Sandlashed Survivor

Sandlashed Survivor is an Epic Spirit character in RAID: Shadow Legends. Sandlashed Survivor's role is Defense. Faction: Orcs.

On the combined RAID: Shadow Legends tier list Sandlashed Survivor is B tier, 344th of the 1029 characters ranked, from where 4 community tier lists put Sandlashed Survivor.

Other Spirit characters in RAID: Shadow Legends: Abyssal, Acelin the Stalwart, Acolyte of the Slither, Admiral Blacktusk, Alatreon Blademaster, Anax and 265 more.

A defender whose passive kicks in when any ally falls under 50% HP, giving the whole team 50% Ally Protection and Block Damage for Sandlashed Survivor. Endless Sands hits every enemy, shortens their buffs by a turn and stretches your team's buffs by a turn. The aura adds 25% DEF in all battles.

The Krokhan Desert is one of the most unforgiving environments in Teleria, and it breeds unforgiving people. Few though have ever matched the brutality of the dunes as firmly as the Varshnak, or 'Sandlashed.'

The clan was formed originally from Orcs who had survived the Red Crusade. Beset by the hostility of the desert, they came to believe that only by matching its unyielding nature could they be worthy of their new home. As a result they became warlike and prone to brutal practices, most infamously the ordeal they called the Krokilak.

On the night they came of age, young Varshnak Orcs were seized, drugged, bound, and spirited from the clan's latest location. They awoke to find themselves untied but abandoned somewhere in the desert, left with nothing but a small knife and a waterskin. They were then expected to trek through the Krokhan, surviving its numerous dangers, until they re-joined the clan. Only then would they be accepted as true Sandlashed.

Many did not survive, and the clan became locked in a vicious cycle. Typically only the most ruthless and determined youths returned from the Krokilak, which only perpetuated the Varshnak's ideologies of strength and aggression.

In reality, death was not the fate of many forced to partake in the Krokilak. The Human Nomads of the Krokhan often shadowed Orcs abandoned in the desert, sometimes going to their rescue, knowing that by doing so they were undermining the threat posed by the Varshnak. Young Orcs, feeling betrayed, accepted offers of tribal adoption. In this way, as the Varshnak whittled its own numbers with its savage rites, the number of Varshnak-born Orcs living among other groups increased.

Among their number was one Survivor called Neema. Her tale personifies the struggles of the Sandlashed. She would have perished from thirst and heatstroke had a Human Nomad clan known as the Yemman not found her. At first, Neema's Varshnak-bred pride would not allow her to accept their assistance, but she was also too weak to leave. She convalesced with the Yemman for a while, and it was during this time that the Varshnak attacked.

The assault was unprovoked, the Yemman were merely passing through a region of the desert often frequented by the Varshnak. As Neema watched those who had rescued her being cut down by her erstwhile clanmates, she beseeched the Varshnak to end the slaughter, but her cries fell on deaf ears. When her own brother bellowed at her that she had betrayed the clan and raised his ax to strike her, she finally fought back, snatching a sword from an Orc corpse. Countless childhood scraps and sparring sessions ensured she knew how he fought, and could hold him at bay. But her brother would not relent. Unwilling to flee and abandon those who had saved her, Neema was left with no choice. She allowed her brother to overextend himself and ran him through with her riposte. She joined the battle in full, aiding the Yemman as they rallied.

The Yemman eventually repulsed the Varshnak, although they suffered great losses. Disgusted by the frenzied violence displayed by her people, Neema renounced the clan and took up arms and armor from the slain and she was welcomed into the kinship of the Yemman.

Neema's story was not an uncommon one, and with such losses the Varshnak could not possibly sustain themselves. Eventually, whittled down by their own brutality, the remnants of the clan collapsed, leaving behind only Sandlashed Survivors like Neema, a scattering of tough and resilient Orcs living either in exile or among the Nomads of the Krokhan.

Sandlashed Survivor can be summoned from Ancient Shard, Sacred Shard and Primal Shard as a Epic champion.