Chronomancer - Power Chrono

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

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

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on June 27, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

Power Chronomancer is a powerful solo build with good boon uptime and great damage. It has access to plentiful utility, including evades and blocks, making it a great solo build. This build has a high skill floor, which can be off-putting for some, but investing time into learning it can be very rewarding as its potential is some of the highest in the game.

This build revolves around spamming Phantasm skills to both do damage and gain boons, including permanent 20~ Might, Fury, and Quickness with 0 boon duration, thanks to the Illusions trait line.

This build and its gear have been updated for the 28th July 2022 patch.

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Skill Bar

Sword/Sword

X/Focus

Utility

Weapon Variants

You can replace the focus with other weapons:

Greatsword - Strongest ranged option
Shield - allows you to block
Torch - access to stealth
Pistol - higher burst but less utility

Skill Variants

Utility skill

If you want/need to use other skills, replace Well of Action. Phantasmal Disenchanter and Mirror Images are key to the build.

Well of Precognition - very strong defensive utility that provides blocks and a stunbreak.
Mantra of Resolve - condition cleanse for yourself and nearby allies.
Feedback - projectile reflection.
Blink - mobility + stunbreak.
Mantra of Concentration - personal stunbreak and AoE stability.
Phantasmal Defender - defensive option with some CC.
Mantra of Pain - sustained damage when no other utility skill is needed.

Elite skill

Gravity Well - mob packing and great but delayed cc
Signet of Humility - slightly less cc than Gravity Well but it happens inmediatly if you need to break a defiance bar really fast.

Specializations

Seize the Moment - group quickness uptime at a cost of personal DPS.
Improved Alacrity - good option in very, very long fights if you have external Alacrity application.

Domination

Domination can be taken over Illusions if you are playing in a group providing you permanent Quickness and Might.

Bountiful Blades - for higher clone generation if using greatsword

Equipment

This build uses the same gear as power chronomancer in coordinated group fights like fractals and raids.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Assassin

Chest
Assassin

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Assassin

Accessory
Assassin

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Assassin

Sword
Berserker

Sigil

Focus
Berserker

Sigil

Rune
x6

Sigil of Superior Sigil of Air - budget DPS sigil, replaces Impact.
Sigil of Superior Sigil of Fire - Use on a Greatsword to aide in Tagging in zergs.
Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy - very strong defensive sigil.
Do not use Sigil of Superior Sigil of Accuracy because Phantasms and Clones do not gain the extra crit chance.

Open-world equipment

If you can afford the luxury of a gear set tailored for open world and want more defense, use the following:

Head
Dragon

Shoulders
Dragon

Chest
Dragon

Hands
Marauder

Legs
Marauder

Feet
Marauder

Backpiece
Marauder

Accessory
Marauder

Amulet
Marauder

Ring
Marauder

Sword
Dragon

Sigil

Focus
Dragon

Sigil

Rune
x6

This gear set will provide you with about 50% more health, and 59,85% crit chance. Your sources of Slow (Delayed Reactions, Time Warp, Time Sink, and Well of Action) will allow Danger Time and Fury to provide you 99,95% crit chance for the highest damage.

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
- ascended food
, , - DPS
- defense

Utility

(and variants) - farming
, - dps

Usage

Continuum Split and Time Warp

Continuum Split is the profession mechanic of the chronomancer specialization that allows a player to "rewind" time. Specifically, it tracks the chronomancer's position, health, endurance, and skill recharges, and returns the chronomancer to that point at the end of the split. As this is a Shatter, it will consume active clones, with the duration of the split increasing with each clone shattered.

This extremely powerful skill is used to spam your phantasms and sourcess of quickness.

Generate 3 clones with Illusionary Leap and Mirror Images.
Use Time Warp and Shatter Continuum Split near the end of the cast time of Time Warp.
Use your phantasm skills.
Reset your Phantasm skills with Signet of the Ether.
Cast your Phantasm skills again.

Thus, when the split ends, the phantasms you used, Signet of the Ether, and Time Warp, will be off cooldown. Since Time Warp has a longer cooldown than Continuum Split, and even more so due to Master of Misdirection, it is recomended to only use Time Warp during Continuum Split.

Damage

The following is a general priority of which skill to use.

Split Second with 3 clones.
Phantasmal Swordsman
Phantasmal Disenchanter
Phantasmal Warden
Blurred Frenzy
Well of Action
Fill with auto-attacks; try not to interrupt them as the last attack, Mind Spike, deals a lot of damage.

Rotation

The majority of your damage comes from casting your phantasms then using Signet of the Ether to reset their cooldown and cast them again.

Opening rotation

Against durable enemies like meta event bosses, try to start the fight with this rotation:

Start on Sword/Focus.

Phantasmal Warden
Mirror Images
Illusionary Leap
Weapon swap
Phantasmal Swordsman - enter Continuum Split near the end of the cast of this skill.
Phantasmal Disenchanter
Time Warp
Signet of the Ether
Phantasmal Swordsman
Phantasmal Disenchanter
Well of Action
Blurred Frenzy - Continuum Split should end during this cast.
Phantasmal Swordsman
Phantasmal Disenchanter
Signet of the Ether
Phantasmal Swordsman
Phantasmal Disenchanter
Well of Action
Weapon swap
Proceed to Loop rotation

Loop rotation

The loop is very simple and revolves aroud your phantasm skills. Fill the gaps with Blurred Frenzy and auto attacks but never interrupt the chain as the damage is heavily loaded into Mind Spike.

Phantasmal Warden
Weapon swap - if you have alacrity you can squish a second Blurry Frenzy before weapon swap
Phantasmal Swordsman
Phantasmal Disenchanter
Phantasmal Swordsman
Signet of the Ether
Phantasmal Swordsman
Weapon swap
Phantasmal Disenchanter
Repeat

Mastering of this skill priority will provide you with permanent quickness, permanent fury, an average of 20 stacks of might, and about 40% of alacrity uptime.
If Slow uptime is low, you can use Time Sink inside your Continuum Split.

Defense

Blurred Frenzy dodges incoming attacks for up to 1 second depending on quickness. Use this to avoid attacks instead of dodging.
Illusionary Riposte is a block.
If you need condition cleanse, slot Mantra of Resolve.
Let your clones and phantasms tank for you when needed.

Crowd Control

Gravity Well
Time Sink
Illusionary Leap
Illusionary Riposte
You can use any of the above in Continuum Split to get a free cast of the skill without it going on cooldown.

Video examples

vs. Egg Clutch hero challenge

Using shield offhand to block the chak's goo spray attack, which otherwise requires 2 dodges to fully evade.

vs. Coztic Itzel Belongings

Here, Feedback is used to make the Itzel archers shoot themselves to death. Care is taken not to be in melee range of the boss during its deadly dagger combo, and Feedback reflects its bow stealth attack.

vs. Champion Avatar of Balthazar

Portal is used to teleport away from the arena-wide wipe attack at 50% since the boss' breakbar had bugged. Otherwise, Bouncing Mushrooms can also take us to safety.

Chronomancer - Power Chrono

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