Guild Wars 2 Elementalist Skills and Combos Guide

Guild Wars 2 Elementalist Skills and Combos Guide by Gorani

This section is dedicated to the skills & abilities of the Elementalist in Guild Wars 2. Until the final release of the game, all skills may change, alter their names and effect, cost more or less energy or might even be removed from the game. This list can only document the current status quo of the skills, based on official sources like the wiki.guildwars2.com, arena.net/blog or statements made by ArenaNet employees in various online and print publications.

Downed skills – Surface

Slot	Type	Icon	Skill		Description
Downed	General		Discharge Lightning	–	Blast your foe with lightning.
Downed	General		Grasping Earth	10	Immobilize your foe with hands erupting from the ground.
Downed	Form		Vapor Form	45	Form. Assume a mobile, vaporous form.
Downed	Shout		Bandage	5	Call your allies for help. Restores health while you channel it. Interrupted by damage.

Downed skills – under water

Slot	Type	Icon	Skill		Description
Drowning	?		?	–	?
Drowning	?		?	–	?
Drowning	?		?	–	?
Drowning	Shout		Bandage	5	Call your allies for help. Restores health while you channel it. Interrupted by damage.

Two Handed (long range aquatic weapon, fixed skill set)

Air Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Trident	Air		Forked Lightning	–	Launch a streak of lightning that forks on impact, hitting other foes.
Trident	Air		Electrocute‎	5	Charge the water around your foe with electricity.
Trident	Air		Air Pocket	12	Release a slow-moving, detonatable border=”1″, air pocket. When it explodes, you flash to that location.
Trident	Air		Air Bubble	35	Trap your foe in an air bubble and make them rise to surface.
Trident	Air		Lightning Cage	30	Summon an electrical field that stuns foes crossing it.

Earth Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Trident	Earth		Rock Blade	–	Shoot a rocky blade at your foe.
Trident	Earth		Rock Spray	12	Spray gravel in a cone pattern to bleed foes.
Trident	Earth		Magnetic Current	18	Pulls you to your foe and immobilizes them.
Trident	Earth		Rock Anchor	35	Anchor a rock to your foe, making them sink.
Trident	Earth		Murky Water	45	Blind foes around you.

Fire Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Trident	Fire		Magma Orb	–	Shoot a blob of molten rock that explodes after a delay.
Trident	Fire		Boil	10	Boil the water around your foe.
Trident	Fire		Steam	25	Superheat the water around foe, blinding and burning them.
Trident	Fire		Lava Chains	30	Cripple multiple foes with lava chains.
Trident	Fire		Heat Wave	40	Knock back foes and regenerate allies with a wave of heat.

Water Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Trident	Water		Water Missle	–	Launch a slow-moving homing missile.
Trident	Water		‎Ice Globe → Ice Globe Detonate	5	Shoot a slow-moving, detonatable border=”1″ orb of ice. → Detonate your Ice Globe for damage.
Trident	Water		Ice Wall → Ice Wall Detonate	12	Create a wall of ice that you can shatter. → Detonate your Ice Wall to damage foes.
Trident	Water		Under Current	35	Release a current of water to damage enemies and give regeneration to allies.
Trident	Water		Tidal Wave	30	Charge forward with tidal force, damaging foes and healing allies.

Main Hand (fast medium range skills; skill slots 1-3)

Air Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Dagger Main Hand	Air		Lightning Whip	–	Lash your foe with lightning.
Dagger Main Hand	Air		‎Lightning Touch	6	Shock your foe and make them vulnerable. Condition/Effects:
Dagger Main Hand	Air		Shocking Aura	20	Envelop yourself with electrical energy that stuns nearby foes if they attack you. Condition/Effects:

Earth Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Dagger Main Hand	Earth		Impale	–	Spear your foes on a giant stone spike. Condition/Effects:
Dagger Main Hand	Earth		‎Ring of Earth	6	Bleed foes with a ring of rocky spikes. Condition/Effects:
Dagger Main Hand	Earth		Magnetic Grasp	12	Pull yourself to your foe with a magnetic force. Condition/Effects:

Fire Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Dagger Main Hand	Fire		Dragon’s Claw	–	Fling fire in a claw-shaped spread at your foe.
Dagger Main Hand	Fire		‎Drake’s Breath	5	Spray a cone of fire at foes while on the move. Condition/Effects:
Dagger Main Hand	Fire		Burning Speed	15	Sprint ahead, leaving a line of fire that burns. Condition/Effects: Combo: Fire Field

Water Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Dagger Main Hand	Water		Vapor Blade	–	Cast a vapor blade that inflicts vulnerability and returns to you. Condition/Effects:
Dagger Main Hand	Water		‎Cone of Cold	6	Spray an icy blast in a cone that damages foes and heals allies.
Dagger Main Hand	Water		Frozen Burst	12	Detonate a burst of ice that chills nearby foes. Condition/Effects:

Air Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Dagger Off Hand	Air		Ride the Lightning	15	Ride the lightning to your foe, then strike all nearby enemies with an electrical burst.
Dagger Off Hand	Air		‎Updraft	40	Gain swiftness from a gust of wind that launches nearby foes Boons: Condition/Effects:

Earth Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Dagger Off Hand	Earth		Earthquake	45	Trigger a quake at your location, knocking down foes and dealing massive damage. Condition/Effects: Combo: Blast Finisher
Dagger Off Hand	Earth		‎Churning Earth	30	Hold and release to make nearby earth churn, crippling nearby foes before unleashing a seismic wave that damages and bleeds them. Condition/Effects: Combo: Blast Finisher

Fire Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Dagger Off Hand	Fire		Ring of Fire	15	Damage nearby foes with a ring of fire, burning enemies that pass through it. Condition/Effects: Combo: Fire Field
Dagger Off Hand	Fire		‎Flame Touch	30	Damage foes in a cone in front of you. Deal 150% damage to burning foes.

Water Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Dagger Off Hand	Water		Frost Aura	40	Protect yourself with frost armor. While active, it chills foes that hit you. Condition/Effects:
Dagger Off Hand	Water		‎Cleansing Wave	40	Heal yourself and nearby allies, removing a condition.

Off Hand (medium rage skills; skill slots 4+5)

Air Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Focus	Air		Swirling Aura	30	Create a swirling wind that destroys enemy projectiles.
Focus	Air		‎Gale	50	Knock down your foe with a charged wind blast. Condition/Effects:

Earth Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Focus	Earth		Magnetic Wave	25	Damage foes, remove conditions, and reflect projectiles with a magnetic surge. Combo: Blast Finisher
Focus	Earth		‎Obsidian Flesh	50	Envelop yourself in stony armor, making yourself invulnerable.

Fire Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Focus	Fire		Flamewall	20	Create a wall of flame at the target area that burns foes. Condition/Effects: Combo: Fire Field
Focus	Fire		‎Fire Shield	40	Envelop yourself in a shield of fire that burns foes. Condition/Effects:

Water Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Focus	Water		Freezing Gust	25	Chill your foe for a brief time. Condition/Effects:
Focus	Water		‎Comet	25	Drop a comet of ice on target area and daze foes. Condition/Effects: Combo: Blast Finisher

(close range skills; skill slots 1-3)

Air Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Scepter	Air		Arc Lightning	–	Cast an arc of electricity at your foe.
Scepter	Air		‎Lightning Strike	5	Strike your foe with lightning.
Scepter			Blinding Flash	10	Blind your foe with a flash of light. Condition/Effects:

Earth Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Scepter	Earth		Stone Shards	–	Fling stone daggers at your foe to bleed them. Condition/Effects: Combo: Physical Projectile Finisher (20%)
Scepter	Earth		‎Rock Barrier Hurl	3	Envelop yourself in a stony barrier that improves armor. Summon a rock and hurl it at your foe.
Scepter	Earth		Dust Devil	15	Blind your foes with a blast of sand. Conditions/Effects: Combo: Whirl Finisher

Fire Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Scepter	Fire		Flamestrike	–	Strike your foe with flame. Condition/Effects:
Scepter	Fire		‎Dragon’s Tooth	6	Drop an explosive dragon’s tooth on your foe. Condition/Effects: Combo: Blast Finisher
Scepter	Fire		Phoenix	15	Release a fiery phoenix that first attacks foes in a line, then explodes and returns to you, removing conditions and granting you Vigor. Boons: Combo: Blast Finisher

Water Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Scepter	Water		Ice Shards	–	Fire three ice shards at your foe.
Scepter	Water		‎Shatterstone	2	Create a shatterstone at the target area that explodes after two seconds. Condition/Effects: Combo: Blast Finisher
Scepter	Water		Water Trident	20	Cast a water trident that damages foes and heals allies.

Air Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Staff	Air		Chain Lightning	–	Hit multiple foes with arcs of chain lightning.
Staff	Air		Lightning Surge	3	Charge a lightning surge that blinds foes near your target when it discharges. Condition/Effects:
Staff	Air		Gust	20	Blast foes backwards with a burst of air. Condition/Effects:
Staff	Air		Windborne Speed	20	You and nearby allies gain swiftness, while removing cripple, immobilize, and chill. Boons:
Staff	Air		Static Field	40	Create an electrical field that stuns foes crossing it. Condition/Effects: Combo: Lightning Field

Earth Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Staff	Earth		Stoning	–	Hurl a rock at your foe and cause weakness. Condition/Effects: Combo: Physical Projectile Finisher
Staff	Earth		Eruption	6	Shake the ground until it erupts and damages foes. Condition/Effects:
Staff	Earth		Magnetic Aura	20	Reflect projectiles with magnetic energy.
Staff	Earth		Unsteady Ground	20	Create unsteady ground that cripples foes that move through it. Condition/Effect:
Staff	Earth		Shockwave	20	Create a shockwave that bleeds and immobilizes your target. Condition/Effect: Combo: Physical Projectile Finisher

Fire Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Staff	Fire		Fireball	–	Cast a fireball at foes that explodes on impact and hits multiple foes.
Staff	Fire		Lava Font	6	Make lava erupt from target area. Combo: Fire Field
Staff	Fire		Flame Burst	10	Burn foes at the target location. Annotation: Despite the description, direct damage
Staff	Fire		Burning Retreat	20	Quickly roll backwards, leaving behind a line of fire that burns. Condition/Effect: Combo: Fire Field
Staff	Fire		Meteor Shower	30	Call down a meteor shower on target area.

Water Attunement

Weapon	Attune.	Icon	Skill		Description
Staff	Water		Water Blast	–	Spray a jet of water at foes that also heals allies in the blast radius.
Staff	Water		Ice Spike	4	Drop a giant ice spike on foes, causing vulnerability. Condition/Effect:
Staff	Water		Geyser	20	Summon a geyser to heal nearby allies. Combo: Water Field
Staff	Water		Frozen Ground	30	Coat target area in ice, chilling foes that enter it. Condition/Effect: Combo: Ice Field
Staff	Water		Healing Rain	45	Call down a healing rain on target area, granting regeneration to allies and also removes conditions. Boons: Combo: Water Field

Healing skills (designated skill slot 6)

* Aura of Restoration: It has the effect of healing the player every time a skill is used. ==> not found in game yet
* Ether Renewal: Hold down to expend energy and heal yourself.
* Glyph of Elemental Harmony: Heal self.
==> Attuned to Fire: Gain Might. — Attuned to Air: Gain Swiftness. — Attuned to Water: Gain Regeneration. — Attuned to Earth: Gain Protection. (20)
* Glyph of Healing: Glyph of Healing is a straightforward elementalist healing glyph. ==> not found in game yet
* Signet of Restoration: Passive: Gain health every time you cast a spell. Active: Heal yourself. (40)

Other/Arcanum (unassigned skill slots 7-9)

* Arcane Shield: Block attacks with an arcane energy shield. If it blocks 3 attacks it explodes. (75)
* Energy Blast: Charged spell that deals more damage the longer it is charged. (45)
* Energy Shield: Surround yourself with an energy shield that reduces damage by 50%. (90)
* Cleansing Fire: Remove all conditions and break out of stun. Set enemies on fire. (30)
* Glyph of Arcane Power: All your attacks are critical hits. (45)
* Glyph of Concentration: You cannot be knocked down, stunned, chilled or launched. (??)
* Glyph of Elemental Power: Your attacks are all critical for 10 seconds. (105)
* Glyph of Elemental Storage: This allows the elementalist to store a spell of one element, for example fireball, and then use it when he/she is attuned to a different element. (105)

Air Magic skills (unassigned skill slots 7-9)

* Conjure Lightning: ???
* Signet of Air: Passive: grants swiftness. Active: blind foes around target.
* Lightning Flash: Flash to target area. (60)
* Lightning Field: Create a field of lightning to shock foes in target area. (25) ==> Currently unassigned skill & not in game
* Lightning Storm: Create a punishing storm of lightning. (30) ==> Currently unassigned skill & not in game
* Lightning Hammer: ???

Earth Magic skills (unassigned skill slots 7-9)

* Conjure Earth: ???
* Signet of Earth: provides a passive bonus to damage resistance, and also sends out a wave of stone once activated.
* Stoneflesh Aura: ???
* Shield Smack: ???
* Fortify: ???

Fire Magic skills (unassigned skill slots 7-9)

* Conjure Flame: Conjure three Lava Axes for you and your allies. (90)
* Signet of Fire: Passive: Gain Fury. Active: Burn an enemy. (45)
* Lava Arrows: Cone-shaped volley of projectiles.
* Backdraft: Create a backdraft that pulls your target to you while burning them. ==> Currently unassigned skill & not in game

Water Magic skills (unassigned skill slots 7-9)

* Conjure Frost: Conjure three frost bows for you and your allies. (90)
* Signet of Water: Passive: You cleanse a condition every three seconds. Active: Freeze your foe (45)
* Mist Form: Transform into an invulnerable, vaporous mist for a brief time. (75)
* Deep Freeze: ??? (still rumored)
* Maelstrom: Create an ice storm in target area that drops damaging hail and chills foes. (45) ==> currently out of game, “Comet” uses the skills icon.

Elite skills (designated skill slot 10)

* Fiery Greatsword: Summon and wield a fiery greatsword. (180) ==> When summoned, the greatsword falls from the sky in a ball of fire and must be picked up by the player in order to be used. Once equipped, it changes your first 5 weapon skills:
1) Flame Wave ==> ???
2) Fiery Eruption ==> Slam your sword into the ground and make fire erupt near your foes. (5)
3) Fiery Whirl ==> Advance forwards, slashing the foes in your way. (5)
4) Fiery Rush ==> Charge at target foe leaving a wall of fire behind you. (10)
5) Firestorm ==> Call down a firestorm on target area. (15)

* Tornado: Shapeshift into a mobile tornado that causes massive damage and launches enemies. (180) ==> health is doubled for the duration, the skill bar changes to (6-10 are locked):
1) “Chain Lightning” ==> Hit multiple foes with arcs of chain lightning. (10)
2) “Chain Lightning” => Hit multiple foes with arcs of chain lightning. (10)
3) “Chain Lightning” ==> Hit multiple foes with arcs of chain lightning. (10)
4) “Chain Lightning” ==> Hit multiple foes with arcs of chain lightning. (10)
5) “Dust Devil” ==> Blind your foes with a blast of sand. (10)