Dota 2 - Hero Discussion of the Day: Rylai, the Crystal Maiden (April 10th, 2018)

Hero Discussion of the Day: Rylai, the Crystal Maiden (April 10th, 2018)
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Hero Discussion of the Day: Rylai, the Crystal Maiden (April 10th, 2018)

Posted: 10 Apr 2018 02:59 PM PDT

Rylai, the Crystal Maiden

Renowned as a well-balanced hard support, Crystal Maiden possesses strong nukes and disables that allow her to apply strong slows to enemies. Crystal Nova is a powerful area-of-effect nuke that slows both attack and movement speeds of enemies within an area for several seconds, while Frostbite encases an enemy in a block of ice for several seconds, immobilizing them and dealing moderate damage per second. Combining these two abilities together along with a laning partner's own spells is often enough to bring an enemy hero to their knees. Her Arcane Aura passive will also regenerate mana for Rylai and her allies, greatly boosting their ability to cast spells in the early game. Although her strong early game presence can be countered by her extreme frailty and poor mobility, she can still inflict a heavy amount of damage in teamfights later on if she is able to channel her deadly ultimate, Freezing Field. Her global mana aura, strong disabling and nuking prowess, simple spell layout, and almost complete lack of item dependence make Crystal Maiden a reliable support caster that can be a strong asset to any team, and judicious use of her ultimate allows her to lay waste to her enemies when used properly. With protection from her team and appropriate item selection, she can be the only support any team needs.

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, Disabler, Nuker

Strength: 16 + 2

Agility: 16 + 1.6

Intelligence: 16 + 2.9

Damage: 38-44

Armor: 1.67

Movement Speed: 275

Attack Range: 600

Missile Speed: 900

Base Attack Time: 1.7

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	12s	700	425	4.5s	Deals 100 magical damage, slows movespeed by 20% and attackspeed by 20%
2	120	11s	700	425	4.5s	Deals 150 magical damage, slows movespeed by 30% and attackspeed by 30%
3	140	10s	700	425	4.5s	Deals 200 magical damage, slows movespeed by 40% and attackspeed by 40%
4	160	9s	700	425	4.5s	Deals 250 magical damage, slows movespeed by 50% and attackspeed by 50%

Dispellable
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.

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 50 damage every half-second. Lasts 10 seconds on creeps level 6 or lower.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	140	9s	525	N/A	1.5s	Freezes an enemy for 1.5 seconds stopping its movements and attacks and deals 50 damage every 0.5 second.
2	145	8s	525	N/A	2s	Freezes an enemy for 2 seconds stopping its movements and attacks and deals 50 damage every 0.5 second.
3	150	7s	525	N/A	2.5s	Freezes an enemy for 2.5 seconds stopping its movements and attacks and deals 50 damage every 0.5 second.
4	155	6s	525	N/A	3s	Freezes an enemy for 3 seconds stopping its movements and attacks and deals 50 damage every 0.5 second.

Frostbite: Dispellable with any dispel.
Stunned: Dispellable with strong dispels.
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.
- The root does not interrupt the target's channeling spells. However, the initial stun does interrupt them.
- Provides True Sight over the target.
Deals 50 damage in 0.5 second intervals, starting immediately, resulting in 3/4/5/6 (with talent 6/7/8/9) damage instances against heroes, or 20 (with talent 23) damage instances against creeps.
Can deal up to 150/200/250/300 (with talent 300/350/400/450) damage to heroes, or 1000 (with talent 1150) damage to creeps (before reductions).
Frostbite first applies its own debuff, then the stun debuff.
Treats illusions, creep-heroes and Roshan as heroes.

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. This bonus is increased for Crystal Maiden.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	N/A	N/A	N/A	Global	N/A	Gives 1.3 mana regen to Crystal Maiden and 0.8 mana regen to her allies
2	N/A	N/A	N/A	Global	N/A	Gives 2.2 mana regen to Crystal Maiden and 1 mana regen to her allies
3	N/A	N/A	N/A	Global	N/A	Gives 3.1 mana regen to Crystal Maiden and 1.2 mana regen to her allies
4	N/A	N/A	N/A	Global	N/A	Gives 4 mana regen to Crystal Maiden and 1.4 mana regen to her allies

Undispellable
The aura's buff lingers for 0.5 seconds.
Restores in the form of regeneration, so it regenerates 0.08/0.1/0.12/0.14 mana in 0.1 second intervals, which is 0.8/1/1.2/1.4 mana per second.
- Regenerates 0.13/0.22/0.31/0.4 mana in 0.1 second intervals for Crystal Maiden, which is 1.3/2.2/3.1/4 mana per second.
Stacks with all other sources of flat mana regeneration.
Regenerates up to 48/60/72/84 (78/132/186/240 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.

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

Freezing Field

Ultimate

Surrounds Crystal Maiden with random icy explosions that slow enemies and deal massive damage. Lasts 10 seconds.

Level	Mana Cost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	200	110s	N/A	835	10s (stun)	Spawns random icy explosions around Crystal Maiden that deal 105 damage to affected enemies while slowing their movement by 30% and their attack speed by 30.
2	400	100s	N/A	835	10s (stun)	Spawns random icy explosions around Crystal Maiden that deal 170 damage to affected enemies while slowing their movement by 30% and their attack speed by 30.
3	600	90s	N/A	835	10s (stun)	Spawns random icy explosions around Crystal Maiden that deal 250 damage to affected enemies while slowing their movement by 30% and their attack speed by 30.

Freezing Field: Undispellable
Freezing Field Slow: Dispellable with any dispel
Freezing Field Tracker: Undispellable
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 100 explosions.
Each ice explosion can spawn within a random distance of 195 to 785 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 1085 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 10500/17000/25000 (with talent 16500/23000/31000) 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 2.5 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 2.5 seconds continuously in order to get frostbitten.
- The tracker does not affect invulnerable or hidden units.
- The tracker modifier lingers for 0.1 seconds.

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

Talent Tree

Level	Option 1		Option 2
25	+300 Crystal Nova Damage	OR	+1.5s Frostbite Duration (+1.0%)
20	+60 Freezing Field Damage	OR	+250 Attack Speed (+1.3%)
15	+120 Gold/Min	OR	+14% Manacost/Manaloss Reduction Aura (+5.7%)
10	+100 Cast Range (+1.5%)	OR	+250 Health

Win Rate statistics from Crystal Maiden's Dotabuff Talents page, 06/04/2018

Matchups

Best against

Opponent hero	Advantage
Phantom Lancer	1.85%
Lycan	1.78%
Anti-Mage	1.71%
Troll Warlord	1.54%
Wraith King	1.14%

Worst against

Opponent hero	Advantage
Lone Druid	-2.82%
Lifestealer	-2.10%
Puck	-2.03%
Io	-2.00%
Bristleback	-1.87%

Matchup statistics from Crystal Maiden's Dotabuff page, 06/04/2018

Recent Changelog

7.12

Increased base attack damage from 19-25 to 22-28.
Increased Arcane Aura mana regen on self from 1/2/3/4 to 1.3/2.2/3.1/4.

7.10

Level 10 right talent: Increased health bonus from 200 to 250.
Level 15 left talent: Increased gold per minute bonus from 90 to 120.

7.07

Increased base health regeneration from 0 to 1.5.
Increased base mana regeneration from 0.01 to 0.9.
Arcane Aura
- Reduced mana regen from 1/1.5/2/3 to 0.8/1/1.2/1.4.
- Reduced mana regen on self from 2/3/4/8 to 1/2/3/4.
Reworked talents:
- Level 10: +100 cast range or +200 health
- Level 15: +90 gold per minute or Arcane Aura provides 14% manacost/manaloss reduction
- Level 20: +60 Freezing Field damage per explosion or +250 attack speed
- Level 25: +300 Crystal Nova damage or +1.5s Frostbite duration

Previous hero related threads

Hero discussion of the day, 04.10.2011

Hero discussion of the day, 14.01.2012

Hero discussion of the day, 18.10.2012

Hero discussion of the day, 18.06.2013

Hero discussion of the day, 02.06.2014

Hero discussion of the day, 20.05.2015

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StarLadder i-League Invitational Season 5 Survival Guide

Posted: 10 Apr 2018 11:40 PM PDT

StarLadder i-League Invitational Season 5

Presented by Starladder & ImbaTV

Sponsored by OMEN by HP, BORJOMI, BQ, & Twitch

The StarLadder i-League Invitational Season 5 is Starladder and i-League's final Minor of the 2017-2018 season.

Location: Kiev, Ukraine
Date: April 12-15, 2018
Pro Circuit Tier: Minor
Version: 7.12 + 7.13
Event Homepage
Qualifiers: China | CIS | EU | NA | SA | SEA
Coverage: Liquipedia | JoinDota | GosuGamers | Dotabuff | Eventvods

Streams

English | Russian | Chinese

Broadcast Talent

Jorien "Sheever" van der Heijden - Host
Gabriel "Lyrical" Cruz - Commentator
David "GoDz" Parker - Commentator
Neil "Tsunami" Khandheria - Commentator
Owen "ODPixel" Davies - Commentator
Alan "Nahaz" Bester - Analyst
Chan Litt "WinteR Binn - Analyst
Dominik "lacoste" Stipić - Analyst
Alexsander "vandersar" Miloshevich - Observer

Prizes

The prize pool is $300,000 USD. The event carries 300 Dota Pro Circuit points, split amongst the top 4 teams.

1st: $135,000 | 150 pts
2nd: $60,000 | 90 pts
3rd-4th: $30,000 | 30 pts
5th-6th: $15,000
7th-8th: $7500

Teams

Invited

VGJ.Thunder¹: Sylar, Freeze, Yang, Fade, ddc, Coach: rOtk

Natus Vincere: Crystallize, Dendi, GeneRaL, Lil, LeBronDota, Coach: XBOCT

Qualified

FlyToMoon: Silent, Iceberg, nongrata, NoFear, ALWAYSWANNAFLY

Fnatic: EternaLEnVy, Abed, UNiVeRsE, DJ, Adam²

OpTic Gaming: Pajkatt, CCnC, zai, 33, PPD

SG e-sports: Costabile, 4dr, Liposa, Thiolicor, c4t³

Team Kinguin: Exotic_Deer, Nisha, Patos, kacor, eL lisasH

Vega Squadron⁴: Palantimos, UnderShock, Blizzy, Zayac, CemaTheSlayeR, Coach: Kipspul

1: VGJ.Thunder replaced Newbee who could not attend due to Faith's passport expiring.
2: Fnatic's coach Adam is standing in for pieliedie.
3: SG e-sports' coach c4t is standing in for Bardo.
4: Vega Squadron replaced LGD Gaming (CN Qualifier) who withdrew from the event.

Groups

Group A	Group B
FlyToMoon	Fnatic
OpTic Gaming	Natus Vincere
Team Kinguin	SG e-sports
VGJ.Thunder	Vega Squadron

Format

Group Stage
- Two groups of four teams
- Double-elimination (GSL) format with matches played in Bo3.
- Top two from each group advance to Playoffs.
Playoffs
- Four teams play in a single-elimination bracket
- Semifinals are in Bo3, finals are in Bo5.

Schedule

Day 1 (Thursday April 12)

ID	vs	Team	Cntdwn (CEST)	PDT	EDT	BST	CEST	SGT	AEST	Frmt
A-SF1	vs	FTM	11:00	2:00	5:00	10:00	11:00	17:00	19:00	Bo3
A-SF2	vs		14:00	5:00	8:00	13:00	14:00	20:00	22:00	Bo3
A-WF	vs		17:00	8:00	11:00	16:00	17:00	1:00	4:00	Bo3

Day 2 (Friday April 13)

ID	vs	Cntdwn (CEST)	PDT	EDT	BST	CEST	SGT	AEST	Frmt
B-SF1	vs	11:00	2:00	5:00	10:00	11:00	17:00	19:00	Bo3
B-SF2	vs	14:00	5:00	8:00	13:00	14:00	20:00	22:00	Bo3
B-WF	vs	17:00	8:00	11:00	16:00	17:00	1:00	4:00	Bo3

Day 3 (Saturday April 14)

ID	vs	Cntdwn (CEST)	PDT	EDT	BST	CEST	SGT	AEST	Frmt
A-LR1	vs	9:00	0:00	3:00	8:00	9:00	15:00	17:00	Bo3
A-LR1	vs	12:00	3:00	6:00	11:00	12:00	18:00	20:00	Bo3
A-LF	vs	15:00	6:00	9:00	14:00	15:00	21:00	23:00	Bo3
B-LF	vs	18:00	9:00	12:00	17:00	18:00	2:00	6:00	Bo3

Day 4 (Sunday April 15)

ID	vs	Cntdwn (CEST)	PDT	EDT	BST	CEST	SGT	AEST	Frmt
SF1	vs	11:00	2:00	5:00	10:00	11:00	17:00	19:00	Bo3
SF2	vs	14:00	5:00	8:00	13:00	14:00	20:00	22:00	Bo3
GF	vs	17:30	8:30	11:30	16:30	17:30	1:30	4:30	Bo5

Countdown times are in CEST. All times are subject to change based on the length of matches and delays.

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One of my favourites.

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We need this for TI8

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iceiceice cmonBruh

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New kids won't know this :)

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Iceiceice is streaming guys!

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Major champion stream PogChamp

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ESL One Birmingham format information

Posted: 11 Apr 2018 07:56 AM PDT

Hello Dota-fans,

The upcoming Dota2 Major in Birmingham has been met with some incredible feedback and interest from the community. Here is some more information on the event.

You might notice that it has 12 teams when we have been pretty clear in saying that our big Dota-events will feature 16. The background here is this:

The May Major, as it was known to many of the teams, was originally scheduled for and planned to be held in Manila, the Philippines. Our event there a couple of years ago was a huge success, and fans have been clamouring at us to come back ever since. However, local policy changed and local narcotic tests became mandatory for any sporting event held in the country.

After speaking with the players on the top teams and researching the situation, we decided to move the event to Birmingham.

Now, many of the top teams are competing in China leading up to our Major, so to accommodate for the extra travel back to Europe (as opposed to a quicker hop to Manila) we lose one day of the tournament. Instead of 6 we will have to make due with 5. Three of these are the arena days which limits the amount of matches possible. Having 2 days for group stages ultimately explains the reason for the decreased number of teams.

The same facts means we will use this format of competition:

3 groups, GSL-style
First match bo1, the rest bo3
6 teams will play in front of the live crowd

The three group winners will play a bo1 decider to determine the first two teams directly qualified for the semifinals. The team coming third in this decider will join the three runners-up from the groups in the quarter-finals. While we originally considered this to be a bo3 decider, the ability for teams to lose on purpose in the final match to achieve a desired outcome of the decider made us switch to bo1.

Similar to the formats we have used so far, we have decided not to use bo1 in any match which eliminates teams from the competition.

The Birmingham Major is close to sold out and will be the first big Dota event in the UK. I am looking forward to seeing some of you there.

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