Tempest - Hammer 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 April 03, 2025 and is up to date for the February 11, 2025 patch.
Overview
A build that uses a lot
Skill Bar
Hammer
Hammer
Utility
Variants
- Weapon
- Spear
- Staff
- Utility
- can be swapped to any other defensive utility such as or
- Elite
Template Code
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Specializations
Variants
- Swaps fire, less damage but aurashares
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
Hammer
Marauder
Sigil
Sigil
Hammer
Marauder
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x18
Relic
Equipment Variants
- Relics
- Sigils
Consumables
Usage
General
- As soon as you get 25 stacks of 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 
- - for Stunbreaking
- Dodge
Detailed Explanations
Damage
- Your highest priority is to use and as often as possible
- Never use or
- When is off cooldown use it as your second highest priority behind
- If is on CD and you've finished swap into or to proc so you can get back into
- 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 and
- should be used in Fire
- Use while is on CD immediately after casting
- Cast , then use 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
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- - Situational
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Ratings
Comments
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