Chronomancer - Support Chrono

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Focused on: Support, Utility, Healing.

Designed for:

World vs World

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Overview

Support Chrono is a frontline, boon focused support with high utility and moderate healing. It has various utility options which makes it a very adaptable build.

Skill Bar

Sword/ShieldHealingUtilityElite

Staff

Weapon Variants

Weapon

Healing

Utility

Elite

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Temporal Curtain

Create a wall of energy that grants swiftness to allies who cross it and cripples foes who touch it. Allies may cross the wall more than once but receive less swiftness after the first crossing.

Initial Swiftness (12s): 33% Movement Speed

Swiftness (1s): 33% Movement Speed

Crippled (5s): -50% Movement Speed

Duration: 5 seconds

Combo Field: Light

Range: 900

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25

Phantasmal Warden

Phantasm. Create a phantasm that attacks your target and creates a defensive bubble, protecting itself and allies from projectiles.

Damage (12x): 1,212

Number of Targets: 3

Range: 1,200

Swap staff to an offhand focus if you feel the pull is more valuable than the staff skillset. Equipping a mainhand weapon with it is unnecessary, the Sword from the Sword/Shield set will automatically be used.

Skill Variants

Heal

Utility

• personal escape/defensive CD and blink stomp option. Essential for GvG.
• good for all builds but always take for Can't find such trait "Temporal Enchanter"! Please refer to our trait index builds.
• combo with for more boon support.
• for larger scale fights or when there is absolutely no other stealth access.
• portal gives very strong utility in open field but requires coordination and a team playing around the skill.
• highest healing per second, competes with other mantras for .

Elite

• AoE hard CC and a lower CD.
• For single target focus.

Specializations

Variants

• If not running any manipulation skills.
• Can't find such trait "Mirror of Anguish"! Please refer to our trait index If not using Staff.

Variants

• Can't find such trait "Temporal Enchanter"! Please refer to our trait index Less overall boon support but faster Resistance application and longer duration on powerful glamour skills.

Variants

• Both of your adept traits are about equally useful, personal preference.

Variants

Swap Chaos to Domination if you don't need the boons from

Equipment

First Weapon Set Main Hand Staff Stats: Minstrel's Superior Sigil of Bounty Superior Sigil of Bounty Gain a charge of +9 concentration each time you kill a foe, five if you kill an enemy player. Superior Sigil of Renewal 9 Superior Sigil of Renewal Heal Nearby Allies on Weapon Swap (360 radius). (Cooldown: 9s)	Second Weapon Set Main Hand Sword Stats: Minstrel's Superior Sigil of Absorption Superior Sigil of Absorption Steal a boon when interrupting an enemy. Off Hand Shield Stats: Minstrel's Superior Sigil of Renewal 9 Superior Sigil of Renewal Heal Nearby Allies on Weapon Swap (360 radius). (Cooldown: 9s)

Armor Head Stats: Minstrel's Superior Rune of the Revenant Superior Rune of the Revenant (1): +8 to All Stats (2): +10 to All Stats (3): +12 to All Stats (4): +14 to All Stats (5): +16 to All Stats (6): Gain 2 seconds of resistance when you use a heal skill. (Cooldown: 10 seconds) Shoulders Stats: Minstrel's Superior Rune of the Revenant Superior Rune of the Revenant (1): +8 to All Stats (2): +10 to All Stats (3): +12 to All Stats (4): +14 to All Stats (5): +16 to All Stats (6): Gain 2 seconds of resistance when you use a heal skill. (Cooldown: 10 seconds) Chest Stats: Minstrel's Superior Rune of the Revenant Superior Rune of the Revenant (1): +8 to All Stats (2): +10 to All Stats (3): +12 to All Stats (4): +14 to All Stats (5): +16 to All Stats (6): Gain 2 seconds of resistance when you use a heal skill. (Cooldown: 10 seconds) Hands Stats: Minstrel's Superior Rune of the Revenant Superior Rune of the Revenant (1): +8 to All Stats (2): +10 to All Stats (3): +12 to All Stats (4): +14 to All Stats (5): +16 to All Stats (6): Gain 2 seconds of resistance when you use a heal skill. (Cooldown: 10 seconds) Legs Stats: Minstrel's Superior Rune of the Revenant Superior Rune of the Revenant (1): +8 to All Stats (2): +10 to All Stats (3): +12 to All Stats (4): +14 to All Stats (5): +16 to All Stats (6): Gain 2 seconds of resistance when you use a heal skill. (Cooldown: 10 seconds) Feet Stats: Minstrel's Superior Rune of the Revenant Superior Rune of the Revenant (1): +8 to All Stats (2): +10 to All Stats (3): +12 to All Stats (4): +14 to All Stats (5): +16 to All Stats (6): Gain 2 seconds of resistance when you use a heal skill. (Cooldown: 10 seconds)

Accessories Amulet Stats: Minstrel's Ring 1 Stats: Minstrel's Ring 2 Stats: Minstrel's Earring 1 Stats: Minstrel's Earring 2 Stats: Minstrel's Back Stats: Minstrel's

Infusions

• 18x
  Healing WvW Infusion

  Healing WvW Infusion

  +5 Healing Power -1% Damage taken from Guards and Lords

Variants

Stats

• Keep boon duration in mind if changing any gear.
• Add Cleric's for damage.

Sigil

• Superior Sigil of Bounty

  Superior Sigil of Bounty

  Gain a charge of +9 concentration each time you kill a foe, five if you kill an enemy player.
  ⇒
  Superior Sigil of Concentration

  9

  Superior Sigil of Concentration

  Boons you apply last 33% longer for 7 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
  for GvGs or to add more Cleric's gear.
• Superior Sigil of Transference

  Superior Sigil of Transference

  Outgoing healing effectiveness is increased by 10%.
• Superior Sigil of Absorption

  Superior Sigil of Absorption

  Steal a boon when interrupting an enemy.
• Superior Sigil of Draining

  Superior Sigil of Draining

  Steal life when interrupting an enemy.
• Superior Sigil of Energy

  9

  Superior Sigil of Energy

  Gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)

Runes

• Superior Rune of the Monk

  Superior Rune of the Monk

  (1): +25 Healing Power (2): +5% Boon Duration (3): +50 Healing Power (4): +10% Boon Duration (5): +100 Healing Power (6): +10% outgoing heal effectiveness to allies, +1% outgoing heal effectiveness for 3 seconds whenever granting a boon to an ally (max 10)
  highest healing option.
• Superior Rune of Mercy

  Superior Rune of Mercy

  (1): +25 Toughness (2): Gain up to 400 toughness while revivng allies, based on your level. (3): +50 Toughness (4): You resurrect allies with 30% more health. (5): +100 Toughness (6): You revive allied players 20% faster.
  strong choice for GvG
• Superior Rune of Durability

  Superior Rune of Durability

  (1): +25 Toughness (2): +5% Boon Duration (3): +50 Toughness (4): 25% chance when struck to grant nearby allies protection and regeneration for 3 seconds and resistance for 1 second. (Cooldown: 20 seconds) (5): +100 Toughness (6): +15% Boon Duration; +125 Vitality
  high boon duration option

Consumables

Food

• Plate of Mussels Gnashblade

  Plate of Mussels Gnashblade

  Nourishment (30 min):

  +10% Damage Reduction+70 Concentrationn+10% Experience from kills

  Consumable
• Delicious Rice Ball

  Delicious Rice Ball

  Nourishment (30m):

  100 Healing Power+10% Healing Effectiveness (Outgoing)+25% Magic Find during Lunar New Year

  Consumable
  keep in mind boon duration if using this food.

Utility

• Magnanimous Tuning Crystal

  Magnanimous Tuning Crystal

  Nourishment (30 m):

  Gain Condition Damage equal to 3% of your VitalityGain Condition Damage equal to 3% of your Toughness+10% Experience from Kills

  Consumable

Usage

General

• This build uses to maintain 100% boon duration. 6 Boons are needed to keep 100% duration, this is a fairly safe number though you may have more or less at any particular time.
• Focus on maximizing boon output with , using it off cooldown and in continuum split as much as possible.
  • Use to proc
    Superior Rune of the Revenant

    Superior Rune of the Revenant

    (1): +8 to All Stats (2): +10 to All Stats (3): +12 to All Stats (4): +14 to All Stats (5): +16 to All Stats (6): Gain 2 seconds of resistance when you use a heal skill. (Cooldown: 10 seconds)
    before boonsharing.
  • Make sure to use your shatters to proc and if you are missing boons before a
• The build relies on proccing frequently. Cast your mantras (+) as often as possible.
  • Try to fit your other skills in the time when you are using up the flip skill charges since they do not interrupt other skill casts.
• Activate at the end of the cast time of a skill, rather than before casting, to fit more skills inside the split window.
  • Try to split your longer cooldown abilities so you get more usage, generally the elite, , and .
  • Shatter skills can be used inside without disrupting the use of other skills
  • Consider usage of and without carefully, unless the skill will make a decisive impact on the fight it is often better to wait and use it inside split for the shorter cooldown.
  • Try to use the last charge of your mantra skills inside split to reduce the cooldown.
• All of your shatters give a stack of Stability, don't be afraid to use them just to keep yourself safe.
• Don't feel the need to max illusions before shattering, it is perfectly acceptable to shatter with one or no illusions out.
• Try to land in places where the last tick will be able to heal your frontline such as regroups or while cleaving downs. Be careful not to obstruct Water Fields with it however.

Sword/Shield

• isn't only for dealing damage - it's your second, short CD which can be handy when you are expecting a burst but ran out of dodges.
• The chain skill of , is one of your key skills. You can Immobilize the target so he can't dodge your burst - the shorter version is simply using the Swap ⇒ Blurred Frenzy ⇒ Mind Wrack combo.
• Don't be afraid to hold on to if it isn't immediately needed, you have 10 seconds until the buff expires.
• has no target cap and hits both allies and enemies.

Staff

• Make use of the About Face keybinding to forwards quickly.
• 's Ethereal Field is powerful at the beginning of fights, but be careful not to disrupt Water Fields later on.
• can be used on downed players to fish for interrupts on stomps and rezzes.
• can be combined with to safely finish downed players. Use after starting the stomp then just before the cast time finishes use to move back to the downed player.

Videos

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