Elite skills locations !

Update : Xennon made a nice page with elite listings, including maps to bosses. I redirect you to it for your elite needs : LINK

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As far as we know, the elite skills are no longer available via trainer nor via quest rewards.e
The only way seems to be to capture them from bosses using them.
To do this, you use the Capture Signet skill, that you can buy at Skill Trainers, starting from Denravi, or by a quest in LA.

So the goal is to make a list of the Elite skills used by the different bosses in the various areas.

Pattern : <SKILL> (<AREA>:<NAME_OF_BOSS>[<TYPE_OF_MONSTER>]) And the more information the better...

People helping to complete the list : I need your input on the ones you find, but PLEASE, only reliable information. If you're not sure about one, please check it before posting.

About bosses that don't seem to have elites : After Ascension, we can assume they nearly all do. But you don't see stances and instant ones showing on the "Skill Used" bar... but they still can be captured (read at end of page 3 for info about that).

Mesmers : if you have Arcane Thievery (and Arcane Echo while you're at it), it might be a good idea to spam it on bosses that doesn't seem to use elites : probably a stance that you could identify that way...

People looking for their elite : Remember that a large part of the bosses are selected randomly for each mission : there will always be a boss at a specific place, but it may be a monk boss or an elementalist boss, for example. So you might have to restart the mission till you get the class that has the elite you want.

People not knowing where an area is : MAPSw


Thanks to Cain & Typhoon for the nice layout

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Elementalist

Air Magic

• Glimmering Mark (Witman's Folly:Alana Pekpek[Grawl], Talus Chute:Edibbo Pekpek[Grawl])
• Lightning Surge (Dragon's Lair:Facet[Dragon])
• Mind Shock (Snake Dance:Old Red Claw[Griffin])
• Thunderclap (Iron Mines of Moladune:Kratos The Foul/The Inquisitor[Mursaat], Thunderhead Keep:Chrysos The Magnetic[Mursaat])

Earth Magic

• Obsidian Flesh (Perdition Rock:Harn Coldstone)

General

• Elemental Attunement (Perdition Rock:Geckokaru Earthwind)
• Glyph of Energy (Mineral Springs:Hyl Thunderwing[Tengu])
• Glyph of Renewal (Perdition Rock:Nayl Klaw Tuthan[Hydra])

Energy Storage

• Ether Prodigy (Ring of Fire:Lyth Sprayburst)
• Ether Renewal (Elona Reach:Vassa Ssiss[Snake], Thisrty River:Issah Sshay[Snake])

Fire Magic

• Mind Burn (Hell's Precipice:Scelus Protum)

Water Magic

• Mind Freeze (Witman's Folly:Maak Frostfiend, Ice Floe:Skitt Skizzle[Imp], Spearhead Peak:Maak Frostfriend[Imp])
• Mist Form (Iron Mines of Moladune:Eidolon[Squid], Snake Dance:Sala Chillbringer[Shadow], Talus Chute:Brrrr Windburn[Shadow], Mineral Springs:Ice Beast[Shadow])
• Ward Against Harm (Frozen Forest:Arknel Havenwood)
• Water Trident (Ice Caves of Sorrows:Berg Frozenfist[Golem], Thunderhead Keep:The Judge, Frozen Forest:Borreal Kubeclaw[Golem])

Mesmer

Domination Magic

• Energy Surge (Iron Mines of Moladune:Balasi the Arcane[Mursaat], Ring Of Fire:Melek The Virtuous[Mursaat], Abaddon's Mouth:Mercia The Sing[Mursaat])
• Panic (Hell's Precipice:Moles Quibus)
• Power Block (Perdition Rock:Lyssna Cursesomething[Flesh Ghoul])

Fast Casting

• Mantra of Recovery (Thirsty River:??, Elona Reach:Tiss Danssir[Snake])

Illusion

• Crippling Anguish (Ice Caves of Sorrow:??[Dwarf], Thunderhead Keep:Fuury Stonewrath, Salt Flats:Yxthoshth[Storm Kin], Frozen Forest:Barl Stormsiege[Dwarf])
• Echo (Perdition Rock:Rock Rwek Khawl Mawl[Hydra])
• Fevered Dreams
• Illusionary Weaponry (Talus Chute:Seear Windlash[Shadow], Iron Mines Of Moladuneirko Mustalker, Snake Danceidn Hopestealer[Shadow)
• Ineptitude (Mineral Springs:Wit Sharpfeather[Tengu])
• Migraine (Ring of Fire:Pytt Spitespew [Breeze Keeper])

Inspiration

• Energy Drain (Ice Floe:Gambol Headrainer, Witman's Folly:Skiik Hungrymind[Imp])
• Keystone Signet (Spearhead Peak:Rune Ethercrash[Golem])
• Mantra of Recall (Dragon's Lair:Facet[Dragon], Snake Dance:Featherclaw[Griffin])

Genera

• Signet of Midnight (Perdition Rock:Malus Phasmatis[Phantom])

Monk

General

• Martyr (Perdition Rockwayna's Cursed[Cursed])

Divine Favor

• Aura of Faith (Ring Of Fire:Corentina The Matron[Mursaat], Abaddon's Mouth:? The Unpleasant[Mursaat])
• Peace and Harmony (Snake Dance:Marnta Doomspeaker[Human])
• Spell Breaker (Witman's Folly:??, Snake Dance:Raptorhoak[Griffin])
• Unyielding Aura (Witman's Folly:Ipillo Wupwup[Grawl])

Healing Prayers

• Healing Hands (Perdition Rock:Rull Browbeater[Ettin])
• Word of Healing (Elona Reach:Wissper Inssani[Snake], Thirsty River:??[Snake], Witman's Folly:??)

Protection Prayers

• Amity (Perdition Rock : Pravus Obsideo[Phantom])
• Life Barrier (Frozen Forest:Esnhal Hardwood[Pinesoul])
• Mark of Protection (Iron Mines Of Moladune:Lokar Icemender[Doliak], Thunderhead Keep:Bolis Hillshaker[Doliak], Frozen Forest:Mesqul Ironhealer[Doliak])
• Restore Condition
• Shield of Deflection (Ring of Fire:Grun Galesurge[Breeze Keeper])
• Shield of Regeneration (Dragon's Lair:Facet[Dragon], Witman's Folly:??)

Smiting Prayers

• Shield of Judgement (Mineral Springs:Myd Springclaw[Tengu])
• Signet of Judgement (Iron Mines Of Moladune:Balt Duskrider, Witman's Folly:??, Talus Chute:Fawl Driftstalker[Shadow]/Frostbite)

Necromancer

Blood Magic

• Blood is Power (Snake Dance:Cry Darkday[Shadow])
• Life Transfer (Iron Mines Of Moladune:Feodor The Baneful[Mursaat], Ring Of Fire:Odelyn The Displeased[Mursaat])
• Offering of Blood (Thunderhead Keep:Riine Windrot[Dwarf], Frozen forest:Jollen Steelblight[Dwarf])
• Order of the Vampire (Elona Reach:??, Dunes of Despair:Rysaa Hisst[Snake])
• Soul Leech (Abaddon's Mouth:??[Spider])
• Well of Power (Mineral Springs:Nhy Darkclaw[Tengu])

Curses

• Feast of Corruption (Dreadnought's Drift:??[Wurm])
• Lingering Curse (Perdition Rock:Grenth's Cursed[Golem])
• Plague Signet (Witman's Folly:Karobo Dimdim[Grawl])
• Spiteful Spirit (Iron Mines Of Moladune:Ceru Gloomrunner, Talus Chute:Nighh SpineChill[Shadow], Snake Dance:Saphh Blacktracker[Shadow])
• Wither (Perdition Rock : Ignis Effigia[Phantom])

Death Magic

• Aura of the Lich
• Tainted Flesh (Perdition Rock : Dosakaru Fevertouch[Drake])
• Virulence (Bloodstone Fen:Mossk Rottail[Scorpion], Ettin's Back:Flaw Rootplague, Frozen Forest:Unthub Rotwood)

General

• Grenth's Balance (Dragon's Lair:Facet[Dragon])

Ranger

Beast Master

• Ferocious strike (Spearhead Peak:Thul The Bull)

Expertise

• Escape (Talus Chute:Whuup Buumbuul[Troll])
• Marksman's Wager (Elona Reach:Custodian Jenus, Witman's Folly:??, Thirsty River:Custodian Phedous[Snake])
• Oath Shot (Iron Mines of Moladune:??[Jade Bow], Ring Of Fire:??[Jade Bow], Abaddon's Mouth:Kern The Relentless[Jade Bow])
• Practiced Stance (Mineral Springs:Ryk Arrowwing)

Marksmanship

• Barrage (The Iron Mines of Moladune:Markis) (yes, boss now)
• Crippling Shot
• Punishing Shot

General

• Quick Shot (Perdition Rock:Maxine Coldstone)

Wilderness Survival

• Greater Conflagration (Hell's Precipice:Valetudo Rubon)
• Incendiary Arrows (Rings of Fire:Casses Flameweb[Lava Spitter])
• Melandru's Arrows (Thunderhead's Keep:Ulhar Stonehound, Witman's Folly:??, Frozen Forest:??)
• Melandru's Resilience (Dragon's Lair:Facet[Dragon])
• Poison Arrow (Witman's Folly:Salani Pippip[Grawl], Spearhead Peak:Salani Pippip[Grawl])
• Spike Trap (Ring Of Fire:Vulg Painbrain[Ettin])

Warrior

Axe Mastery

• Cleave (Iron Mines Of Moladune:Marka Granitehand[Dwarf])
• Eviscerate (Hell's Precipice:Toritudo Probo[Titan])

Hammer Mastery

• Backbreaker (Perdition Rock:??[Ettin], Ring Of Fire:Ferk Mallet[Ettin])
• Devastating Hammer (Iron Mines Of Moladune:Martigris The Stalwart, Thunderhead Keep:Perfected Armor[Armor], Ring of Fire:Caim The Destroyer/Caim The Smug[Armor])
• Earth Shaker (Iron Mines Of Moladune:??[Dwarf], Witman's Folly:??, Snake Dance:Kor Stonewrath[Giant])

Strength

• Battle Rage
• Bull's Charge (Perdition Rock:Skintekaru Manshredder)
• Defy Pain
• Dwarven Battle Stance (Iron Mines Of Moladune:Slonak Copperbark[Dwarf])
• Flourish (Mineral Springs:Syr Honorcrest[Avicara])
• Warrior's Endurace

Tactics

• Charge! (Perdition Rock:Balthazar's Cursed[Cursed])
• Gladiator's Defense (Dragon's Lair:Facet[Dragon])
• Victory is Mine! (Witman's Folly:Sakalo Yawpyawl[Grawl] -> not anymore ?)

General

• Hundred Blades (Hell's Precipice:Undead Prince Rurik, Fissure:??)
• Skull Crack (Iron Horse Mine:Thorgrim Beastslasher[Beastmaster], Spearhead Peaks:Hail Blackice[Golem])

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You can check that old thread (please don't resurrect it) for complementary infos on some locations : LINK

what do you need to capture skills?
how do you capture skills?

So do what now? I looked in yaks and i dont see any capture signet could you be more specific or is this an old post or what?

You capture skills by using a signet of capture, which you receive from a quest upon first reaching Lion's Arch. the NPC's name is Magi.

Sorry Scavenger, corrected :/

To clarify on the location of Oath Shot, it is used by the Jade armor monsters that are called "Jade Bow." You can find this skill in the Iron Mines of Mordugh, on the "T" shaped bridge that has three entrances. This bridge is found after you pass the Dwarven buildings where the troll spawns are located.

One side of the bridge leads towards the caves where the "Seer" is located, while the other side is a shortcut that leads straight to the final boss location(incase you already have the enchanted armor). Past this shortcut is a spawn for a random glowing boss, and the Jade Bow boss type has a chance to spawn there. If you fight your way past the bridge shortcut and you see a different type of boss in the spawn location, then you need to reset the level.

Poison Arrow can be captured on a glowing grawl named Salani Pippip, located in Whitman's Folley. Upon zoning in, follow the path east until you reach a large clearing full of Grawl packs, where a random grawl boss will be located. If you do not see Salani Pippip in this area, but a different grawl boss instead, then you have to exit Whitman's Folley and re-enter to reset the zone.

Marksman's Wager can be captured in two places. During the Thirsty River Trial, the final three enemy teams will include a green skeleton boss that uses this skill. You can also find this skill in the Elona Reach mission, on another skeleton boss that is by the bridge leading to the western crystal.

Keep a look out for incendiery arrows thanks guys

A nice one indeed.
Was keeping myself to do it out of lazyness. I will try to do it later. (mmh in fact, maybe you could show me another example with another class eh ? )

I sure will, been looking for that particular skill since day one

saaaame here, my dmg will go through the roof when i find it, 150+ dmg per hit with a freakin bow

as a note, like 15 mins after this post i went and got poison arrow yay!... even though it's completely worthless to my build but yay! anyway

throw dirt isn't an elite spell...

i spent like 30 mins on that nature dragon btw... all he did was spam pin down... too tough to catch it with just minions, anyone interested in going out to try to find what it is?

Can you be more specific? Where are these ice caves? Where is this Berg Frozenfist?

Here's my contribution to the list. It's simply a re-formatting. When you copy this out of there I"ll delete them from this post so as to not confuse people.

EDIT: Added Mesmer skills

EDIT 2: Added Necromancer

EDIT 3: Added Ranger

EDIT 4: Added Warrior.

All done for you.

EDIT 5: Skills removed.

If you go to the zone that is next to talus slope and above witman's, there is a frozen river winding along the bottom that is full of ice golems?ice siege golems? Anyways, he shows up there now and then(he is a big ice golem with red glow). Additionally, in the zone N of that one, which I think is the one containing the mines mission, there is a dorf camp back in a culdesac where I've seen him too. You can't miss that spot, there is a tower on a small hill, curtain wall, sorta like guard patrols, and him lording it up in front of the tower.

I've found lots of elites in the zone due north of talus slope. The place can be nasty, but it has the elite giant boss who has a warrior skill, multiple shadow bosses-there is one place where I find 3-4 shadow bosses and one humanoid boss all together, like a pack---bizarre. THe shadow monster bosses are monk/necro/elementalist/mesmer. You can also get two different blessed griffin bosses, one is a monk, the other is a fire elementalist. They both have elite skills.

Witman's is a great place for some of the skills, as it is small and you can do a loop of the 4-5 bosses real quick, to see if the one you need is up. I've seen ranger/necro/elementalist and mesmer bosses there.

I picked up the following yesterday before I read this:

Melandru's Arrows.
Poison Arrow.
Marksman's Wager

Shield of Regeneration
Spellbreaker
Word of Healing

I almost got signet of judgement from a shadow boss(monk type), but accidentally got some other spell he was casting(doh doh doh).

Jade Bows use oathshot, so if the pattern follows, there will be a jade bow boss using it somewhere too. Kind of hard to look for, those jades are nasty.

I haven't seen any mob use barrage, so have no clue where to start looking.

i saw a charr boss use barrage, but the thing is he was the one between pre-searing and post-searing, after you tell tydus you are ready to go. i drooled over that, but i guess you cant get there now

Poison Arrow is definately in Witman's, fyi. The mob's last name is Pipi I believe, she is one the humanoids. There are two boss mob spawn points for her mob type, one around the ramp leading from the upper ridge down to the shore about 1/3 of the way in from the zone, and another all the way out to the end, up top, near the collecter woman.

I got it there yesterday and just got done taking somebody else there to get it. They were ranger/ele, and picked up something off of one of the shadow bosses too, and grabbed Conjure Lightning in Camp Rankor, so it was good trip all around.

*Bookmarked*

I'll post up the ones I've found for Warrior when I get home.

ah ic, very nice

That war skill is earthshaker, fyi, and the mob is in the far nw corner of the zone directly north of talus slope.

There are shadow spawns around him, plus a boss shadow just a hair south, so choose your approach wisely. I didn't know he was there, ended with both bosses at once, it wasn't pretty. My henchmen probably burn me in effigy when I am offline.

Nature Dragon in the dragon mission is bugging me. It should, and probalby does have an elite skill, we just have to figure out how to trigger it, or maybe submit some type of bug report.

Looking at the list of elite skills, only the following do not seem to require a bow:

Practiced Stance - Worthless unless he has another stance, which I doubt, since he never uses it either.

Spike Trap - THis would fit in with the slow everything down nature of the level, maybe he has this. He'd never be able to cast it while we were on him, though, due to interruptions, so it'd have to come before combat which is how othe rmobs use it, but he seems to be coded to not do anything until conflict is initiated, which rules out the normal trap-setting window.

Muddy Terrain - Trumped by pin down, especially since he won't chase anybody more than a few feet, much less an entire group.

Greater Conflagration - Doesn't make any sense, unless he has really high fire resistance.

Escape - This would be good, but if he had it, he'd probably use it every chance he got, which he doesn't.

Melandru's Resilience - See Escape.

Looking at it that way, I figure he has spike trap or muddy terrain, but sees no logical reason to use either when he can spam pin down at the only people who get in range of his melee attacks.

Can you tell I am bored at work?

Updated, thanks to Cain, Typhoon, Last Gasp and others

Not elites, but people looking for zealot's fire and balthazar's aura can find them on bosses in Snake Dance. (no idea if they were available earlier, but i didn't saw them until there).

Not an elite, but for the curious, Bonetti of Bonetti's defense fame occasionally spawns in Old Ascalon near the cave with the mossy stone.

Also, I MIGHT have seen him use hundred blades, but I'm not 100% sure.

Add mesmer skill energy drain to gambol headrainer (ice imp) in ice floe

monster type ?

Obsidian flesh - Harn Coldstone - Predition Rock

Mind Freeze: Skitt Skizzle (Ice Imp) at Ice Floe

Arrr, thanks for the list, Xma. I'll make notes as I progress through the game and will post any information that will prove useful to this topic.

~ Captain Blackguard of the Pirate Ninjas

Marksman's Wager can be found on the green archer skeleton boss during the Thirsty River mission(for ascension). He is one of the final three teams you have to beat.

Ferocious strike - Thul The Bull - Spearhead Peak

Quick question, where exactly can you find Shadow-type bosses in Talus Chute? I just ran the whole zone a few times and couldn't find a single Shadow. I'm looking for Illusionary Weapon, by the way.

There is one in a crevasse(sp?) in the northwest part of the map, a bit before you get to the entry to camp rankor. It looks like the opening to a mine. Is always a shadow boss there of one flavor or another.

Sometimes there is one right on the road above that spot too, on the way to camp rankor, but not always.

I can't remember the name of the region above talus, but there is a spot in there where 4-5 bosses are sitting right in the same cubby, 2-3 shadow and one humanoid.

Send me a message in game tomorrow evening if you still haven't found them and I'll take you.

Markit in the iron mines mission does indeed use barrage. UNFORTUNATELY, it is a tease, since they don't classify him as a boss. I was clicking the signet button madly and wondering why it worked till I saw the message on the screen saying he wasn't a boss. Was me, another ranger, and 6 henches, the rangers were pissed.

Oathshot can be had off of the jade bow boss in there. There is a jade armor boss too, but I didn't tangle with him to find out what elite he had. There are 3-4 mursaat caster type bosses as well.

There is a dalyak boss that I got Mark of Protection from as well in that mission.

There are two random type shadow bosses, one before and after the seer, same guys we see out in talus slope. The killtask the seer puts you on also sends you after a boss that is like a flying squid, he had a caster elite of some type.

There are two dwarven melee characters down on the frozen lake in the mission, get earthshaker from one and cleave from the other. That dalyak I mentioned earlier is near there as well, just a bit back from the water. WTH, it is a massive glowing dalyak, you can't miss it, lol.

All and all, iron mines is loaded with elite skills, which kind of lessens the agony of having to go through it 5 times, once for each piece of armor.

Dont shoot me, but I could have sworn I saw Bull's Charge as a quest reward in the desert.



EDIT: nvm it was bulls strike

Crippling Anguish - Ice Caves of Sorrow

Captured it off the boss Dwarf right before the boat, forgot his name, however.

Gladiator's Defense is on the facet of strength in the dragon lair mission. not the first to post it but i got it off him and saw it wasnt listed.

Panic - Moles Quibus - Hell's Precipice

Talus Chute EA
Signet of Judgement: Frostbite (Shadow)

updated (remember that the type of bosse might be useful)

Keep up the good work

Unyielding aura can be found in Witman's Folly on the monk Crawl boss. I unfortunately lost his name in my backscroll, but it looks like there's a warrior of wield type sword/axe, a necro (possibly also a mesmer, I got tired of the Crawl grind), and a monk.

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NOTICE - The devs killed Hundred Blades from Gorgann Hatemonger. I have heard reports from a few players and I personally could not get him to use it again since the patch. Please do not try the below, as it's now void

First off, I registered here to make this post for you guys in your effort of compiling a list of elite skills.

This is a short guide for the Warrior elite skill "Hundred Blades", and how to get it, created by Seyda (Seyda Twilight).

Required - Fighter Henchmen, and the Signet of Capture

Min Level Required - You'll need the Signet of Capture, and if you are high enough level to purchase one you're high enough level to do this.

Required Skills - Just bring something to heal yourself with (such as a Healing Signet), and a Resurrection Signet if the hench dies, which he will eventually.

It is found off a mob in The Breach (zoned into from Old Ascalon) named Gorgann Hatemonger. I have found the quickest and most effecient way of finding him, and capturing that skill! It took me about an hour to get the system down, but once I had it, it did exactly what I needed it to do.

First thing you do is work your way down to the sign that points to Piken Square, go the exact other way along the river. Staying to the left with the ctrl button down, you'll see a named enemy and 2-3 normal mobs. If it's Gorgann, proceed on up and kill everything but Gorgann up there. Then as your fighter henchmen slowly pecks at him, stand in the same exact spot he is at, and Gorgann will cast it many many times at you. If it isn't Gorgann, then turn around and zone out, back in and repeat. For me, he spawned there on my 1st, 3rd, 7th, and 8th time I went there.

I also thought ahead and took pictures, resized to 800-640.

I ask of any and all who see this to please provide me with some information on the Elite Warrior skill of Victory is Mine! and where it is found.





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