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Condition Tempest

Guild Wars 2 Condition Tempest - Pistol & Warhorn / Scepter & Warhorn Meta build for open-world: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

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Condition Tempest is an Open World build that applies Burning and Bleeding through Overloads, Shouts and Pistol skills, offering strong sustained damage for solo and group content.

Overview

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Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • High damage
  • Fluid rotation
  • Provides party boons
  • Lots of cleave
  • Low amounts of CC
  • High learning curve
  • Loses damage on moving targets
  • Lacks burst damage
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

再生纹章 图标再生纹章 can be replaced when needed:

风暴雕文 图标风暴雕文 can be replaced when needed:

"炽火燎原!" 图标"炽火燎原!" can be replaced when needed:

元素雕文 图标元素雕文 can be replaced when needed:

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

和谐传导 图标和谐传导 for Stability when Overloading at a cost of damage.

清澈奇点 图标清澈奇点 for group Alacrity at a cost of lower personal damage. For more information on required changes, refer to the Gameplay Guide.

Dagger or Scepter can be taken instead of main hand Pistol if you do not have access to Secrets of the Obscure (SotO).

  • Dagger provides decent damage and, generally speaking, lower complexity but can prove tricky due to forced movement from 大地突刺 图标大地突刺 and 炽焰疾步 图标炽焰疾步.
  • Scepter provides great damage and maintains solid Ranged damage. It's a very good alternative.

海盗女王古物 图标海盗女王古物 can be replaced when needed:

Visions of Eternity Relics:

Janthir Wilds Relics:

  • 悲伤古物 图标悲伤古物 turns your elite skill into a powerful panic button.

Secrets of the Obscure Relics:

  • 碎层古物 图标碎层古物 inflicts Torment and Burning when an enemy is inflicted with Bleeding at six or more stacks of Bleeding.
  • 术士古物 图标术士古物 inflicts Vulnerability when you apply Cripple, Chilled or Immobilize.
  • 寻路者古物 图标寻路者古物 provides increased Movement Speed and Superspeed when entering combat.
  • 巫师塔古物 图标巫师塔古物 grants your elite skill an additional Pull and Reflect.
  • 午夜国王古物 图标午夜国王古物 to share Fury and Might frequently with nearby allies.

Core Game Relics:

  • 流水古物 图标流水古物 grants Condition Removal when you use your Heal Skill.
  • 巫妖古物 图标巫妖古物 for passive damage through a Jagged Horror minion that inflicts Bleeding.
  • 骑兵古物 图标骑兵古物 grants you Aegis, Quickness, Swiftness, Resistance and Might when you hit an enemy with your mount engage skill. (Hint: the Skyscale engage skill will leave a pulsing field that will give boons on every strike!).

Rotation & Extras

Attunements can be swapped while casting skills. Use this to save time and perform the rotation faster. Keep in mind that swapping Attunements will interrupt Overloads.

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.

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

Elemental Bullets are what makes this build unique. Here's what you need to know:

  • Pistol skills, other than Auto Attacks, spawn Elemental Bullets of their respective Attunement.
  • They are consumed when using Pistol skills, giving them additional effects, either offensive or defensive.

These are the skills that we want to use Elemental Bullets for:

  • 狂怒弹射 图标狂怒弹射: +5% Condition Damage.
  • 冰冻齐射 图标冰冻齐射: Five stacks of Bleeding and an Ice Field
  • 晕眩施放 图标晕眩施放: -33% Recharge on the next Pistol skill; used to reduce the Cooldown of 冰冻齐射 图标冰冻齐射.
  • 碎裂岩石 图标碎裂岩石: Three stacks of an effect dealing one stack Bleeding for five seconds base when striking an enemy.

Dealing Damage

Use your Overloads in 火焰协调 图标火焰协调 and 大地协调 图标大地协调.

For single target damage, use your Pistol/Warhorn set. Remember to (S)pend your Elemental Bullets on the right skills and (G)enerate them with others. Here are some guidelines for what skills to use in each Attunement:

冰冻齐射 图标冰冻齐射 and 荒火哀嚎 图标荒火哀嚎 create large AoEs. Be careful how you place them to maximise their effects.

Cast the following skills off Cooldown:

When you need to tag mulitple mobs, you should use your Scepter/Warhorn set. Here are some tips:

Use "炽火燎原!" 图标"炽火燎原!" and 热力同步 图标热力同步 to maintain Might and Fury. "炽火燎原!" 图标"炽火燎原!" is also useful for tagging nearby enemies.

Use 元素雕文 图标元素雕文 in 火焰协调 图标火焰协调 before you get into combat and use 烈焰轰炸 图标烈焰轰炸 off Cooldown

风暴雕文 图标风暴雕文 should be used in 火焰协调 图标火焰协调 unless you need the Blind from 大地协调 图标大地协调.

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 坚固传导 图标坚固传导 and 动荡传导 图标动荡传导.

Keep casting and Heal up naturally from 再生纹章 图标再生纹章. The more you cast, the more you Heal.

Cast 元素雕文 图标元素雕文 in 流水协调 图标流水协调 for a large Heal and Condition Cleanse with 冲击水流 图标冲击水流.

大地协调 图标大地协调 has plenty of defensive skills:

  • 沙尘风暴 图标沙尘风暴 is a source of pulsing Blindness
  • 大地过载 图标大地过载 grants you Stability, Protection and Magnetic Aura. It also Immobilizes and Cripples nearby enemies.

Use 潮汐激荡 图标潮汐激荡 and 气流漩涡 图标气流漩涡 to control packs of enemies.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance DamageSource
晕眩施放 图标晕眩施放150Pistol: 空气协调 图标空气协调
潮汐激荡 图标潮汐激荡150Warhorn: 大地协调 图标大地协调
气流漩涡 图标气流漩涡150Warhorn: 空气协调 图标空气协调
冲击水流 图标冲击水流150元素雕文 图标元素雕文 in 流水协调 图标流水协调
电击箭矢 图标电击箭矢150元素雕文 图标元素雕文 in 空气协调 图标空气协调
秘法波动 图标秘法波动200 per ChargeAlternate Utility
磁力激荡 图标磁力激荡200Alternate Utility: 地磁护盾 图标地磁护盾
盾磁拉拽 图标盾磁拉拽150Alternate Utility: 地磁护盾 图标地磁护盾

Tornado Notes

飓风形态 图标飓风形态 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:

  • 残骸飓风 图标残骸飓风 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 残骸飓风 图标残骸飓风 projectile hits
  • 尘埃冲锋 图标尘埃冲锋 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.
  • 电能飓风 图标电能飓风 shoots bouncing lightning and 沙尘飓风 图标沙尘飓风 shoots 魔尘沙暴 图标魔尘沙暴.
  • 元素安魂曲 图标元素安魂曲 makes you launch several projectiles dependent on mode selected. This skill adds a little bit of extra damage overall.
SkillDefiance Damage
飓风形态 图标飓风形态232
残骸飓风 图标残骸飓风 with 飓风形态 图标飓风形态150 + 232
尘埃冲锋 图标尘埃冲锋332