Tempest - DPS Tempest

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

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

This build was last updated on May 14, 2026 and is up to date for the April 14, 2026 patch.

Overview

A build that uses Overload Air a lot

Skill Bar

Scepter/Warhorn

X/Warhorn

Utility

Utility

• Signet of Air can be swapped to any other defensive utility such as Armor of Earth or Signet of Air or to an offensive utility if you feel confident playing without a stunbreak
• "Aftershock!"
• Signet of Fire

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Equipment

Head
Marauder

Shoulders
Marauder

Chest
Marauder

Hands
Marauder

Legs
Marauder

Feet
Marauder

Backpiece
Marauder

Accessory
Marauder

Accessory
Marauder

Amulet
Marauder

Ring
Marauder

Ring
Marauder

Scepter
Marauder

Warhorn
Marauder

Sigil

Sigil

Warhorn
Marauder

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Equipment Variants

Relics

• Relic of Fireworks

Sigils

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Fire
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Frenzy
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Impact

Usage

Quick Guide

• Start fights in Fire Attunement
• In general follow the following attunement priority

1. Air Attunement
2. Fire Attunement
3. Earth Attunement
4. Water Attunement

• Save Arcane Echo for Wildfire
• Any time you are in air use Lightning Strike and Blinding Flash freely, they are instant casts and will not interrupt Overload Air
• Wait to cast Lightning Orb until right before Overload Air to increase burst
• Get out of Earth Attunement and Water Attunement as soon as possible via Fresh Air so you can use Overload Air again
  • Dust Storm and Shatterstone are the only skills worth regularly casting in either attunement

General

• As soon as you get 25 stacks of Sigil of Superior Sigil of Bloodlust and get out of combat, swap back to the Warhorn without a stacking sigil

Surviving

• This build has low passive defense
• This build has low mobility skill access
• This build has moderate active defenses

Defensive Skill List

• "Eye of the Storm!" - Stunbreak
• All Overload skills - Stunbreak
• Dodge

Priorities

High

• Damage

Moderate

• CC

Low

• Boon Support

Detailed Explanations

Damage

Damage Skill Priority

• Fire Attunement
  • Arcane Echo + Wildfire
  • Wildfire
  • Glyph of Storms
  • Overload Fire
  • Dragon's Tooth
  • Phoenix
• Air Attunement
  • Lightning Orb
  • Overload Air
  • Lightning Strike
• Earth Attunement
  • Dust Storm
• Air Attunement
  • Shatterstone

• Your highest priority is to use Overload Air and Overload Fire as often as possible
  • Never use Overload Water or Overload Earth
• When Fire Attunement is off cooldown use it as your second highest priority behind Air Attunement
• If Fire Attunement is on CD and you've finished Overload Air swap into Earth Attunement or Water Attunement to proc Fresh Air so you can get back into Air Attunement
  • Dust Storm and Shatterstone are the only skills worth regularly casting in either attunement
    • Remember that you can swap attunement after starting any non-overload skill and it will finish casting in the new attunement
• Glyph of Storms should be used in Fire
• Use Conjure Fiery Greatsword while Fire Attunement is on CD immediately after casting Overload Air
  • Cast Firestorm, then use Fiery Whirl if you're in a good position for it, then immediately drop the conjure
  • Make sure to swap to Earth Attunement or Water Attunement to proc Fresh Air
• Save Arcane Echo for Wildfire
• Any time you are in air use Lightning Strike and Blinding Flash freely, they are instant casts and will not interrupt Overload Air
• Wait to cast Lightning Orb until right before Overload Air to increase burst

CC

CC skill List

• Tidal Surge - AoE Knockback
• Cyclone - AoE Pull

• Use your CC when:
  • Your group calls a spike such as Wells (Well of Corruption)
  • On top of enemy downs (while alive enemies are on top of them)
  • Enemy groups move defensively while your group is pushing
• In general you shouldn't prioritize CCing over doing damage, but for Cyclone it is easy to fit in casts while waiting for Overload Air to charge

Boon Support

• Dust Storm provides AoE Resistance
• If you have downtime Sand Squall is worth casting, but don't bother interrupting damage to use it