Power Tempest

Skill Notes

再生纹章 can be replaced when needed:

• 幻光恢复 for a strong Heal and enormous Condition Removal
• 元素和谐雕文 for a strong Heal and additional boons
• "抚慰伤痛！" for a group Heal and Condition Removal
• 秘法绚爆 for a Blast Finisher that scales Healing by the amount of enemies hit.

"炽火燎原！" or 风暴雕文 can be replaced when needed:

• 秘法护盾 for three Blocks and a Stun Break
• 大地护甲 for Stability, Protection and a Stun Break
• 电光火石 for mobility
• 净化烈焰 for Condition Removal
• 秘法爆弹 for Damage
• 秘法波动 for Defiance Break and a Blast Finisher
• 闪电巨锤 for an alternate DPS utility, with additional Defiance Break
• 地磁护盾 for a Block, Daze, five target Pull and three seconds of Invulnerability
• "风暴护体！" for group Stability, Superspeed and a Stun Break
• "天崩地裂！" for group Protection, Aegis, Magnetic Aura. It also Immobilises nearby enemies.

元素雕文 can be replaced when needed:

• 飓风形态 for an extremely strong but slow Defiance Break with added mobility
• "五行归元！" for Downstate prevention for you and nearby allies.

Skill Reference Guide

Fire Attunement	Default Keybind
火焰过载	F1
烈焰打击	Auto Attack
巨龙之牙	2
	3
	4
	5

Trait Notes

when more Condition Removal is required.

for a slightly noticeable Damage increase at a cost of Superspeed.

for structure bosses without Defiance Bars.

for Stability when Overloading at a cost of Damage.

Instead of Fire Trait Line, you can run Water Trait Line instead, for increased Health pool and some added Healing, at a somewhat minor Damage loss.

Equipment Notes

Tempest has a ton of viable weapon combinations, each one having different pros and cons. Here are some strong options, besides Scepter / Dagger:

• Sword / Dagger has highest Damage potential of all the variants, but also is fully melee, has the highest amount of forced movement, and also Sword is reliant on completing Auto Attack Chains.
• Hammer has high Damage, some range, an ability to drop , good cleave and the best self-reliance out of all sets, at a cost of Defiance Damage. Also, the attunement order is different, as seen in this log under Player Summary → Simple Rotation.
• Dual Dagger has similar issues to Sword / Dagger, but with less damage and jank. However, it is still a viable option.
• Scepter / Warhorn is still perfectly fine, although it has the lowest damage of all the variants mentioned here, and the poorest Defiance Damage capabilities. It still does have the best cleave and support capabilities though.

You reach 99.67% Critical Chance with the current setup. In order to have the ideal setup, you can take one .

Relic Notes

can be replaced when needed:

• flat 10% Damage to enemies under 50% Health
• is an easy to maintain Damage buff
• for a Heal every time you Block
• converts Critical Strikes into Healing
• grants Condition Removal when you use a shout
• grants Condition Removal when you use your Heal skill
• gain Might x 8 and Fury when you use your Heal skill on a 10 second Cooldown
• gain Aegis, Quickness, Swiftness, Resistance and Might when you hit an enemy with your mount engage skill.

Key Concepts

Tempest gains access to Overloads, which are powerful channelled skills you gain access to after four seconds spent in an Attunement. Using an Overload puts the corresponding Attunement on a 20 second Cooldown.

All of your Attunements have their own purpose.

• 火焰协调 serves primarily as a damage Attunement, with a tad bit of Condition Removal on 浴火凤凰.
• 流水协调 is the only Attunement we won't use for Damage. However, it has plenty of Healing and Condition Removal.
• 空气协调 is the bread and butter of this build. It features the only Overload we'll use, alongside some good burst Cooldowns and a Launch.
• 大地协调 has decent Damage on Dagger skills, as well as Blind, a Knockdown and some Barrier.

超验风暴 boosts your Damage after using an Overload and also reduces the amount of time spent in an Attunement before the Overload becomes available.

清新气流 lets you refresh the Cooldown of 空气协调 on a Critical Strike, even if you have used 空气过载 beforehand. 清新气流 also provides you with +250 Ferocity.

Dealing Damage

Your rotation loop can be simplified to:

1. Use 空气过载
2. Swap to another Attunement according to notes below
3. Swap back to 空气协调 and Auto Attack until 空气过载 comes off Cooldown.

When in 火焰协调 you should use:

• 浴火凤凰
• 炙火之环
• 烈焰之攫.

When in 大地协调 you should use:

• .

Cast the following skills off Cooldown:

• .

Use off Cooldown. Try to prioritize using it in .

Burst Rotation

Summon in and then swap to before engaging.

1. → →

1. →

Defense

Tempest generally has pretty poor passive survivability due to the combination of lowest Health and Armor pool, as well as a lack of passive traits to make up for it.

Your Overloads are Stun Breaks, grant you Protection and their corresponding aura thanks to and .

gives you Shocking Aura which might not seem very noticeable, but this will help your survivability as it Stuns enemies that hit you.

Keep casting and Heal up naturally from . The more you cast, the more you Heal.

has plenty of defensive skills:

• gives increased Toughness, Resistance and a Barrier
• is a source of pulsing Blindness
• grants you Stability, Protection and Magnetic Aura. It also Immobilizes and Cripples nearby enemies.

has plenty of Healing and Condition Removal options:

• as a solid self Heal
• → for another self Heal
• is a Heal and Condition Removal
• grants you Regeneration, Vigor and Frost Aura. It also Heals and pulses Condition Removal.

grants you Superspeed when you attune to . Use this to your advantage to catch up to foes...or to run away.

Crowd Control

Tornado Notes

turns you into, you guessed it, a tornado, which can Launch enemies within the skill's Radius every three seconds. It pulses a maximum of five times.

Here's what you need to know:

• throws rocks at enemies, dealing Knockback. Switch to this skill instantly upon entering the transformation. Make sure to stand in the enemy's hitbox to ensure projectile hits
• makes you charge towards the direction you're facing, Launching enemies hit by you. Use this skill off Cooldown.
• Try to avoid hitting trash mobs with the tornado as to not send them flying. No one likes to chase trash.

Here's what's nice to know:

• We are here for Defiance Break, the following skills don't help us with that.
• shoots bouncing lightning and shoots .
• makes you launch several projectiles dependent on mode selected. This skill adds a little bit of extra Damage overall.