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March 19, 2024

  • Increased the cooldown from 12 seconds to 18 seconds in WvW only.
Sand Cascade.png

Sand Cascade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Shade
Game link
10 Recharge time
18 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
 
Sand Cascade

Shade. Sand rises up near your shades to shield nearby allies.
Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast.

Life Force Cost.png Life Force Cost: 2,487
Barrier.png Barrier: 1,188 (2.0)?
Barrier.png Barrier: 1,188 (1.0)?
Barrier.png Barrier: 932 (1.5)?
Radius.png Radius: 180

— In-game description

November 28, 2023

  • Sand Cascade: Reduced the healing power coefficient from 2.0 to 1.0 in WvW only.
Sand Cascade.png

Sand Cascade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Shade
Game link
10 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
 
Sand Cascade

Shade. Sand rises up near your shades to shield nearby allies.
Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast.

Life Force Cost.png Life Force Cost: 2,487
Barrier.png Barrier: 1,188 (2.0)?
Barrier.png Barrier: 1,188 (1.0)?
Barrier.png Barrier: 932 (1.5)?
Radius.png Radius: 180

— In-game description

July 18, 2023

  • Sand Cascade: Increased base barrier from 996 to 1188 in PvE only. Increased barrier attribute scaling from 1.25 to 2 in PvE only.
Sand Cascade.png

Sand Cascade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Shade
Game link
10 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
 
Sand Cascade

Shade. Sand rises up near your shades to shield nearby allies.
Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast.

Life Force Cost.png Life Force Cost: 2,487
Barrier.png Barrier: 1,188 (2.0)?
Barrier.png Barrier: 1,188 (2.0)?
Barrier.png Barrier: 932 (1.5)?
Radius.png Radius: 180

— In-game description

June 27, 2023

  • Sand Cascade: Reduced base barrier from 1,188 to 996 in PvE only. Reduced barrier attribute scaling from 2 to 1.25 in PvE only.
Sand Cascade.png

Sand Cascade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Shade
Game link
10 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
 
Sand Cascade

Shade. Sand rises up near your shades to shield nearby allies.
Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast.

Life Force Cost.png Life Force Cost: 2,487
Barrier.png Barrier: 996 (1.25)?
Barrier.png Barrier: 1,188 (2.0)?
Barrier.png Barrier: 932 (1.5)?
Radius.png Radius: 180

— In-game description

February 28, 2022

  • The base barrier granted by the skills Sand Cascade, Sand Flare, Desert Empowerment, Desert Shroud, and Sandstorm Shroud has been reduced. The contribution of healing power on these skills has been increased.
Sand Cascade.png

Sand Cascade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Shade
Game link
10 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
 
Sand Cascade

Shade. Sand rises up near your shades to shield nearby allies.
Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast.

Life Force Cost.png Life Force Cost: 2,487
Barrier.png Barrier: 1,188 (2.0)?
Barrier.png Barrier: 932 (1.5)?
Radius.png Radius: 180

— In-game description

August 17, 2021

  • Sand Cascade: Reduced base barrier from 2,428 to 1,859 in PvP only.
Sand Cascade.png

Sand Cascade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Shade
Game link
10 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
 
Sand Cascade

Shade. Sand rises up near your shades to shield nearby allies.
Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast.

Life Force Cost.png Life Force Cost: 2,487
Barrier.png Barrier: 2,428 (1.0488)?
Barrier.png Barrier: 1,859 (0.77)?
Radius.png Radius: 180

— In-game description

April 06, 2021

  • Sand Cascade: Reduced barrier attribute scaling from 1.0488 to 0.77 in PvP only.
Sand Cascade.png

Sand Cascade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Shade
Game link
10 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
 
Sand Cascade

Shade. Sand rises up near your shades to shield nearby allies.
Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast.

Life Force Cost.png Life Force Cost: 2,487
Barrier.png Barrier: 2,428 (1.0488)?
Barrier.png Barrier: 2,428 (0.77)?
Radius.png Radius: 180

— In-game description

July 08, 2020

  • Shade Skills: Reduced the target cap of shades from 3 to 2 in WvW only. Reduced the target cap of greater shades from 5 to 2 in WvW only.
Sand Cascade.png

Sand Cascade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Shade
Game link
10 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
 
Sand Cascade

Shade. Sand rises up near your shades to shield nearby allies.
Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast.

Life Force Cost.png Life Force Cost: 2,487
Barrier.png Barrier: 2,428 (0.874)?
Radius.png Radius: 180

— In-game description

July 07, 2020

  • Shade Skills: These have been changed back to triggering at both the necromancer's location and their shade locations with each use.
  • Sand Cascade: (Undocumented) Target cap reduced to 3.
Sand Cascade.png

Sand Cascade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Shade
Game link
10 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
 
Sand Cascade

Shade. Sand rises up near your shades to shield nearby allies.
Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast.

Life Force Cost.png Life Force Cost: 2,487
Barrier.png Barrier: 2,428 (0.874)?
Number of targets.png Number of Allied Targets: 3
Radius.png Radius: 180

— In-game description

February 25, 2020

  • Sand Cascade: (Competitive split) Increased cooldown from 10 seconds to 12 seconds.
Sand Cascade.png

Sand Cascade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Shade
Game link
10 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
 
Sand Cascade

Shade. Sand rises up near your shades to shield nearby allies.
Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast.

Life Force Cost.png Life Force Cost: 2,487
Barrier.png Barrier: 2,428 (0.874)?
Number of targets.png Number of Allied Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 180

— In-game description

October 02, 2018

  • Sand Cascade: Fixed a bug that prevented this skill from respecting party and squad prioritization.
Sand Cascade.png

Sand Cascade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Shade
Game link
10 Recharge time  
Sand Cascade

Shade. Sand rises up near you and your shades to shield nearby allies.
Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast.

Life Force Cost.png Life Force Cost: 2,487
Barrier.png Barrier: 2,428 (0.874)?
Number of targets.png Number of Allied Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 180

— In-game description

October 01, 2019

  • Shade skills no longer affect the area around the scourge while they have a shade present in the world.
  • Increased the number of targets affected by shade skills from 3 to 5.
Sand Cascade.png

Sand Cascade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Shade
Game link
10 Recharge time  
Sand Cascade

Shade. Sand rises up near your shades to shield nearby allies.
Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast.

Life Force Cost.png Life Force Cost: 2,487
Barrier.png Barrier: 2,428 (0.874)?
Number of targets.png Number of Allied Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 180

— In-game description

March 27, 2018

  • Scourge (Profession): Fixed an issue that caused an obstruction error when there wasn't a line of sight to a target, but there was a line of sight to the shade.
    • Enemies in range of the shade will now be struck if the shade is visible to the necromancer.
    • Fixed an issue in which this skill could still hit downed enemies multiple times.

February 06, 2018

  • Added a 0.5-second warning to enemy players on each shade and on the player when activating a shade skill.
  • Sand Cascade: Increased the cooldown of this skill from 8 seconds to 10 seconds.
    • Increased the barrier granted by this skill by 15%.
Sand Cascade.png

Sand Cascade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Type
Shade
Game link
10 Recharge time  
Sand Cascade

Shade. Sand rises up near you and your shades to shield nearby allies.
Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast.

Life Force Cost.png Life Force Cost: 2,487
Barrier.png Barrier: 2,428 (0.874)?
Number of targets.png Number of Allied Targets: 3
Radius.png Radius: 180

— In-game description

December 12, 2017

  • All skills that grant barrier now give 15% more barrier.

November 07, 2017

  • Sand Cascade: Fixed a bug that could cause this skill's targets to be lost due to proximity between shades or the casting scourge.

Original version

Sand Cascade.png

Sand Cascade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Type
Shade
Game link
8 Recharge time  
Sand Cascade

Shade. Sand rises up near you and your shades to shield nearby allies.
Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast.

Life Force Cost.png Life Force Cost: 2,487
Barrier.png Barrier: 2,111 (0.76)?
Number of targets.png Number of Allied Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 180

— In-game description