Chronomancer - Inspi/Chaos Chrono

Veil

• Save your for the commanders call
  • If you aren't using voice communication, use it as your group pushes into melee, avoid wasting it for a range spike
• Place your as close to the front of your group as possible without letting the line spawn on top of any allies

Stability

• Apply before allies get caught by enemy CC
  • Enemy CC is most likely to land when they spike your group, your group is moving through theirs, or your group is moving away from theirs
    • It is better to use your too early than too late
• Avoid overlapping multiple sources on your party, both your own and other players
• Keep charged before a fight starts
• Prioritize recharging over everything other than survival if it is uncharged and off cooldown
• Use one charge of before using then use the second charge inside . This will reset the recharge of
• When using skills cover the application by applying other boons immediately after the cast
  • Your Shatter skills with other than are ideal for this because they are instant, but any boon application is worth doing
  • This is done because boon strips (which are the most common type of boon removal) always work on a first in, last out priority
    • This means boon strips will always remove the most recently applied boons first
    • Boon corrupts remove a random boon which this technique can still mitigate by ensuring you have as many unique boons as possible
• The from + is generally not worth considering, since will always be used with the first , but in longer fights where comes off cooldown it can be used as an alternative application

Boon Support

• Make sure to cast your Phantasms as often as possible to proc
• Use your Shatters as often as possible, with the exception of to give boons with and
  • Since resets all CDs, you should try to use all Shatters while inside it
• Use to proc off cooldown for
  • There is no in-game tracker for the relic cooldown
• Your Rifle skills should be cast as often as possible while engaging the enemy group
  • Always cast the flip skill when using
  • You should almost never use since it increases the CD of
• Save until is ready unless the cooldown on is very high
• Use when casting to reset the cooldown
  • Use while out of the way of enemy damage and pushes so you aren't brought back in an awkward spot or have your split ended early by damage
  • While inside the split, use as many Shatter skills as possible since the cooldowns reset
  • You can cast as another skill cast is finishing instead of before the cast to give yourself slightly more time in split

CC

• Use your CC when:
  • Your group calls a spike such as Wells ()
  • On top of enemy downs (while alive enemies are on top of them)
  • Enemy groups move defensively while your group is pushing
• Use to pull targets into other CC and spikes, including your own if you're using it
  • is particularly important when your group range spikes
• The CC of is unreliable, use it primarily to proc and don't worry too much if the CC lands
• Use as your group pushes into the enemy or when trying to catch an enemy that is lagging behind
  • Do not put yourself out of position trying to use

Healing and Condition Clear

• Your Rifle skills should be cast as often as possible while engaging the enemy group
  • Always cast the flip skill when using
• Most of your condition clear comes from using Shatter skills with
  • Prioritize using shatters for boon uptime, but keep this trait in mind. If you expect to need condition clear soon you can delay casting them

Settings

• Under General Options / Combat/Movement turn on Allow Skill Retargetting and set Ground Targetting to Instant Cast, this will make cast at the location your cursor is at the end of the cast, instead of where you initially targetted
• Under General Options / User Interface check Always show squad health bars and Always show party health bars. These will make it much easier to keep track of who needs your support
• Also under General Options / User Interface turn on Thick party health bars and Thick squad health bars
• Under Squad Options check View as a grid. This will allow you to keep track of your allies' health, enabling better decision-making and skill management

Tips & Tricks

Wall Pulling

• Place at the lowest point of a wall that is horizontally in line with the top edge (But not further than 600 range on desert BL walls)
  • Since activates in a radius, this will not reduce the range of your pull but will hide its position and increase the chance of pulling people off walls
• Use ⇒ to give to pulled targets
  • It is easier if you pre target enemies likely to get pulled before casting

Portal Bombing

• Portal bombing is a very high risk strategy and is never recommended
• Try to open behind terrain with respect to the enemy group if possible
• Swap your skills to and and
• Equip a torch for
  • Optionally equip the Chaos traitline for

1. Cast at your groups feet
2. Start running towards the location you want to open the portal
3. Use while casting
4. Cast at any time to get closer
5. Once in position open
6. Cast directly on the center of the portal