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Guild Wars 2 - Skills

Profession mechanic

Tool belt skills are the engineer's profession mechanic, occupying the F1 – F4 slots above the skill bar. Each of the engineer's healing and utility skills has an associated tool belt skill — equipping a skill in slots 6 – 9 will automatically place the associated skill in the corresponding tool belt slot. These skills are listed in the healing and utility tables below underneath their associated primary skill.

Weapon skills

Two-handed

Skill Type Recharge Description
Rifle
1  Hip Shot Deliver a quick rifle shot from the hip that pierces targets.
2  Net Shot 10 Immobilize foes with a net shot.
3  Blunderbuss 10 Fire a cloud of shrapnel that causes more damage the closer you are to foes.
4  Overcharged Shot 15 Fire a blast so strong it launches your foe as you fall backward and cures immobilized,crippled, and chilled.
5  Jump Shot 20 Blast the ground, damaging nearby foes and leaping to your target.

Dual-wield

Skill Type Recharge Description
Pistol
1  Explosive Shot Fire a shot that explodes on impact, bleeding nearby foes.
2  Poison Dart Volley 10 Fire a volley of darts that poison foes.
3  Static Shot 15 Discharge a lightning shot that bounces between multiple foes, blinding and confusing them.
4  Blowtorch 15 Unleash flames from your pistol to burn foes. Deal more damage the closer you are.
5  Glue Shot 30 Coat the target area with a glue puddle that immobilizes foes on impact, then cripples foes that remain within.

Offhand only

Skill Type Recharge Description
Shield
4  Magnetic Shield 30 Create a magnetic field that reflects projectiles and can be released to push back foes.
 Magnetic Inversion Release the magnetic field to push back nearby foes.
5  Static Shield 40 Electrify your shield, preparing to throw it at foes. If you are hit, the shield discharges,stunning your nearby attacker.
 Throw Shield Throw your charged shield. Dazes foes it hits on the way out and back.

Aquatic

Skill Type Recharge Description
Harpoon Gun
1  Homing Torpedo Fire a shot that homes in on your foe.
2  Scatter Mines 12 Shoot out a spread of remote-detonated mines.
 Detonate Mines Detonate your mines.
3  Retreating Grapple 18 Retreat while firing a grappling line at your foe, then pull them toward you.
4  Timed Charge 18 Fire a timed charge at your target, damaging nearby foes when it detonates.
5  Net Wall 25 Launch a deployable net wall to immobilize foes caught within.
 Deploy Net Wall Deploy the net wall at its current location, immobilizing foes caught within.

Slot skills

 indicates the healing or utility skill's associated tool belt skill.

Healing

Skill Type Skill Points Recharge Description
 Elixir H Elixir 25 Drink Elixir H to heal yourself and randomly gain protection, regeneration, or swiftness.
 Toss Elixir H Tool belt 30 Toss Elixir H to randomly grant protection, regeneration, or swiftness to allies.
 Healing Turret Turret 3 20 Deploys a turret that heals you briefly, then regenerates you and your allies.
 Cleansing Burst 60 Overcharge your healing turret, supplying a burst of healing that cures all conditions.
 Regenerating Mist Tool belt 60 Release a mist of healing liquid to regenerate nearby allies.
 Detonate Healing Turret Tool belt Detonate your healing turret.
 Med Kit Device kit 1 Equip a kit that replaces your weapon with healing skills.
 Bandage Self Tool belt 20 Bandage your wounds and heal yourself.

Utility

Skill Type Skill Points Recharge Description
 Bomb Kit Device kit 3 Equip a kit that replaces your weapon with bomb skills.
 Big Ol' Bomb Tool belt 30 Set a timed charge with a big blast that launches nearby foes.
 Grenade Kit Device kit 1 Equip a kit that replaces your weapon with grenade skills.
 Grenade Barrage Tool belt 30 Throw several grenades at once.
 Elixir B Elixir 1 40 Drink Elixir B to gain fury, might, retaliation, and swiftness.
 Toss Elixir B Tool belt 20 Toss Elixir B to grant fury, might, retaliation, and swiftness to allies.
 Elixir C Elixir 6 40 Drink Elixir C, converting all conditions into random boons.
 Toss Elixir C Tool belt 30 Toss Elixir C, converting one condition to a random boon for allies.
 Elixir R Elixir 6 45 Drink Elixir R to recover from stun and refill your endurance.
 Toss Elixir R Tool belt 85 Toss Elixir R, curing conditions and reviving allies.
 Elixir S Elixir 3 60 Drink Elixir S to shrink yourself, recover from stun, and evade attacks.
 Toss Elixir S Tool belt 60 Toss Elixir S, either making allies grow and granting them stability, or granting them stealth.
 Elixir U Elixir 1 60 Drink Elixir U, gaining quickness and a random utility skill from another profession.
 Toss Elixir U Tool belt 60 Toss Elixir U, creating a random spell at the target location.
 Personal Battering Ram Gadget 3 45 Launch a[sic] target foe with a concealed ram head.
 Launch Personal Battering Ram Tool belt 18 Shoot out a ram's head in front of you, crippling any struck foes.
 Rocket Boots Gadget 3 30 Fly backward, damaging foes with your rocket exhaust. Cures immobilized, crippled, andchilled.
 Rocket Kick Tool belt 20 Use your rocket boots to do an explosive kick that burns foes.
 Slick Shoes Gadget 6 60 Spray oil behind you, knocking down foes. If underwater, foes entering the field are blinded.
 Super Speed Tool belt 45 Run at double speed.
 Throw Mine Gadget 1 18 Throw out a remote-controlled land mine that damages, knocks back, and removes a boonfrom nearby foes.
 Detonate Detonate your mine to damage foes and remove a boon from them.
 Mine Field Tool belt 45 Plant five mines around yourself.
 Detonate Mine Field Tool belt Detonate your mine [sic], damaging nearby foes.
 Utility Goggles Gadget 1 40 Break out of stun, gaining fury and immunity to blindness.
 Analyze Tool belt 40 Analyze a foe, applying vulnerability.
 Flame Turret Turret 1 40 Deploy a turret that burns foes.
 Smoke Screen 30 Overcharge your flame turret, releasing a smoke screen that blinds nearby foes.
 Throw Napalm Tool belt 60 Throw a ball of napalm that explodes on impact, burning foes around target location.
 Detonate Flame Turret Tool belt Detonate your flame turret.
 Net Turret Turret 3 30 Build a net turret that immobilizes nearby foes.
 Electrified Net 30 Overcharge your turret to fire an electrified net that immobilizes and stuns.
 Net Attack Tool belt 60 Fire a net from your belt to immobilize your foe.
 Detonate Net Turret Tool belt Detonate your net turret.
 Rifle Turret Turret 1 20 Build a rifle turret that shoots at foes.
 Automatic Fire 30 Overcharge your rifle turret to fire a burst of bleeding shots.
 Surprise Shot Tool belt 10 Fire a bullet out of your belt.
 Detonate Rifle Turret Tool belt Detonate your rifle turret.
 Rocket Turret Turret 6 60 Build a turret that fires rockets.
 Explosive Rockets 20 Overcharge your turret to fire explosive rockets.
 Rocket Tool belt 60 Fire a rocket out of your belt that explodes on impact.
 Detonate Rocket Turret Tool belt Detonate your rocket turret.
 Thumper Turret Turret 3 50 Build a high-health thumper turret that damages nearby foes.
 Thump 30 Overcharge your thumper turret to launch nearby foes.
 Shockwave Tool belt 90 Release a shockwave of inertial force to damage nearby foes.
 Detonate Thumper Turret Tool belt Detonate your thumper turret.
 Elixir Gun Weapon kit 6 Arm yourself with an elixir gun that replaces your weapon skills.
 Healing Mist Tool belt 40 Vent a healing mist, granting regeneration to yourself and allies.
 Flamethrower Weapon kit 3 Arm yourself with a flamethrower that replaces your weapon skills.
 Incendiary Ammo Tool belt 60 Burn foes with your next three attacks.
 Tool Kit Weapon kit 6 Equip a kit that gives you a variety of tools.
 Throw Wrench Tool belt 20 Throw you [sic] wrench so that it returns to you, striking foes each way. Repair any turretsthat the wrench hits.

Elite

Skill Type Skill Points Recharge Description
 Elixir X Elixir 10 120 Drink Elixir X, becoming a rampaging brute or whirling tornado. Underwater become either awithering plague or a whirlpool.
 Mortar Turret 30 120 Build a stationary mortar that you or your allies can fire.
 Supply Crate 10 180 Request a massive supply drop, complete with turrets and bandages.

Downed and drowning skills

Skill Type Recharge Description
Downed
1  Throw Junk Throw a bit of junk and inflict a random condition on your foe.
2  Grappling Line 10 Throw out a grappling line to pull your foe to you.
3  Booby Trap 20 Set off an explosive booby trap, launching nearby foes with a powerful blast.
4  Bandage 5 Call your allies for help. Restores health while you channel it.
Drowning
1  Floating Mine Throw out a mine that explodes on impact.
2  Anchor 10 Sink your foe.
3  Buoy 15 Inflate a buoy, floating more quickly to the surface.
4  Bandage 5 Call your allies for help. Restores health while you channel it.

Auxiliary skillbars

These skills replace the main skillbar after activating the specified primary skill.

Bomb Kit

Skill Type Recharge Description
1  Bomb Set a timed charge that damages nearby foes.
2  Fire Bomb 10 Set a timed charge that burns nearby foes.
3  Concussion Bomb 18 Set a timed charge that causes confusion to nearby foes.
4  Smoke Bomb 25 Set a timed charge that creates a cloud of smoke, blinding nearby foes.
5  Glue Bomb 25 Set a timed charge that creates a puddle of glue, immobilizing and crippling nearby foes.

Elixir Gun

Skill Type Recharge Description
1  Tranquilizer Dart Fire a dart that bleeds and weakens foes.
2  Elixir F 8 Fire a bouncing glob of Elixir F that cripples foes and grants swiftness to you and allies.
3  Fumigate 12 Spray a cone of elixir fumes, inflicting poison and vulnerability to foes and curing conditionson allies with every strike.
4  Acid Bomb Elixir 15 Leap backward, spraying an acidic elixir on the ground that damages nearby foes.
5  Super Elixir Elixir 20 Launch an elixir orb, healing allies on impact and creating an area of continual healing.

Flamethrower

Skill Type Recharge Description
1  Flame Jet Spray fire in a cone pattern while on the move, burning enemies on the final attack.
2  Flame Blast 6 Fire a napalm ball that rolls through foes and explodes.
3  Air Blast 15 Push back foes and projectiles with a hot air blast.
4  Napalm 30 Burn foes with a wall of napalm at the target location.
5  Smoke Vent 20 Vent smoke from your flamethrower, blinding nearby foes.

Grenade Kit

Skill Type Recharge Description
1  Grenade Throws a grenade that explodes.
2  Shrapnel Grenade 5 Throws a grenade that explodes in a hail of shrapnel, causing bleeding.
3  Flash Grenade 10 Throw a grenade that explodes in a blinding flash.
4  Freeze Grenade 20 Throw a grenade that chills enemies with a frigid blast.
5  Poison Grenade 25 Throws a grenade that explodes in a poisonous cloud.

Med Kit

Skill Type Recharge Description
 Drop Bandages 12 Drop a pack of bandages that provides a little healing.
4  Drop Antidote 15 Drop a vial of antidote that cures conditions.
5  Drop Stimulant 20 Drop a stimulant that grants fury and swiftness.

Mortar

Skill Type Recharge Description
1  Launch Mortar Shot 2 Launch an explosive round from your mortar, damaging foes in the target area.
2  Launch Caltrops Mortar 12 Launch a mortar round that spreads caltrops in the target area, bleeding and crippling foes who walk through.
3  Launch Elixir Elixir 15 Launch a mortar round that heals allies in the target area.
4  Launch Ice Mortar 30 Launch a mortar round that chills foes in the target area.
5  Launch Concussion Barrage 30 Launch a barrage of rounds that pushes back foes where they land.

Tool Kit

Skill Type Recharge Description
1  Smack Smack your foe. Repair turrets.
 Whack Whack your foe.
 Thwack Thwack your foe.
2  Box of Nails 10 Scatter nails that bleed and cripple foes.
3  Pry Bar 15 Confuse your foe by smacking them with a pry bar.
4  Gear Shield 20 Block attacks.
5  Magnet 25 Pull your target to you.

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