During August and September, 2009, ArenaNet ran a contest that allowed players to submit skill bars for the henchmen that would soon replace heroes in Guild versus Guild and Heroes' Ascent. Players could submit their skill bars to Dizhou [Xunlai Pollster] in the Great Temple of Balthazar. Out of over 30 000 entries, the Guild Wars Live Team selected forty skill bars that the new henchmen would use.
Prizes[ | ]
Forty winners (twenty GvG winners and twenty HA winners) will receive one of each of the following prizes:
- Name a henchman; a henchman named after the winner's character or an appropriate name of the winner's choosing. Names must abide by the Naming Policy and are subject to the approval of the Development Team.
- Everlasting Henchman Tonic; one Everlasting Henchman Tonic. These unique items will grant the winner the ability to temporarily transform into the image of the henchman that they are named after.
Winners[ | ]
Guild versus Guild winners[ | ]
| Henchman | Skill Bar Submitter | Henchman | Skill Bar Submitter |
 Pudash |
"I Will Win Ff" |  Dirk Shadowrise |
"Dark Rising Shadow" |
| Dahlia |
"Leet T H E O R Y" |  Vincent Evan |
"A Papaya In There" |
| Disenmaedel |
"This Is Trigger" | Luzy Fiera |
"Luzy Of Fire" |
 Errol Hyl1 |
"Etron In Vitro" | Motoko Kai |
"Mala Aurora" |
| Lulu Xan |
"Lulu Xan" | Hinata |
"Hajime Hinata" |
 Tannaros |
"Tannaros Tower Rush" |  Kah Xan |
"Saint Reapers Sin" |
| Cassie Santi |
"Cassie Santiago" |  Narcissia |
"Pseudo Antipathy" |
 Redemptor Frohs |
"Sacred Wolfy" |  Zen Siert |
"Zen Si Ert" |
| Julyia |
"Il Juliya Il" |  Blenkeh |
"Aria Of Nerf" |
| Bellicus |
"Bellicus Magnus" | Aurora Allesandra |
"Aurora Alessandra" |
- This henchman was initially named Etron, but was changed to Errol Hyl in the November 19, 2009, update.
Heroes' Ascent winners[ | ]
| Henchman | Skill Bar Submitter | Henchman | Skill Bar Submitter |
| Teena the Raptor |
"Tiny Tina" | Hobba Inaste |
"Our Guild Is Leet" |
| Lora Lanaya |
"Iarwain De Llanowar" | Bacchi Coi |
"Bacchikoi Bacchikoi" |
| Adepte |
"Adepte De La Guerre" | Suzu |
"Der Held" |
| Haldibarn Earendul |
"Haldibarn Earendul" | Rollo Lowlo |
"Rolol Lololol" |
| Daky |
"Unfaithful Servant" | Fuu Rin |
"Pnoy Pride" |
| Syn Spellstrike |
"Syn Spellstrike" | Nuno |
"Hi Captain Obvious" |
| Divinus Tutela |
"Leet Noobified" | Alsacien |
"Le Boucher Alsacien" |
| Blahks |
"Healing Blocks" | Uto Wrotki |
"Uto Pro" |
| Ghavin |
"The Necromaxime" | Khai Kemnebi |
"Khai Kemnebi" |
| Erick |
"Eric The Devistator" | Cole |
"Noodle Legs" |