Air Attunement

Attune to air, gaining heavy damage and control abilities. — In-game description

Air Attunement

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Slot

Profession mechanic

Type

Attunement

Game link

API

5494

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Air Attunement

Attune to air, gaining heavy damage and control abilities.

— In-game description

Hand aura of an elementalist attuned to air

Air Attunement is an elementalist attunement skill that attunes the elementalist to air. While attuned to air, the elementalist's weapon skills become air magic skills. Elementalists unlock Air Attunement at level 11.

Skills by weapon

#	Skill			Description
Dagger
1	Lightning Whip	0.75¾		Lash your foe with lightning.
2	Convergence	0.5½	8	Charge the air to shock foes around you after a short delay. Inflict weakness on enemies and gain fury for each foe struck.
3	Shocking Aura		10	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.
3	Transmute Lightning	0.5½	10	Cause your shocking aura to violently explode, stunning enemies who are struck by it.
4	Ride the Lightning		20	Ride the lightning to your foe, then strike all nearby foes with an electrical burst. If a foe is hit by the burst, the skill's recharge is halved.
5	Updraft		20	Gain swiftness from a gust of wind that launches nearby foes.
Pistol
1	Electric Exposure	0.5½		Electrify your enemy, making them vulnerable.
2	Dazing Discharge	0.25¼	8	Fire a shot that dazes your foe and leaves them vulnerable. If you have an air bullet, consume it to reduce the cooldown of your next pistol skill. If not, create an air bullet.
3	Aerial Agility	0.5½	12	Dash then fire a quick shot. If the shot hits, you can dash again for a short time. If you have an air bullet, consume it to remove inhibiting conditions at the start of the dash. If not, create an air bullet.
3	Aerial Agility	0.5½		Dash then fire a quick shot. If the shot hits, you can dash again for a short time. If you have an air bullet, consume it to remove inhibiting conditions at the start of the dash. If not, create an air bullet.
3	Aerial Agility	0.5½		Dash again.
Scepter
1	Arc Lightning	30.5½		Cast an arc of electricity at your foe.
2	Lightning Strike		5	Strike your foes with lightning.
3	Blinding Flash		0.5½	Blind your foe with a flash of light. Vulnerable foes are also weakened.
Focus
4	Swirling Winds	0.5½	30	Create a swirling wind that blocks projectiles.
5	Gale	0.75¾	40	Knock down your foe with a charged wind blast.
Staff
1	Chain Lightning	0.75¾		Hit multiple foes with arcs of chain lightning.
2	Lightning Surge	1	10	Charge a lightning surge that damages and blinds foes near your target when it discharges.
3	Gust	0.25¼	25	Push foes backward with a burst of air.
4	Windborne Speed	0.25¼	20	You and nearby allies gain swiftness, while curing crippled, immobilized, and chilled.
5	Static Field	0.75¾	30	Create an electrical field that stuns foes crossing it.
Spear
1	Lightning Javelin	0.75¾		Launch a spear of lightning that makes your foe vulnerable.
2	Fulgor	0.75¾	6	Create a storm of lightning that inflicts damage over time to affected foes.
3	Energize		15	Gain superspeed. Your next spear skill always critically strikes.
4	Twister	0.75¾	20	Conjure a twister at the target location, making foes vulnerable. Foes in the center of the twister are lifted into the air.
5	Etching: Derecho	0.25¼	25	Etch a spell into the ground that summons an intense windstorm. Using a number of other skills within this etching completes the spell, unlocking its full potential.
5	Lesser Derecho	0.75¾		Summon an intense windstorm that damages and dazes foes.
5	Derecho	0.75¾		Summon an intense windstorm that damages and dazes foes.
Trident
1	Forked Lightning	0.5½		Fire three bolts of lightning in an arc in front of you.
2	Electrocute	0.5½	8	Charge the water around your foe with electricity. Enemies currently using an ability are dazed.
3	Air Pocket	0.5½	12	Release a slow-moving, detonatable air pocket. When it explodes, you teleport to that location.
3	Vacuum			Detonate your air pocket to teleport to its location.
4	Air Bubble	1	20	Trap your foe in an air bubble and make them float to the surface.
5	Lightning Cage	0.5½	30	Create an electrical field that stuns foes crossing it.
Warhorn (requires Tempest)
4	Cyclone	1	25	Blast out a cyclone that pulls enemies toward its location and grants swiftness to allies it affects.
5	Lightning Orb	0.5½	25	Launch an orb of lightning that fires projectiles at nearby foes.
Sword (requires Weaver)
1	Charged Strike	0.5½		Strike your foe with shocking force.
1	Polaric Slash	0.5½		Deliver a second strike, gaining swiftness.
1	Call Lightning	0.75¾		Deliver the final attack, calling lightning strikes onto enemies.
2	Polaric Leap	0.5½	15	Shadowstep to your target and deliver a dazing strike. Gain superspeed if you interrupt an enemy.
3	Quantum Strike	0.75¾	16	Strike your foe, charging them with static and causing lightning to strike repeatedly for a short period of time.
Hammer (requires Catalyst)
1	Wind Slam	0.75¾		Slam your foe with a gust of wind.
2	Hurricane of Pain	3	10	Manifest a powerful cyclone at the target location, periodically damaging enemies.
3	Crescent Wind		18	Summon a projectile of air that circles around you, damaging foes. While this projectile is active, your chance to critically strike is increased. Summoning a circular projectile refreshes the duration of all other circular projectiles.
4	Wind Storm	0.5½	20	Release a burst of air to knock down your enemies and gain superspeed.
5	Shock Blast	0.25¼	25	Fire a blast of lightning that explodes when it reaches its destination, stunning nearby foes.

Related traits

Air

• Zephyr's Speed — Your chance to critically strike is increased. While attuned to air, your movement speed is also increased.
• One with Air — Gain superspeed when attuning to air.
• Electric Discharge — Strike your target with a bolt of lightning when attuning to air. Also triggers on overload skills.
• Aeromancer's Training — Gain ferocity, and gain additional ferocity while attuned to air. Air weapon skills get a reduced recharge time.
• Fresh Air — Recharge air attunement on a critical hit. Gain a ferocity boost when attuning to air.

Arcane

• Arcane Prowess — Gain boons when you switch attunements.
• Arcane Restoration — Swapping attunements restores health.
• Elemental Attunement — Grant a boon to nearby allies when changing attunements. Note: This effect will not trigger when attuning to the same element.
• Elemental Enchantment — Gain concentration and your attunements gain reduced recharge.

Weaver

• Weaver — Your active attunement is now applied to your main hand, with the old attunement moving to your off hand. Attunement recharges are reduced. Gain access to Dual Attack and the Stance utility types.
• Weaver's Prowess — Gain increased condition damage and duration for a period of time after attuning to a different element.
• Elemental Polyphony — Gain attributes based on your current attunement. When dual attuned, gain both benefits.
• Elements of Rage — Gain a bonus to all damage dealt for a period of time when attuned to a single element. Gain precision based on a percentage of your vitality.

Catalyst

• Energized Elements — Gain energy and fury when you switch attunements. Energy can only be gained while in combat.

Notes

• This skill has an instant cast time and may be cast during other actions.
• This skill can be activated while in the air.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Reduced base attunement recharge from 13 seconds to 10 seconds.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Air Attunement has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.
• The Mistfire Wolf can gain Air Attunement after doing a leap skill.
• When attuning to air, the character will occasionally shout out one of the following lines, depending on race and gender.

Race	Gender
	Male	Female
Asura	Air! Now they'll feel my turbulence! Severe weather warning!	Air! I summon the winds! Let the storms rage!
Charr	Air! Lightning and thunder! The wind obeys me!	Air! Storm power! The wind is here!
Human	Air! Dwayna, heed me! I call upon the storm's power.	Air! Reap the whirlwind! I summon the power of the storm!
Norn	Air! Lightning! Thunder!	Air! By the winds! The air is mine!
Sylvari	Element of wind, heed me! I am the wind! Joyous air!	Glorious air! I channel the wind! The storm shall bend at my word!

See also

•   Fire Attunement — Attune to fire, gaining heavy damage and burning abilities.
•   Water Attunement — Attune to water, gaining superior support and healing abilities.
•   Earth Attunement — Attune to earth, gaining superior damage-over-time and defensive abilities.