Anguish

Shroud. Spirit. Mark an enemy to take more damage from your summoned creatures, then summon a spirit of anguish. Anguish fires a barrage of projectiles that deal increased damage against crowd-controlled enemies and for each condition on those enemies. — In-game description

Anguish

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Ritualist

Parent skill

  Ritualist's Shroud

Slot

Transform

Type

Shroud, Spirit

Summons

Spirit of Anguish

Game link

API

76864

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Anguish

Shroud. Spirit. Mark an enemy to take more damage from your summoned creatures, then summon a spirit of anguish. Anguish fires a barrage of projectiles that deal increased damage against crowd-controlled enemies and for each condition on those enemies.

Ritualist Attack

 Cripple (4s): -50% Movement Speed

₈ Vulnerability (10s): +8% Incoming Damage, +8% Incoming Condition Damage

 Painful Bond (10s): Target takes increased damage from your summoned creatures.

Anguish Attack

 Damage (7x): 931 (3.5)^?

 Damage (7x): 126 (0.462)^?

 Bonus Damage vs. Controlled: 20%

 Bonus Damage per Condition: 2%

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Curses

• Target the Weak — Increases critical-hit chance for each condition on the foe. Gain condition damage based on your precision.

Death Magic

• Corrupter's Fervor — Inflicting a condition on a foe grants carapace. Gain pulsing protection while at or above the carapace threshold.

Blood Magic

• Vampiric Presence — You and your nearby allies siphon health with attacks. This effect increases while in Shroud.

Soul Reaping

• Sinister Shroud — Shroud skills gain reduced recharge.

Ritualist

• Wandering Spirits — Spirits teleport to you before they perform their autoattack.
• Spirit's Gift — Heal nearby allies when you summon a creature. Spirits and minions are creatures.
• Explosive Growth — When you summon a creature, deal damage to enemies around that creature. Spirits and minions are creatures.
• Boon of Creation — Gain concentration. Gain life force when you summon a creature. Spirits and minions are creatures.
• Spirits' Remedy — Remove conditions from nearby allies when you summon a creature. Spirits and minions are creatures.
• Empowering Spirits — Grant boons to nearby allies when you summon a spirit.
• Spirit's Strength — Your summoned creatures deal more damage and their healing is increased. Spirits and minions are creatures.
• Lingering Spirits — Gain a bonus for each active spirit. Spirits persist when exiting ritualist's shroud but continue to drain life force. Life force that is gained during this time will not be consumed by spirits.
• Soul Twisting — The first spirit skill you use when entering ritualist's shroud recharges instantly.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
December 09, 2025	Reduced the power coefficient from 0.08 to 0.066 in PvP and WvW.
October 28, 2025	Visions of Eternity release: Anguish has been added to the game. Reduced the cooldown from 12 seconds to 7 seconds in PvE only. Spirit of Anguish now spawns in front of the ritualist instead of adjacent to the ritualist.
August 19, 2025	Anguish was available during the Visions of Eternity elite specialization Beta Event.