Chant

Chant: A skill type that grants all allies within earshot a one time boon.

Chants are skills particular to Paragons which allow the Paragon to give themselves and all allies within earshot a boost, typically to their next Attack skill, Signet, or Spell. These chants can have either an Energy or an Adrenaline cost, and a one or two second Activation Time.

As of the Guild Wars Nightfall PvP Preview Event these Chants cannot be removed by any external skill once active, unless from their own trigger condition or duration. The Paragon possesses Chants in three of their attributes: Command, Motivation, and Leadership. Leadership additionally grants the Paragon one energy for each ally affected by each Chant as they are used to a certain maximum defined by the level of the Leadership Attribute.

It is important to differentiate between Shouts and Chants. The most important distinction is that Shouts do not have an activation time and thus can never be interupted. Additionally, all Shouts' names are in quotation marks, and are shown about the character's head in a chat bubble when used. Chants do have activation times, and nothing is shown in a chat bubble above the character's head when used.

Chants are broken into several different types depending on their skill name:
 * Anthem bonuses depend on Attack Skill usage.
 * Aria bonuses depend on Spell usage.
 * Ballad gives its bonus the next time that ally takes Damage
 * Choruses give their bonus the next time that ally uses a Chant or Shout
 * Lyric gives its bonus the next time that ally uses a Signet
 * Songs give their bonus the next time that ally uses a Skill of any type

Related Pages

 * Leadership gives energy whenever a Chant or Shout affects an ally
 * Echo (skill type) is a skill type that interacts with Chants and Shouts.
 * Skill
 * Category:Chants lists Chant skills.