Chronomancer - Power DPS

Weapon Variants

• Sword is the best mainhand weapon for players that don't own Secrets of the Obscure.
• Spear is an option for players that own Janthir Wilds. The damage is similar and you lose the ability to be fully ranged, but you can play whatever you prefer.

Skill Variants

• 双面镜像 should replace 苦痛咒语 if using Focus, as you need quick clone generation for the opening 时空裂缝.
• 苦痛咒语 could be swapped for 行动法池 or 衰老法池 if you find yourself accidentally using the last charge at the wrong time, or if you want the extra utility.
• 谦逊纹章 if you want a smaller CC on a lower cooldown.

These are the skills suggested for full DPS, but if the situation requires, you can slot utility skills like 斥力穹窿, 传送入口, 错乱咒语 or other. If you have to take other skills, replace Mantra of Pain first, and if you really need another skill, replace Well of Calamity at a significant dps loss.

A power DPS Chronomancer build for raids, strikes, and fractals. This build is very complex and very not-beginner-friendly. Compared to Virtuoso, power chronomancer is much harder to play while dealing very similar damage, so it's a niche build.

This build requires practice and mastery to make the most out of 时空裂缝. In addition, it has very good Crowd Control, utility, and versatility, and provides 50% 激怒 to its subgroup and a little 敏捷 to itself.

• Take 强能幻象 if not using Greatsword.

Power chronomancer has a very complex rotation. Due to 时流不息, your cooldowns are even shorter than normal, so the rotation is longer by squeezing more skills into it. You should memorise the opening and practice it, because then you can just follow your cooldowns to sort of know what to do.

Beginner rotation

You can opt to drop Spear (or replace it with a Focus) to greatly simplify the rotation, though at a significant DPS loss. The rotation below assumes the use of Focus in the second set, but you can choose to camp Dagger/Sword if you prefer, though this is an additional DPS loss.

Opening Continuum Split As this is a beginner rotation, Continuum Split is kept very simple:

1. 利刃呼唤 to start with a clone to shatter
2. 时空裂缝
3. 幻影守望 (replace with 幻影剑客 if not using Focus)
4. 幻影除魔
5. 狂刃风暴
6. 时空转移
7. 幻影守望
8. Weapon Swap

Rest of the Rotation For the rest of the rotation you use Dagger skills, 重力陷阱, and your three utility skills off cooldown (be sure not to consume the last charge of 苦痛咒语 if using). Additionally:

• On offhand Sword use 幻影剑客 ⇒ 幻光纹章 ⇒ 幻影剑客, then continue using other skills off cooldown until you can use 幻影剑客 once more. Then immediately Weapon swap afterwards (if using Focus).
• On offhand Focus, use 幻影守望 whenever it comes off cooldown, then Weapon swap back to offhand Sword as soon as you can.

Simplified rotation

As a step between the Beginner rotation and the full rotation(s) below, you can choose to omit and replace it with an opener such as:

3. - this recharges Mind the Gap
5. Weapon Swap

And then follow the looping parts of the rotation.

Dagger/Sword & Greatsword Rotation

Opening Continuum Split

Start on Dagger.

5. Weapon Swap
7. , and during the cast
8. and
12. and
13. and
14. and Continuum Split ends
16. and ⇒
18. and
20. and
21. Weapon Swap

Dagger Loop

2. + Shatter
4. Autoattack and use when it comes off cooldown, Shatter when you reach 3 clones
5. + Shatter
8. Weapon Swap

Greatsword Loop

4. Autoattack, use when it comes off cooldown, and Shatter when you reach 3 clones, use to maintain or buffs
10. Weapon Swap
11. 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.
• This rotation spams shatters:
  • deals a lot of damage so save clones for it
  • or can be saved for cc or defense
• You can add just before Mind Stab in the greatsword loop to maintain the (if using).
• Every third dagger autoattack triggers a Cutter Burst, so try to do this before swapping to greatsword.

Spear Fundamentals

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.

Rotation

Opening Continuum Split

5. Weapon Swap
6. , and during the cast
10. , and during the cast
11. , and during the cast
14. , and during the cast
18. , and during the cast (try to make sure you're at three clones)
21. Weapon Swap

Dagger/Sword Loop

The standard dagger loop uses four times, but as you won't have available the first time after the opener, it's better to only use it three times, and use as the first skill upon swapping.

If the buffs from and are about to expire, use ⇒ .

2. - the first time after continuum split, this will not be available
3. - the first time after continuum split, this will not be available
8. Autoattack and use as it comes off cooldown.
12. Weapon Swap

Spear Loop

4. Autoattack and use when it comes off cooldown - Mind the Gap takes priority over finishing your auto chains
5. - this recharges Mind the Gap
7. when Mind the Gap is nearly ready
10. Weapon Swap
11. Return to start of Dagger/Sword Loop

• Whenever you reach three clones, use , or if it is not available
• Use whenever it reaches two charges
• Through the rotation, use , and off cooldown, but prioritise weapon skills

Second Continuum Split

When is ready and you're on Dagger:

1. (if you're not at 3 clones)
4. , and during the cast
5. (if not used in step 1)
10. (if not used in step 1)
16. Weapon Swap

Dagger/Sword & Sword/Focus Rotation

Sword/Sword & Greatsword Rotation

Crowd Control

• ⇒ (Sword)
• (Spear)
• ⇒ (Focus)
• (Greatsword)

General Tips

• Use or whenever you have 3 clones up.
• Save clones to shatter with if you will need to CC in the immediate future.
• After the opener, use anytime it gets a charge.
  • Use the final charge just before a boss is about to phase, and recharge it before the start of the next.
• If struggling to fit all the skills into the opening , you can skip .
• provides enough to counter the negative side of . 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.
• On Spear, has a one-second evade on it. As you only use this skill once, you can delay it in order to avoid an attack you'd otherwise have to dodge.
• On mainhand Sword, make sure not to interrupt your autoattack chain as the damage from it is heavily loaded into the final strike, .
• As you master this class, you can start considering some more advanced tips and tricks:
  • Skills such as , , and will interrupt your current skill cast. You can take advantage of this to cancel the aftercasts of some longer skills, but make sure to not interrupt yourself. For example, you can use them, or weapon stow, to cancel the aftercast animation of , which can be cancelled almost instantly, or , which can be stowed after the final strike.
  • has artificially high priority in the rotation so that it is off cooldown for the second Continuum Split. If you had to interrupt your rotation at any point, you will no longer need to give such high priority to it. Instead, when Continuum Split is coming off cooldown, ensure that Well of Calamity will be available to use inside of it. With 13,3 seconds cooldown, this means you should leave WoC off cooldown when CS will be ready in 8-9 seconds or less.

• 潜行者古物 is a good option for players that don't own Janthir Wilds.
  • 烟花古物 is slightly higher damage, but making the most of it involves using utility shatters to maintain the Fireworks buff.
• 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.

Food

• 碗装甜辣冬南瓜汤, or ascended alternatives

Utility

• 超级磨刀石 or alternatives

Opening Continuum Split

Start on Sword/Focus.

1. 幻影除魔
2. 幻影守望
3. 幻象跳跃
4. Weapon swap
5. 利刃呼唤
6. 幻影剑客, and 时空裂缝 during the cast
7. 幻光纹章
8. 幻影剑客
9. 灾难法池
10. 狂刃风暴
11. 利刃呼唤
12. 重力陷阱
13. 时空转移
14. 利刃呼唤
15. 灾难法池
16. 幻影剑客
17. 幻光纹章
18. 幻影剑客
19. 狂刃风暴
20. 利刃呼唤
21. Weapon swap

Sword/Focus Loop

1. 恍惚狂热
2. 幻影守望
3. 幻影除魔
4. Autoattack until Blurred Frenzy is available - try to finish your auto chains!
5. 恍惚狂热
6. Weapon swap when available

Dagger/Sword Loop

1. 利刃呼唤
2. 幻影剑客
3. 狂刃风暴
4. Autoattack and use Bladecall and Phantasmal Disenchanter as they come off cooldown.
5. 幻影剑客
6. 幻光纹章
7. 幻影剑客
8. 狂刃风暴
9. 利刃呼唤
10. Weapon swap

• Fill the gaps with auto attacks.
• Use and off cooldown.
  • can be used for CC, or off cooldown for damage.
• 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.
• This rotation spams shatters:
  • deals a lot of damage so save clones for it
  • or can be saved for cc or defense
• Every third dagger autoattack triggers a Cutter Burst, so try to do this before swapping to sword.

Second Continuum Split

When is ready and you're on Dagger:

1. (if you're not at 3 clones)
2. , and during the cast
3. (if not used in step 1)
11. (if not used in step 1)
17. Weapon Swap

Opener

Start on Greatsword.

1. 幻影除魔
2. 幻影狂战
3. 心灵穿刺
4. 镜像飞刃
5. Weapon swap
6. 幻象跳跃
7. 幻影剑客 ⇒ 时空裂缝 at the very end of the cast time of the Swordsman.
8. 苦痛咒语 once you hit 10 stacks of 灵活剑客
9. 幻光纹章 try to use it right when the Swordsman spawns to cancel the aftercast animation.
10. 幻影剑客
11. 幻影除魔 and 回归原位
12. 灾难法池 and 分裂时间
13. 重力陷阱
14. 恍惚狂热. If you were successful following this very tight rotation, Continuum Split ends during Blurred Frenzy and Gravity Well is off cooldown.
15. 幻影剑客
16. 灾难法池 and 分裂时间
17. 幻光纹章
18. 幻影剑客
19. Weapon swap
20. 幻影狂战
21. 镜像飞刃
22. 心灵穿刺
23. 幻影除魔

Loop

After the opener, you follow this loop:

• When you swap to sword, the first and last skill before you swap again is 幻影剑客, and you will use 幻影除魔 in between. Fill the gaps with 恍惚狂热 and never interrupt your auto attack chain because most of the damage comes from the final strike 心灵钻刺.
• When you swap to greatword, you use 幻影狂战 3 times thanks to 幻光纹章, and 幻影除魔 once, while using your greatsword damage skills in between.

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. 幻影除魔
7. 镜像飞刃
11. Weapon swap

• Use off cooldown.
• should be saved for CC. If there's no need for CC during the fight, Gravity Well can be used in the greatsword set instead of auto attacks. It has the lowest priority out of all your skills due to its very low damage.
• If you have to interrupt the loop because the boss moved, or phased, or you have to do some mechanic, you don't simply resume your rotation where you left it.
  • If you're on sword, you want to return to greatsword whenever weapon swap is ready, casting your available skills while waiting. But if weapon swap is ready, cast Phantasmal Swordsman and swap inmediatly.
  • If you're on greatsword, try to follow the loop from the start skippig what's on cooldown and weapon swap when ready and your skills are on cooldown. If Signet of the Ether is on cooldown, don't wait for it.

Continuum Split

When Continuum Split comes off cooldown after the opener, you will want to be on greatsword with your cooldowns available, and shatter with 3 clones. You will use your to cast twice inside the split, and twice outside of it, and Well of Calamity Twice.

2. ⇒
9. and
10. and
11. Continuum Split ends during its cast.
13. and
14. and
17. Weapon swap
21. Continue with the priority.