/180/300 to 120/200/330.

5.32

Reduced Frost Nova cast range from 800 to 650.

5.31

Freezing Field
- Increased damage from 110/170/250 to 110/180/300.
- Increased mana cost from 300/400/550 to 300/400/600.
- Rescaled cooldown from 120 on each level to 150/120/60.

5.10

Increased Frostbite mana cost from 115/125/135/135 to 115/125/150/165.
Increased Freezing Field mana cost from on each level 300 to 300/400/550.

4.10

Increased Freezing Field max channel time from 3 to 4.

4.0beta5

Rescaled Frost Nova mana cost from 170 on each level to 100/125/150/170.
Rescaled Frostbite mana cost from 135 on each level to 115/125/135/135.

4.0beta2

Added
a 4th level to all basic abilities.
Frost Nova
- Rescaled area damage from 125/225/325 to 90/180/270/360.
- Increased slow duration from 2/3/4 to 5.
- Increased mana cost from 125 to 170.
- Reduced cooldown from 15 to 10.
Frostbite
- Reduced cast range from 700 to 500.
- Reduced hero damage per second from 15/22.5/50 to 20/30/40/50.
- Increased creep damage per second from 5/10/25 to 20/30/40/50.
- Increased hero duration from 1.5/2.5/3 to 3.
- Reduced creep duration from 6/9/12 to 10.
- Increased mana cost from 90 to 135.
- Reduced cooldown from 15 to 10.
Rescaled Arcane Aura mana regeneration bonus from 1/2/3 to 0.5/1/1.5/2.
Replaced
Snow Storm with Freezing Field.

Old

Snow Storm

Calls down waves of fire that damage enemy units in the target area, burning for additional damage over time.

Cast range: 800

Effect radius: 400

Number of waves: 20

Number of shards per waves: 50

Wave interval: 1

Damage per shards: 50

Building damage percentage: 98%

Mana cost: 250

Cooldown: 120

New

Freezing Field

Causes many random icy explosions in an area surrounding Rylai.

Max channel time: 3

Explosion spawn radius min: 75

Explosion spawn radius max: 625

Explosion damage radius: 190

Damage: 110/170/250

Move speed slow: 20%

Attack speed slow: 40

Slow duration: 4

Explosion interval: 0.1

Mana cost: 300

Cooldown: 120

3.2e

Reduced base attack damage from 20‒20 to 16‒22.

3.2d

Updated attack projectile.
Increased attack projectile speed from 900 to 1100.
Reduced Snow Storm radius from 600 to 400.

3.0d

Reduced Frost Nova attack speed slow from 25 to 20.

2.60

Fixed Crystal Maiden using Batrider model.
Update attack projectile model.
Increased intelligence gain from 3.2 to 3.4.
Increased base attack damage from 10‒10 to 20‒20.
Reduced base attack time from 2.5 to 1.75.
Reduced base movement speed from 300 to 278.
Frost Nova
- Reduced area damage from 150/275/400 to 125/225/325
- Increased cooldown from 8 to 15.
- Reduced mana cost from 125/150/175 to 125
Replaced
Ice Armor with Frostbite.

Old

Ice Armor

Creates a shield around the target friendly unit or building, which adds armor and slows attacking units. Lasts 40 seconds.

Cast range: 800

Armor bonus: 5/10/15

Move speed slow: 40%

Attack speed slow: 25

Armor duration: 5

Slow duration: 2

Mana cost: 40

Cooldown: 2

New

Frostbite

Encases the target's legs in a brick of ice, dealing minor damage and holding him in place.

Cast range: 700

Damage interval: 1

Hero damage per second: 5/10/25 (total damage: 15/40/150)

Creep damage per second: 5/10/25 (total damage: 30/90/300)

Hero duration: 3/4.5/6

Creep duration: 6/9/12

Mana cost: 90

Cooldown: 15

Reduced Arcane Aura mana regeneration bonus from 2/4/6 to 1/2/3.
Snow Storm
- Increased number of ability levels from 1 to 3.
- Rescaled damage per shard from 50 on each level to 40/50/60.

0.95

Increased base strength and gain from 15 + 1.5 to 17 + 1.8.
Increased agility gain from 1.5 to 1.6.
Increased base intelligence from 19 to 22.
Frost Nova
- No longer deals primary damage.
- Increased area damage from 75/125/200 to 150/275/400.

0.60

Created

Patch History

Patch

Description

30 Aug 2023

Increased versus scale from 0.75 to 0.81.
Reduced loadout scale from 0.97 to 0.81.
Typing Wolf in the hero selection now highlights Crystal Maiden.
Added
new Adjectives attributes. [?]
- Crystal Maiden has the following values: Blue 1, Cape 1, Cute 1, Female 1, Icy 1, Legs 2 and Nose 1.

21 Jun 2023

Updated Frostbite ability backend strings.

20 Jun 2023

Updated Frostbite ability backend strings.

15 Jun 2023

Updated Frostbite ability backend strings.

13 May 2023

Crystal Nova
- Updated ability backend strings.
- UPDATE 2
  - Updated ability modifiers.

28 Mar 2023

Updated Crystal Nova ability backend strings.

10 Jan 2023

Removed
Jungler role from hero.

29 Nov 2022

Updated Arcane Aura ability tooltips.

15 Nov 2022

Updated Freezing Field ability backend strings.

11 Nov 2022

Updated Frostbite ability backend strings.

03 Nov 2022

UPDATE 2
- Updated default hero model.
- Updated default hero portrait.
- Added new response rules.

26 Sep 2022

Updated Crystal Nova ability notes.

14 Sep 2022

Updated Crystal Nova ability tooltips.

21 Jun 2022

UPDATE 2
- Fixed the following abilities' interaction with disarms (i.e. Frostbite):
  - Static Link
  - Focus Fire

24 Mar 2022

Fixed Arcane Aura ability tooltips.

16 Feb 2022

Updated default hero portrait.

01 Oct 2021

Added spec mask for default hero model.

09 Apr 2021

Updated Crystal Nova particle effects.
UPDATE 8
- Added the Stop Freezing Field sub-ability to Freezing Field.

17 Aug 2020

Increased max polygon counts.

14 Aug 2020

Increased max polygon counts.

25 May 2020

Updated default and Frost Avalanche hero model.

14 Feb 2020

Increased maximum polygons/texture widths.
- Increased shoulder texture width from 256px to 512px, polygons LOD1/2 from 1000/500 to 1600/1200.
- Increased head polygons LOD1/2 from 1000/500 to 1200/900.

01 Mar 2018

Minor updates to default hero model.

15 May 2017

Fixed Freezing Field's Frostbite not interrupting targets.

21 Dec 2016

UPDATE 2
- Updated default item build.

05 Oct 2016

Added Arcane Rune responses.

28 Apr 2016

Fixed Arcane Aura not applying the self bonus factor when illusions are present.

24 Mar 2016

Fixed cloth texture on cape cosmetics.

22 Dec 2015

Added Russian voiceover lines.

01 Dec 2015

Fixed hero death animation.

13 Feb 2015

Fixed default hair textures.

17 Dec 2014

UPDATE 2
- Freezing Field
  - Fixed ability performing 99 blasts instead of 100.
  - Updated ability sound length to match the new duration.
    - Old
      ▶️ Old sound
    - New
      ▶️ New sound