Tempest - Condi DPS

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Raids

Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds

Difficulty:
TBD
This build was last updated on August 11, 2022 and is up to date for the February 27, 2024 patch.

Overview

This is a build focuses on Burning Burning and Bleeding Bleeding and offers high damage with a relatively simple rotation, particularly on large targets.

Additionally, skills like and allow you can maintain permanent Fury Fury and Might Might on yourself and party (provided you have some other source of Fury Fury) for a minor DPS loss.


Skill Bar

Dagger/Warhorn
Utility


Skill Variants

  • If you do not have time (e.g. during pre-events) to pre-cast a few times, then may be a stronger choice.


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Specializations


Equipment

Head
Viper
Shoulders
Viper
Chest
Viper
Hands
Viper
Legs
Viper
Feet
Viper
Backpiece
Viper
Accessory
Viper
Accessory
Viper
Amulet
Viper
Ring
Viper
Ring
Viper
Dagger
Viper
Warhorn
Viper
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x16
Infusion
x2


Consumables

Food


Utility

  • or

The difference in these two utilities is roughly 0.5% dps, so use what you feel you can afford.


Usage

  • Use in , and cast off cooldown.
  • You want to cast in off cooldown.
  • Cast off cooldown.
  • If using , then cast it in off cooldown.
  • Thanks to you can cast the signets and still receive their benefits, allowing you to use freely.

The gist of the rotation is to cycle between , using key abilities in each attunement off cooldown until the next attunement is ready.

When you enter , use , and , then use your key abilities as they come off cooldown. When is available, use one last and switch ( should become available during the cast of - you can switch attunement without interrupting the skill).

In , your first and last skill should be .

Steps listed as optional below are DPS losses, but will assist with boon uptimes in your group.


Rotation

Opener

  1. (only if you can pre-cast it)


Loop

  1. before cast finishes
  2. (optional)
  3. before cast finishes (be careful not to use other skills before has finished channelling)
  4. (optional)

Repeat from 1


Defiance Bars

  • You inflict a lot of Immobilize Immobilize with this build.
  • While in you can use .
  • If you are really desperate, you can switch to for .


Ratings

This build has a rating of 3 stars based on 2 votes.
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2 stars
OfficerAndyGentleman gave this build 2 stars • November 2022
Pretty chill rotation, but simply doesn't have the damage to make it relevant, and now that warhorn is 5-target it's difficult to justify bringing one for the boon support it can offer.
4 stars
MechaOG gave this build 4 stars • August 2022
2021 Review: This build offers decent damage on most bosses (Large Hit Box), but it gets out dps by many other condi builds. It is simple to learn which is an asset to help new players get into this class. August 2022: After the August 23 patch, tempest saw some buffs. Transcendent Tempest increased from 7% to 15% which gives a nice damage boost. Dagger mainhand also went through damage buff, though most of it is on the power side.

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