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{{Build
| profession = Elementalist
| specialization = Tempest
| designed for = Raid
| rating = archived
| focus = Healing, Support
| xpac = hot
| meta =
}}

==Overview==
A healing Tempest build for raids. This build provides extremely high AoE healing and defensive utility for a raid squad, making it a good choice as a secondary raid healer after the [[Build:Druid - Boon Support Healer|Druid - Boon Support Healer]].

Because of the massive range of all of its skills, this build works very well as a kiter for raid mechanics, e.g. shards on Cairn or messengers on Dhuum.



==Skill Bar==
{{Skill bar
| profession = Elementalist
| specialization = Tempest
| weapon1 = Staff
|healing = "Wash the Pain Away!"
|utility1 = "Feel the Burn!"
|utility2= "Flash-Freeze!"
|utility3 = "Aftershock!"
|elite = "Rebound!"
}}


===Skill Variants===
{{Skill|Signet of Water}} may be taken instead of {{Skill|"Aftershock!"}} for an additional ranged heal/revive, or on encounters where reflects are undesirable (such as Cairn or Matthias).



==Template Code==
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==Specializations==
{{Specialization|Water|top|bot|bot}}
{{Specialization|Arcane|mid|top|top}}
{{Specialization|Tempest|mid|bot|bot}}


===Trait Variants===
* {{Trait|Gale Song}} for some additional {{tooltip|Protection}} without having to trait '''Earth'''. 
* {{Trait|Tempestuous Aria}} better {{tooltip|Might}} generation at the cost of {{tooltip|Vigor}}.
* {{Trait|Stop, Drop, and Roll}} if you have to deal with Chilled or Burning in an encounter.


===Specialization Variants===

'''Earth'''

Replace Arcane with Earth if you need to provide {{tooltip|Protection}}. This lets you buff allies with your shouts through {{Trait|Elemental Shielding}}.
{{Specialization|Earth|bot|mid|top|variant=y}}


'''Fire'''

Replace Arcane with Fire if you need condition cleanse.
{{Specialization|Fire|top|mid|top|variant=y}}



==Equipment==
{{PvE equipment
| stats = Magi
| weight = Light
| rune = Superior Rune of the Monk
| rune-qt = 6
| weapon1 = Staff
| weapon2 = 
| sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Transference
| sigil2 = Superior Sigil of Water
| infusion1 = Healing +9 Agony Infusion
| infusion1-qt = 18
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===Equipment Variants===
Use 6x {{Rune |Superior Rune of the Trooper}} for more AoE condi clear on condition-heavy fights.



==Consumables==

'''Food'''
* {{food|Delicious Rice Ball}}


'''Utility'''
* {{utility|Bountiful Maintenance Oil}}


==Usage==
* Stay in {{Skill|Water Attunement}} and try to use {{Skill|Water Blast}} close to the boss as much as possible.
* Use your shouts for pushing some additional heal when needed, as well as holding regeneration and vigor up all the time.
* Use  {{Skill|Geyser}} and on your tank or people who stay far away from you for additional healing. Remember that it revives allies, so save it if you expect someone to go down soon.
* For AoE healing on everyone use {{Skill|Healing Rain}} on the groups of people (for healing through finishers) and use {{Skill|Overload Water}} for big burst heals on everyone. Both of them give a lot of condition remove as well.
* Do not forget to dodge for more healing and condition removal.

* Crowd Control (needs some training):
** Swap to {{Skill|Air Attunement}} and use {{Skill|Gust}} on the target and {{Skill|Static Field}} with the outer ring inside of the hitbox.
** Switch to {{Skill|Earth Attunement}} and use {{Skill|Unsteady Ground}} slightly in front of the target as well as {{Skill|Shock Wave}}. If you can not directly switch back to {{Skill|Water Attunement}}, you can use {{Skill|Overload Earth}} for additional cripple and immobilize, including protection for your party.
** You can also use {{Skill|Frozen Ground}}, but watch out for your own water fields there.

* Additional information for Deimos kiting:
** Use {{Trait|Soothing Ice}} for more self sustain.
** Keep using {{Skill|Water Blast}} on the ground under you for healing yourself.
** Benefit from {{Trait|Final Shielding}} for additional safety,  specially on challenge mode.
** You can use {{Skill|Mist Form}} for avoiding the round smash of Deimos, if you use a tactic, where you are sometimes close to him and can not handle it.
** '''For challenge mode:''' Rotate between {{Skill|"Rebound!"}} and {{Skill|Arcane Shield}} (over {{Skill|"Aftershock!"}}) for surviving the one-shot-mechanic. You will get a lot of damage from a debuff additional to the other mechanics  afterwards, so do not hesitate to ask the other healers for additional burst healing support after you used {{Skill|"Rebound!"}}, since you will be low-life then. Save some of your own healing cooldowns for that as well. Further protection from the stone spirits of the druids might be also helpful.