Chronomancer - HoT PvE

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Overview

Ever since the launched of the Hearts of Thorns expansion, I've been trying different kind of builds for the chronomancer and this suits the best for players who still want to deals tons of damage and survive on the chronomancer.

Skill Bar

Sword/PistolHealingUtilityElite

Sword/Shield

Weapons

First Weapon Set Main Hand Greatsword Stats: Berserker (Power/Precision/Ferocity) Superior Sigil of Force Superior Sigil of Force +5% Damage Superior Sigil of the Night Superior Sigil of the Night Outgoing damage is increased by 10% at night. Precise Infusion	Second Weapon Set Main Hand Sword Stats: Berserker (Power/Precision/Ferocity) Superior Sigil of Force Superior Sigil of Force +5% Damage Precise Infusion Off Hand Shield Stats: Berserker (Power/Precision/Ferocity) Superior Sigil of the Night Superior Sigil of the Night Outgoing damage is increased by 10% at night. Precise Infusion

Equipment

Armor Berserker's stats (Power/Precision/Ferocity) Head Superior Rune of the Chronomancer Superior Rune of the Chronomancer (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Precision (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Precision (5): +100 Power (6): Apply 2 seconds of quickness when you cast a well. Versatile Precise Infusion Shoulders Superior Rune of the Chronomancer Superior Rune of the Chronomancer (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Precision (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Precision (5): +100 Power (6): Apply 2 seconds of quickness when you cast a well. Versatile Precise Infusion Chest Superior Rune of the Chronomancer Superior Rune of the Chronomancer (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Precision (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Precision (5): +100 Power (6): Apply 2 seconds of quickness when you cast a well. Versatile Precise Infusion Hands Superior Rune of the Chronomancer Superior Rune of the Chronomancer (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Precision (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Precision (5): +100 Power (6): Apply 2 seconds of quickness when you cast a well. Versatile Precise Infusion Legs Superior Rune of the Chronomancer Superior Rune of the Chronomancer (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Precision (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Precision (5): +100 Power (6): Apply 2 seconds of quickness when you cast a well. Versatile Precise Infusion Feet Superior Rune of the Chronomancer Superior Rune of the Chronomancer (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Precision (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Precision (5): +100 Power (6): Apply 2 seconds of quickness when you cast a well. Versatile Precise Infusion

Accessories Berserker stats

Equipment Variants

• Is still the early stage of the new expansion yet, so I will try other runes such as Vipers, Commander for the upcoming raids or other pve content where criticals might not work eg. tequatl.

Usage

This is actually a simple step to do a full burst of damage with the new shatter skills u get from the chronomancer on a veteran or higher single target enemy.

• Have your greatsword as your first weapon set.
• Blink

  30

  Blink

  Manipulation. Teleport to a target location.

  Breaks Stun

  Range: 1,200
  or walk to your target.
• Phantasmal Berserker

  ¾

  20

  Phantasmal Berserker

  Phantasm. Create a phantasm that uses a whirling attack to damage and cripple foes.

  ₄Damage: 812

  ₄Cripple (1s): -50% Movement Speed

  Number of Impacts: 4

  Number of Targets: 5

  Range: 1,200
  or
  Mirror Blade

  ¾

  8

  Mirror Blade

  Throw an illusionary greatsword that bounces between targets, damaging foes and giving might to allies. It creates a clone at its first target.

  Damage: 273

  ₃Might (10s): 90 Power, 90 Condition Damage

  ₃Vulnerability (3s): 3% Incoming Damage

  Number of Bounces: 3

  Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

  Range: 1,200

  Unblockable
  for your 1st illusion, then follow up by
  Mirror Images

  45

  Mirror Images

  Clone. Summon two clones to attack your foe.

  Breaks stun

  Range: 1,200
  for your 2nd and 3rd illusion.
• Continuum Split

  90

  Continuum Split

  Destroy all your illusions and create a rift in the time space continuum. When it expires, you will revert back to this point with your previous health, endurance and skill recharges. Duration increases per illusion shattered.

  Number of Targets: 1

  Duration: 1½s

  Radius: 240

  Prevents Capture-Point Contribution

  Range: 1,200
  once you have 3 illusions, this is the part where you have to do things fast, it is recommended you keybind your skill.
• Well of Action

  ¾

  30

  Well of Action

  Well. Create a well of delayed time, damaging and slowing foes. When the well expires, time snaps back, granting quickness to allies.

  Pulse Damage: 186

  Slow (1s): Skills and actions are slower.

  Quickness (3s): Skills and actions are 50% faster.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Pulses: 3

  Duration: 3s

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Ethereal

  Range: 900
  and
  Time Warp

  ¼

  180

  Time Warp

  Glamour. Create an area that warps time, granting you and your allies quickness while slowing enemies.

  Quickness (1s): Skills and actions are 50% faster.

  Slow (1s): Skills and actions of enemies are 50% slower.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Pulses: 11

  Duration: 10 seconds

  Radius: 360

  Combo Field: Ethereal

  Range: 1,200
  instantly, then change to sword and used
  Tides of Time

  ½

  40

  Tides of Time

  Launch a wave of temporal energy that damages and stops enemies it passes through and buffs allies. The wave then returns to you. Touching the returning wave reduces the recharge of this skill.

  Damage: 264

  Quickness (1½s): Skills and actions are 50% faster.

  Stun: 1s

  Blocks Missiles

  Recharge Reduced: 10s

  Combo Field: Ethereal

  Range: 600
  then
  Blurred Frenzy

  ½

  12

  Blurred Frenzy

  Strike your foe with a flurry of strikes, distorting the space around you, making you evade attacks.

  ₈Damage: 584

  Blur (2½s): Evade all attacks.

  Number of Targets: 3

  Range: 130
  ,
  Illusionary Leap

  ¾

  12

  Illusionary Leap

  Clone. Summon an illusion that leaps at your target, crippling them. After the initial leap, the clone will execute the Mind Slash sword chain.

  Damage: 1

  Cripple (1s): -50% Movement Speed

  ₂Vulnerability (5s): 2% Incoming Damage

  Range: 600
  if you think you can used it before your
  Continuum Split

  90

  Continuum Split

  Destroy all your illusions and create a rift in the time space continuum. When it expires, you will revert back to this point with your previous health, endurance and skill recharges. Duration increases per illusion shattered.

  Number of Targets: 1

  Duration: 1½s

  Radius: 240

  Prevents Capture-Point Contribution

  Range: 1,200
  pops again.
• Once your
  Continuum Split

  90

  Continuum Split

  Destroy all your illusions and create a rift in the time space continuum. When it expires, you will revert back to this point with your previous health, endurance and skill recharges. Duration increases per illusion shattered.

  Number of Targets: 1

  Duration: 1½s

  Radius: 240

  Prevents Capture-Point Contribution

  Range: 1,200
  pops repeat the step from
  Well of Action

  ¾

  30

  Well of Action

  Well. Create a well of delayed time, damaging and slowing foes. When the well expires, time snaps back, granting quickness to allies.

  Pulse Damage: 186

  Slow (1s): Skills and actions are slower.

  Quickness (3s): Skills and actions are 50% faster.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Pulses: 3

  Duration: 3s

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Ethereal

  Range: 900
  to
  Blurred Frenzy

  ½

  12

  Blurred Frenzy

  Strike your foe with a flurry of strikes, distorting the space around you, making you evade attacks.

  ₈Damage: 584

  Blur (2½s): Evade all attacks.

  Number of Targets: 3

  Range: 130

UBOVE IS AN OLD BUILD WILL UPDATE THE NEW 1 FOR RAIDS ASAP.

Defiance bar

Usually the combo above works on a squishy defiance bar target, if you want to break a hard defiance bar, when u have 3 illusions use

Diversion

38

Diversion

Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, dazing their targets.

Daze (1s): Unable to use skills.

Enemies Dazed: 1

Radius: 240

Range: 1,200

with the

Confounding Suggestions

Confounding Suggestions

Increases daze and stun duration on foes by 25%. When you would daze a foe, you stun them instead (5s ICD). Fixed a bug which caused this trait to not update the skill facts for the racial skills Technobabble and Raven Shriek

traits, you can deal tons of Dps on a defiance bar.

• The slow condition on
  Well of Action

  ¾

  30

  Well of Action

  Well. Create a well of delayed time, damaging and slowing foes. When the well expires, time snaps back, granting quickness to allies.

  Pulse Damage: 186

  Slow (1s): Skills and actions are slower.

  Quickness (3s): Skills and actions are 50% faster.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Pulses: 3

  Duration: 3s

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Ethereal

  Range: 900
  and
  Time Warp

  ¼

  180

  Time Warp

  Glamour. Create an area that warps time, granting you and your allies quickness while slowing enemies.

  Quickness (1s): Skills and actions are 50% faster.

  Slow (1s): Skills and actions of enemies are 50% slower.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Pulses: 11

  Duration: 10 seconds

  Radius: 360

  Combo Field: Ethereal

  Range: 1,200
  also can break defiance bar.
• Tides of Time

  ½

  40

  Tides of Time

  Launch a wave of temporal energy that damages and stops enemies it passes through and buffs allies. The wave then returns to you. Touching the returning wave reduces the recharge of this skill.

  Damage: 264

  Quickness (1½s): Skills and actions are 50% faster.

  Stun: 1s

  Blocks Missiles

  Recharge Reduced: 10s

  Combo Field: Ethereal

  Range: 600
  is another great damage on breaking defiance bar.