Sandworm

Sandworm

Giant Worm

Mobility	Ground
Giant	Yes
Cost	400
Unlock cost	200
Units	1
HP	48645
Attack	8324
Target	Ground
Attack Interval	2.5s
Splash Damage	12.0m
Burst Damage	8324
Max DPS	3330
Range	Melee
Speed	16m/s
Description A giant melee unit that burrows underground when moving, becoming invulnerable while underground, and emerges from the ground to attack.

Values are normalized to the supply cost of the unit to make it easier to compare units. The Splash Index tries to calculate the effectiveness vs spam by multiply attacks with slash area and a penalty for damage below 350.
Unit Cost	400 - 600
HP Value	81.1 - 121.6
Burst Value	13.9 - 20.8
DPS Value	5.6 - 8.3
Splash Index	4.8

v1.0

Summary

The Sandworm is a formidable, giant melee unit specializing in burrowing underground, allowing it to approach enemies without taking damage while beneath the surface.

Tech Upgrades

Icon	Name	Cost	Description
	Mechanical Rage	250	Increases the movement speed of units by 4m/s and reduces attack interval by 0.8s Speed 20m/s - Attack interval 1.7s
	Armor Enhancement	250	HP is increased by 50% and blocks 60 damage when attacked. The damage-blocking effect increases by 60 with each level. HP 72968
	Mechanical Division	100	Destroyed Sandworm creates 4 Larvas of the same rank as the Sandworm to continue fighting.
	Anti-Aerial	100	Enables the Sandworm to attack aerial targets.
	Underground Maintenance	250	Increases Sandworm's HP by 20% and Sandworm automatically restores 15% of Max HP per second while burrowed. HP 58374 Heal 2189
	Replicate	250	Each time the Sandworm emerges from the ground, it creates 1 Larva the same rank as the Sandworm.
	Sandstorm	250	When the Sandworm burrows out of the ground, it creates a sandstorm with a 120-meter radius that lasts for 5 seconds. Units within the sandstorm have their attack range reduced by 50%, and damage taken from ranged attacks is reduced by 30%.
	Strike	200	Sandworms emerge from the ground faster, and their first attack upon emerging is stronger: ATK is increased by 30%, and the splash radius is extended by 10m. Attack 10821, Splash 22m

Update Notes

1.1 The Cost of [Replicate] increased from 200 to 250. The Cost of [Armor Enhancement] increased from 200 to 250. The cost of [Sandstorm] decreased from 300 to 250. The cost of [Mechanical Division] decreased from 200 to 100. [Burrow Maintenance] now also increases Sandworm's HP by 20%, but the cost increased from 150 to 250. 0.9.0.2 The cost of [Sandstorm] decreased from 400 to 300, but the effective time decreased from 10 to 5 seconds. The cost of [Sudden Strike] decreased from 300 to 200. 0.9.0 HP decreased from 51205 to 48645 (5% decrease). Cost of [Underground Maintenance] decreased from 250 to 150. Larvae created by [Replicate] are now the same rank as Sandworm. Larvae created by [Mechanical Division] are now the same rank as Sandworm. Sandworms can now burrow into the ground faster. 0.8.3 Larva's HP increased from 4788 to 5746 (20% increase). 0.8.2.4 Larva's HP increased from 3506 to 4788 (37% increase). Larva's ATK decreased from 1244 to 1027 (17% decrease). Larva's attack interval is decreased from 2.5s to 2.0s. The cost of [Sandstorm] is increased from 300 to 400. New variant [Improved Sandworm]: Increases Sandworm's movement speed by 3, ATK by 40%, and splash range by 5, but increases recruitment cost by 100. 0.8.2.2 ATK is increased from 7567 to 8324 (10% increase). The cost of [Mechanical Division] is decreased from 250 to 200. The cost of [Anti-Air] is decreased from 250 to 100. The cost of [Replicate] is decreased from 250 to 200. The cost of [Sandstorm] is increased from 250 to 300. 0.8.2 Added.