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| − | 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 and 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 |
+ | 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 and 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 == |
== Acquiring elite skills == |
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| − | + | Elite skills are more difficult to acquire than standard skills. One way of obtaining them in [[PvE]] is to do the following: |
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* Purchase a [[Signet of Capture]] from a [[skill trainer]]. |
* Purchase a [[Signet of Capture]] from a [[skill trainer]]. |
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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. |
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. |
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| − | Alternatively, you may also unlock |
+ | Alternatively, you may also unlock elite skills for [[PvP]] only by spending 3,000 [[faction (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 [[Guild Wars PvP Edition|skill packs]] through the [[Guild Wars Official Store|Guild Wars online store]]. |
Also, you can purchase [[Guild Wars PvP Edition|skill packs]] through the [[Guild Wars Official Store|Guild Wars online store]]. |
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Revision as of 02:11, 20 May 2007
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 trainers like normal skills can and 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.
- Obtaining elite tomes either through monsters or locked chests on 'Hard Mode', or from other players.
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 professions. 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 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 skill packs through the Guild Wars online store.
Notes
When a character captures an elite skill, and he had another one equipped already, both elite skills will temporarily remain on the skill bar until he leaves the explorable area.
When a character leaves the explorable area, any elite skills beyond the first are removed from the skill bar, leaving only the left-most skill on the bar (if skill slots 3 and 4 were both elites, 3 would stay while 4 would go). The other slots that contained elite skills will be emptied (but the skills remain unlocked for that character). 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 also the Nightfall Elite Skill Simple Thievery.
Amassing a large number of elite skills is the objective of the Skill Hunter title.
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#elite
Related skills
These skills operate on elite skills though not elite themselves:
