Blood and Sand

Blood and SandSpell, Stance
Level: (1-6)
Reservation: 10% Mana
Cooldown Time: 2.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 4Casts a buff that grants different bonuses to melee skills depending on your stance. Using the skill again alternates between Blood Stance and Sand Stance.Melee Skills deal (10-15)% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance
Melee Skills have 5% less Area of Effect while in Blood Stance
Melee Skills have (10-15)% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance
Melee Skills deal 5% less Area Damage while in Sand Stance
(0-50)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
0.5% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate1% increased Projectile Attack Damage while in Blood Stance
1% increased Projectile Speed while in Sand StanceSpells deal 1% increased Area Damage while in Blood Stance
Spells have 0.5% increased Area of Effect while in Sand StancePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 5Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemBloodAndSand

Blood and Sand reserves mana to activate Blood Stance and Sand Stance. In Sand Stance, you have more area of effect, but less area damage. In Blood Stance, you have more area damage, but less area of effect. Activating the skill while it's toggled on will alternate between stances. Certain skills also behave differently based on the stance you are currently on.

Skill functions and interactions

Stance setting is shared with and toggling one will toggle both.

The cooldown recovery rate only affects this skill.

The gem max level is 6. Thus, not able to use the vendor recipe on this gem to obtain level 1 20% quality Blood and Sand.

Gem level progression

Level				Blood Stance Area Damage	Sand Stance Area of Effect	Cooldown Recovery Rate	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	4	0	0	10%	10%	N/A	0	0
2	12	14	21	11%	11%	10%	16154	16154
3	28	29	42	12%	12%	20%	631116	647270
4	44	44	63	13%	13%	30%	5714441	6361711
5	58	57	82	14%	14%	40%	33587544	39949255
6	70	68	98	15%	15%	50%	489216748	529166003
7	72	70	100	16%	16%	60%	N/A	N/A
8	74	N/A	N/A	17%	17%	70%	N/A	N/A
9	76	N/A	N/A	18%	18%	80%	N/A	N/A
10	78	N/A	N/A	19%	19%	90%	N/A	N/A
11	80	N/A	N/A	20%	20%	100%	N/A	N/A
12	82	N/A	N/A	21%	21%	110%	N/A	N/A
13	84	N/A	N/A	22%	22%	120%	N/A	N/A
14	86	N/A	N/A	23%	23%	130%	N/A	N/A
15	88	N/A	N/A	24%	24%	140%	N/A	N/A
16	90	N/A	N/A	25%	25%	150%	N/A	N/A
17	91	N/A	N/A	25%	25%	160%	N/A	N/A
18	92	N/A	N/A	26%	26%	170%	N/A	N/A
19	93	N/A	N/A	26%	26%	180%	N/A	N/A
20	94	N/A	N/A	27%	27%	190%	N/A	N/A
21	95	N/A	N/A	27%	27%	200%	N/A	N/A
22	96	N/A	N/A	28%	28%	210%	N/A	N/A
23	97	N/A	N/A	28%	28%	220%	N/A	N/A
24	98	N/A	N/A	29%	29%	230%	N/A	N/A
25	99	N/A	N/A	29%	29%	240%	N/A	N/A
26	100	N/A	N/A	30%	30%	250%	N/A	N/A

Gem quality

Type	Additional Effects per 1-20% Quality	Weight
Superior	(0.5-10)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	1

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Blood and Sand.

Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Blood and Sand Buff Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Blood and Sand has 25% increased Buff Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Blood and Sand Buff Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Blood and Sand has 40% increased Buff Effect	helmet 100

Related skills

Gem
BladestormBladestormAttack, AoE, Duration, Melee Level: (1-20) Cost: 8 Mana Attack Speed: 70% of base Attack Damage: (105-150)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (105-150)%Requires Level 28Perform a spinning attack, damaging enemies around you and creating a bladestorm matching your stance. The bladestorm repeatedly damages enemies, based on your weapon damage and attack time, for a duration. Blood bladestorms are stationary and cause Bleeding, while Sand bladestorms move slowly forwards and Blind enemies. Requires a Sword or Axe. You are in Blood Stance by default.Base duration is 3.00 seconds (70-108)% more Damage with Bleeding while in Blood Stance (10-12)% more Attack Speed while you're in a Blood Bladestorm Maximum of 3 Bladestorms at a time Sand Bladestorms grant (30-38)% increased Movement Speed to you Bladestorm deals 50% less Damage with Hits and Ailments Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.05-1) to Maximum number of Bladestorms at a timePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.	28			N/A

Related unique items

The following unique items are related to Blood Stance and Sand Stance:

Item	Base Item		Stats

Related passive skills

Passive skills

The following passive skills are related to Blood Stance and Sand Stance:

Name	Stats
Attack Damage in Blood Stance	20% increased Attack Damage while in Blood Stance [1]
Attack Speed in Sand Stance	6% increased Attack Speed while in Sand Stance [1]
Stance Reservation Efficiency	10% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Stance Skills [1]
Stance Skill Cooldown Recovery	10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate for Stance Skills [1] [2] [3]
Seasoned Swordplay	50% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Stance Skills [1]

Ascendancy passive skills

The following Ascendancy passive skills are related to Blood Stance and Sand Stance:

Ascendancy Class	Name	Stats
Gladiator	Arena Challenger	+10 to Maximum Challenger Charges 2% more Attack and Movement Speed per Challenger Charge 25% chance to gain a Challenger Charge when you Hit a Rare or Unique Enemy while in Blood Stance Gain a Challenger Charge when you Kill an Enemy while in Sand Stance [1]

Alternate skill effects

Blood and Sand has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Celestial Blood and Sand Stance EffectCelestial Blood and Sand Stance EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Blood and Sand or Flesh and Stone becomes a Celestial Effect.	Your Blood and Sand or Flesh and Stone becomes a Celestial Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.11.0	Gained the Stance gem tag
3.7.4	Added Labyrinth Enchantments
3.7.0	Blood and Sand has been added to the game.