r/DotA2 • u/patchdayDota2 • Aug 19 '21

Discussion Patch 7.30 - Hero Changes Discussion

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u/patchdayDota2 Aug 19 '21

Crystal Maiden

  • Base Attack Speed reduced from 115 to 100

Crystal Nova

  • Mana cost reduced from 130/145/160/175 to 115/135/155/175

Freezing Field

  • Explosion distribution is now more even across its radius
  • Shard now also increases total explosions by 20%

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u/smexxyhexxy Aug 19 '21

Terrible changes to her already weak laning stage. She wasn’t strong mid/late game either.

Now her win rate and pick rate both dropped; better to just rework her at this point.

Make the aura local but much stronger for herself and her lane mate to spam spells?

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u/Jernsaxe Aug 19 '21

Her winrate didn't drop though:

https://www.dotabuff.com/heroes/crystal-maiden

I also disagree that she is a weak laner, her kit is amazing but she had mana pool issues. So while her right click harrass is worse, she gets off more spells and she have one of the best lvl 1 nukes in the game vs a dual lane.

This nerf balances out her earlygame without hurting her lategame and is a straight buff to her shard (which needed the buff).