Skill icon

Skill icons are the visual representations of skills. They are the images displayed for example in the skill bar or in the effects monitor when the effect is active. In most cases, hovering over the icons with the mouse will show the skill description of the selected skill.

Color schemes

Skill icons are color coded based on the profession the skill is bound to. Common skills tied to a title track also have their own schemes.

• Warrior skills are yellow, gold, and orange.
• Ranger skills are sage, forest, and brown.
• Monk skills are blue, cyan, indigo, and teal.
• Necromancer skills are green, sea-foam, and cyan.
• Mesmer skills are purple, violet, and fuchsia.
• Elementalist skills are red and lilac; with additional color-schemes assigned to their respective attributes. (Glyphs are orange and rust with their own unique design.)
• Assassin skills are magenta, violet, and red.
• Ritualist skills are aqua, teal, and cyan.
• Paragon skills are maroon, gold, and yellow.
• Dervish skills are tan, kahki and cobolt.
• Common skills are grey and bronze.
  • Sunspear skills do not have specific profession colors.
  • Lightbringer skills are green and brown.
  • Kurzick skills do not have specific profession colors.
  • Luxon skills do not have specific profession colors.
  • Norn skills are orange and gold.
  • Ebon Vanguard skills are red and black.
  • Asuran skills are pink and purple.
  • Deldrimor skills are green and white.

Overlays

In addition to the basic icon, various interface elements place overlays with additional information on the icons.

Full overlays

Recharging skills

If a skill has a recharge time it will become darkened after activating. While the skill is recharging the icon will slowly be uncovered starting from the top and move clockwise around the icon.

Example	Meaning
	This skill is recharging and cannot be activated again until fully recharged.

Locked skills

While in maps with PvP (effect), PvE-only skills will have a partially opaque overlay covering the entire icon, designating that they cannot be used while in the area.

Example	Meaning
	This skill will be unusable while under the PvP effect.

Adrenaline skills

Adrenaline skills use a unique overlay to denote when they can be activated. Before having any strikes of adrenaline the icon will be darkened, but as you gain adrenaline the icon will fill from the bottom to the top with flames. Once you have gained enough adrenaline to activate the skill the overlay will vanish and the icon will look like any other on your skill bar.

Example	Meaning
	No adrenaline.
	Low amount of adrenaline.
	High amount of adrenaline.
	Adrenaline threshold.

Frames

A frame can be placed around the icon. A golden frame is used to indicate elite status. In the effects monitor, all skills get a frame, depending on their skill type, which shows a duration bar at the bottom (if applicable).

Example	Information
	Elite skill (golden)
	Non-Dervish Enchantment spell (light green)
	Dervish enchantment and Flash enchantment spell (dark blue)
	Hex spell (fuchsia)
	Weapon spell (dark green)
	Condition (light orange)
	Any other skill type that may appear in the effects monitor. (dark green)

Upper right mini icon

A small icon is used in this corner to indicate certain Skill types. Six different skill types use a special icon in the top right corner of the skill icon to act as a visual aid for the player.

These mini icons are often used in the Health bar too when the effects are applied to the player.

Common

Example	Type
	Enchantment spell
	Hex spell

Assassin

Example	Type / Counts as
	Lead attack
	Offhand attack
	Dual attack

Ritualist

Example	Type
	Weapon spell

Upper left mini icon

If a requirement for a skill isn't met, the skill icon will become grayed out and a special icon will become visible in the top left corner. This may be due to a wrong weapon or because of a lead, offhand or dual attack (or a hex) that has to be applied in order to use the specific skill.

Common

Example	Meaning
	You currently do not wield a melee weapon which is required to use this skill.
	You currently do not wield a ranged weapon which is required to use this skill.

Warrior

Example	Meaning
	You currently do not wield an axe which is required to use this skill.
	You currently do not wield a sword which is required to use this skill.
	You currently do not wield a hammer which is required to use this skill.

Ranger

Example	Meaning
	You currently do not wield a bow which is required to use this skill.

Assassin

Example	Meaning
	You currently do not wield daggers which are required to use this skill.
	Your target is not affected by a lead attack. This is required to use this skill properly.
	Your target is not affected by an offhand attack. This is required to use this skill properly.
	Your target is not affected by a dual attack. This is required to use this skill properly.
	Your target is not hexed. This is required to use this skill properly.

All assassin skill requirements (apart from wielding daggers) allow skill activation but lead to a failure if not met.

Paragon

Example	Meaning
	You currently do not wield a spear which is required to use this skill.

Dervish

Example	Meaning
	You currently do not wield a scythe which is required to use this skill.

Hero specific overlays

Hero characters receive all of the same skill icon overlays in their skill bar and effects monitor that player characters do, but they also have two additional overlays available only to them related to their skill queuing system. Both overlays are based on player input.

Example	Meaning
	Your hero will cancel all other actions and will activate this skill next.
	Your hero will never activate this skill automatically.

See also

• Gallery of high resolution skill icons

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