B-TIER | BUILD STORMBRINGER WIND (@ascensionsidekick) | ASCENSION CoA

Build Stormbringer Wind Ascension CoA
Wind
control gale winds battlefield shaping

Wind is gale-force battlefield control — knockbacks, slows, and wind barriers that disable and reposition enemies. It wins fights by denying the enemy's plan, shaping the battlefield as a control-support before damage ever lands.

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Share your opinion on this spec: rate it across 4 game situations. Once enough votes come in, the community score influences the tier shown in the build rankings.
📊 Build
🏰 Dungeon
3.3
A
🐉 Raid
3.3
A
🥊 Arena
2.7
B
🌍 BG & Open World
3.3
A
WEIGHTED TIER B
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Dungeon
Raid
Arena
BG & Open World
Retail Feel

Closest retail analog is Augmentation Evoker: its identity is neither throughput healing nor raw damage but stacking group buffs (haste/damage from Tailwind, power from Aerodynamics, hit from Clear Skies, haste from Tempest's Call) and an absorb (Kiss of the Clouds) onto allies, the way Ebon Might or Prescience do, while its own damage comes from a semi-autonomous extension of itself — the Air Elemental — rather than personal burst. Like Augmentation, there's no direct heal anywhere in the kit: its sustain is a group absorb plus deep control, never a heal, and its PvP fantasy is to attach to a teammate and tip the fight rather than stand in the front line.

Role, tiers & resource
D
Dungeon
Raid representationPresent in 0% of mythic dungeons, i.e. 0× its expected share
C
Raid
Raid representationPresent in 10.8% of mythic and ascended raids, i.e. 0.44× its expected share
B
Arena
Community voteAverage of 3 player ratings
B
World Battlegrounds
Community voteAverage of 3 player ratings
RoleRanged DPS / Support
Primary statIntellect
ResourceMANA

Why is this spec not rated like the others?

Combat logs only rank damage and healing. This specialisation does neither as its main job: it supports the group.

Its rating therefore answers a different question: is it brought to raids?

10.8%representation
24.9%expected share
×0.44its share

Across 804 fights of mythic and ascended raids with at least 90% of the roster known.

The expected share is what a spec would get if slots were split at random between those competing for them — a tank and a damage spec are not after the same number. Above ×1 it is brought more than its share; below, less.

This rating never exceeds A: it describes what groups choose, not what a specialisation produces. A spec can be strong and rare.

Why is this spec not rated like the others?

Combat logs only rank damage and healing. This specialisation does neither as its main job: it supports the group.

Its rating therefore answers a different question: is it brought to raids?

0%representation
2.2%expected share
×0its share

Across 1255 fights of mythic dungeons with at least 90% of the roster known.

The expected share is what a spec would get if slots were split at random between those competing for them — a tank and a damage spec are not after the same number. Above ×1 it is brought more than its share; below, less.

This rating never exceeds A: it describes what groups choose, not what a specialisation produces. A spec can be strong and rare.

Ranking updated on August 19, 2026

These talents are a PvE configuration. The Arena and Battleground grades shown above rate the specialisation’s PvP potential — not this tree.

Stat Priority
PvE
Spell Hit Rating (to cap) Spell Power Intellect Haste Rating Critical Strike Rating Spirit/MP5
PvP
Spell Hit Rating (to cap) Resilience Stamina Spell Power Intellect Haste Rating Critical Strike Rating
Build Abilities
Class Tree
Studious Storm Ascendance Eye of the Tornado Ionic Aura Storm Channeling Concentrated Static Pulse Conversion Body of Lightning Stormcloak Storm Rider Charge Invigorating Winds Residual Power Cloudburst Storm Warning Waterfall Arcane Lightning Airing Out Lingering Storm Storm Chaser Aether Mastery Thunder Grip Exhale Wind Shift
Specialization
Gift of Air Wrath of Al'Akir Unshackle Flurry Comforting Winds Quickdraft Storm Bond Air Flow Aerodynamics Tempest's Call Enveloping Winds Aurat Scripts Clear Skies Cyclone's Embrace Kiss of the Clouds Windsurf Clearsky Pendant Evergale Power the Elements Skyfall Everlasting Invigoration Tempest Calling Invigoration Gale Lexicon of Servitude Tailwind Focal Point Unbound Elementalist Flow Master Airbender Hurricanes

See also: all Ascension builds · the talent builder

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