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    Condition Alacrity Tempest
    January 2024

    Group PvE
    Offensive Support

    Armor

    Illustrious Masque icon Superior Rune of the Trapper icon
    Viper's HelmSuperior Rune of the Trapper
    Illustrious Epaulets icon Superior Rune of the Trapper icon
    Viper's ShouldersSuperior Rune of the Trapper
    Illustrious Doublet icon Superior Rune of the Trapper icon
    Viper's ChestSuperior Rune of the Trapper
    Illustrious Wristguards icon Superior Rune of the Trapper icon
    Viper's GlovesSuperior Rune of the Trapper
    Illustrious Breeches icon Superior Rune of the Trapper icon
    Viper's LegsSuperior Rune of the Trapper
    Illustrious Footwear icon Superior Rune of the Trapper icon
    Viper's BootsSuperior Rune of the Trapper

    Weapons & Sigils

    Dagger icon Superior Sigil of Smoldering icon
    Viper's DaggerSuperior Sigil of Smoldering
    Warhorn icon Superior Sigil of Torment icon
    Viper's WarhornSuperior Sigil of Torment

    Trinkets

    Quiver of a Thousand Arrows icon
    Grieving Backpiece
    Black Ice Earring icon
    Viper's Accessory
    Asgeir's Talisman icon
    Viper's Accessory
    Asgeir's Amulet icon
    Viper's Amulet
    Black Ice Band icon
    Viper's Ring
    Mistborn Band icon
    Viper's Ring
    Relic icon
    Relic of the Fractal

    Food

    Spherified Cilantro Oyster Soup icon Toxic Maintenance Oil icon
    Spherified Cilantro Oyster Soup Toxic Maintenance Oil

    Infusions

    Malign WvW Infusion icon
    18xMalign Infusion

    Weapon Skills

    Utility Skills

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    Introduction

    Condition Alacrity Tempest is a versatile offensive support build that provides permanent Alacrity, 25 Might, and Protection, as well as boon extension for other boons thanks to Sand Squall.

    Multiple traits and utility skills can be modified to suit the specific requirements of different encounters.

    Build Fundamentals

    Use Overload Fire and Overload Earth off-cooldown to apply Alacrity via Lucid Singularity, and fill downtime with damaging and boon-providing skills. Always channel Overloads until the end to grant powerful element-specific effects and additional Alacrity.

    Swap attunements promptly in this order: Fire Attunement Air Attunement Earth Attunement. Late Overloads result in lost Alacrity uptime.

    Build Specifics

    Heat Sync spreads boons to allies, and Sand Squall extends the duration of boons on allies so make sure to cast both as soon as possible.

    Use Glyph of Storms and Glyph of Lesser Elementals while on Fire Attunement.

    Use Signet of Fire and Flame Barrage off cooldown

    While not part of the rotation, Water Attunement contains powerful healing in the form of Overload Water, blasting Water Globe with Frozen Burst, and Cone of Cold (which can also provide CC).

    Swapping attunements will not cancel skills, you can swap to Air Attunement after the last Drake's Breath without waiting for it to fully channel.

    Glyph of Lesser Elementals and Glyph of Elementals can be precast during downtime.

    Crowd Control

    Alternatives

    Utility Skills

    If needed, swap out Glyph of Storms for:

    If you need additional utility, replace utility skills in the following order:

    1. Glyph of Storms
    2. Glyph of Lesser Elementals
    3. Signet of Fire

    Traits

    Gale Song can be replaced with Latent Stamina for some extra endurance and vigor when swapping to Water Attunement.

     

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