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[edit] Casting Symbols

The Casting Symbol is a symbol that appears above the head of the caster. Typically it appears during the whole process of activation.

The Casting Symbol is optional and the type depends on type of the used skill:

[edit] Spells

For Spells (including hexes and enchantments) the casting symbol usually indicates the linked attribute, for example most Healing Prayers spells have the "ankh" symbol, most Divine Favor spells have the "vortex" symbol, etc.

However, there are exceptions from this rule:

  • Some spells have no Casting Symbol at all.
  • Some spells have a unique casting symbol, for example Vampiric Gaze has a green skull instead of the typical red blood-dripping ring of a Blood Magic spell.
  • Some spells have the "wrong" casting symbol, for example Life Attunement has the "ankh" symbol of a Healing Prayers spell although it is a Protection Prayers spell.
Profession Spells (by Attribute)
Monk
Image:Monk-icon.png 		Healing Prayers:
Image:Healing Symbol.jpg 		Protection Prayers:
Image:Protection Symbol.jpg 		Smiting Prayers:
Image:Smiting Symbol.jpg 		Divine Favor, No Attribute:
Image:DivineFavor Symbol.jpg
Necromancer
Image:Necromancer-icon.png 		Curses:
Image:Curses Symbol.jpg 		Blood Magic:
Image:Blood Symbol.jpg 		Death Magic:
Image:Death Symbol.jpg 		Soul Reaping, No Attribute:
 Vampiric Gaze:
Image:NecroSkull Symbol.jpg 		Gaze of Contempt:
Mesmer
Image:Mesmer-icon.png 		Domination Magic:
Image:Domination Symbol.jpg 		Inspiration Magic:
Image:Inspiration Symbol 2.jpg 		Illusion Magic:
Image:Illusion Symbol.jpg 		Fast Casting, No Attribute:
Elementalist
Image:Elementalist-icon.png 		Air Magic:
Image:Air Symbol 2.jpg 		Water Magic:
Image:Water Symbol.jpg 		Earth Magic:
Image:Earth Symbol_2.jpg 		Fire Magic:
Image:Fire Symbol.jpg 		Energy Storage
No Attribute:
 Aura of Restoration:
Image:EnergyStorage Symbol.jpg
Assassin
Image:Assassin-icon.png 		Deadly Arts:
Image:Deadly Symbol.jpg 		Shadow Arts:
Image:Shadow Symbol.jpg 		Critical Strikes:
Image:Critical Strikes Symbol.jpg 		No Attribute:
Ritualist
Image:Ritualist-icon.png 		Communing:
Image:Communing Symbol.jpg 		Channeling Magic:
Image:Channeling Symbol.jpg 		Restoration Magic:
Image:Restoration Symbol.jpg 		Spawning Power, No Attribute:
Image:Spawning Symbol.jpg
Dervish
Image:Dervish-icon.png 		Earth Prayers:
 Wind Prayers:
 Mysticism:
 No Attribute:

[edit] Signets

Signets have the same "rose" symbol for all professions and attributes:

Signet Casting Symbol
Image:SignetCastingSymbol.jpg

The only known exception is Signet of Humility, which uses the same animation as Fast Casting and no attribute Mesmer spells.

[edit] Glyphs

Concentration
Image:Glyph of Concentration symbol.jpg 		Elemental Power
Image:Glyph of Elemental Power symbol.jpg 		Energy
Image:Glyph of Energy symbol.jpg 		Essence
Image:Glyph of Essence symbol.jpg 		Lesser Energy
Image:Glyph of Lesser Energy symbol.jpg 		Renewal
Image:Glyph of Renewal symbol.jpg 		Restoration
Image:Glyph of Restoration symbol.jpg 		Sacrifice
Image:Glyph of Sacrifice symbol.jpg 		Swiftness
Image:Glyph of Swiftness symbol.jpg 		Immolation
Image:Glyph of Immolation symbol.jpg

[edit] Nature Rituals

Nature Rituals have two casting symbols:

1. A symbol that appears at the very end of activation, which is identical for all Nature Rituals:

Nature Ritual Symbol
Image:NatureRitual Symbol.jpg

2. A symbol that is unique above the character with a spinning ring appearing around the middle of the character at the start of casting:

Nature Ritual
Beast Mastery Edge of Extinction:
Image:Edge symbol.jpg 		Energizing Wind:
Image:Energizing symbol.jpg 		Fertile Season:
Image:Fertile symbol .jpg 		Lacerate:
Image:Lacerate symbol.jpg 		Predatory Season:
Image:Predatory symbol.jpg 		Primal Echoes:
Image:Primal symbol.jpg 		Symbiosis:
Image:Symbiosis symbol.jpg 		Toxicity:
Image:Toxicity symbol.jpg
Expertise Infuriating Heat:
Image:Infuriating symbol.jpg
Marksmanship Favorable Winds:
Image:Favorable symbol.jpg
Wilderness Survival Brambles:
Image:Brambles symbol.jpg 		Conflagration:
Image:Conflagration symbol.jpg 		Equinox:
Image:Equinox symbol.jpg 		Famine:
Image:Famine symbol.jpg 		Frozen Soil:
Image:Frozen symbol.jpg 		Greater Conflagration:
Image:Greater symbol.jpg 		Muddy Terrain:
Image:Muddy symbol.jpg 		Nature's Renewal:
Image:Nature symbol.jpg
Pestilence:
Image:Pestilence symbol.jpg 		Quickening Zephyr:
Image:Quickening symbol.jpg 		Roaring Winds:
Image:Roaring symbol.jpg 		Tranquility:
Image:Tranquility symbol.jpg 		Winnowing:
Image:Winnowing symbol.jpg 		Winter:
Image:Winter symbol.jpg

[edit] Other Ranger Skills

The casting symbols for Run as One, Rampage as One, and Never Rampage Alone all start with the Two Paws, which come together to form either the Paw and Foot or Paw and Arrow:

Two Paws
Image:Ranger-twopaws-animation.jpg 		Run as One
Image:Ranger-pawandfoot-animation1.jpg Image:Ranger-pawandfoot-animation2.jpg 		Rampage as One and
Never Rampage Alone
Image:Ranger-pawandarrow-animation.jpg

[edit] Chants

The character uses his generic casting animation, during which he/she grows a pair of glowing transparent wings appear on the character's back, flap once and then disappear.

Wings up
Wings down

[edit] Forms

Avatar of Balthazar
Image:Avatar of Balthazar symbol.jpg 		Avatar of Dwayna
Image:Avatar of Dwayna symbol.jpg 		Avatar of Grenth
Image:Avatar of Grenth symbol.jpg 		Avatar of Lyssa
Image:Avatar of Lyssa symbol.jpg 		Avatar of Melandru
Image:Avatar of Melandru symbol.jpg

[edit] Other Skills

Most "other" skills (especially those that activate instantly) have no Casting Symbol at all:

Again, there are exceptions from the rule. There are plain Skills and Stances that use the Casting Symbol of their linked attribute or a unique symbol. For example, the Mantras used by Mesmers (which are Stances) show the same glowing symbol above the user's head as the symbol shown in the skill icon.

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