Form

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Skill type. A Form is a powerful skill type that is unique to Dervishes and Norn, found under the Mysticism attribute. These skills transform the player into a representation of one of the 5 gods of Tyria or the Bear Spirit.

Each of the five elite forms is disabled for 120 seconds after they have been successfully activated. Skills and other skills that decrease recharge time will not affect forms, although morale boosts will re-enable a disabled form. If these get interrupted during activation, they will recharge normally and not get disabled. When a form's duration ends, that character's actions are cancelled - this includes skill activation, queued skill activation, normal attack, and movement.

Eternal Aura, a PvE-only skill, that can be used to effectively recharge a form that has been disabled.

Guild Wars Eye of the North introduced Bear Form, a skill that is used only by the Norn, changing them into a representation of the bear. All Norn possess this skill, not just Norn dervishes.

During Wintersday, specifically the mini-game Dwayna vs Grenth, two other forms were also seen: Avatar of Dwayna and Avatar of Grenth. These forms have a fixed duration of 30 seconds and disable themselves for 60 seconds.

In the Guild Wars Bonus Mission Pack, during the mission The Flight North the player assumes the Disguise of Gwen and is able to use the two Form skills, Hide and Feign Death.

[edit] List of forms

Icon	Name	Description
	Avatar of Balthazar	Elite Form. For 10...74...90 seconds, you gain +40 armor, you move 33% faster, and your attacks deal holy damage. This Skill is disabled for 120 seconds.	0	10	2	30
	Avatar of Dwayna	Elite Form. For 10...62...75 seconds, whenever you use a Skill, you gain 15...51...60 Health and lose 1 Hex. This Skill is disabled for 120 seconds.	0	5	2	30
	Avatar of Dwayna	Form. For 30 seconds, whenever you use a snowball skill, you are healed for 10 Health. This skill is disabled for 60 seconds.	0	0	2	10
	Avatar of Grenth	Elite Form. For 10...74...90 seconds, you cannot be blocked by enchanted foes, and your attacks deal cold damage. This skill is disabled for 120 seconds.	0	15	2	30
	Avatar of Grenth	Form. For 30 seconds, whenever you use a snowball skill, you steal 5 Health from your target. This skill is disabled for 60 seconds.	0	0	2	10
	Avatar of Lyssa	Elite Form. For 10...74...90 seconds, you have +20 maximum Energy and your attacks deal +5...41...50 damage to foes activating Skills. This Skill is disabled for 120 seconds.	0	5	2	30
	Avatar of Melandru	Elite Form. For 10...58...70 seconds, you have +100 Health, you are unaffected by Conditions, and your attacks deal earth damage. This Skill is disabled for 120 seconds.	0	25	2	30
	Bear Form	Form. For 60 seconds, you assume the form of a bear. While in this form, your Health is increased by 250 and your attacks strike for 25% more damage.	0	10	2	120
	Elemental Shift	Form. Creature becomes attuned to a different element.	0	5	1	30
	Feign Death	Form. Play dead, causing all enemies to cease attacking you. This Skill ends when you move.	0	0	0.25 ¼	300
	Hide	Form. While you are hidden, enemies cannot see or target you for up to 60 seconds.	0	0	1	0
	Siege Devourer	Form. You have mounted a siege devourer. You can command the siege devourer to move and use its Skills.	0	0	0	0