List of warrior skills

This is a list of warrior skills.

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Profession mechanic

Burst skills are the warrior's profession mechanic, occupying the F1 slot above the skill bar. There is a distinct burst skill for each available main-hand weapon. They grow more powerful the more adrenaline the character has stored up, and activating the burst skill unleashes all stored adrenaline.

These skills are listed in the individual weapon tables below, indicated by

Weapon skills

Two-handed

	Skill	Type			Description
Greatsword
	Arcing Slice	Burst	0.75¾	10	Strike your foe with an uppercut and gain fury.
1	Greatsword Swing		0.5½		Slash your foe.
	Greatsword Slice		0.5½		Slice your foe.
	Brutal Strike		0.5½		Hit your foe with a final brutal strike.
2	Hundred Blades		30.5½	8	Repeatedly strike multiple foes. The last strike does extra damage.
3	Whirlwind Attack		0.25¼	10	Whirl in a target's direction, slashing foes along your path.
4	Bladetrail		0.75¾	15	Throw your greatsword at your foe so that it returns to you, crippling foes along the way.
5	Rush		2	20	Charge and strike your foe.
Hammer
	Earthshaker	Burst	0.75¾	10	Jump to the targeted location and slam your hammer down, damaging and stunning foes.
1	Hammer Swing		0.5½		Bash your foe.
	Hammer Bash		0.5½		Bash your foe again.
	Hammer Smash		0.5½		Smash the ground and damage nearby foes.
2	Fierce Blow		0.75¾	12	Weaken your foe with a fierce blow.
3	Hammer Shock		0.5½	12	Smash the ground and send out a crippling wave.
4	Staggering Blow		0.75¾	20	Push back nearby foes with a staggering blow.
5	Backbreaker		1	30	Knock down your foe.
Longbow
	Combustive Shot	Burst	0.75¾	10	Ignite target area, burning nearby foes. Effect increases with adrenaline level.
1	Dual Shot		0.75¾		Shoot a pair of arrows at your foe.
2	Fan of Fire		0.25¼	6	Fire a spread of three flaming arrows, burning foes.
3	Arcing Arrow		0.75¾	10	Shoot a slow, arcing arrow that explodes on impact.
4	Smoldering Arrow		0.25¼	15	Shoot an arrow that explodes on impact, blinding foes.
5	Pin Down		0.25¼	25	Fire an arrow that bleeds and immobilizes your target.
Rifle
	Kill Shot	Burst	10.75¾	10	Fire a powerful shot. Damage increases with adrenaline level.
1	Bleeding Shot		0.75¾		Fire a shot that bleeds your target.
2	Aimed Shot		0.25¼	10	Fire a precise shot that cripples your foe.
3	Volley		20.5½	10	Fire a volley of shots at your foe.
4	Brutal Shot		1	15	Shoot your foe and make them vulnerable.
5	Rifle Butt		0.25¼	15	Push your foe back with your rifle butt.

Main- and off-hand

	Skill	Type			Description
Axe
	Eviscerate	Burst		10	Leap at your foe with a devastating attack. Effect increases with adrenaline level.
1	Chop		0.25¼		Chop your foe.
	Double Chop				Chop your foe twice.
	Triple Chop		10.5½		Deliver three final chops to your foe.
2	Cyclone Axe		0.5½	6	Spin around and attack all nearby foes.
3	Throw Axe		0.25¼	10	Throw an axe that cripples foes.
4	Dual Strike		0.5½	12	Strike your foe with both weapons. Gain fury with each hit.
5	Whirling Axe		30.25¼	20	Spin and attack nearby foes. You can move while spinning.
Mace
	Skull Crack	Burst		10	Stun your foe with a skull crack. Effect increases with adrenaline level.
1	Mace Smash		0.5½		Smash your foe.
	Mace Bash		0.5½		Bash your foe.
	Pulverize		1		Thrash your foe, leaving them weakened.
2	Counterblow		10.5½	10	Block the next attack. Counter with an attack if you are in melee range. Gain adrenaline if not attacked.
	Adrenaline Rush				Stop blocking and gain adrenaline.
3	Pommel Bash			15	Daze your foe with a brutal pommel bash.
4	Crushing Blow		0.75¾	15	Crush your opponent's armor, leaving them vulnerable.
5	Tremor		0.5½	25	Send a wave toward your foe that knocks down foes in a line.
Sword
	Flurry	Burst	0.5½	10	Immobilize your foes with a flurry of bleeding strikes. Effect increases with adrenaline level.
1	Sever Artery		0.5½		Bleed your foe with a slash.
	Gash		0.5½		Bleed your foe with a gash.
	Final Thrust		0.5½		Strike your foe with a final powerful thrust.
2	Savage Leap		0.75¾	8	Lunge at your foe and strike them with your sword.
3	Hamstring		0.25¼	15	Cripple your foe with a precise slash.
4	Impale		0.5½	15	Throw your sword at your foe and apply multiple stacks of bleeding over time.
	Rip		0.75¾	1	Rip your sword from your foe for extra damage.
5	Riposte		20.25¼	15	Block the next incoming attack. Riposte and bleed your foe if you block a melee attack. Gain adrenaline if you are not attacked.
	Adrenaline Rush				Stop blocking and gain adrenaline.

Off-hand only

	Skill	Type			Description
Shield
4	Shield Bash		0.5½	25	Bash your foe with your shield and stun them.
5	Shield Stance		3	30	Block attacks.
Warhorn
4	Charge		0.5½	15	Grant swiftness to yourself and allies, while curing chilled, crippled, and immobilized.
5	Call to Arms		0.5½	20	Grant vigor to yourself and allies, while weakening nearby foes.

Aquatic

	Skill	Type			Description
Harpoon gun
	Forceful Shot	Burst	1	10	Fire a forceful shot. Damage increases with adrenaline level.
1	Mariner's Shot		0.25¼		Shoot your foe from long range. The farther the shot goes, the more damage it does.
2	Brutal Shot		0.25¼	3	Make your foe vulnerable with a shot to their vitals.
3	Split Shot		0.25¼	8	Your shot splits into a spread of harpoons that each bleed your target.
4	Knot Shot		0.25¼	25	Fire a shot that immobilizes your foe.
5	Repeating Shot		10.25¼	25	Fire multiple shots that push back your foe.
Spear
	Whirling Strike	Burst	0.75¾	10	Strike all foes around you. Effect increases with adrenaline level.
1	Stab		0.5½		Stab your foe.
	Jab		0.75¾		Jab your foe.
	Impale		0.75¾		Impale your foe and cripple them.
2	Mariner's Frenzy		10.25¼	8	Attack foes in front of you with a series of strikes.
3	Harpoon Pull		0.5½	15	Pull your foe to you.
4	Parry		10.5½	15	Block your foe. Counterattack with a powerful strike. Gain adrenaline if you are not attacked.
5	Tsunami Slash		20.75¾	25	Spin forward and strike foes along the way.

Slot skills

Healing

Skill	Type					Description
Healing Signet	Signet		3	10.25¼	20	Signet Passive: Grants regeneration. Signet Active: Heal yourself.
Healing Surge				1	30	Heal yourself and regain all adrenaline. Heal amount is based on your current adrenaline level.
Mending			1	1	25	Heal yourself and cure two conditions.

Utility

Skill	Type					Description
Banner of Defense	Banner		1	1	120	Place a banner that increases toughness and vitality for you and nearby allies.
Banner of Discipline	Banner		3	1	120	Place a banner that improves precision and critical damage for you and nearby allies.
Banner of Strength	Banner		3	1	120	Place a banner that improves power and condition damage for you and nearby allies.
Banner of Tactics	Banner		6	1	120	Place a banner that increases healing power and boon duration for you and nearby allies.
Bull's Charge	Physical		3	1	40	Charge your foe and knock down fleeing foes.
Kick	Physical		1	0.5½	20	Push your foe back with a kick.
Stomp	Physical		6	0.75¾	60	Launch nearby foes into the air with a powerful stomp.
Throw Bolas	Physical		1	0.5½	20	Throw bolas to immobilize your foe.
"Fear Me!"	Shout		6		80	Induce fear in your foes.
"For Great Justice!"	Shout		1		25	Grant fury and might to yourself and allies.
"On My Mark!"	Shout		3		30	Call out target foe to make them vulnerable.
"Shake It Off!"	Shout		1		25	Cure a condition on yourself and nearby allies. Also breaks stuns.
Dolyak Signet	Signet		6	0.25¼	60	Passive: Reduces incoming damage. Active: Gain stability.
Signet of Fury	Signet		3	0.25¼	30	Passive: Improves precision. Active: Gain adrenaline.
Signet of Might	Signet		1		25	Passive: Improves power. Active: Your attacks are unblockable.
Signet of Stamina	Signet		3	0.25¼	45	Passive: Grants faster endurance regeneration. Active: Cure all conditions.
Balanced Stance	Stance		6		40	You gain stability.
Berserker Stance	Stance		1		25	Gain adrenaline for a short time.
Endure Pain	Stance		3		90	Take no damage from attacks. You are still susceptible to conditions crowd controls. [sic]
Frenzy	Stance		6		60	Frenzy to gain quickness. Take 25% more damage for the duration.

Elite

Skill	Type					Description
Battle Standard	Banner		10	2	240	Place a battle standard that revives fallen allies and grants fury, might, and swiftness [sic] to allies.
Rampage	Transform		30	1	180	Take the form of a massive juggernaut.
Signet of Rage	Signet		10	1	60	Passive: Grants adrenaline. Active: Gain fury, might, and swiftness.

Downed and drowning skills

	Skill	Type			Description
Downed
1	Throw Rock		0.25¼		Throw a rock at your target.
2	Hammer Toss		1	10	Throw a hammer that knocks down foes.
3	Vengeance		0.5½	20	Rally and fight normally for a brief time. When the rally ends, you are defeated.
	Bandage
Drowning
1	Punch			1	Punch your foe.
2	Kick		0.5½	5	Push your foe back with a kick.
3	Vengeance		0.5½	20	Rally and fight normally for a brief time. When the rally ends, you are defeated.
	Bandage

Auxiliary skillbars

These skills replace the main skillbar after activating the specified skills.

Banners

The banner created by a banner skill is an environmental weapon that can be picked up, granting the following skills. The skill in slot 2 is unique to each banner and shares its icon with the banner.

	Skill	Type			Description
1	Stab		0.5½		Stab a foe with your banner.
2	Staggering Baner		0.75¾	10	Push back nearby foes with a staggering blow.
2	Furious Rally		1	10	Inspire nearby allies, granting fury.
2	Brutal Banner		0.75¾	10	Strike a foe with your banner and inflict vulnerability.
2	Compassionate Banner		1	10	Inspire nearby allies, healing them.
2	Whirlwind Banner		1	15	Inspire neary [sic] allies granting stability.
3	Inspire		1	15	Inspire nearby allies, granting swiftness.
4	Sprint		10.25¼	15	Run forward with your banner, striking your target when you get close.
5	Plant Standard		1	10	Plant the standard back in the ground.

Rampage

	Skill	Type			Description
1	Smash		0.5½		Smash your foe.
2	Kick		0.5½	6	Push back your foe with a kick.
3	Dash		10.25¼	8	Charge your foe.
4	Throw Boulder		1	12	Throw a boulder and knock down your foe.
5	Stomp		0.75¾	15	Launch nearby foes into the air with a powerful stomp.

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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