Chronomancer - Boon Support Power DPS

Spirit Vale

Salvation Pass

Stronghold of the Faithful

Bastion of the Penitent

Hall of Chains

Mythwright Gambit

The Key of Ahdashim

Food

• 碗装甜辣冬南瓜汤, or ascended alternatives

Utility

• 超级磨刀石 or alternatives

Weapon Variants

• Sword is the best mainhand weapon for players that don't own Secrets of the Obscure.
• Players that own Janthir Wilds can replace Greatsword with a Spear. This has slightly higher long-term DPS, but slightly less burst damage and is not fully ranged.
• Taking both Greatsword and Spear is also an option. It deals around the same damage as Dagger/Greatsword, but has higher boon generation as both phantasms trigger your boon trait twice.
• Spear/Greatsword are mandatory but offhand Sword can be replaced by a Shield for tanking and extra boons, or Focus if you need 凡尘帷幔 to pull adds into the boss.

Skill Variants

Utility

You can easily replace 苦痛咒语. Other utilities can be swapped if needed, though they are more of a DPS loss and in the case of 行动法池 also a loss of boons.

• 衰老法池 does decent CC and removes boons if that is needed.
• 斥力穹窿 provides a long-duration reflect.
• 预知法池 provides aegis to your subgroup, useful for fights like Deimos CM.
• 专注咒语 provides Stability to your group.
• 错乱咒语 for encounters that require heavy CC.
• 支配纹章 offers more CC than 错乱咒语 but on a longer cooldown, which may be more suitable for some encounters.
• 传送入口 if you need a portal.
• 镜像复制 allows you to get a second use out of a key skill if you'll need it more often than the cooldown. Often used together with 传送入口.

Elite

• 重力陷阱 should be used for maximum DPS, and provides a hefty amount of CC.
• 谦逊纹章 less CC than 重力陷阱 and deals no damage, but is faster and has a shorter cooldown.

Power Boon chronomancer provides either permanent 急速 from 机不可失 or permanent 敏捷 from 延展时间 to its subgroup while dealing good DPS. Both variants play the same way, with the major boon you provide changing with the grandmaster trait you select.

This build can also easily tank. If the aggro is toughness based, simply equip some toughness. The amount needed will depend on the encounter and you and your squad's performance and skill. Nevertheless, it is often better for a healer to tank.

As with all mesmer builds, it has access to plentiful utility should it be required, such as 斥力穹窿, 闪光传送, or 传送入口.

• 潜行者古物 is the best option for players that don't own Janthir Wilds.
• If you don't have infusions, use an Assassin stats headpiece.
• 超级猎龙者符文 and 超级学者符文 are practically identical damage.
• This setup aims for ~2008 precision.

Quickness

variant

Use

机不可失

.

Alacrity

variant

Use

延展时间

.

Trait Variants

• Use 强能幻象 when not running Greatsword.

Specialization Variants

Sometimes, utility is more important than damage. The Inspiration traitline massively lowers your damage but is very rarely taken for the 圣盾 of 群体失真 if 预知法池 would not be enough, or if the cooldown of 失真 is too long to deal with some mechanic so you complement it with 模糊铭文, for example if tanking Vale Guardian. Replaces Dueling.

• If the feedback from 医者反馈 might cause problems (such as in Cairn), then you can swap it out for 咒语回复 or 同情容貌 depending on whether healing or condition cleansing is more useful.
• If using a focus, then 聚能反馈 is very nice, assuming the reflects won't be an issue.
• For 模糊铭文 you can consider 灵感纹章 to help your subgroup with boon uptime, or 午夜纹章 for its instant cast.

Boon generation

Whether providing 敏捷 or 急速, this boon is generated in the same two ways:

• Shattering clones - one second base duration for each clone (you count as a clone).
• Summoning phantasms - three seconds base duration for each phantasm summoned by the skill.

To maintain your main boon, you want to be shattering regularly during the rotation below following the guidance in the Shatter Usage section.

Aside from your main boon, you don't provide much - 剑术大师 generates 50% 激怒 uptime, and 行动法池 provides another 40% 激怒 along with ~8 威能. Other sources of boons come at a significant DPS loss.

Greatsword/Dagger Rotation

Opening Continuum Split

Start on Dagger

1. 狂刃风暴
2. 幻影剑客
3. 利刃呼唤
4. Weapon Swap
5. 镜像飞刃
6. 幻影狂战, and 时空裂缝 during the cast
7. 幻光纹章
8. 幻影狂战
9. 灾难法池
10. 行动法池
11. 镜像飞刃 and 分裂时间
12. 心灵穿刺 and 回归原位
13. Continuum Split ends
14. 幻影狂战
15. 灾难法池
16. 行动法池
17. 幻光纹章
18. 幻影狂战
19. 镜像飞刃
20. 心灵穿刺
21. Weapon Swap

Dagger Loop

If using 克达之爪古物, you will want to use 幻象还击 ⇒ 还击之剑 during the autoattacking section to maintain the buff.

1. + Shatter
4. Autoattack and use when it comes off cooldown, Shatter when you reach 3 clones
5. Autoattack until Bladecall is available again
9. Weapon Swap

Greatsword Loop

1. and Shatter (can delay the shatter until after Mirror Blade if you're not at 3 clones)
4. Autoattack, use when it comes off cooldown, and Shatter when you reach 3 clones
5. to trigger or (if using)
11. Weapon Swap
12. Return to start of loop

• Fill the gaps with auto attacks.
• Use , , and off cooldown.
• With , use the last charge just before the end of a phase and recharge it near the start of the next one to provide some to your subgroup.
• Use a shatter whenever you reach three clones
  • Try to use off cooldown, so save clones for it if necessary
  • Save or for cc or defense.
• Every third dagger autoattack triggers a Cutter Burst, so try to do this before swapping to greatsword

Second Continuum Split

When is almost off cooldown, skip the at the end of the greatsword section and when you swap to dagger, do:

2. , and during the cast
8. and for free
17. Weapon Swap

• From this point, you now use at the end of the Dagger Loop rather than the greatsword loop.
  • Everything else about the loop remains the same.

Spear rotation

The most important skill to understand on Spear is . This skill is a spin attack that deals extra damage to enemies that are on the outer edge of its radius. This radius roughly corresponds to maximum melee range, so you can reliably hit with it, but you may need to stand further back than usual and annoy some boon supports.

Hitting your target with applies a buff called Clarity. Your next use of one of your Spear skills 2-5 will consume the buff and gain an enhanced effect:

• grants you
• heals for more
• summons an extra phantasm
• stuns your target

Of these, the only one that increases your damage is , so this will be the skill we want to enhance.

The example rotation below does not use outside of the opener. Both weapon sets are very close in damage so delaying the swap can end up being a DPS loss. That said, the extra clone generation will be helpful regardless and you can adapt the rotation as needed (using signet on Spear will be lower damage, but better boon generation).

The opener uses a trick whereby you activate during the cast of after it has summoned a clone but before the skill goes on cooldown, this means you get a longer as well as having available when it ends. The precise timing is difficult, but it can be made much easier by holding down the button for and using before releasing the button. This has the effect of delaying the cooldown.

Opening Continuum Split

Begin on Dagger/Sword.

4. Weapon Swap
5. , and during the cast (see the tip above)
10. - you can cast this any time in , but during the relatively long casttime of is simplest
11. or
12. once you hit two clones, you can also use other shatters afterwards but you need to be fast as you want to exit with two clones
14. and Continuum Split ends
17. once you hit three clones
24. once you hit three clones
25. Weapon Swap

Dagger/Sword Loop

If you'll use in this section it's worth getting an extra use of in by both opening and closing the loop with it.

4. and whenever it comes off cooldown
7. Weapon Swap

Spear Loop

The opener doesn't leave us with Clarity, so the first time back on spear, you want to open with . On subsequent loops, the aim is to trigger Clarity as you leave Spear, and have it still available when you switch back. In this case, start with instead.

1. - consumes Clarity to summon an extra phantasm
2. - applies Clarity
3. - this recharges Mind the Gap
5. - this is only used once per loop, so can be delayed to evade attacks
6. Autoattack and use as soon as you can, don't worry about finishing attack chains
7. ⇒ ⇒ until Phantasmal Lancer is ready
10. Weapon Swap
11. Return to start of Dagger Loop

• Use your wells off cooldown, but avoid delaying weapon skills.
• Use whenever it reaches maximum charges. You can use the last charge just before a boss is about to phase and recharge it during downtime.
• Use a shatter whenever you reach three clones
  • Try to use off cooldown, so save clones for it if necessary
  • Save or for cc or defense.

Greatsword/Sword Rotation

Greatsword/Spear Rotation

Notes

• Sword is the default offhand weapon because it deals the most damage. But Focus is still very good with ⇒ to pull adds onto the boss.
• (mainhand Sword), (offhand Sword), and (Spear) can be used to avoid incoming damage with less of a DPS loss than dodging.

Clone Sources

The following skills summons clones:

• (mainhand Dagger) summons a clone next to you.
• (mainhand Sword) summons a clone on your target.
• (offhand Sword) summons a clone on your target if you successfully block.
• (Spear) summons a clone next to you.
• (Greatsword) summons a clone on your target when the projectile hits.

The following skills summon phantasms that later become clones:

• (offhand Sword)
• (Spear) - two phantasms are summoned if empowered with Clarity)
• (Focus)
• (Greatsword) - two phantasms are summoned with

Shatter Usage

• is your primary shatter and does by far the most damage. As you practice this build, you will always have 3 clones ready for it, so you're going to be using if off cooldown.
• should ideally be cast when at two or three clones and is not available, but you don't want to destroy your clones just before is ready.
• can be saved for emergencies to provide CC. If using it can also be used to improve the relic's uptime, but is not required.
• Neither of your main shatters line up perfectly in your loop, so they will drift, but you should be using at least once on each weapon set.

Crowd Control

• - daze.
• - stuns if used with Clarity, but generally you won't want to do so
• ⇒ Counterblade - daze.
• ⇒ - pull (focus only).
• - stun (shield only)
• - Knockback.
• or

If you need more CC remember you can take , or , or .

Opening Continuum Split

Start on Greatsword

1. 幻影狂战
2. 心灵穿刺
3. 镜像飞刃
4. Weapon Swap
5. 幻象跳跃 - optional, if you're feeling less confident about your speed and want more time in Continuum Split
6. 幻影剑客, and 时空裂缝 during the cast
7. 灾难法池
8. 行动法池
9. 重力陷阱 and 分裂时间 plus 回归原位
10. 恍惚狂热 and Continuum Split ends
11. 幻影剑客
12. 灾难法池
13. 行动法池
14. Autoattack until Blurred Frenzy is off cooldown
15. 恍惚狂热
16. Weapon Swap

Greatsword Loop

The loop is very simple. In the greatsword set, you will use 幻影狂战 3 times thanks to 幻光纹章. You use 幻影剑客 at the start and end of the sword loop.

If you need a full breakdown, this is the full loop:

1. 幻影狂战
2. 幻光纹章
3. 幻影狂战
4. 镜像飞刃
5. 心灵穿刺
6. 分裂时间 when you have 3 clones
7. Autoattack, use 镜像飞刃 when it comes off cooldown, and use 回归原位 when you reach 3 clones
8. 心灵穿刺
9. 幻影狂战
10. 镜像飞刃
11. Weapon Swap

Sword Loop

1. 幻影剑客
2. 恍惚狂热
3. Autoattack (making sure to finish your auto chains), and use when you have 3 clones
6. Weapon Swap
7. Return to start of loop

• Fill the gaps with auto attacks.
• Use , , and off cooldown.
• With , use the last charge just before the end of a phase and recharge it near the start of the next one to provide some to your subgroup.
• Use a shatter whenever you reach three clones
  • Try to use off cooldown, so save clones for it if necessary
  • Save or for cc or defense.

Second Continuum Split

When is almost off cooldown, prepare 3 clones to use it on greatsword. You want to use twice thanks to and all your wells:

1. Weapon Swap to greatsword
2. if not at 3 clones
3. , and during the cast
4. and
9. and for free
14. Use all remaining weapon and utility skills then Weapon Swap

• From this point, you now use at the end of the Greatsword Loop rather than the beginning.
  • Everything else about the loop remains the same.

• Bring 重力陷阱 for the breakbars.
• Use 凡尘帷幔 to pull some slublings but always make sure you don't pull your friendly slubling.
• You can use 凡尘帷幔 without the pull (or delay the pull) to provide more projectile defense.
• If you are using 斥力穹窿 keep in mind where your group will stand in the next few seconds. When you're about to move don't place it on your current position.
• 失真 can be used to destroy the projectiles from the unblockable shake attack by jumping inside the boss when it shakes like a wet dog.

For more information, see our Slothasor Guide.

• Bring 重力陷阱 as Samarog has a huge breakbar and failing to CC will result in a squad member's death.
• Coordinate your CC with your teammates; try not to burn too many big CCs on the same breakbar.
• Use 堕入虚无 to pull Rigom under Samarog during the split phases.

For more information, see our Samarog Guide.

• Focus is very helpful for pulling in Swords.
• Focus and 时间潮汐 can be used to ensure the players collecting orbs have 迅捷.
• 重力陷阱 can CC multiple Shields if placed carefully.
• You can use 专注咒语 to provide 稳固 for the slams.

For more information, see our Conjured Amalgamate Guide.

• You can either use 专注咒语 to provide 稳固 for the knockbacks.
• You can destroy the Caustic Chaos shockwaves by standing in front of them with 失真.
• You can help break Distortions with long-range CC such as 错乱咒语 or 支配纹章.

For more information, see our Qadim the Peerless Guide.

• If tanking, consider taking extra toughness as the boss's autoattacks hit fairly hard.
• Bring 重力陷阱 for the breakbars.
• Maintain a sword clone in the split phase to help with boon removal.
• If using Focus, 凡尘帷幔 can help with seeker control.
• Save 恍惚狂热 to evade through blue AOEs while keeping up DPS.
• Save 失真 to negate the damage of a Green in high preasure situations.
  • You can bring 幻象纹章 to immediately refresh your 失真 after a green, allowing you to use it twice per phase.

For more information, see our Vale Guardian Guide.

• Bring 重力陷阱 for add control.
• Use Focus to pull mobs together.

For more information, see our Bandit Trio Guide.

• If tanking, consider running extra toughness as there is a lot of random damage on this fight and your healer will have their hands full.
• Bring 重力陷阱 for the breakbars.
• 永恒法池 can be useful for condition cleanse and 超级学者符文 uptime.
• Use your 凡尘帷幔 to pull adds into the boss.
• You can use 凡尘帷幔 to pull orbs. Make sure to pull the last orb to make sure you're not pulling more than one orb.
• If you're tanking, make sure to keep Xera facing away from your group as her Blurred Frenzy will deal massive damage to your DPS. You can use 恍惚狂热, 回忆幻像 or 失真 to protect yourself from the attack while staying in place.

For more information, see our Xera Guide.

• If going to Kenut's side, 专注咒语 might save people from the shockwave attack.
  • It can also be used as a stunbreak if you get CC'd.
• Use 幻影狂战 and 幻影除魔 to quickly strip boons in case Kenut steals them.

For more information, see our Largos Assassins Guide.

• With 镜像复制, 闪光传送 and 传送入口 you can quickly move your group through these events.
• Drop 传送入口 at your group's location. When you see a rift appear, 镜像复制 ⇒ 闪光传送 and open 传送出口 at the rift location. Then 闪光传送 to the closest Adrenal Mushroom, and return to your group to repeat for the next rift.
• During the Spirit Run event, you can drop a 传送入口 at the rift immediately after the glide section and 镜像复制 ⇒ 闪光传送 ⇒ 闪光传送 to the spirit wall. If your group has enough DPS, you can destroy the wall and finish the event before the final two rifts explode.

For more information, see our Spirit Woods Guide.

• Bring 重力陷阱 as failing to CC will result in a squad member's death.
• Be careful with your reflects! You should only use 斥力穹窿 to break Bloodstone Shield. If you reflect his slam attack Matthias will get a damage buff for each projectile you reflected.
  • Also be careful with 时间潮汐 as this skill will eat the shards needed to break Bloodstone Shield.

For more information, see our Matthias Guide.

• Bring 时间扭曲 as there are no breakbars here.
• You can use 恍惚狂热 to evade through red AOEs while keeping up DPS.
• If doing greens, you should delay your 急速 until everyone is back in the center.

For more information, see our Cairn the Indomitable Guide.

• Bring 时间扭曲 as the breakbars are small and easily broken by your teammates.
• You can block the pizza attacks and Mind Crush with Inspiration and 群体失真.
  • Note that a player standing in two pizza slices at the same time will still get hit.
• If tanking, save 恍惚狂热 to dodge the pizza attack while staying in place.
• You can use any of your blocks or 预知法池 to block Mind Crush.

For more information, see our Deimos Guide.

• Portal is incredibly useful here for quickly moving your group around the arena and even skipping the entire jumping puzzle at the end! See our guide for more details.
• Focus is also very useful as it can pull the Magma Elementals into the group for easier cleaving.
• 专注咒语 may be useful to protect agains the Magma Elemental's knock attacks.
• Bring 重力陷阱 to ensure you can break the legendary creatures before they finish their attacks.

For more information, see our Qadim Guide.

• Bring 重力陷阱 for the breakbars.
• You can use 专注咒语, to provide 稳固 for the slams.
• You can use 幻象跳跃 and 移形换位 to immobilize Charged Souls.
• If using Focus, use 凡尘帷幔 to pull the adds. The pull works best if you place the curtain just behind his hitbox.

For more information, see our Gorseval Guide.

• Bring 重力陷阱 for add control.
• The most popular strat for this encounter is "all up" or "insta cap", where one chronomancer solos the cave, tanks the tower mobs, and uses 传送入口 to taxi the group up to every tower. This lets you effectively have 9 people on both the main path and the towers. If you are filling this role consider running extra toughness to make it easier to survive the tower mobs on your own. See the Heal Chrono page for details.
  • If your group is fast you might need to 镜像复制 your 传送入口, or ask another mesmer to bring 传送入口 and help you port the 4th tower.
  • If your team is okay with you not giving quickness in order to make sure you can reliably solo the skip part, you can bring 闪光传送 and 群体隐形.
• Use Focus to pull mobs together.

For more information, see our Siege the Stronghold Guide.

• If tanking, consider taking extra toughness as the boss's autoattacks hit fairly hard.
• Bring 谦逊纹章 as failing to CC will wipe the group and 重力陷阱 is risky with the Tormented Dead around.
• Take care when using 时间潮汐 as it will freeze Tormented Dead in place and interrupt knockbacks.
• If you're tanking, coordinate the aggro swap with the other tank. Aim to swap aggro as soon as your current stacks expire.
• If you're tanking, move the boss near the wurms at the start so your DPS can cleave them down (with 恶疾肆虐 or otherwise).
• Make sure to stand behind Soulless Horror if possible. If you're the tank, keep her facing in the same direction as her attacks deal massive damage to anyone who isn't the tank.

For more information, see our Soulless Horror Guide.

• Bring 重力陷阱 to break Sabir's breakbars as quickly as possible.
• 传送入口 can be used to save some distance in the split phases
• Timed correctly, 失真 can be used to ignore the shockwave.
  • So can 幻象跳跃 ⇒ 移形换位, but it's less reliable and can get you killed in the last phase if your clone ends up in the wrong place.

For more information, see our Cardinal Sabir Guide.

• Bring 时间扭曲 as there is only one breakbar which your teammates can easily cover.
• Use Focus and 凡尘帷幔 to pull the bandit adds for easier cleaving. You can do this when Sabetha starts her flamewall.
• Be careful of teleporting into flamewalls with 时空转移. You might have to abort CS early or delay it to avoid this.
• You might need to abort Continuum Split if you have to throw a bomb.

For more information, see our Sabetha Guide.

• Bring 重力陷阱 for the breakbars.
• Make sure to have 急速 ready for the burn phase.
• You can use 专注咒语 to provide 稳固 for the Tower Drop.
• Use 凡尘帷幔 to help pull the core through the rifts. Coordinate with other players on who is going to pull and when.

For more information, see our Keep Construct Guide.

• Bring 时间扭曲 as there are no breakbars here.
• You should take either Claim or Dispel to get 时流不息 on the special action key.

For more information, see our Mursaat Overseer Guide.

• Use 幻影狂战 and 幻影除魔 to quickly strip boons from Dhuum.
• 闪光传送 can allow you to minimise your time away from the group if doing greens.
• 闪光传送 can also be useful if you bait the shackle mechanic by standing as close to Dhuum as you can, then immediately blinking away to break them (this assumes you are not tanking).

For more information, see our Dhuum Guide.

• Many groups will stick together in the split phases. By dropping a 传送入口 near the north-west hand as you run around to avoid the sand beam, you can portal your group after killing the south hands and avoid the dangerous run.
• If tanking, make sure to keep a block or 失真 for the cone attack.

For more information, see our Cardinal Adina Guide.