Nimin, Druid * Stixin, Tempest * Melandru, Reaper
Stagborn, Berserker
Hi guys!
I have been playing around with the Chronomancer for a few days now and i wanted to share my build. I know it aint perfect and i am not all-knowing but i consider it a great PVE-build for doing some worldbosses and having fun at the meta events in Heart of the jungle. Here the link to the build i am currently using. You could swap blink or decoy to another well but they are such awesome utilites when running around.
So, how viable is it? You be the judge of that, but i did solo an Hero point Champion in Heart of the jungle with ease and thats good enough for me.
I use assasin armor, celestial rings, accesories and berserker amulet. Superior rune of Scholar is my choice. I also use berserker greatsword, shield and sword. Accuary sigil, bloodlust sigil.
Dont forget to use continuum split for dubble Time Warp and well.
With this build you will have tons of quickness and aclarity and you will share it with your mates.
As i said before, i aint an expert on this. But since there is very few casual PVE-builds out there and it seems to be a high demand i did my best shot.
Replace the celestial trinkets with zerker/assassin (not sure which of those 2 is better). If you have trouble surviving replace Domination with Inspiration and/or swap a few utilities, much cheaper and less hassle than swapping trinkets every time you know you can survive in full glass.
If you still insist on passive defenses try some more focused gear like soldier or marauder, the condition damage and healing power on celestial are completely wasted in this build. And if you think you need any defensive stats, Scholar runes are definitely not the right choice, use something like Pack or Chronomancer (or Leadership for group support) instead.
For open world etc. you might want to replace Compunding Power with Persistence of Memory, just so you can finish off mobs with F1 and have your phantasms back up for the next blob of trash. Obviously don’t do this if you don’t plan on swapping back when needed.
Try to avoid double-casting Time Warp unless you’re at the end of a big boss fight, F5 has a much lower cooldown than TW itself so you actually get more quickness output by only casting it during the split.
Thanks for the feedback.
You can by all means swap out those celestial pieces to berzerker. However i personally do not have those pieces ascended but i have celestial ascended and thats why i use them while i get ascended bersker. I should have been more clear about that.
Survivability aint an issue since most attacks go direct to your clones and illusions. And for big AoE or other nasty thing you have dodge and a really long block with shield 4 (especially if you get deja vu).
“For open world etc. you might want to replace Compunding Power with Persistence of Memory, just so you can finish off mobs with F1 and have your phantasms back up for the next blob of trash.”
You can definalty do that, due to personal reference tho, i prefer not to.
Regarding Scholar, since you mostly take no damage, scholar is perfect.
Also, here is the build without celestial (Assa + Zerk).
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhEQNAR8ensIClphNqB+fCUrhFVjiMAGhirOZn2qFtLSjsD-TRBXwAA2fU+FS3wSVf6pGwDlgAA-e
PS.
You are right about Time Warp. Sometimes you shouldent dubble pop for 20s quickness. But in short events and in the end of boss fight you can do so with great success.
(edited by Mikael Ekvall.6039)
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