Crystal Maiden

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Crystal Maiden 18 + 2.2 16 + 1.6 14 + 2.9
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 120 516 1176 1924 2210 +0 +1.8 +4.88 +8.28 +9.58 Mana 75 243 723 1215 1419 +0 +0.7 +2.73 +4.78 +5.61 Armor 0 2.67 6.4 11.07 12.73 Magic Resist 25% % % % % Damage Block - Damage 26 32 40 46 80 86 121 127 138 144 Attack Rate 0.59/s 0.68/s 0.81/s 0.98/s 1.04/s Attack Range 600 (800) Attack Speed ▶️ 100 (1.7s BAT) Attack Animation 0.55 + 0 Projectile Speed Move Speed ▶️ 275 ( 305) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 800) Gib Type Ice Internal Not Provided

Rylai the Crystal Maiden is a ranged intelligence hero who uses the power of frost and ice to disable and dispatch her foes. A slow and fragile support, Crystal Maiden's strength lies in her battery of strong nukes, disables and slows. Crystal Nova is an area-of-effect nuke that slows enemies' attack and movement speeds, while Frostbite immobilizes an enemy in a block of ice, dealing moderate damage per second. Coordinating these spells with a laning partner's own abilities will bring many an enemy to their knees. Her passive Arcane Aura also improves the mana regeneration for heroes in Rylai's team, multiplying their spellcasting in the early game. Later on, she has the potential to lay waste to her enemies in teamfights if she is can channel her deadly ultimate Freezing Field uninterrupted. Her global mana aura, strong disables and nukes, and a lack of item dependence make Crystal Maiden a reliable and, with judicious use of her ultimate, a devastating support caster.

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.

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

Damage: 130/170/210/260 ( )

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

Attack Speed Slow: 20/30/40/50

Slow Duration: 4.5

 11/10/9/8

 130/145/160/175

Modifiers [?]

Crystal Nova

Any

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

• Provides 900 radius ground vision at the target area for 6 seconds.

• The nova first applies the damage, then the debuff.

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

Frostbite

WE

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Encases an enemy unit in ice, prohibiting movement and attack, while dealing damage every half-second. Lasts {{#show:#Frostbite|?value4#}} seconds on creeps level 6 or lower.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.6

Cast Range: 525 ( )

Damage per Second: 100

Hero Duration: 1.5/2/2.5/3 ( )

Creep Duration: 10 ( )

 9/8/7/6

 140/145/150/155

Modifiers [?]

Frostbite

Any

Stunned

Strong

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 spells.
  • Provides True Sight over the target.

• Deals damage in 0.5 second intervals, starting immediately, resulting in ( ) damage instances against heroes, or ( ) damage instances against creeps.

• Can deal up to ( ) damage to heroes, or ( ) damage to creeps (before reductions).

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

Arcane Aura

ER

Ability
Aura

Affects
Allies

Gives additional mana regeneration to all friendly units on the map. This bonus is increased for Crystal Maiden.

Radius: Global

Allies Mana Regen Bonus: 1.2/1.7/2.2/2.7

Self Mana Regen Bonus: 2.4/4.4/6.4/8.4

Mana Loss Reduction: 0% ( %)

Aura Linger Duration: 0.5

Modifiers [?]

Brilliance Aura Effect

Undispellable

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

• The aura's buff lingers for {{#show:#Arcane Aura|?value5#}} seconds.

• Restores in the form of regeneration, so it regenerates mana in 0.1 second intervals, which is {{#show:#Arcane Aura|?value2#}} mana per second.
  • Regenerates mana in 0.1 second intervals for Crystal Maiden, which is {{#show:#Arcane Aura|?value3#}} mana per second.

• Stacks with all other sources of flat mana regeneration.

• Regenerates up to ( on self) mana in one minute.

• The level 15 talent adds mana loss reduction to the aura.
  • Reduces all mana loss on the allies, including mana burning or draining effects.
  • All reductions are reflected in the ability tooltips.
  • Stacks additively with other sources of mana loss reduction.

Freezing Field

▶️RF

Ability
No Target / Channeled

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Surrounds Crystal Maiden with random icy explosions that slow enemies and deal massive damage. Lasts {{#show:#Freezing Field|?value1#}} seconds.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Max Channel Time: 10

Slow Radius: 835

Explosion Spawn Radius Min: 195

Explosion Spawn Radius Max: 785

Explosion Damage Radius: 300

Damage: 105/170/250 ( )

Move Speed Slow: 30%

Attack Speed Slow: 60

Slow Duration: 1

Frostbite Timer: 0 ( 2.5)

 110/100/90

 200/400/600

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Applies Frostbite to any unit that has been standing in the Freezing Field for over {{#show:#Freezing Field|?value10 aghs#}} seconds.

Modifiers [?]

Freezing Field

Undispellable

Freezing Field Slow

Any

Freezing Field Tracker

Undispellable

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

• The slow is applied to all enemies within the radius in 0.1 second intervals, regardless of the ice explosions.

• Every 0.1 seconds an explosion occurs, for a total of explosions.

• Each ice explosion can spawn within a random distance of {{#show:#Freezing Field|?value3#}} to {{#show:#Freezing Field|?value4#}} 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 north-east segment of the circle, following explosions proceed counterclockwise.

• Can damage units up to range away (max spawn radius + explosion radius).

• 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 slightly (5%) more damage.

• Deals about 2000/3300/4800 damage to enemies within 485 range over the full duration, ±1.9 explosions.

• If all explosion could hit a single target, it would deal up to ( ) damage (before reductions).

• The radius is always centered on Crystal Maiden's and follows her even when she gets moved (e.g. Force Staff).

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

• Aghanim's Scepter adds an aura to Freezing Field, which tracks enemies within the area.
  • If an enemy unit is affected by the tracker modifier for {{#show:#Freezing Field|?value10 aghs#}} seconds, it gets Frostbite applied based on its current level.
  • A unit can only be frostbitten once per cast of Freezing Field. Even if they re-enter the area, they do not get hit a second time.
  • If a unit is already frostbitten by a manual cast, it can still be frostbitten again by Freezing Field, refreshing the duration.
  • The tracker resets whenever it gets reapplied on a unit. This means a unit must be affected by it for {{#show:#Freezing Field|?value10 aghs#}} seconds continuously in order to get frostbitten.
  • The tracker modifier is placed on enemies even when not upgraded yet, tracking the duration enemies spend within the area normally.
  • This means when getting upgraded while channeling, enemies which have been in the area for more than {{#show:#Freezing Field|?value10 aghs#}} seconds instantly get Frostbite applied on them.
  • The tracker does not affect invulnerable or hidden units.
  • The tracker modifier lingers for 0.1 seconds.

Talents

Hero Talents
+300 Crystal Nova Damage	25	+1.5s Frostbite Duration
+60 Freezing Field Damage	20	+250 Attack Speed
+150 Gold/Min	15	+14% Manacost/Manaloss Reduction Aura
+100 Cast Range	10	+250 Health

Notes:

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

• Gold granted from the talent is unreliable gold.

Gameplay

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 Frostbite, holding them in place as she freezes the ground with Crystal Nova. Magic flourishes under her Arcane Aura, stimulating mana 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 Jungler
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Adjectives:	Legs ( 2 )

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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.
• 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.
• Crystal Maiden's 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). However, 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, Crystal Maiden's Frostbite can freeze the enemy's Fountain and the duration was counted as creep.
• League of Legends features an item called Rylai's Crystal Scepter, a homage to the Crystal Maiden from the original DotA.
• In World of Warcraft an alliance NPC is named Rylai Crestfall, a homage to the original Crystal Maiden from Warcraft III's DotA.
• Crystal Maiden's leveling-up response ▶️ "Is it cold in here or is it just me?" is a reference to the action movie Demolition Man.
• Crystal Maiden's 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". Crystal Maiden 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.

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