WvW Core Swap

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As the old saying goes, “You never truly know your enemy until you’ve defeated them and stolen their profession’s skills.” You can finally put this wisdom into practice in your everyday life during the WvW Core Swap Special Event!

From July 5 to July 12, defeating an enemy player in World vs. World will spawn a glowing orb over their corpse for a short time. Claiming the orb will grant you some knowledge of your enemy’s profession. You’ll retain your own weapon skills and gain access to a special skill that allows you to use the healing, utility, and elite skills of the defeated player’s profession.

The healing, utility, and elite skills you can obtain are the same for every enemy of a given profession, and cooldowns persist when you swap to and from the purloined skill set. For example, when you defeat a thief, you’ll have access to the following skills:

• Withdraw
• Scorpion Wire
• Blinding Powder
• Skale Venom
• Thieves Guild

In addition to these wonderful toys, you’ll also gain double WXP, 25% extra WvW reward track progress, and 50%+ [sic] Magic Find in WvW for the duration of the event. Head over to our official forums to discuss the event and prepare for the mayhem!

— Official website

WvW Core Swap is a special event that runs from July 5, 2019, 6:00pm PDT to July 12, 2019, 6:00pm PDT.

Mechanics

•  Call of War: Earn increased rewards in WvW.
• Defeating an enemy player character will spawn a Knowledge Orb of their profession on their corpse for a short duration. Moving your character over the orb will pick it up automatically.
• A Knowledge Orb grants special action skill to use a pre-determined set of healing, utility, and elite skills from the defeated enemy of a given profession, as listed below.
  • Using the special action key a second time will Release the spirit, and remove access to the Knowledge Orb, therefore allowing the player to pick up a new one.
  • The Spirit of ... special action remains until used, then the alternate skills remain until Release ... is used. To go back to the same or other alternate skills, you need to pick up another Knowledge Orb.
• Knowledge Orbs persist through death.
• Players can pick up Knowledge Orbs from their character's profession.
• Revenant Knowledge Orbs grant modified versions of their skills.

Elementalist

• Using   Spirit of the Elementalist grants access to the following elementalist skills —   Release removes them.

Skill				Description
Ether Renewal		20.25¼	15	Cantrip. Cure a condition and heal yourself with every pulse.
Lightning Flash			20	Cantrip. Teleport to target area.
Cleansing Fire			1	Cantrip. Cure conditions and burn foes. Gain might for each condition removed.
Arcane Shield			25	Arcane. Block attacks with an energy shield. If it blocks three attacks, it explodes for critical damage.
Tornado		1	60	Cantrip. Gain stability and shape-shift into a tornado that damages and launches foes.

Engineer

• Using   Spirit of the Engineer grants access to the following engineer skills —   Release removes them.

Skill				Description
A.E.D.		0.75¾	24	Gadget. Activate your A.E.D., enabling the system to heal you after a brief period of time. If you take lethal damage while A.E.D. is active, it ends and heals you for a large amount and removes conditions.
Rocket Boots		0.75¾	2	Gadget. Fly forward, removing movement-impairing conditions and damaging foes with your rocket exhaust. Movement-impairing conditions include cripple, chill, and immobilize.
Net Turret		0.5½	30	Turret. Build a net turret that immobilizes nearby foes. This turret overcharges when it is first placed.
Elixir S			30	Elixir. Drink Elixir S to shrink yourself, recover from stun, and evade attacks.
Supply Crate		1	75	Turret. Request a supply drop of turrets. Turrets overcharge when they are first dropped.

Guardian

• Using   Spirit of the Guardian grants access to the following guardian skills —   Release removes them.

Skill				Description
Shelter		10.25¼	30	Block attacks while healing.
Judge's Intervention			20	Meditation. Teleport to your target and burn nearby foes.
Purging Flames		0.5½	20	Consecration. Create a ring of fire. With each pulse, burn foes while removing conditions from allies inside the area of effect.
Sanctuary		1	40	Consecration. Form a protective healing shelter for allies. Block foes and their missiles from entering.
"Feel My Wrath!"		0.25¼	30	Shout. Grant fury and quickness to nearby allies. The duration of the quickness you grant yourself is doubled.

Mesmer

• Using   Spirit of the Mesmer grants access to the following mesmer skills —   Release removes them.

Skill				Description
Mirror		10.25¼	12	Manipulation. Reflect projectiles, and heal yourself.
Arcane Thievery		0.25¼	25	Manipulation. Send conditions you have to your foe and steal their boons. Successfully hitting your target inflicts slow on them while granting you quickness.
Mantra of Concentration		20.25¼	15	Mantra. Meditate, charging a spell that will break stuns and grant stability to nearby allies. Grant boons to nearby allies when this skill fully charges.
Feedback			32	Glamour. Create a dome around your foes that reflects projectiles.
Mass Invisibility		10.25¼	35	Manipulation. You and all your allies gain stealth for a short time.

Necromancer

• Using   Spirit of the Necromancer grants access to the following necromancer skills —   Release removes them.

Skill				Description
Consume Conditions		10.25¼	25	Corruption. Feast on your conditions, gaining health for each one consumed. You become vulnerable.
Well of Power		0.25¼	20	Well. Target area pulses, converting conditions on allies into boons and granting might.
Blood Is Power		0.75¾	0.5½	Corruption. Bleed yourself to grant might to allies around you and bleed your target.
Corrupt Boon		0.5½	0.5½	Corruption. Poison yourself. Transform boons on your foe into negative conditions.
Summon Flesh Golem		10.5½	48	Minion. Summon a flesh golem to attack foes with crippling claws.

Ranger

• Using   Spirit of the Ranger grants access to the following ranger skills —   Release removes them.

Skill				Description
Troll Unguent		0.75¾	20	Survival. You and your pet regenerate health over time.
Lightning Reflexes			20	Survival. Evade back with a crack of lightning, dealing damage and gaining vigor.
Spike Trap		0.5½	25	Trap. Set a trap that bleeds and launches foes.
Quickening Zephyr			20	Survival. You and your pet gain quickness and superspeed.
"Strength of the Pack!"		1	60	Command. Rampage with your pet, gaining stability, fury, and swiftness. You and your pet also grant might to each other when you attack.

Revenant

• Using   Spirit of the Revenant grants access to the following revenant skills —   Release removes them.

Skill				Description
Soothing Stone		1	30	Legendary Dwarf. Remove conditions and heal yourself. Gain resolution.
Inspiring Reinforcement		0.25¼	10	Legendary Dwarf. Create a stone road that damages and weakens foes as it's created. Once it's created it will pulse, granting stability to allies.
Forced Engagement		0.5½	15	Legendary Dwarf. Launch a chain at your target. When the chain connects with a foe, it slows and taunts them. You take less damage from taunted foes.
Vengeful Hammers				Legendary Dwarf. Invoke hammers to circle around you, damaging foes.
Rite of the Great Dwarf		10.25¼		Legendary Dwarf. Channel the power of the Rite of the Great Dwarf to turn yourself and nearby allies to stone to reduce incoming damage.

Thief

• Using   Spirit of the Thief grants access to the following thief skills —   Release removes them.

Skill				Description
Withdraw			18	Trick. Cure conditions, then roll backward while healing and evading attacks.
Scorpion Wire		0.5½	1	Trick. Throw a scorpion wire and pull your foe to you.
Blinding Powder		0.25¼	20	Deception. Blind nearby foes and grant stealth to nearby allies.
Skale Venom			30	Venom. Apply vulnerability and torment with your next few attacks.
Thieves Guild		10.5½	120	Deception. Call more thieves to support you in combat.

Warrior

• Using   Spirit of the Warrior grants access to the following warrior skills —   Release removes them.

Skill				Description
Mending		1	12	Physical. Remove conditions and heal yourself.
Bull's Charge		1	24	Physical. Charge and knock down your foe.
"For Great Justice!"			5	Shout. Grant fury and might to yourself and allies.
Endure Pain			30	Stance. Take no damage from attacks. You are still susceptible to conditions and control effects.
Battle Standard		2	90	Banner. Place a battle standard that revives fallen allies and finishes downed foes. Once placed, the banner periodically grants boons to allies.

External links

• Coming Soon: WvW Core Swap Special Event