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June 27, 2023

Manifest Sand Shade.png

Manifest Sand Shade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Shade
Game link

0.5½ Activation time  
Manifest Sand Shade

Shade. Manifest a sand shade using some of your life force[sic]. Using a shade ability strikes enemies near you and your shades.

Damage.png Damage: 177 (0.666)?
Damage.png Damage: 27 (0.1)?
Torment.png Torment (2s): 44 Damage, 64 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Torment.png Torment (1s): 22 Damage, 32 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Duration.png Duration: 8 seconds
Duration.png Duration: 15 seconds
Maximum Count.png Maximum Count: 3
Count Recharge.png Count Recharge: 8 seconds
Count Recharge.png Count Recharge: 15 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 180
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

July 28, 2020

Manifest Sand Shade.png

Manifest Sand Shade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Shade
Game link

0.5½ Activation time  
Manifest Sand Shade

Shade. Manifest a sand shade using some of your life force[sic]. Using a shade ability strikes enemies near you and your shades.

Damage.png Damage: 177 (0.666)?
Damage.png Damage: 27 (0.1)?
Torment.png Torment (2s): 44 Damage, 64 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Torment.png Torment (1s): 22 Damage, 32 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Duration.png Duration: 20 seconds
Duration.png Duration: 15 seconds
Maximum Count.png Maximum Count: 3
Count Recharge.png Count Recharge: 8 seconds
Count Recharge.png Count Recharge: 15 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 180
Range.png Range: 900

— 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.
Manifest Sand Shade.png

Manifest Sand Shade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Shade
Game link

0.5½ Activation time  
Manifest Sand Shade

Shade. Manifest a sand shade using some of your life force[sic]. Using a shade ability strikes enemies near you and your shades.

Damage.png Damage: 177 (0.666)?
Damage.png Damage: 27 (0.1)?
Torment.png Torment (2s): 44 Damage, 64 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Torment.png Torment (1s): 22 Damage, 32 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Duration.png Duration: 20 seconds
Duration.png Duration: 15 seconds
Maximum Count.png Maximum Count: 3
Count Recharge.png Count Recharge: 8 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 180
Range.png Range: 900

— 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.
  • Manifest Sand Shade: (Undocumented) Target cap reduced to 3.
Manifest Sand Shade.png

Manifest Sand Shade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Shade
Game link

0.5½ Activation time  
Manifest Sand Shade

Shade. Manifest a sand shade using some of your life force[sic]. Whenever you use a shade ability, your sand shades strike nearby enemies. While no sand shades are present, shade skills occur around you.

Damage.png Damage: 177 (0.666)?
Damage.png Damage: 27 (0.1)?
Torment.png Torment (2s): 44 Damage, 64 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Torment.png Torment (1s): 22 Damage, 32 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 3
Duration.png Duration: 20 seconds
Duration.png Duration: 15 seconds
Maximum Count.png Maximum Count: 3
Count Recharge.png Count Recharge: 8 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 180
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

February 25, 2020

  • Manifest Sand Shade: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 0.666 to 0.1. Reduced torment duration from 2 seconds to 1 second. This skill now uses the PvE ammo recharge of 8 seconds in all game modes.
Manifest Sand Shade.png

Manifest Sand Shade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Shade
Game link

0.5½ Activation time  
Manifest Sand Shade

Shade. Manifest a sand shade using some of your life force[sic]. Whenever you use a shade ability, your sand shades strike nearby enemies. While no sand shades are present, shade skills occur around you.

Damage.png Damage: 177 (0.666)?
Damage.png Damage: 27 (0.1)?
Torment.png Torment (2s): 44 Damage, 64 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Torment.png Torment (1s): 22 Damage, 32 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Duration.png Duration: 20 seconds
Duration.png Duration: 15 seconds
Maximum Count.png Maximum Count: 3
Count Recharge.png Count Recharge: 8 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 180
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

December 03, 2019

  • Manifest Sand Shade: This skill no longer inflicts cripple in all game modes. Reduced ammunition recharge for the untraited version of this skill from 15 seconds to 8 seconds in PvE only.
Manifest Sand Shade.png

Manifest Sand Shade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Shade
Game link

0.5½ Activation time  
Manifest Sand Shade

Shade. Manifest a sand shade using some of your life force[sic]. Whenever you use a shade ability, your sand shades strike nearby enemies. While no sand shades are present, shade skills occur around you.

Damage.png Damage: 177 (0.666)?
Torment.png Torment (2s): 44 Damage, 64 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Duration.png Duration: 20 seconds
Duration.png Duration: 15 seconds
Maximum Count.png Maximum Count: 3
Count Recharge.png Count Recharge: 8 seconds
Count Recharge.png Count Recharge: 15 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 180
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

October 15, 2019

  • Manifest Sand Shade: Fixed a bug that prevented the effect of this skill from lasting more than 10 seconds in PvP and WvW when not traited with Sand Savant. The effect will now last for the increased duration of 15 seconds in PvP and WvW.

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.
  • Manifest Sand Shade: The duration of sand shades in WvW and PvP has been increased from 10 seconds to 15 seconds.
Manifest Sand Shade.png

Manifest Sand Shade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Shade
Game link

0.5½ Activation time  
Manifest Sand Shade

Shade. Manifest a sand shade using some of your life force[sic]. Whenever you use a shade ability, your sand shades strike nearby foes. While no sand shades are present, shade skills occur around you.

Damage.png Damage: 177 (0.666)?
Crippled.png Cripple (2s): -50% Movement Speed
Torment.png Torment (2s): 44 Damage, 64 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Duration.png Duration: 20 seconds
Duration.png Duration: 15 seconds
Maximum Count.png Maximum Count: 3
Count Recharge.png Count Recharge: 15 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 180
Range.png Range: 900

— 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

  • Shades: Added a 0.5-second warning to enemy players on each shade and on the player when activating a shade skill.

November 07, 2017

  • Manifest Sand Shade: Fixed a bug that could cause this skill's targets to be lost due to proximity between shades or the casting scourge.
    • Made back-end changes to increase the priority of shade visibility.

October 17, 2017

  • Manifest Sand Shade: Fixed a bug that allowed strikes from this skill to hit from multiple sand shades on the same target.
    • (WvW and PvP only): The spawn duration of sand shades has been reduced from 20 seconds to 10 seconds.
Manifest Sand Shade.png

Manifest Sand Shade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Type
Shade
Game link

0.5½ Activation time  
Manifest Sand Shade

Shade. Manifest a sand shade using some of your life force. Whenever you use a shade ability, you and your sand shades strike nearby foes.

Damage.png Damage: 177 (0.666)?
Crippled.png Cripple (2s): -50% Movement Speed
Torment.png Torment (2s): 44 Damage, 64 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 3
Duration.png Duration: 20 seconds
Duration.png Duration: 10 seconds
Maximum Count.png Maximum Count: 3
Count Recharge.png Count Recharge: 15 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 180
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

Original version

Manifest Sand Shade.png

Manifest Sand Shade

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Type
Shade
Game link

0.5½ Activation time  
Manifest Sand Shade

Shade. Manifest a sand shade using some of your life force. Whenever you use a shade ability, you and your sand shades strike nearby foes.

Damage.png Damage: 177 (0.666)?
Crippled.png Cripple (2s): -50% Movement Speed
Torment.png Torment (2s): 44 Damage, 64 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 3
Duration.png Duration: 20 seconds
Maximum Count.png Maximum Count: 3
Count Recharge.png Count Recharge: 15 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 180
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description