Tempest - Condi Tempest

If you are gearing this character from zero, start with exotic quality gear. Search the trading post for "Viper's Abomination" weapons. Viper exotic armor is very expensive, so we recommend a budget alternative called Carrion (search the trading post for "Ogden" armor) until you can get Viper gear such as by farming Bladed armor or by acquiring ascended armor. Upgrade to Viper and ascended as you progress. See also: Guide

• Other relics include 冒险者古物, 骑兵古物, and 耐久古物.
• For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. If necessary, use Trailblazer or Celestial gear.

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

• Prioritize Flatbread Ascended food.
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Defense

Farming

• Prioritize Flatbread Ascended food.
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• (and variants)

Damage

The build is somewhat simple and revolves around with and with . Use , and in Fire for damage off cooldown. Thanks to , you will not lose the passive effects of signets after using them.

You will spend the bast majority of your time in and . Use and off cooldown, and swap to the other attunement when it recharges.

Scepter+Warhorn

• In Fire, use , , . Phoenix and Dragon's Tooth are blast finishers (more about finishers below). Use to share all the you generate with nearby allies.
• In Air, use for damage, and can be used for CC.
• In Earth, use and ⇒ . Use when you have boons to extend their duration.

Pistol+Warhorn

Rotate through your attunements to power up the pistol's bullet mechanic.

• In Fire, use , and . Preferably, use Raging Ricochet empowered by a fire bullet. Use to share all the you generate with nearby allies.
• In water, use , . Preferably, use empowered by an ice bullet.
• In Air, use + + . The air bullet can be consumed by Aerial Agility to remove conditions.
• In Earth, use , , . Preferably, use Shattering Stone empowered by an earth bullet. Use when you have boons to extend their duration.

Remember elemental bullets last indefinitely, so if you want to be optimal, you should start fights with a fire, water, and earth bullet prepared.

Finishers

Elementalists in general have many combo fields and finishers. These skills provide additional effects when interacting with each other. Here are some good combos you should keep in mind, you have to be near the skill to receive these effects.

• Fire fields like : use a blast finisher like to generate AoE 3 stacks of for 20 seconds.
• Water fields like : use a blast finisher like to create AoE 1320 healing.

You can also use combo fields to generate auras.

• Fire field + leap finisher =
• Frost field + blast finisher =

Variants

• 火使威势 - if using pistol.
• 暴风咏叹 - higher damage, but the loss of stability might cause you to get interrupted during overloads.

Weapon Variants

• Pistol - slightly higher damage but harder to use.

Skill Variants

Healing skill

We default to 元素和谐雕文 as it provides strong burst healing and a boon based on attunement. Other alternatives are:

• 秘法绚爆 - weak heal by default, but is greatly increased if it strikes nearby enemies. Performs a blast finisher, and heals for more when doing so. Excellent synergy with water combo fields. (See: Guide
  are Combo Fields).
• "抚慰伤痛！" - weak healing, but heals in an AoE and cleanses 1 condition per pulse.
• 幻光恢复 - very high healing and condition removal throughout its long channelling time. Great option for raw healing if you can afford the cast time, and it also regenerates enough endurance for one dodge.

Utility skills

We default to: 火焰纹章: great damage with its active skill, and the passive will remain active thanks to 石刻纹章. 大地纹章: great damage with its active skill, and the passive will remain active thanks to 石刻纹章. 元素能量雕文 - very flexible skill that can do damage, or cleanse conditions, or daze enemies, or give barrier, depending on your current attunement, and breaks stun. Other alternatives include:

• 小型元素雕文 - good damage and pets that can tank a few hits. Note that the elementals die when you mount up.
• "天崩地裂！" - area 磁力光环 for projectile reflection, 保护, and impairs enemies, plus a blast finisher.
• 风暴雕文 - AoE burst damage from 火焰风暴 or pulsing 目盲 with 沙尘风暴.
• 秘法护盾 - breaks stun and blocks 3 attacks.
• 净化烈焰 - condition cleanse and stun break.
• 电光火石 - for mobility.

Elite skill

元素雕文 is simply the best elite for solo play. Cast it on Fire for damage, on Water for support, healing and 击退, on Air for a 昏迷, or on Earth for defense and tanking. On extremely rare ocasions you can consider:

• - very situational skill that can be considered against certain bosses with oneshot attacks.