Tempest - Power DPS

Hammer Rotation

Summon 元素雕文 in 火焰协调 before the encounter starts, and swap to 空气协调.

Throughout the rotation, cast 秘法爆弹, "炽火燎原！", 风暴雕文 and 烈焰轰炸 off cooldown, but only when in 空气协调.

Opening Burst

1. 新月之风
2. 空气过载
3. 震爆冲击
4. 火焰协调

Fire

1. 烈焰之轮
2. 三重烧灼
3. 熔火尽头 - skip on the very first loop for faster burst
4. 空气协调

Air 1

1. 苦痛飓风
2. 空气过载
3. 大地协调

Earth

1. 岩石环圈
2. 捶地
3. 回旋刺石, and 空气协调 during the cast

Air 2

1. Autoattack until Overload Air is ready
2. 空气过载
3. 苦痛飓风, and 流水协调 during the cast

Water

1. 寒冰盘旋, and 空气协调 immediately

Air 3

1. 震爆冲击
2. 高潮结尾
3. 空气过载, and 新月之风 during the cast
4. 火焰协调
5. Return to start of Fire section

Sword/Dagger Rotation

Summon 元素雕文 in 火焰协调 before the encounter starts, and swap to 空气协调.

Throughout the rotation, cast , and off cooldown, but only when in .

Opening Burst

Fire

Air 1

2. Autotattack until Overload Air is available

Earth

2. (if available)

Air 2

2. Autotattack and use until Overload Air is available
5. Return to start of Fire section

Scepter/Dagger Rotation

Summon in before the encounter starts, and swap to .

Throughout the rotation, cast , , and off cooldown, but only when in .

Opening Burst

2. and during the cast of Air Overload

Fire

Air

2. Autoattack until Overload Air is available

Earth

2. , or if it's not available

After this, you repeat the Air section, then return to the start of the Fire section.

The complete loop after the opener therefore goes Fire ⇒ Air ⇒ Earth ⇒ Air ⇒ Repeat

Spear Rotation

Staff Rotation

Weapon Variants

Tempest has a number of viable weapon options, all dealing similar long-term DPS

Players that own Janthir Wilds can use Spear. However, the burst is lower and the weapon is visually noisy, making it difficult to see mechanics.

Sword/Dagger can also be used by players that own Secrets of the Obscure.

Scepter/Dagger can be used by players that don't own Secrets of the Obscure or Janthir Wilds, and also has the benefit of doing good damage at range.

Skill Variants

Healing

• 再生纹章 provides good healing in low damage fights (i.e. fights where you never press your healing skill).
• "抚慰伤痛！" for a strong group heal.
• 幻光恢复 if extra condition cleanse is needed.

Utility

• "炽火燎原！" can be swapped to 秘法爆弹 for higher burst.
• 闪电巨锤 can be pre-cast in fractals then swapped to another skill for extra damage.

Elite

• 炽焰巨剑 can be pre-cast in fractals then swapped to another skill for extra damage.

Food

• or ascended versions

Utility

Hammer Equipment

• is practically identical damage.
• instead of on targets that cannot be stunned.

Other Equipment

Fresh Air Tempest relies on spamming 空气过载 and resetting its cooldown with 清新气流. This, combined with its high damage AoE skills, makes it excel at killing adds and trash mobs. In addition, Tempest provides a lot of 易伤, deals excellent burst damage on large hitboxes, and provides a unique damage buff to its party through 空气过载's Static Discharge.

Spear's unique mechanic is its Etchings. The five-skill in each attunement places a large symbol on the ground. This can be immediately reactivated to launch an AoE attack, but a more powerful version can be charged up by using three skills while inside the symbol. As such, the general principle will be to quickly activate the Etching, followed by at least three skills, then the enhanced attack from the Etching.

It is worth noting that while you need to remain in the Etching symbol to charge it up, the damage can be aimed up to 1200 units away.

In order for 蚀刻：火山爆发 to be available each loop, the Fire traitline is required.

Autoattacks will not be listed in general.

Opener

1. Summon 元素雕文 in 火焰协调 before the encounter starts, and swap to 空气协调.
2. 空气过载
3. 灿若繁星 and swap to 火焰协调 during the cast

Fire

It is very important that 火山爆发 is used immediately after 怒火沸腾 as the entire attack will benefit from the damage buff.

1. 蚀刻：火山爆发
2. 炙热弹幕
3. 飞火流星
4. 怒火沸腾 ⇒ 火山爆发 and 空气协调 during the cast

Air 1

1. 蚀刻：对流风暴
2. 龙卷残云
3. 养精蓄锐 - this is instant cast so can be used during other skills
4. Autoattack, and use 灿若繁星 when it comes off cooldown
5. 对流风暴 as soon as you see it fully charged (the icon changes)
6. 空气过载 - make sure the skill has finished casting before swapping attunement
7. 大地协调

Earth

1. 大地之矛
2. 空气协调

Air 2

2. until Overload Air is available
4. and swap to during the cast
5. Return to start of Fire

• Use off cooldown.
• Use whenever it's available and you're in .
• Use whenever it's available, and you're in the Air 2 section.