Skill

Skills are special actions carried out by characters in Guild Wars. They are often specific to certain professions although some Skills are generic and can be carried out by anyone regardless of their profession.

Only eight Skills can be carried by any character at one time, and those Skills must be either related to their primary or secondary profession, or they must be profession generic. Skills are equipped to the Skill Bar while inside Cities or Outposts. Once in an Explorable Area or Mission Skills cannot be swapped. Skills can only be executed in Explorable Areas or Missions. Most Skills are executed on an individual target by clicking on that target and executing the skill.

Each Skill has certain details associated with it that explain how that Skill will behave when executed.

Related Pages

 * Spells A subset of all skills, spells are those skills wielded by casters.
 * Skill Details More information about skills.
 * Skills Category lists all known skills, grouped by their related profession and attribute.