Editing Elite skill

An [[elite skill]] is a special type of [[skill]] that is generally more powerful than normal skills.  Elite skills can be identified by a golden border surrounding their icon.  Elite skills cannot be purchased from [[skill trainer]]s like normal skills can. Instead, Elite Skills are "captured" from a paticular boss, via  a [[Signet of Capture]]. Elite skills are not available at all until the Crystal Desert in Prophecies, Kaineng City in Factions, or Kourna in Nightfall.  A character may only place one elite skill in his skill bar at a time; putting a second one will cause the first to be automatically removed.

== Acquiring elite skills ==
Elite skills are more difficult to acquire than standard skills. One way of obtaining them in [[PvE]] is to do the following:

* Purchase a [[Signet of Capture]] from a [[skill trainer]].
* Put the Signet of Capture on your [[Skill Bar]].
* Find and kill a [[boss]] who has a desired elite skill (see locations link below).
* Use the Signet of Capture near the dead boss, causing a list of its skills to appear.
* Select the elite skill from a list of the boss's skills and click ''capture''.

When a character captures an elite skill, they gain 250 [[experience]] for each of their levels (e.g., 5000 XP at level 20) and the signet is permanently replaced by the captured skill.  The character can have as many of these signets on their skill bar at one time as desired.

You may only capture elite skills that belong to your primary and secondary [[profession]]s.  If you use Signet of Capture on a boss that doesn't share a profession with you, you will not be able to choose a skill to capture and the signet will remain on your bar.

Alternatively, you may also unlock elite skills for [[PvP]] only by spending 3,000 [[Balthazar Faction]] each at a [[Priest of Balthazar]], for example in the [[Great Temple of Balthazar]]. You can then use an [[Elite Tome]] of a PvE character's profession to capture any elite skill of that profession you have unlocked for your account.

Also, you can purchase a [[PvP Unlock Pack]] through the [[Guild Wars In-Game Store]].

==Notes==
*When a character captures an elite skill while already having one or more on their skill bar, all elite skills will temporarily remain on the skill bar until that player leaves the [[explorable area]]. 

*When a character leaves an explorable area, only the right-most elite skill will be retained. The other slots containing elite skills will be emptied. This will happen ''even when travelling between explorable areas'' so be careful with your Signet of Capture if you already have an elite skill on your bar and plan to be out adventuring for a while.

*It is technically possible to temporarily have a full skill bar of elite skills (not including freshly captured ones) by using skills such as [[Inspired Enchantment]], [[Revealed Enchantment]], [[Inspired Hex]], [[Revealed Hex]], [[Arcane Thievery]], [[Arcane Larceny]], [[Arcane Mimicry]], [[Arcane Echo]], and [[Simple Thievery]].  

*When capturing an elite skill from [[Eye of the North]], the corresponding campaign is required. 

*Amassing a large number of elite skills is the objective of the [[Skill Hunter]] title.

*There are five elite skills observed to have been used in [[pre-Searing Ascalon]]:  [[Elementalist Aziure]] uses [[Ward Against Harm]], [[Devona]] uses [[Earthshaker]] during the quest [[Trouble in the Woods]], [[Bill]] the bull uses [[Bull's Charge]], [[Vatlaaw Doomtooth]] uses [[Barrage]], and [[Prince Rurik]] uses [[Hundred Blades]].

*Some monsters can use [[:Category:Multiple_elite_creatures|multiple elite skills]].

*A group of players out to capture skills together is called a [[capping group]].

===Counts of elite skills by campaign and profession===
{| {{STDT}}
! ||{{w}}||{{r}}||{{mo}}||{{n}}||{{me}}||{{e}}||{{rt}}||{{a}}||{{p}}||{{d}}||Total
|-
![[Core]]
|5||5||5||5||5||5||0||0||0||0||30
|-
![[Prophecies]]
|11||10||10||10||9||10||0||0||0||0||60
|-
![[Factions]]
|10||10||10||10||10||10||15||15||0||0||90
|-
![[Nightfall]]
|10||10||10||10||10||10||10||10||15||15||110
|-
!Total
|36||35||35||35||34||35||25||25||15||15||290
|-
|}
There are 3 elite skills in [[Eye of the North]], but they are [[common skills]] and do not count for the [[Skill Hunter]] title track.

==Lists of elite skills==
*For an alphabetical listing of all elite skills, see: [[:Category:Elite skills]]
*For a list of elite skills by profession, see: [[Elite skills list]]
*For a list of elite skill locations, see: [[Elite skill locations]] or [[Skills by capture location]]

==Related skills==
These skills operate on elite skills though not elite themselves:
*{{me}} [[Arcane Mimicry]]
*{{me}} [[Price of Pride]]
*{{me}} [[Signet of Humility]]

[[Category:Glossary]]

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