List of ranger skills

This is a list of ranger skills.

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Profession mechanic

Pets are the ranger's profession mechanic, with pet commands occupying the F1 – F4 slots above the skill bar.

• F1 locks your pet onto your current target.
• F2 activates the species-specific skill of your pet. Your pet has 3 other skills, shared among its pet family, that it will use on its own.
• F3 commands your pet back to you.
• F4 swaps your currently active pet.

Weapon skills

Two-handed

	Skill	Type			Description
Greatsword
1	Slash		0.5½		Slash your foe.
	Slice		0.5½		Slice your foe.
	Power Stab		0.75¾		Stab your foe and evade attacks.
2	Maul		0.75¾	6	Bleed your foe multiple times with a mauling strike.
3	Swoop		10.75¾	12	Run and leap at your foe, hitting them and nearby foes.
4	Counterattack		3	15	Block and counter an attack with a kick that pushes foes back.
	Crippling Throw		0.75¾		Throw your greatsword, crippling your foe.
5	Hilt Bash		0.5½	25	Daze your foe with a hilt bash. Stun them if you hit from behind. Your pet's next attack does 50% more damage.
Longbow
1	Long Range Shot		10.25¼		Shoot your foe from long range. The farther the arrow flies, the more damage it does.
2	Rapid Fire		5	10	Fire multiple arrows at your foe.
3	Hunter's Shot			12	Fire an arrow to make your foe vulnerable. Your pet gains swiftness.
4	Point Blank Shot		0.5½	15	Push back your foe with a point-blank shot. The closer they are, the farther it pushes them back.
5	Barrage		20.75¾	30	Barrage the target area with a hail of arrows that cripple.
Shortbow
1	Crossfire		0.5½		Fire an arrow. Bleed your target if you hit them from behind or from the side.
2	Poison Volley		0.25¼	9	Fire a spread of five poison arrows.
3	Quick Shot		0.25¼	9	Fire a quick shot in an evasive retreat. Gain swiftness if the shot hits. This can be used while retreating.
4	Crippling Shot			12	Fire an arrow that cripples your target. Your pet's next three attacks inflict bleeding.
5	Concussion Shot		0.25¼	25	Daze your foe with an arrow. Stun them if you hit from behind or from the side.

Main-hand only

	Skill	Type			Description
Sword
1	Slash		0.5½		Slash your foe.
	Kick		0.25¼		Kick your foe, crippling them for a short time.
	Pounce		0.75¾		Leap at your foe, striking them. Your pet gains might.
2	Hornet Sting		0.5½	8	Stab your foe, then evade backward.
	Monarch's Leap		0.75¾		Leap back into the fight, crippling your foe.
3	Serpent's Strike		1	15	Do an evasive roll around your target, striking them and poisoning them.

Main- and off-hand

	Skill	Type			Description
Axe
1	Ricochet		0.25¼		Bounce your axe between multiple foes.
2	Splitblade		0.75¾	6	Throw a spread pattern of five whirling axes that bleeds foes.
3	Winter's Bite		0.5½	10	Throw an axe to chill your foe. Your pet's next attack inflicts weakness.
4	Path of Scars		0.5½	15	Throw your axe so that it returns to you, striking foes each way.
5	Whirling Defense		50.25¼	25	Blocks projectiles while damaging nearby foes.

Off-hand only

	Skill	Type			Description
Dagger
4	Stalker's Strike		0.5½	10	Stab and poison your foe while evading attacks.
5	Crippling Talon		0.5½	15	Throw a dagger to bleed and cripple your foe.
Torch
4	Throw Torch		0.5½	15	Throw your torch and burn your foe.
5	Bonfire		0.5½	25	Set a fire around you, burning foes.
Warhorn
4	Hunter's Call		10.5½	25	Call hawks to swarm your foe.
5	Call of the Wild		0.5½	35	Grant fury, might, and swiftness to yourself and nearby allies.

Aquatic

	Skill	Type			Description
Harpoon gun
1	Splinter Shot		0.25¼		Shoot a spear that splinters around your target, striking and bleeding multiple foes.
2	Coral Shot		0.25¼	10	Shoot a spear that collects sharp coral as it travels, causing more bleeding the farther it goes and cripples.
3	Feeding Frenzy		1	10	Drive piranhas into a feeding frenzy around your foe. Apply fury to your pet.
4	Mercy Shot		0.25¼	12	Fire a shot that strikes for more damage the less health your target has.
5	Ink Blast		0.5½	18	Retreat backwards, leaving a blinding trail in your wake.
Spear
1	Stab		0.5½		Stab your foe.
	Jab		0.75¾		Jab your foe.
	Evasive Strike		0.5½		Evade while delivering a powerful attack.
2	Swirling Strike		0.75¾	8	Attack while reflecting projectiles.
3	Dart		20.5½	10	Dart at your foe. If you hit, bleed them and make them vulnerable.
4	Counterstrike		10.5½	15	Prepare to throw your spear while blocking. If you block, push back your attacker with a kick.
	Counter Throw		0.5½		Throw your spear at foes.
5	Man O' War		10.25¼	18	Immobilize your foe and strike them multiple times.

Slot skills

Healing

Skill	Type					Description
Heal as One				10.25¼	20	Heal yourself and your pet.
Healing Spring			3	0.5½	30	Create a spring that heals you, your pet, and your allies. It also cures conditions on allies.
Troll Unguent			1	1	25	You and your pet regenerate health over time.

Utility

Skill	Type					Description
"Guard"	Shout		6	1	15	Command your pet to aggressively guard an area. Your pet gains stealth and protection for the duration of the skill.
"Protect Me"	Shout		3		60	Instead of attacking, your pet will protect you by absorbing all damage you would take.
"Search and Rescue"	Shout		6		85	Your pet will seek out and revive a downed ally.
"Sic 'Em"	Shout		1		40	Your pet runs faster and does more damage.
Signet of Renewal	Signet		1		60	Passive: Cures a condition every ten seconds. Active: Your pet pulls all conditions from nearby allies to itself.
Signet of Stone	Signet		3		80	Passive: Improves toughness for you and your pet. Active: Your pet takes no damage from attacks.
Signet of the Hunt	Signet		3		30	Passive: Grants 25% increased movement speed to you and your pet. Active: Your pet's next attack deals more damage.
Signet of the Wild	Signet		6	1	60	Passive: Grants health regeneration to you and your pet. Active: Your pet grows larger, dealing more damage and gaining stability.
Frost Spirit	Spirit		3	10.5½	60	Summon a frost spirit that has a chance to grant bonus damage to nearby allies.
Frost Spirit chain  Cold Snap	Spirit				40	Your Frost Spirit releases a freezing blast of arctic air, chilling nearby foes.
Stone Spirit	Spirit		3	10.5½	60	Summon a stone spirit that gives nearby allies a chance to gain protection.
Stone Spirit chain  Quicksand	Spirit				45	Your stone spirit softens the earth around it, immobilizing and crippling foes.
Storm Spirit	Spirit		6	10.5½	60	Summon a storm spirit that grants nearby allies a chance to gain swiftness when attacking.
Storm Spirit chain  Call Lightning	Spirit				20	Your storm spirit strikes the area with a powerful blast of electricity.
Sun Spirit	Spirit		1	10.5½	60	Summon a sun spirit that grants allies a chance to inflict burning.
Sun Spirit chain  Solar Flare	Spirit				25	Your sun spirit releases the brilliance of the sun, blinding foes.
Lightning Reflexes	Survival		1		40	Evade back with a crack of lightning, dealing damage and gaining vigor.
Muddy Terrain	Survival		3	0.75¾	30	Use mud to cripple and immobilize foes.
Quickening Zephyr	Survival		6		60	You and your pet gain quickness. Reduces healing on you by 50%.
Sharpening Stone	Survival		1		45	Bleed foes with your next five attacks.
Flame Trap	Trap		1	0.5½	15	Set a trap that burns foes.
Frost Trap	Trap		6	0.5½	30	Set a trap that chills foes.
Spike Trap	Trap		1	0.5½	25	Set a trap that bleeds and cripples foes. Pulses three times when triggered.
Viper's Nest	Trap		3	0.5½	20	Set a trap that poisons foes.

Elite

Skill	Type					Description
Entangle	Survival		10	0.75¾	150	Entangle your foe. They are immobile until the vines are destroyed.
Rampage As One	Pet		10	1	120	Rampage with your pet, gaining stability, fury, and swiftness. You and your pet also grant might to each other when you attack.
Spirit of Nature	Spirit		30	10.5½	240	Summon a spirit that heals allies. Command the spirit to revive and cure conditions on nearby allies.
Spirit of Nature chain  Nature's Renewal					30	Command your spirit of nature to revive and cure conditions on nearby downed allies.

Downed and drowning skills

	Skill	Type			Description
Downed
1	Throw Dirt				Throw a handful of dirt to bleed your foe.
2	Thunderclap			10	Damages your target and dazes foes around that target.
3	Lick Wounds			20	Revive your pet at your location to revive you.
	Bandage
Drowning
1	Throw Knife				Throw a knife at your foe.
2	Thunderclap			10	Damages your target and dazes foes around that target.
3	Lick Wounds			20	Revive your pet at your location to revive you.
	Bandage

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Skill lists

Soldiers	Guardian	Warrior
Adventurers	Engineer	Ranger	Thief
Scholars	Elementalist	Mesmer	Necromancer
Racial	Asura	Charr	Human
	Norn	Sylvari
Other	Pet	Downed	Drowning