Dervish



The Dervish is a profession available in Guild Wars Nightfall. The class has been described as "a scythe-wielding holy warrior".

General
The Dervish is a close range fighter wielding a scythe capable of hitting multiple opponents and utilizing enchantments to deal damage, cause conditions, and protect and heal itself. Many of its abilities strike multiple foes, allowing it to be a fierce combatant on the battle field.

The Dervish also has the ability to temporarily transform into 'the physical embodiment of a god'. This consists of 5 Elite Form skills, each referring to one of the five Gods of Tyria.

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

Attack Weapon: Scythe
The nice thing about the Dervish is their weapon: The Scythe has a longer range than other melee weapons. Instead of just hitting one foe, it can hit a target and up to 3 adjacent foes. More information has become available about the Dervish, such as the Scythe can have an inscription, and that it has an attack speed slightly slower than a hammer. More information will become available when Guild Wars Nightfall has been out longer.

The abilty to hit multiple foes together with Live Vicariously or Vigorous Spirit makes the Dervish a good candidate to be a solofarmer.

Attributes

 * Mysticism (Primary) : Whenever an Enchantment ends on you, you gain 1 Health for each rank of Mysticism and 1 Energy for every 3 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
See Secondary professions for a Dervish

Related Articles

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

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. The Word dervish appeals to some as the sand dwellers that are agile assassin like but they have more of missionary or warrior of the gods image to them