Sand Swell/history
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This page contains information about a Guild Wars 2 skill that has been updated since its introduction. Some of the information on this page no longer applies to the game as it currently exists. For the current version of this skill, see Sand Swell. |
October 04, 2022
- Punishment skills no longer inflict crippled when removing a boon. Increased number of torment stacks applied when removing a boon from 1 to 3.
Sand Swell
- Profession
Necromancer (skill list)- Specialization
Scourge- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Punishment
- Movement
- Teleport
- Training cost
- 15 Hero points
- Game link
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Sand SwellPunishment. Plunge into the ground, creating a portal through Tyria for allied use. Grant allies using this passage a health barrier. Convert a boon on nearby enemies into torment.
Damage: 372 (1.4)?
Barrier: 1,618 (0.75)?
3 Boon Conversion (8s): 528 Damage, 763 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Boons Converted to Conditions: 1
Duration: 8 seconds
Radius: 180
Range: 900
— In-game description
December 03, 2019
- Sand Swell: Once activated, this skill can no longer be canceled by movement.
April 23, 2019
- Sand Swell: Fixed a bug that could prevent movement for a short time when the skill failed due to targeting an invalid location.
February 06, 2018
- Punishment Skills: The torment durations of this skill category have been reduced from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.
- The cripple duration has been reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds.
- Sand Swell: Increased the speed of the portal's formation once the skill has been cast, and altered the effect so it doesn't get culled when in high-density situations.
Sand Swell
- Profession
- Necromancer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Scourge
- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Punishment
- Game link
“1Sand SwellPunishment. Plunge into the ground, creating a portal through Tyria for allied use. Grant allies using this passage a health barrier. Convert a boon on nearby enemies into torment and cripple.
Boon Conversion (2s): -50% Movement Speed
— In-game description
December 12, 2017
- All skills that grant barrier now give 15% more barrier.
- Sand Swell: Adjusted torment from 2 stacks for 5 seconds to 1 stack for 10 seconds.
Sand Swell
- Profession
- Necromancer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Scourge
- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Punishment
- Game link
“1Sand SwellPunishment. Plunge into the ground, creating a portal through Tyria for allied use. Grant allies using this passage a health barrier. Convert a boon on nearby enemies into torment and cripple.
— In-game description
November 07, 2017
- Sand Swell: This skill can no longer be canceled by other skills before the portal is created.
- Fixed an issue where the displayed casting time did not reflect the actual casting time.
Sand Swell
- Profession
- Necromancer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Scourge
- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Punishment
- Game link
“1Sand SwellPunishment. Plunge into the ground, creating a portal through Tyria for allied use. Grant allies using this passage a health barrier. Convert a boon on nearby enemies into torment and cripple.
— In-game description
Original version
Sand Swell
- Profession
- Necromancer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Scourge
- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Punishment
- Game link
“¾Sand SwellPunishment. Plunge into the ground, creating a portal through Tyria for allied use. Grant allies using this passage a health barrier. Convert a boon on nearby enemies into torment and cripple.
— In-game description
