The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good
Focused on: Strike damage and Control
Designed for: PvP Conquest
Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds
Difficulty: Hard
This build was last updated on January 29, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
A PvP Chronomancer power shatter build with exceptional burst damage made to +1 fights and gank targets, or carry teamfights with CC and AoE pressure.
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Skill Variants
Utility
错乱咒语 over 
幻象纹章 - improved CC, less shatter spam and worse survivability. Take 
力量阻隔 on Domination.
午夜纹章 over 幻象纹章 - an additional stun break and 
潜行 to either disengage or burst.
Weapons
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Pistol over Shield - depending on the situation
魔法子弹 could be a better CC than 
时间潮汐 as it has a bigger range and the projectile travels faster, making it easier to land and better at pulling off spontaneous bursts. However it only stuns the first target while ToT is AoE and could hit the same target twice. By going Pistol you also give up valuable defensive cooldowns but gain more burst damage with lower CD skills. -
Torch over Shield - defensive weapon which offers more condition removal and adds
潜行 access to the build. Of course the stealth could also be used to sneak up on targets and burst them. -
Spear (requires SoTo) over Sword/Shield - higher and more reliable damage overall at the cost of losing immobilize, reliable stun, and access to a block.
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Variants
All 3 traits are viable for the last slot:
恶意显露 improves your already decent boon removal and awards you with a damage bonus for stripping targets clean.
精神折磨 is the easiest trait to get value out of, increases your burst damage especially against CC'd targets.- 力量阻隔 makes your CC skills even more punishing, rewards skillful interrupts (especially on enemy healing skills) and even increases your survivability a little by adding a source of
虚弱 to the build.
Equipment
Equipment Variants
Relic
午夜国王古物 - provides fury and might on CC, improving the consistency of your burst window if you set it up properly.
Rune
渗透符文 - slightly more offensive option.
Usage
Elite specialization basics
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Chronomancers gain access to
时空裂缝 (CS) in the F5 slot, a new shatter skill. CS only last a couple of seconds, extended by the clones shattered by its activation. Once it ends, your cooldowns and HP will reset back to what they were the moment you've entered Continuum Split. CS is usually used right before costly burst combos as it allows you to do an entire rotation and then repeat it once Continuum Split ends and your CDs reset. -
While your HP reverts back after CS (just like your CDs), any conditions or boons applied to you while CS was active is still going to be on you and your active Wells won't disappear either.
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Your regular shatter skills are replaced by new Chronomancer ones. These are very similar to old shatters in terms of functionality - for example the F1 still hits the hardest and F3 still
晕眩s.
General
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幻光纹章 offers some nice passive healing but its true strength lies in the active. Being able to reduce the CD on 
幻影狂战 for ranged damage or 
回忆幻像 for added sustain via blocking lets you adapt to various situations on top of getting healed. -
幻象纹章 has an okay passive but it's not worth holding onto as the active which resets all of your shatter CDs is much stronger. Extremely versatile skill which helps you react to situations accordingly whether you need damage, sustain or an interrupt.
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闪光传送 is great in just about any sitaution from disengaging from a fight to teleporting in for a quick melee burst. -
双面镜像 is just as good offensively as it is defensively, in fact it's often used to counterpressure enemies who jump you. Being a stun break which also breaks enemy targeting it's useful when you're getting focused by the enemy team and other defensive skills are on CD, and the 2 clones can be shattered immediately for burst damage (or a longer 
失真 even). Alternatively if you're looking to do a quick burst feel free to use this skill to get your clone count up to 2 instantly, right before using a shatter skill.
Damage
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The following burst combo is the backbone of the entire build:
镜像飞刃 ⇒ 
分裂时间 ⇒ 
心灵穿刺 -
This is best used in melee range in order to make
镜像飞刃 (MB) harder to anticipate and to benefit from the 
威能 from the bounces. -
The first bounce of MB creates a clone, you should use
分裂时间 (for maximum damage) or 
回归原位 (if Split Second is on CD) to shatter it for burst damage. -
Follow up with
心灵穿刺 as soon as you can. -
This combo can be extended and improved by many other skills in the build, including:
- Rooting people with Sword/Shield's
移形换位 or 时间潮汐 before the combo is highly recommended as it makes the combo harder to avoid even if they see it coming. 
重力陷阱 works well too. - 幻影狂战 before the combo could soften up targets, force a dodge, or just in general provide 2 extra clones for shatters once the Phantasms expire.
- 双面镜像 between Mirror Blade and before you shatter instantly adds 2 extra clones for higher burst.
- Using 时空裂缝 right before the combo lets you repeat your burst in case the target survived the first one.
幻象之波 could be used to interrupt the enemy if they're trying to heal, or knock away teammates who are coming in to rez them.
- Rooting people with Sword/Shield's
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Sword/Shield is more of a defensive set, but it does have decent clone generation and some CC to set up shatters if you want to.
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回归原位 is your filler shatter. The damage isn't great but it's better than nothing, and the boonrip from
粉碎专注 could soften up targets for your main burst (or just get rid of 
稳固 if you need to interrupt something}. -
分裂时间 is an ammo skill with 2 charges. With the help of 双面镜像 you could do 2 back-to-back shatter combos as it immediately grants you 2 clones which you can shatter using the 2nd Split Second.
Extended burst combo example:
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重力陷阱
- 时空裂缝 right before you finish casting Gravity Well (to get the most out of Continuum Split's short duration)
- 镜像飞刃 + 双面镜像, MI is instant and can be pressed right as you do MB.
- 分裂时间 the moment the clone spawns from the first bounce of Mirror Blade, together with Mirror Images you should have 3 clones to shatter.
- 心灵穿刺 as soon as you can.
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幻影狂战
- Exit CS, repeat from step one
Sustain
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Survivability is rather low, the best you can do is not get hit.
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Keep your distance between burst combos as much as possible, but getting into melee range is inevitable as that's where your combos are the deadliest.
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Use
失真, 回忆幻像 and 
恍惚狂热 to survive pressure. CC can buy you a couple of seconds too and 闪光传送 works wonders against less mobile enemies. -
If you absolutely have to, even
时空裂缝 could be used defensively. It reverts your HP back once it ends, so if you can activate it right before taking damage then it acts like a healing skill with a delay. You'll also be returned to your original position, allowing you to pull off things like using CS before jumping off a wall and teleporting back with 
时空转移 once the enemies jumped after you. This however is a bit predictable and could even backfire, as you're inevitably going to return to your starting position in a few seconds so they could just wait it out and burst you when CS ends. -
Facing condition specs requires a great deal of attention as your condition management is limited to
洁净法印 and 失真's damage prevention. -
The best defense is often a good offense. Many of your defensive skills are also great at setting up burst. Let's say a Revenant is about to jump you with
位面穿行, simply drop a 重力陷阱 under your feet and capitalize on the CC with a GS burst combo. Or a Thief just opened on you from 潜行 and you need to react quickly, do a 恍惚狂热 + 双面镜像 + 分裂时间 combo for instant counterpressure while also evading their attacks.