Power Chrono
Rotation
CS Burst
Phantasmal Berserker
Continuum Split
Mirror Blade
Blink
Time Sink
Distortion
Split Second
Mind Stab
Rewinder
Continuum Shift
Mirror Blade
Blink
Time Sink
Split Second
Mind Stab
Rewinder
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Power Chronomancer
Continuum Split
Contrary to popular belief, power Chrono isn’t a oneshot build. Instead, its best to think of it as a roamer like Herald, but with the added ability to frontload almost all its damage by using Quickness
Alacrity
Build Fundamentals
Power Chronomancer is played as a high-damage Roamer, meaning your job is to +1 a duelist or to get quick kills in teamfights. Avoid taking 1v1s or staying in extended fights, once Chrono starts running out of cooldowns its lack of defensive utility and condition cleanse makes it easy to focus. Always have a priority target in mind before you engage in any fight, and be proactive about leaving before you feed and die.
Chronomancer changes the standard mesmer shatters and gains new ones. The relevant changes for us are Split Second
Continuum Split
Split Second
Mind Wrack
Continuum Split
Continuum Shift
Continuum Split
Continuum Split
Continuum Split
Your unique utility for teamfights comes from Power Block
Power Block
Mantra of Distraction
Glyph of Renewal
Signet of Mercy
Make sure you’re holding a charge of Mantra of Distraction
Note: Power Block has an Internal Cooldown (ICD). Be careful that it isn’t on cooldown when you need to interrupt key abilities
Damage
The single thing Chronmancer does better than any other class is burst damage. See the CS Burst in the Rotation section for an idea of how to do this. Where does Chrono’s damage come from?
Power Chronomancer is one variation of Shatter Mesmer, a build type which has existed for years. Broadly speaking, all shatter mesmer builds revolve around the same 3 skill combo: Mirror Blade
Blink
Mind Wrack
With Power Chrono, we add a sequence of skills such as Mind Stab
Phantasmal Berserker
Chronomancer’s incredible damage is enabled by its access to Quickness
Alacrity
Seize the Moment
Quickness
Seize the Moment
Improved Alacrity
Tip:
can be used defensively as well as for damage – you can use Seize the Moment
for Rewinder
to get your heal or elite off faster and speed up important skill recharges with Quickness
while rotating between fights. Alacrity
A major concept to understand when playing Chrono is Trading. Trading is a concept across the game, and its when two players trade damage and skills back and forth in a quick succession. Chrono’s major advantage is that with Distortion
Continuum Split
While this is a huge advantage, it is entirely dependent on your cooldowns.
Crowd Control
Chronomancer has good access to area-of-effect CC from a number of sources. Your best CC comes from Gravity Well
Gravity Well
Gravity Well
Continuum Split
Stability
Lich Form
Necromancer
Note: Certain evade abilities such as
can be timed to escape the pulse of Gravity Well without using a stunbreak. Withdraw
You also have access to daze on Mantra of Distraction
Time Sink
Tides of Time
Illusionary Wave
Mantra is your best source of interrupts which proc Power Block
Power Block
Weakness
Tip: When fighting a
, you can Herald
their Power Block
. This forces them to swap out of Facet of Chaos
since the Facet will be draining all of their energy, leaving them unable to use weapon skills. Legendary Dragon Stance
Always catch the return of Tides of Time
Time Sink
Sustain
The biggest drawback of chronomancer is its complete lack of sustain. Signet of the Ether
Echo of Memory
Deja Vu
Tip: Using
resets your Signet of the Ether
for more damage but it also recharges Phantasmal Berserker
. Using both charges of Echo of Memory
and immediately healing will give you a fast recharge with improved Echo of Memory
. Alacrity
You are especially vulnerable to condition damage, particularly Burning
Poisoned
Your best defense comes from Distortion
Distortion
Continuum Split
Signet of Illusions
Continuum Split
Distortion
Time Sink