User:Balefire/List of corsair skills

This is a list of corsair skills.

Profession mechanic

Plunders are the corsair's profession mechanic, occupying the F1-F3 slots above the skill bar. Each plunder skill will attempt to steal a boon from a foe when activated, and in case the foe has no boons, each skill will trigger a different secondary effect.

Skill			Description
Wring Out	½	15	Strike your foe, stealing a boon. Damage them if they have no boons.
Hook Shot	½	15	Shoot your foe, stealing a boon. Bleed them if they have no boons.
Ransack	1	30	Leap at your foe, stealing a boon. Daze them down if they have no boons.

Weapon skills

Two-handed

	Skill	Type			Description
Rifle
1	Buckshot		½	-	Fire pellets that bleed more the closer you are.
2	Fusillade		3½	8	Repeatedly spray bullets. The last spray does extra damage
3	Acoustic Shot		¾	15	Fire a blast that confuses enemies the closer they are.
4	otherbayonet|Bayonet		½	20	Strike your foe with your bayonet, causing bleeding.
5	Heavy Slug		1	25	Fire a round that pierces foes and knocks down your target

Main- and off-hand

	Skill	Type			Description
Axe
1	Hack		½	-	Hack your foe.
	Slash		½	-	Slash your foe.
	Cleave		¾	-	Cleave your foe.
2	Guillotine		3½	6	Throw your axe. The more health your target has, the more damage you cause.
3	Rend Armor		¾	8	Strike your foe, making them vulnerable.
4	Boarding Axe		¾	15	Throw your axe in a circle so it returns to you.
5	Broadside		¾	20	Strike your foe with the flat of your blade, knocking them down.
Sword
1	Slice		½	-	Slice your foes.
	Dice		½	-	Dice your foes, bleeding them.
	Sting		¾	-	Sting your target, poisoning them..
2	Shred		2½	6	Strike your foes repeatedly, dealing additional damage for each condition on them.
3	Low Blow		1	12	Spin around and cut your foes’ ankles, applying torment.
4	Pursuit		¾	15	Charge your foe, crippling them. Immobilize them if you hit from behind.
5	Skewer		½	25	Throw your sword, piercing foes and applying bleeding.

Main-hand only

	Skill	Type			Description
Pistol
1	Stacked Shot		½	-	Fire a shot with two bullets.
2	Quick Draw		0	6	Quickly draw your pistol and fire at your foe.
3	Deadeye		½	8	Strike your foe, making them vulnerable.

Off-hand only

	Skill	Type			Description
Dagger
4	Sideswipe		½	15	Do an evasive roll around your target, striking them and making them vulnerable
5	Sucker Punch		½	25	Sucker punch your foe, dazing them.
	Disarm		¾	-	Disarm your foe, weakening them.
Torch
4	Cauterize		¾	20	Wave your torch, burning foes and cleansing conditions from allies.
5	Blinding Toss		¾	25	Throw your torch at your foe, blinding them and leaving a trail of soot.

Aquatic

	Skill	Type			Description
Spear
1	Lance		½	-	Stab foes in front of you.
2	Crossbones		½	8	Swipe your foe twice, dealing high damage.
3	Brine		¾	12	Release salt, damaging and weakening nearby foes.
4	Mariner's Hook		½	20	Strike your foe, stealing a boon.
5	Twister		3½	25	Spin around, pulling in foes and applying torment.
Harpoon Gun
1	Sidewinder		½	-	Shoot your foe, dealing additional damage from behind or from the side
2	Sludge Shot		½	10	Shoot sludge, applying two random conditions to foes near your target.
3	Water Pulse		¾	15	Fire a pressure wave that confuses foes.
4	Lead Shot		¾	25	Shoot lead at your foe, causing them to sink.
5	Riptide Shot		1	30	Retreat while shooting a pressure wave, pushing foes back.

Slot skills

Healing

Skill	Type				Description
Signet of Luck	Signet		¾	25	Passive: Heal when you gain a boon. Active: Heal yourself.
Spoils of War			¾	15	Consume your boons, gaining health for each one.
Bait and Switch	Gambit		2½	30	Absorb incoming damage for a brief period over time. You heal yourself for three times the received damage at the end.

Utility

Skill	Type				Description
Make Scarce	Endeavor		0	30	Gain stealth with duration inverse to your health.
Payback	Endeavor		½	30	Strike your target, dealing more damage the less health you have
Lash Out	Endeavor		¾	45	Strike foes in front of you, bleeding them inverse to your health.
Desperation	Endeavor		0	50	Gain quickness with duration inverse to your health.
Signet of Opportunity	Signet		¾	20	Passive: Improve precision. Active: Make your foe vulnerable.
Marauder's Signet	Signet		1¼	45	Passive: Grants a random boon every ten seconds. Active: Steal all target foe’s boons
Signet of Scars	Signet		1	30	Passive: Improves toughness. Active: Cleanse damaging conditions.
Signet of the Raid	Signet		¾	35	Passive: Grants a 25% increase in movement speed. Active: Recharge your plunders.
[[Reckless Charge	Gambit		¾	15	Leap at your target, damaging yourself and nearby foes.
[[Double Edge	Gambit		¾	15	Bleed yourself and nearby foes.
Sudden Impact	Gambit		1	25	Set off an explosion, launching you and your foes.
Wild Thrash	Gambit		3¼	35	Damage yourself and foes around you, reflecting projectiles
Cut Loose	Survival		0	45	Grant your allies swiftness and cleanse movement impairing conditions.
[[Foresight	Survival		½	25	Increase the critical damage and boon duration of nearby allies.
Nightshade	Survival		¾	30	Release a cloud of spores that confuses and poisons enemies.
Astonish	Survival		0	60	Astonish nearby foes, stunning them.
Powder Flask	Sabotage		½	45	Release a cloud of gun power, blinding foes.
Powder Blast			½	-	Ignite the gun powder, launching nearby foes.
Barbed Wire	Sabotage		¾	25	Lay down barbed wire, crippling foes who cross it.
Barbed Whip			½	-	Retract your barbed wire, applying torment to nearby foes.
Cleansing Mist	Sabotage		¾	35	Spray a cleansing mist, cleansing conditions on nearby allies
Flamebreak			½	-	Light the mist, burning nearby foes.
Makeshift Shield	Sabotage		3¾	60	Block attacks with a makeshift shield.
Splinter			½	-	Shatter your shield, bleeding nearby foes with shrapnel.

Elite

Skill	Type				Description
Treasure Trove	Sabotage		¾	180	Uncover a treasure trove that heals nearby allies.
Cursed Treasure			½	-	Unleash the treasure's curse, applying conditions to nearby foes.
Death Match	Gambit		¾	90	Challenge your foe to a death match. You each take periodic damage until one of you is downed.
Hit the Jackpot			¾	120	Gain boons each time you strike a foe.

Downed and drowning skills

	Skill			Description
Downed
1	Flintlock	½	-	Shoot your foe with your trusty flintlock.
2	Throw Sand	½	10	Throw sand at your foes, blinding and weakening them.
3	Last Resort	1¼	20	Deal heavy damage to yourself and your target.
4	Bandage	49¼	5	Call your allies for help. Restores health while you channel it.
Drowning
1	Spear	½	-	Throw a spear at your foe.
2	Ignite Powder	½	10	Ignite your gun powder reserves, pushing foes back.
3	Last Resort	1¼	20	Deal heavy damage to yourself and your target.
4	Bandage	49¼	5	Call your allies for help. Restores health while you channel it.

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Skill lists

Soldiers	Guardian	Revenant	Warrior
Adventurers	Engineer	Ranger	Thief
Scholars	Elementalist	Mesmer	Necromancer
Racial	Asura	Charr	Human
	Norn	Sylvari
Other	Downed	Drowning	Pet

See list of corsair traits.