Sandstorm

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[Special Active: Strength]
Generate a strong tornado to sweep away enemies. Lightning will fall where the tornado passes.
Destruction Skill
  • Consumes Destruction gauge and acquire Vitality gauge
  • Attack Power ↑ when Destruction is activated
Final Enhanced Skill
  • Initial Hit has 100% Critical Hit Rate.


Requirements

Class Level Required
Lord Knight 45


Skill Information

Mode Damage (Physical) Max Hits MP Usage Cooldown
Tornado Lightning Tornado Lightning
PvE 847% 457% 12 12 200 MP 16 Seconds
PvP 244% 132%


Skill Traits

Critical SandstormHeavy Sandstorm
Attribute EffectMP UsageAttribute EffectCooldown
MP Usage increased to 120%
Skill will ignore 50% defense (25% defense in PvP)
240 MPDamage increased to 144%
Cooldown increased to 120%
19.2 Seconds


Extra Information

Total Damage

ModeBaseKnighthood
NormalDestructionNormalDestruction
NormalHeavyNormalHeavyNormalHeavyNormalHeavy
AverageMaxAverageMaxAverageMaxAverageMaxAverageMaxAverageMaxAverageMaxAverageMax
PvE4,759%15,648%6,852.96%22,533.12%7,138.5%23,472%10,279.44%33,799.68%5,234.9%17,212.8%7,538.26%24,786.43%7,852.35%25,819.2%11,307.38%37,179.65%
PvP1,372%4,512%1,975.68%6,497.28%1,715%5,640%2,469.6%8,121.6%1,440.6%4,737.6%2,074.46%6,822.14%1,800.75%5,922%2,593.08%8,527.68%
  • Average assumes 4 Tornado and 3 Lightning hits.


Miscellaneous

Affected By Action Speed


Related Skills


Tips and Details

  • The skill will drag enemies along with it and travels a reasonable distance forward, making it excellent at clearing lines of enemies ahead.
  • When used close to the target, it will hit it from behind, which is ideal against shielded opponents, such as Raven and his Nasod Shield or anything that guards the front in PvE.
  • You are to move and act while the skill is still happening, allowing you to attack opponents caught in it for additional damage as well as prevent them from being knocked down on the final hit.
  • The sand tornado will appear at Elsword's position during the end of the summon animation. This means that if this skill was used at the edge of a platform, the tornado will appear at Elsword's final position of his animation as he falls from the platform.
  • The tornado will stop at a wall for a few seconds in its lifetime, but it'll just clip through it afterward, so cornering enemies is not advised to get full damage from this skill.


Gallery


Old Version

Video Description
Between its initial release and the 06/26/2014 KR Patch, Sandstorm used to create a stationary tornado.
Between its initial release and the 10/22/2015 KR Patch, Sandstorm could cause a  Enemy DebuffBlindEnemy DebuffBlind debuff which decreased the victim's Accuracy.
Between the 06/26/2014 KR Patch and the 02/29/2024 KR Patch, Sandstorm included the sandstorm, but did not generate lightning.


Updates

Date Changes
KR NA PvE PvP
11/12/2009 07/06/2011
  • Sandstorm added.
06/26/2014 05/20/2015
  • Storm follows path and storm lasts 66% longer.
  • Total damage is increased but continuous hit damage is decreased.
  • The first hit does large portion of the damage.
02/05/2015 -
  • Blind Duration decreased.
07/23/2015 12/16/2015
  • Movement Speed increased.
  • Range increased.
  • Max Hits increased.
  • Enemy in close range will be pulled in.
  • Visual effects updated.
10/22/2015 03/16/2016
  • Accuracy Decrease effect deleted.
04/21/2016 05/18/2016
  • Damage increased.
  • Enhanced trait changed to Gigantic.
06/30/2016 07/13/2016
  • Fixed error of "first hit additional damage" causing multi hits.
04/27/2017 05/10/2017
  • First Hit damage decreased.
  • Storm damage increased.
  • Damage decreased.
07/27/2017 08/09/2017
  • Size increased.
  • Gigantic trait changed to Empowered.
09/28/2017 -
02/22/2018 04/18/2018
  • Invincibility frames increased.
  • Tornado damage increased.
  • Initial Strike damage decreased.
04/05/2018 04/18/2018
  • None
  • Damage increased.
01/28/2021 02/24/2021
  • Tornado damage increased.
05/27/2021 06/23/2021
  • Empowered trait changed to Critical.
02/29/2024 03/27/2024
  • Skill features changed.


Alternative Names

Server Name Translation
South Korea 샌드 스톰 Sand Storm
Japan サンドストーム Sandstorm
China (Simplified Chinese) 沙尘暴 Sandstorm
Germany Sandorkan Sand Hurricane
Spain Huracán de arena Sand Hurricane
France Ouragan de sable Sand Hurricane
Italy Uragano di sabbia Sand Hurricane
Poland Orkan Piaskowy Sand Hurricane
United Kingdom Sand Hurricane
Brazil Tempestade de Areia Sandstorm