Chronomancer - Power DPS

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Overview

A power DPS Chronomancer build for raids and fractals. This build deals very high burst and sustained damage against single targets. In addition it has very good CC, utility, and personal defense, and is capable of generating its own

Might,

Fury,

Quickness, and

Alacrity.

Skillbar

Sword/SwordHealingUtilityElite

X/Focus

Variants

instead of
if extra cleave damage is needed to kill adds.
if extra CC is required.

Traits

Equipment

6x

Superior Rune of the Scholar

18x

Mighty +5 Agony Infusion

Only a single mainhand sword is required

Consumables

Food

Utility

Usage

The goal of the rotation is to get as many casts of your phantasm summons as possible, filling downtime with autoattack chains and

. In order to do this you can make clever use of

and

, which when used together and timed correctly can effectively allow you to reset your phantasm cooldowns 3 times in short succession. This is achieved by entering

during the aftercast of

, which will give you refreshed phantasm cooldowns for the duration of your continuum split as well as refreshing the cooldowns outside of continuum split, all while leaving

off cooldown once your continuum split ends.

Start on Sword/Focus.

Weapon swap
- enter
during the aftercast of this skill, which will give you the refreshed phantasm cooldowns outside of continuum split
-
should end during this cast
Weapon swap
Weapon swap
Repeat from step 15 unless
is recharged
If
is recharged, repeat from step 6

Video Example

Notes

Fill gaps in between skills listed in the rotation with auto-attack chains.
Make sure not to interrupt your autoattack chain as the damage from it is heavily loaded into the final strike,
.
Use
whenever you have 3 clones up or if it reaches its second charge.
Save clones to shatter with
if you will need to CC in the immediate future.
You can use
Temporal Curtain
¼
25
Temporal Curtain
Create a wall of energy that grants swiftness to allies who cross it and cripples foes who touch it. Allies may cross the wall more than once but receive less swiftness after the first crossing.
Initial Swiftness (12s): 33% Movement Speed
Swiftness (1s): 33% Movement Speed
Crippled (5s): -50% Movement Speed
Duration: 5 seconds
Combo Field: Light
Range: 900

Into the Void
Into the Void
Shatter your Temporal Curtain, pulling nearby enemies toward its position.
Number of Targets: 5
Radius: 600
to pull adds onto the boss if needed.
should be cast as soon as there is a charge available, but make sure to never use the last charge to avoid having to re-cast the long channel.

Thanks to Strider for the gear setup and rotation