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Hero Discussion of this Day: Crystal Maiden, Rylai (2 June 2014)

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Rylai, the Crystal Maiden

Someday I'll return to the Blueheart Glacier and sleep for a thousand years.

The Crystal Maiden is a powerful disabler and support spellcaster. Each of her offensive spells impairs the target in some way, making her a valuable addition to any lineup. Crystal Nova allows her to blast multiple enemies with chilling damage, and Frostbite completely stops a single target enemy from moving for several seconds. Freezing Field causes immense damage and slows everything in a large area around Rylai, but her natural fragility makes it a difficult spell to use to its full effect. Despite the usefulness of all of her spells to her allies, perhaps her greatest asset to her team is Brilliance Aura. This aura gives all allies across the map a significant boost to their mana regeneration, giving them plenty of energy to use their own spells no matter where they are. Although she tends to take on a supportive role, the Crystal Maiden is still one of the most valuable heroes for any team.

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.

Roles: Support, Lane Support, Disabler, Nuker

Strength: 16 + 1.7

Agility: 16 + 1.6

Intelligence: 16 + 2.9

Damage: 35-41

Armour: 1.24

Movement Speed: 280

Attack Range: 600

Base Attack Time: 1.7

Missile Speed: 900

Sight Range: 1800 (Day) / 800 (Night)

Turn Rate: 0.5

Spells

Crystal Nova

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

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	100	15	700	400	3.5	Deals 100 magical damage, slows movespeed by 30% and attackspeed by 20%
2	120	15	700	400	4	Deals 150 magical damage, slows movespeed by 30% and attackspeed by 20%
3	140	15	700	400	4.5	Deals 200 magical damage, slows movespeed by 30% and attackspeed by 20%
4	160	15	700	400	5	Deals 250 magical damage, slows movespeed by 30% and attackspeed by 20%

Magical damage
Provides vision in the area

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

Frostbite

Encases an enemy unit in ice, prohibiting movement and attack, while dealing damage per second..

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	115	10	500	N/A	1.5	Stops movement and damages for 70 damage per second
2	125	10	500	N/A	2	Stops movement and damages for 70 damage per second
3	140	10	500	N/A	2.5	Stops movement and damages for 70 damage per second
4	150	10	500	N/A	3	Stops movement and damages for 70 damage per second

Magical Damage
Blink abilities cannot be used while Frostbited
Frostbite does not prevent Phantom Strike, Duel, or Sun Ray's toggled movement. Only interrupts Icarus Dive if used during it, but does not prevent it from being used.
Unique Attack Modifier abilities cannot be manually cast while Frostbite is active
Units that turn invisible while Frostbite is active are still revealed to Rylai's team for its duration
Lasts 10 seconds on all creeps of lvl 6 or less; this increases the overall damage to a total of 700
Damage is done at 0/1.0/2.0/3.0 seconds, dealing (at each skill level) 140/210/210/280 damage
Applies an initial mini-stun to the target before the rest of Frostbite's effects

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

Arcane Aura

Passive

Gives additional mana regeneration to all friendly units on the map.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	-	-	-	Global	-	Gives 1 mana regen to you and your allies
2	-	-	-	Global	-	Gives 1.5 mana regen to you and your allies
3	-	-	-	Global	-	Gives 2 mana regen to you and your allies
4	-	-	-	Global	-	Gives 2.5 mana regen to you and your allies

This bonus is doubled on Crystal Maiden
Stacks with the Arcane Aura given by Ring of Basilius (and Ring of Aquilla)
The bonus mana regeneration is not considered for percentage mana regeneration increases

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

Freezing Field

Ultimate - Channelling

Surrounds Crystal Maiden with random icy explosions that slow enemies and deal massive damage. Lasts 7 seconds.

Level	Mana Cost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	200	150	N/A	685	7	Deals 105 (170) damage per random icy explosion, slows move speed and attack speed by 30% (50%)
2	400	120	N/A	685	7	Deals 170 (250) damage per random icy explosion, slows move speed and attack speed by 30% (50%)
3	600	90	N/A	685	7	Deals 250 (310) damage per random icy explosion, slows move speed and attack speed by 30% (50%)

Magical damage
Her ultimate can be upgraded via Sceptre, * shows the upgraded effects
Slow affects both movement and attack speed
Each random explosion has a radius of 230
The slow is applied on all enemy units within a radius of 685, even if they aren't hit by any explosion (lasts 1 second)
Explosions will fall in a radius of 710
Every 0.1 seconds one explosion is made, for a total of 70 explosions. Total damage done by all explosions is 7350/11900/17500 (11900/17500/21700*).
If an enemy remained in the radius for the entire duration they would take an average of 828/1341/1972 (1341/1972/2446*) damage

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

Recent Changes from 6.81

None

Recent Changes from 6.80

Base intelligence reduced by 3

Tips:

You can cast Frost Nova around corners, over trees and up cliffs to gain vision to see if the area is safe to traverse.

The previous Crystal Maiden discussion.

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Good Chen tip from last thread by Disarcade:

"You don't have to have your creeps follow you. Did you just survive a gank? Send your creeps to help a lane while you limp back. Is the enemy hunting your creeps with a midas? Get pushing creeps, and push a lane while halfway across the map with your team. A simple creep like Harpy Stormcrafter, Satyr Hellcaller or Troll Priest can significantly help your mid simply by being there and using their abilities. Be versatile and inventive."

Posted Jun 2, 2014, 7:53 PM UTC

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