Build:Tempest - Condi DPS

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Raids

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on October 23, 2023 and is up to date for the March 19, 2024 patch.

Overview

This is a build focuses on Burning and Bleeding and offers high damage with a relatively simple rotation, particularly on large targets.

Additionally, skills like Heat Sync and Sand Squall allow you can maintain permanent Fury and Might on yourself and party (provided you have some other source of Fury) for a minor DPS loss.

Skill Bar

Dagger/Warhorn

Utility

Skill Variants

• If you do not have time (e.g. during pre-events) to pre-cast Glyph of Lesser Elementals a few times, then Glyph of Storms may be a stronger choice.

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Equipment

Head
Viper

Shoulders
Viper

Chest
Viper

Hands
Viper

Legs
Viper

Feet
Viper

Backpiece
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Amulet
Viper

Ring
Viper

Ring
Viper

Dagger
Viper

Warhorn
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Other setups

There are three sigil and consumable combinations that all deal practically the same damage. For both of the setups below, 18 Malign infusions and would be optimal.

• (or ascended alternatives) with Sigil of Superior Sigil of Bursting and Sigil of Superior Sigil of Smoldering
• with Sigil of Superior Sigil of Malice and Sigil of Superior Sigil of Earth

Consumables

Food

• , or alternatives
  • See above for alternative foods

Utility

• or

The difference in these two utilities is roughly 0.5% dps, so use what you feel you can afford.

Usage

• Use Glyph of Elementals in Fire Attunement, and cast Flame Barrage off cooldown.
• You want to cast Glyph of Elemental Power in Fire Attunement off cooldown.
• Cast Signet of Fire off cooldown.
• If using Glyph of Storms, then cast it in Fire Attunement off cooldown.
• Thanks to Written in Stone you can cast the signets and still receive their benefits, allowing you to use Signet of Restoration freely.

The gist of the rotation is to cycle between Earth Attunement ⇒ Air Attunement ⇒ Fire Attunement, using key abilities in each attunement off cooldown until the next attunement is ready.

When you enter Fire Attunement, use Wildfire, Burning Speed and Drake's Breath, then use your key abilities as they come off cooldown. When Earth Attunement is available, use one last Drake's Breath and switch (Earth Attunement should become available during the cast of Drake's Breath - you can switch attunement without interrupting the skill).

In Earth Attunement, your first and last skill should be Ring of Earth.

Steps listed as optional below are DPS losses, but will assist with boon uptimes in your group.

Rotation

Opener

1. Overload Earth (only if you can pre-cast it)
2. Dust Storm
3. Ring of Earth
4. Air Attunement
5. Signet of Fire
6. Lightning Orb
7. Fire Attunement

Loop

1. Wildfire
2. Burning Speed
3. Drake's Breath
4. Overload Fire
5. Drake's Breath
6. Heat Sync (optional)
7. Glyph of Elemental Power
8. Glyph of Lesser Elementals (if available)
9. Signet of Fire
10. Burning Speed
11. Drake's Breath
12. Earth Attunement before cast finishes (be careful not to use other skills before Drake's Breath has finished channelling)
13. Ring of Earth
14. Earthen Rush
15. Dust Storm
16. Overload Earth
17. Sand Squall (optional)
18. Ring of Earth
19. Air Attunement
20. Signet of Fire
21. Lightning Orb
22. Convergence
23. Fire Attunement before cast finishes

Repeat from 1

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Defiance Bars

• You inflict a lot of Immobilize with this build.
• While in Air Attunement you can use Cyclone and Shocking Aura ⇒ Transmute Lightning.
• If you are really desperate, you can switch to Water Attunement for Tidal Surge.