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Posted by: Demetrius.9287

Demetrius.9287

Hey all,
I’ve recently started playing GW2 again and thinking to change my current build to a Tempest. My main game is WvW and I’ve put together 2 builds.
I like providing support through heals and condi cleanse, while being able to output a moderate amount of damage. Since I’ve been gone for a while my skills aren’t as good yet so vitality and armor are also important stats(for now). So basically i need everything :P
Anyways these are the builds:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQFAWn0XCdOgVYC+XCcYilNAb4BEAKgErgLQFwdv+XPsA-TFCBQBSU5nDM/BgLAg80BEQ1fYwDAYCKBry+DkCAZtWA-w
and
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQFAWn0XCdOgVYCOYCcYiFRAzttGXzrEdgEwBYIAMAufA-TlCBAB2pDwVlgVt/wdKNY4BAAwFAoOzf4p+jVKDuSJGpA8aoF-w

Any opinions on those?Ideas and suggestions are more than welcome

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Posted by: FrownyClown.8402

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Posted by: katniss.6735

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Leafy’s WvW Ele guide!

I dagger/focus frontline. I only run powerful auras if I know there’s other frontline with me, otherwise I can’t afford the loss of the extra cleanses. I never use diamond skin. If you’re on mag you can watch how I do it. I can go into the entire blob solo and get out clean, even with massive pressure and focus fire. This wastes enemy cds easily on 1 target, then my team moves in after I pull out while I heal up. Minstrel/nomads, gnashblade food and gg.

The play-style is that earth is your go-to escape every time. Without harmonious conduit, earth overload is your only stab, so you have to be weary of pulls, necro cc focus (chill or stab removal). Bad druids will knock you back helping your escape. lol – Bait focus on yourself as long as you want before lightning flashing out. Use fire burning speed for more range with burning shield at the same time for your protection/regen/vigor. And dodge all the ranged crap coming after you. You want to split the enemy up, but not be more than 1200 yards left or right of your zerg or you can easily get bogged down by immobs and cc.

I prefer eye of the storm to flash freeze because then you have 2 instant cleanses, and an aoe stun break for people that are stuck, which is normal these days with traps everywhere. Flash freeze will give more damage reduction, but it’s not instant like it needs to be imo. If you’re going to use staff, I feel that cantrips or arcane shield is far better for survivability.

There’s nothing better than trooper runes for tempest. I truly believe my setup is the best possible for ele in the current meta. You get angry whispers from the enemy critiquing you for not doing any damage, but that is what your goal is here. To support/tank. Srsly, only put a staff on if you have a bunch of leapin lizard front line that you can easily float between back and frontline without taking too much condi pressure.

The most dangerous thing is a skilled mesmer, or multiple mesmers, constant pressure from a burst thief, or being isolated in the middle of nowhere.
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Blackline staff damage is fire/air/tempest, or air/water/tempest. I don’t understand why you would do earth/water/tempest (@frowny) with maurader staff. That is the slowest damage ever. Maurader is gr8, though. Armor of earth/Arc Shield or Eye of the Storm for places like SM lord room fight. Fire/Air + fire overload is insane damage. The main purpose of AE/ArcSh is you can always have meteor shower go off uninterrupted. Spec: all top row fire, down/down/up air, top/bottom/bottom tempest. Your purpose is damage, and keeping the enemy in it with static and chills. Small water for yourself, and large for regroups or engages (as in when there’s 90 bajillion circles the front row is moving through that need cleansed – if you’re too far away, it will be in the wrong place to open with).

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Posted by: FrownyClown.8402

FrownyClown.8402

Oh yeah your right. I just kind of altered his stats without changing traits


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Posted by: Stand The Wall.6987

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I think some tankiness would be best until you get back into the swing of things. my opinion is that staff is not suited for tempest, because tempests main thing are auras which are best utilized on frontline builds that get hit alot (dagger focus/warhorn). don’t run frontline staff, its kittened. backline should be doing damage, staff is not a frontline weapon. I wouldn’t bother dabbling in healing power unless you go all the way to 2k and are spamming water aa’s. even then its not that useful. if you want to use tempest I would take your time and do it right, aim for the meta build and change things out as you see fit.

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