Sand Shards

Strike nearby foes, removing a boon from them. Gain a copy of any boon removed. — In-game description

Sand Shards

Profession

Mesmer (trait skill list)

Specialization

Mirage

Trait

 Dune Cloak

Game link

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Sand Shards

Strike nearby foes, removing a boon from them. Gain a copy of any boon removed.

 Damage: 266 (1.0)^?

 Damage: 133 (0.5)^?

 Aegis (3s): Block the next incoming attack.

 Alacrity (3s): +25% Skill Recharge Rate

 Fury (5s): +25% Critical Chance

 Fury (5s): +20% Critical Chance

 Might (20s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

 Protection (3s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Quickness (3s): Skills and actions are faster.

 Regen (5s): 650 Heal

 Resistance (2s): Nondamaging conditions currently on you are ineffective.

 Resolution (5s): Incoming condition damage decreased by 33%.

 Stability (3s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.

 Swiftness (5s): +33% Movement Speed

 Vigor (5s): +50% Endurance Regeneration

 Boons Removed: 1

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 180

— In-game description

Notes

Bug:

Similar to   Spinal Shivers, if  Aegis is not prioritized when this skill tries to hit an enemy, it will fail to land instead of removing it.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 28, 2022	Fury: Critical chance bonus increased from 20% to 25% in PvE only.
May 11, 2021	The Retaliation boon has been renamed Resolution.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Dune Cloak: Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.5.
July 16, 2019	This trait has been reworked and new visual effects have been added. It now attacks at the end of Mirage Cloak rather than the beginning. Additionally, its damage has been increased by 100%, and instead of inflicting bleeding it now removes a boon from up to 5 foes on hit. The mirage gains a copy of any boon removed.
November 07, 2017	Fixed the incorrect skill facts to show the actual value of 3 stacks of bleeding for 4 seconds.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Sand Shards has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.
• This skill's icon is the same as that of the Guild Wars skill Empathy.