SandKing guide for Raymond and Amos (>'')>







Crixalis - The Sand King
Range: 128 Move Speed: 300 Primary: STR
Str: 18 + 2.3 Agi: 19 + 2.1 Int: 16 + 1.8
Damage: 43 - 59 HP: 492 Mana: 208
HP Regen: 0.79 Mana Regen: 0.65
Attack Speed: 1.38 (+ 19% IAS) Armor: 3.7



His stats are basically average and nothing much to see.



Burrowstrike (E) [Add at level:3.4.5.7]
The Sand King burrows into the ground, tunnels forward impaling everything above him, then surfaces.
Level 1 - 100 damage, 400 maximum range.
Level 2 - 160 damage, 500 maximum range.
Level 3 - 220 damage, 600 maximum range.
Level 4 - 280 damage, 700 maximum range.
Mana Cost: 140
Cooldown: 11

One of the best stuns in the game.Its a blink,aoe stun,escaping mechanism,farming tool and chasing skill. 700 range is aloti know i forgot to cut this picture but... you get the meaning and its aoeWeee i am flying This shows how can it be used to get up slopes

Sand Storm (R) [2.23.24.25]
Sand King creates a fearsome Sand Storm. The storm blinds his enemies and he becomes invisible to them. In the same time his opponents take damage.
Level 1- 20 damage per second, 200 AOE, invisibility lasts 20 seconds, 0.3 second delay before revealed
Level 2- 40 damage per second, 250 AOE, invisibility lasts 40 seconds, 0.3 second delay before revealed
Level 3- 60 damage per second, 300 AOE, invisibility lasts 60 seconds, 0.9 second delay before revealed
Level 4- 80 damage per second, 350 AOE, invisibility lasts 80 seconds, 1.2 seconds delay before revealed
Channeling
Mana Cost: 60/ 50/ 40/ 30
Cooldown: 40

This is kinda an escape skill than a farming skill. 80 damage per second is too low. Escape but its kinda obvious where u are standing. So when u use this skill, wait for your mana to regen then cast blink and burrowstrike out.Its timing before it gets reveal is kinda ok. So you can tele too.1 level is enough.

Caustic Finale (L) [Level:1.12.13.14]
Each of the Sand King's attack injects a deadly venom that causes the target to explode violently on death, dealing damage in an area.
Level 1 - 90 damage.
Level 2 - 130 damage.
Level 3 - 170 damage.
Level 4 - 220 damage.
Orb effect.
Mana Cost: N/A
Cooldown: N/A

One of the strongest orb effects in game.But this skill stops SK from getting any orb effect.But does SK need any orb effect? no.
1 level is enough as if you kill creeps with this skill's effect,they dun get caustic effect.To get the best effect is by adding 1 level and keep lasting hitting all the creeps.This is a great harassing skill for melee muaahhahaha.


Epicenter (C) [Level: 6.11.16]
Sends a disturbance into the earth, causing it to shudder violently. All caught within range will take damage, and their attack speed and movespeed slowed by 40%.
Level 1 - 2.0 second casting time, 6 pulses of 110 damage, each pulse has a 300 AoE.
Level 2 - 2.0 second casting time, 8 pulses of 110 damage, each pulse has a 350 AoE.
Level 3 - 2.0 second casting time, 10 pulses of 110 damage, each pulse has a 400 AoE.
Mana Cost: 175/ 250/ 325
Cooldown: 140/ 120/ 100

660 damage at level 1
880 damage at level 2
1100 damage at lvl 3

AoE.
This skill can take out the whole team and has a slow.
The best team battle initiator.
Problem-> Mana cost too high.
Has casting time of 2 seconds.
Cooldown is long.

So we must evet some combos.The most important is to overcome the 2 second casting time.If you get stun your epic will stop and you have to wait for its cooldown again.

Ok. Firstly i'll go through the item build.

MUST->
Mantle
Circle
Tango

Nullx2
BoS
Blink Dagger

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Null is for his mana problem and Blink for Blink Epic.
What is blink epic?
Here is a brief explanation.

We cast the Epic at one side and blink in to the area which we want to target.
So tat we won't get stun while casting and can surprise the opponent.
Problem is that its hard to get the timing correct
So they invented something called Waypoint
Meaning holding the shift button and executing the action after an action
meaning that once the first action finish it will go on with the second one,
The first action here is Epic casting
the second is blink
ChargingSee the flag? thats a waypoint. End of epic and blink. see the flash? thats the blink flash.

Ok so how do we do it?
First you need the epic skill and blink dagger
First cast epic
then hold shift and CLICK the blink dagger and quickly click on the spot to want to blink to
Let go the shift
Do this before epic finishes casting
and vola!Blink Epic
You may need to practice a few times before getting use to it.


Ok continueing the item build after the neccesary items

BKB
Heart
BoT
Heart

Why heart? if you blink epic you will be the first to be targetted so you will need to tank.BKB is to prevent behind stun if they engage you and you can't find somewhere to blink epic.


Combos->
Blink Epic
Burrow Caustic
Sandstorm Burrow Blink
Sandstorm Blink BoT
Sandstorm Caustic
Epic Caustic(just epic andlast hit all the creeps)

Why is refresher bad?
Like i said. Mana problem

Is there a DPS build?
No since his stats is horrible and he cannot wear any orb effect

Done. The End.