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
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
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
Lightning Swing½
Lightning SwingBash your foe.
Damage: 355
Number of Targets: 3
Range: 150
Static Swing½Static SwingStrike your foe again.Damage: 355Number of Targets: 3Range: 150 
Thunderclap½ThunderclapSmash the ground and damage nearby foes.Damage: 533
Blind (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.Number of Targets: 5
Radius: 180
Combo Finisher: BlastRange: 150
Weapon swap- - Weapon swap during the very long aftercast to cancel it.
- Pick up the second
- Lightning Swing½Lightning SwingBash your foe.Damage: 355Number of Targets: 3Range: 150 Static Swing½Static SwingStrike your foe again.Damage: 355Number of Targets: 3Range: 150 Thunderclap½ThunderclapSmash the ground and damage nearby foes.Damage: 533Blind (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.Number of Targets: 5Radius: 180Combo Finisher: BlastRange: 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.
I used this build raiding with my guild today, and it performed spectacularly. Great damage output, and it can react to mechanics with minimal disruption to the rotation.
It is somewhat lacking in survivability. If you're in a good raiding guild your healer should be able to keep you alive anyway, but in an average group a substitution might be a good idea. I ended up substituting Lightning Flash for Conjure Lightning Hammer just so I could blink out of damage zones in an emergency, but Arcane Shield would also work if mobility isn't required or feasible for a fight.
Another weakness obviously is CC, but that's more a weakness of the class than the build. Even though it's possible to be carried by a CC-heavy raid, in a fight where hard CC is vital (such as Samarog) it might be a good idea to switch to a different class if your raid is consistently failing CC phases.
The build has no active stun breaks, but if you're good at avoiding telegraphed attacks the auto-break from Gale Song is enough.
Overall though I'd definitely recommend this build. Lots of fun and very viable.