Tempest - Power DPS

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Overview

Also known as Fresh Air Scepter/Warhorn Tempest, this is an old Heart of Thorns build which has now become one of the best AoE burst damage builds in the game.

Fresh Air Tempest relies on spamming and resetting its cooldown with . This, combined with its high damage AoE skills, makes it excel at killing adds and trash mobs. In addition, Tempest provides a lot of

Vulnerability, deals excellent burst damage on large hitboxes, and provides a unique damage buff to its party through 's Static Discharge.

This guide is focused on raids. For the fractal version see Tempest - Power DPS (Fractal).

Skill Bar

Scepter/WarhornHealingUtilityElite

Slot Changes

Healing

will provide the highest uptime in very low damage fights (i.e. fights where you never press your healing skill).
for a strong group heal.
if extra condition cleanse is needed.

Utilities

over if having trouble staying alive in high-pressure fights, or if your Overloads are getting interrupted.

Specializations

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Variants

on Keep Construct.

Equipment

6x

Superior Rune of the Scholar

18x

Mighty +5 Agony Infusion

Variants

instead of on Keep Construct.

Usage

Cast then begin channeling
½
Lightning Swing
Bash your foe.
Damage: 355
Number of Targets: 3
Range: 150

½
Static Swing
Strike your foe again.
Damage: 355
Number of Targets: 3
Range: 150

½
Thunderclap
Smash the ground and damage nearby foes.
Damage: 533
Blind (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Number of Targets: 5
Radius: 180
Combo Finisher: Blast
Range: 150
Weapon swap
- Weapon swap during the very long aftercast to cancel it.
Pick up the second
½
Lightning Swing
Bash your foe.
Damage: 355
Number of Targets: 3
Range: 150

½
Static Swing
Strike your foe again.
Damage: 355
Number of Targets: 3
Range: 150

½
Thunderclap
Smash the ground and damage nearby foes.
Damage: 533
Blind (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Number of Targets: 5
Radius: 180
Combo Finisher: Blast
Range: 150
Weapon swap
Pick up the second
- Weapon swap during the very long aftercast to cancel it.
Repeat from step 4, omitting skills if they are on cooldown.

Video rotation example by Roul

Notes

Cast whenever it's available - it doesn't interrupt other channels.
If you don't have a conjured weapon available, simply use the auto-attack in Air until your overload is ready.
Step back from the boss before casting to maximize the hits you get from it.
If you're unable to do the water attunement section very fast it works out to be a DPS loss, so if you're not confident in your speed you can simply skip that section.