GW2Skills

B tier on Game Build PlannersScore 7.0 · #2 of 22

Android app: Not listed
Free plan: Yes
Runs on: api, Web

en.gw2skills.net

Summary

GW2Skills is a free website and build editor for the Guild Wars 2 community. The editor lets users set a profession, race, weapons, skills, traits, equipment, environment, effects, and combo options. Users can generate a QuickLink to share a build or load one from a chat link. The site also arranges skills and traits by profession and includes reference fields for races, effects, combo fields, and finishers. It offers English, Russian, German, and French versions. GW2Skills says it updates its database with in-game skill balance; its latest listed update is dated August 6, 2026. Its API supplies build QuickLinks, but access is limited by IP address: a project needs a permanent dedicated IP, and the site asks users to contact it first. The site says it uses the official Guild Wars 2 API only for text strings because it considers that API’s data insufficient and sometimes incomplete. The editor’s conditional trait calculations assume both user and target have full health, neither has negative conditions, and only selected temporary effects apply. The FAQ says there are no plans for a mobile application.

Who it is for

It suits Guild Wars 2 players who want to configure, review, and share builds in a browser. Developers considering its QuickLink API need a permanent dedicated IP and should contact the site first.

What is good

Free website and build editor
Builds can be shared with QuickLinks
Can load builds from chat links
Available in four languages

What to know first

No mobile application is planned
API projects need a permanent dedicated IP
Conditional trait calculations use stated assumptions

Verdict

GW2Skills offers build editing and reference material for Guild Wars 2, with chat-link loading and QuickLink sharing. It is browser-based rather than a planned mobile app, and its API has specific access requirements.

GW2Skills plans and pricing

All plans

Free Free Website and build editor freely available · supported by donations en.gw2skills.net · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on game build planners

Free plan: Yesen.gw2skills.net
Skill tree planner: Yesen.gw2skills.net
Equipment & loadouts: Yesen.gw2skills.net
Build sharing: Yesen.gw2skills.net
Mobile app: Noen.gw2skills.net

Facts

Purpose: GW2Skills provides the Guild Wars 2 community with a website and build editor.en.gw2skills.net · 3 Oct 2026
Build editor: The editor lets users configure profession, race, weapons, environment, skills, traits, equipment, effects and combo options.en.gw2skills.net · 3 Oct 2026
Reference content: The site organizes Guild Wars 2 skills and traits by profession and includes races, effects and combo fields and finishers.en.gw2skills.net · 3 Oct 2026
Game data: The site says it updates its database with current in-game skill balance; its latest listed update is dated August 6, 2026.en.gw2skills.net · 3 Oct 2026
Languages: The site offers Russian, German and French versions alongside English.en.gw2skills.net · 3 Oct 2026
API integration: Its API provides quick links to builds and is restricted by IP address; projects using it need a permanent dedicated IP and should contact the site first.en.gw2skills.net · 3 Oct 2026
Official API use: The site says it uses the official Guild Wars 2 API only to obtain text strings because it considers the API data insufficient and sometimes incomplete.en.gw2skills.net · 3 Oct 2026
Editor assumptions: Conditional trait modifiers are calculated assuming the user and target have 100% health, neither has negative conditions, and only selected temporary effects apply.en.gw2skills.net · 3 Oct 2026
Mobile: The FAQ says the site will not create a mobile application.en.gw2skills.net · 3 Oct 2026
Support: The site lists [email protected] for contact and accepts donations to support the project.en.gw2skills.net · 3 Oct 2026
Funding and ads: The site says it has no advertising and relies substantially on donations to keep the website free of ads.en.gw2skills.net · 3 Oct 2026
Distribution: The site says all posted materials are freely distributed and requires a link to the site when using a translation.en.gw2skills.net · 3 Oct 2026
Maker: The site credits Connor McLeoud for development and dates site development from 2012 to 2026.en.gw2skills.net · 3 Oct 2026
Build loading: The editor provides an option to load a build from its chat link.en.gw2skills.net · 4 Oct 2026
Data updates: The site says it uploads current in-game skill balance data to its database; its latest listed update is for 2026/07/14 balance.en.gw2skills.net · 4 Oct 2026
GW2Skills API: GW2Skills has its own API for obtaining build QuickLinks, with access limited by IP address and a dedicated IP required for use in a project.en.gw2skills.net · 4 Oct 2026
Mobile availability: The FAQ says the team does not plan to create a mobile application.en.gw2skills.net · 4 Oct 2026
Language support: The site offers English, Russian, German, and French versions.en.gw2skills.net · 4 Oct 2026