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| Crixalis, the Sand King | |
| Play "I will show you fear in a handful of sand⃢₀⅚" | |
| Role: | Initiator / Disabler / Nuker / Escape / Jungler |
| Lore ] : | The sands of the Scintillant Waste are alive and sentient--the whole vast desert speaks to itself, thinking thoughts only such a vastness can conceive. But when it needs to find a form to communicate with those of more limited scope, it frees a fragment of itself, and fills a carapace of magic armor formed by the cunning Djinn of Qaldin. This essential identity calls itself Crixalis, meaning `Soul of the Sand,` but others know it as Sand King. Sand King takes the form of a huge arachnid, inspired by the Scintillant Waste`s small but ubiquitous denizens; and this is a true outward expression of his ferocious nature. Guardian, warrior, ambassador--Sand King is all of these things, inseparable from the endless desert that gave him life. |
| Voice: | David Scully ( Responses Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs v • d • e Voice responses Hero responses Abaddon Alchemist Ancient Apparition Anti-Mage Arc Warden Axe Bane ) |
Abilities
PlayTarget Point / Target Unit
Enemies / Self
Magical
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Adds Caustic Finale poison to heroes hit by your Burrowstrike and doubles its cast range. Attempts to damage if already hit enemies turn spell immune before landing. Blocked upon impact by everyone within range of the spikes.
Burrowstrike: Undispellable. 
Impale: Dispellable with strong dispels. Notes:
- The spikes travel at a speed of 2000 (
3000), reaching max range in 0.175/0.225/0.275/0.325 ( 0.233/0.3/0.366/0.433) seconds.
- Sand King is moved instantly towards the targeted point once the spikes reach it.
- When targeting a unit, Sand King chases the target until it is within range and casts Burrowstrike towards its direction.
- The spikes still do not home in on the target, thus can be evaded. Targeting a unit only determines the direction upon cast.
- Hit units are knocked up 350 range Forced Movement is a status effect that changes a unit s position. This movement is completely unrelated to the unit s movement speed and works on them while disabled. Most spells with forced movement prevent the affected for the initial 0.52 seconds of the stun.
- While in the air, other units may pass below hit airborne units.
- The damage is applied upon landing, not upon getting hit.
- Can hit units up to 500/600/700/800 ( 850/1050/1250/1450) range away (max distance + 150 radius).
- The burrowing and reappearing takes 0.53 seconds from the moment the spell is cast, during which Sand King cannot do anything.
- The spikes do not travel the full distance when targeting closer than its max distance.
- When upgraded, Burrowstrike applies Caustic Finale on all hit heroes, excluding illusions Default buff iconPlay Spawn soundPlay Death sound “ Play A legion sprouts from one! Click to listen— Phantom Lancer ” Illusions (also commonly called illus) are imperfect, weaker copies of heroes, created by spells or items. They . Treats creep-heroes as creeps.
Play
Enemies / Self
Magical
90/110/130/150) 34/26/18/10 60/50/40/30 Sand Storm: Undispellable. Sand Storm Invis: Undispellable. Notes:
- Unlike other channeling spells, certain items which do not cancel channeling spells (e.g. Shiva`s Guard Item Changelogs Shiva s Guard Said to have belonged to a goddess, today it retains much of its former power. Cost4750 (650) Bought FromArmor Active Arctic Blast Passive Freezing Aura Bonus +30 ) do cancel Sand Storm.
- Invisibility and sand cloud are instantly dispelled when Sand King attacks, casts a spell or uses an item.
- When Sand Storm gets canceled by disables or manually by Sand King, the sand cloud and invisibility remain for 1.5 seconds.
- Be that as it may, the area damage over time instantly stops.
- When Sand King gets moved by non-canceling forced movement, the sand cloud and the area damage move along.
- The sand cloud`s position updates upon recasting the spell, when recasting it while still channeling the previous cast.
- Sand Storm deals 20/30/40/50 ( 45/55/65/75) damage in 0.5 second intervals, starting immediately, resulting in a total of 100 instances.
- Can deal up to 2000/3000/4000/5000 ( 4500/5500/6500/7500) damage to a single unit (before reductions) if it stays in range for the whole duration.
PlayPassive
Enemies
Magical
Checks for spell immunity upon starting an attack, not upon landing an attack. Applies area effect when turning spell immune after initial debuff was placed. Does not slow or attempt to damage spell immune enemies. Caustic Finale Orb: Undispellable. Caustic Finale Slow: Dispellable with any dispel. Notes:
- Successive attacks on the same target neither stack the debuff, nor do they refresh its duration.
- Sand King does not have to do the last hit. When a unit dies in any way with the debuff on, it causes the area damage and slow.
- When the debuff expires without the unit dying, 50% of the explosion damage and the slow are applied within the radius around it.
- The slow from multiple explosions does not stack, only the duration gets refreshed.
PlayEnemies
Magical
/725/750/775/800) 10/12/14) 80) 120/110/100 150/225/300 Epicenter: Undispellable. Epicenter Slow: Dispellable with any dispel. Notes:
- When interrupted during the channeling, the spell does nothing, wasting the cooldown and mana.
- If the channeling was successful the damage pulses cannot be interrupted anymore, not even by Sand King`s death.
- Sand King can act freely during the damage pulses.
- The pulse radii are all centered at Sand King`s current location, not at the cast location.
- When Sand King dies after having finished channeling, the pulses still continue from where he died.
- The pulses happen in 0.5/0.375/0.3 ( 0.3/0.25/0.21) second intervals, starting 0.5/0.375/0.3 ( 0.3/0.25/0.21) seconds after the channeling finishes.
- This means it takes 3 seconds for the spell to releaseAnnounce all pulses after the initial delay.
- Can deal up to 660/880/1100 ( 1100/1320/1540) damage to a single unit when all pulses hit (before reductions).
- The slow is applied to enemies on each pulse. Multiple instances of the slow on a unit do not stack, but refresh the duration.
- Can slow a single unit for up to 6 seconds (3 seconds of pulses + 3 second debuff duration).
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Talents
| Hero Talents | ||
| +4 Epicenter Pulses | 25 | +50 Health Regen |
| +120 Gold/Min | 20 | +350 Health |
| -50 Epicenter Attack Slow | 15 | +50 Sand Storm DPS |
| +5 Armor | 10 | +10% Magic Resistance |
- The armor is added as bonus armor, and therefore does not benefit illusions.
- Upgrading health increases maximum health capacity and keeps the current health percentage.
- The magic resistance stacks multiplicatively with other sources of magic resistance.
- Gold granted from the talent is unreliable gold.
- The health regen is added as a bonus and does not benefit illusions.
Recommended items
Starting Items:
- Gauntlets of Strength and Circlet give Sand King good attribute bonuses, particularly strength, which helps to alleviate his low base strength, giving him more survivability.
- One each of
Crixalis, the Sand King
| Recommended Roles |
| Initiator Disabler Nuker Escape Jungler |
The sands of the Scintillant Waste are alive and sentient⃢₀ₔthe whole vast desert speaks to itself, thinking thoughts only such a vastness can conceive. But when it needs must find a form to communicate with those of more limited scope, it frees a fragment of itself, and fills a carapace of magic armor formed by the cunning Djinn of Qaldin. This essential identity calls itself Crixalis, meaning `Soul of the Sand,` but others know it as Sand King. Sand King takes the form of a huge arachnid, inspired by the Scintillant Waste`s small but ubiquitous denizens; and this is a true outward expression of his ferocious nature. Guardian, warrior, ambassador⃢₀ₔSand King is all of these things, inseparable from the endless desert that gave him life.
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| +4 Epicenter Pulses | 25 | +50 Health Regen |
| +120 Gold/Min | 20 | +350 Health |
| -30s Respawn Time | 15 | +50 Sand Storm DPS |
| +5 Armor | 10 | +10% Magic Resistance |
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