Wind (The Legend of Spyro)

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This article is about the element from The Legend of Spyro series. For the breath attack from the original series, see Wind Breath.

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The Wind symbol

Wind is one of the four elements used by Cynder in The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon. This was one of the natural elements Malefor learned in his earlier days.

Symbol

The symbol of Wind looks like a white swirl of wind on a background of gray-blue. It is Cynder's most useful element (in basic form).

Primary Attacks
Element	Attack Name	Upgrade Level	Use
Wind	Cyclone	1	Creates a gust of wind that can trigger certain items. When the primary attack button is held down and used with the left analog stick, you can use the force of the gale to throw enemies.
Wind	Super Cyclone	3	Creates a stronger gust of wind that can trigger certain items. When the primary attack button is held down and used with the left analog stick, you can use the force of the gale to throw enemies.
Wind	Ultimate Cyclone	4	Creates an incredibly strong gust of wind that can trigger certain items. When the primary attack button is held down and used with the left analog stick, you can use the force of the gale to throw enemies and do more damage.

Secondary Attacks
Element	Attack Name	Upgrade Level	Use
Wind	Twister	2	Creates a small tornado.
Wind	Super Twister	3	Creates a small tornado. Press the weak attack button repeatedly to increase the speed.
Wind	Ultimate Twister	4	Creates a small, but more powerful, tornado. Press the weak attack button repeatedly to increase the speed.

Gallery

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  Cynder using Ultimate Twister on her foes
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  The Wind elemental symbol in the Nintendo DS version of Dawn of the Dragon

Trivia

• Wind is notable among Cynder's elemental powers for lacking the dark and sinister connotations of her other abilities, Poison, Fear, and Shadow. This is because Wind is one of the natural elements of The Legend of Spyro universe, compared to the uncommon dark abilities of Poison, Fear, and Shadow.
• Despite Hunter urging Spyro to open the door to the exit to the Catacombs, it is Cynder who is the only one who can open the door by using her Cyclone breath to blow into the horn in order to open the doorway.
• While Jared Pullen said there was logic to Cynder being a Wind dragon based on him and Bruno Rime toying with the idea of her having "connections to the air, to storms and specifically to the wind" and believes it was the intention during game development, he doesn't outright confirm that she was a Wind dragon and said to take his words with a grain of salt.
• According to Jared Pullen, lead concept artist of A New Beginning and The Eternal Night, the Wind element came from an entity of light that created the other elements (Fire, Electricity, Ice, Earth and Water).
• While Cynder's other Elemental Breaths can be mirrored to Spyro's (Fire and Poison both deal damage over time, Earth and Shadow are both physical forms of attack, and Electricity and Fear both stun enemies), Wind and Ice have next to nothing in common, save that both of them prioritise utility and support, with Wind being capable of enemy position control, and Ice being capable of freezing enemies solid.
  • The secondary attacks of the two elements also involve the user spinning in a vortex manner to damage enemies.