Tempest - LI Tempest

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Focused on: Condition damage, Defense and Low-intensity

Designed for: Open World and [[|]]

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

TBD

Overview

A simple LI build that focuses on bleeding damage and very high passive defense through Elementalist's Earth traits. This build is very easy to play, featuring just a 2-3 button rotation and can summon powerful minions to assist you.

What Is LI?

LI stands for "Low-Intensity". LI builds are a class of builds that work to slow the game down drastically by using passive defense and builds that require very low input to function. These builds are designed primarily for players that have disabilities that may prevent them from playing higher intensity builds, though they are here for any player who wishes to play them.

LI builds function quite well on their own and are created to be equivalent to our General or Roaming build section. They typically do not output especially high DPS and focus on gear with passive defense.

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Skill Bar

Dagger/Warhorn

Scepter/Warhorn

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Offhand Focus - Provides more defense at the cost of potential damage.

Skill Variants

Healing Skills

• Glyph of Elemental Harmony - burst heal.
• Ether Renewal - if conditions are a problem.

Utility Skills

• Arcane Shield - if you don't mind pressing extra buttons, you can drop one of the signets for this for a very strong block

Elite Skills

• Conjure Fiery Greatsword - for mobility.

Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.

Head
Dire

Shoulders
Dire

Chest
Dire

Hands
Dire

Legs
Dire

Feet
Dire

Backpiece
Dire

Accessory
Dire

Accessory
Dire

Amulet
Dire

Ring
Dire

Ring
Dire

Dagger
Dire

Warhorn
Dire

Sigil

Sigil

Scepter
Dire

Warhorn
Dire

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

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
• - dps if using gear with high toughness

Usage

Dealing damage with this build is very easy.

• Use Ring of Earth and Overload Earth off cooldown.
• Use Skill 1, Impale (elementalist) when not using other skills
• Use your Glyph of Elementals and Glyph of Lesser Elementals to summon strong elementals to fight for you.
• If comfortable, you can expand the rotation by adding the following skills, in order of priority:
  • Earth Elemental's Stomp (Elite)
  • Dust Storm
  • Earthen Rush

You can use Sand Squall to grant yourself some defense as well.

Crowd Control

CC is very low with this build. Your only real forms of CC come from your Greater Earth Elemental's Stomp (cause by re-activating your Glyph of Elementals after you've summoned the elemental. A small amount of CC also comes from using Dust Storm and Earthen Rush, though it is a very small amount.