Chronomancer - Boon Support Condi DPS
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Focused on: Condition damage, Support and Utility
Designed for: Raids
Expansions required: 
Difficulty:
Normal
This build was last updated on December 11, 2023.
Overview
Condition quickness chronomancer providess permanent 
Quickness or 
Alacrity to its subgroup while dealing large amounts of 
Confusion and 
Torment.
Skill Bar
Scepter/Torch
Staff
Utility
Weapon Variants
- Focus for pulls at a dps loss.
Skill Variants
Utility
- If you need to provide utility such as , replace Mirror Images.
Elite
- should be used if an encounter involves large, infrequent breakbars.
- can be used if an encounter has many small breakbars.
- can be used when the CC from / is not required.
Template Code
Missing template code
Specializations
Specialization Variants
- Running Inspiration instead of Dueling will give you access to and 5-target through , at a significant DPS loss.
- Chaos can be taken instead of Dueling as a quick-fix if you need more survivability or boon duration.
- You should use a Torch with in this case as you won't have .
- Consider on Soulless Horror if you're afraid of
Stability getting corrupted into 
Fear.
Equipment
Head
Viper
Shoulders
Ritualist
Chest
Ritualist
Hands
Ritualist
Legs
Ritualist
Feet
Viper
Backpiece
Viper
Accessory
Viper
Accessory
Viper
Amulet
Viper
Ring
Viper
Ring
Viper
Scepter
Viper
Pistol
Viper
Sigil
Sigil
Torch
Viper
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x
- synergyses with . It can be replaced by for marging of error at a minor DPS loss.
Consumables
Food
- - dps
- - if you are struggling to provide permanent quickness.
Utility
Usage
Rotation
- - if you are not using Time Warp, you will need to modify the opening to enter Continuum Split sooner to start providing quickness.
- scepter auto chain to generate a clone (You don't need a target to cycle through the chain, so you can start the chain before engaging the boss)
- ⇒
- ⇒ at the end of the casting time.
- ⇒
Weapon Swap- ⇒
- ⇒
- ⇒
- ⇒
- ⇒
- Weapon Swap
Priority skills
- On pistol, use twice with .
- Use off-cooldown, you should always have 3 clones up for it.
- or
- ,
- Auto attack.
Breakbar
- or
Ratings
There aren't many encounters where this does competitive damage, but it's nice that it can provide a broader range of boons than the power version, with all the usual mesmer utility.
Meta variant of Chronomancer on Cairn, Matthias, Soulless Horror, and Largos, as well as ranged Deimos
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