DOTA GAMES WALKTHROUGH: Guide to Rylai Crestfall the Crystal Maiden, Skill Build in Early Game

Although lich is my favorite hero in dota, sometimes i use crystal maiden. Crystal Maiden is one of ranged hero which easy to be played with. I wanna share my interesting experiment when i play dota using crystal maiden.
I divided crystal maiden's skill build to 3 chapter. This is the first chapter. I hope you enjoy reading my guide.

In early games (levels 1 - 8), I boost frost bite and frost nova. Because frost Bite can freeze and disabele the enemy,I take frost bite earlier than Fros Nova. Frost bite might be usefull in stopping channeling spells or disabling enemy's hero for an early game kill. Although Level 1 frost nova deals approximately 125 damage and level 1 frost bite deals 105 damage, Frost Bite will be more useful than level 1 frost nova because frost bite also disable enemy for 1.5 seconds.

Frost Bite and Frost Nova are both boosted first because they are just too strong to pass over. Level 4 Frost Bite combined with level 4 Frost Nova deals approximately 510 damage, and this is without any physical attacks. This is just too strong to pass over and Attribute Bonus or Brilliance Aura just has no place in the early game skill build.

Freezing Field is not taken at level 6 because it costs huge mana for you to handle. You already have 2 spells that you should often use, and add Freezing Field in there and you will be unable to manage all your spells and mana. Also, if you start to channel this early game, you are asking to be disabled, and most disables will tear you apart. You should leave this to levels 10 and 11.

This is summary for crystal mayden's skill build in early games:
Level 1 - Frost Bite
Level 2 - Frost Nova
Level 3 - Frost Bite
Level 4 - Frost Nova
Level 5 - Frost Bite
Level 6 - Frost Nova
Level 7 - Frost Bite
Level 8 - Frost Nova


That's all my crystal maiden's skill build in early games. I hope you enjoy it.

Refference : dota-allstars forum