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Profession mechanic

Attunements are the elementalist's profession mechanic, occupying the F1 – F4 slots above the skill bar. Only 1 attunement can be active at a time, and the active attunement determines the available weapon skills. The active attunement can be switched at any time — doing so will place a 15-second cooldown on the previously active attunement, and a 1-second cooldown on the other two attunements.

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

Weapon skills

Two-handed

Skill Type Description
Staff-Fire
1  Fireball Cast a fireball that explodes on impact and hits multiple foes.
2  Lava Font 6 Make lava erupt from the target area.
3  Flame Burst 10 Burn foes at the target location.
4  Burning Retreat 20 Quickly roll backward, leaving behind a line of fire that burns.
5  Meteor Shower 30 Call down a meteor shower onto the target area.
Staff-Water
1  Water Blast Spray a jet of water at foes that also heals allies in the blast radius.
2  Ice Spike 4 Drop a giant ice spike on foes to make them vulnerable.
3  Geyser 20 Create a geyser to heal nearby allies.
4  Frozen Ground 40 Coat the target area in ice, chilling foes that enter it.
5  Healing Rain 45 Call down a healing rain on the target area, granting regeneration to allies and curingconditions once every three seconds.
Staff-Air
1  Chain Lightning Hit multiple foes with arcs of chain lightning.
2  Lightning Surge 10 Charge a lightning surge that blinds foes near your target when it discharges.
3  Gust 30 Push foes backward with a burst of air.
4  Windborne Speed 30 You and nearby allies gain swiftness, while curing crippled, immobilized, and chilled.
5  Static Field 40 Create an electrical field that stuns foes crossing it.
Staff-Earth
1  Stoning Hurl a rock and weaken your foe.
2  Eruption 6 Shake the ground until it erupts and damages foes.
3  Magnetic Aura Aura 30 Reflect projectiles with magnetic energy.
4  Unsteady Ground 30 Create unsteady ground that cripples foes moving through it.
5  Shockwave 30 Create a shockwave that bleeds and immobilizes your target.

Main hand only

Skill Type Recharge Description
Scepter-Fire
1  Flamestrike Strike your foe with flame.
2  Dragon's Tooth 6 Drop an explosive dragon's tooth on your foe.
3  Phoenix 20 Release a fiery phoenix that first attacks foes in a line, then explodes and returns to you, removing conditions and granting you vigor.
Scepter-Water
1  Ice Shards Fire three ice shards at your foe.
2  Shatterstone 2 Create a shatterstone at the target area that explodes after two seconds, inflictingvulnerability.
3  Water Trident 20 Cast a water trident that damages foes and heals allies.
Scepter-Air
1  Arc Lightning Cast an arc of electricity at your foe.
2  Lightning Strike 5 Strike your foe with lightning.
3  Blinding Flash 10 Blind your foe with a flash of light.
Scepter-Earth
1  Stone Shards Fling stone daggers at your foe to bleed them.
2  Rock Barrier 15 Envelop yourself in a stony barrier that improves armor.
 Hurl Hurl the rocks from your rock barrier at your foe.
3  Dust Devil 15 Blind your foes with a blast of sand.

Dual-wield

Skill Type Descriptiion
Dagger-Fire
1  Dragon's Claw Fling fire in a claw-shaped spread at your foe.
2  Drake's Breath 5 Spray a cone of fire at foes while on the move.
3  Burning Speed 15 Slide forward and blast the area, leaving behind a line of fire that burns foes.
4  Ring of Fire 15 Damage nearby foes with a ring of fire, burning foes that pass through it.
5  Fire Grab 45 Damage foes in a cone in front of you. Deal more damage to burning foes.
Dagger-Water
1  Vapor Blade Cast a vapor blade that inflicts vulnerability and returns to you.
2  Cone of Cold 10 Spray an icy blast in a cone that damages foes and heals allies.
3  Frozen Burst 15 Detonate a burst of ice that chills nearby foes.
4  Frost Aura Aura 40 Protect yourself with frost armor. While active, it chills foes that hit you.
5  Cleansing Wave 40 Heal yourself and nearby allies, curing a condition.
Dagger-Air
1  Lightning Whip Lash your foe with lightning.
2  Lightning Touch 10 Shock your foe and inflict weakness.
3  Shocking Aura Aura 25 Envelop yourself with electrical energy that stuns nearby foes if they attack you.
4  Ride the Lightning 15 Ride the lightning to your foe, then strike all nearby foes with an electrical burst.
5  Updraft 40 Gain swiftness from a gust of wind that launches nearby foes.
Dagger-Earth
1  Impale Spear your foes on a giant stone spike.
2  Ring of Earth 6 Bleed foes with a ring of rocky spikes.
3  Magnetic Grasp 12 Immobilize your foe and pull yourself to them with magnetic force.
4  Earthquake 45 Trigger a quake at your location, knocking down foes and dealing massive damage.
5  Churning Earth 30 Hold and release to make the earth churn, crippling nearby foes before unleashing a seismic wave that damages and bleeds them.

Offhand only

Skill Type Recharge Description
Focus-Fire
4  Flamewall 20 Create a wall of flame at the target area that burns foes.
5  Fire Shield Aura 40 Envelop yourself in a shield of fire that burns foes.
Focus-Water
4  Freezing Gust 25 Chill your foe for a brief time.
5  Comet 25 Drop a comet of ice on the target area and daze foes.
Focus-Air
4  Swirling Winds 30 Create a swirling wind that destroys projectiles.
5  Gale 50 Knock down your foe with a charged wind blast.
Focus-Earth
4  Magnetic Wave 25 Damage foes, cure three of your conditions, and reflect projectiles with a magnetic surge.
5  Obsidian Flesh 50 Envelop yourself in stony armor, making yourself invulnerable.

Aquatic

Skill Type Recharge Description
Trident-Fire
1  Magma Orb Shoot a blob of molten rock that explodes after a delay.
2  Boil 10 Boil the water around your foe.
3  Steam 25 Blind your foe with superheated water.
4  Lava Chains 30 Cripple multiple foes with lava chains.
5  Heat Wave 40 Launch three waves of heat. Each burns foes and grants vigor to allies.
Trident-Water
1  Water Missile Launch a slow-moving homing missile.
2  Ice Globe 10 Shoot a slow-moving, detonatable orb of ice.
 Ice Globe Detonate Detonate your ice globe to damage foes.
3  Ice Wall 20 Create a wall of ice that you can shatter, chilling enemies near its location.
 Ice Wall Detonate Detonate your ice wall to damage and chill foes.
4  Undercurrent 25 Release a current of water to damage foes and regenerate allies.
5  Tidal Wave 25 Charge forward with tidal force, damaging foes and healing allies.
Trident-Air
1  Forked Lightning Fire three bolts of lightning in an arc in front of you.
2  Electrocute 5 Charge the water around your foe with electricity.
3  Air Pocket 12 Release a slow-moving, detonatable air pocket. When it explodes, you teleport to that location.
 Vacuum Detonate your air pocket to damage foes.
4  Air Bubble 35 Trap your foe in an air bubble and make them float to the surface.
5  Lightning Cage 35 Create an electrical field that stuns foes crossing it.
Trident-Earth
1  Rock Blade Shoot three rocky blades at your foe.
2  Rock Spray 12 Spray a cone of gravel to bleed foes.
3  Magnetic Current 18 Pull yourself to your foe.
4  Rock Anchor 35 Anchor a rock to your foe, making them Sink.
5  Murky Water 45 Cloud the water to blind your target and nearby foes.

Slot skills

Healing

Skill Type Skill Points Recharge Description
 Ether Renewal 1 15 Heal yourself and cure a condition with every pulse.
 Glyph of Elemental Harmony Glyph 25 Heal yourself and gain a boon based on your attunement.
 Signet of Restoration Signet 3 25 Passive: Grants health every time you cast a spell.Active: Heal yourself.

Utility

Skill Type Skill Points Recharge Description
 Arcane Blast Arcane 6 20 Blast your foe with energy for critical damage.
 Arcane Power Arcane 3 45 Your next five attacks do critical damage.
 Arcane Shield Arcane 1 75 Block attacks with an energy shield. If it blocks three attacks, it explodes.
 Arcane Wave Arcane 1 30 Blast nearby foes with an energy wave for critical damage.
 Armor of Earth Cantrip 6 90 Protect yourself with earth armor and gain protection and stability.
 Cleansing Fire Cantrip 3 50 Cure three conditions, break out of stun, and burn foes.
 Lightning Flash Cantrip 6 45 Teleport to target area.
 Mist Form Cantrip 1 75 Morph into an invulnerable, vaporous mist for a brief time.
 Conjure Earth Shield Conjure 6 60 Manifest a magnetic shield in your hands and at the target location.
 Conjure Flame Axe Conjure 1 60 Manifest a lava axe in your hands and at the target location.
 Conjure Frost Bow Conjure 3 60 Manifest a frost bow in your hands and at the target location.
 Conjure Lightning Hammer Conjure 6 60 Manifest a lightning hammer in your hands and at the target location.
 Glyph of Elemental Power Glyph 1 45 Gain a chance for spells to inflict a condition based on your attunement.
 Glyph of Lesser Elementals Glyph 3 45 Summon an elemental based on your attunement.
 Glyph of Renewal Glyph 6 165 Revive allies with different attunement effects.
 Glyph of Storms Glyph 1 60 Create a storm based on your attunement.
 Signet of Air Signet 3 20 Passive: Grants a 10% increase in movement speed.Active: Blind your target and nearby foes.
 Signet of Earth Signet 3 30 Passive: Improves toughness.Active: Immobilize your foe.
 Signet of Fire Signet 1 20 Passive: Improves critical chance.Active: Burn your foe.
 Signet of Water Signet 3 30 Passive: Cures a condition every ten seconds.Active: Chill your foe.

Elite

Skill Type Skill Points Recharge Description
 Conjure Fiery Greatsword Conjure 10 180 Manifest a fiery greatsword in your hands and at the target location. When it lands, it damages and burns foes.
 Glyph of Elementals Glyph 10 120 Summon an elemental based on your attunement.
 Tornado Transform 30 180 Gain stability and shape-shift into a tornado and [sic] that damages and launches foes.
 Whirlpool Transform 180 Shape-shift into a whirling maelstrom that pulls foes into its destructive vortex.

Downed and drowning skills

Skill Type Recharge Description
Drowned
1  Discharge Lightning Blast your foe with lightning.
2  Grasping Earth 10 Immobilize your foe with hands erupting from the ground.
3  Vapor Form 20 Assume a mobile, vaporous form, returning to a downed state when the effect ends.
4  Bandage 5 Call your allies for help. Restores health while you channel it.
Drowning
1  Water Fist Throws a punch of concentrated water.
2  Stone Kick 6 Wrap your foot in stone and kick your foe.
3  Steam Vent 15 Float to the surface on a burst of steam, blinding and burning enemies.
4  Bandage 5 Call your allies for help. Restores health while you channel it.

Auxiliary skillbars

The following skillbars replace your weapon skills after using the specified skill.

Conjure Earth Shield

This skill also creates a Magnetic Shield environmental weapon that other players can pick up.

Skill Type Recharge Description
1  Shield Smack Smack your foe with the magnetic shield.
2  Crippling Shield 8 Throw your shield in a line, crippling struck foes.
3  Magnetic Surge 12 Unleash a magnetic force, surging at your opponent and dazing them.
4  Magnetic Shield 25 Pull nearby foes to you with a magnetic force.
5  Fortify 45 Use magnetism to envelop yourself in a shield, becoming invulnerable.

Conjure Flame Axe

This skill also creates a Conjured Flame environmental weapon that other players can pick up.

Skill Type Recharge Description
1  Lava Axe Throw a lava axe at your foe.
2  Explosive Lava Axe 5 Throws an explosive lava axe at the target location.
3  Burning Retreat 15 Quickly roll backward, leaving behind a line of fire that burns.
4  Ring of Fire 15 Damage nearby foes with a ring of fire, burning foes that pass through it.
5  Flame Leap 20 Leap at your foe with a flaming attack that causes burning.

Conjure Frost Bow

This skill also creates an Ice Bow environmental weapon that other players can pick up.

Skill Type Description
1  Water Arrow Shoot an arrow of water that damages foes and heals allies around the area of impact.
2  Frost Volley 8 Rapidly fire at your foe, making them vulnerable with each hit.
3  Frost Fan 15 Damage foes with a spread of icy arrows that cause chill.
4  Ice Storm 20 Call down an ice storm on the target area.
5  Deep Freeze 30 Encase your target in a block of solid ice.

Conjure Lightning Hammer

This skill also creates a Lightning Hammer environmental weapon that other players can pick up.

Skill Type Recharge Description
1  Lightning Swing Bash your foe.
 Static Swing Strike your foe again.
 Thunderclap Smash the ground and damage nearby foes.
2  Lightning Leap 6 Leap at your foe and hit them with electrical damage.
3  Wind Blast 18 Launch your foe with a banishing smash.
4  Lightning Storm 20 Strike up to five nearby enemies with lightning.
5  Static Field 25 Manifest an electrical field that stuns foes crossing it.

Conjure Fiery Greatsword

This skill also creates a Fiery Greatsword environmental weapon that other players can pick up.

Skill Type Recharge Description
1  Flame Wave Shoot a fireball at your foe with each swing.
2  Fiery Eruption 5 Ram your sword into the ground and make fire erupt near your foes.
3  Fiery Whirl 5 Advance forward, slashing foes in your way.
4  Fiery Rush 10 Charge at your foe, leaving a line of fire behind you.
5  Firestorm 15 Call down a firestorm on the target area.

Tornado

Skill Type Description
1  Electrified Tornado Electrify your tornado form and make it shoot lightning.
2  Dust Tornado Gather up dust into your tornado form, making it shoot out dust devils that blind foes.
3  Debris Tornado Gather up debris into your tornado form and send it flying.

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