Sandstorm

Sweaty - Heavens Tear
Sweaty - Heavens Tear Posts: 82 Arc User
edited December 2008 in Wizard
I have quite a bit of spare spirit and I was thinking of leveling up sandstorm. I have heard all kinds of opinions on sandstorm from absolutely needed max level for every wiz, to a good spell for pvp, to a decent spell that you can use spare spirit on.
Is Sandstorm worth it?
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  • OriciAlyssa - Heavens Tear
    OriciAlyssa - Heavens Tear Posts: 30 Arc User
    edited November 2008
    If you party often, I highly recommend it, if you solo pretty much exclusively I suggest perhaps going glacial snare, but there are alot of factors to consider. 100% get it if you party often though
  • Ty - Heavens Tear
    Ty - Heavens Tear Posts: 604 Arc User
    edited November 2008
    I neglected Sandstorm for long time being on the PvE server, but now that TW and also because I have more SP available I've found Sandstorm invaluable. Its pretty much the spell for wizards in TW.

    For PvE i'd suggest a Glacial Snare followed by Sandstorm for big hitting. It'll eat up mana but if you wanna kill quick then its the way to go.

    From what i guess on how how the accuracy reduction works its only really useful against someone with highish evasion, so dont expect it to save you if you're wearing robes.
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  • /haiku/ - Lost City
    /haiku/ - Lost City Posts: 286 Arc User
    edited December 2008
    Not entirely true about the blind effect, it can mess some barbs up when they come after you. I've had a few of them miss some of their best hitting skills under sandstorm's effect, but that wasn't anywhere near reliable until level 65+ or so with sandstorm at the best level available. It's all luck for you though if you're fighting someone with reasonable accuracy, and of course it does nothing against casters. :|

    It's excellent for TW, PvP, and in tandem with stone rain it can make a lot of nice exp water mobs 2hkos.
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  • Haiz - Lost City
    Haiz - Lost City Posts: 646 Arc User
    edited December 2008
    Sandstorm can be considered the strongest non vigor using PvP skill because generally if armor is missing any element, highest chance earth is one of them. Of course once people start wearing molder and HH equipment, this is no longer true but for lower level PvP, earth is the most common missing element. Not only that but most PvP is done in the air unless it is TW and the glacial snare effect (slow) is useless in an air battle.
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