Difference between revisions of "Chronomancer - Domination Chronomancer"

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Part of the current metagame

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Crowd control, Boon removal and Utility

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on February 21, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

Support Chronomancer WvW build focusing on revival, utility and crowd control.

Skill Bar

Sword/Focus

X/Shield

Utility

Heal Variants

Signet of the Ether If you take Phantasmal Disenchanter.
- Both swaps strongly recommended at smaller numbers.

Utility Variants

Phantasmal Disenchanter extremely powerful AoE boonrips but inconsistent at range.
Mimic Enables an extra use of Illusion of Life or Null Field.
Mantra of Concentration if in need of Stability.

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Specializations

Seize the Moment useful to give self Quickness if landing Illusion of Life is difficult.

Equipment

Head
Minstrel

Shoulders
Minstrel

Chest
Minstrel

Hands
Minstrel

Legs
Minstrel

Feet
Minstrel

Backpiece
Minstrel

Accessory
Minstrel

Amulet
Minstrel

Ring
Minstrel

Sword
Minstrel

Focus
Minstrel

Sigil

Sword
Minstrel

Shield
Minstrel

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Equipment Variants

Minstrel's can be replaced by Wanderer's or Celestial
- Your equipment in general has minimal impact on this builds performance, but concentration is helpful for Alacrity uptime
Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy to Sigil of Superior Sigil of Nullification for slightly more boon rip at the cost of survivability

Consumables

feast option with additional concentration

Usage

General

Your main job is to boon rip and CC enemies to trap them in allied spikes. You also need to use Illusion of Life to save allies that go down.

Focus on reviving allies who are far away with Illusion of Life, don't waste the skill on players that can be hand rezzed.
- If you use the Allow Skill Retargetting and Instant Cast settings, Illusion of Life will cast at the location your cursor is at the end of the cast, instead of where you initially targetted.
Your crowd control skills will strip boons with Vicious Expression.
Use your crowd control when your allies are spiking the enemy, such as inside a friendly Winds of Disenchantment or Necromancer Wells.
Always use Continuum Split before casting either Gravity Well or Illusion of Life to ensure a second cast of these vital skills. While inside the split, use as many skills as possible such as Null Field and Shatter skills as the cooldowns reset.

Crowd Control

Gravity Well strong CC and almost always a good choice to double with Continuum Split.
Temporal Curtain pulls enemies towards the curtain. Use it to pull enemies into your groups spikes, your own Gravity Well
- Pull enemies from walls by placing the line at the base of the wall.
Tides of Time stuns foes, thus combines well with Sigil of Superior Sigil of Absorption, use at close range.
Illusionary Leap immobilizes a single target, useful when trying to catch an enemy that is lagging behind.

Boon Rip

Null Field Place on allied spikes and especially on melee clashes where both groups will be inside.
Shattered Concentration Activate your shatters Split Second, Rewinder and Time Sink when crossing through enemies to rip boons.
- Try to save Time Sink for when enemies lack Stability to proc Vicious Expression

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 | healing = Well of Eternity
 | utility1 = Null Field
+| utility2 = Veil
 | utility3 = Illusion of Life
 | elite = Gravity Well
 }}
+===Heal Variants===
+*{{Skill|Signet of the Ether}} If you take {{Skill|Phantasmal Disenchanter}}.
+** Both swaps strongly recommended at smaller numbers.
 ===Utility Variants===
-*{{Skill|Veil}} If your group requires stealth for engages
+*{{Skill|Phantasmal Disenchanter}} extremely powerful AoE boonrips but inconsistent at range.
-*{{Skill|Mimic}} Enables an extra use of {{Skill|Illusion of Life}}.
+*{{Skill|Mimic}} Enables an extra use of {{Skill|Illusion of Life}} or {{Skill|Null Field}}.
-*{{Skill|Mantra of Resolve}} Mantra against condition overload.
+*{{Skill|Mantra of Concentration}} if in need of {{Tooltip|Stability}}.
-*{{Skill|Mantra of Concentration}} if in need of {{tooltip|Stability}}.
-*{{Skill|Phantasmal Disenchanter}} extremely powerful AoE boonrips when not needing to bring Veil.
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-{{Trait|Seize the Moment}} some minor {{Tooltip|Quickness}} share for your party.
+* {{Trait|Seize the Moment}} useful to give self {{Tooltip|Quickness}} if landing {{Skill|Illusion of Life}} is difficult.
-===Chaos Variant===
-Swap {{Tooltip|Illusions}} for {{Tooltip|Chaos}} for a minor decrease in {{Skill|Illusion of Life}} and {{Skill|Mimic}} cooldown as well as access to personal {{Tooltip|Stability}}.
-{{Specialization|Chaos|bot|top|bot|variant=y}}
-===Inspiration Variant===
-Swap {{Tooltip|Illusions}} for {{Tooltip|Inspiration}} for a small increase in self and party sustain at the cost of boonstrips.
-{{Specialization|Inspiration|top|top|mid|variant=y}}
-{{Trait|Restorative Illusions}} for added personal sustain.
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 | sigil3 = Superior Sigil of Energy
 | sigil4 = Superior Sigil of Absorption
-| infusion1 = Healing WvW Infusion
+| infusion1 = Concentration WvW Infusion
 | infusion1-qt = 18
 }}
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 ==Equipment Variants==
-* Minstrel's can be replaced by Wanderer's for a minuscule increase in Effective Power but a loss in Healing and self sustain.
+* Minstrel's can be replaced by Wanderer's or Celestial
-* {{Rune|Superior Rune of Mercy}} if using {{Trait|Medic's Feedback}}
+** Your equipment in general has minimal impact on this builds performance, but concentration is helpful for {{Tooltip|Alacrity}} uptime
-* The Energy sigil on your weapons can situationally be replaced with the following:
+* {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Energy}} to {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Nullification}} for slightly more boon rip at the cost of survivability
-** {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Transference}} when using Inspiration
-** {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Draining}} if using Wanderer's gear
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 ==Usage==
 ===General===
-Focus on reviving allies who are far away with {{Skill|Illusion of Life}}.
+Your main job is to boon rip and CC enemies to trap them in allied spikes. You also need to use {{Skill|Illusion of Life}} to save allies that go down.
-Your crowd control skills will strip boons with {{Trait|Vicious Expression}}.
-Use your crowd control when your allies are spiking the enemy, such as inside a friendly Winds of Disenchantment or Necromancer Wells.
+* Focus on reviving allies who are far away with {{Skill|Illusion of Life}}, don't waste the skill on players that can be hand rezzed.
+** If you use the Allow Skill Retargetting and Instant Cast settings, {{Skill|Illusion of Life}} will cast at the location your cursor is at the end of the cast, instead of where you initially targetted.
-Always use {{Skill|Continuum Split}} before casting either {{Skill|Gravity Well}} or {{Skill|Illusion of Life}} to ensure a second cast of these vital skills. While inside the split, use as many skills as possible such as {{Skill|Null Field}} as you will get a second cast of it.
+* Your crowd control skills will strip boons with {{Trait|Vicious Expression}}.
+* Use your crowd control when your allies are spiking the enemy, such as inside a friendly Winds of Disenchantment or Necromancer Wells.
+* Always use {{Skill|Continuum Split}} before casting either {{Skill|Gravity Well}} or {{Skill|Illusion of Life}} to ensure a second cast of these vital skills. While inside the split, use as many skills as possible such as {{Skill|Null Field}} and Shatter skills as the cooldowns reset.
 ===Crowd Control===
-{{Skill|Gravity Well}} is still a strong CC and almost always a good choice to double with {{Skill|Continuum Split}}.
+* {{Skill|Gravity Well}} strong CC and almost always a good choice to double with {{Skill|Continuum Split}}.
+* {{Skill|Temporal Curtain}} pulls enemies towards the curtain. Use it to pull enemies into your groups spikes, your own {{Skill|Gravity Well}}
-The follow-up skill of {{Skill|Temporal Curtain}} pulls enemies towards the curtain. Use it to hinder enemies without stability or pull them from walls.
+** Pull enemies from walls by placing the line at the base of the wall.
+* {{Skill|Tides of Time}} stuns foes, thus combines well with {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Absorption}}, use at close range.
-{{Skill|Tides of Time}} stuns foes, thus combines well with {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Absorption}}.
+* {{Skill|Illusionary Leap}} immobilizes a single target, useful when trying to catch an enemy that is lagging behind.
-{{Skill|Illusionary Leap}} immobilizes a single target, useful when trying to catch an enemy that is lagging behind.
-{{Skill|Chaos Storm}} is an area Daze on cast useful at long range or for instant boonstrips.
+===Boon Rip===
+* {{Skill|Null Field}} Place on allied spikes and especially on melee clashes where both groups will be inside.
+* {{Trait|Shattered Concentration}} Activate your shatters {{Skill|Split Second}}, {{Skill|Rewinder}} and {{Skill|Time Sink}} when crossing through enemies to rip boons.
+** Try to save {{Skill|Time Sink}} for when enemies lack {{Tooltip|Stability}} to proc {{Trait|Vicious Expression}}

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