Tempest - Condi DPS - MetaBattle

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

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Raids

Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds Secrets of the Obscure builds

Difficulty: Normal

This build was last updated on July 23, 2024 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.

Overview

This is a build focuses on 燃烧 and 流血 and offers high damage with a relatively simple rotation.

Thanks to the Earth traitline and 坚固传导, this build has more survivability than other elementalist builds.

With Warhorn, skills like 热力同步 and 砂石狂啸 allow you can maintain permanent 激怒 and 威能 on yourself and party (provided you have some other source of 激怒) for a minor DPS loss.

Skill Bar

Pistol/Warhorn

Utility

Weapon Variants

Dagger/Warhorn is the best weapon set for players that don't own Secrets of the Obscure.

Skill Variants

大地纹章 deals more damage than 风暴雕文, but the traited passive you gain from 石刻纹章 still applies 180 toughness, which can mess with tanking.
If you do not have time (e.g. during pre-events) to pre-cast 小型元素雕文 a few times, then 元素能量雕文 may be a stronger choice.

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Specializations

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

Pistol

Viper

Warhorn

Viper

Sigil

Empty slot

Rune

Infusion

x18

Relic

超级渴求法印 only deals slightly more damage than a 超级大地法印, which is much cheaper.

Consumables

Food

稀有素菜披萨, 锦鲤蛋糕, or ascended alternatives.

Utility

大师调谐水晶 or 协调冰柱.
- 剧毒调谐水晶 are stronger if you don't have Spiteful Infusions, but the difference is practically nonexistant.

Usage

Pistol Rotation

Pistol skills have a unique bullet mechanic where using a pistol skill stocks a bullet, or if you already have a bullet, consumes it for an enhanced effect. In each attunement, one of the enhanced effects is defensive while the other is offensive. As such, it is important that these skills be used in the correct order to avoid missing out on damage.

Stocked bullets appear as buffs on your bar, and as all attunements use an even number of pistol skills, you can track whether you've made a mistake in these attunements and adjust for future loops - you should be exiting 火焰协调, 流水协调 and 大地协调 with a bullet stocked, and 空气协调 with no bullet stocked. If this is not the case, skip one of the skills in the relevant attunement on the next loop.

Throughout the rotation, use 烈焰轰炸 off cooldown, and 小型元素雕文 and 元素能量雕文 (if using) off cooldown whenever you are in 火焰协调.

Autoattacks are not listed.

Opener

Start with Fire, Ice and Earth bullets stocked.

You can precast 元素能量雕文 (if using) in fire attunement.

Water 1

Fire

Air

After using your first skill in air, you will gain access to 元素爆炸. This is a powerful skill, but will consume all your stocked bullets, so it is important not to use this skill.

空中敏捷 - charging away from your target allows Lightning Orb to hit more times
晕眩施放 - make sure not to cast this too early, as it will go on an interrupted cooldown
闪电宝珠
流水协调

Water 2

Earth

Video example

Dagger Rotation

Use 元素雕文 (if using) in 火焰协调, and cast 烈焰轰炸 off cooldown.
You want to cast 元素能量雕文 in 火焰协调 off cooldown.
Cast 火焰纹章 and 大地纹章 (if using) off cooldown.
If using 风暴雕文, then cast it in 火焰协调 off cooldown.
Thanks to 石刻纹章 you can cast the signets and still receive their benefits, allowing you to use 再生纹章 freely.

The gist of the rotation is to cycle between 大地协调 ⇒ 空气协调 ⇒ 火焰协调, using key abilities in each attunement off cooldown until the next attunement is ready.

When you enter 火焰协调, use 荒火哀嚎, 炽焰疾步 and 龙蜥吐息, then use your key abilities as they come off cooldown. When 大地协调 is available, use one last 龙蜥吐息 and switch (大地协调 should become available during the cast of 龙蜥吐息 - you can switch attunement without interrupting the skill).

In 大地协调, your first and last skill should be 尖刺石环.

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

Opener

Loop

荒火哀嚎
炽焰疾步
龙蜥吐息
火焰过载
龙蜥吐息
热力同步 (optional)
元素能量雕文
小型元素雕文 (if available)
火焰纹章
炽焰疾步
龙蜥吐息
大地协调 before cast finishes (be careful not to use other skills before 龙蜥吐息 has finished channelling)
尖刺石环
大地突刺
沙尘风暴
大地过载
砂石狂啸 (optional)
尖刺石环
空气协调
火焰纹章
闪电宝珠
能量汇聚
火焰协调 before cast finishes

Repeat from 1

Video example

Hammer Rotation

You can pre-cast 烈焰之轮 as long as it won't prevent you being able to switch back to 火焰协调 in the opener.

Opener

大地过载 (only if you can pre-cast it)
岩石环圈
捶地
回旋刺石
空气协调 during the cast of Whirling Stones
新月之风
火焰纹章
火焰协调

Fire The fire section can vary each loop depending on 炽焰巨剑 and 三重烧灼:

烈焰之轮 - if you precast this in the opener, skip this on the first loop
三重烧灼 (if available) - depending on cooldown, this will either be used at the start and end of the fire section, or in the middle (alternating between loops)
涌动火舌
炽焰巨剑 (if available) or pick up the second one
炽焰喷发 (only if there is a Fiery Greatsword)
火焰风暴 (only if there is a Fiery Greatsword)
火焰过载
炽焰喷发
Drop Fiery Greatsword
Autoattack, and use 涌动火舌 and 三重烧灼 as they come off cooldown
高潮结尾 just before Surging Flames is off cooldown again
涌动火舌
烈焰之轮
三重烧灼
大地协调