Sand King

Gameplay
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Audio
 Responses Sounds

History
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Trivia

 * In a very old version of DotA, there was a bug that caused the final pulse of Sand King's to deal over 10,000 damage. The only unit that was able to survive this was a super beefed up  that was used to measure the amount of damage dealt by the ability.


 * Another old bug involved using on an allied creep. When Sand King got into Burrowstrike range of that creep, he would move all the way back to the position of the creep where it was first clicked on. Because it only worked on allied creeps, the most common usage of it was to quickly get back to base.


 * Gabe Newell has claimed that Sand King is his favorite hero.


 * Sand King's responses contain several cultural references:
 * vo_sandking_skg_rare_01.mp3 "Like the sands through an hourglass, these are the days of defeat." is an allusion to the soap opera Days of our Lives's introduction line, "Like sands in the hourglass, these are the days of our lives.".
 * vo_sandking_skg_rare_03.mp3 "All we are is sand in the wind..." is an allusion to the song Dust in the Wind song form the band Kansas.
 * vo_sandking_skg_kill_09.mp3 "You were expecting... Sandy Claws?" is most likely a reference to the stop-motion film Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.
 * vo_sandking_skg_rare_02.mp3 "I will show you fear in a handful of sand..." is an allusion to the poem "The Waste Land"" by T. S. Eliot.
 * vo_sandking_skg_illus_02.mp3 "We three Kings of disorient are..." is an allusion to the Christmas Carol "We Three Kings of Orient Are", by John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
 * vo_sandking_sand_rival_17.mp3 "The sand of silence." is most likely a reference to the song "The Sound Of Silence"" by Simon and Garfunkel.
 * vo_sandking_skg_killspecial_01.mp3 "The King is dead. Long live the King." is most likely a reference to the traditional proclamation made following the ascension of a new monarch in various countries. This may also be a reference to the Megadeth song "Kill the King"
 * vo_sandking_sand_rival 04.mp3 "Lion, you are king of nothing" may be a reference to the film "The Lion King".


 * 's ability sound makes use of vo_sandking_skg_ability_sandstorm_04.mp3 this and vo_sandking_skg_ability_sandstorm_03.mp3 this voice line of Sandking.