What are, in your opinion, the most underrated skills?

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Darmikau
Darmikau
Frost Gate Guardian
#1
By underrated I mean two things:

Either A: Skills that, obviously, are very powerful but hardly used.

or B: Skills that are so seldom used you never even knew/forgot that they even existed.

For me, it'd be this skill:

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Rending_Aura

I've never seen this skill used, and have never seen it before until today when just clicking random article on the Wiki. Seems like a pretty darn powerful skill to me, especially against other Dervishes.
C
Crescent Sky
Academy Page
#2
hmmm

Extend conditions
unyielding aura

those 2 instantly popped into my head for some reason

EDIT- this one right after:

Decapitate
ensoriki
ensoriki
Forge Runner
#3
Siphon strength
you know thats bad ass!

Onslaught (its good for stuff >.>)
I Phoenix I
I Phoenix I
Jungle Guide
#4
[skill]Ether Prism[/skill]?

I don't know if it's underused or not, but it's a good E-Management skill when you have nothing else to bring.
bhavv
bhavv
Furnace Stoker
#5
The no attribute assassin signet that removes enchantments per hex - OMG it can remove spell proof enchantments if your target was pre hexed! I still need to try it.

And phoenix. Everyone says its a nub skill but its a fireball and flame burst rolled into one spell.

I have some really good ether prism builds. One I like is conjure phantasm and nightmare with mantra of persistance, gole, ether prism, energy blast and aura of res. 10+1+1 ES, 12 illusion, 8 inspiration. Cover the whole enemy team with non stop degen! Also you can try it with clumsiness and wandering eye, but the degen is better pressure plus the powerful energy blast spike.
Harrier's haste
Harrier's haste
Frost Gate Guardian
#6
Vow of Strength, most people think it sucks because you can’t use any attack skills( so no constant condition output through the use of attacking skills). But with the ~45% damage bonus each of your hit hits ~60 and you can employ the use of enchantments and stances.(Mirage cloak, heart of holy flame, heart of fury ....etc.)
p
placebo overdose
Wilds Pathfinder
#7
[skill]Wailing Weapon[/skill]
[skill]Warmonger's Weapon[/skill]
1 up and 2 down
1 up and 2 down
Wilds Pathfinder
#8
I love [skill]Epidemic[/skill]

No one seems to ever use it though.
xReLx
xReLx
Frost Gate Guardian
#9
Peace and Harmony
bhavv
bhavv
Furnace Stoker
#10
Placebo just about every decent TA team in existance uses warmongers weapon.
Mr Emu
Mr Emu
Lion's Arch Merchant
#11
for sure; if you think Warmogers Wep is underused, you can rot in hell
on a different note, Toxic Chill [E] for PvE, Shattering Assault [E] for general, and Angelic Bond [E] for PvE
X
Xue Fang
Banned
#12
Quote:
Originally Posted by Darmikau
By underrated I mean two things:

Either A: Skills that, obviously, are very powerful but hardly used.

or B: Skills that are so seldom used you never even knew/forgot that they even existed.

For me, it'd be this skill:

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Rending_Aura

I've never seen this skill used, and have never seen it before until today when just clicking random article on the Wiki. Seems like a pretty darn powerful skill to me, especially against other Dervishes.
Rending Aura is a staple of my favourite farming build.
RPGmaniac
RPGmaniac
Desert Nomad
#13
Quote:
Originally Posted by Darmikau
By underrated I mean two things:

Either A: Skills that, obviously, are very powerful but hardly used.

or B: Skills that are so seldom used you never even knew/forgot that they even existed.

For me, it'd be this skill:

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Rending_Aura

I've never seen this skill used, and have never seen it before until today when just clicking random article on the Wiki. Seems like a pretty darn powerful skill to me, especially against other Dervishes.
I didn't even know that skill existed. I gotta try that out sometime.

I have yet to see one other person use [skill]marksman's wager[/skill]
Onarik Amrak
Onarik Amrak
Forge Runner
#14
[skill]Mending[/skill] .
Sypherious
Sypherious
Lion's Arch Merchant
#15
[skill]Bladeturn Refrain[/skill]
Racthoh
Racthoh
Did I hear 7 heroes?
#16
A lot of paragon skills.

Quote:
Originally Posted by 1 up and 2 down
I love [skill]Epidemic[/skill]

No one seems to ever use it though.
A lot of people use it with Broadhead Arrow.
Snow Bunny
Snow Bunny
Alcoholic From Yale
#17
Quote:
Originally Posted by placebo overdose
[skill]Warmonger's Weapon[/skill]
lern2spiritway

At least last time I played it as a rit, at least
BigDave
BigDave
Krytan Explorer
#18
Epidemic is used a lot in BHA builds but i'm surprised it's not more widely used. I can imagine it not being used massively in PvP but in PvE it could be very powerful. You stack a load of conditions on a target like weakness/blind/cracked armour from an air ele, poison/dazed/cripple from a ranger, bleeding/DW/cripple from a warrior, poison/bleeding from a sin, etc... and then with a bit of timing a caster at the back of the group could transfer those conditions to several other foes. It'd take a bit of practice but it'd be pretty powerful if you pulled it off.

I used it in the ascalon missions in HM where there's lots of melee to spread blind/weakness around. Helped massively.
Pleikki
Pleikki
WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!
#19
Marksman's Wager... ...
EPO Bot
EPO Bot
Desert Nomad
#20
Draw conditions + mending touch to eat conditions like popcorn.