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Fresh Air Tempest Open World Build

GW2. Best Open World Build. Scepter Warhorn Tempest. Elementalist PvE.


Last Update: December 2023


Overview

A mostly Air focused elementalist build for open world, the Fresh Air Tempest has massive area of effect spells, single target burst, and great defensive utilities to keep them alive.

The Fresh Air trait allows you to incur the 20 second cooldown from Overloading Air Attunement but recharge it the instant you crit outside of Air Attunement. This enables you to spam Air Overload as many times as you want in a much faster window of time.

Use Warhorn Earth 5 or Glyph of Storms in Earth Attunement to blind enemies and make handling larger groups much easier.

Skill Rotation:

Warhorn Air 4 > 5 > Air Overload > 2/3

Swap to: Fire for more damage, Water for more healing, Earth for blinds and protection
Water 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > 2 > 3 > (Water Overload for more cleanse and heal) Swap to Air
Earth 5 > 4 > 2 > 3 > 2 > Swap to Air
Fire 5 > 2 > 3 > Swap to Air

Repeat using Air Overload and swapping out to recharge Air Attunement again

Use Glyph of Elements in Water and activate it for more self healing, or in Fire for more damage. “Aftershock!” or Earth Overload should be used early on to give you Protection and to Immobilize enemies in place for your damage combos.


Difficulty
50%

Equipment

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

Primary Weapon Set

Scepter
Berserker
Warhorn
Berserker

Optional Weapon Set

Dagger
Berserker
Dagger
Berserker
ItemStat
Amulet
Marauder
Ring
Marauder
Ring
Marauder
Accessory
Marauder
Accessory
Marauder
Backpiece
Marauder

Relic

Consumables

Infusions

Optional
x18

Alternatives:

  • Jade Bot Core: for extra vitality
  • Rune: for more sustain

Skills

Scepter / WarhornHeal / Utility / Elite

Traits


Build Template

Chat Code: (copy/paste into in-game chat)

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Gameplay

Full Video Guide:

Credit to Vallun for the video.

Updated Gameplay:

Credit to Vallun for the video.

5 Comments

  1. Is the Superior Rune of Durability a must for this build? it is super expensive :-/

  2. I use the rune pack as a substitute, I had no problem with any kind of solo content, I hope it helps someone 🙂

  3. I’ve tried this build, or something very close to it, with celestial and with marauders. I actually found the celestial did more dps, maybe because the boons stay up for longer. I found the Fury stays up a lot more for example.
    I also use the sigil that gives you crits for 3 seconds after swapping attunements which works really well, do air overload, swap to anything else, crit, swap back to air…

  4. Been all over SoTO with this build and most of the time I keep getting people giving me compliments for the dmg help with groups so it’s been really fun! Admittedly, I am way more comfortable with dagger/dagger, so maybe I should try to practice more with the scepter/warhorn build (scepter just still feels a little clunky to me). Thanks for the guide! 🙂

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