Tempest - D/D Aurashare

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Focused on: Control, Support, Healing and Condition cleanse

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on October 26, 2022.

Overview

This build primarily fills the role of the healer and cleanser for its party.

Glyph of Renewal is an exceptionally powerful revive skill - in Air Attunement it has the unique effect of repositioning the target, allowing the tempest to fully reset a player that went down in a bad place.

Tempest provides some Might provided with Pyromancer's Puissance as well as unique auras - primarily Frost Aura and the very powerful Shocking Aura.

For the usage of attunements and skills, tempest can stick to a relatively simple rotation. While a strict rotation is not optimal in all situations, it is effective for beginners and helps to allow focus on other things while learning.

Skill Bar

Dagger/Dagger

Dagger/Dagger

Utility

Variants

Utilities

• "Feel the Burn!" shortest CD shout, for slightly more heal/cleanse
• "Eye of the Storm!" group stunbreak and AOE superspeed
• Conjure Earth Shield for Magnetic Aura share
• Signet of Earth single target Immobilize, good for small group play

Specializations

Variants

• Lucid Singularity ~20% healing loss, but decent Alacrity uptime

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Equipment

Head
Minstrel

Shoulders
Minstrel

Chest
Minstrel

Hands
Minstrel

Legs
Minstrel

Feet
Minstrel

Backpiece
Minstrel

Accessory
Minstrel

Accessory
Minstrel

Amulet
Minstrel

Ring
Minstrel

Ring
Minstrel

Dagger
Minstrel

Dagger
Minstrel

Sigil

Sigil

Dagger
Minstrel

Dagger
Minstrel

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Rune Variants

• Rune of Superior Rune of the Monk high healing increase, but drops some condition clear and defensive stats
• Rune of Superior Rune of Radiance for Shocking Aura uptime

Consumables

• • personal option

Usage

General

• As soon as you get 25 stacks of Sigil of Superior Sigil of Benevolence and get out of combat, swap back to the set without it

Overall Priorities

High

• Glyph of Renewal
• Condition clear
• Healing

Moderate

• CC

Low

• Aura/boonshare

Surviving

• This build has moderate passive defense
• This build has moderate mobility skill access
• This builds has low active defenses
  • Since you lack personal stunbreaks and Stability and you heavily rely on skills with longer casttimes, you want to position safely
    • Stay close to tag, but not directly on top - within 200-300 range is close enough to quickly respond to movements and get boons without getting stuck behind
    • While overloading, if needed, move further away ensure the cast finishes - Powerful Aura has 600 radius

Active defense priority Dodge Burning Speed Earthen Rush

Settings

• Under General Options / User Interface check Always show squad health bars and Always show party health bars. These will make it much easier to keep track of who needs your support.
• Also under General Options / User Interface turn on Thick party health bars
  • Thick squad health bars can be used too as a matter of personal preference, but is not recommended for large numbers
• Under Squad Options uncheck View as a grid. This will allow you to keep track of your allies' boons, conditions and health, enabling a better decision-making and skill management.