Question 1

Who counters Crystal Maiden?

Accepted Answer

Chen (+3.9%), Primal Beast (+3.5%), and Rubick (+3.3%) are the strongest against Crystal Maiden — they have the biggest advantage over it at this rank.

Question 2

Who is Crystal Maiden strong against?

Accepted Answer

Crystal Maiden does best against Ember Spirit (+4.2%), Broodmother (+4.0%), and Meepo (+3.8%).

Question 3

Who is Crystal Maiden stronger with?

Accepted Answer

The best partners for Crystal Maiden are Razor (+2.8%), Terrorblade (+2.8%), and Pugna (+2.4%): together they win more often than expected from each one’s win rate.

Question 4

What to build on Crystal Maiden?

Accepted Answer

“Position 5: Hard Support”: players usually start with Tango, Blood Grenade, Magic Stick, Iron Branch ×2, Enchanted Mango, and Observer and Sentry Wards, pick Tranquil Boots for boots, then build Aghanim's Shard (18 min), Blink Dagger (22 min), Glimmer Cape (22 min), and Force Staff (24 min).

Question 5

Which talents to take on Crystal Maiden?

Accepted Answer

Most often players take: at level 15 — “+100 Frostbite Cast Range” (71%), at level 20 — “+50 Freezing Field Damage” (100%), and at level 25 — “+1.0s Frostbite Duration” (62%).

Question 6

What position to play Crystal Maiden in?

Accepted Answer

Crystal Maiden is played most often as “Position 5: Hard Support” — 66% of its matches. Less often: Position 4: Support (32%).

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Chen	+3.9%	47.3%	74
Primal Beast	+3.5%	51.4%	516
Rubick	+3.3%	49.6%	2,589
Earthshaker	+3.2%	50.0%	2,999
Shadow Fiend	+3.2%	45.5%	2,071
Dawnbreaker	+2.9%	51.9%	1,193
Enigma	+2.7%	48.7%	665
Magnus	+2.6%	48.6%	1,069
Pudge	+2.5%	51.0%	5,025
Ursa	+2.3%	46.1%	1,080
Arc Warden	+2.3%	52.8%	744
Morphling	+2.2%	47.4%	536

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Ember Spirit	+4.2%	59.5%	939
Broodmother	+4.0%	55.0%	493
Meepo	+3.8%	50.5%	382
Keeper of the Light	+3.8%	60.9%	975
Elder Titan	+3.4%	59.4%	175
Omniknight	+3.1%	57.7%	428
Phantom Lancer	+3.1%	52.8%	2,826
Necrophos	+3.0%	54.1%	3,163
Io	+2.9%	56.7%	781
Clockwerk	+2.7%	59.4%	604
Troll Warlord	+2.7%	52.8%	746
Beastmaster	+2.7%	63.6%	393

Hero	Synergy	Win rate	Matches
Razor	+2.8%	56.6%	1,520
Terrorblade	+2.8%	54.6%	872
Pugna	+2.4%	55.9%	492
Pudge	+2.4%	57.1%	4,495
Pangolier	+2.2%	53.4%	395
Kez	+1.8%	52.0%	698
Drow Ranger	+1.8%	51.7%	2,565
Riki	+1.6%	56.0%	1,336
Void Spirit	+1.5%	54.2%	648
Phoenix	+1.5%	57.8%	467
Centaur Warrunner	+1.5%	55.6%	1,210
Primal Beast	+1.5%	54.8%	619

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