Content creator Yaroslav "NS" Kuznetsov from Russia shared his thoughts during a personal Twitch stream on the changes to Crystal Maiden in the new Dota 2 patch 7.36.
NS expressed his confusion about the changes, saying, "Damn, Crystal Maiden no longer gets 20 armor from her ultimate. I don't know why they made this change. It was a decent feature. If you managed to cast your ult as Crystal Maiden, you’d become super durable. Why did they remove it? It’s not easy to pull off an ult with Crystal Maiden. It’s not like it was some kind of overpowered ability. Maybe once in every 100 regular games, you’d find a situation where Crystal Maiden could actually survive and thrive because of her ult. Perhaps it happened more often in Turbo mode, but, you know, Turbo has all sorts of wild scenarios."
Earlier in his Twitch stream, Kuznetsov also shared his opinions on another Dota 2 hero, Silencer.