Tempest - Fresh Air

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:

Normal

This build was last updated on September 18, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A Power Tempest build for open world. This build has good burst damage, self boons, and can provide support to allies in the form of Might and Alacrity. This build is designed for both solo and group play.

Template Code

[&DQYpLREuMBsXARcBwxLDEnQS9gDLAMsAJgCZEgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=]

Copy Template Code

Skill Bar

Sword/Warhorn

Staff

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Scepter - ranged mainhand but much lower damage
• Hammer - lower damage but mid-ranged

Skill Variants

Heals

• Arcane Brilliance - blast finisher

Utilities

Try not to replace Signet of Fire unless necessary.

• Glyph of Lesser Elementals - spawn a small elemental army that dies when you mount up, good for fighting strong bosses.
• "Flash-Freeze!" - area Frost Aura for more boons and damage reduction
• Cleansing Fire - additional condition cleanse
• Lightning Flash - for mobility.
• Arcane Wave - AoE burst and tagging.
• Your overloads break stun when cast, but if you want a dedicated stun break you can use Arcane Shield, which also blocks 3 attacks. It has a long cooldown so, if more frequent stun breaks are preferred over the block, try Signet of Air or Glyph of Elemental Power.

Elites

• "Rebound!" - used to cheese powerful boss mechanics.

Specializations

• Lucid Singularity - use in groups to provide allies with Alacrity.

Equipment

Ascended gear is not required, exotics work just fine.

Standard Equipment

This set uses gear that can be used throughout all of PVE.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Sword
Berserker

Warhorn
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Staff
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

• Rune of Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter and Rune of Superior Rune of the Scholar are interchangeable.
• Other relics include Relic of the Thief, Relic of the Adventurer, Relic of Cerus, and Relic of Durability.
• For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food, traits, or skills if required. If necessary, use Knight trinkets.

Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
• /
• /

Farming

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
• /
• (and variants)

Usage

Damage

• The goal of this build is to proc Fresh Air off cooldown, utilizing Overload Air as often as possible.
• Use Overload Air and Overload Fire off cooldown.
• Fire Attunement and Air Attunement are our main damage sources. Use their skills off cooldown, and try to never interrupt Air auto-attack chains.
• Proc Relic of Fireworks with Wildfire, Lightning Orb, and Dust Storm.

Defense

• Heal yourself with Water Attunement skills, especially Water Orb and Riptide
• Evade damage by dodging or using Riptide and Earthen Vortex.
• Sand Squall grants a magnetic aura
• This build has a lot of CC, use it to your advantage.

Crowd Control

• Cyclone - Pull
• Tidal Surge - Knockback
• Enemies that attack you or allies from melee range while having Shocking Aura - stun
• Crashing Waves (from Glyph of Elementals Ice Elemental) - Knockback
• Shocking Bolt (from Glyph of Elementals Air Elemental) - stun