Power Tempest - GW2 | Discretize [dT]

The Power Tempest is a strong DPS variant for fractals with various utilities the Weaver counterpart doesn’t offer.

It has very high burst damage in fast-paced fights and its overall DPS is only contested by the Sword Weaver on huge hitboxes.
Thanks to Overload Air , the group’s damage is buffed by around 1k DPS, so at least one Tempest is never a bad idea when thinking about group composition.

Apart from great DPS, the build afflicts tons of Vulnerability and helps keeping up Might with Heat Sync .

For projectile-heavy scenarios, "Aftershock!" and Sand Squall can be used, Shocking Aura and Cyclone help against trash mobs and defiance bars.

Contrary to the Sword Weaver , melee hate like Mistlock Instability: Social Awkwardness or disruptions like Mistlock Instability: Last Laugh don’t matter that much since you can stand on range and have access to a multitude of defensive mechanics like Stability and Gale Song .

The degree of difficulty is a little bit higher than the other Elementalist builds, as you need to adhere to many small things to achieve top numbers.
The positioning and timing of skills matter a lot, a single mistake can make your DPS end up several thousand below other damage dealers.

The build benefits heavily from slaying potions and sigils such as Powerful Potion of Slaying Scarlet's Armies and Superior Sigil of Impact .

Equipment

Build

Water

Air

Tempest

Situational Skills

Heal
	A stronger healing alternative if Might uptime is good.
	Another healing alternative affecting allies close-by.
Offensive
	Use this skill instead of Arcane Blast if you need extra cleave damage at the cost of some target dps. Also useful to generate Might with a fire field.
	Faster burst than Conjure Lightning Hammer on large hitboxes with the bonus of being semi-ranged.
Defensive
	Provides three blocks for things like the console in Underground Facility Fractal .
	Another defensive utility skill granting Protection and Stability.
	A group-wide reflect aura lasting for 4 seconds.
Utility
	A teleport with a range of 900 units. Very important skill for certain skips, especially in combination with White Mantle Portal Device , useful in fractals like Cliffside Facility Fractal , Aetherblade Fractal and Underground Facility Fractal .
	Grants Superspeed, useful for skips, especially in combination with Executioner Axe Toy or Endless Choya Piñata Tonic .
	If you don’t reach 100% critical chance and are too lazy to get Assassin’s pieces, take this instead of Arcane Blast .

Details

Skill Priority

Your entire rotation revolves around using Overload Air as often as possible.

Apart from that, you have the following modifiers:

Transcendent Tempest : 7% damage and condition damage for 7 seconds after Overload Air
Fresh Air : 250 ferocity for 5 seconds after attuning to air
Stormsoul and Superior Sigil of Impact when the target’s defiance bar is broken
Conjure Lightning Hammer : 75 ferocity while wielding it
Conjure Fiery Greatsword : 260 power while wielding it

You want to use your most damaging skills while these modifiers are active.
Therefore your basic rotation optimally is:

Overload Air
Attune to something else
Critically hit with something fast to trigger Fresh Air
Air Attunement
High damage skills like Lightning Storm , Lightning Orb and Arcane Blast
Repeat

In reality, the something looks like the following:

In Fire Attunement :
In Earth Attunement :
- Dust Storm (only on large hitboxes)
In Water Attunement :
- Shatterstone (useful for Vulnerability)

When attuning back to Air Attunement , you will have 5 seconds cooldown before you can use Overload Air again.
During this window you want to use your conjured weapons:

Conjure Lightning Hammer
1. Invoke Lightning
2. Lightning Swing => Static Swing => Thunderclap
Conjure Fiery Greatsword
1. Fiery Rush
2. Firestorm
3. Fiery Whirl (if you can whirl against a wall or have to switch targets)

And lastly, you should use Lightning Strike (instant cast) off recharge and Heat Sync whenever Might is low on the group.

	Useful automatic group stunbreak for things like Mistlock Instability: Last Laugh.
	Use this instead of Powerful Aura when you are not using Unstable Conduit .
	If you can’t profit from Stormsoul (e.g. Warden Amala in Twilight Oasis .
	Useful for skipping with Superspeed, especially in combination with Executioner Axe Toy or Endless Choya Piñata Tonic .

	100 with Stun
	150 with Pull
	20 / s with Blinded
	232 with Launch
	20 / s with Blinded
	150 with Knockback