Crystalys – Dota 2 Guide, Stats & Hero Matchups [Patch 7.38c]

Upgraded Item | Weapons

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2000

A blade forged from rare crystals, it seeks weak points in enemy armor.

A radiant treasure, a powerful and budget-friendly item that enhances your hero's critical strike chance, making their attacks more potent in the most radiant of all!

Base Combat Stats

+ 32 Damage

Recipe

Abilities

Passive: Critical Strike

Grants each attack a 30% chance to deal 160% damage.

Additional Insights

Critical Strike does not work against buildings.
Does not work on Buildings
The virtue of the Crystalys lies in its affordability and efficiency. Despite being a relatively inexpensive item, it packs a punch by significantly boosting your hero's damage potential with critical hits. It's often seen as a stepping stone towards even mightier items, like the Daedalus.

Statistics

The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Crystalys as a core, common or situational item for each role. These statistics are based on our hero guides.

Itemization Strategy

'Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee', an iconic line that resembles the effect of this item, light on the budget but packs a punch and also scalable, if you are up to deal more damage in a stike crystalys is the best choice for you, best timing would be when your damage is significantly strong in the game if not then having criticals without damage will make you think again.

Heroes with Crystalys as Core Item

A core item that speeds up your farming with increased right click damage. Goes well with Aghanims Scepter Side Gunner which can also crit on attacks.

Trivia

Crystalys, the name of the item is derived from the word 'crystal', symbolizing its radiant and sharp nature, and 'lys', which could be associated with light or radiance. The name reflects the item's essence of providing an opportunity for heroes to deliver powerful, radiant critical strikes in battles.