User:Masel/Builds/Tempest

Inferno Tempest

Tempest Build Stats

Criterion	Value
Burst Damage	~40k
Sustained Damage	~42,3k
Effective Range (1200 = Maximum)	778
Actions Per Minute (APM)	42
Share of Forced Movement or Stealth Skills	0%
Bar Swaps per Minute (BPM)	0
# of Skills Used	8
Damage Log Link	Link
Damage Build Link	Link

Fire Inferno Tempest is en excellent build that’ll put you up on the dps charts with little effort. It is a hybrid build between  Power and  Burning, thus combining the advantages of both types in one build. It excels at doing harder content in OW and in situations where support is lacking. It is my personal favourite open world build for elementalist due to its versatily, support options and easy strong damage. Plus, it fulfills the definition of a fire mage!

Playstyle & Skills

Skill Type	Skills
Overloads
Fire Attunement
Utility Skills

Overall, the Tempest adds a few dimensions to the Elementalist profession, giving players access to potent shouts and overload abilities. These overloads are one of the defining aspects of the Tempest. Overloads have different effects depending on the attunement the Tempest is currently using and provide powerful offensive or defensive capabilities. In this build, we’ll be camping fire attunement all day, except for when defense or breakbar damage is needed, then we’ll go into earth, air or water briefly.

Overloads

The main overload to use is   Overload Fire. This skill shoots a barrage of fire projectiles, creating fiery explosions and inflicting  Burning on foes caught in the radius. It also grants 2 stacks of  Might per pulse, allowing you to cap it on yourself and allies quite easily, especially when using arcane or combined with the shout   "Feel the Burn!"; more on that later. The first part of this ability is a channel, during which you spin. This applies burning while spinning and is both a moving Fire field and a Whirl finisher. So, on top of the burning you see in the toolip, it applies more during the channel. Once you stop spinning, this overload leaves behind another Fire field.

Depending on the trait choices, overloads gain additional benefits. With  Harmonious Conduit, you gain both  Stability and  Swiftness when starting an overload, preventing enemies from interrupting the channel.  Unstable Conduit also makes your overloads apply Auras.

Auras

Auras are effects that apply conditions, damage, stuns etc. to enemies and boons to you when you get hit. Auras are an integral part of tempest, since granting or gaining auras has additional benefits too. When using  Tempestuous Aria, you gain additional damage when you apply an aura to yourself or allies and when using earth,  Elemental Shielding applies  Protection whenever you grant an aura.

 Inferno

• This trait is very strong, since it makes your  Burning scale with  Power instead of  Condition Damage. This way, we can use Berserker's gear to maximize damage, with burning duration coming in as an additional variable.
• Tempest has many buffs that increase both damage types, making it a perfect choice for the synergy between power damage and burning duration. Through this, you achieve great burst damage while keeping the general benefits of a condition build.

Rotation Guidance & Showcase Video

You can find my most recent rotation showcase here.

Rotation Flow

Section	Notes
General Stuff	This build is very simple, since it only uses   Fire Attunement for damage and only dips into others for CC or other benefits.   Dragon's Tooth and   Phoenix stack up your Relic of Bloodstone. On the golem, it can happen that you miss a relic proc from time to time. In actual encounters, there are so many combo fields on the ground that its actually easier to stack it up.
Opener	If you use   Glyph of Lesser Elementals in actual content, precast them to have an army ready. Start with   Glyph of Elementals to summon your larger fire buddy.
General Rotation	In   Fire Attunement, you’ll want to use all skills on cooldown. They are all more or less there to apply tons of burning to enemies.   Overload Fire is priority #1, since it grants the buff from   Transcendent Tempest afterwards.   Flamewall   Glyph of Storms   Dragon's Tooth --> stacks up Relic of Bloodstone   Phoenix --> stacks up Relic of Bloodstone   "Feel the Burn!"   Fire Shield   Overload Fire is a melee skill, so make sure to cast it in melee range whenever you can!
CC Skills for Breakbar Damage	Go into   Water Attunement for   Comet, then into   Air Attunement for   Gale. Swap to   Fire Attunement when it is ready again.   Shocking Bolt - This requires you to cast an air elemental first!

DPS - Condition Fire Tempest (Masel) - Rotation Flow

Section	Skills
General Rotation

Gear & Traits

Important Stats (descending in Importance):

1. Maximize Power
2. 100% Burning Duration
3. maximize Precision & Ferocity

Since the vast majority of damage comes from  Power and  Burning, it is important to reach 100% condition duration on it. I chose the gear variant below to give more freedom regarding the food option, since you can use any standard  Power food.

Gear

Armor	Prefix	Rune
Head	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Flame Legion
Shoulders	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Flame Legion
Chest	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Flame Legion
Gloves	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Flame Legion
Legs	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Flame Legion
Boots	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Flame Legion
Trinket	Prefix
Amulet	Berserker's
Ring 1	Assassin's
Ring 2	Berserker's
Accessory 1	Assassin's
Accessory 2	Berserker's
Backpack	Berserker's
Weapon	Prefix	Sigil
Scepter (Main Hand)	Berserker's	Superior Sigil of Smoldering
Focus (Off Hand)	Berserker's	Superior Sigil of Accuracy
Warhorn (Off Hand)	Berserker's	Superior Sigil of Accuracy
Damage	Ascended Food	Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak
Damage	Non-Ascended Food	Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup
Survivability	Ascended Food	Peppercorn-Crusted Sous-Vide Steak
Survivability	Non-Ascended Food	Oysters with Zesty Sauce
Damage	Utility	Potent Superior Sharpening Stone
Survivability	Utility	Potion Of Karka Toughness
Damage	Relic	Relic of Bloodstone

Traits

Fire
Air
Tempest

• Ascended gear is always ideal, but exotic gear is fine for everything aside from higher-tier fractals.

Open World Build

Open World Build Summary

Criterion	Value
Burst Damage	~16,9k
Sustained Damage	~18,9k
Effective Range (1200 = Maximum)	817
Actions Per Minute (APM)	48
Share of Forced Movement or Stealth Skills	0%
Bar Swaps per Minute (BPM)	0
# of Skills Used	10
Open World Log Link	Link
Open World Build Link	Link

Increasing General Survivability

• For OW, it can make sense to make a build more forgiving, so that you can sustain on your own.
• Luckily, this build can achieve incredible amounts of survivability in full Berserker's gear! So we'll just swap around a bunch of traits and utility skills.
• Here, the major change is to use  Earth with  Elemental Shielding and  Written in Stone.  Written in Stone makes your signets keep their passive effects when they are on cooldown, and further grants you an aura upon activating one.
• Through this, most utility skill i chose applies an aura, either only to yourself (signets) or even on allies around you (shouts).
• On top of that, using  Elemental Bastion gives a very large boost to survivability compared to  Transcendent Tempest, and it applies  Alacrity whenever you grant an aura. You will maintain it easily without even thinking about it, and much of it is also shared around you! It will also heal the target of any aura you apply, including yourself. It further gives a  Frost Aura in an area when you get hit below 75% health, giving you and allies another safety net.
•  Invigorating Torrents is optional, you can use it to cover  Regeneration and  Vigor in an area around you easily. Stick with  Tempestuous Aria if you feel like you don't need it.
• Using   Armor of Earth boosts survivability by giving you Barrier,  Stability,  Protection and Stun break at the same time. Drop   Glyph of Storms for it whenever needed.
• As this build does a substantial amount of  Power damage, Relic of Zakiros can be a handy addition for survivability.

Traits

Fire
Earth
Tempest

Boon Coverage

Boon Coverage

Criterion	Value	Notes
Might	21 Stacks	Overload Fire,   "Feel the Burn!" and all Fire Auras will cover  Might.
Fury	0%	"Feel the Burn!" and   Heat Sync cover  Fury.
Quickness	0%
Alacrity	100%	Alacrity is covered by  Elemental Bastion.
Protection	100%	Elemental Shielding applies  Protection every time you grant an aura to yourself or allies. This way, applying auras is a simple way to maintain protection, massively increasing survivability.
Regeneration	100%	Optionally covered by  Invigorating Torrents.
Vigor	100%	Phoenix and additional coverage by  Invigorating Torrents.
Aegis	0%
Stability	4 Stacks	Covered partially by   Armor of Earth.
Swiftness	0%
Resistance	0%
Resolution	0%
Vulnerability	0 Stacks

• To cover more boons, make use of   Jade Tech Offensive Overcharge and   Jade Tech Defensive Overcharge.
• These give permanent 150 additional Toughness, Vitality, Condition Damage and Power as well as all boons aside from  Stability,  Resistance and  Resolution on entering combat, with a 30 second cooldown. The  Quickness and  Alacrity from this increase damage noticeably!
• In story instances (or if you don't want the hassle of reapplying protocols), you can abuse the synergy between Relic of the Cavalier and   Blast from the Skyscale to apply lots of  Aegis,  Resistance,  Might and  Quickness to yourself. It does not have an internal cooldown and applies the boons on every hit of   Blast.

Dealing with Conditions and Control effects

• In case you need frequent condi cleanses,  Smothering Auras in fire is worth looking at. This cleanses conditions whenever you grant an aura to an ally, and transmuting one via focus 5 cleanses 2 conditions in an aoe around you. This costs some damage, but can make your life in some situations much easier!
• Finally, using  Harmonious Conduit gives you  Stability and  Swiftness on using an overload. This is good to prevent enemies from interrupting your overloads!