Dr.Turaku's Support Crystal Maiden [6.84]
Dr.Turaku
May 16, 2015
Introduction
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.
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by and reading my guide instead of clicking the one with the highest rating. ^.^
This is my
first guide/build on DotaFire, and I'm very excited to see how this will turn out and how much I can improve my builds.
Today, I will be doing a guide on my best and favorite support hero,
Crystal Maiden.
Crystal Maiden is an awesome support hero who has a 3 second disable, 5 second slow, a global mana regen passive, and a very high damage ultimate.
She is generally played as a roaming/ganking/babysitter support with tranquils and can farm the jungle with her
Frostbite if she needs some quick gold. (Last 10 seconds on creeps!)
Skills
Crystal Nova
A burst of damaging frost slows enemy movement and attack rate in the targeted area.
Damage Type: Magical
Range: 700
Radius: 400
Duration: 4.5
Damage: 100 / 150 / 200 / 250
Movement Speed Slow: 20%/30%/40%/50%
Attack Speed Slow: 20/30/40/50
Mana Cost: 100 / 120 / 140 / 160
Cooldown Time: 15
This amazing AoE skill will slow move speed and attack speed which can turn the tide of a battle. Since this is your nuke, I recommend maxing this first.
Frostbite
Encases an enemy unit in ice, prohibiting movement and attack, while dealing damage per second.
Damage Type: Magical
Range: 500
Duration: 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3
Damage Per Second: 100
Mana Cost: 115 / 125 / 140 / 150
Cooldown Time: 9/8/7/6
An awesome disable. I usually get this first because disables are good early on. Remember, this will stop channeling spells including teleportation. You can also use this to farm jungle creeps(does 1000 damage total that isn't a mud golem).
Arcane Aura
Gives additional mana regeneration to all friendly units on the map.
This bonus is doubled on Crystal Maiden.
Radius: Global
Mana Regeneration: 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5
+1 mana regen is really good early game and this is what makes Crystal Maiden so awesome to have on your team. It doesn't scale particularly great though, max it out last.
Freezing Field
CHANNELED - Surrounds Crystal Maiden with random icy explosions that slow enemies and deal massive damage.
Slow Radius: 835
Radius of Explosions : 300
Duration: 10
Damage: 105 / 170 / 250
*(170 / 250 / 310)
Movement Speed Slow: 30%,
*50%
Attack Speed Slow: 30%,
*50%
*SCEPTER UPGRADE
Mana Cost: 200 / 400 / 600
Cooldown Time: 150 / 120 / 90
Crystal Maiden's Ultimate. It does a LOT of damage. Unfortunately, it is a channeling spell that doesn't disable and damages in random spots around you. You have to position yourself right if you want to use this to full effect. Sometimes, you may not be able to use it at all, so decide if you want to level this or not. This spell is also great if you have to 1v1 another hero. Don't underestimate this spell.
Items
Starting Items
Courier
Team should always have a courier.
Tangos
Basic early game regen.
Clarity
If you plan to be aggressive in lane, this can be a nice pick up since Crystal Maiden's skills can drain her mana pool very quickly early game.
Iron Branches
The mystical and extraordinary iron branch.
Each one gives you:
+19 HP
+13 Mana
AND 1 MORE DAMAGE!!!
Observer Wards
Place wards 20 seconds before game starts in rune/gank spots
If someone gets courier or wards, buy smoke, sentries, more clarities, or more branches.
Early Game
Flying Courier
GET THIS FIRST AND AS SOON AS THE GAME HITS 3:00!
Hit the haste button when it's delivering stuff.
Tranquil Boots
Amazing item for CM as she needs that extra movespeed and because of her Arcane Aura passive, she does not need arcane boots. This item is like a mini Heart of Tarrasque, and you should get it as soon as possible.
Get your Ring of Protection when you are buying wards, and get the other items from the sideshop. You don't need tangos anymore after this item, sell them unless you plan to do tree juking or against natures prophet.
Magic Stick
You can start saving up charges in the laning phase of the game if you need to. Build this into a wand later.
Always have a TP Scroll handy!
Mid Game
Magic Wand
Amazing item that can save your life or enable you to get a kill.
Force Staff
This will be your survival tool since Crystal Maiden is so damn slow. Not only will it give you more survival, but it can also give your allies a boost to kill or a boost to live. You can even use this on enemies and get an easy kill.
Always have a TP scroll handy! And remember to place those wards!
Situational Items
Dust of Appearance
Effective for heroes who use invisibility as an escape.
Smoke of Deceit
Very helpful for ganks and avoid getting caught out by wards when roaming.
Sentry Wards
Effective for heroes who use invisibility as a gank tool.
Ghost Scepter
If that annoying autoattacker keeps focusing you, get this.
Mekansm
If no one else gets this, and you already have force staff, go for it.
Urn of Shadows
Sometimes, you are very money starved and cannot afford mekanism. Get this instead only if no one else on your team has it.
Drums of Endurance
Great stats for its cost, get it if you have extra room in your inventory.
Boots of Travel
Later in the game you night need it if you want to help your team, it gives nice movespeed too.
Luxury Items
Pipe of Insight
This item is very expensive for a support, if the game goes on really long and they have a lot of magic nukers, this will definitely help.
Orchid Malevolence
Since this is easier to build than scythe of vyse, I recommend this.
Eul's Scepter of Divinity
Great item, provides movespeed and good mana regen for its cost. Also a good counter against a bad
Faceless Void.
Black King Bar
Can help with your ultimate, this is rarely gotten on CM, but can be devastating once you use your ultimate with this.
Blink Dagger
Alternative to Force Staff, a bit more reliable offensively, though, you have to save up quite a bit of money for this.
Aghanim's Scepter
Strong item to get after bkb, the extra slow will make you really annoying to fight against.
Your Role in the Game
Early Game
Get your starting items and go to one of the rune spots to contest for the bounty rune. You want to skill
Frostbite first in pubs in case you want to focus down one hero for an early game kill. Otherwise, if you see enemies grouped up,
Crystal Nova is usually better.
Put your
Observer Ward up at the rune area at around 10 seconds before the game starts. Deny, pull, and try to earn kills for your carry to the best of your ability. If you want to harass with Crystal Nova, make sure the AoE doesn't hit the creeps or you will push the lane. If the enemy hero aggros the creeps by trying to harass your carry, use
Frostbite so that he takes more damage from your creeps. If possible try to kill them when you do this.
For getting Crystal Maiden's items, you want to have the passive gold you gain every 0.6 seconds to get you your items or jungle creeps instead of taking your carry's last hits. You want to buy a
Flying Courier as soon as the clock hits 3:00 so your team gets their items faster. Get
Tranquil Boots by buying the
Ring of Protection along with your
Observer Ward, all your other items for tranquils are in the sideshop. Get smoke, sentry wards,
Magic Stick, or
Dust of Appearance if needed.
If you feel the need, smoke up and gank mid. Providing early ganks will make the enemy scared and make the game easier for your team in the long run.
Mid Game
During this time, you should leave your carry and help the team out. Use
Frostbite on heroes that are slippery, hard to kill, or dish out a lot of damage on your team. Use
Crystal Nova to gain an advantage in teamfights. To properly use
Freezing Field in a teamfight you must be at the right place at the right time, or it will render useless.
Farm jungle creeps with
Frostbite if you can to get your wards,
Magic Wand (if needed), and most importantly, the
Force Staff.
Late Game
Around this time, your skills are still helpful, but not as much as they were early/mid game as more heroes will have
Black King Bar and more hp. Start saving money up for buyback, situational items, and or luxury items.
Keep stacking ancients and provide room for your carry to farm so you can have an easier game.
Keep helping your team to the best of your ability without feeding.
Allies / Foes
Carries
Juggernaut
Probably the most likely hero that came up first in your mind. Juggernaut has a close range , high-damage Blade Fury that works great with lockdowns and slows. Your Arcane Aura helps his tiny mana pool and allows him to pretty much spam healing wards.
Ursa
Another high damaging hero that works great with lockdowns and slows. A full Overpower, Frostbite, and Crystal Nova means a dead hero.
Gyrocopter
Your Frostbite can make landing Homing Missile much easier. Homing Missile + Frostbite + Rocket Barrage = lots of damage.
Offlaners
Bristleback
Your slows stack and he really loves your
Arcane Aura. Crystal Maiden is the perfect hero to be with as Bristleback.
Clinkz
Because of his
Strafe and
Searing Arrows ability, this guy works very well with Crystal Maiden as a slowed and non moving target will be obliterated by Clinkz. Your
Arcane Aura also helps him stay invisible forever.
Trilanes
Venomancer
Your slows stack so well its almost a stun when both of them hit.
Crystal Nova along with
Venomous Gale is super deadly. Your lane also has some insane harassing power.
Ancient Apparition
Thanks to your disable and slow, he can get some easy
Cold Feet stuns. These 2 heroes are not to be underestimated when they are on the same lane.
Teamfight
Enigma
Black Hole +
Freezing Field = Great wombo combo. This will dish out a lot of damage safely.
Magnus
Same with above. A good
Reverse Polarity +
Freezing Field will destroy teamfights.
Tidehunter
Again,
Freezing Field + [insert aoe disable here] works great. But with Tidehunter, it's a bit harder. His
Ravage sacrifices disable time for damage and bigger aoe. Your
Freezing Field can definitely do a bunch of damage, just not as much as if
Enigma or
Magnus was there.
Foes
Zeus
This guy can literally 2 shot you down. He does around 600 damage with both of his nukes. A very annoying guy.
TIP:
Zeus is a pretty weak hero without the nukes. Stay in a good position where your carries can protect you and easily kill him. Try to buy stat items to survive his nukes.
Nyx Assassin
This annoying hero will nuke you down fast. His invis,
Vendetta, makes it scary to be alone and his
Spiked Carapace + base hp regen make him quite hard to kill or harass.
TIP:
Nyx Assassin uses invis to gank, track him down with detection and he's free food! Also try not to gank or ward alone unless he is dead.
Queen of Pain
She'll just
Blink to your face and kill you instantly with her nukes. A very annoying hero to play against with CM.
TIP: Stay near your team, once she blinks in, she'll most likely die before she can do anything to you. Even if you do die, she's usually going to be worth more than you anyway.
Timbersaw
A dangerous hero to fight even with 2 people. His
Chakram hurts like hell, but that's just only 1 of his 3 nukes he can use on you. You can't even harass this guy because of his E,
Reactive Armor
Pudge
Being slow makes you a super easy prey for
Pudge Once you get caught by meathook +
Rot and
Dismember combo, it's over.
TIP:
Pudge isn't exactly the best mid, like
Zeus you can easily gank him and make him fall behind really badly. Positioning and wards are also key to stopping
Pudge.
Epilouge
Hey guys, thank you very much for reading my build, please rate my build and comment below! :)
I hope you all can play Support Crystal Maiden, as she is one of the best support heroes in my opinion. Best of luck! -Dr.Turaku
Changelog
v0.01 - Build Created - 1/18/2014
v0.10 - Official Build Release - 1/21/2014
v1.00 - Added icons and changed some wording - 1/26/2014
v1.01 - Added Allies / Foes - 3/12/2014
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