Sand King (Dota 2)

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Sand King (Dota 2) - Sand King Skills

This page details each of Sand King's abilities/skills in turn.

First Ability

Burrowstrike [Keybind: Q]
AbilityAffectsDamage
Target Point Enemies Magical
Sand King burrows into the ground and tunnels forward, damaging and stunning enemy units above him as he resurfaces.
  • Range: 350/450/550/650
  • Radius: 150
  • Stun Duration: 2.17
  • Damage: 100/160/220/280
  • Cooldown: 11 seconds
  • Mana Cost: 110/120/130/140
Lore: Crixalis often lies in wait, burrowing under the surface to ambush his adversaries.
  • Is blocked by Spell Immunity.
  • Is blocked by Linken's Sphere.
  • Hit units will fly for 0.52 seconds before the real stun is applied.
  • Can be used during the damaging phase of Epicenter.

Second Ability

Sand Storm [Keybind: W]
AbilityAffectsDamage
Channeled Enemies Magical
CHANNELED - Sand King creates a fearsome sandstorm that damages enemy units while hiding him from vision. The invisibility remains for a short duration after the sandstorm ends.
  • Radius: 525
  • Channeling Duration: 20/40/60/80
  • Damage Per Second: 25/50/75/100
  • Delay Before Reveal: 1.5
  • Cooldown: 40/30/20/10
  • Mana Cost: 60/50/40/30
Lore: Some say Crixalis is a mirage; his carapace appearing then vanishing between the whirling sands of the Scintillant Waste.
  • Is blocked by Spell Immunity.
  • Is not blocked by Linken's Sphere.
  • Sand Storm can be used to dodge projectiles.
  • Because of Epicenter's channeling time the invisibility from Sand Storm is directly removed if activating the ultimate.
  • However, Sand Storm (and any other ability) can be used after the channeling of Epicenter was successful.
  • Sand Storm can deal 500/2000/4500/8000 damage in total to a single unit.
  • Sand Storm does damage twice per second, but results in 25/50/75/100 damage per second.

Third Ability

Caustic Finale [Keybind: E]
AbilityAffectsDamage
Passive Enemies Magical
Sand King's attacks inject a venom that causes enemy units to explode violently upon death, spreading area damage.
  • Explosion Radius: 400
  • Debuff Duration: 8
  • Explosion Damage: 90/130/170/220
Lore: An injection from Crixalis makes one brittle and as dry as the arid wastes, subject to implosive demise.
  • Is blocked by Spell Immunity.
  • Is a unique attack modifier.
  • Is not blocked by Linken's Sphere.
  • Cannot be purged.
  • Is not used by Illusions.
  • Exploding units leave no corpse.
  • Mechanical units take damage if in radius, the debuff however does not apply to them.
  • Does not work on denies (the buff is not placed on allied units).

Ultimate Ability

Epicenter [Keybind: R]
AbilityAffectsDamage
Channeled Enemies Magical
CHANNELED - After channeling for 2 seconds, Sand King sends a disturbance into the earth, causing it to shudder violently. All enemies caught within range will take damage and become slowed. Each subsequent pulse increases the radius of damage dealt.
  • Initial Radius: 275
  • Slow Duration: 3
  • Number Of Pulses: 6/8/10 (8/10/12 with Scepter)
  • Pulse Damage: 110
  • Movement Speed Slow: 30%
  • Attack Speed Slow: 30%
  • Cooldown: 140/120/100 (120/100/80 with Scepter)
  • Mana Cost: 175/250/325
Lore: Many an explorer was lost to the quicksands of the Scintillant Waste.
  • The slow goes through spell immunity, but the damage does not.
  • Is not blocked by Linken's Sphere.
  • Sand King channels for 2 seconds before activating this ability. Stopping the channeling will waste the cooldown and mana required for the ability.
  • The pulses are centered on the Sand King's current location, not where he first casted the spell.
  • The radius of the pulses is 275 / 325 / 375 / 425 / 475 / 525 / 575 / 650 / 675 / 700 / (775 / 825 with Scepter)
  • While casting the spell works like any other chanelling ability and can be interrupted.
  • If the channeling was successful the damage pulses can not be interrupted anymore.
  • Any items and abilities (e.g. Sand Storm) can be used with the ultimate (after a successful channel).
  • Should Sand King die during the damage phase all remaining pulses will be cast at his last location.
  • Deals a total of 660/880/1100 (880/1100/1320 with Scepter) damage to a single unit.

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