Build:Weaver - Farming Power Staff

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on June 19, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A long-ranged tempest build for open world farming with a zerg. This build is primarily focused on dealing area damage in group farms and does not function well solo.

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Skill Bar

Staff

Utility

Skill Variants

Healing Skills

• Ether Renewal - if conditions are a problem. Synergizes with Arcane Shield covering its long channel time.
• Glyph of Elemental Harmony - Powerful burst heal.

Utility Skills

• Arcane Wave - Good AOE damage especially if running the Arcane variant
• Arcane Blast - More single-target damage than Arcane Wave.
• "Feel the Burn!" - More tagging and AOE might
• "Eye of the Storm!" - Excellent stunbreak
• Lightning Flash - Mobility.

Elite Skills

• Conjure Fiery Greatsword - High damage and mobility.
• Glyph of Elementals - Summon which deals damage and generates might (Fire) or can provide a frontline if you are solo (Earth).

Specializations

Trait Variants

• Zephyr's Boon - Fury and swiftness if using aura traits/utilities.
• One with Air - Mobility, especially when paired with Fresh Air.
• Fresh Air - More frequent access to Overload Air and a ferocity boost.
• Unstable Conduit - Additional boons when overloading, useful if running Zephyr's Boon.

Arcane

Replaces fire. Adds defense and utility at the cost of damage.

• Arcane Resurrection - Improves revive power in zergs.
• Bountiful Power - Use this when running with a group that grants lots of boons.
• Evasive Arcana - Provides good defensive abilities on dodging while in Water Attunement or Air Attunement

Equipment

This setup provides high damage and uses gear similar to Build:Tempest_-_Power_DPS, making it a good option for general PVE.

• Ascended gear is not required for open world, exotic works fine.
• Note the second staff is for stacking sigil purposes and is not required.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Staff
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

staff
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Variant Equipment

Gear

• Marauder - Trades 10% damage for +60% EHP; expensive
• Knight - Defensive (trinkets only)

Runes

• Rune of Superior Rune of Vampirism - provides a huge increase to sustain in a zerg
• Rune of Superior Rune of the Eagle / Rune of Superior Rune of the Pack - Crit-chance runes, the latter also providing more boon uptime

Sigils

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Accuracy - Cheap offhand sigil
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Stamina - Extra defense in a zerg
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Strength - Option for more self Might generation

Consumables

Food

• Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
• - farming
• - DPS
• - defense

Utility

• (and variants) - farming
• / - DPS

Consumable Variants

Food

• - Damage buff against groups of weaker enemies.
• - Budget food (if not using Sigil of Superior Sigil of Strength) for added self might generation
• / - Budget DPS food.

Utility

• - Budget DPS utility.

Usage

Damage / Tagging

• Use Lava Font off cooldown on groups of enemies.
• Use Firestorm (Glyph of Storms) and Meteor Shower on large, static groups of enemies or bosses.
• Flame Burst - Useful for rapidly tagging weaker enemies.
• "Feel the Burn!" - Instant cast tagging of nearby enemies (if equipped).
• Arcane Wave - Instant cast wide area tagging (If equipped).

Defense & Support

• Burning Retreat - Powerful defensive evade and movement skill, can be used in any direction by rotating your character.
• Overload Water and Healing Rain - Significant condition removal to both yourself and allies.
• Geyser, Overload Water and "Wash the Pain Away!" - Area healing.
• Sandstorm - A large area blind.
• Ice Spike, Eruption and Transmute Earth - Can be used on water fields for additional area healing or on fire fields for extra might.

Crowd Control

• Gust
• Static Field and Unsteady Ground - For blocking moving targets (has no effect when the enemy is stationary).
• Frozen Ground and Shock Wave - Soft CC options.
• Crashing Waves - From Ice Elemental if equipped.
• Shocking Bolt - From Air Elemental if equipped.