Intelligence · Ranged
Unleashes a high damage blizzard upon her foes
Win rate
51.7%
A across all ranks
Pick rate
14.4%
of public matches
Public picks
487.7K
in the sample
Pro scene
3
0 bans · 33% win rate
Bars start at 50%. Sample sizes: Herald 12.3K · Guardian 42.4K · Crusader 77.4K · Archon 116.2K · Legend 125.4K · Ancient 70.3K · Divine+ 43.6K.
Last 6 days
51.9%
Bought before the horn
Iron Branch
Tango
Observer and Sentry Wards
Blood Grenade
Enchanted Mango
Sentry Ward
The first minutes
Boots of Speed
Tranquil Boots
Core items
Aghanim's Shard
Glimmer Cape
Blink Dagger
Force Staff
Drum of Endurance
The full build
Blink Dagger
Glimmer Cape
Black King Bar
Force Staff
Aghanim's Scepter
Solar Crest
Most-bought items for Crystal Maiden in OpenDota’s sample of parsed public matches (1,089 purchases counted). Bars compare each item with the most-bought one in its phase. The percentage is the win rate in games where Crystal Maiden bought the item by minute 30 (green or red when it is clearly above or below Crystal Maiden’s average). Teams that are ahead buy items sooner, so a high number shows the item goes with winning games, not that it causes the win. Items with fewer than 100 games show no percentage. Cheap components are hidden from the mid and late game.
Blink Dagger
143 games
Aghanim's Shard
492 games
Glimmer Cape
115 games
Black King Bar
109 games
Mithril Hammer
187 games
Ghost Scepter
69 games
Final items compared within the same purchase window (at least 60 games each), so they are not simply ranked by how late or expensive they are. Still a correlation: a team that is far ahead can buy anything sooner.
55
Use: Plant Tree: Targets the ground to plant a happy little tree that lasts for 20 seconds.
90
Use: Devour: Consumes a target tree to gain 7 health regeneration for 16 seconds. Consuming an Ironwood Tree doubles the heal duration. Comes with 3 charges.
50
Use: Plant: Plant the currently active ward. Double-Click to switch the currently active ward.
Use: Plant. Plant the currently active ward. Double-Click to switch the currently active ward.
50
Use: Throw Grenade: Throw a grenade at the target area. Enemies in the area will take 50 damage on impact, and be slowed by -15% and take 15 damage every 1s for 5…
10s
Use: Throw Grenade. Throw a grenade at the target area. Enemies in the area will take 50 damage on impact, and be slowed by -15% and take 15 damage every 1s for 5 seconds. Radius 300.
65
Use: Eat Mango: Instantly restores 100 mana.
Use: Eat Mango. Instantly restores 100 mana.
50
Use: Plant: Plants a Sentry Ward, an invisible watcher that grants True Sight, the ability to see invisible enemy units and wards, to any existing allied vision within a…
1s
Use: Plant. Plants a Sentry Ward, an invisible watcher that grants True Sight, the ability to see invisible enemy units and wards, to any existing allied vision within a 1050 radius. Lasts 7 minutes. Does not grant ground vision. Hold Control to give one Sentry Ward to an allied hero.
500
Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
900
Passive: Break: Whenever you attack a hero or are attacked by any unit, the bonus 14 HP regen is lost and the movement speed bonus is reduced to 40 for 13 seconds.
13s
Passive: Break. Whenever you attack a hero or are attacked by any unit, the bonus 14 HP regen is lost and the movement speed bonus is reduced to 40 for 13 seconds. Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
1,400
Passive: Ability Upgrade: Upgrades an existing ability or adds a new ability to your hero.
Win rate when bought52.7% · 881 games
2,150
Active: Glimmer: After a 0.5 second delay, grants invisibility, 20 movement speed and a magic damage barrier that absorbs up to 375 damage to you or a target allied unit…
Win rate when bought49.8% · 434 games
15s125
Active: Glimmer. After a 0.5 second delay, grants invisibility, 20 movement speed and a magic damage barrier that absorbs up to 375 damage to you or a target allied unit for 5 seconds. Can be cast while channeling.
2,250
Active: Blink: Teleport to a target point up to 1200 units away. Blink Dagger cannot be used for 3 seconds after taking damage from an enemy hero or Roshan.
Win rate when bought58.5% · 648 games
15s
Active: Blink. Teleport to a target point up to 1200 units away. Blink Dagger cannot be used for 3 seconds after taking damage from an enemy hero or Roshan.
2,200
Active: Force: Pushes any target unit 600 units in the direction it is facing.
Win rate when bought48.8% · 168 games
19s150
Active: Force. Pushes any target unit 600 units in the direction it is facing.
1,625
Active: Endurance: Gives +35 attack speed and +13% movement speed to nearby allies for 6 seconds. Radius: 1200
45s
Active: Endurance. Gives +35 attack speed and +13% movement speed to nearby allies for 6 seconds. Radius: 1200
Passive: Swiftness Aura. Grants 15 movement speed and 2.5 health regeneration to allies. Radius: 1200
4,050
Active: Avatar: Applies a basic dispel. Grants 60% magic resistance and immunity to reflected and pure damage.
Win rate when bought73.1% · 130 games
95s50
Active: Avatar. Applies a basic dispel. Grants 60% magic resistance and immunity to reflected and pure damage. For the duration of the effect, any negative effect from enemy spells has no effect. Duration: 9 / 8 / 7s Dispel Type: Basic Dispel
4,200
Passive: Ability Upgrade: Upgrades the ultimate, and some abilities, of all heroes.
2,575
Active: Shine: When cast on an ally, grants them 5 armor, 60 attack speed, 15% movement speed and a 350 physical damage barrier.
16s100
Active: Shine. When cast on an ally, grants them 5 armor, 60 attack speed, 15% movement speed and a 350 physical damage barrier. Does not grant bonus armor, movement or attack speed if used on self. Duration: 7
A burst of damaging frost slows enemy movement in the targeted area.
Encases an enemy unit in ice, prohibiting movement and attack, while dealing damage over time. Deals 4x damage to non-ancient creeps.
Gives mana regeneration to all friendly units on the map. Allies within a 1200 radius of Crystal Maiden receive more mana regeneration. Crystal Maiden passively gains mana regen amplification.
Slides in a direction, creating a crystal clone of herself in her place and disjointing incoming projectiles. If the clone takes enough damage or times out, it shatters, Frostbiting enemies in a 450 AoE around its place. The Clone can also be destroyed by Crystal Maiden's own spells.
A portion of the mana Crystal Maiden spends on her abilities is converted into a physical barrier.
CHANNELED - Surrounds Crystal Maiden with 100 random icy explosions that slow enemies and deal massive damage.
Aghanim’s ScepterAllows you to move, cast and attack during Freezing Field. Can still be interrupted by enemies. You move 75% slower during this. Increases total number of explosions by 20%. Applies Frostbite to any unit that has been standing in the Freezing Field for over 3s.
+1s Frostbite Duration
25+300 Crystal Nova Damage
+20% Glacial Guard Mana Spent To Barrier
20+50 Freezing Field Damage
+100 Frostbite Cast Range
15-4.5s Crystal Nova Cooldown
+200 Health
10+12 Intelligence
Strength17+2.2/lvl
Agility16+1.8/lvlIntelligence20+3.3/lvlBorn 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.
Win rates come from public Dota 2 matches (OpenDota), 3.4M matches counted, refreshed Oct 24, 2026. Tiers use the win rate in the chosen rank: S 52.5%+, A 51%+, B 49%+, C 47.5%+, D below; heroes with too few games are left unrated. Hero data and patch notes are Valve’s. Builds Forge is an unofficial fan site, not affiliated with Valve.