Diablo Immortal: The AoE and Single Target Tempest

Vortex Crosswind Tempest Skills and Equipment:

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Skills

1. Wind Edge (primary skill)

2. Vortex

3. Crosswinds

4. Squall

5. Rolling Surf

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Main Hand

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

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Off-Hand

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

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Main Hand 2

Shriekworth - Crosswinds critical hits cause four wind blades to shatter off the target.​

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Off-Hand 2

Glory to Ksathra - Vortex now also increases your primary attack speed.

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Helmet

Look Leeward - Squall marks enemies for three seconds dealing a portion of the damage you dealt to them while marked.

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Chest

Overflow - Vortex now causes geysers to erupt underneath enemies knocking them into the air.

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Shoulders

The Shoal - Vortex now also shatters enemies armor increasing their damage taken.

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Legs

Howling Anchor - Crosswinds now also causes enemies to bleed over five seconds.​

Note: This essence counts as damage over time which triggers the damage increase on the Pain Clasp legendary gem.

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Recommended Sets

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

2. Gloomguide's Prize (4 Set) - Increases your damage and critical hit chance for three seconds after using a dash skill.

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

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Best Curses

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

2. Vexed - Lets out a damaging roar when your minions enter the battlefield on cooldown and buffs minions when leveled.

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

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

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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. 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 duration with a 20 second cooldown.

4. Gloom Cask - Deals damage when you use a primary attack on cooldown and increases your primary attack damage.

5. Starfire Shard - Deals AoE damage and stuns enemies in PvP inside the Maw of the Deep legendary gem effect.

6. Blood Floe - Lower priority 5 star gem that increases damage, critical hit chance, critical hit damage, and causes bleed.

7. Wulfheort (PvM) - After damaging enemies 5 times you slash them and increase attack speed for you and your allies.

8. Maw of the Deep (PvP) - Used at a high rank to deal damage, gain a damage buff, draw in enemies, and stun enemies.

9. Void Spark (PvM) - Deals AoE damage that's very effective for challenge dungeons, terror rifts, and speed farming.

10. ​Frozen Heart (PvP) - A strong legendary gem for PvP that gives an absorb shield and chills opponents.

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Best 2 Star Legendary Gems

1. Pain Clasp - Gives high increased damage against enemies that have a continuous 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. Mourneskull - This legacy gem can be used to increase your damage and deal damage but it no longer drops.

5. Fervent Fang (PvM) - Gives a stacking damage increase when you hit an enemy stacking up to ten times.

6. Igneous Scorn (PvM) - Can be used with Roiling Consequence and Mother's Lament to deal damage on critical hits. Igneous Scorn is the lowest priority 2 star gem and should be the first to be replaced with a ranked up 5 star gem.

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

Note: The Howling Anchor legs essence has bleed damage which triggers the damage increase on the Pain Clasp gem.

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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 great one star legendary gem and requires a high ranked up 5 star gem to match its damage.

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Best Familiars

1. Savior Duskprowler - Look for a 170+ Resilience legendary Duskprowler with the Savior passive skill which provides a cheat death and temporary damage immunity. The 170+ Resilience on the familiar lowers the cooldown of Savior.

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

3. Any Savior Familiar - Look for any 170+ Resilience familiar with Savior for a cheat death and great passive skills.

4. 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 one of the player's skill cooldowns, 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.

5. 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.

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Normal Gems

Prioritize Tourmalines for added damage in red sockets and use both Citrines and Topazes for increased harmful effects duration and increased 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 is determined by the quality of the gem and it's used to increase the attributes on the piece of equipment the gems are socketed in.

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Gem Notes

The Blood Floe gem is a great option when it's combined with multiple sources of critical hit chance and critical hit damage. The fairly new Colossus Engine legendary gem is excellent for this build because it increases the area of effect of Crosswinds, increases your skill damage, has knockback immunity, and gives increased movement speed from its size increase. The 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 you will already have bleed from Crosswinds with the Howling Anchor 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 mixed with burning damage. You should also consider rolling critical hit damage on every piece of gear with Reforge Stones when using multiple critical hit gems. On that note, you should also roll increased beneficial effects duration on your equipment which is also 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.​

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That's all for the Vortex Crosswind Tempest Guide. For a strong AoE Tempest build you can also click here Riptide Tempest.

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