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Sand Storm

Base Type Dance: Desert Aria

Attack Type Magic

Bat.Pwr 45

Target All Foes ‡

Hit Rate 100

Effect Notes Full damage to all targets

Element Wind

Used By Black Drgn, FossilFang, Hoover, Sand Horse

Sand Storm is a powerful Wind-Elemental attack, beating out the damage of tier-2 attack spells against all targets. Fortunately, it's less accurate than those spells.

Compare Sand Storm to other Abilities

Rages: Which feature Sand Storm – 3 shown

You can freely check these boxes and their status will be saved for the next time you visit the site	World of Ruin rages cannot be learned in the World of Balance; unique monster rages are learned from monsters found as set encounters or treasure guardians (but not in random battles); legendary dragon rages are based on unique monsters that are found in the World of Ruin Name	While using a rage ability, the monster's elemental properties become active; any conflicts with elemental properties of armor or relics are resolved in favor of better elemental defense Elements	While using a rage ability, the monster's status effects and immunities are applied Statuses	Other special properties inherited from this monster Special	Each turn there is a 50% chance of a normal attack and a 50% chance of the attack listed here; special attacks are handled like modified normal attacks Ability	The targets available to this ability; many abilities can target either allies or foes, and the note here signifies which they target by default; a double dagger (‡) indicates that an ability can hit all targets on either side of a pincer attack or side attack at the same time Target	The effect of this special attack or base power of this ability, which determines the amount of damage or healing it does; a dagger (†) indicates that the attack ignores Defense, making it more powerful than other abilities with the same Bat.Pwr; fractional damage is based on current HP or MP values and always ignores Defense; healing, MP restoration, HP draining, and MP draining or damaging attacks are indicated by their text color Bat.Pwr/Effect	How likely this ability is to connect; abilities with a 100% hit rate always connect unless some effect prevents them entirely Hit Rate	Special circumstances that allow this ability to be resisted; mouse over the terms to learn more Resistance	Ability Elements	The status effects inflicted or removed by this ability Ability Statuses	Notes
	FossilFang	Absorb HP: Poison Weak pt: Fire, Ice, Water, Pearl	Prevent: Dark, Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Mute, Berserk, Psyche	Undead	Sand Storm	All Foes ‡	45	100	-	Wind	-	Full damage to all targets
	Hoover	Weak pt: Ice, Water	Prevent: Imp, Petrify, Psyche	-	Sand Storm	All Foes ‡	45	100	-	Wind	-	Full damage to all targets
	Sand Horse	Weak pt: Ice, Water	Prevent: Dark, Imp, Petrify, Wound, Condemned, Mute, Berserk, Muddled, Psyche	Wound at 0 MP	Sand Storm	All Foes ‡	45	100	-	Wind	-	Full damage to all targets

Monsters: Which can use Sand Storm – 4 shown

You can freely check these boxes and their status will be saved for the next time you visit the site	World of Ruin monsters cannot be found in the World of Balance; unique monsters are found as set encounters or treasure guardians, but never in a random battle; legendary dragons are unique monsters that are found in the World of Ruin; special bosses have unique music and immense power; the final bosses are the last creatures fought in the game Name	The estimated average amount of damage this ability will deal to a target with 128 Mag.Def when used by this monster; actual damage will vary considerably based on the target's Defense or Mag.Def and other factors, but this is a good measure of the relative danger of this ability; a dagger (†) indicates that the ability ignores defense; fractional damage estimates are based on the maximum HP of characters of a similar level to the monster Damage	HP	MP	LV	Exp.	GP	Elements	Most monsters have a special attack that is a modified basic attack; this attack is sometimes referred to as 'Special' regardless of its name Special Attack	'Battle' refers to the effects of the monster's normal attack; HP draining, and MP draining attacks are indicated by their text color Special Attack Effect	Speed	Stamina	Mag.Pwr	Bat.Pwr	The estimated average amount of damage this monster's attack will deal to a target with 128 Defense; actual damage will vary considerably based on the target's Defense and other factors, but this is a good measure of the relative danger of monster's attacks Damage	The estimated average amount of damage this monster's special attack will deal to a target with 128 Defense; actual damage will vary considerably based on the target's Defense and other factors S.A. Dmg.	Defense	The percentage of base damage (based on 128 Defense) this monster takes from physical attacks due to its Defense score; a '1' indicates that the monster takes 1 damage from any physical attack Phys. Vuln.	Evade % is listed in gray to indicate that, due to a bug, this value is not used; MBlock% is used to evade physical attacks instead Evade %	Mag.Def	The percentage of base damage (based on 128 Mag.Def) this monster takes from magic attacks due to its Mag.Def score; a '1' indicates that the monster takes 1 damage from any magic attack Mag.. Vuln.	Due to a bug, MBlock% is used to evade physical attacks instead of Evade % MBlock%	Hit Rate	The items that can be stolen from this monster; even if a steal attempt would be successful, if no item is selected it will fail and can be attempted again Steal	The items that can be dropped by this monster; there is always a chance of a drop if an item is listed Win	Any special properties the monster has Notes	Status effects that are always active on this monster as well as those it is immune to Statuses
	FossilFang	144	1,399	219	20	380	1,870	Absorb HP: Poison Weak pt: Fire, Ice, Water, Pearl	Bone	Zombie	35	18	3	25	117	-	100	121%	0	165	70%	0	100	Remedy (7/8), Revivify (1/8)	-	Can't Suplex, Undead	Prevent: Dark, Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Mute, Berserk, Psyche
	Black Drgn	340	4,000	600	26	780	502	Absorb HP: Poison Weak pt: Fire, Pearl	BonePowder	Zombie	30	23	10	14	143	-	102	120%	0	20	184%	0	100	Revivify (7/8)	Tent (1/8)	Can't Suplex, Undead	Seizure Prevent: Dark, Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Mute, Berserk, Psyche
	Sand Horse	323	1,025	100	27	475	726	Weak pt: Ice, Water	Clamp	Battle ×5	30	18	9	15	159	795	135	94%	0	155	78%	0	100	Potion (7/8)	-	Wound at 0 MP	Prevent: Dark, Imp, Petrify, Wound, Condemned, Mute, Berserk, Muddled, Psyche
	Hoover	1,140	12,018	10,500	49	7,524	10,000	Weak pt: Ice, Water	Crush	Battle ×5	54	39	22	54	1,201	6,005	130	98%	30	60	152%	0	180	Remedy (1/8)	-	Can't Suplex	Prevent: Imp, Petrify, Psyche

Monsters: Which can use Sand Storm when Sketched – 4 shown

You can freely check these boxes and their status will be saved for the next time you visit the site	World of Ruin monsters cannot be found in the World of Balance; unique monsters are found as set encounters or treasure guardians, but never in a random battle; legendary dragons are unique monsters that are found in the World of Ruin; special bosses have unique music and immense power; the final bosses are the last creatures fought in the game Name	If sketch succeeds, one of these abilities will be chosen at the listed rate; 'Special' refers to the monster's specific special attack Sketch	HP	MP	LV	Exp.	GP	Elements	Most monsters have a special attack that is a modified basic attack; this attack is sometimes referred to as 'Special' regardless of its name Special Attack	'Battle' refers to the effects of the monster's normal attack; HP draining, and MP draining attacks are indicated by their text color Special Attack Effect	Speed	Stamina	Mag.Pwr	Bat.Pwr	The estimated average amount of damage this monster's attack will deal to a target with 128 Defense; actual damage will vary considerably based on the target's Defense and other factors, but this is a good measure of the relative danger of monster's attacks Damage	The estimated average amount of damage this monster's special attack will deal to a target with 128 Defense; actual damage will vary considerably based on the target's Defense and other factors S.A. Dmg.	Defense	The percentage of base damage (based on 128 Defense) this monster takes from physical attacks due to its Defense score; a '1' indicates that the monster takes 1 damage from any physical attack Phys. Vuln.	Evade % is listed in gray to indicate that, due to a bug, this value is not used; MBlock% is used to evade physical attacks instead Evade %	Mag.Def	The percentage of base damage (based on 128 Mag.Def) this monster takes from magic attacks due to its Mag.Def score; a '1' indicates that the monster takes 1 damage from any magic attack Mag.. Vuln.	Due to a bug, MBlock% is used to evade physical attacks instead of Evade % MBlock%	Hit Rate	The items that can be stolen from this monster; even if a steal attempt would be successful, if no item is selected it will fail and can be attempted again Steal	The items that can be dropped by this monster; there is always a chance of a drop if an item is listed Win	Any special properties the monster has Notes	Status effects that are always active on this monster as well as those it is immune to Statuses
	FossilFang	Sand Storm (3/4), Special (1/4)	1,399	219	20	380	1,870	Absorb HP: Poison Weak pt: Fire, Ice, Water, Pearl	Bone	Zombie	35	18	3	25	117	-	100	121%	0	165	70%	0	100	Remedy (7/8), Revivify (1/8)	-	Can't Suplex, Undead	Prevent: Dark, Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Mute, Berserk, Psyche
	Black Drgn	Fallen One (3/4), Sand Storm (1/4)	4,000	600	26	780	502	Absorb HP: Poison Weak pt: Fire, Pearl	BonePowder	Zombie	30	23	10	14	143	-	102	120%	0	20	184%	0	100	Revivify (7/8)	Tent (1/8)	Can't Suplex, Undead	Seizure Prevent: Dark, Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Mute, Berserk, Psyche
	Sand Horse	Sand Storm (3/4), Special (1/4)	1,025	100	27	475	726	Weak pt: Ice, Water	Clamp	Battle ×5	30	18	9	15	159	795	135	94%	0	155	78%	0	100	Potion (7/8)	-	Wound at 0 MP	Prevent: Dark, Imp, Petrify, Wound, Condemned, Mute, Berserk, Muddled, Psyche
	Hoover	Sand Storm (3/4), Special (1/4)	12,018	10,500	49	7,524	10,000	Weak pt: Ice, Water	Crush	Battle ×5	54	39	22	54	1,201	6,005	130	98%	30	60	152%	0	180	Remedy (1/8)	-	Can't Suplex	Prevent: Imp, Petrify, Psyche

Monsters: Which can use Sand Storm when Controlled – 4 shown

You can freely check these boxes and their status will be saved for the next time you visit the site	World of Ruin monsters cannot be found in the World of Balance; unique monsters are found as set encounters or treasure guardians, but never in a random battle; legendary dragons are unique monsters that are found in the World of Ruin; special bosses have unique music and immense power; the final bosses are the last creatures fought in the game Name	The abilities the monster can use when controlled, which double as its action list in the colosseum; invalid abilities will always fail because the monster lacks the MP to use them even once; 'Special' refers to the monster's specific special attack Control	HP	MP	LV	Exp.	GP	Elements	Most monsters have a special attack that is a modified basic attack; this attack is sometimes referred to as 'Special' regardless of its name Special Attack	'Battle' refers to the effects of the monster's normal attack; HP draining, and MP draining attacks are indicated by their text color Special Attack Effect	Speed	Stamina	Mag.Pwr	Bat.Pwr	The estimated average amount of damage this monster's attack will deal to a target with 128 Defense; actual damage will vary considerably based on the target's Defense and other factors, but this is a good measure of the relative danger of monster's attacks Damage	The estimated average amount of damage this monster's special attack will deal to a target with 128 Defense; actual damage will vary considerably based on the target's Defense and other factors S.A. Dmg.	Defense	The percentage of base damage (based on 128 Defense) this monster takes from physical attacks due to its Defense score; a '1' indicates that the monster takes 1 damage from any physical attack Phys. Vuln.	Evade % is listed in gray to indicate that, due to a bug, this value is not used; MBlock% is used to evade physical attacks instead Evade %	Mag.Def	The percentage of base damage (based on 128 Mag.Def) this monster takes from magic attacks due to its Mag.Def score; a '1' indicates that the monster takes 1 damage from any magic attack Mag.. Vuln.	Due to a bug, MBlock% is used to evade physical attacks instead of Evade % MBlock%	Hit Rate	The items that can be stolen from this monster; even if a steal attempt would be successful, if no item is selected it will fail and can be attempted again Steal	The items that can be dropped by this monster; there is always a chance of a drop if an item is listed Win	Any special properties the monster has Notes	Status effects that are always active on this monster as well as those it is immune to Statuses
	FossilFang	Battle, Special, Sand Storm, X-Zone	1,399	219	20	380	1,870	Absorb HP: Poison Weak pt: Fire, Ice, Water, Pearl	Bone	Zombie	35	18	3	25	117	-	100	121%	0	165	70%	0	100	Remedy (7/8), Revivify (1/8)	-	Can't Suplex, Undead	Prevent: Dark, Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Mute, Berserk, Psyche
	Black Drgn	Battle, Sand Storm, Doom, Bolt 2	4,000	600	26	780	502	Absorb HP: Poison Weak pt: Fire, Pearl	BonePowder	Zombie	30	23	10	14	143	-	102	120%	0	20	184%	0	100	Revivify (7/8)	Tent (1/8)	Can't Suplex, Undead	Seizure Prevent: Dark, Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Mute, Berserk, Psyche
	Sand Horse	Battle, Special, Sand Storm	1,025	100	27	475	726	Weak pt: Ice, Water	Clamp	Battle ×5	30	18	9	15	159	795	135	94%	0	155	78%	0	100	Potion (7/8)	-	Wound at 0 MP	Prevent: Dark, Imp, Petrify, Wound, Condemned, Mute, Berserk, Muddled, Psyche
	Hoover	Battle, Special, Sand Storm, Quake	12,018	10,500	49	7,524	10,000	Weak pt: Ice, Water	Crush	Battle ×5	54	39	22	54	1,201	6,005	130	98%	30	60	152%	0	180	Remedy (1/8)	-	Can't Suplex	Prevent: Imp, Petrify, Psyche