Combo

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Some skills will create a combo field on the ground when used. Use a combo finisher inside this field to add powerful additional effects to your attack!
Skill descriptions will tell you if your skill creates a combo field or can perform a combo finisher.

— Skill Combinations, in-game hint, Shing Jea Training Grounds

Combos, also called skill combinations or combat combinations, happen when skills interact with each other to create an additional effect. A skill must be a combo field or a combo finisher to be combined, which is an effect that is included in the skill description. For a combo to occur a combo field skill is used creating an area effect and then one or more combo finishers can interact with the field to create a combo. Only 5 unique combatants can combo with a given combo field.

• The combo field is a skill that creates an area effect of a particular type. The type is a recognizable element or characteristic that determines the effect they cause on a combo finisher; for example, a Flamewall will allow some eligible finishers to inflict burning. The relevant skills will interact so long as the finisher passes through the combo field at any point; for example, a projectile finisher will combo with a field so long as it passes through the field on the way to the target.

• The combo finisher is a skill that causes movement through or within the combo field such as creating a projectile or spinning or performing a leap. An eligible combo field augments the finisher by adding damage or creating other effects. For example, using Cyclone Axe near a Flamewall throws fire projectiles in different directions. Finishers can only interact with one combo field at a time. They trigger on the earliest entered field but prioritize your own field before those created by other players, where available. Combo finisher skills are highlighted with a white border while standing within a combo field.

Whenever a combo is created, a notification will show on the player's screen, indicating the effect that was generated by the combo.

An example of a combo indicator.

Combo effects

The four types of finishers each apply their effects differently:

• Blast finishers apply their effect to all foes or allies in the area where the blast occurred with radius 360.
• Leap finishers apply their effect either to the target foe or to yourself.
• Projectile finishers apply their effect either to the target foe or to allies within 240 radius of the target.
• Whirl finishers cause multiple projectiles to be launched in random directions.

When applicable, the stats of the character that activated the finisher are used to calculate the combo effects. This is most relevant to combos that inflict damaging conditions, as well as the healing effects of water fields. The field pages contain more information on the strength of the combo effects.

Field	Blast finisher	Leap finisher	Projectile finisher	Whirl finisher	Fields available to professions
Dark	Area Blindness (3 s)	Dark Aura (5 s)	Life stealing	Leeching Bolts
Ethereal	Area Chaos Aura (3 s)	Chaos Aura (5 s)	Confusion (5 s)	Confounding Bolts (5 s)
Fire	Area Might (x3, 20 s)	Fire Aura (5 s)	Burning (1 s)	Burning Bolts (1 s)
Ice	Area Frost Aura (3 s)	Frost Aura (5 s)	Chilled (1 s)	Chilling Bolts (1 s)
Light	Area Condition Cleanse	Light Aura (5 s)	Remove Condition	Cleansing Bolts
Lightning	Area Swiftness (10 s)	Dazing Strike (1 s)	Vulnerability (x2, 5 s)	Brutal Bolts (x2, 5 s)				/
Poison	Area Weakness (3 s)	Weakness (8 s)	Poisoned (2 s)	Poison Bolts (2 s)
Smoke	Area Stealth (3 s)	Stealth (3 s)	Blindness (3 s)	Blinding Bolts (3 s)
Water	Area Healing	Healing	Regeneration (2 s)	Healing Bolts (2 s)

Some projectile finishers only grant a 20% chance of applying the effect for each projectile, which is usually applied to skills in the first slot of the skill bar or multi-projectile skills. Revenant Hammer's auto attack skill is a notable exception, as it has a 100% chance of combo finisher (projectile).

All finishers are available to all professions but some are locked behind elite specs.

• Leap finishers are not available on Necromancer but are on Reaper, or with Sword via Expanded Weapon Proficiency.
• Projectile finishers are not available on Guardian, except with Longbow via Dragonhunter, Weaponmaster Training or Pistol via Expanded Weapon Proficiency.
• Whirl finishers are not available on Engineer or Necromancer but are available on Scrapper and Reaper respectively. With Weaponmaster Training, Engineer and Necromancer gain access to these finishers on their respective weapons, Hammer and Greatsword.

Combo skills by profession

Each profession has a number of skills that they can use to generate combos fields and finishers.

• Table of guardian combo skills
• Table of revenant combo skills
• Table of warrior combo skills
• Table of engineer combo skills
• Table of ranger combo skills
• Table of thief combo skills
• Table of elementalist combo skills
• Table of mesmer combo skills
• Table of necromancer combo skills
• Table of common combo skills

Gallery

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  Dark field

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  Ethereal field

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  Fire field

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  Ice field

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  Light field

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  Lightning field

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  Poison field

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  Smoke field

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  Water field

Player chatter

When a combo is successfully executed, either character participating in the combo will occasionally shout out one of the following lines, depending on their race and gender:

Race	Gender
	Male	Female
Asura	Such synergy! Compounding our powers! A clever combination!	Ah, synergy is beautiful! Combine and compound! A powerful combination!
Charr	Did you see that? Tell me you saw that! Nice and lethal. I make a pretty good team.	Now that's a combo! Now that's teamwork! Lethal, efficient, excellent!
Human	Nice, very nice! Now that's a combo! I make a pretty good team.	That was impressive! Lethal combination, I like it! Impressive combination!
Norn	I've found a new way to win! Outstanding! A potent combination!	The spirits should be impressed! I'm amazing! Do you see? I did that.
Sylvari	Ho... Did you see that? I make a pretty good team! A splendid combination!	Glorious combination of skill! Beautiful blend of talents! A wonderful combination!

Notes

• Combo finishers that move the player, like Swoop or Acid Bomb, will generally activate their finisher effect as they first interact with a combo field during any point of the movement.
• The combo effect indicator only indicates that the combo generation was successful; the finisher still has to properly interact with targets for the actual effect to be applied.
• In-game description:

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Create combos with other players' skills in combat. Some skills, like an elementalist's Flame Wall, create fields that cause projectiles shot through them to deal additional burning damage. Check your skills to see your combo fields and combo finishers.

— Level 22 rewards.

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Remember, you can combine field skills with finisher skills to create powerful combos.

— Level 52 rewards.

Bugs:

• Some skills that trigger finishers multiple times, such as Whirling Wrath, will instead only trigger once, besides edge cases where a field is placed mid-cast of a skill.^{[verification requested]}
• Combos created by a single player will only trigger on-screen indicators when that player is standing outside the field at initial cast time.

References

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Combos

Fields

Dark • Ethereal • Fire • Ice • Light • Lightning • Poison • Smoke • Water

Finishers

Blast • Leap • Projectile • Whirl