Rylai Crestfall- the beautiful Crystal Maiden

I took this photo when I played Rylai against
Slithereen Guard

So my husband decided to change my hero from Medusa to Rylai. She`s an intelligent hero which has a mastery in ice and frost. Among her skills, I like crystal nova and her ultimate freezing field most. I usually build up her brilliance aura and frostbite skill first and of course at level 6 take her ultimate skill.

For her items, I have to get boots of speed for fast escape, then build aghanim`s scepter as soon as possible, afterwards I will slowly build linken`s sphere for additional protection against enemy attack. I have  killed an AI enemy by doing the crystal nova, frostbite and freezing field combo.

My friends and I were planning to play Dota this weekend and since I have only Rylai for hero, I will use her. I`m still new in playing dota. I need advice for my build and items, any recommendation will be welcome. I wish we could win the game on Sunday!

Rylai Crestfall - Crystal Maiden Range: 600 | Move Speed: 280 Primary: INT Str: 16 + 1.7 | Agi: 16 + 1.6 | Int: 21 + 2.9 Damage: 38 – 44 | HP: 454 | Mana: 273 HP Regen: 0.73 | Mana Regen: 0.85 Attack Speed: 0.68 | Armor: 1 Adept in the manipulation of frost and ice, Rylai is the very image of elegeance and grace. Trained by a renegade wizard deep in the heart of Winterspring, Rylai brings to the Sentinel her prowess in the arts of magic. With a vast arsenal of spells, she wreaks havoc upon her foes - be it with powerful blasts of frost to send them fleeing in panic, or be it by rendering them immobile in ice. Her foes tremble in fear as the ground beneath implodes in mighty novas of frost in a dazzling array, obliterating all who dare oppose her. Crystal Nova (V) Blasts enemy units around a target point with a wave of damaging frost that slows movement speed and attack rate. Level 1 - 100 damage and slows for 3.5 seconds. Level 2 - 150 damage and slows for 4 seconds. Level 3 - 200 damage and slows for 4.5 seconds. Level 4 - 250 damage and slows for 5 seconds. • Damage type: magical • Will slow the affected units' movespeed by 30% and attack speed by 20%. • Casting range: 700 • Area of Effect: 400 Mana Cost: 100/120/140/160 Cooldown: 15 Frostbite (E) Freezes the target in a case of ice, prohibiting movement and attacking. Deals 70 damage per second. Level 1 - Disables the target and deals 70 damage per second, lasts 1.5 seconds. Level 2 - Disables the target and deals 70 damage per second, lasts 2 seconds. Level 3 - Disables the target and deals 70 damage per second, lasts 2.5 seconds. Level 4 - Disables the target and deals 70 damage per second, lasts 3 seconds. • Damage type: magical • Blink- and Metarmophosis-based skills cannot be used while under the effect of Frostbite. • Lasts 10 seconds on creeps level 5 or lower. • Casting range: 500 Mana Cost: 115/125/140/150 Cooldown: 10 Brilliance Aura (R) Gives additional mana regeneration to all friendly units on the entire map. Level 1 - Adds 0.5 mana regeneration. Level 2 - Adds 1 mana regeneration. Level 3 - Adds 1.5 mana regeneration. Level 4 - Adds 2 mana regeneration. • Stacks with the Brilliance Aura given by Ring of Basillus. • The bonus mana regeneration is not considered for percentage mana regeneration increases. Mana Cost: N/A Cooldown: N/A Freezing Field (Z) Causes many random icy explosions in an area surrounding Rylai. Enemy units in the Freezing Field are slowed. Lasts for 4 seconds. Level 1 - Each explosion deals 105 (170*) damage. Level 2 - Each explosion deals 170 (250*) damage. Level 3 - Each explosion deals 250 (310*) damage. Mana Cost: 300/400/ 600 Cooldown: 150/120/90

My first Dota hero-Medusa, the Gorgon

medusa

So, I started to learn DOTA from my husband. He loves to play Medusa so when he taught me for the first time, he chose Medusa, the Gorgon as my hero. She`s an agility hero which can split her shot into 4 arrows at a time. She can also protect herself from damage by her mana shield which decrease mana instead of hp when hit by an enemy. She can send her mystic snake to damage all her opponents on the other side and steal energy from them, mystic snake will return to her and replenish her mana. Her ultimate skill is the stone gaze in which will turn all enemy unit gazing at her into stone.

Though Medusa is a very good hero for my husband to play, I really suck at it. She has a very low hp and when using mana shield all her mana will be consumed by the hit and since she is not and intelligent hero, she has very slow mana replenishment, this left me with nothing to use for either her mystic snake or stone gaze. So instead my husband suggested me to use another hero.

pvp (players vs players) history

When I was graduating in college I was so focused on my "critical assassin" character in was then famous Ragnarok Online. I would saved my allowance to buy game cards and pldt vibe for my internet connection. Instead of riding a trisikad and jeep to the city, I found a shortcut in which I can walk and save 16 pesos a day. I`m really into gaming that even today I still play games when I`m not busy, even I`m busy I play to de-stress.

Most of the women would agree with me if I ask, what is in Dota that our brothers, cousins, boyfriends and husbands are so into it? Because of my gaming history, I could understand maybe a little better. Sometimes playing just releases stress and it will give you a kind of excitement and fun.

So ladies out there, please try to be more forgiving if your partner likes playing Dota. As what they said, "It is better that his mind is on Dota not on other girls... ;)"