Channeled skill

Frost Volley has a 0.5½ second charging phase and 2 second active phase, firing 5 shots.

Churning Earth has an active phase that inflicts crippled and end effect.

Channeled skills are a skill type that activate over a period of time. These skills can be spotted by a yellow activation bar that fills when the skill is activated. The thin portion of the activation indicates the charging portion while the wide bar indicates the active portion. Channeled skills can vary greatly on what happens during the charging phase, active phase, and end effect. For the active portion, the skill pulses periodically for the number of times indicated in the tooltip. Canceling a skill during the charging phase will cause the skill to go on a 4 second recharge while canceling during the active phase will put the skill on full cooldown. Some skills such as Meteor Shower and Churning Earth do not displaying the charging and active phases, but simply display the thin bar.

Channeled skills

Weapon/Slot or State	Skills	Description
Guardian
Greatsword	Whirling Wrath	Spin in place and swing your greatsword while hurling powerful projectiles.
Staff	Empower	Channel might to yourself and allies around you. Heal nearby allies when it ends.
Sword	Zealot's Defense	Block ranged attacks while casting magical projectiles.
Torch	Cleansing Flame	Breathe magical flames that damage foes and cure conditions on allies.
Healing	Healing Breeze	Heal yourself and allies in a cone in front of you.
Elite	Renewed Focus	Focus, making yourself invulnerable and recharging your virtues.
Downed	Wrath	Focus a wrathful light ray on your foe. Hits enemies it passes through.
Warrior
Greatsword	Hundred Blades	Repeatedly strike multiple foes. The last strike does extra damage.
Rifle	Volley	Fire a volley of shots at your foe.
Main-hand Sword	Flurry	Immobilize your foes with a flurry of bleeding strikes. Effect increases with adrenaline level.
Off-hand Axe	Whirling Axe	Spin and attack nearby foes. You can move while spinning.
Shield	Shield Stance	Block attacks.
Spear	Mariner's Frenzy	Attack foes in front of you with a series of strikes.
	Tsunami Slash	Spin forward and strike foes along the way.
Engineer
Main-hand Pistol	Poison Dart Volley	Fire a volley of darts that poison foes.
Ranger
Longbow	Rapid Fire	Fire multiple arrows at your foe.
Off-hand Axe	Whirling Defense	Blocks projectiles while damaging nearby foes.
Thief
Dual Pistol	Unload	Blast your foe repeatedly with both pistols.
Sword+Pistol	Pistol Whip	Pistol-whip your foe, stunning them, then slash repeatedly with your sword.
Elite	Dagger Storm	Spin around, reflecting projectiles and throwing daggers that cripple and bleed nearby foes. You can move while spinning.
Elementalist
Main-hand Dagger	Cone of Cold	Spray an icy blast in a cone that damages foes and heals allies.
	Drake's Breath	Spray a cone of fire at foes while on the move.
Scepter	Arc Lightning	Cast an arc of electricity at your foe.
	Stone Shards	Fling stone daggers at your foe to bleed them.
Off-hand Dagger	Churning Earth	Make the earth churn, crippling nearby foes before unleashing a seismic wave that damages and bleeds them.
Staff	Meteor Shower	Call down a meteor shower onto the target area.
Healing	Ether Renewal	Heal yourself and cure a condition with every pulse.
Downed	Grasping Earth	Immobilize your foe with hands erupting from the ground.
Mesmer
Greatsword	Spatial Surge	Shoot a beam at your foe. The farther away they are, the more damage you deal.
Scepter	Confusing Images	Channel a beam of energy that damages and confuses your foe.
Main-hand Sword	Blurred Frenzy	Strike your foe with a flurry of strikes, distorting the space around you, making you evade attacks.
Necromancer
Death Shroud	Life Transfer	Damage nearby foes and steal their life force.
Axe	Ghastly Claws	Summon spectral claws to slash your foe in a quick flurry of strikes, gaining life force per strike.
Main-hand Dagger	Life Siphon	Siphon health from your foe.
Downed	Life Leech	Leech a foe's health to heal yourself.
Common
Hazmat Suit	Gatling Fists	Shoot a barrage of missiles at target foe.
Downed or Drowning	Bandage	Call your allies for help. Restores health while you channel it.

Related traits

Elementalist

Air Magic

• Zephyr's Focus: Your endurance regenerates 100% faster while channeling skills.

Earth Magic

• Obsidian Focus: Gain toughness while using a channeled skill.

Necromancer

Death Magic

• Dark Armor: Gain 400 toughness while channeling.

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Skill types