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Power Tempest

Guild Wars 2 Power Tempest - Staff / Staff Meta build for wvw: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

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Build Template

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Overview

Build Difficulty: ● ● ● ● ●

Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • High damage
  • Fluid rotation
  • Strong bursts
  • Lots of cleave
  • Plenty of CC
  • High mastery curve
  • Fast paced rotation
  • Loses damage on moving targets
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

You can replace any of your skill by 电光火石 图标电光火石 if you struggle and get caught a lot by Crowd Controls.

Based on preferences, you can also run 风暴雕文 图标风暴雕文 over any of the utility skills.

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

Power Tempest is a strong Damage dealer aiming to inflict massive Damage using AoEs to generate multiple Downs while being able to cleave them. However, this all comes at the cost of a lack of utility.

This build mostly relies on 清新气流 图标清新气流 and 空气过载 图标空气过载 combination to constantly have strong AoEs ticking while using other sources of Damage such as Conjure Weapons and Staff skills.

Additionally, Power Tempest benefits from strong modifiers with 暴风咏叹 图标暴风咏叹, 清新气流 图标清新气流 and 长效怒火 图标长效怒火. The aim is to maintain these as much as possible.

Overloads are powerful channelled skills you gain after staying four seconds in an Attunement. Using an Overload puts the corresponding Attunement on a 20 second Cooldown. We will only want to use these in 火焰协调 图标火焰协调 and 空气协调 图标空气协调.

Always start on your 超级嗜血法印 图标超级嗜血法印 weapon set. Once you reach 25 stacks, swap to your other weapon set.

Dealing Damage

闪电巨锤 图标闪电巨锤 and 炽焰巨剑 图标炽焰巨剑 provide an Attribute Bonus, so try to keep holding them for as long as possible. This can help boost any AoEs that are still ticking. Their skills and Auto Attack Chain are usually much stronger than your options on Staff.

冰霜长弓 图标冰霜长弓 also provides an Attribute Bonus however to stats of a less importance.

Keep in mind that you can cast Overloads while using 闪电巨锤 图标闪电巨锤, 冰霜长弓 图标冰霜长弓 and 炽焰巨剑 图标炽焰巨剑.

Below you will find a breakdown of what skills are important within each Attunement.

Fire Attunement

熔岩喷泉 图标熔岩喷泉 is a great filler skill which deals ticking Damage for multiple seconds. Aim to spam it as much as possible while waiting for 火焰过载 图标火焰过载.

火舞流星 图标火舞流星 is one of our best Damaging skills and should be used off Cooldown. Keep in mind that you will be stuck in place while casting this skill.

火焰过载 图标火焰过载 provides a high Damage, ticking AoE. The AoE will follow you until the skill has finished casting. Once finished, the AoE will remain ticking in place.

Water Attunement

寒冰尖刺 图标寒冰尖刺 is the only skill worth using. We will simply instantly cast it when swapping and go back to 空气协调 图标空气协调 as soon as possible by triggering 清新气流 图标清新气流. It is the only use of 流水协调 图标流水协调.

Air Attunement

闪电激荡 图标闪电激荡 is decent Damage that can be used in last ressort while waiting for 空气过载 图标空气过载 if no Conjure Weapons are up.

静电力场 图标静电力场 is a really powerful Crowd Control that should be used as much as possible to lock down players in your damaging areas.

空气过载 图标空气过载 is what makes this Attunement strong : we will aim to cast this Overload as much as possible as it is the best Damage source of this build by far. Always finish the cast for the same reason as 火焰过载 图标火焰过载.

Earth Attunement

大地喷发 图标大地喷发 is another short filler skill that will be used similarly to 寒冰尖刺 图标寒冰尖刺 while triggering 清新气流 图标清新气流 and instantly swap back to 空气协调 图标空气协调.

大地动荡 图标大地动荡 can also be used as a strong Crowd Control, but you shouldn't delay your Attunement swap too much for it.

When going in 流水协调 图标流水协调 and 大地协调 图标大地协调 later in your rotation, you can start casting your 2 skill and instantly swap to 空气协调 图标空气协调 during the cast to have the Overload Cooldown starting as soon as possible. It is obviously only doable if you have a ticking field active to trigger 清新气流 图标清新气流. It should almost always be the case if you properly finish the cast of 空气过载 图标空气过载.

Burst Rotation

Due to the volatility of zerg fights, there is no real rotation set in stone, but here is what you should aim to do the following:

空气协调 图标空气协调
  1. 空气过载 图标空气过载 when getting in melee.
火焰协调 图标火焰协调
  1. 熔岩喷泉 图标熔岩喷泉
  2. 火舞流星 图标火舞流星
  3. 炽焰巨剑 图标炽焰巨剑
  4. 火焰风暴 图标火焰风暴
  5. 火焰过载 图标火焰过载
空气协调 图标空气协调
  1. 炽焰回旋 图标炽焰回旋
  2. 空气过载 图标空气过载
大地协调 图标大地协调
  1. 大地喷发 图标大地喷发
空气协调 图标空气协调
  1. 闪电巨锤 图标闪电巨锤
  2. 引发闪电 图标引发闪电
  3. 空气过载 图标空气过载
流水协调 图标流水协调
  1. 寒冰尖刺 图标寒冰尖刺
空气协调 图标空气协调
  1. 冰霜长弓 图标冰霜长弓
  2. 寒霜风暴 图标寒霜风暴
  3. 空气过载 图标空气过载

Defense

Power Tempest is pretty much defenseless. Use your Dodges and position yourself wisely.

Keep in mind that your Overloads are a Break Stun. If you struggle surviving, consider taking 电光火石 图标电光火石.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance DamageSource
疾风爆发 图标疾风爆发400 RangeStaff: 空气协调 图标空气协调
静电力场 图标静电力场2 SecondsStaff: 空气协调 图标空气协调
大地动荡 图标大地动荡50 RangeStaff: 大地协调 图标大地协调
强风来袭 图标强风来袭600 Range闪电巨锤 图标闪电巨锤