Heroes of Newerth - Enter Sandman

BOO! It's a Sand Wraith. 

Just in time for Halloween mayhem, Heroes of Newerth has unveiled the latest spooky DOTA port – The Sand Wraith. From belching sand through terrain and blasting damage back at his assailants, this hero comes ready to deal with just about anything.

DOTA fans will remember Sand's previous form as Spectre, whose presence often changed the entire dynamic of a game. Let's take a quick peek at Sand Wraith's abilities.

Sand Wraith can vomit up a trail of sand that slows his foes and on which he can travel with no environmental issues. Yes, this means you can flow through rocks, trees, water, the air, whatever with no collision and chase down your fleeing opponent no matter how hard he tries to Barry Sanders juke through the fog of war.

Next up is his ability to do extra “true” damage to heroes who are alone, playing up his ability to prey on the weak and undefended. Your opponents will think twice before turning their back and running from you, as this will only increase your damage output without their allies around.

Sand Wraith's third ability really helps out with his agility hero “soft” status. All too often your speedy friends will be blasted into oblivion before they can get their high damage off by nukes or burst damage – but the Wraith's dissipation ability takes care of all of that, redirecting up to 20% of all incoming pain back upon his opponents in a huge radius, making him a nasty target to focus at one's own peril.

And then we come to the ultimate of Sand Wraith – a signature move like no other, Mirage allows the hero to create an image that will spawn and attack every single one of the opposing heroes. Yes, this means it will reveal the entire opposing team as well as throw on some considerable damage as your clones cut up damaged or isolated foes. Like Thunderbringer's ultimate, the skill will hit all of your opponents no matter where they try to run or hide.

But that's not even the best part. The best part is you can actually teleport yourself to one of your images, turning the annoyance of a few hundred damage into a lethal affair, with a very real, very dangerous Sand Wraith stabbing away at confused, scurrying heroes. And when they realize that it's the real Sand Wraith, you can chase them down and eliminate them easily with your other skills.

Spectre was an incredibly popular hero in DOTA and will likely be one in HoN as well. This Halloween, screw the candy – Play as your favorite sand-swirling skeleton skulker instead!

Danrax - HoN League

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