Guild Wars 2 may have a small race selection – with only 5 of them – but the attention to detail and unique features of each one, more than make up for it! The aesthetic differences, body types and skin colors change dramatically between them, so it’s a choice that will form your character in & out!
Each race also comes with 6 race-specific skills (which also may include many sub-skills like special forms!), so we have listed all of them below, hoping to help in your character creation process! Keep in mind that the Engineer profession offers additional variations for these racial skills, which are also supplied below.
So before you choose your Guild Wars 2 profession, make sure that you choose the most appropriate race as well!
Asura
Asura, Guild Wars 2 Race
Race Description: These alchemagical inventors may be short in stature, but they’re intellectual giants. Among the asura, it’s not the strong who survive, but the clever. Other races believe they should rule by virtue of their power and strength, but they’re deluding themselves. In due time, all will serve the asura.
| Skill Type | Racial Skill | Cooldown | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utility |  |
Pain Inverter | 30 | Apply confusion to nearby foes. You gain resolution. |
| Utility |  |
Radiation Field | 60 | Create a Radiation Field at target location, inflicting poison and weakness on foes. |
| Utility |  |
Technobabble | 45 | Daze target foe. |
| Elite |  |
Summon 7-Series Golem | 180 | Summon a 7-Series attacking golem to fight for you. |
| Elite |  |
Summon D-Series Golem | 180 | Summon a D-Series defensive golem. |
| Elite |  |
Summon Power Suit | 240 | Summon a Power Suit which you or your allies can enter and use to combat foes. |
| Engineer | |
Pain Transference | 45 | Send out a bolt that steals a boon from your foe and gives them one condition from you. |
| Engineer | |
Vent Radiation | 45 | Vent radioactive gas to poison nearby foes. |
| Engineer | |
Confusing Speech | 45 | Confuse nearby foes with complex calculations. |
Charr
Charr, Guild Wars 2 Race
Race Description: The charr race was forged in the merciless crucible of war. It is all they know. War defines them, and their quest for dominion drives them ever onward. The weakling and the fool have no place among the charr. Victory is all that matters, and it must be achieved by any means and at any cost.
| Skill Type | Racial Skill | Cooldown | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utility |  |
Battle Roar | 35 | Let out a battle roar, giving might and fury to nearby allies. |
| Utility |  |
Hidden Pistol | 15 | Shoot target foe with a hidden pistol while evading backward. |
| Utility |  |
Shrapnel Mine | 20 | Throw a shrapnel mine that bleeds and cripples foes. |
| Elite |  |
Artillery Barrage | 240 | Call down an artillery barrage at target location, damaging foes. |
| Elite |  |
Charrzooka | 180 | Pull out a powerful charrzooka that shoots rockets. |
| Elite |  |
Warband Support | 240 | Call in members of your warband to assist you. |
| Engineer | |
Invigorating Roar | 50 | Let out an inspiring roar, removing weakness and vulnerability from allies and granting vigor. |
| Engineer | |
Booby Trap | 45 | Place an explosive charge on yourself that is triggered by a melee attack. |
| Engineer |  |
Hidden Pistols | 30 | Draw both hidden pistols and unload a volley of bullets on your foe. |
Human
Human, Guild Wars 2 Race
Race Description: Humans have lost their homeland, their security, and their former glory. Even their gods have withdrawn. And yet, the human spirit remains unshaken. These brave defenders of Kryta continue to fight with every ounce of their strength.
| Skill Type | Racial Skill | Cooldown | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healing |  |
Prayer to Dwayna | 30 | Beseech Dwayna to restore your health. |
| Utility |  |
Prayer to Kormir | 40 | Beseech Kormir to remove 3 conditions from you. |
| Utility |  |
Prayer to Lyssa | 12 | Pray to Lyssa, granting a random boon to yourself and a random condition to target foe. |
| Elite |  |
Avatar of Melandru | 180 | Transform into an Avatar of Melandru. |
| Elite |  |
Hounds of Balthazar | 240 | Summon two Hounds of Balthazar to fight at your side. |
| Elite |  |
Reaper of Grenth | 180 | Become a Reaper of Grenth, chilling and poisoning nearby foes. |
| Engineer | |
Blessing of Dwayna | 40 | Beseech Dwayna to restore health and grant regeneration to allies at target location. |
| Engineer | |
Blessing of Kormir | 30 | Beseech Kormir to remove one condition from your allies at the target location. |
| Engineer | |
Blessing of Lyssa | 35 | Pray to Lyssa, granting a random boon to allies and a random condition to foes at target location. |
Norn
Norn, Guild Wars 2 Race
Race Description: This race of towering hunters experienced a great defeat when the Ice Dragon drove them from their glacial homeland. Nevertheless, they won’t let one lost battle—however punishing—dampen their enthusiasm for life and the hunt. They know that only the ultimate victor achieves legendary rewards.
| Skill Type | Racial Skill | Cooldown | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utility |  |
Call Owl | 30 | Call upon an owl to attack and bleed your foe. |
| Utility |  |
Call Wurm | 60 | Summon a wurm to fight for you. |
| Elite |  |
Become the Bear | 240 | Shape-shift into norn bear form. |
| Elite |  |
Become the Raven | 240 | Shape-shift into norn raven form. |
| Elite |  |
Become the Snow Leopard | 240 | Shape-shift into norn snow leopard form. |
| Elite |  |
Become the Wolf | 240 | Shape-shift into norn wolf form. |
| Engineer |  |
Eat Owl Egg | 30 | Eat an owl’s egg to gain swiftness and regeneration. |
| Engineer | |
Eat Wurm Egg | 30 | Eat a wurm’s egg to gain vigor and regeneration. |
Sylvari
Sylvari, Guild Wars 2 Race
Race Description: Sylvari are not born. They awaken beneath the Pale Tree with knowledge gleaned in their pre-life Dream. These noble beings travel, seeking adventure and pursuing quests. They struggle to balance curiosity with duty, eagerness with chivalry, and warfare with honor. Magic and mystery entwine to shape the future of this race that has so recently appeared.
| Skill Type | Racial Skill | Cooldown | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healing |  |
Healing Seed | 45 | Create a healing seed at targeted location which periodically gives nearby allies regeneration. |
| Utility |  |
Grasping Vines | 45 | Target foe becomes entangled by vines, and is unable to move until they have been destroyed. |
| Utility |  |
Seed Turret | 60 | Create a Seed Turret at targeted location which will attack nearby foes. |
| Elite |  |
Summon Druid Spirit | 240 | Summon a Druid Spirit to fight at your side. |
| Elite |  |
Summon Sylvan Hound | 180 | Summon a sylvan hound to fight at your side. |
| Elite |  |
Take Root | 150 | Take root at your current location, becoming immobile, but causing several turrets to grow nearby. |
| Engineer |  |
Leafy Bandage | 40 | Use natural bandages to heal yourself and remove bleeding, burning, and poison. |
| Engineer |  |
Vine Shield | 45 | Block incoming attacks. |
| Engineer |  |
Throw Vine | 45 | Throw a vine and trip your foe. |
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