Legendary Sandworm

Legendary Sandworm
Unit Type	Critter-Legend
Short Name	Lgnd. Sandworm
Player Level Req.	Level 15
Building Required	Animal Trainer level 1
Other Requirements	Promotional
Immunities	Explosive Fire Poison Shatter Stun
Blocking	Blocking
Defense (Max Rank)	610  75%  50%  55%  10%  62%	380  50%  25%  45%  0%  30%
Deployment Limit	3

"One of the baddest creatures to ever enter combat."

— Battle Nations Update by KoolRanch

Overview

The Legendary Sandworm is a promotional unit costing  90. It is the fourth legendary critter released to date, the other three being the Legendary Mammoth, Legendary Boar, and the Legendary Raptor. It possesses a total of four attacks, all available at Rank 1. It was re-released for one day on June 28th 2015 for  68 as part of the Breaking Into the Vault! sale.

The Legendary Sandworm's armor takes no damage from -type sources, while its base health takes only 10% damage from fire (note that poison damage is classified as fire, as are many sources of cold and electrical damage). This is the strongest damage reduction seen so far in a player unit. Its damage resistance prevents it from taking damage from Environmental Cold, unless it's Frozen, which changes its damage modifiers to 150%.

The Legendary Sandworm has the longest healing time out of all the legendary critters, taking 16 hours to heal in a level 1 Hospital. Even with a fully-ranked Advanced Hospital, the heal time is 4h 48m. It also takes significant numbers of  Teeth to heal.

Compared with the other legendary units, this one has a deployment limit of 3, strongly suggesting it is the strongest legendary unit so far, in terms of attack and defense. Yet, alike the Raptor, its main vulnerability is to freezing, just like the Mammoth and Boar are vulnerable to fire. In terms of potential damage output, it surpasses all the other legendary critters.

The first attack of the Legendary Sandworm, Magma Breath, is a strong -type attack with a crit bonus against Tanks. The unique thing about this attack is that it inflicts 5-turn Fire DoT, rather than the 3-turn Poison DoT that the other Sandworms inflict. The other unique thing is that instead of targeting 1 tile (with minor splash damage) like the other Sandworms, it does full damage to an entire column.

The Legendary Sandworm's second attack, Maul, is a strong -type attack that functions like the Poisonous Maw attack of the Legendary Raptor but without the Poison DoT. It is strong against armor as it has 50% armor piercing. It is also great at taking out infantry units as it has a crit bonus against Soldier-type units.

Its third attack, Slam, is a strong -type attack that has a crit bonus against Defenses and Vehicles. The thing that makes it unique from the other sandworms Slam attack is that it targets an entire row. Its line of fire is also Direct instead of Contact and is not fixed, meaning that it can be moved around the battlefield.

The Legendary Sandworm's final attack, Magma Eruption, is a very strong -type attack that can potentially target every space on the battlefield. Like the Slam attack, it has a crit bonus against Defenses and Vehicles. Additionally, it has a 50% chance to inflict Fire DoT. The downside of this attack is that it has a prep time of 2 rounds and a very long cooldown of 9 rounds.

Attacks

• Molten Core
• Obsidian Scales
• Obsidian Scales
• Molten Core

Ammo:

∞

Attack Icon Targetable Unit Types Air LTA Soldier Sniper Vehicle Tank Metal Critter Civilian Sea Ship Rank Available 1 Range 1-4 Line of Fire Precise Cooldown 6 Rounds Armor Piercing 20% Suppression Mod x1.25 Effects  100% (5 Turns) Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Damage 36-54 50-75 63-95 76-114 90-136 105-157 123-184 136-205 151-226 DoT 22→4 31→6 40→8 48→10 56→11 66→13 77→15 85→17 94→19 Offense 66 66 71 76 81 86 86 91 96 Crit 20% 20% 20% 20% 25% 25% 30% 30% 35% Crit vs. Tanks 65% 65% 65% 65% 70% 70% 75% 75% 80%

Ammo:

∞

Attack Icon Targetable Unit Types Air LTA Soldier Sniper Vehicle Tank Metal Critter Civilian Sea Ship Rank Available 1 Range 1-3 Line of Fire Precise Cooldown 3 Rounds Armor Piercing 50% Suppression Mod x0 Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Damage 44-60(x2) 61-84(x2) 77-105(x2) 93-127(x2) 110-151(x2) 128-175(x2) 150-205(x2) 167-228(x2) 184-252(x2) Offense 66 66 71 76 81 86 86 91 96 Crit 15% 15% 15% 15% 20% 20% 25% 25% 30% Crit vs. Soldiers 40% 40% 40% 40% 45% 45% 50% 50% 55%

Ammo:

∞

Attack Icon Targetable Unit Types Air LTA Soldier Sniper Vehicle Tank Metal Critter Civilian Sea Ship Rank Available 1 Range 1-2 Line of Fire Direct Cooldown 4 Rounds Armor Piercing 15% Suppression Mod x0 Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Damage 52-96 72-134 91-168 110-203 131-241 151-280 177-328 197-364 218-403 Offense 66 66 71 76 81 86 86 91 96 Crit 23% 23% 23% 23% 28% 28% 33% 33% 38% Crit vs. Defense 103% 103% 103% 103% 108% 108% 113% 113% 118% Crit vs. Vehicles 58% 58% 58% 58% 63% 63% 68% 68% 73%

Ammo:

∞

Attack Icon Targetable Unit Types Air LTA Soldier Sniper Vehicle Tank Metal Critter Civilian Sea Ship Rank Available 1 Range 1-5 Line of Fire Indirect Cooldown 9 Rounds Prep Time 2 Rounds Armor Piercing 20% Suppression Mod x1.5 Effects  50% (3 Turns) Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Damage 45-75 63-105 79-132 95-159 113-189 131-219 153-256 171-285 189-315 DoT 30→10 42→14 53→18 64→21 76→25 88→29 102→34 114→38 126→42 Offense 71 71 76 81 86 91 91 96 101 Crit 30% 30% 30% 30% 35% 35% 40% 40% 45% Crit vs. Defense 80% 80% 80% 80% 85% 85% 90% 90% 95% Crit vs. Vehicles 55% 55% 55% 55% 60% 60% 65% 65% 70%

Statistics

Legendary Sandworm Ranks
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
SP	N/A	3,500	23,250	52,975	95,200	160,625	285,575	571,850	997,225
HP	220	265 (+45)	310 (+45)	355 (+45)	405 (+50)	455 (+50)	510 (+55)	560 (+50)	610 (+50)
Armor	195	215 (+20)	235 (+20)	255 (+20)	280 (+25)	305 (+25)	335 (+30)	360 (+25)	380 (+20)
Total	415	480 (+65)	545 (+65)	610 (+65)	685 (+75)	760 (+75)	845 (+85)	920 (+75)	990 (+70)
Bravery	15	20 (+5)	25 (+5)	30 (+5)	35 (+5)	40 (+5)	45 (+5)	50 (+5)	55 (+5)
Defense	15	15	20 (+5)	30 (+10)	35 (+5)	40 (+5)	45 (+5)	50 (+5)	55 (+5)
Dodge	5	5	10 (+5)	20 (+10)	25 (+5)	30 (+5)	35 (+5)	40 (+5)	45 (+5)
Ability Slot	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Promotion Cost	N/A	4h  48,536  5  5	6h  99,552  5  10	8h  259,832  10  10	12h  513,760  10  15	1d  583,700  15  25	2d  1,102,705  4  8	2d  2,324,600  5  10	2d 17h  4,238,190  10  20
Promotion Reward	N/A	1,000	2,100	3,600	5,500	7,800	10,500	12,800	15,300
Level Req	15	21	31	41	51	61	70
Pre-Rank Req	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-69	70
PvP Unit Value	43	50	57	64	72	80	89	97	104
SP Reward	172	200	228	256	288	320	356	388	416
Gold Reward	860	1000	1140	1280	1440	1600	1780	1940	2080

Cost

Training Cost — Animal Trainer
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Time	36s	33s	30s	27s	24s	21s	18s	15s	12s	9s
Nanopods	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90

Healing Cost
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Time	16h	16h	16h	16h	16h	14h 24m	12h 48m	11h 12m	9h 36m	6h 24m
Gold	27,000	22,500	18,000	16,200	14,400	12,600	11,700	10,800	9,900	9,000
Teeth	12	10	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	4

Healing Cost
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Time	14h 24m	14h 24m	14h 24m	14h 24m	14h 24m	12h 48m	11h 12m	9h 36m	8h	4h 48m
Gold	23,400	18,900	14,400	12,600	10,800	9,000	8,100	7,200	6,300	5,400
Teeth	11	9	7	6	5	4	4	4	3	3

Mission

The Sandworm Cometh

Level:

15

	All I'm seeing is a giant shadowy flamey thing. Oh crap...		Battle the Legendary Sandworm Encounter

Reward:

500

Dialogue
Start mission
	Uh, sir? Those soldiers that Ramsey ordered to have a digging contest may have dug a little too greedily and too deep. They've awoken something. Something terrible.
	What is it now?
Finish mission
	Oh god! It's pure terror! It'll destroy us all! These are the end times!
	But it's sooooo cute! Can I have one, LT? I'll feed it and walk it every day! I swear!
	You people can do whatever you want with that nameless horror.
Reward screen
	I want no part in this.

Trivia

• This is the first trainable unit to be immune to a damage type: Fire.
• This is the first unit to be able to deal four different damage types.
• This unit completes the legendary set, as they all now feature the most common DoT and status effects.
• Using three Legendary Sandworms is the only known way to defeat all land-based bosses using one type of unit.

Gallery

Promotional Splash Graphic.

Breaking Into the Vault sale, June 2015.

Z2 Forum teaser.

Z2 Forum teaser.

Front.

Back.

Icon.

Animations

Weapon	Animation
Idle
Magma Breath
Maul
Slam
Magma Eruption