Chronomancer - Boon Chrono

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Strike damage and Support

Designed for: Open World, Open World General and [[|]]

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on January 19, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

This is an excellent farm build that utilizes's Chronomancer's high DPS and Quickness uptime to buff nearby allies.

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Sword/Sword

Greatsword

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Focus - CC and vuln / area damage

Skill Variants

• Well of Precognition - very strong defensive skill; stunbreak + blocks
• Mantra of Concentration - AOE Stab
• Well of Recall - Alacrity
• Mirror Images - clone generation

Specializations

• Illusionary Reversion - higher clone generation
• Delayed Reactions + Danger Time - very high DPS if you have allies also providing some Slow

Bountiful Variant

This variant provides yourself with considerable boon uptime via Bountiful Disillusionment. This will lower your overall DPS but grant you incredible amounts of Stability.

• Illusionary Reversion should be taken with this variant.

Illusions Variant

For higher personal DPS, Illusions can be taken over Inspiration.

Equipment

This set uses gear similar to Build:Chronomancer_-_Power_Boon_Support, making it ideal for general PVE

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Diviner

Accessory
Diviner

Accessory
Diviner

Amulet
Diviner

Ring
Diviner

Ring
Diviner

Sword
Berserker

Sword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

• more Diviner can be used for smoother boon upkeep; the amount used is based on personal preference, use more if you feel the need, or use less if you want higher personal DPS and have the skill to keep up quickness without it
  • When going for higher personal DPS, the best option is to first replace Rune of Superior Rune of the Pack with Rune of Superior Rune of the Scholar
• mix in some Commander or Wanderer gear if extra defense is needed

Consumables

Food

• Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
• - farming
• , - DPS
• - defense

Utility

• (and variants) - farming
• , - dps

Usage

Quickness

You generate tons of quickness with this build via several sources. We'll talk about the big ones here:

• Time Warp - Provides: Quickness, Slow

This skill is very simple to use. Simply drop it on the group while farming for a ton of Quickness. You can use Continuum Split with 2 or 3 clones before this skill to effectively "Reduce" the cooldown of it. It is generally advised to only use this skill when Continuum Split is available OR if the fight is about to end.

• Well of Action - Provides: Quickness, Slow

This skill is basically a mini Time Warp and follows basically all the same rules. Be sure to stand it it so you get more quickness.

• Seize the Moment - Provides: Quickness

This is your primary source of quickness and is a trait you should become intimately familiar with. It provides quickness to the closest 4 people in your subgroup; if there are no subgroup members in range, it will target squad members. If there are no squad members in range, it targets the nearest 4 people.

• Signet of Inspiration - Provides: All of it

Your bread and butter skill. We'll talk about this further down.

Other Boons

On top of providing Quickness to nearby allies, you also can provide nearly every boon in the game to yourself. This playstyle generally requires Bountiful Disillusionment and Illusionary Reversion, but is a ton of fun.

• Well of Recall - Provides: Alacrity

A valuable well that you should try to sneak into CS if possible. If you want to provide 100% alacrity alongside your Quickness, this is required.

• Well of Precognition - Provides: Stability, Aegis

Mentioned here due to how strong a stunbreak that provides Stab to allies can be. Highly recommended for most zergs.

• Flow of Time - Provides: Alacrity

Alac on yourself for every clone shattered.

• Bountiful Disillusionment - Provides: Might, Fury, Vigor, Resistance, Stability

Provides you with an arsenal of boons you can call upon at any moment.

Clone Generation

You have several ways to generate clones. As a general rule, try to always shatter at 3 clones if taking Illusionary Reversion. This isn't always required, especially in short fights, but will drastically boost your boon output in longer fights.

Use the following skills to generate a clone. There is no real priority here:

• Mirror Blade
• Illusionary Leap
• Shatter at 3 clones Illusionary Reversion
• Illusionary Riposte (stand in damage on purpose to proc this)
• Your phantasms become a clone once they finish their attack and disappear (about 2-3 seconds after you summon them).

General Rotation

Unlike most open world builds, this one actually has something resembling a rotation. Our primary goal with this build is to provide allies with 100% Quickness uptime while also dealing relatively high DPS to the boss. To do this, we have to be very good about clone management.

Here is our generic opener:

Part 1

To start, generate 3 clones as fast as you can. A good way to do this is:

1. Mirror Blade
2. Phantasmal Berserker
3. Weapon Swap
4. Illusionary Leap
5. Phantasmal Swordsman
6. Signet of the Ether
7. Phantasmal Swordsman

• It is very important that you perform this very quickly, so you can have clones spawn during the next phase.

Part 2

Following this, immediately shatter your Continuum Split and fit as many skills as you can into it. This will change with each casting of CS, but in general the big ones to watch out for are:

• Time Warp
• Well of Action
• Signet of Inspiration
• Split Second
• Any phantasm

During this phase, you will have three clones spawn from the three phantasms you spawned moments ago. When you see three clones on your bar, shatter Split Second, followed by Rewinder and Time Sink. Be very careful not to shatter as CS ends, as you may throw your skill on cooldown.

Part 3

The final stage of the opener is simple. Because of the CS reset, you will have Time Warp again, so you can decide to drop this now if the fight is short or hold onto it for your next CS.

• Time Warp will still be active for a few seconds after your CS ends, so wait for it to end while generating clones. Fill with damage skills.
• A few moments after it ends, shatter Split Second with 3 clones, followed immediately by Rewinder. Around this time you will need to swap back to Greatsword for more clones, and your Phantasmal Berserker will be up.
• When the quickness on your bar reaches about half duration, use Signet of Inspiration.

This opener will grant quickness for quite a while and a lot of open world bosses will be dead in this time.

• For those that aren't, simply continue to generate clones and shatter them.
• Prioritize Split Second when shattering, and try not to shatter with less than 3 clones unless it's a short fight.
• Use Signet of Inspiration any time your personal quickness drops to around half.

When Continuum Split is up again, repeat the opener.

Damage

Your damage priority is as follows:

Sword/Sword:

1. Phantasmal Swordsman
2. Blurred Frenzy
3. Mind Slash

• Try not to interrupt your AA chain. You will lose considerable DPS doing so.

Greatsword:

1. Phantasmal Berserker
2. Mind Stab
3. Mirror Blade
4. Spatial Surge

Use Signet of the Ether often. Generally, you want to Summon a Phantasm, weapon swap, Summon your other Phantasm, hit Signet of the Ether, then re-summon that Phantasm again.

Crowd Control

• Time Warp
• Time Sink
• Illusionary Wave