Guild Wars 2

The Ascension

Legendary back item

The Ascension is a legendary back item made available through PvP Leagues in 2016.

Stats swap freelyInfusion slotUnique — one per characterSkin: The Ascension (skin)

What it looks like

The Ascension has an animation that leaves a tiny blast on both hands when drawing a weapon for the first time (This can be noticed while running and drawing the weapon) The same weapon drawing blast animation is replaced with a single blast animation when swapping weapons (perform at least one auto attack before swapping, for this animation to trigger) Purple and orange flame particles flow from the bottom of the wings, the effect and colours of these are more pronounced when weapons are drawn. There are small glowing dust particles that emanate from…

Unlock text

A handful of warriors know what it's like to bask in the effervescent glow of a fresh victory—sweat dripping from their brow, voice raw. Only the bravest ascend to such glory.

What it takes

Combined in the Mystic Forge, from:

1 × Gift of the Competitor1 × Gift of Skirmishing1 × Gift of Fortune1 × Wings of Ascension

Each of those breaks down further — often a long way. Track it in the tracker to see the whole list with what you already hold subtracted, and where each missing piece comes from.

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The Ascension on the Guild Wars 2 Wiki

Descriptions, visual effects and acquisition notes on this page are taken from the Guild Wars 2 Wiki, written by its contributors and available under the GNU Free Documentation License 1.3; each is linked to the page it came from. Item names, in-game flavour text, unlock text and icons are the property of ArenaNet, LLC and NCSOFT Corporation, are not covered by that licence, and are used under ArenaNet's Content Terms of Use. Recipes and item data come from the official Guild Wars 2 API and are a snapshot taken when this page was built, not a live feed — the tracker reads your own numbers live. This is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with ArenaNet or NCSOFT. More about this site.