Tempest - Hammer Tempest

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Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

Overview

A build that uses Overload Air a lot

Skill Bar

Weapon 1: Hammer

Weapon 2:

Weapon 3: Hammer

Weapon 4:

Healing skill: Glyph of Elemental Harmony

Utility skill 1: Signet of Air

Utility skill 2: Glyph of Storms

Utility skill 3: "Feel the Burn!"

Elite skill: Conjure Fiery Greatsword

Variants

Weapon

• Spear
• Staff

Utility

• Signet of Air can be swapped to any other defensive utility such as Armor of Earth or "Eye of the Storm!"
• "Aftershock!"
• Signet of Fire

Elite

• "Rebound!"

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Specializations

Fire: Top, Bot, Top

Air: Bot, Mid, Mid

Tempest: Mid, Top, Mid

Variants

• Unstable Conduit

Variants

Water: Mid, Bot, Mid

• Swaps fire, less damage but aurashares Shocking Aura

Equipment

Rune: 6 Superior Rune of the Scholar

Infusion 1: 18 Mighty WvW Infusion

Infusion 2:

Relic: Relic of the Thief

Weapon 1: Hammer

Weapon 2:

Sigil 1: Superior Sigil of Force

Sigil 2: Superior Sigil of Energy

Weapon 3: Hammer

Weapon 4:

Sigil 3: Superior Sigil of Bloodlust

Sigil 4: Superior Sigil of Force

Main stats: Marauder

Head stats: Dragon

Chest stats: Dragon

Feet stats: Dragon

Backpiece stats: Dragon

Accessory 1 stats: Dragon

Equipment Variants

Stats

• Crescent Wind gives 12% crit, swap dragon gear to marauder if you're not using hammer

Relics

• Relic of Fireworks

Sigils

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

Consumables

• Peppercorn-Crusted Sous-Vide Steak
• Superior Sharpening Stone

Usage

General

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

Priorities

High

• Damage

Moderate

Low

Surviving

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

Active defense priority

• Signet of Air - for Stunbreaking
• Dodge

Detailed Explanations

Damage

• 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
  • Remember that you can swap attunement after starting any non-overload skill and it will finish casting in the new attunement
• Keep your 3 skill orbs up as often as possible, especially Crescent Wind and Flame Wheel
• 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.
• Full damage priority including filler skills in the collapsed section below:

Damage priority

• Air Attunement
  • Overload Air
  • Crescent Wind
  • Hurricane of Pain
• Fire Attunement
  • Overload Fire
  • Flame Wheel
  • Glyph of Storms
  • Molten End
  • Triple Sear
  • Surging Flames
• Conjure Fiery Greatsword
  • Firestorm
  • Fiery Whirl - Situational
• Earth Attunement
  • Rocky Loop
  • Ground Pound
  • Whirling Stones
• Water Attunement
  • Icy Coil
  • Cleansing Typhoon
  • Rain of Blows