Let's Talk Combos

Alrighty, so now that the game is starting to become a bit more familiar to everyone, I thought I'd go ahead and make a post where we can figure out what does what in terms of combos. there is a TL;DR version at the bottom for the bare bones information. But for those who want to know how they can interact with absolutely everyone before seeing them cast anything, keep reading.

For people who haven't been introduced to it, GW2 has an awesome combo system where your abilities can mix with someone else's and create another ability, from shields, to bolts, to healing and providing boons or applying conditions. You can find out whether your abilities combine a combo field (the necessary starting ingredient, an elemental field you lay on the ground) or a finisher (blast, whirl, leap, or projectile) by mousing over the ability. Not all abilities, nor even all classes have both. Warriors, for instance, have only one combo field, but plenty of finishers. When you perform a combo finisher, a grey heart with text saying what it did will pop up. (Area might or burning, for instance)

I'm looking to add in all the actual effects made, as well as what class can each do with what weapon/skill. Add in whatever you guys have found out, as I've only had the opportunity to really take notice with a few on the warrior! I'll post the character/skill that makes each combo/finisher as I find them out or as you post them below.

Combo Fields:
Ethereal
Made By:
Mesmer + Time Warp (Elite Skill)
Mesmer + Null Field (Utility Skill)
Mesmer +Feedback (Utility Skill)
Mesmer +Staff
Necro + Spectral Wall (Utility Skill)
Thief + Steal (Throw Gunk)

+ Blast = Area Chaos Armor
+ Leap = Chaos Armor
+ Projectile = Confusion
+ Whirl = Confusing Bolts


Dark
Made By:
Necro + Well of Suffering (Utility Skill)
Necro + Well of Darkness (Utility Skill)
Necro + Well of Power (Utility Skill)
Necro + Well of Corruption (Utility Skill)
Thief + Shadow Refuge (Utility Skill)

+ Blast = Area Blindness
+ Leap = Blindness
+ Projectile = Lifesteal
+ Whirl = Leaching Bolts

Fire
Made By:
Warrior + Longbow
Elementalist + Dagger (Either Hand)
Elementalist + Scepter (Main Hand)
Elementalist + Staff
Elementalist+ Focus (Off Hand)
Elementalist + Trident (Underwater) 
Guardian + Purging Flames (Utility Skill)
Guardian + Hallowed Ground (Utility Skill)
Engineer + Flamethrower
Engineer + Bomb Kit
Ranger + Torch
Ranger + Flame Trap (Utility Skill)

+ Blast = Area Might(x3)
+ Leap = Fire Armor
+ Projectile = Burning
+ Whirl = Burning Bolts

Water
Made By:
Elementalist + Staff
Engineer + Healing Turret (Tool Belt)
Ranger + Healing Spring (Healing Skill)

+ Blast = Area Healing
+ Leap = Healing
+ Projectile = Regeneration
+ Whirl = Healing Bolts

Ice
Made By:
Elementalist + Staff
Engineer + Mortar
Ranger + Frost Trap (Utility Skill)

+ Blast = Area Frost Amor
+ Leap = Frost Armor
+ Projectile = Chilled
+ Whirl = Chilling Bolts

Light
Made By:
Mesmer + Focus (Off Hand)
Mesmer + Veil (Utility Skill)
Necro + Well of Blood (Healing Skill)
Guardian + Staff
Guardian + Hammer
Guardian + Shield
Guardian + Mace (Main Hand)
Guardian + Greatsword
Guardian + Sanctuary (Utility Skill)
Guardian + Wall of Reflection (Utility Skill)
Guardian + Symbol of Judgement (Downed)
Guardian + Retaliatory Subconscious* (Virtue Trait)
Engineer + Elixir Gun
Engineer + Elixir R (Tool Belt)

+ Blast = Area Retaliation
+ Leap = Retaliation
+ Projectile = Remove Condition
+ Whirl = Cleansing Bolts

Lightning
Elementalist + Staff
Elementalist + Conjure Lightning Hammer (Utility Skill)

+ Blast = Area Swiftness
+ Leap = Dazing
+ Projectile = Vulnerability
+ Whirl = Brutal Bolts

Smoke
Thief + Pistol (Off Hand)
Thief + Smoke Screen (Utility Skill)
Engineer + Bomb Kit
Engineer + Flame Turret 
Ranger + Jellyfish Pet (Underwater Only)

+ Blast = Area Stealth
+ Leap = Stealth
+ Projectile = Blindness 
+ Whirl = Blinding Bolts

Poison
Necro + Staff
Necro + Corrosive Poison Cloud (Utility Skill)
Thief + Shortbow
Thief + Exploding Venom Sack (Stolen)
Engineer + Grenade Kit
Ranger + Murellow Pet
Ranger + Spider Pet
Ranger + Carrion Devourer Pet
ASURA** (Radiation Field)

+ Blast = Area Weakness
+ Leap = Weakness
+ Projectile = Poison
+ Whirl = Poison Bolts


* = The only combo field created by a trait line.
** = The only combo field created by a racial.

Finishers:

Blast
Warrior  + Longbow
Warrior  + Any Banner skill
Warrior + Hammer
Warrior + Stomp
Warrior + Rampage (Elite)
Guardian + Judgment (Elite)
Guardian + Hammer
Guardian + Focus (Off Hand)
Engineer + Any Turret (Detonate)
Engineer + Thumper Turret
Engineer + Bomb Kit (Tool Belt)
Engineer + Downed
Engineer + Throw Mine (Utility Skill)
Engineer + Shield
Engineer + Rocket Boots (Utility Skill)
Engineer + Supply Crate (Elite)
Ranger + Drake Pet

Whirl
Warrior + Greatsword
Warrior + Hammer
Warrior + Axe (Either Hand)
Warrior + Banner (Equipped)
Guardian + Greatsword
Guardian + Mace (Main Hand)
Ranger + Axe (Off Hand)
Thief + Dagger Storm (Elite Skill)
Thief + Dagger (Dual Daggers only)
Thief + Whirling Axe (Stolen)
Elementalist + Fiery Whirl (Conjure Fiery Greatsword)
Elementalist + Scepter
Elementalist + Tornado (Elite Skill)
Mesmer + Focus
Mesmer + Greatsword
Necro + Spear


Leap
Warrior  + Sword (Main Hand)
Warrior + Shield
Warrior + Bull's Charge
Warrior + Dash (Elite Skill)
Warrior + Axe
Mesmer + Staff
Mesmer + Sword
Guardian + Greatsword
Engineer + Rifle
Ranger + Sword (Main Hand)
Ranger + Greatsword
Ranger + Boar Pet
Ranger + Canine Pet
Ranger + Lynx Pet
Ranger + Snow Leopard Pet
Ranger + Shark Pet
Thief + Dagger (Main Hand)
Elementalist + Conjure Fire Axe
Elementalist + Conjure Lightning Hammer
Elementalist + Dagger (Main Hand)
Mesmer + Sword (Either Hand)
Mesmer + Staff
CHARR + Rocket Jump


Projectile
Warrior  + Sword Off Hand
Warrior  + Axe Main Hand
Warrior  + Greatsword 
Warrior  + Longbow
Warrior + Rifle 
Mesmer  + Pistol
Mesmer  + Great Sword


TL;DR
Ethereal Fields will either apply Chaos Armor or Confusion.
Dark Fields will either cause Blindness or Lifestealing.
Fire Fields will give allies Might or Fire Shield, or cause Burning to enemies.
Water Fields will either Heal nearby allies or grant them Regeneration.
Ice Fields will either apply Frost Armor or Chilled.
Light Fields either remove a condition or give Retaliation.
Lightning Fields either give allies Swiftness, or cause foes to be Dazed or Weakened.
Smoke Fields either apply Stealth or Blindness. Certain enemy projectiles passing through will miss.
Poison Fields will either apply Weakness or Poison.


This post will be a constantly growing reference, and I'm hoping to get some videos up once I upgrade the computer to handle both decent quality gaming while recording.  This is not 100% guaranteed to be correct. If you notice any errors or omissions, please let me know!

Thanks Brandon/Reeburn for changing up the color scheme better!

Mesmerrrrr!
Chaos Storm (staff #5) is an ethereal field
Feedback (util) is ethereal too I think
Null Field (util) is ... also ethereal
Time Warp (elite) is not ethereal! nah jk it is.
Then, Veil (util) and Temporal Curtain (focus #4) are Light fields
Actually that's all I think we have... Hmm
Oh and finishers uhh
Phase Retreat (staff #2) is a leap
Illusionary Leap (sword #3) is a leap
Magic Bullet (pistol #5) and Mirror Blade (great sword #2) are projectiles
And then some of the phantasms can do finishers on their own but I haven't really paid attention to who does what..



And Black Powder (thief pistol #5) is a Smoke field..
That's all I got.

Maybe its me,

But when i've been playing with herc yesterday and he been planting marks on the ground, and when i whent and stomped one, poison flew around for massive AoE poisoning dmg.

i Dont remember seeing a gray heart tho, i was just WTF IS THIS.

Seems further investigating is needed!

It's missing a lot unfortunately, I'll refer you to Guild Wars 2 Wiki Combo page for the full list of fields and the effect of each type of finisher.

The type of field you can make is generally written in the skill description when you mouse over it, same goes for finishers I think.

There's lots of ways to finish a field e.g.:

Blast finisher, mainly done by casters, is a finisher field on top of another field.
Projectile finisher, shooting through a field with ranged skills. (if its done with a multishot skill its only 20% of the field effect)
Leap finishers, skill jumping through or into a field will trigger a leap finisher.
Whirl Finishers, doing a cyclone move in a field will trigger it.

Kay, so... I'm gonna be completely honest.

I don't pay much attention to combos. XD I am a horrible GW2 player LOL

But! I've been playing a lot with Eric lately, and because I used scepter/torch and went offensive with my utility slots, we managed to come up with two combos. Except I'm not really sure of the abilities on his end.

My ability is called Purging Flames, combo field is fire, of course. We've managed to do two combos with it... Burning Bolts, I think? Where he spins around and sends fire everywhere... and then we've also managed to do a fire bubble (fire aura, I think the proper name is). Since you are a warrior maybe you can figure them out, or you can ask him what he uses XD

I hope that was helpful :3 Probably wasn't... but I figured I'd post anyway.

I also have some combo field light abilities, but I'm not sure which ones they are because I haven't been swapping my abilities around much. Sorry : /

Alright, so after the past couple of days of going through all the skills, I think I have the full list compiled (of what class provides what fields and what weapons to look for)

I should have it up by Tuesday evening my time, as I need to spend time on the computer, not playing GW obviously, to actually edit it into the post

I know you still have to post it and all but I just want to thank you for all your hard work, Zere! I think this was a cool little project that you've taken up and I think that it will be immensely helpful to current and future guildies alike.

Thanks for all your hard work! <3

~ Matty

Oi...almost half done on the bare bones post. All combo fields are now up

Ohai Zere great work there,

Tho i noticed you have forgotten the Warrior Leap ''Adrenal skill'' Eviscerate.

Maybe you just forgot to count em adrenal ones : p

Drakefist wrote:

Ohai Zere great work there,

Tho i noticed you have forgotten the Warrior Leap ''Adrenal skill'' Eviscerate.

Maybe you just forgot to count em adrenal ones : p

Actually, I've only finished the "Blast" portion of finishers good eye though XD