Tempest - Staff Tempest

The Official API is experiencing issues; skill, trait and item data cannot be loaded at the moment.
Note: Please note that builds will default to plain icons, these may not be as accurate. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Part of the current metagame.

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great.

Focused on: Aoe, Direct damage.

Designed for:

Open World

 

Open World Events

 

Open World Zergs

Expansions required:

Send feedback

Rate this build

Overview

This build can deal high AOE damage from a distance and excels at quickly killing large groups of mobs. This build is primary meant for Group Play but can be used as a Roaming build if you are familiar enough with Elementalist as a whole.

Playstyle

The general playstyle of this build revolves around Elementalist's Staff's very high area damage via , and . It can deal significant area damage at 1200 range, making it ideal for running in a group or zerg. Most of your time will be spent in , however when in melee range abusing can be extremely powerful as well - especially if combined with .

Usage

You should use this build in meta events or farming trains which are not overly reliant on Mobility, as that is one of its weaker points. Additionally, STAFFs slow projectiles mean that in very fast-moving trains, such as The Mad King's Labyrinth, you may find yourself falling behind. In those situations it is better to run the Tagging Tempest build over this one.

Skill Bar

StaffHealingUtilityElite

Skill Variants

Healing Skills

• - if conditions are a problem. Synergizes with covering its long channel time.
• - Powerful burst heal.
• - allows you to make good use of combo fields.

Utility Skills

• - strong option when not zerging
• - more single-target damage than .
• - good AOE damage
• - higher damage than if you don't need the defense.
• - more mobility.
• - get out of jail free card.

Elite Skills

• - high damage and mobility.

Specializations

Build Code

[&DQYfHSkbMCkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=]

COPY

Variants

• and for a higher damage build.
• run this when not running with a Zerg

Arcane Variant

The arcane variant offers more defense than the air variant at the cost of damage.

• use this when running with a group that grants you lots of boons.
• provides good defensive abilities on dodging while in or

Equipment

Ascended gear is not required for open world, but is recommended.

Standard Equipment

This set is ideal for open world.

6x

Superior Rune of Strength

18x

Mighty Infusion

Variants

• Berserker's 's stats can be used in place of Marauder for a small boost to DPS at the cost of defense.
• grant higher burst but lower overall DPS.
• is a good alternative rune.
• can replace either of the off-hand sigils if you don't have issues maintaining might.

Consumables

Food

• Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions.
• - Use for general farming.
• - Use for when you need to max out magic find.
• - more sustain
• Anything - Any food is better than none, but you should prioritize the food above before using any other food.

Utility

• ,
  ,
  - general farming
• - good damage option with +karma

Usage

Damage

Abuse your skills. Your goal is to tag large groups of mobs quickly. , , and are your bread and butter.

• • Against static groups, is an incredible damage tool. It also works very well against bosses, especially those with a large hit box.
    • You can use during your channel to prevent being interrupted. You can also abuse before you cast to blind groups of mobs.
• and allow you to trap enemies for your AOEs.

Defense & Support

• and provide significant condition removal to both yourself and allies.
• is a decent area heal.
• is a large area blind.

Crowd Control

• and (in Lightning Hammer)
• (from Ice Elemental)
• (from Air Elemental)