Sand Wraith

Sand Wraith
HP	700 / 800 / 1000
Damage	30-60 20-40
Attack Rate	1.0s 1.3s (1.8s Flash)
Armor	None
Magic Resistance	None
Speed	Slow
Lives Taken	1
Bounty	100
Abilities	Heals allies Ranged attack Spawns Fallen

Sand Wraiths are powerful desert ghost wizards who possess a ranged attack, can summon Fallen and heal other enemies.

Overview

Often in command of dark armies, they leave a path of death and decay in their wake.

Sand Wraiths are very similar to Necromancers from the original Kingdom Rush: rare but very durable enemies. Not only do they have a solid amount of hit points and a ranged attack that can eliminate soldiers and reinforcements, additionally they have the ability to spawn a swarm of disposable meat shields. Unlike the Necromancers, however, Sand Wraiths do not raise undead next to them, but from a sarcophagus that they summon a distance in front of them, which allows these Fallen to bypass part of the player's defenses. The sarcophagus cannot be destroyed, but crumbles after summoning four Fallen. If they are not taken quickly they are capable of creating their own army numerous enough to take the attention of your towers and distract them, allowing more important enemies to pass almost without taking any amount of damage.

Sand Wraiths also possess the ability to heal 100 health to nearby allies every 8 seconds, but this healing is rather inefficient.

Tips

• Placing Reinforcements next to them will prevent them from summoning Fallen. They won't last long, however, because Sand Wraiths are stronger in melee and have a fast attack speed (1.0 s). Tower support will be needed to kill them.
  • It is a better idea to block them with a powerful melee hero like Alric and use tower support or a Rain of Fire to kill them. This is also an excellent way to earn the Mummy at the Gates achievement.
• You can take advantage of Sand Wraith's ability to create hordes of undead and DWAARP's Furnace Blast to get the popular BBQ achievement more easily in Nazeru's Gates.
• Although they are necromancers mages, Sand Wraiths don't have magic resistance so magic towers will be effective against them.
• Their melee attack is strong enough to defeat heroes that don't come with armor such as Mirage, Blackthorne, Nivus, Cronan, Bruxa, and Dante so it's not recommended to use those heroes in melee if you want to get Desert Warrior achievement.

Trivia

• The ability to summon a sarcophagus full of Fallen inspired the Kingdom Rush Vengeance item called Sarcophagus Servants which is available in the shop for 220 gems. The item will summon a sarcophagus that will produce 4 mummies.
• An allied Sand Wraith appears on the lost empire, as part of the Hammerhold DLC. He will summon 5 fallen in exchange for gold.
• Their clothes seem to inspire the design and clothing of the hero Isfet though is unknown if they actually belong to the same sect.
• Sand Mystic seem to be their rival sect /religion/counterpart, countering several of their abilities with their ranged area attack, whilst also being able to heal allies.
• The Sand Wraith is one of the few ranged enemies who deals more damage in melee.

Related Achievements

Kingdom Rush Frontiers

 MUMMY AT THE GATES Kill a Sand Wraith before it summons any Fallen.

Kingdom Rush Vengeance

IM-OH-TEP! Summon the mummys 13 times to fight for your purposes.

Appearances

• Buccaneer's Den
• Nazeru's Gates
• Ruins of Nas'de
• The Lost Empire (as an ally)

Gallery

Promotion art

Spawning Fallen

Sarcophagus Servants from KRV

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