List of historical skills

Weapon skills

#	Skill	Weapon			Description
Guardian
2	Detonate Orb of Light	Staff			Detonate the orb to heal nearby allies. Orb of Light takes longer to recharge if detonated.
	Faithful Strike	Greatsword		30	Leap at your foe. If you hit, regenerate nearby allies.
	Purge Conditions	Hammer		18	Purge up to three conditions from nearby allies and burn nearby foes.
1	Wave of Wrath	Staff	0.5½		Make a powerful shock wave, hitting up to five foes.
Warrior
2	Aimed Shot	Rifle	0.25¼	3	Fire a precise shot that cripples your foe.
	Charged Shot	Rifle			Charged shot that deals more damage the longer it is charged.
	Flaming Arrow	Longbow		0	Fire an arrow that burns your foe.
3	Incendiary Shot	Longbow		10	Shoot an arrow that explodes on impact, burning your foe and damaging those in the blast area.
	Obliterate	Mace		15	Hold and release to strike your foe with a massive, obliterating strike. Hold longer for more damage.
	Piercing Shot	Rifle			Hits all foes in a straight line.
	Rain of Fire	Longbow		40	Bombard targeted area with fire arrows and damage foes for a short time.
	Ripper	Harpoon gun		12	Thrust a harpoon that bleedsyour foe.
	Take Aim	Rifle
Engineer
5	Deploy Ballistic Barrier	Shield			Deploy a ballistic barrier that intercepts hostile projectiles.
5	Deploy Net Wall	Harpoon gun			Deploy the net wall at its current location, immobilizing foes caught within.
2	Detonate Essence of Animated Sand	Short bow			Manually detonate your trap.
5	Detonate Essence of Borrowed Time	Short bow			Manually detonate your trap.
4	Detonate Essence of Liquid Wrath	Short bow			Manually detonate your trap.
3	Detonate Essence of Living Shadow	Short bow			Manually detonate your trap.
2	Detonate Mines	Harpoon gun			Detonate your mines.
1	Hip Shot	Rifle	0.75¾		Deliver a quick rifle shot from the hip that pierces targets.
Ranger
2	Bounce Shot	Harpoon gun		4	Fire a shot that bounces to three other foes.
3	Hornet Sting	Sword	0.5½	15	Stab your foe, then evade backward. Recharge Monarch's Leap if this attack hits.
2	Monarch's Leap	Sword	0.75¾	8	Leap to your target and cripple them. Can be followed up with Serpent's Strike.
3	Poison Arrow	Longbow		10	Shoot an arrow at your foe and poison them.
Thief
1	Cursed Bullet	Rifle	0.75¾	1	Fire a cursed bullet that tracks your target and converts its boons into conditions. Deals increased damage while kneeling.
2	Dancing Blade	Sword			Leap at and strike your foe crippling them, then retreat.
2	Leg Shot	Pistol			Cripple your foe with a shot to the leg.
3	Pistol Whip (with offhand Pistol)	Sword	0.75¾		Pistol-whip your foe, stunning them, then slash repeatedly with your sword.
1	Rending Slash	Sword			Cripple your foe with a slash.
4	Retreating Shot	Pistol			Fire a parting shot at your foe, then evade to a safe distance.
	Shadow Retreat	Harpoon gun			Stab your foe and shadowstep away.
2	Timed Charge	Short bow			Light the fuse on a bomb, and fire it at target location.
Elementalist
	Backdraft	Focus		60	Create a backdraft that pulls your target to you while burning them.
3	Detonate	Trident			Detonate your ice wall to damage and chill foes.
2	Ice Globe	Trident			Detonate your ice globe to damage foes.
	Maelstrom	Focus		45	Create an ice storm in target area that drops damaging hail and chills foes.
3	Magnetic Grasp	Dagger	0.5½	12	Immobilize your foe, making them vulnerable to a Magnetic Leap attack.
Mesmer
2	Feign	Spear			Teleport back to you [sic] starting point, leaving behind a clone.

Bundle skills

#	Skill	Weapon			Description
Warrior
2	Brutal Banner	Banner of Strength	0.75¾	10	Strike a foe with your banner and inflict vulnerability.
2	Furious Rally	Banner of Discipline	1	10	Inspire nearby allies, granting fury.
2	Staggering Banner	Banner of Defense	0.75¾	10	Push back nearby foes with a staggering blow.
2	Whirlwind Banner	Battle Standard	1	15	Inspire nearby allies, granting stability.
Engineer
5	Backdraft	Flamethrower		40	Pull foes to you in a fiery backdraft.
2	Detonate Flame Blast	Flamethrower			Detonate your napalm ball.
4	Drop Antidote	Med Kit	0.5½	15	Drop a vial of antidote that cures a condition.
	Drop Bandages	Med Kit	0.5½	12	Drop a pack of bandages that provides a little healing.
5	Drop Stimulant	Med Kit	0.5½	20	Drop a stimulant that grants fury and swiftness.
4	Throw Accelerant	Med Kit	0.5½	15	Throw out an accelerant that heals, grants swiftness, and removes a movement-impairing condition (immobilize, chill, cripple).
5	Throw Antidote	Med Kit	0.5½	20	Throw out an antidote vial that heals, cures a condition, and applies resistance.
2	Throw Bandages	Med Kit	0.5½	5	Throw out a bandage pack that heals, applies regeneration, and removes a single damaging condition.
3	Throw Stimulant	Med Kit	0.75¾	10	Throw out a stimulant that heals, grants fury, and removes a debilitating condition (weakness, blind, vulnerability).
Common
1	Bash	Keg of Ale		1	Bash foes with the keg.
1	Chaos Strike	Seneschal's Keystaff	0.75¾		Inflict a random condition on your foe.
	Consume Ectoplasm	Plasma	1		Gain all boons.
1	Direct Lightning	Skyhammer	1	6	Charges up the cannon for several seconds and then calls down a lightning strike on the targeted area.
3	Fiery Shield	Malfunctioning Staff	30.75¾	180	Create a fiery shield. WARNING- This Staff is malfunctioning. There is a high probability this Spell will backfire.
1	Fire	Cannon (Raid on the Capricorn)		2	Fire an exploding cannon ball at the target location.
1	Frost Mine	Crate of Frost Mines	10.25¼	10	Place a mine that chills and damages foes.
4	Greater Spread Shot	Ballista		40	Fire a spread of bolts through foes. Increased damage and range. Does double damage to siege weapons.
4	Healing Rain	Malfunctioning Staff	0.5½	180	Call down a cloud of rain. WARNING- This Staff is malfunctioning. There is a high probability this Spell will backfire.
2	Illusionary Mage	Seneschal's Keystaff	0.75¾	6	Summon an illusion at your target's location that attacks them, dealing extra damage for each condition on them.
4	Improved Spread Shot	Ballista		40	Fire a spread of bolts through foes. Does double damage to siege weapons.
1	Lightning Surge	Malfunctioning Staff	1	180	Charges a Lightning Surge. WARNING- This Staff is malfunctioning. There is a high probability this Spell will backfire.
4	Load Healing Rounds	Mortar (environmental weapon)		5	Load healing rounds into the mortar.
4	Load Mortar Rounds	Mortar (environmental weapon)		5	Load explosive mortar rounds.
1	Need Ammo	Cannon (Raid on the Capricorn)			This cannon is out of ammunition.
	Radiant Armor	Orb of Power		30	Grant Retaliation to nearby allies.
3	Reaper's Touch	Seneschal's Keystaff	0.5½	10	Send out a scythe that bounces between foes and allies. Applies vulnerability to foes and swiftness to allies. It Gives you life force for each foe hit.
2	Shockwave	Malfunctioning Staff	1	180	Create a shock wave. WARNING- This Staff is malfunctioning. There is a high probability the spell will backfire.
4	Spread Shot	Ballista		40	Fire a spread of bolts through foes. Does double damage to siege weapons.
1	Stab	Rusty Old Torch			Stab your foe.
	Strike	Misplaced Tool	0.5½	0	Strike your foe with the tool. It has a chance to break.
1	Throw	Cannonball (bundle)	1	4	+250 Damage. Ranged Attack. Knocks down target.
	Throw Orb	Orb of Power		30	Throw the Orb towards your target, blinding targets that it passes through. It bursts, dazing enemies, and returns to you.
2	Throw Torch	Rusty Old Torch			Throw your torch and burn your foe.
1	Toss Explosive Pod	Explosive Pod	1	3	Tosses the explosive pod, which detonates on impact with the ground.
1	Turn Left	Mortar (environmental weapon)	100.25¼		Press and hold to turn your mortar to the left.
3	Turn Right	Mortar (environmental weapon)	100.25¼		Press and hold to turn your mortar to the right.

Transform skills

#	Skill	Weapon			Description
Guardian
2	Affliction	Tome of Wrath	0.75¾	3	Send out a projectile that makes foes crippled and weak.
1	Conflagrate	Tome of Wrath	0.75¾		Burn foes in the target area.
1	Heal Area	Tome of Courage (elite skill)	0.75¾		Heal allies in the target area.
5	Judgment	Tome of Wrath	20.75¾	30	Knock down and damage nearby foes with a massive blast.
5	Light of Deliverance	Tome of Courage (elite skill)	40.25¼	30	Fully heal up to five nearby allies.
4	Pacifism	Tome of Courage (elite skill)	2	20	Pacify foes, dazing them for three seconds.
3	Protective Spirit	Tome of Courage (elite skill)	0.75¾	15	Grant protection and regeneration to allies in a cone.
2	Purifying Ribbon	Tome of Courage (elite skill)	0.75¾	3	Release a ribbon of light that bounces to nearby enemies and allies, curing conditions on each ally hit and blinding each foe hit.
3	Smiter's Boon	Tome of Wrath	0.75¾	5	Send out a cone that grants might and swiftness and [sic] to allies.
4	Zealot's Fervor	Tome of Wrath	2	15	Grant fury and quickness to all nearby allies.
Warrior
	Fear Me	Rampage		10	Your foes run in fear.
Engineer
2	Launch Caltrops Mortar	Mortar (historical)		12	Launch a mortar round that spreads caltrops in the target area, bleeding and crippling foes who walk through.
5	Launch Concussion Barrage	Mortar (historical)		30	Launch a barrage of rounds that pushes back foes where they land.
3	Launch Elixir	Mortar (historical)		15	Launch a mortar round that heals allies in the target area.
4	Launch Ice Mortar	Mortar (historical)		20	Launch a mortar round that chills foes in the target area.
1	Launch Mortar Shot	Mortar (historical)		2	Launch an explosive round from your mortar, damaging foes in the target area.
Necromancer
3	Chilling Wind	Lich Form	0.25¼	20	Release a freezing wind that chills and pushes back foes.
	Crippling Plague	Plaguelands		1	Add cripple to your plague.
4	Mark of Horror	Lich Form	10.5½	25	Inscribe a mark that summons five jagged horrors when a foe triggers it.
2	Marked for Death	Lich Form	1	10	Inscribe a mark that makes a foe vulnerable when they trigger it.
	Plague of Blood	Plaguelands		1	Add bleeding to your plague.

Slot skills

Healing

Skill				Description
Common
Antitoxin Spray		1	30	Use antitoxin to heal yourself. Remove toxic pollen, poison, torment, and confusion to heal yourself and allies.
Signet of Branded Corruption			30	Signet Passive: Grants Regeneration and Toughness. Signet Active: Heal yourself and gain quickness.

Utility

Skill				Description
Guardian
Command		0.75¾	20	Command the Bow of Truth to barrage a location with healing arrows.
Command			15	Command the Hammer of Wisdom to knock down your foe.
Command			15	Command the Shield of the Avenger to fly out and weaken multiple foes while granting aegis to allies.
Command			10	Command the Sword of Justice to strike its location and damage nearby foes.
Symbol of Courage			20	Sear a mystic symbol into the ground that damages foes and grants might to allies.
Warrior
Bulletproof Barrier		0.5½	1	Throw a device that explodes when it lands, which leaves behind a barrier that blocks projectiles.
Engineer
Blast Gyro Self-Destruct				Order your blast gyro to self-destruct early.
Bulwark Gyro Self-Destruct		0.75¾	10	Order your bulwark gyro to self-destruct.
Medic Gyro Self-Destruct		0.75¾	10	Order your medic gyro to self-destruct.
Purge Gyro Self-Destruct		0.75¾	10	Order your purge gyro to self-destruct.
Shredder Gyro Self-Destruct			10	Order your shredder gyro to self-destruct.
Sneak Gyro Self-Destruct		0.75¾	10	Order your sneak gyro to self-destruct.
Ranger
Feral Signet			120	Passive: Your pet deals more damage. Active: Your pet's attacks are critical for 10 seconds.
Glyph of Empowerment			20	Empower the outgoing damage or healing of allies.
Glyph of Empowerment		0.5½	20	Increase outgoing healing of nearby allies.
Glyph of Empowerment		0.5½	20	Increase outgoing damage of nearby allies.
Tracking			240	Temporarily reveals foes on the minimap and increases perception.
Thief
Ambush		0.5½	35	Set a trap that, when triggered, calls in a thief that attacks nearby foes for twenty seconds.
Destroy Shadow Trap		10.5½		Teleport back to your existing trap early, destroying it and setting it on recharge.
Distracting Dagger				Fire a dazing dagger at your enemy. If this ability interrupts a skill, that skill's recharge is increased.
Needle Trap		0.5½	30	Set a trap that immobilizes and poisons foes when triggered.
Shadow Pursuit				Shadowstep to the target that triggered Shadow Trap.
Shadow Trap		0.5½	45	Set a trap. The first enemy to trigger this trap becomes marked. You may activate Shadow Pursuit to shadowstep to the marked enemy.
Tripwire		0.5½	25	Set a trap that knocks down foes when triggered.
Elementalist
Enervating Punch			8	Command your earth elemental to use a powerful punch that weakens its target.
Flame Burst			15	Command your fire elemental to invoke a burst of flames, granting might to allies and burning foes.
Frozen Ground			15	Command your ice elemental to freeze the ground around it, chilling foes that step into the area.
Windborne Speed			15	Command your air elemental to give swiftness to nearby allies while removing cripple, immobilize, and chill.
Necromancer
Sever Spectral Bond				Sever your spectral bond. You will not return to the casting point, but the act will leave you vulnerable for three seconds.

Elite

Skill				Description
Guardian
Tome of Courage		1	180	Summon an ancient tome that grants you powerful support spells.
Tome of Wrath		1	180	Summon an ancient tome that grants you powerful offensive spells.
Engineer
Mortar		0.5½	120	Build a stationary mortar that you or your allies can fire.
Mesmer
Polymorph Moa		1	180	Turn your foe into a moa bird.
Polymorph Tuna		10.25¼	180	Turn your foe into a tuna fish.

Downed and drowning skills

Skill				Description
Ranger
Call Companion			10	Revive your pet and call it to you.
Throw Hatchet			1	Throw a hatchet at your foe.
Mesmer
Clone
Desperate Daze			20	Use magical energy to damage and daze your target.
Shared Burden
Necromancer
Swarm				Send an insect swarm at your foe.

Profession mechanic skills

Skill				Description
Engineer
Analyze			25	Analyze a foe, applying vulnerability.
Flame On			60	Release a jet of flame from your belt to burn enemies in a cone.
Packaged Antitoxin		0.5½	25	Throw a vial of antitoxin that converts toxic pollen, poison, torment and confusion into regeneration.
Ranger
Forceful Bite				Powerfully bite an enemy.
Jade Cannon		1		Fires a long range, slow-moving jade missile that explodes on impact, damaging nearby foes.
Maul			30	Slash an enemy multiple times and make them bleed.
Passive Regeneration				Regenerate health.
Powerful Bite			6	Bite an enemy for extra damage.
Rending Lunge			15	Leap at an enemy and make them bleed.
Snap		1	15	Bite your foe and inflict bleeding.
Vampiric Bite		0.5½	5	Bite your foe, siphoning health.
Wicked Bite		0.5½	5	Bite your foe, leaving them vulnerable.
Thief
Swipe			25	Shadowstep to your foe and steal from them.

Trait skills

Skill			Description
Guardian
Merciful Sanctuary (PvE, WvW)		75	Form a protective healing shelter for allies. Block foes and their missiles from entering.
Merciful Sanctuary (PvP)		90	Form a protective healing shelter for allies. Block foes and their missiles from entering.
Dragonhunter
Shards of Faith (PvE)		60	Lay a trap that deals damage and unleashes multiple fragments into the area when triggered. Each fragment grants aegis to allies, as long as they don't already have aegis.
Shards of Faith (WvW, PvP)		300	Lay a trap that deals damage and unleashes multiple fragments into the area when triggered. Each fragment grants aegis to allies, as long as they don't already have aegis.
Revenant
Destructive Hammer		30	Invoke a hammer to circle around you. Inflict damage and weakness on impacted targets.
Lesser Banish Enchantment (PvE)		25	Deal damage, apply confusion, and remove boons from your foe.
Lesser Banish Enchantment (WvW, PvP)		25	Deal damage, apply confusion, and remove boons from your foe.
Lesser Jade Winds		90	Call upon the Jade Wind to turn nearby enemies into jade, stunning them for a short duration.
Maniacal Pulse			Lash out at nearby foes, inflicting them with torment.
Herald
Crystal Hibernation (PvE, WvW)	3	25	Channel a shield from the mists to protect you, blocking attacks and regenerating health.
Crystal Hibernation (PvP)	3	60	Channel a shield from the mists to protect you, blocking attacks and regenerating health.
Renegade
Sudden Reversal		20	Roar with concussive force at your enemies.
Warrior
Death from Above		1	Launch nearby foes into the air with a powerful stomp.
Lesser Balanced Stance (PvE)		40	Gain stability and swiftness on an interval. Become immune to critical hits.
Lesser Balanced Stance (WvW, PvP)		300	Gain stability and swiftness on an interval. Become immune to critical hits.
Bladesworn
Flame Shell Burst		0.5½	Burn foes in a small area.
Engineer
Bomb			Set a timed charge that damages foes when it explodes.
Lesser Elixir S (PvE, WvW)		75	Shrink and evade attacks
Lesser Elixir S (PvP)		90	Shrink and evade attacks
Mine Trail (PvE)			Drop mines behind you as you dodge.
Mine Trail (WvW, PvP)			Drop mines behind you as you dodge.
Throw Stimulant		10	Throw out a stimulant that heals, grants fury, and removes a debilitating condition (weakness, blind, vulnerability).
Scrapper
Function Gyro			Activate a function gyro to revive a fallen ally or finish a fallen enemy.
Mechanist
Dynamo Burst			...
Jade Siphon (PvE)	0.75¾	15	The mech connects to the target with a draining beam of energy, weakening and damaging the target while gaining might.
Jade Siphon (WvW, PvP)	0.75¾	15	The mech connects to the target with a draining beam of energy, weakening and damaging the target while gaining might.
Ranger
Signet of the Wild		60	You and your pet grow larger, dealing more damage and gaining stability.
Druid
Cosmic Wisp			Summon a wisp that orbits around you. While attached, it will circle you and heal allies it passes through. This skill cannot heal the same ally more than once within the interval,
Lesser Seed of Life			Summon a seed that heals and cleanses nearby allies of conditions when it blossoms.
Thief
Lesser Blinding Powder		40	Blind nearby foes and grant stealth to nearby allies.
Lesser Needle Trap		30	Set a trap that immobilizes and poisons foes when triggered.
Lesser Smoke Screen		30	Create a smoke screen that blocks missiles and blinds foes.
Elementalist
Armor of Earth (PvE)		75	Protect yourself with earth armor and gain protection and stability.
Armor of Earth (WvW, PvP)		300	Protect yourself with earth armor and gain protection and stability.
Cleansing Wave		5	Heal yourself and nearby allies, curing a condition.
Earthquake		5	Trigger a quake at your location, knocking down foes and dealing massive damage.
Lesser Lava Font		10	Make lava erupt from your location.
Lightning Strike			Strike your foe with lightning.
Ring of Fire		5	Damage nearby foes with a ring of fire, burning foes that pass through it.
Shocking Aura		25	Envelop yourself with electrical energy that stuns nearby foes if they attack you. Each attacker can be affected by this only once every 2 seconds.
Static Field		5	Create an electrical field that stuns foes crossing it.
Tempest
"Eye of the Storm!" (PvE)		40	Imbue your voice with the element of air, massively increasing speed for nearby allies. The effects of this shout linger, breaking stun for nearby allies.
"Eye of the Storm!" (WvW, PvP)		300	Imbue your voice with the element of air, massively increasing speed for nearby allies. The effects of this shout linger, breaking stun for nearby allies.
Lesser Sand Squall	0.75¾	30	Apply protection to you and your allies, then increase the duration of all boons currently existing on you and your allies. Gain magnetic aura.
Mesmer
Lesser Signet of Inspiration		30	Apply one instance of any boon on you to nearby allies.
Chronomancer
Lost Time			Strike and slow your target. Deals increased damage on critical hit.
Mirage
Sand Shards (PvE)			Strike nearby foes, removing a boon from them. Gain a copy of any boon removed.
Sand Shards (WvW, PvP)			Strike nearby foes, removing a boon from them. Gain a copy of any boon removed.
Virtuoso
Riposting Blade (PvE)			Shoots a blade at your target.
Riposting Blade (WvW, PvP)			Shoots a blade at your target.
Necromancer
Lesser Spectral Armor		50	Gain life force as you take damage.
Lesser Terrify		30	Make foes around you flee in fear.
Plague Signet (PvE, WvW)		30	Active: Send your conditions to a foe.
Plague Signet (PvP)		40	Active: Send your conditions to a foe.

Activity skills

Skill				Description
Bubble			40	Create a dome around you that reflects projectiles.
Crystal Shard			30	Conjure a branded energy storm at the target location.
Drop Ammo			5	Drop ammunition for an assassin to pick up.
Icy Dragon Trap		0.5½	15	Place an icy dragon trap which Chills foes that trigger it.
Reveal			20	Release a burst of magical energy to reveal enemies on the map.
Ride the Branded Lightning			12	Ride the branded lightning to your foe, then strike all nearby enemies with an electrical burst.
Rifle Bash			5	Push your foe back with your rifle butt. Does not use ammo.
Shard Burst			10	Blowout nearby enemies.
Shield Wall (Hunger Royale)			1	Lay down a wall of power that absorbs projectiles.
Shoot				Skill shot. Fire a bolt in the direction you are facing. Uses 1 ammunition charge.
Signet of Branded Corruption			30	Signet Passive: Grants Regeneration and Toughness. Signet Active: Heal yourself and gain quickness.
Throw Crystal Shards			8	Throw several crystal shards that bleed and cripple enemies.

See also

• List of historical traits
• List of historical attributes