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    Home » Guild Wars 2 » Builds » Open World Builds » Celestial Tempest Open World Build

    Celestial Tempest Open World Build

    By Jen31 October, 2022Updated:28 January, 202520 Comments2 Mins Read Open World Builds

    GW2. Best Open World Build. Celestial Tempest Open World. Elementalist PvE.


    • Boon for group events: Alacrity

    The Celestial Tempest for Open World is an Elementalist build that has constant damage and sustained healing. It mainly uses the Fire and Earth attunements for boons and condition damage. Overloading the Fire Attunement gives might and inflicts burning while the Earth Overload gives protection and inflicts bleeding. All overloads will give alacrity, making both of them more quickly accessible and will benefit allies around you. Alternating between these two elements will suffice, but Water can also be used for some added healing.

    The Written in Stone trait allows you to cast signets more often and still retain their passives, meaning the Signet of Restoration should be cast often to maximize your self-healing, and the Signet of Fire should be cast off cooldown for the most damage. Use the Warhorn 4 skill in Fire and Earth attunement to upkeep boons.


    Skill Rotation:

    • Prioritize the Signet of Fire always, and use the Glyph of Elementals in Fire for damage or Water for healing
    • Fire Overload > Warhorn 5 > 4 > 3 > 2 > Swap Earth
    • Earth 2 > 5 > 3 > 4 > Earth Overload > 2 > Swap Fire

    Try to swap attunement while in the middle of a longer cast skill, but do not interrupt overloads by swapping in the middle of their cast.


    Difficulty
    25%

    ItemStatRune / Sigil
    Helm
    Celestial
    Shoulders
    Celestial
    Coat
    Celestial
    Gloves
    Celestial
    Leggings
    Celestial
    Boots
    Celestial

    Dagger
    Celestial
    Warhorn
    Celestial

    Scepter
    Celestial
    Focus
    Celestial
    ItemStat
    Amulet
    Celestial
    Ring
    Celestial
    Ring
    Celestial
    Accessory
    Celestial
    Accessory
    Celestial
    Backpiece
    Celestial



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    Alternatives:

    • Jade Bot Core: for extra vitality

    Dagger / WarhornHeal / Utility / Elite

    Alternatives

    • Utility: instead Glyph of Lesser Elementals


    Alternatives

    • Fire: for more cleanse
    • Tempest: for more damage

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    20 Comments

    1. David on 9 July, 2023 6:25 pm

      Can you use scepter in this build in place of the dagger?

      Reply
      • Jen on 15 July, 2023 7:12 am

        You can but not optimal.

        Reply
    2. Ajja Leu on 8 August, 2023 10:25 pm

      I’m loving this OW build (and the Support WvW build as well). I went with the Sigil of Agony for more damage, but my question is how does the Sigil of Cleansing (and Energy on the WvW build) actually work. It says when you weapon swap, but there is no weapon swapping. Does that mean it activates when using skills 4 & 5?

      Reply
      • Jen on 8 August, 2023 11:43 pm

        Yes it counts when you swap attunement

        Reply
        • Ajja Leu on 9 August, 2023 5:34 pm

          Awesome. Thanks for the quick reply Jen. I pretty much exclusively use your guides and builds. I appreciate it.

          Reply
    3. Ricky on 16 September, 2023 5:17 pm

      Any good alternatives to Relic of the Fractal until we can grab one of those?

      Reply
    4. Raphael on 21 September, 2023 11:14 am

      Can you use dagger/dagger?

      Reply
    5. João Solas on 3 October, 2023 11:17 am

      can i use sword ?

      Reply
      • Jen on 3 October, 2023 8:16 pm

        Sure you can

        Reply
    6. Eukanhart on 12 November, 2023 4:54 pm

      Why Celestial? why does this attribute appear in almost all (if not all) PVE/WvW builds recommended for beginners? I’m not criticizing, I’m a newbie, but I’d like to know what benefit this kind of attribute would bring to beginners, I’m looking at the builds and trying to understand the theory behind creating them to learn how to create my own

      Reply
      • Jen on 13 November, 2023 6:51 am

        Why not? What would you use instead? Celestial provide everyhing so is only logical that is the best for beginners, read the toolips and try to understand why each stat gets value, we cannot explain what is already written there. If you want to learn more about threory crafting you should join us on discord to chat more.

        Reply
      • sumpwa on 13 November, 2023 11:26 pm

        In addition to what Jen said, you get a set of exotic celestial gear when you boost a character, which is something a new player might do, so celestial builds provide a straight forward way to get started on a freshly boosted character, with the exception of maybe getting new weapons, runes, and sigils.

        Reply
    7. Scorpi on 20 November, 2023 2:30 am

      Are there any decent alternatives to Relic of the Fractal for those who don’t own SotO?

      Reply
      • Jen on 20 November, 2023 5:45 pm

        Not really, maybe you can try Relic of the Krait to apply conditions when you summon the elite elemental maybe.

        Reply
        • Scorpi on 20 November, 2023 9:16 pm

          Thanks for your quick reply. I might go for that until I can get SotO.

          Reply
    8. Darillian on 7 May, 2024 6:28 pm

      Any particular reason why you chose “Eye of the Storm!” over the other Shouts? I’m asking because since “Harmonious Circuit” already gives us Stability, one could choose other Shouts for slot 7.

      Reply
      • Jen on 14 May, 2024 3:30 pm

        It is for a safe stunbreaker, sometimes your overload might be on cooldown due to use it for alac, so for sure you can change it for another that fits your playstyle more.

        Reply
        • Darillian on 24 June, 2024 3:06 pm

          Just wanted to add that I tried playing around without “Eye of the Storm!” and you really feel that the lack of on-demand stunbreak. With this build, I even tend to swap out Glyph of Lesser Elementals for other skills rather than give up on the utility from the Shout. The Superspeed is a nice bonus for yourself and allies, but also when you want to speed up the odd event NPC.

          Reply
    9. Coco on 12 July, 2024 9:36 pm

      Is rune of the Balthazar the best rune I can use here? I am an old player but your build is very interesting so I want to try it. I currently use Rune of the Elementalist but maybe you could give me any other suggestions that might help. Thank you so much.

      Reply
      • Jen on 30 July, 2024 5:46 am

        Elementalist is good too, Balthazar is just better for burning which is the main damage.

        Reply
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