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Skill Build:

1. Frostbite
2. Frost Nova
3. Frostbite
4. Frost Nova
5. Frostbite
6. Frost Nova
7. Frostbite
8. Frost Nova
9. Stats
10. Freezing Field
11. Freezing Field
12. Stats
13. Stats
14. Stats
15. Stats
16. Freezing Field
17. Stats
18. Stats
19. Stats
20. Stats
21. Stats
22. Brilliance Aura
23. Brilliance Aura
24. Brilliance Aura
25. Brilliance Aura
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Item Build:

1.
Bracer (525)
6 Strength
3 Agility
3 Intelligence
3 Damage
Gauntlets of Ogre Strength + Circlet of Nobility + Bracer Recipe Scroll
provides cheap source of hp. rylai needs bracers since her str gain is crap

2.
Bracer (525)
6 Strength
3 Agility
3 Intelligence
3 Damage
Gauntlets of Ogre Strength + Circlet of Nobility + Bracer Recipe Scroll
if you feel you're not safe enough with just one , make it two
3. Kelens Dagger of Escape
you're primary item. rylai has a sick ulti, but it needs good positioning which is what this item
actually gives you. try to get it as early as possible.

4.
Black King Bar (3900)
10 Strength
24 Damage
Active: Avatar
Gives magic immunity. Duration and cooldown decrease each time it is used. Lasts 10/9/8/7/6/5
seconds. 80/75/70/65/60/55 seconds cooldown.
Ogre Axe + Mithril Hammer + Black King Bar Recipe Scroll
now that you can have the best position for freezing field with blink dagger, bkb allows you to
channel it for 3 seconds without getting interrupted. the additional str it gives is also a bonus.

5.
Boots of Travel (2700)
95 Movement Speed
Active: Teleport
Teleports you to an allied non-hero unit or building. 3 seconds casting time. 75 manacost. 60
seconds cooldown. Shares cooldown with Scroll of Town Portal.
Note: Movement speed bonus doesn't stack with Boots of Travel, Phase Boots, Power Treads, or
Boots of Speed.
Boots of Speed + Boots of Travel Recipe Scroll
rylai is slow. tele is priceless
6. Eul`s Scepter of Divinity
if your team needs one or needs another one(due to recent nerf on cyclone's cooldown), you
should be the one to get it. also, the mana regen is a bonus
7.
Aghanim`s Scepter (4200)
10 All Attributes
200 HP
150 Mana
Passive: Ultimate Upgrade
Upgrades the ultimate of Earthshaker, Pandaren Brewmaster, Stone Giant, Clockwerk Goblin,
Sacred Warrior, Sand King, Spiritbreaker, Axe, Doom Bringer, Lord of Avernus, Night Stalker,
Butcher, Undying, Juggernaut, Moon Rider, Faceless Void, Lightning Revenant, Vengeful Spirit,
Venomancer, Netherdrake, Crystal Maiden, Enchantress, Faerie Dragon, Holy Knight, Prophet,
Lord of Olympia, Slayer, Windrunner, Goblin Techies, Invoker, Shadow Priest, Shadow
Shaman, Tormented Soul, Twin Head Dragon, Witch Doctor, Bane Elemental, Demon Witch,
Lich, Necrolyte, Oblivion, Obsidian Destroyer, Queen of Pain, and Warlock.
Point Booster + 1 each of Ogre Axe, Blade of Alacrity and Staff of Wizardry + Aghanim's
Scepter Recipe Scroll
get this if you need more damage instead of hp

8.
Heart of Tarrasque (5500)
40 Strength
300 HP
Passive: Health Regeneration
Regenerates 2% of max health each second. Only regenerates health when the bearer has not
taken damage from a player owned source or Roshan in the last 6 seconds. Doesn't stack with
itself.
Messerschmidt's Reaver + Vitality Booster + Heart of Tarrasque Recipe Scroll
get this if you need more hp than damage
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Early Game:

SKILL BUILD EXPLANATION

1. frost bite is maxed first since its a lot more useful than nova

2. freezing field is should be gotten at lvls 10 and 11 due to the following reasons:
a. rylai does not have the mana pool to cast bite, nova, field, bite then nova.

b. bite and nova with an ally is more than enough to kill enemies when ganking.

c. rylai needs all the str from stats because she is a very fragile hero.

3. no brilliance aura due to the following reasons:

a. rylai needs all the str from stats because she is a very fragile hero.

b. rylai needs all the int from stats to cast more bite and nova.

c. rylai needs mana pool not mana regen since rylai is not a spammer like jakiro but a combo
hero.

ITEM BUILD EXPLANATION

1. blink dagger is a must to be able to channel freezing field at the best position possible

2. bkb is a must to channel freezing field without getting interrupted

3. bracers are cheap sources of str.

4. rylai needs boots of travel because she is really slow. also, tele is good for pushing/ defending.
anyone who gets treads for rylai is a moron ( she does not attack in team battles, she bombards
enemies with spells)

5. blink, bkb and bot are the core items.

EARLY GAME

starting items:

note that when your lane partner's needs intensive mana, you can buy a basilus while your
partner buys a headdress
choose rylai as you're hero, choose a lane partner then go to a side lane. good lane partners
include heroes with nukes and disable so you can chain your spells.

when you have chosen your lane, wait at the entrance and CREEP BLOCK. creep blocking is
blocking the path of your creeps using your hero so that the creeps will engage near your tower.
to creep block, just run in front of your creeps and when the creeps touch your hero, press h to
hold position, the creeps will stop for about half a second. during this time order your hero to
move in front again and repeat the process.

when your creeps engage last hit only. its hard to last hit with rylai because of her crappy base
dmg and slow projectile but you should at least get one kill every creep wave. when you reach
level 3 you now have two options:

1. if your lane partner is a nuker/disabler, aim for a kill by chaining your skills to deal massive
damage. a good example is the lina-rylai combo. lina's LSA is hard to aim but frostbite allows
lina to position it well. also, a frostbite-LSA-nova-slave combo can kill almost any opposing
hero by lvl 3.

2. do your usual last hitting but if enemy gets to tower range, frostbite immediately then follow
up with nova, and you got yourself a kill. if not, CHASE ONLY IF YOU"RE 100% SURE YOU
CAN KILL THE OPPONENT. early game, you're priority is farming as you need to get your
blink dagger fast.

if you can farm 2k gold without returning to base skip the bracers and get blink dagger first. you
should also skip bracers if you have farmed 1k gold in which case you should get an ogre axe for
bkb.

as soon as you reach lvl 6, initialte a gank. at this point of the game your first priority is now
ganking. 3 lvls of bite and nova with teammates' spells are more than enough to kill a hero who
isnt named bradwarden.

NOTES ON GANKING: always start with bite then follow up with teamates' disables but these
disables should not overlap to get its full potential. nova the hero if he tries to escape and chase
while waiting for bite to cooldown.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SECTION:

when rylai (or any hero) attacks or casts a spell, you'll notice that the damage is actually done
about halfway the entire animation. meaning to say, after the damage, the animation you see is
just a filler. this filler animation can be canceled by issuing another command right after the
damage is done. this is called ANIMATION CANCELING. for rylai, the filler animation lasts
about a second which is actually lots of time wasted. so whenever you use a spell or attack, try to
animation cancel.

 
what you should have by end of early game

or just with almost enough for a dagger