Build:Tempest - D/Wh Shocking Aura

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Focused on: Strike damage, Control and Support

Designed for: PvP Conquest

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Overview

This PvP Tempest build is meant to be played in teamfights and falls somewhere between a support and a damage dealer. It doesn't directly compete with builds like Support Guard because its main focus isn't to heal, rez or cleanse but to shut down the enemy team through CC and mitigate their damage via Weakness spam from Lightning Rod while also dishing out respectable damage. Direct support here is secondary but still important.

Archival note: left behind by the powercreep, and its best offensive ability Lightning Orb was gutted.

Skill Bar

Dagger/Warhorn

Utility

Skill Variants

Utility

Viable choices for the optional slot:

• Conjure Earth Shield - Earth Shield is a powerful and versatile conjure skill that offers a mix of defense and offense. It has a block, Magnetic Aura for projectile reflection, an invulnerability and 2 CC skills for Lightning Rod synergy.

• "Aftershock!" - mostly taken for damage mitigation and projectile denial on relatively low CD, but the Immobilize could also be used to set up burst.

• Mist Form - instant invuln + stun break makes for a strong panic button, but the long CD has made it almost completely fall out of use.

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Specializations

Variants

• Transcendent Tempest - your healing and group utility is going to take a hit, but having to wait less before gaining access to overloads after swapping attunements makes the playstyle a lot more smooth and reactive. The trait also comes with a damage boost. If you chose this, you might as well consider going Marauder Amulet.

Equipment

Dagger

Warhorn

Sigil

Sigil

Rune

Amulet

Relic

Equipment Variants

Rune

• Rune of Dolyak - more tanky option if you're having trouble surviving.

• Rune of Reaper - slightly more offensive rune than Scrapper.

Sigil

• Sigil of Transference over Savagery - shifts the focus from CC towards group healing a bit in case you want to lean into the support role more.

Relic

• Relic of Zakiros - improved survivability in exchange for lower damage.

Usage

General

• This build is intended to be in team fights sharing auras, CC'ing the enemy team, dealing damage, and doing some healing on the side.

• You're not really a support, at least not in a sense that you'd be healing/cleansing/rezing a whole lot. Your role is more about mitigating incoming damage through CC and weakness spam via Lightning Rod while setting up kills for the team. The build does have some good options for group healing which you should use whenever necessary, but that is not the main focus here.

• As the build is rather squishy, avoid standing on point as much as possible and don't hesitate to use your defensive cooldowns.

• This build has a decent amount of boon output. Every aura grants Fury and Swiftness to all allies within range. This allows for nearly 100% uptime on these boons. Every Aura you apply to yourself is also shared with nearby teammates!
• Auras in the build:

• Shocking Aura from Overload Air and dagger #3 in Air Attunement. This is your strongest aura, made even stronger by Lightning Rod synergy. Great at peeling for allies.
• Frost Aura from Overload Water plus the trait proc from Elemental Bastion and Soothing Ice.
• Fire Shield from Overload Fire and combos suchs as Burning Speed + Magnetic Leap.
• Magnetic Aura from Overload Earth and Sand Squall.

• Tornado is an excellent and versatile skill useful injust about any situation. It can deny rez attempts even if the enemy team has stability by yeeting the downed enemy away from them - could even screw with ground targeted rez skills such as Signet of Mercy. It's great for peeling for teammates or yourself when under pressure as it's a great CC with Lightning Rod synergy. Dust Charge is a great mobility skill in general, and of course rushing through low HP enemy targets with it is very good for setting up kills.

Combo Examples

• Like most Elementalist builds, this one is most effective when consciously chaining multiple skills together, often involving multiple attunements. Below you'll find some examples of useful small rotations that you could weave into your gameplay. This is just to give you some ideas, you don't have to follow them all the time as PvP is full of unexpected situations you'll have to adapt to on a moment's notice.

• To stack boons right before heading into a team fight, use the following sequence:

• Overload Fire ⇒ Heat Sync. After this you may consider swapping to Earth for Sand Squall ⇒ Magnetic Leap in the Fire Field, this will result in more boons and a Fire Aura.
• Magnetic Leap ⇒ Armor of Earth ⇒ Sand Squall

• Spiking targets:

• Convergence ⇒ Shocking Aura ⇒ Lightning Orb ⇒ Cyclone
• Shocking Aura ⇒ Overload Air ⇒ Convergence Transmute Lightning ⇒ Lightning Whip spam. Using Shocking Aura before Overload Air is just a good idea in general as it takes pressure off you and the stun gives less time for opponents to interrupt the channeling, after which you'll get a 2nd Shocking Aura so you get to chain them back to back.

• Sustain:
  • Healing with 3 combo finishers: Tidal Surge ⇒ Water Globe ⇒ Frozen Burst ⇒ Magnetic Leap ⇒ Sand Squall

• Anti-projectile rotation:
  • Ring of Earth ⇒ Sand Squall ⇒ Overload Earth ⇒ at this point you should probably switch attunements, but if projectiles continue to be a problem wait until the Magnetic Aura from the overload runs out and do one last Ring of Earth before swapping.

Survival

• Lightning Flash is reserved primarily as a kiting option to escape damage, but you could also do things such as precasting Overload Air from a safe distance and teleporting to your target/the capture point right before the channel goes off.

• The only condition removal in the build comes from channeling Ether Renewal and Overload Water. If you're afraid of interrupts, cover with Armor of Earth before channeling or teleport to a safe spot (like the high ground or behind a pillar) with Lightning Flash.
  • Overload Water is the best support skill in the build, removing conditions from allies in range and healing them as well as granting useful boons.

• Mist Form is another way to deal with heavy condition pressure in an emergency. Do not start an overload while in Mist Form though or it will be wasted as Mist Form interrupts overloads when it ends.
  • Some very rare exceptions include using Overload Water in Mist Form for unstoppable healing/group cleansing if your team is on the verge of dying, but the water overload's final pulse is usually too valuable to give up on and this should not be used in Mist Form in most cases.

• Consider using Sand Squall immediately after using Armor of Earth to extend the duration of the boons applied.

• Burning Speed + Magnetic Leap is a good method of escape because it provides 2 evade frames, Immobilize, and Fire Aura for Swiftness.

• Overload Fire is a relatively unimportant overload, but it does grant good defensive boons. What you could do under pressure is start the overload, cancel it with weapon stow, and use the Stability from Harmonious Conduit to safely cast Ether Renewal or other defensive skills.

Finishing / Reviving

• Armor of Earth and Mist Form can be used to secure a revive or a stomp.
  • Note: Mist Form must be activated AFTER starting a revive or stomp; otherwise it won't work.

• Prevent enemy revives and stomps by using Transmute Lightning, Tidal Surge, Cyclone or Tornado.

• Dust Storm is a pulsing AoE blind that can also help to stomp downed foes like Guardians, Revenants, and Necromancers.

Swiftness stacking

• Stack Swiftness for your team before the match starts!

1. Switch to Air Attunement before the 10 second countdown even begins.
2. The moment the countdown starts cast Overload Air whilst running towards the exit from spawn, this skill will produce a Static field.
3. Right before Overload Air is complete cast Shocking Aura for Zephyr's Boon synergy.
4. Before swapping out of Air Attunement quickly cast Cyclone.
5. Use Sand Squall then follow up immediately with Frozen Burst (both of these are Blast finishers).
6. When you're done switch to Fire Attunement as you don't want to start fights in Water.

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