Dervish



The Dervish will be a profession available in the upcoming chapter, Guild Wars Nightfall. So far the class has been described as "a scythe-wielding holy warrior". Little more is known currently.

General
The Dervish armor will consist of robes, which include bracers for the hands and hoods which symbolize their humility to the gods.

According to preview reports, the profession will be a melee character with more in common with a Warrior (W/Mo to be precise) than an Assassin. The Dervish will use scythe-type weaponry and also have some healing and protection abilities.

The Dervish will also have the ability to transform into 'the physical embodiment of a god' temporarily. Whether this refers to the five gods of Tyria or the Deities found in some of the Cantha missions is unknown at this time.

Attributes

 * Mysticism (Primary) : Whenever an Enchantment ends, you gain 3 Health for each rank of Mysticism and 1 Energy for every 2 ranks of Mysticism.
 * Mysticism skills
 * Scythe Mastery : Scythe Mastery increases the damage you do with scythes and your chance to inflict a critical hit when using a scythe. Many skills, especially scythe attack skills, become more effective with higher Scythe Mastery.
 * Scythe Mastery skills
 * Wind Prayers: No inherent effect. Many Dervish Spells, especially those dealing with movement or cold damage, become more effective with higher Wind Prayers.
 * Wind Prayers skills
 * Earth Prayers: No inherent effect. Many Dervish Spells, especially those dealing with defense or Earth damage, become more effective with higher Earth Prayers.
 * Earth Prayers skills

Profession Combinations

 * Core
 * Dervish Warrior
 * Dervish Ranger
 * Dervish Monk
 * Dervish Necromancer
 * Dervish Mesmer
 * Dervish Elementalist
 * Factions
 * Dervish Assassin
 * Dervish Ritualist
 * Nightfall
 * Dervish Paragon



! Rowspan=2 | Secondary (by campaign) -> Primary || colspan=6 | Core (Prophecies) || colspan=2 | Factions || colspan = 2 | Nightfall
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 * Warrior || Ranger ||  Monk ||  Necrom. ||  Mesmer ||  Elem. ||  Assassin ||  Ritualist ||  Paragon ||  Dervish
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 * Dervish || D/W || D/R || D/Mo || D/N || D/Me || D/E || D/A || D/Rt || D/P || -
 * }

Related Articles

 * Skills quick reference
 * Skills by category
 * Armor types
 * Armor crafting quick reference
 * Collector armors
 * Collector weapons
 * Unique items quick reference
 * Effective Dervish guide
 * Scythe

Trivia
The Dervish may be inspired by Sufi Muslim ascetic orders, roughly equivalent to monks, better known by the Persian name Darvish. For more information, see the Wikipedia article Dervish.

Much like 'druid', 'monk', 'knight' and 'paladin', the word 'dervish' has acquired certain connotations in the context of roleplaying games that have diverged from the word's original meaning, more specifically, RPG dervishes are generally agile warriors.