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Attack Type: Ranged
Strength: 17 + 2.2 | Agility: 16 + 1.6 | Intelligence: 18 + 3.3
Crystal Maiden Items build
Meta build:
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- Blink Dagger
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- Tranquil Boots
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- Aether Lens
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- Glimmer Cape
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- Scythe of Vyse
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- Black King Bar
Pro Build:
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- Blink Dagger
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- Tranquil Boots
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- Aether Lens
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- Glimmer Cape
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- Force Staff
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- Drum of Endurance
Crystal Maiden’s Skill Order
Skill Order: Arcane Aura -> Frostbite -> Crystal Nova -> Freezing Field.
Combo Crystal Maiden
Combo: Crystal Maiden + Juggernaut
Combo: Crystal Maiden + Marci
How To Counter Crystal Maiden ?
Pros
- Great at killing jungle creeps.
- Not item dependent.
- Gives team mana regeneration.
- Slows with high cast range.
Cons
- Very fragile.
- Low movement speed.
Bad against:
- Hero
- Items
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- Black King Bar
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- Skull Basher
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- Orchid Malevolence
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- Abyssal Blade
Good against:
- Hero
How To Play Crystal Maiden ?
Best items for Crystal Maiden
Start items for Crystal Maiden in dota 2 are: Tango, Healing Salve, Enchanted Mango, Observer Ward, Sentry Ward.
Meta items for Crystal Maiden in dota 2 are: Blink Dagger, Tranquil Boots, Aether Lens, Glimmer Cape, Scythe of Vyse, Black King Bar.
Pro items for Crystal Maiden in dota 2 are: Blink Dagger, Tranquil Boots, Aether Lens, Glimmer Cape, Force Staff, Drum of Endurance.
Tips and Tricks
A versatile support with strong early-game disabling and roaming abilities is Crystal Maiden.
If the adversary focuses on Crystal Maiden, she is quite weak and simple to defeat.
Due to her extensive disable repertoire, Crystal Maiden is an extremely effective early roamer.
Being very active on the map as soon as possible can help Crystal Maiden’s squad greatly because her skills are at their peak during the laning phase of a match.
The most frequent use of Crystal Maiden is as the hard support for her team, looking after the safe lane carry and getting the team’s supplies.
Crystal Maiden’s Ability
CRYSTAL NOVA
Enemy movement and attack speed are slowed in the specified region by a burst of destructive frost.
FROSTBITE
Envelops a hostile unit in ice, preventing movement and attack while inflicting damage gradually. duration of creeps at level 6 or lower is 10.0 seconds.
ARCANE AURA
Gives all friendly troops on the map increased mana regeneration. Crystal Maiden grants a 1200.0-foot-radius of mana regeneration to allies, which is increased by 3.0. Crystal Maiden takes home 6.0 times the bonus.
CRYSTAL CLONE
Slides backward, displacing incoming projectiles with a crystal clone of herself in her stead. The clone shatters, Frostbiting enemies in a 400.0 AoE around it if it sustains enough damage or times out.
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