Difference between revisions of "Tempest - Alacrity Support Healer"
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{{Skill|"Aftershock!"}} is needed to maintain permanent {{tooltip|Protection}} if you aren't taking '''Arcane''' (or '''Warhorn'''). | {{Skill|"Aftershock!"}} is needed to maintain permanent {{tooltip|Protection}} if you aren't taking '''Arcane''' (or '''Warhorn'''). | ||
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* {{Trait|Cleansing Wave}} for a bit more condi cleansing | * {{Trait|Cleansing Wave}} for a bit more condi cleansing | ||
* {{Trait|Gale Song}} for easier {{tooltip|Protection}} uptime. | * {{Trait|Gale Song}} for easier {{tooltip|Protection}} uptime. | ||
− | * {{Trait|Tempestuous Aria}} will let you build {{tooltip|Might}} up faster, but you lose the ability to provide permanent uptime of | + | * {{Trait|Tempestuous Aria}} will let you build {{tooltip|Might}} up faster, but you lose the ability to provide permanent uptime of {{tooltip|Vigor}} for the squad. |
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+ | * {{trait|Burning Fire}} if you aren't using any conjured weapons. | ||
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+ | '''Air''' | ||
+ | {{Specialization|Air|top|bot|bot|variant=y}} | ||
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+ | * {{Trait|Bolt to the Heart}} and {{Trait|Fresh Air}} may be more DPS or utility depending on your rotation, {{Trait|Lightning Rod}} was chosen for the extra {{tooltip|Weakness}} uptime, which benefits a few classes. | ||
Revision as of 03:41, 14 August 2023
This is a test build. You may comment and rate it.
Focused on: Healing, Support and Utility
Designed for: Raids
Overview
Tempest is capable of providing permanent uptime of Alacrity,
Fury,
Might,
Protection,
Regeneration,
Swiftness and high
Vigor on their subgroup, and offering more healing than Druid - Boon Support Healer.
Because you provide the same boons and do higher personal DPS and healing than druid, this build excels as a druid replacement for groups that need a little more healing than druid offers. You will miss out on druid's higher CC, and tempest's reliance on being close to the squad for boons makes it a poor kiter, but you gain
which will allow you to skip certain mechanics that would otherwise down the group.
Skill Bar
Weapon Variants
- Sceptre can be used instead of Dagger if you need to be at range, but you will lose significant healing from .
- Staff has by far the greatest healing potential, but the lack of Warhorn creates a shortfall in boons that needs to be addressed.
Skill Variants
Utility
Protection if you aren't taking Arcane (or Warhorn).
As you need to leave
for boons, this can leave you without sources of healing, so , and are there to fill in the gap, but can be swapped out if they are not needed.- Most utility shout skills provide a number of boons thanks to
Superspeed which can be particularly useful on "event" encounters such as Spirit Woods or Siege Escort. It also offers some extra stability, which may be useful during as you don't use and being interrupted mid-cast will cause you to drop
Alacrity.
provides a group stunbreak as well as
and , so it is important to keep at least one on your bar, but you can bring more if desired.
Elite
provides a way to skip certain mechanics that would otherwise down the group.
Template Code
Specializations
Trait Variants
- for a bit more condi cleansing
Protection uptime.
for easier Might up faster, but you lose the ability to provide permanent uptime of
Vigor for the squad.
will let you build
Specialization Variants
Arcane is chosen as a default traitline as the lower cooldowns on attunement swapping and overloads allows you to be more flexible with your rotation, and the extra Protection from means you don't need to rely on to make it permanent. is a nice bonus.
This said, Arcane is a rather unimpressive traitline, so it can be freely swapped to Fire or Air:
- Fire adds a lot of potential condi cleanse via .
- Air gives you a primary source of
Fury, which may be necessary if you are somehow paired with a
Quickness support that doesn't provide any
Fury for you to extend.
Fire
- if you aren't using any conjured weapons.
Air
Weakness uptime, which benefits a few classes.
and may be more DPS or utility depending on your rotation, was chosen for the extra
Equipment
Harrier
Harrier
Harrier
Harrier
Magi
Harrier
Harrier
Harrier
Harrier
Harrier
Harrier
Harrier
Harrier
Harrier
x6
x16
x2
Equipment Variants
- The gear above is designed to cap boon duration when using +70 concentration food.
Consumables
Food
-
- as a cheaper alternative
Utility
Usage
The basic rotation idea will be the same regardless of which mainhand weapon you're using, as your key skills are on your overloads, warhorn, and shouts, leaving mainhand weapon skills predominantly for damage.
Opener
Start in Fire Attunement
- Throw out any quick DPS skills such as
Might
and use in the fire field to blast some Might
to start stacking - Stay in
Fire Attunement until you hit 25
Might
Might and
Fury with your squad
to share the
Swap to Water Attunement
Might
to blast more
Swap to Earth Attunement
Protection and extend boons on everyone
to apply - and other DPS skills
- Wait until is ready and use it
Main rotation
The core of your boon application is to use Alacrity), also using the overloads in these attunements. This means you want to switch to
Fire Attunement within ~3 seconds of it coming off cooldown, and repeat the opener. You should alternate between
Water Attunement and one of the other attunements, using whichever healing skills are available whenever you return to water. It is important NOT to use as this will lock you out of
Water Attunement for too long. Enter
Air Attunement for , and you can try to squeeze in some extra DPS via or but it's not essential.
Be aware that your skills that generate Magnetic Aura - , , via , and while in Earth Attunement - will cause you to reflect projectiles. This can be very useful, but can also lead to problems at encounters such as Matthias or Cairn if you are not careful when you use them.
Healing
- Swapping to
Water Attunement will trigger
- and on warhorn
- on dagger, plus you can use to blast the water field from for more
- on sceptre
Your sustained healing will be lower when outside of Water Attunement, so you should use your other skills to maintain your group's health:
- is your bread and butter emergency heal, as it doesn't require you to break from your rotation to use
- is a substantial heal and partial revive that can target players up to 1200 away. This makes it by far your most reliable ranged heal and therefore it should probably be saved for when it's needed rather than using it on the stack
Water Attunement. The splash healing only works if you hit a target, but it could be used to provide healing to the stack if you need to be at range
is a powerful conjure that will provide you with sustained from if - is an enormous heal on a very low cooldown for as long as your elemental is alive
Healing tips
- While not exactly a heal, can be much more effective by negating incoming damage that would otherwise down multiple people - good encounter knowledge will help you make the best use of this
Damage
Conveniently, just about the only skill that isn't a DPS increase or a heal is
on dagger, so as long as you keep switching attunements at the correct time you can go pretty far by just mashing any skill that's off cooldownYou may also wish to avoid
on sceptre, as the extra toughness might make you the tank on some encounters
Fresh Air rotations
If you're running Earth Attunement →
Air Attunement →
Water Attunement →
Air Attunement →
Fire Attunement after the opener staying in
Air Attunement long enough to use each time. This is a minor reduction in boon generation that allows you to get two uses each of out , , and each loop.
Vulnerability
If your group has low Vulnerability, you can boost it significantly by taking and/or sceptre:
- generates about 15 stacks
- can generate 25 stacks even on a small target if aimed properly
- 's short cooldown allows it to be used twice each time you switch to water, for an extra 10 stacks per loop
Crowd control
You don't have a huge amount of CC available, and what you do have is part of your rotation so you may need to delay some skills if there is a defiance bar coming up:
- is a significant amount of CC, and can be pushed higher if you're able to build up two stacks of water arrow before using it
- if your elemental is alive
- → on dagger
If you're running
you can keep your air skills off cooldown and go about your rotation as normal, as this trait means you will always be able to switch to air as soon as a defiance bar appears.Ratings
![4 stars](/wiki/images/b/b1/4-star.png)
![5 stars](/wiki/images/d/dd/5-star.png)
![3 stars](/wiki/images/f/f0/3-star.png)
Comments
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