User:Dr ishmael/List of warrior skills c

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This is a list of warrior skills.

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

Two-hand weapons

Greatsword

	Skill	Recharge	Description
	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.
1	Greatsword Swing	0.5½		Chain. Slash your foe.
	Greatsword Swing, Greatsword Slice, Brutal Strike  Greatsword Slice	0.5½		Chain. Slice your foe.
	Greatsword Swing, Greatsword Slice, Brutal Strike  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	1	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

	Skill	Recharge	Description
	Earthshaker	0.75¾	8	Burst. Jump to the targeted location and slam your hammer down, damaging and stunning foes.
1	Hammer Swing	0.5½		Chain. Bash your foe.
	Hammer Swing (warrior skill), Hammer Bash (warrior skill), Hammer Smash  Hammer Bash	0.5½		Chain. Bash your foe again.
	Hammer Swing (warrior skill), Hammer Bash (warrior skill), Hammer Smash  Hammer Smash	0.5½		Smash the ground and damage nearby foes.
2	Fierce Blow	0.75¾	6	Weaken your foe with a fierce blow, dealing increased damage when striking a controlled or defiant foe. Controls include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
3	Hammer Shock	0.5½	8	Smash the ground and send out a crippling wave.
4	Staggering Blow	0.5½	18	Push back nearby foes with a staggering blow.
5	Backbreaker	1	25	Knock down your foe. Weakened foes stay knocked down longer. Recharges Fierce Blow if you control a foe with this ability. Recharges Fierce Blow if striking a target with a defiance bar.

Longbow

	Skill	Recharge	Description
	Combustive Shot	0.75¾	8	Burst. 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	5	Fire a spread of three flaming arrows, burning foes.
3	Arcing Arrow	0.75¾	1	Shoot a slow, arcing arrow that explodes on impact.
4	Smoldering Arrow	0.25¼	0.5½	Shoot an arrow that explodes on impact, blinding foes.
5	Pin Down	0.75¾	20	Fire an arrow that bleeds and immobilizes your target.

Rifle

	Skill	Recharge	Description
	Kill Shot	10.25¼	8	Burst. 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	3	Fire a precise shot that cripples your foe.
2	Volley	20.5½	1	Fire a volley of shots at your foe.
4	Brutal Shot	0.5½	1	Evade backward, then fire an immobilizing shot.
5	Rifle Butt	0.5½	15	Knock back your foe with your rifle butt. Successfully striking a foe recovers ammunition for each of your other rifle skills.

Dual-wield weapons

Axe

	Skill	Recharge	Description
	Eviscerate		8	Burst. Leap at your foe with a devastating attack. Effect increases with adrenaline level. Gain might if this attack hits.
1	Chop	0.25¼		Chain. Chop your foe.
	Chop, Double Chop, Triple Chop  Double Chop	0.25¼		Chain. Chop your foe twice.
	Chop, Double Chop, Triple Chop  Triple Chop	10.5½		Deliver three final chops to your foe.
2	Cyclone Axe	0.5½	6	Spin around and attack all nearby foes, applying vulnerability each hit. Gain fury for each foe hit.
3	Throw Axe	0.25¼	1	Throw an axe that cripples foes, dealing bonus damage at lower health thresholds.
4	Dual Strike	0.5½	12	Strike your foe with both weapons. Gain quickness for each strike that hits.
5	Whirling Axe	30.5½	15	Spin and attack nearby foes. You can move while spinning.

Mace

	Skill	Recharge	Description
	Skull Crack	0.5½	8	Burst. Stun your foe with a skull crack. Effect increases with adrenaline level.
1	Mace Smash	0.5½		Chain. Smash your foe.
	Mace Smash, Mace Bash, Pulverize  Mace Bash	0.5½		Chain. Bash your foe.
	Mace Smash, Mace Bash, Pulverize  Pulverize	0.75¾		Thrash your foe, leaving them weakened.
2	Counterblow		7	Block the next attack. Counter with an attack if you are in melee range. Gain adrenaline if not attacked.
	Adrenaline Rush
3	Pommel Bash		10	Daze your foe with a brutal pommel bash. If you strike a foe that is using a skill, gain barrier.
4	Crushing Blow	0.75¾	12	Crush your opponent's armor, leaving them vulnerable and gaining might. Vulnerability and might stacks doubled if you hit a disabled foe. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
5	Tremor	0.5½	18	Smash the ground with your mace, damaging your target and sending out a shock wave that damages and knocks down foes. Recharge Crushing Blow if you strike an enemy.

Sword

	Skill	Recharge	Description
	Flurry	0.5½	8	Burst. Immobilize your foes with a flurry of bleeding strikes. Effect increases with adrenaline level.
1	Sever Artery	0.5½		Chain. Bleed your foe with a slash.
	Sever Artery, Gash, Hamstring  Gash	0.5½		Chain. Bleed your foe with a gash.
	Final Thrust	0.5½	12	Strike your foe with a final powerful thrust that does extra damage and inflicts bleeding against foes below the health threshold.
2	Savage Leap	0.75¾	8	Lunge at your foe and strike them with your sword.
1	Hamstring	0.25¼		Cripple your foe with a precise slash.
4	Impale	0.5½	15	Throw your sword at your foe to impale them.
	Impale (warrior sword skill), Rip  Rip	0.75¾	1	Rip your sword from your foe for extra damage.
5	Riposte	20.25¼	15	Block the next attack. Riposte and bleed your foe if you block a melee attack. Gain adrenaline if you are not attacked.
	Adrenaline Rush

Off-hand-only weapons

Shield

	Skill	Recharge	Description
4	Shield Bash	0.75¾	20	Bash your foe with your shield and stun them.
5	Shield Stance	3	25	Block attacks.

Warhorn

	Skill	Recharge	Description
4	Charge	0.5½	20	Grant boons and remove movement-impairing conditions from allies.
5	Call of Valor	0.5½	20	Removes conditions from allies and grants them vigor. Affected targets also gain barrier.

Aquatic weapons

Harpoon gun

	Skill	Recharge	Description
	Forceful Shot	10.75¾	8	Burst. 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	Puncture 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	0.5½	15	Evade backward and fire a shot that immobilizes your foe.
5	Repeating Shot	10.25¼	25	Fire multiple shots that push back your foe.

Spear

	Skill	Recharge	Description
	Whirling Strike	0.75¾	8	Burst. Strike all foes around you. Effect increases with adrenaline level.
1	Stab	0.5½		Chain. Stab your foe.
	Stab (warrior skill), Jab (warrior skill), Impale (warrior spear skill)  Jab	0.75¾		Chain. Jab your foe.
	Stab (warrior skill), Jab (warrior skill), Impale (warrior spear skill)  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	Barbed Pull	0.5½	10	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	Skill points	Recharge	Description
Healing Signet	10.25¼	20	Signet Passive: Regenerate health. Signet Active: Heal yourself, and grant yourself resistance.
"To the Limit!"	1	24	Shout. Heal yourself and regain all adrenaline. Nearby allies gain endurance.
Mending	1	12	Physical. Remove conditions and heal yourself.

Utility

Skill	Type	Skill points	Recharge	Description
Banner of Defense	0.25¼	30	Banner. Place a banner that grants barrier and boons on initial placement, then pulses boons to you and nearby allies afterward.
Banner of Discipline	0.75¾	30	Banner. Place a banner that grants damages and applies conditions on initial placement, then pulses additional boons to you and nearby allies afterward.
Banner of Strength	0.75¾	30	Banner. Place a banner that damages and dazes foes on initial placement, then pulses boons to you and nearby allies afterward.
Banner of Tactics	0.25¼	30	Banner. Place a banner that grants boons and superspeed and breaks stuns on initial placement, then pulses boons to you and nearby allies afterward.
Bull's Charge	1	24	Physical. Charge and knock down your foe.
Kick	0.5½	3	Physical. Push your foe back with a kick.
Stomp	0.75¾	20	Physical. Gain stability and launch nearby foes into the air with a powerful stomp. Gain stability for each enemy struck.
Throw Bolas	0.5½	1	Physical. Throw bolas to immobilize your foe.
"Fear Me!"		48	Shout. Induce fear in your foes. Fear duration increases based on your distance to the enemy.
"For Great Justice!"		5	Shout. Grant fury and might to yourself and allies.
"I Will Avenge You!"		85	Shout. Gain might, regeneration, and swiftness. If you kill a foe, your allies rally.
"Shake It Off!"		5	Shout. Cure conditions on yourself and nearby allies. Also breaks stuns for affected allies.
Dolyak Signet		25	Signet Passive: Reduces incoming damage. Signet Active: Heal yourself and gain stability.
Signet of Fury		16	Signet Passive: Improves precision. Signet Active: Gain adrenaline and improve your precision and ferocity.
Signet of Might		20	Signet Passive: Improves power. Signet Active: Attacks are unblockable and you gain might.
Signet of Stamina		20	Signet Passive: Faster endurance regeneration. Signet Active: Cure all conditions and gain endurance. Gain additional endurance for each condition cured.
Balanced Stance		25	Stance. Gain stability and swiftness on an interval. Become immune to critical hits.
Berserker Stance		30	Stance. Gain adrenaline for a short time. Gain pulsing resistance.
Endure Pain		30	Stance. Take no damage from attacks. You are still susceptible to conditions and control effects.
Frenzy		20	Stance. Frenzy to gain quickness and might.

Elite

Skill	Type	Skill points	Recharge	Description
Battle Standard	2	90	Banner. Place a battle standard that revives fallen allies and finishes downed foes. Once placed, the banner periodically grants boons to allies.
Rampage	1	60	Physical. Take the form of a massive juggernaut, reducing the damage you take and the duration of incoming movement-impeding conditions.
Signet of Rage	0.25¼	40	Signet Passive: Grants adrenaline while in combat. Signet Active: Gain fury, might, and swiftness.

Downed skills

	Skill	Recharge	Description
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. You have a chance to fully rally if you kill an enemy. When the vengeance ends, you are defeated.
4	Bandage	490.25¼	5	Call your allies for help. Restores health while you channel it.

Drowning

	Skill	Recharge	Description
1	Punch		1	Punch your foe.
2	Kick	0.5½	5	Cripple your foe with a kick.
3	Vengeance	0.5½	20	Rally and fight normally for a brief time. You have a chance to fully rally if you kill an enemy. When the vengeance ends, you are defeated.
4	Bandage	490.25¼	5	Call your allies for help. Restores health while you channel it.

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.

	Skill	Recharge	Description
1	Stab	0.5½		Stab a foe with your banner.
4	Sprint	10.25¼	15	Run forward with your banner, ignoring movement-impeding effects.
3	Inspire	0.5½	15	Inspire nearby allies, granting swiftness.
5	Plant Standard	1	10	Plant the standard back in the ground.

Rampage

	Skill	Recharge	Description
1	Smash	0.5½		Physical. Smash your foe.
2	Kick	0.5½	6	Physical. Push back your foe with a kick.
3	Dash	0.75¾	6	Physical. Charge your foe.
4	Throw Boulder	1	12	Physical. Throw a large boulder at your foe.
5	Seismic Leap	0.75¾	15	Physical. Leap into the air and knock down nearby foes where you land.

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Skill lists

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