Attunement

This article is about the elementalist mechanic. For the process that grants an additional infusion slot, see Attuned equipment.

An attunement is the profession mechanic of the elementalists. There are four attunement skills in total, representing the elements of fire, water, air and earth. These skills occupy the F1-F4 slots of the mechanic bar by default. Activating an attunement changes the weapon skills on the skill bar, and each weapon type has a unique set of skills for each attunement. Additionally, glyph skills have different effects based on a current attunement.

Attunements are activated instantly and can be used in the middle of the cast of another skill. When one is activated, the previous attunement recharges for 10 seconds, while other attunements which are ready to use will recharge for 1.5 seconds. Both of these recharges can be reduced by the Elemental Enchantment trait, as well as the Alacrity boon.

Elementalists' hands become enveloped by an aura which identifies that character's attunement. Elementalists do not have a "neutral state" as they are always attuned to one of the elements, except when transformed or mounted.

List of attunements

Skill	Description	Unlock level
Fire Attunement	Attune to fire, gaining heavy damage and burning abilities.	1
Water Attunement	Attune to water, gaining superior support and healing abilities.	5
Air Attunement	Attune to air, gaining heavy damage and control abilities.	11
Earth Attunement	Attune to earth, gaining superior damage-over-time and defensive abilities.	15

Mechanics

• Attuning counts as a weapon swap for activating sigils.
• Attunement swap is instant, and can be activated whilst disabled.
• Because Elementalists can't swap weapons in combat, its possible to swap attunements whilst activating a skill without causing it to cancel. This allows for some handy tricks, eg:
  • Start casting Meteor Shower in Fire attunement and then immediately swap to Air to activate Aeromancer's Training and Fresh Air for the extra 400 Ferocity for the meteor hits.
  • Gaining the "on weapon swap" effect of sigils while casting a skill.

Related traits

Traits that improve attunements

• Arcane Prowess (Arcane) — Gain boons when you switch attunements.
• Arcane Restoration (Arcane) — Swapping attunements restores health.
• Elemental Attunement (Arcane) — Grant a boon to nearby allies when changing attunements. Note: This effect will not trigger when attuning to the same element.
• Elemental Enchantment (Arcane) — 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 (Weaver) — Gain increased condition damage and duration for a period of time after attuning to a different element.
• Elemental Polyphony (Weaver) — Gain attributes based on your current attunement. When dual attuned, gain both benefits.
• Elements of Rage (Weaver) — 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.
• Energized Elements (Catalyst) — Gain energy and fury when you switch attunements. Energy can only be gained while in combat.

Traits that change based on attunement

•  Inscription — Gain boons upon casting a glyph based on your attunement.
•  Arcane Restoration — Swapping attunements restores health.
•  Evasive Arcana — Cast a skill when you dodge based on your attunement.
•  Arcane Lightning — Arcane skills grant increased ferocity and have additional effects.
•  Elemental Polyphony — Gain attributes based on your current attunement. When dual attuned, gain both benefits.

Player chatter

Elementalist

Attuning to an element frequently causes the elementalist to shout out one of the following lines, depending on their race, gender and the attunement used.

Race	Gender	Attunement
		Fire Attunement	Water Attunement	Air Attunement	Earth Attunement
Asura	Female	Fire! Observe the power of fire! Spark to flame!	The water's rage! Water! Wave and torrent!	Air! I summon the winds! Let the storms rage!	Earth! I command stone and soil! The earth is my weapon!
	Male	Fire! I have ignition! Turn up the heat!	Cleansing will now begin! Turn the tide! Water!	Air! Now they'll feel my turbulence! Severe weather warning!	Earth! Geological forces, at my command! Rocks and stones will break your bones!
Charr	Female	Burn them! Feel the flame! Fire!	Feel the cold! Making waves! Water!	Air! Storm power! The wind is here!	Earth! Rock solid! Strong as stone!
	Male	Bring the flames! Fire! Immolate!	Behold the ocean's power! My power will drown you! Water!	Air! Lightning and thunder! The wind obeys me!	Earth! I can move mountains! I summon the power of our lands!
Human	Female	Feeling hot! Fire! Now burn!	Behold, the ocean's power! Feel Grenth's icy embrace! Water!	Air! I call upon the storm's power! I summon the power of the storm! Reap the whirlwind!	Earth! I can move mountains! I summon the power of earth!
	Male	Fire! Here come the flames! Getting hotter!	Behold, the ocean's power. My power is like a tidal wave! Water!	Air! Dwayna, heed me! I call upon the storm's power. Reap the whirlwind!	Earth! I can move mountains! I summon the power of Melandru!
Norn	Female	Fire, do my bidding! Flames! Fire! Heat!	Cold power. Feel the cold. Water!	Air! By the winds! The air is mine.	Earth! Solid like rock. Stronger than stone.
	Male	Bringing the fire! Flames are my friend. They'll burn.	Drown in my power. The flow and freeze. Water!	Air! Lightning. Thunder!	Earth! Rocks and mountains! The power of the land.
Sylvari	Female	Ferocious fire! Fire consumes at my whim! I channel the flames!	Currents flow by my will! I am river and ocean! Powerful water!	Glorious air! I channel the wind! The storm shall bend at my word!	Earth and stone conform to my will! I channel rock and soil! Supportive earth!
	Male	Consuming fire! Element of fire, obey me! I am the flames!	Element of water, attend me! I am rain and ice! Persistent water!	Element of wind, heed me! I am the wind! Joyous air!	Element of earth, hear me! I am rock and soil! Solid earth!

Weaver

Weavers frequently shout out one of the following lines when double attuning:

•    +     "Extreme temperatures time!" - "Conflagration!" - "That's my boiling point!"
•    +     "You'll melt away!" - "Searing flesh from bone!" - "My flames burn hotter!"
•    +     "Blood of the earth!" - "These flames run deep!" - "I recommend.. you run!"
•    +     "Shatter!" - "Feel the chill!" - "Cold bites to the bones!"
•    +     "Everything erodes, even you!" - "The pressure of the depths!" - "Natural Wrath."
•    +     "I'll return you to dust!" - "A wind of truth cannot be quelled." - "Blade of the Earth"

Catalyst

Catalysts occasionally shout out one of the following lines when attuning:

•     "A brilliant ember!" - "Heart of a volcano!"
•     "A swift stream!" - "An ocean trench!"
•     "A swirling gust!" - "A thousand storms!"
•     "A ripple in the earth!" - "An ancient mountain!"

Trivia

• Before the release of Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire, human female elementalist could say "Feel the fires of Balthazar!" when attuning to Fire. This was removed with the expansion.

References

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Skill types and profession mechanics