Skill type

Skills are grouped by their skill type. It determines the skills behaviour and what skills target this type of skill. For example most skills especially target on enchantments spells or hexes.

Guild Wars has the following Skill types:
 * Attack skills: (all attack skills count at an attack)
 * Attack (this skill type is an attack, but no melee and no projectile)
 * Axe Attack
 * Bow Attack
 * Hammer Attack
 * Melee Attack
 * Pet Attack
 * Sword Attack
 * Cast skills: (the mayority of all skills)
 * Spell
 * Enchantment (= Enchantment Spell)
 * Hex (= Hex Spell)
 * Shout
 * Signet
 * Creating skills: (rangers create outposts with them by changing the environment)
 * Nature Ritual
 * Trap
 * Activating skills: (you can only have one active at a time)
 * Stance
 * Preparation
 * Glyph
 * global
 * Skill (Skill type) (the skill type "skill" is barely targeted by other skills)