Chronomancer - Power DPS

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

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on July 30, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A power DPS Chronomancer build for raids and fractals. This build deals decent burst and decent sustained damage against single targets. In addition, it has very good Crowd Control, utility, and versatility, and provides 50% Fury to its subgroup and a little Alacrity to itself.

Skill Bar

Sword/Sword

Greatsword

Utility

Skill Variants

• Phantasmal Defender instead of Phantasmal Disenchanter if your target has more boons than can be removed.
• Signet of Humility if extra CC is required. Be aware of the long cooldown.

These are the skills suggested for full DPS, but if the situation requires, you can slot utility skills like Feedback, Portal Entre, Mantra of Distraction or other.

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Specializations

Specialization Variants

• Delayed Reactions - if extra CC is needed

Equipment

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Assassin

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Assassin

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Assassin

Accessory
Assassin

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Assassin

Ring
Berserker

Sword
Berserker

Sword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

• This set provides exactly 75% critical chance with , reaching 100% with Fury.

Consumables

Food

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Utility

Usage

Your most important skills are Split Second, Phantasmal Berserker, and Phantasmal Swordsman.

Opening

Start on Greatsword.

1. Phantasmal Disenchanter
2. Phantasmal Berserker
3. Mirror Blade
4. Weapon swap
5. Blurred Frenzy
6. Illusionary Leap
7. Phantasmal Swordsman ⇒ Continuum Split at the very end of the cast time of the Swordsman and start spamming Mantra of Pain.
8. Well of Calamity
9. Signet of the Ether
10. Phantasmal Swordsman
11. Phantasmal Disenchanter
12. Gravity Well and Split Second
13. Blurred Frenzy. If you were succesful following this very tigth rotation, Continuum Split ends during Blurred Frenzy and Gravity Well is off cooldown.
14. Phantasmal Swordsman
15. Well of Calamity
16. Signet of the Ether
17. Phantasmal Swordsman
18. Weapon swap
19. Phantasmal Berserker
20. Mirror Blade
21. Mind Stab and Split Second
22. Phantasmal Disenchanter
23. Gravity Well

Loop

The loop revolves around the following priority.

• When you swap to sword, the first and last skill before you swap again is Phantasmal Swordsman. Fill the gaps with Blurred Frenzy and never interrupt your auto attack chain because the most of the damage comes from the final strike Mind Spike.
• When you swap to greatword, follow this rotation filling the gaps with the auto attack Spatial Surge.

1. Phantasmal Berserker
2. Signet of the Ether
3. Phantasmal Berserker
4. Mirror Blade
5. Mind Stab
6. Phantasmal Disenchanter
7. Mirror Blade
8. Mind Stab
9. Phantasmal Berserker
10. Mirror Blade
11. Weapon swap

• Use Well of Calamity and Phantasmal Disenchanter off cooldown.

Continuum Split

When CS is almost off cooldown, prepare 3 clones to use it in the greatsword set.

1. Phantasmal Berserker ⇒ Continuum Split
2. Phantasmal Disenchanter
3. Signet of the Ether
4. Phantasmal Berserker
5. Phantasmal Disenchanter
6. Well of Calamity
7. Gravity Well
8. Mirror Blade and Continuum Split ends.
9. Mind Stab
10. Phantasmal Berserker
11. Phantasmal Disenchanter
12. Signet of the Ether
13. Phantasmal Berserker
14. Phantasmal Disenchanter
15. Well of Calamity
16. Mirror Blade
17. Weapon swap
18. Phantasmal Swordsman
19. Blurred Frenzy
20. Gravity Well
21. Continue with the priority.

Video example Please note this video is from before the buffs to chronomancer in 02 August 2022.

Crowd Control

• Gravity Well
• Time Sink
• Illusionary Riposte ⇒ Counter Blade
• Illusionary Wave

Notes

• Essentially, you use all your skills except Illusionary Leap and Illusionary Wave
• Use Split Second whenever you have 3 clones up and Rewinder when Split Second is on cooldown and you know that you will have 3 clones again by the time Split Second comes off cooldown. Alternatively, just ignore Rewinder for a 2% dps loss.
• Make sure not to interrupt your autoattack chain as the damage from it is heavily loaded into the final strike, Mind Spike.
• Save clones to shatter with Time Sink if you will need to CC in the immediate future.
• After the opener, use Mantra of Pain anytime it gets a charge.
• You will need to flank (attack from behind or the side) at least for 40% of the figth to make use of your Rune of Superior Rune of the Thief.
• Blurred Frenzy, Mind Stab and Signet of the Ether will interrupt your current skill cast. You can take advantage of this to cancel aftercast animations. These animation cancels are important to succesfully execute the Continuum Split opener.
• Don't worry too much if you were unable to fit Gravity Well inside the Continuum Split opener, it deals less damage than one full sword auto attack chain, and 3 greatsword auto attacks.
• Flow of Time provides enough Alacrity to counter the negative side of Improved Alacrity. This means that your Alacrity-provider doesn't have to increase their boon duration to give you more Alacrity. Your Alacrity might drop during transitions and other situations where you can't create and shatter clones, but that shouldn't be a problem.