Profession mechanic

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Profession mechanics are combat abilities exclusive to a given profession. They consist of unique skills, effects and secondary mechanics which add to the characteristics of the professions. While all professions have unique skills and skill types to utilize, the profession mechanics further differentiate them.

Active profession mechanics skills such as bursts or stealing are activated with F1F5 keys and the status of these skills as well as other profession mechanics are displayed by the mechanic bar which is positioned above the characters weapon skills in their skill bar. Every profession has a primary mechanic, which may be include one or more mechanics working together; for example, the necromancer uses their accumulated life force resource to enter Death Shroud. Generally speaking, profession mechanic of a profession refers to the skills activated through the function keys, but any mechanic exclusive to a profession can also be called a profession mechanic.

Each primary profession mechanic has a specialization tied to it. This can be either provide increase in recharge rate of their unique skills, a bonus in damage, or other effects. Primary and secondary mechanics often have traits tied to them. Adept minor traits for elite specializations change how a profession mechanic works, or replace it entirely.

Profession mechanics[edit]

This is a list of all profession mechanics for each profession and elite specialization. The core mechanics don't require the respective specializations, but they are improved by their traits. The elite specializations are required to be equipped for their mechanics to work.

Specialization Mechanics
Guardian icon small.png Guardian
Core Guardian icon small.png Virtues Virtue, Justice
Elite Dragonhunter icon small.png Dragonhunter Dragonhunter's Virtues
Elite Firebrand icon small.png Firebrand Tome
Elite Willbender icon small.png Willbender Willbender's Virtues, Willbender Flames
Revenant icon small.png Revenant
Core Revenant icon small.png Invocation Energy, Legend, Ancient Echo
Elite Herald icon small.png Herald Facet of Nature, Consume
Elite Renegade icon small.png Renegade Citadel Order
Elite Vindicator icon small.png Vindicator Legendary Alliance Stance
Warrior icon small.png Warrior
Core Warrior icon small.png Discipline Adrenaline, Burst
Elite Berserker icon small.png Berserker Primal Burst
Elite Spellbreaker icon small.png Spellbreaker Full Counter
Elite Bladesworn icon small.png Bladesworn Gunsaber, Flow, Dragon Slash
Engineer icon small.png Engineer
Core Engineer icon small.png Tools Tool belt
Elite Scrapper icon small.png Scrapper Function Gyro
Elite Holosmith icon small.png Holosmith Photon Forge, Heat
Elite Mechanist icon small.png Mechanist Jade Mech CJ-1, Mech Command
Ranger icon small.png Ranger
Core Ranger icon small.png Beastmastery Pet, Command
Elite Druid icon small.png Druid Celestial Avatar
Elite Soulbeast icon small.png Soulbeast Beastmode
Elite Untamed icon small.png Untamed Unleashed
Thief icon small.png Thief
Core Thief icon small.png Trickery Initiative, Dual Wield, Steal
Elite Daredevil icon small.png Daredevil Increased endurance, improved dodges (Bound, Dash, Impaling Lotus)
Elite Deadeye icon small.png Deadeye Deadeye's Mark, Malice
Elite Specter icon small.png Specter Siphon, Shadow Shroud
Elementalist icon small.png Elementalist
Core Elementalist icon small.png Arcane Attunement
Elite Tempest icon small.png Tempest Overload
Elite Weaver icon small.png Weaver Dual attunements, Dual Attack
Elite Catalyst icon small.png Catalyst Jade Sphere, Augment
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer
Core Mesmer icon small.png Illusions Illusions, Shatter
Elite Chronomancer icon small.png Chronomancer Chronomancer Shatter, Continuum Split
Elite Mirage icon small.png Mirage Ambush, Mirage Cloak
Elite Virtuoso icon small.png Virtuoso Bladesong, Blade
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer
Core Necromancer icon small.png Soul Reaping Death Shroud, Life force
Elite Reaper icon small.png Reaper Reaper's Shroud
Elite Scourge icon small.png Scourge Shade
Elite Harbinger icon small.png Harbinger Harbinger Shroud

Profession mechanic skills[edit]

# Skill Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description

Guardian icon small.png Guardian

F1 Virtue of Justice.png Virtue of Justice 20 Virtue: Burn foes every few attacks.
Activate: You and your allies inflict burning on the next attack.
F2 Virtue of Resolve.png Virtue of Resolve 30 Virtue: Regenerates health.
Activate: Heal yourself and nearby allies.
F3 Virtue of Courage.png Virtue of Courage 45 Virtue: Gain aegis periodically.
Activate: Grant aegis to yourself and nearby allies.

Dragonhunter icon small.png Dragonhunter

F1 Spear of Justice.png Spear of Justice 0.75¾ 20 Virtue: Burn foes every few attacks.
Activate: Hurl a spear of light that passes through foes. Enemies struck become tethered and receive conditions periodically.
F1 ChainJudgment (skill).png Hunter's Verdict 0.5½ 40 Pull all enemies tethered by the Spear of Justice to you, breaking the link. This ability's recharge is separate from that of Spear of Justice.
F2 Wings of Resolve.png Wings of Resolve 1 25 Virtue: Regenerates health.
Activate: Leap to a target area, healing allies in the area.
F3 Shield of Courage.png Shield of Courage 45 Virtue: Grants aegis periodically.
Activate: Grant aegis to nearby allies and create a shield in front of you that blocks attacks. You are vulnerable from the sides and behind while this shield is active.

Firebrand icon small.png Firebrand

F1 Tome of Justice.png Tome of Justice Virtue: Burn foes every few attacks.
Activate: Pull forth a magical tome on the dangers of the blazing heat in Kourna.
F2 Tome of Resolve.png Tome of Resolve Virtue: Regenerate health.
Activate: Draw forth an enchanted tome that recounts the trials undergone by the people of Vabbi.
F3 Tome of Courage.png Tome of Courage Virtue: Gain aegis periodically.
Activate: Conjure a mystic tome containing stories about the heroes of Istan.
Leave Transform.png Stow Tome Stow your tome.

Willbender icon small.png Willbender

F1 Rushing Justice.png Rushing Justice 0.5½ 12 Virtue. Rush toward your target and gain Justice delivering a strike and emanating Willbender Flames.
F2 Flowing Resolve.png Flowing Resolve 0.5½ 0 Virtue. Remove conditions and gain Flowing Resolve. Rush forward and evade attacks while leaving Willbender Flames in your wake.
F3 Crashing Courage.png Crashing Courage 0.75¾ 30 Virtue. Shadowstep a short distance while gaining boons and emanating Willbender Flames from your location. Gain Courage.
Willbender Flames.png Willbender Flames Create a ring of flame that damages enemies.

Activating this skill destroys other active Willbender Flames effects.
Willbender Flames.png Willbender Flames Leave a trail of flame in your wake that damage enemies.

Activating this skill destroys other active Willbender Flames effects.
Willbender Flames.png Willbender Flames Manifest flames that damage enemies on an interval.

Activating this skill destroys other active Willbender Flames effects.

Revenant icon small.png Revenant

F1 Legendary Assassin Stance.png Legendary Assassin Stance Invoke the power of the legendary assassin Shiro Tagachi.
F1 Legendary Centaur Stance.png Legendary Centaur Stance Invoke the power of the legendary centaur Ventari.
F1 Legendary Demon Stance.png Legendary Demon Stance Invoke the power of the legendary demon Mallyx the Unyielding.
F1 Legendary Dwarf Stance.png Legendary Dwarf Stance Invoke the power of the legendary dwarf King Jalis Ironhammer.
F2 Ancient Echo.png Ancient Echo 0.5½ 20 Refresh your bond with your channeled legend, gaining energy and legend-specific effects.

Herald icon small.png Herald

F1 Legendary Dragon Stance.png Legendary Dragon Stance Invoke the power of the legendary dragon Glint.
F2 Facet of Nature.png Facet of Nature Legendary Dragon. Facet. Place the Facet of Nature on yourself to grant nearby allies enhancements based on your channeled legend.
F2 ChainOne with Nature.png True Nature 0.25¼ 20 Legendary Dragon. Consume. Strip boons from nearby enemies.
F2 ChainOne with Nature.png True Nature 0.25¼ 20 Legendary Dragon. Consume. Cleanse conditions from nearby allies. Heal for each condition removed.
F2 ChainOne with Nature.png True Nature 0.25¼ 20 Legendary Dragon. Consume. Transfer conditions to nearby enemies. Gain might for each condition transferred.
F2 ChainOne with Nature.png True Nature 0.25¼ 20 Legendary Dragon. Consume. Grant stability to nearby allies.
F2 ChainOne with Nature.png True Nature 0.25¼ 20 Legendary Dragon. Consume. Increase the duration of allies' boons.

Renegade icon small.png Renegade

F1 Legendary Renegade Stance.png Legendary Renegade Stance Invoke the power of the legendary charr renegade, Kalla Scorchrazor.
F2 Heroic Command.png Heroic Command 0.5½ 10 Citadel Order. Refresh the duration of your Kalla's Fervor and grant nearby allies might for every stack.
F3 Citadel Bombardment.png Citadel Bombardment 0.75¾ 15 Citadel Order. Open a portal through the mists of time, unleashing a storm of artillery from the united legions.
F4 Orders from Above.png Orders from Above 20 Citadel Order. Orders from above arrive, renewing your abilities and those of your nearby allies.

Vindicator icon small.png Vindicator

F1 Legendary Alliance Stance.png Legendary Alliance Stance Invoke the power of the legendary champions Archemorus and Saint Viktor.
F2 Energy Meld.png Energy Meld 0.5½ 20 Gain endurance.
F3 Alliance Tactics.png Alliance Tactics 3 Swap your Legendary Alliance Stance skills.

Warrior icon small.png Warrior

F1 Eviscerate.png Eviscerate 8 Burst. Leap at your foe with a devastating attack. Effect increases with adrenaline level. Gain might if this attack hits.
F1 Skull Crack.png Skull Crack 0.5½ 8 Burst. Stun your foe with a skull crack. Effect increases with adrenaline level.
F1 Flurry.png Flurry 0.5½ 8 Burst. Immobilize your foes with a flurry of bleeding strikes. Effect increases with adrenaline level.
F1 Arcing Slice.png Arcing Slice 0.5½ 8 Burst. Deliver a circular attack to foes around you, and gain fury. Deal more damage to foes with low health.
F1 Earthshaker.png Earthshaker 0.75¾ 8 Burst. Jump to the targeted location and slam your hammer down, damaging and stunning foes.
F1 Combustive Shot.png Combustive Shot 0.75¾ 8 Burst. Ignite target area, burning nearby foes. Effect increases with adrenaline level.
F1 Kill Shot.png Kill Shot 10.25¼ 8 Burst. Fire a powerful shot. Damage increases with adrenaline level.
F1 Path to Victory.png Path to Victory 0.5½ 8 Burst. Carve a path to victory, dealing damage and inflicting weakness on enemies in front of you while healing and granting regeneration to nearby allies.
F1 Whirling Strike.png Whirling Strike 0.75¾ 8 Burst. Strike all foes around you. Effect increases with adrenaline level.
F1 Forceful Shot.png Forceful Shot 10.75¾ 8 Burst. Fire a forceful shot. Damage increases with adrenaline level.

Berserker icon small.png Berserker

F1 Decapitate.png Decapitate 0.75¾ 5 Primal Burst. Gather your strength into a powerful attack. If it hits, gain might and recharge this skill.
F1 Slicing Maelstrom.png Slicing Maelstrom 0.5½ 5 Primal Burst. Slice nearby enemies, removing boons and gaining adrenaline per boon removed. Deal more damage if your target has no boons.
F1 Skull Grinder.png Skull Grinder 0.5½ 5 Primal Burst. Unleash a powerful skull strike that dazes your target and inflicts multiple conditions.
F1 Flaming Flurry.png Flaming Flurry 2 5 Primal Burst. Lash out with a flurry of strikes that block missiles and shoot fireballs at foes in front of you.
F1 Arc Divider.png Arc Divider 0.75¾ 5 Primal Burst. Spin to create a violent shock wave that damages nearby foes.
F1 Rupturing Smash.png Rupturing Smash 0.75¾ 5 Primal Burst. Jump to the targeted location and slam your hammer down, creating a deadly chain of earthen shock waves that immobilize and daze foes.
F1 Scorched Earth.png Scorched Earth 0.5½ 5 Primal Burst. Fire a burning shot into the ground that creates a trail of flaming destruction.
F1 Gun Flame.png Gun Flame 0.75¾ 5 Primal Burst. Fire a fast, flaming shot that explodes on the first foe it hits, interrupting foes in the area.
F1 Rampart Splitter.png Rampart Splitter 0.5½ 5 Primal Burst. Slam your staff on the ground, sending a shock wave forward that damages and immobilizes enemies while inspiring nearby allies, healing and granting regeneration to them.
F1 Wild Whirl.png Wild Whirl 0.75¾ 5 Primal Burst. Strike all foes around you, burning and pulling them in.
F1 Burning Shackles.png Burning Shackles 10.75¾ 5 Primal Burst. Fire a fast, forceful shot that immobilizes and burns foes.
F2 Berserk.png Berserk 8 Rage. Gain adrenaline, an attack-speed boost, and access to primal burst skills.

Spellbreaker icon small.png Spellbreaker

F1 Breaching Strike.png Breaching Strike 0.75¾ 8 Burst. Strike your target and remove boons. Deal more damage if your target has no boons.
F2 Full Counter.png Full Counter 10.5½ 8 Burst. Absorb the next attack against you and counterattack all foes around you. Foes struck by the counter attack are interrupted.

Bladesworn icon small.png Bladesworn

F1 Sheathe Gunsaber.png Sheathe Gunsaber 10 Put your gunsaber away and return to your normal weapon set. Changes to your weapon recharge rate affect this skill.
F1 Unsheathe Gunsaber.png Unsheathe Gunsaber 10 Unsheathe your gunsaber to gain new skills. Changes to your weapon recharge rate affect this skill.
F2 Dragon Trigger.png Dragon Trigger 0.25¼ 8 Prepare to use Dragon Slash. While channeling, you drain flow. Each interval increases the charge level of Dragon Slash.
This skill is canceled if you move.

Engineer icon small.png Engineer

F1 Toss Elixir H.png Toss Elixir H 0.5½ 20 Elixir. Toss Elixir H to grant protection, regeneration, and vigor to allies.
F1 Bandage Self.png Bandage Self 1 17 Bandage your wounds and heal yourself.
F1 Prayer to Dwayna.png Blessing of Dwayna 0.75¾ 40 Beseech Dwayna to restore health and grant regeneration to allies at target location.
F1 Bandage Self.png Leafy Bandage 1 40 Use natural bandages to heal yourself and remove bleeding, burning, and poison.
F1 Cleansing Burst.png Regenerating Mist 0.25¼ 21 Release a mist of healing liquid to regenerate nearby allies.
F1 Static Shock.png Static Shock 0.75¾ 20 Use your A.E.D. to stun an enemy.
F5 Toss Elixir X.png Toss Elixir X 0.5½ 60 Elixir. Toss your Elixir X, transforming enemies at the location into moas.
F5 Med Pack Drop.png Med Pack Drop 0.5½ 50 Call down a supply drop of med packs into a target area.
F5 Orbital Strike.png Orbital Strike 0.75¾ 40 Call down energy from the sky to blast an area.
Healing Mist.png Healing Mist 28 Elixir. Vent a healing mist, granting regeneration to yourself and allies.
Toss Elixir B.png Toss Elixir B 0.5½ 20 Elixir. Toss Elixir B at a location, granting stability and one of the following boons to allies: fury, might, or resolution.
ChainDetonate Elixir.png Detonate Elixir B Elixir. Burst the bottle to grant stability and one of the following boons to allies: fury, might, retaliation[sic], or swiftness.
Toss Elixir C.png Toss Elixir C 0.5½ 16 Elixir. Toss Elixir C, converting conditions into boons for allies.
ChainElixir C.png Detonate Elixir C Elixir. Burst the bottle, converting conditions into boons for allies in your area.
Detonate Elixir.png Detonate Elixir H Elixir. Burst a bottle of Elixir H, randomly granting protection, regeneration, or swiftness to allies.
Toss Elixir R.png Toss Elixir R 0.25¼ 90 Elixir. Toss Elixir R to revive allies at a location.
ChainDetonate Elixir.png Detonate Elixir R Elixir. Burst the bottle, reviving allies.
Toss Elixir S.png Toss Elixir S 0.5½ 45 Elixir. Toss Elixir S, granting stealth to allies in the target area.
ChainDetonate Elixir.png Detonate Elixir S Elixir. Transform. Burst the bottle, granting allies stealth.
Toss Elixir U.png Toss Elixir U 0.5½ 25 Elixir. Toss Elixir U, breaking stuns on allies and granting them superspeed.
ChainDetonate Elixir.png Detonate Elixir U Elixir. Detonate Elixir U, causing it to grant allies superspeed and break them out of stun.
Toss Elixir X.png Toss Elixir X 0.5½ 120 Elixir. Toss your Elixir X forward. When the bottle bursts, transform enemies in the area into tuna.
ChainDetonate Elixir.png Detonate Elixir X Elixir. Transform. Burst the bottle, transforming enemies.
Big Ol' Bomb.png Big Ol' Bomb 0.5½ 20 Set a timed charge with a big blast that launches nearby foes.
Prayer to Kormir.png Blessing of Kormir 0.75¾ 30 Beseech Kormir to remove one condition from your allies at the target location.
Prayer to Lyssa.png Blessing of Lyssa 0.75¾ 35 Pray to Lyssa, granting a random boon to allies and a random condition to foes at target location.
Shrapnel Mine.png Booby Trap 45 Place an explosive charge on yourself that is triggered by a melee attack.
Technobabble.png Confusing Speech 45 Confuse nearby foes with complex calculations.
Detection Pulse.png Detection Pulse 0.5½ 20 Remove stealth from enemies in a large area.
Eat Egg.png Eat Owl Egg 1 30 Eat an owl's egg to gain swiftnesss[sic] and regeneration.
Eat Egg.png Eat Wurm Egg 1 30 Eat a wurm's egg to gain vigor and regeneration.
Grenade Barrage.png Grenade Barrage 0.5½ 25 Throw several grenades at once.
Scorpion Wire.png Harpoon 0.5½ 8 Launch a harpoon from your belt.
Unload.png Hidden Pistols 10.75¾ 30 Draw both hidden pistols and unload a volley of bullets on your foe.
Incendiary Ammo.png Incendiary Ammo 20 Burn foes with your next three attacks.
Battle Roar.png Invigorating Roar 50 Let out an inspiring roar, removing weakness and vulnerability from allies and granting vigor.
Launch Personal Battering Ram.png Launch Personal Battering Ram 0.25¼ 12 Shoot a ram's head in front of you, impairing any struck foes.
Med Pack Drop.png Med Pack Drop 0.5½ 60 Create a set of med packs around you.
Mine Field.png Mine Field 1 17 Plant five mines around yourself.
ChainDetonate Mine Field.png Detonate Mine Field Detonate your mine,[sic] damaging nearby foes.
Net Shot.png Net Attack 0.25¼ 38 Fire a net from your belt to immobilize your foe.
Pain Inverter.png Pain Transference 10.25¼ 45 Send out a bolt that steals a boon from your foe and gives them one condition from you.
Rocket.png Rocket 0.5½ 25 Fire a rocket out of your belt that explodes on impact.
Rocket Kick.png Rocket Kick 0.5½ 15 Use your rocket boots to do an explosive kick that burns foes.
Eruption.png Rumble 0.25¼ 38 Release a shock wave of inertial force to damage nearby foes.
Superspeed.png Superspeed 25 Activate your slick shoes, enabling you to move at superior speeds.
Fierce Shot.png Surprise Shot 8 Fire a bullet out of your belt.
Magma Orb.png Throw Napalm 0.5½ 25 Throw a ball of napalm that explodes on impact, burning foes around target location.
Throw Vine.png Throw Vine 0.5½ 45 Throw a vine and trip your foe.
Throw Wrench.png Throw Wrench 0.5½ 17 Throw a wrench that returns to you, striking foes each way.
Radiation Field.png Vent Radiation 45 Vent radioactive gas to poison nearby foes.
Gear Shield.png Vine Shield 10.5½ 45 Block incoming attacks.

Scrapper icon small.png Scrapper

F1 Reconstruction Field.png Reconstruction Field 0.5½ 25 Establish a defensive field, granting protection to allies in its area.
F5 Function Gyro (tool belt skill).png Function Gyro 25 Create a lightning field at the specified point. Then summon gyros to finish foes and revive allies within the field. The recharge of this skill is increased for each gyro created beyond the first.
Interrupted gyros are destroyed.
Bypass Coating.png Bypass Coating 20 Splash a hypercoating on nearby allies, granting superspeed.
Chemical Field.png Chemical Field 0.25¼ 20 Generate a poison cloud.
Defense Field.png Defense Field 25 Project a defensive dome around yourself and grant stability to nearby allies.
Defense Field.png Defense Field 25 Project a defensive dome and grant stability to allies in the area.
Spare Capacitor.png Spare Capacitor 0.5½ 24 Set down a lightning capacitor to daze and damage foes near it.

Holosmith icon small.png Holosmith

F1 Cauterize.png Cauterize 30 Use a laser to burn off conditions and set yourself on fire for each condition removed. Removes additional conditions if above the heat threshold.
F5 Engage Photon Forge.png Engage Photon Forge 1 Activate your Photon Forge, gaining access to new skills. Generate heat while Photon Forge is active. Take damage if you overheat. Disables use of kits for a short duration.
F5 ChainDeactivate Photon Forge.png Deactivate Photon Forge 6 Cancel Photon Forge and begin cooling after a delay. Cooling effectiveness increases over time.
F5 ChainDeactivate Photon Forge (hot).png Deactivate Photon Forge 6 Cancel Photon Forge and begin cooling after a delay. Cooling effectiveness increases over time.
Overheat.png Holoforge Overheated Unable to reactivate until cooled.
Blade Burst.png Blade Burst 30 Fire holographic blades at foes within range. Damage increased while over the heat threshold.
Flash Spark.png Flash Spark 25 Release a blinding burst of light from your holographic emitter. While above the heat threshold, gain light aura.
Particle Accelerator.png Particle Accelerator 8 Fire a crippling bolt of light at your target. Allies the bolt passes through are granted swiftness. Projectile velocity and damage increased while above the heat threshold.
Prismatic Singularity.png Prismatic Singularity 0.5½ 30 Collapse a ring of holograms to pull foes into a single point. The ring explodes when it fully collapses. Radius and pull distance increased while above the heat threshold.

Mechanist icon small.png Mechanist

F1 Explosive Knuckle.png Explosive Knuckle 0.5½ 15 Mech Command. Order your mech to dash at a target, punching with an explosive strike that weakens enemies near the point of impact.
F1 Rolling Smash.png Rolling Smash 0.75¾ 20 Mech Command. Slam at the target with both cutters, inflicting severe bleeding to enemies in the area.
F1 Spark Revolver.png Spark Revolver 0.75¾ 20 Mech Command. Fire a rapid volley of jade energy bolts from both arms, piercing through all enemies.
F2 Core Reactor Shot.png Core Reactor Shot 0.75¾ 25 Mech Command. Charge up and then release a powerful ball of jade energy at your target that explodes on contact.
F2 Crisis Zone.png Crisis Zone 30 Mech Command. Your mech removes conditions, breaks stuns, and grants boons to itself and nearby allies.
The mech does not count against the target count for this skill.
F2 Discharge Array.png Discharge Array 30 Mech Command. Cycle energy into your mech's armor to turn it into a lightning rod. Jade energy strikes nearby foes and inflicts conditions on them.
F3 Barrier Burst.png Barrier Burst 30.75¾ 30 Mech Command. Pulse a barrier and boons to all nearby allies.
The mech does not count against the target count for this skill.
F3 Jade Mortar.png Jade Mortar 0.5½ 20 Mech Command. Launch a powerful mortar attack at the target.
F3 Sky Circus.png Sky Circus 10.5½ 30 Mech Command. Your mech jets into the air and fires a missile at each nearby foe before crashing down and dealing additional damage to anything caught underfoot.
F4 Mech Support- Depth Charges.png Mech Support: Depth Charges 0.5½ 25 Request a barrage from your mech on the target foe.
F4 Recall Mech.png Recall Mech 0.75¾ 10 Recall your mech for repairs. The cooldown of Crash Down is determined by the amount of damage your mech has taken.
Right-click to rename your mech.
F4 ChainCrash Down.png Crash Down 0.75¾ 50 Summon your jade mech at the target area. Foes in the area are damaged. The recharge time of this skill is based on how damaged your mech is.
Right-click to rename your mech.
Hard Strike.png Hard Strike 0.25¼ Strikes foes in front of you.
ChainHeavy Smash (Mech).png Heavy Smash 0.5½ Perform a second, powerful strike.
ChainTwin Strike (Mech).png Twin Strike 0.5½ Strikes foes in front of you.
Jade Buster Cannon.png Jade Buster Cannon 30.25¼ 1 Fire the main cannon, obliterating targets in a line. The mech may swivel to track targets while firing the Jade Buster cannon, but it is unable to move.
Anchor.png Jade Energy Shot ...

Druid icon small.png Druid

F5 Celestial Avatar.png Celestial Avatar 10 Consume your accumulated astral force to become a celestial avatar.
F5 ChainRelease Celestial Avatar.png Release Celestial Avatar Leave the celestial avatar form.

Soulbeast icon small.png Soulbeast

F1 Bite (bear).png Bite 0.5½ 10 Bite your foe to recover health.
F1 Bite (feline).png Bite 0.5½ 8 Bite your foe for severe damage.
F1 Call Lightning (soulbeast).png Call Lightning 0.75¾ 15 Calls lightning to a small area.
F1 Charging Bite.png Charging Bite 10.75¾ 20 Charge your foe, striking multiple times and inflicting bleeding.
F1 Chomp.png Chomp 0.5½ 10 Bite a foe and gain health.
F1 Crippling Anguish.png Crippling Anguish 0.5½ 10 Launch a projectile that inflicts conditions.
F1 Crippling Leap.png Crippling Leap 0.75¾ 10 Leap at your foe and cripple them.
F1 Dash (phoenix).png Dash 0.5½ 15 Charge forward, leaving behind a trail of wind energy that detonates shortly afterward.
F1 Electrocute (chak).png Electrocute 0.5½ 10 Zap enemies in the target area with electric beams.
F1 Entangling Web.png Entangling Web 0.5½ 20 Shoot a web, immobilizing your foe.
F1 Harmonic Cry.png Harmonic Cry 0.5½ 25 Heal yourself and nearby allies.
F1 Healing Cloud.png Healing Cloud 0.25¼ 25 Release a cloud of mist to regenerate you and your allies.
F1 Kick (gazelle).png Kick 0.5½ 8 Kick your enemy.
F1 Lunge (aether hunter).png Lunge 0.75¾ 8 Lunge forward, crippling opponents in the path.
F1 Maul (porcine).png Maul 0.5½ 12 Maul your foes and make them bleed.
F1 Protection (armorfish).png Protection 30 Apply protection to yourself.
F1 Rain of Spikes.png Rain of Spikes 0.75¾ 18 Launch spikes at all nearby foes.
F1 Slam (turtle).png Slam 0.75¾ 25 Leap and knock nearby foes back.
F1 Swoop (bird).png Swoop 0.5½ 10 Swoop at your foe, making them vulnerable.
F1 Tail Lash (wyvern skill).png Tail Lash 0.5½ 12 Sweep your foes along the ground, crippling them.
F1 Tail Lash.png Tail Lash 0.5½ 20 Push back a foe with your tail.
F1 Takedown.png Takedown 0.75¾ 10 Cripple your target with a powerful strike.
F2 Brutal Charge (canine).png Brutal Charge 0.75¾ 20 Leap at your foe and knock them down.
F2 Brutal Charge (porcine).png Brutal Charge 0.75¾ 30 Charge your foes and knock them down.
F2 Charge (gazelle).png Charge 1 12 Charge at your target.
F2 Chomp (armorfish).png Chomp 0.5½ 12 Chomp your foe to deal damage and heal yourself.
F2 Dark Water (jellyfish).png Dark Water 1 40 Blind foes near your target with a dark cloud.
F2 Defy Pain.png Defy Pain 0.25¼ 40 You receive no damage from incoming attacks. You remain susceptible to conditions and controlling effects.
F2 Burrow.png Devourer Retreat 0.75¾ 15 Retreat by tunneling through the ground.
F2 Fear (shark).png Fear 0.5½ 40 Make your foe flee in fear.
F2 Frenzied Attack.png Frenzied Attack 1 20 Attack with a pecking frenzy and make your foe vulnerable.
F2 Turtle Siege.png Heavy Shot 1 20 Shoot a jade missile at your target that dazes nearby enemies on impact.
F2 Ley-Line Vortex.png Ley-Line Vortex 30.5½ 20 Spin around, creating a vortex of ley-line energy around you that strikes and inflicts conditions on enemies.
F2 Maul (feline).png Maul 16 Slash a foe multiple times and make them bleed.
F2 Narcotic Spores.png Narcotic Spores 0.75¾ 15 Spit a glob of confusing spores at a foe, inflicting confusion for a while at that location.
F2 Phase Pounce.png Phase Pounce 0.75¾ 15 Leap through a rift in the Mists, shadowstepping briefly to the target's location and inflicting damage and conditions.
F2 Photosynthesize.png Photosynthesize 1 20 Restore health, gain regeneration, and remove conditions.
F2 Poison Gas.png Poison Gas 0.5½ 15 Spit a ball of venom that covers an area with a poisonous cloud.
F2 Quickening Screech.png Quickening Screech 15 Grant swiftness to nearby allies and remove movement-impairing conditions from them.
F2 Sharpen Spines.png Sharpen Spines 30 The next several hits apply extra bleeding stacks.
F2 Smoke Assault.png Smoke Assault 20 Conceal yourself and lash out at nearby foes. Gain might each time you damage a foe.
F2 Spit Goop.png Spit Goop 0.75¾ 15 Spit goop toward your target, crippling enemies.
F2 Tail Swipe.png Tail Swipe 0.5½ 15 Attack all surrounding foes with a tail swipe.
F2 Undead Plague.png Undead Plague 1 20 Covers the area around you in noxious fumes that poisons foes. Poison duration is increased on disabled foes.
F2 Wing Buffet.png Wing Buffet 0.5½ 25 Launch your foe backward with mighty wing beats.
F3 Prelude Lash.png Prelude Lash 0.25¼ 25 Beast. Pull foes toward you and bind them briefly.
F3 Primal Cry.png Primal Cry 10.25¼ 20 Beast. Tap into your primal essence and unleash a debilitating roar.
F3 Spiritual Reprieve.png Spiritual Reprieve 1 35 Beast. Restore health to your allies and grant them a reprieve from conditions.
F3 Unflinching Fortitude.png Unflinching Fortitude 0.25¼ 35 Beast. Shrug off all movement-impairing conditions and become unflinching in the face of normal attacks.
F3 Worldly Impact.png Worldly Impact 0.75¾ 25 Beast. Jump up and slam the ground beneath you, severely damaging nearby foes.
F4 Eternal Bond.png Eternal Bond 20 Meld with your other pet.
This counts as swapping pets.
F5 Beastmode.png Beastmode 10 Meld with your pet.
F5 ChainLeave Beastmode.png Leave Beastmode Separate from your pet.

Untamed icon small.png Untamed

F1 Venomous Outburst.png Venomous Outburst 10 Your pet teleports to your target and lashes out, poisoning enemies and applying vulnerability to disabled or defiant enemies.
Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
F2 Rending Vines.png Rending Vines 10 Your pet strikes nearby enemies with vines, removing boons. Disabled or defiant enemies are also slowed.
Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
F3 Enveloping Haze.png Enveloping Haze 20 Summon a swirling spore cloud around your pet, destroying projectiles and chilling disabled or defiant enemies.
Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
F5 Unleash Pet.png Unleash Pet 1 Unleash your pet to draw on the raw power of its bond with nature, granting it new abilities.
F5 ChainUnleash Ranger.png Unleash Ranger 1 Unleash the raw power of your primal bond with nature and your pet.

Thief icon small.png Thief

F1 Steal.png Steal 25 Shadowstep to your foe and steal from them.
F2 Spread Pollen (mossheart).png Blessing Seed 0.5½ Plant a seed at your feet that heals allies and removes their conditions with every pulse.
F2 Blinding Tuft.png Blinding Tuft 0.5½ Throw a handful of hair, vanishing in stealth and blinding nearby foes.
F2 Bone Crack.png Bone Crack 0.25¼ Stun your foe.
F2 Branch Bash.png Branch Bash 0.5½ Launch your foe, breaking the branch.
F2 Branch Leap.png Branch Leap 0.75¾ Use the branch to leap at your foe.
F2 Club Shock Wave.png Club Shock Wave 0.75¾ 0 Smash the club on the ground, knocking down foes in a line in front of you.
F2 Consume Ectoplasm.png Consume Plasma 1 Gain all boons.
F2 Detonate Plasma.png Detonate Plasma 0.75¾ Grant boons to nearby allies.
F2 Drink.png Drink 0.5½ You become invulnerable.
F2 Drink Ambrosia.png Drink Ambrosia 0.5½ Gain damage reduction and multiple boons.
F2 Eat Egg.png Eat Egg 0.5½ Restore health and initiative.
F2 Essence Sap.png Essence Sap 0.5½ Throw energy at your target, slowing them.
F2 Exploding Venom Sack.png Exploding Venom Sack 0.5½ Cover the target area in a poisonous cloud.
F2 Healing Seed (bundle skill).png Healing Seed 0.5½ 15 Periodically grants regeneration and removes conditions from you and your allies.
F2 Ice Shard Stab.png Ice Shard Stab Stab and chill your foe.
F2 Mace Head Crack.png Mace Head Crack 0.25¼ Daze your foe.
F2 Rusty Scrap Strike.png Rusty Scrap Strike Bleed, poison, and weaken your foe with a strike from your rusty scrap.
F2 Shoot Rifle.png Shoot Rifle 0.5½ Shoot your foe, launching them back and making them vulnerable while pushing yourself back.
F2 Skull Fear.png Skull Fear 0.5½ Strike fear into nearby foes.
F2 Soul Stone Venom.png Soul Stone Venom Venom. Use a corrupted soul stone to remove conditions on allies and apply a stack of venom for each condition removed. Allies that hit with this venom will initiate a strike that originates from the thief.
F2 Use Whip.png Throw Chain 0.5½ Throw a chain to cripple and immobilize your foe.
F2 Throw Coral Shard.png Throw Coral Shard 0.75¾ Throw a coral shard at a foe to cause bleeding and vulnerability.
F2 Throw Crystal Shard.png Throw Crystal Shard 0.5½ Throw a crystal shard and bleed a foe.
F2 Throw Cursed Artifact.png Throw Cursed Artifact 0.5½ Throw the artifact to the ground to curse an area, inflicting conditions on foes with every pulse.
F2 Fire Snowball.png Throw Enchanted Ice 0.5½ Throw a deadly orb ice that explodes when it lands. Allies in the blast radius gain stability and frost armor.
F2 Throw Feathers.png Throw Feathers 0.5½ 6 Throw a handful of feathers to blind nearby foes. Stealth yourself.
F2 Throw Gear.png Throw Gear 1 Throw the gear at your foe, stunning them.
F2 Throw Gunk.png Throw Gunk 0.5½ Throw gunk at target area to inflict a random condition.
F2 Throw Lava Rock.png Throw Lava Rock 0.5½ Throw a lava rock that burns your foe.
F2 Throw Magnetic Bomb.png Throw Magnetic Bomb 0.75¾ Throw a bomb that continuously pulls enemies to its point of impact.
F2 Net Shot.png Throw Net 0.5½ Immobilize foes by throwing your net.
F2 Throw Boulder.png Throw Rock 1 Throw a rock to daze your foe.
F2 Throw Boulder.png Throw Rock 1 Throw a rock to knock down your foe.
F2 Throw Scale.png Throw Scale 0.5½ Throw the scale to bleed and poison your foe.
F2 Throw Unstable Reagent.png Throw Unstable Reagent 0.5½ Creates a spacial fluctuation that pulls foes to the center, making them vulnerable and removing their boons.
F2 Poultice (skill).png Time in a Bottle 10.25¼ Grant your allies alacrity and quickness.
F2 Tooth Stab.png Tooth Stab Stab and bleed your foe.
F2 Unstable Artifact.png Unstable Artifact 0.25¼ Shadowstep to a target location, immobilizing enemies in the area. If a downed ally is in that area, instead shadowstep them to you and partially revive them.
F2 Use Staff.png Use Scepter Use the scepter attack with a random effect.
50% chance to stun your target with a Lightning Whip.
50% chance to burn the area around you with an unblockable Flame Burst.
F2 Use Staff.png Use Staff Use the staff to create random attacks.
50% chance to damage and stun foes with a Chain Lightning that strikes up to three foes.
50% chance to damage and burn a single foe with a Fireball.
F2 Use Staff.png Use Trident Use the trident to create random attacks.
50% chance to damage and bleed foes with a rock blade.
50% chance to damage and knock back a single foe with a water missile.
F2 Whirling Axe (stolen skill).png Whirling Axe 30.25¼ Spin and attack nearby foes. You can move while spinning.
F2 Whirling Strike (Driftwood).png Whirling Strike 0.75¾ Strike nearby foes, pushing them back.

Deadeye icon small.png Deadeye

F1 Deadeye's Mark.png Deadeye's Mark 0.5½ 25 Mark a target, causing your initiative attacks to generate malice when they hit or critically hit your mark. Lose all malice when the mark ends or when this skill is recast on a new target.
Malice is only gained once per skill use.
F2 Steal Defenses.png Steal Defenses 0.25¼ 0.5½ Grant aegis to allies around you and poison your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold.
F2 Steal Durability.png Steal Durability 0.25¼ 0.5½ Grant protection to allies around you and inflict vulnerability on your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold.
F2 Steal Health.png Steal Health 0.25¼ 0.5½ Heal allies around you and inflict bleeding on your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold.
F2 Steal Mobility.png Steal Mobility 0.25¼ 0.5½ Grant superspeed to allies around you and immobilize your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold.
F2 Steal Precision.png Steal Precision 0.25¼ 0.5½ Grant fury to allies around you and blind your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold.
F2 Steal Resistance.png Steal Resistance 0.25¼ 0.5½ Grant resistance to allies around you and inflict torment on your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold.
F2 Steal Strength.png Steal Strength 0.25¼ 0.5½ Grant might to allies around you and weaken your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold.
F2 Steal Time.png Steal Time 0.25¼ 0.5½ Grant quickness to allies around you and slow your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold.
F2 Steal Warmth.png Steal Warmth 0.25¼ 0.5½ Grant vigor to allies around you and chill your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold.

Specter icon small.png Specter

F1 Siphon.png Siphon 0.5½ 18 Steal.
F2 Enter Shadow Shroud.png Enter Shadow Shroud 8 Ally target: Enter shadow shroud and tether a targeted or previously siphoned ally, granting them barrier. If no target is selected, one will be chosen randomly in the indicated radius.
F2 ChainExit Shadow Shroud.png Exit Shadow Shroud Exit your shadow shroud, breaking the tether between you and your ally.

Elementalist icon small.png Elementalist

F1 Fire Attunement.png Fire Attunement Attune to fire, gaining heavy damage and burning abilities.
F2 Water Attunement.png Water Attunement Attune to water, gaining superior support and healing abilities.
F3 Air Attunement.png Air Attunement Attune to air, gaining heavy damage and control abilities.
F4 Earth Attunement.png Earth Attunement Attune to earth, gaining superior damage-over-time and defensive abilities.

Tempest icon small.png Tempest

F1 Overload Fire.png Overload Fire 4 20 Overload. Unleash your flames, granting might to allies and burning enemies. Finishing the cast creates a tornado that continues to grant might and burn foes. Using this skill causes the attunement to have a longer recharge.
F2 Overload Water.png Overload Water 4 20 Overload. Create a surge of accumulated water magic, healing and cleansing allies. When the cast ends, heal the area and apply regeneration. Using this skill causes the attunement to have a longer recharge.
F3 Overload Air.png Overload Air 4 20 Overload. Use your air magic to summon a nimbus that repeatedly strikes nearby enemies. When this ability is complete, imbue your allies with electricity and create a lingering static region that strikes enemies at the same interval. Using this skill causes the attunement to have a longer recharge.
F4 Overload Earth.png Overload Earth 4 20 Overload. Ride your stored earth magic around, granting protection to other allies you move over and crippling enemies, then deliver a final immobilizing blast of power to the area, leaving behind a dust cyclone that delivers the same effects as the overload. Using this skill causes the attunement to have a longer recharge.

Catalyst icon small.png Catalyst

F5 Deploy Jade Sphere (fire).png Deploy Jade Sphere 15 Summon your Jade Sphere, creating a combo field and granting boons to allies in its radius based on your current attunement.
F5 Deploy Jade Sphere (water).png Deploy Jade Sphere 15 Summon your Jade Sphere, creating a combo field and granting boons to allies in its radius based on your current attunement.
F5 Deploy Jade Sphere (air).png Deploy Jade Sphere 15 Summon your Jade Sphere, creating a combo field and granting boons to allies in its radius based on your current attunement.
F5 Deploy Jade Sphere (earth).png Deploy Jade Sphere 15 Summon your Jade Sphere, creating a combo field and granting boons to allies in its radius based on your current attunement.

Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer

F1 Mind Wrack.png Mind Wrack 12 Shatter. Destroy all your clones, damaging nearby foes. The shatter effect also occurs at your location.
F2 Cry of Frustration.png Cry of Frustration 25 Shatter. Destroy all your clones, confusing nearby foes. The shatter effect also occurs at your location.
F3 Diversion.png Diversion 38 Shatter. Destroy all your clones, dazing their targets. The shatter effect also occurs at your location.
F4 Distortion.png Distortion 50 Shatter. Gain distortion and destroy all your clones, gaining additional distortion for each one shattered.

Chronomancer icon small.png Chronomancer

F1 Split Second (skill).png Split Second 12 Shatter. Destroy all your clones, damaging nearby foes. Strikes again after a delay.
Shatter traits only affect the first strike of this skill.
F2 Rewinder.png Rewinder 30 Shatter. Destroy all your clones, confusing nearby foes and recharging this skill for each clone shattered.
F3 Time Sink.png Time Sink 38 Shatter. Destroy all your clones, dazing and slowing their targets.
F5 Continuum Split.png Continuum Split 105 Destroy all your clones and create a rift in the space-time continuum. When it expires, you will revert back to your original point with your previous health, endurance, and skill recharges. Duration increases with each illusion shattered.
This skill's recharge cannot be reset by other mesmer skills.
F5 ChainContinuum Shift.png Continuum Shift Revert back to the previous timeline. Your health, endurance and cooldowns are reverted to their previous states. You are transported back prematurely if the rift is destroyed.

Virtuoso icon small.png Virtuoso

F1 Bladesong Harmony.png Bladesong Harmony 0.75¾ 12 Bladesong. Fire all stocked blades at your target.
F2 Bladesong Sorrow.png Bladesong Sorrow 0.5½ 20 Bladesong. Fire all stocked blades, inflicting your target with conditions.
F3 Bladesong Dissonance.png Bladesong Dissonance 0.5½ 30 Bladesong. Combine all your blades into one large blade that dazes targets based on the number of blades consumed.
F4 Distortion.png Bladesong Distortion 50 Bladesong. Gain distortion and consume all stocked blades, gaining additional distortion for each consumed blade.
F5 Bladeturn Requiem.png Bladeturn Requiem 30 Bladesong. Send your blades spinning around you to hit nearby foes. Spinning blade duration scales with number of blades consumed.

Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer

F1 Death Shroud.png Death Shroud 10 Assume a spectral form and gain new skills, turning your life force into health.
F1 ChainEnd Death Shroud.png End Death Shroud Leave Death Shroud and return to your normal form.

Reaper icon small.png Reaper

F1 Reaper's Shroud.png Reaper's Shroud 10 Assume the form of a reaper and gain new skills, turning your life force into health.
F1 ChainExit Reaper's Shroud.png Exit Reaper's Shroud Leave Reaper's Shroud and return to your normal form.

Scourge icon small.png Scourge

F1 Manifest Sand Shade.png Manifest Sand Shade 0.5½ Shade. Manifest a sand shade using some of your life force[sic]. Using a shade ability strikes enemies near you and your shades.
F2 Nefarious Favor.png Nefarious Favor 5 Shade. Your shades convert a condition on nearby allies into a boon.
Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast.
F3 Sand Cascade.png Sand Cascade 10 Shade. Sand rises up near your shades to shield nearby allies.
Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast.
F4 Garish Pillar.png Garish Pillar 15 Shade. Induce fear in enemies around your sand shades.
Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast.
F5 Desert Shroud.png Desert Shroud 20 Shade. Enter the desert shroud, gaining a powerful barrier and pulsing necrotic energy around your sand shades.
Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per pulse.

Harbinger icon small.png Harbinger

F1 Harbinger Shroud.png Harbinger Shroud 10 Enter Harbinger Shroud, granting powerful offensive skills but leaving you vulnerable to attack.
As you remain in Harbinger Shroud, you accumulate blight over time.
Blight decreases your maximum health.
F1 ChainExit Harbinger Shroud.png Exit Harbinger Shroud Leave Harbinger Shroud and return to your normal form.

Notes[edit]

  • Base profession mechanics normally appear in the first through fifth profession mechanic slots if no elite specialization is equipped, or if no minor adept for an elite specialization is trained.

See also[edit]