Diablo Immortal: The AoE Meta Tempest Build

Riptide Crosswinds Tempest Guide

The meta AoE Riptide Tempest build uses the Wind Edge primary attack, Crosswinds, Riptide, Rolling Surf, Flowing Strike, or optionally Breaker for PvP for an absorb shield. Riptide with the new Hanalaguu's Armada chest essence has taken over as the best AoE option for Tempest. Crosswinds is also used to cause you and your Zephyrs attacks to release wind blades and Rolling Surf increases your movement speed and empowers your primary attacks to throw water daggers that return to you. This build also uses Flowing Strike in PvM as a dash skill which creates Zephyr minions that mimic several of your attacks. You can also switch to the Breaker dash skill for PvP for an absorb shield with the recommended essences.

Paragons & Legendary Skills: Riptide Crosswinds Tempest Build

1. Slayer is the best damage paragon for this build because it increases your primary attacks attack speed and damage.

2. Gladiator is the best PvP paragon tree for this build because it gives a cheat death and helps with loss of control.

3. Vanquisher is the best paragon tree for increased magic find and gives increased damage and attack speed on kills.

4. Harbinger can be used in Erebban for an absorb shield, movement speed, and to move unhindered through enemies.

5. Survivor is the recommended paragon for Vanguard because it gives a cheat death that works in Vanguard.

6. The best paragon legendary skill for this build is Overloaded which increases your primary attack speed.

7. Below you can find an image for the best paragon for damage and the second image is the best paragon for PvP.

Riptide Crosswind Tempest Skills and Equipment:

Skills

1. Wind Edge (primary skill)

2. Flowing Strike (PvM) or Breaker (PvP)

3. Crosswinds

4. Riptide

5. Rolling Surf

Main Hand

Skein-Parter - Rolling Surf now empowers you and your Zephyrs' primary attacks to throw water daggers.

Off-Hand

Hurricane Hitch - Crosswinds now empowers you and your Zephyrs' primary attacks to unleash wind blades.

Main Hand 2

Tidebreaker - Riptide increases your damage for each enemy hit stacking up to three times.

Off-Hand 2

Maarozhi Spine - Your Zephyrs' damage is increased.

Helmet

Unyielding Vision - Rolling Surf critical hits cause an explosion of water that damages nearby enemies.

Chest

Hanalaguu's Armada - Riptide now surrounds you and your Zephyrs with swirling tides that damage nearby enemies.

Shoulders

United Defiance (PvM) - Flowing Strike conjures an additional Zephyr.

Barnacle Plaque (PvP) - Breaker has its maximum charges increased by one (gives three charges).

Legs

Howling Anchor (PvM) - Crosswinds now causes enemies to bleed over five seconds.

Flaring Lighthouse (PvP) - Breaker now dashes forward dealing damage, conjures a Zephyr, and gives an absorb shield.

Note: This build is also a powerful PVP build with the Flaring Lighthouse essence absorb shield to improve its defenses.

Recommended Sets

1. Vithu's Urges (2-4 Set) - Increases the duration of beneficial effects by 30% and gives an attack speed increase.

2. Grace of the Flagellant (4 Set) - Deals damage to enemies after every 5 hits against the same target.

3. Untouchable Mountebank (PvP 2 Set) - Gives an absorb shield which is great for PvP.

Best Curses

1. Lashed - Your primary attacks give a chance to generate three crackling whips that damage enemies.

2. Wired - Useful for AoE to create a surge of lightning on kill that jumps between enemies on cooldown.

3. Ghosted (PvP) - Optional for PvP to summon a minion to take some of your incoming damage.

Best 5 Star Legendary Gems

1. Roiling Consequence - Increases your critical hit chance and causes critical hits to burn enemies.

2. Golden Firmament - Causes multiple ranged wind attacks and increases your evasion rating.

3. Void Spark - Deals AoE damage that's extremely effective in dungeons and the new PvP map.

4. Maw of the Deep - Can be used at a high rank to deal damage, gain a damage buff, draw in enemies, and stun enemies.

5. Starfire Shard - Used for PvP to deal damage and to stun enemies inside the Maw of the Deep legendary gem effect.

6. Frozen Heart (switch to for PvP) - Gives an absorb shield with a medium duration and chills enemies.

7. Gloom Cask - The lowest priority 5 star gem here that deals damage when you use a primary attack on cooldown.

8. Colossus Engine - Gives increased skill damage, increased area of effect for Crosswinds (important), increased size (which also increases your movement speed), and knockback immunity for a medium duration with a 20 second cooldown.

Best 2 Star Legendary Gems

1. Pain Clasp - Gives high increased damage against enemies with a continual damage effect on them.

2. Mother's Lament - Increases your critical hit chance and causes a blood spike that makes enemies bleed.

3. Specter Glass - Increases the damage taken by enemies after critical hits and increases your critical hit chance.

4. Fervent Fang - Gives a stacking damage increase when you hit an enemy stacking up to ten times.

5. Mourneskull - This legacy gem can be used to increase your damage and deal damage but it no longer drops.

6. Crimson Behelit - This PvP legacy gem gives increased damage and reduced damage taken but it's drop disabled.

Note: The Viper's Bite legendary gem isn't needed to trigger Pain Clasp because this build already has continual damage.

Best 1 Star Starter Legendary Gems

1. Berserker's Eye (PvM) - Increases all of your damage and critical hit chance but also increases your damage taken.

2. Entropic Well - A great budget one star legendary gem that increases your skill damage and attack speed.

3. Everlasting Torment - A budget gem that deals damage over time on critical hits and increases your attack speed.

Note: Berserker's Eye is a strong one star legendary gem and requires a high ranked up 5 star gem to match its damage.

Best Familiars

1. Savior Duskprowler - Look for a 170+ Resilience legendary Duskprowler with the Savior skill which provides a cheat death. The 170+ Resilience is used to lower the cooldown of Savior but can be lower to make the familiar more affordable.

2. Broodtalon/Skitterwight - Look for Savior which provides a cheat death and Lingering Wounds for increased damage.

3. Rare Duskprowler - Relentless Strikes is the next best skill because it gives a chance to cast the Duskprowler shield twice. Innervate which gives a chance at resetting the player's skill cooldown, Steel Hide which gives a chance to block, Precision which gives critical hit chance, and Tenacity which lowers the cooldown of the shield are also desirable.

4. Magic Duskprowler - Duskprowler shields are hard to replace so a rare or magic ability Duskprowler is the budget option.

Note: Broodtalons and Skitterwights have status effects over a duration which increases the duration of Lingering Wounds.

Normal Gems

Prioritize Tourmalines for added damage in red sockets and use both Citrines and Topazes evenly for increased harmful effects duration and resistances in yellow sockets. You should also socket your highest refinement Aquamarines and Sapphires which give increased armor and armor penetration in blue sockets. You can optionally combine all of your Rubies which give life into one or two higher refinement Rubies and use them inside your equipment. Refinement from a gem is determined by the gems quality and is used to increase the attributes of the piece of equipment the gem is socketed in.

Gem Notes

The new Colossus Engine legendary gem is excellent for this build because it increases the area of effect of Crosswinds, has knockback immunity, and gives increased movement speed from its size increase. The new Specter Glass two star legendary gem is one of the best two star gems for almost every build. Damage over time legendary gems like Viper's Bite and Seeping Bile aren't needed to trigger Pain Clasp because Riptide already deals continual damage and you will also have bleed from Crosswinds with the recommended legs essence. Golden Firmament is a strong fairly new 5 star legendary gem that has wind damage, increased evasion rating, and it triggers Firestorms which increase your wind damage when it's combined with burning damage. You should also consider rolling critical hit damage on every piece of gear with Reforge Stones when using critical hit gems. On that note, you should also roll increased beneficial duration on your equipment which is very important for 100% skill uptime. One of your lowest priority legendary gems should also be switched to a Frozen Heart for PvP once you can get it to rank 4+ for an absorb shield and to chill opponents.

That's all for the Riptide Tempest Guide. For a single target Tempest build you can also click here (to be added soon...)