Dota 2/Rylai the Crystal Maiden

Crystal Maiden
Base stats and attributes
Strength		16+1.7
Agility		16+1.6
Intelligence		21+2.9
Base damage		17-23
Move speed		280
Armor		1.24
Statistics
Level	1	16	25
Hit Points	454	906	1609
Mana	273	801	1438
Damage	38-44	79-85	128-134
Armor	1	4	9
Sight Range	1800/800
Attack Range	600
Missile Speed	900

Crystal Maiden is a ranged intelligence hero that is almost always played as a dedicated support. She has a very helpful aura that covers the entire map, giving her allies mana regeneration. She is also a great disabler with her Crystal Nova and Frostbite. Her ultimate, Freezing Field, can hinder any hero's escape as her teammates catch up. Crystal Maiden, being a support intelligence hero, is very frail. Get caught out of position, and she will go down within seconds.

Abilities

Crystal Nova

• Ability: Target Point
• Damage Type: Magical
• Damage: 100/150/200/250
• Duration: 3.5/4/4.5/5
• Radius: 400
• Movement Slow: 30%
• Attack Slow: 20%
• Mana Cost: 100/120/140/160
• Cooldown: 15

Crystal Nova lets you cast a damaging burst of ice that slows enemy movement speed and attack speed. A useful slow, it can slow a bunch of enemies at once. The movement speed slow inhibits an enemy hero's escape, while in the late game the attack speed slow helps nullify the enemy carry's high damage output.

Frostbite

• Ability: Target Unit
• Damage Type: Magical
• Damage: 70
• Duration: 1.5/2/2.5/3
• Mana Cost: 115/125/140/150
• Cooldown: 10

Frostbite encases an enemy unit in ice, preventing them from moving or attacking but still let's them use abilities other than teleportation abilities. It is a very useful spell for holding a mobile hero like Storm Spirit in place, as well as disabling heroes that rely on their normal attacks a lot. Learn which target will be disabled the worse with Frostbite. Disabling a Lina won't be very helpful to your team since she can still use her high damage spells, but disabling Anti-Mage will make him almost useless to his team.

Arcane Aura

• Ability: Passive, Aura
• Mana Regen: 0.5/1/1.5/2

Arcane Aura is a passive skill that will grant a boost in mana regeneration for every ally on the map. The effect is doubled for yourself. At it's highest level, it grants about 2 bonus mana regen per second, which is about 25 levels of intelligence. In comparison, the Ring of Bassilius only grants 0.65 bonus mana regeneration, and the aura is stackable with other items that grant mana regen. A very helpful ability especially if you have any mana-intensive heroes on your team.

Freezing Field

• Ability: No Target, Channeled
• Damage: Magical
• Radius: 685
• Explosion Radius: 215
• Movement Slow: 30%
• Damage: 105/170/250
• Scepter Damage: 170/250/310
• Mana Cost: 200/400/600
• Cooldown: 150/120/90

Freezing Field makes ice shards rain down randomly around Crystal Maiden. Every enemy in the area of effect will be slowed by 30% as well as take damage from the ice shards. A very powerful ability often overlooked because of Crystal Maiden's commonly taken support role, it has a very large radius for a slow, and the damage is just icing on the cake. Unfortunately, the ability is channeled, meaning that it can be canceled with a simple mini-stun, and leaving you vulnerable to being focused down by enemies.

Aghanim's Scepter can be bought by Crystal Maiden and will increase the damage of Freezing Field.

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