[PvP] Quick Tips: Building Your Chronomancer

[PvP] Quick Tips: Building Your Chronomancer

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Posted by: Chaos Archangel.5071

Chaos Archangel.5071

(Lyssa’s Grimoire is 80% updated! While I add in the Chronomancer bits, I’ll work on mini-threads -that’ll eventually be merged into the Grimoire- to help get the info out as soon as possible)

So you wanna make a Chronomancer for PvP real quick, but not sure what traits work? Perhaps theorycrafting just isn’t your thing? Here are some quick notes for building your own Chronomancer.


TRAITS

  • Domination & Dueling go with EVERYTHING In any game type, you can never go wrong with Dom/Dueling. This works for Chronomancer as well… if you’re going for a power build. For more specific traits…

SHATTER: (Dom/Dueling/Chrono) – Mental Anguish, Shattered Concentration, Deceptive Evasion, Time Catches Up, Illusionary Reversion

CONDI: (Dueling/Illusions/ Chrono) – Deceptive Evasion, Ineptitude, Maim the disillusioned, Malicious Sorcery, Illusionary Reversion

LOCKDOWN: (Dom/Chaos/Chrono) – Power Block, Chaotic Interruption, Mirror of Anguish, Delayed Reactions, Danger Time, Lost Time

PHANTASM: (Domination/Illusions/Chrono) – Empowered Illusions, Persistence of Memory, Phantasmal Haste, Improved Alacrity, Chronophantasma

SUPPORT: (Chaos/Inspiration/Chrono) – Chaotic Dampening, Bountiful Disillusionment Illusionary Inspiration, Shattered Conditions, Alls Well that Ends Well, Improved Alacrity, Chronophantasma


WEAPONS

  • Get ready to see a lot of Greatsword. It’s the “meta” weapon for PvP Mesmers for a reason. However if you need a bit more defense, add a Staff into the mix.
  • SHATTER: – Sword/Torch + Greatsword
  • CONDI: – Scepter/Pistol or Torch + Staff
  • LOCKDOWN: – Sword/Shield + Greatsword
  • PHANTASM: Sword/Pistol or … Any offhand that isn’t torch + Greatsword
  • SUPPORT: Sword/Shield or Focus + Staff (Suck it, greatsword!)

AMULETS

  • Marauder, Celestial, and Rabid Amulets are your best bet Power damage = Marauder. Condition Damage = Rabid. Celestial for a safer build at the cost of being as powerful as the other two options.

POWER: – Marauder, Berserker, Celestial
CONDITION: – Rabid, Celestial


RUNES

  • There’s some variety and options here, never be afraid to explore But this will list the most popular runes currently.

POWER: Strength, Hoelbrak, Chronomancer, Lyssa, Melandru, Pack
CONDITION: Undead, Nightmare
SUPPORT: Altruism, Mercy, Pack


SIGILS

  • Same as above. Lots of good options And.. A lot less creativity on my part to fill out this following sentence. o_o

POWER: Fire, Air
CONDITION: Geomancy, Blood, Doom
GENERAL: Energy, Generosity, Purity


UTILITIES

  • It can be hard to pick the right utilities sometimes. Especially when not all utility skills match every situation/matchup. You always want to carry atleast one stunbreak and it’s wise to always bring either Blink or Decoy into any combat engagement.

STUNBREAK: Blink, Decoy, Well of Precognition

TEAM FIGHTS: TimeWarp, Mass Invisibility, Well of … Anything, really.

STOMPS/REZZES: Well of Precognition, Well of Action

MESMER-SPECIFIC GREATNESS: Portal, Gravity Well


SAMPLE BUILDS

  • Keep in mind that most Chronomancer Grandmasters work with most builds, as of now it’s a matter of personal taste.

SHATTER

CONDITION

LOCKDOWN

SUPPORT


Anddd you’re good to go. Any further questions feel free to post in this thread!

(edited by Chaos Archangel.5071)

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Posted by: AlphatheWhite.9351

AlphatheWhite.9351

Malicious Sorcery over Ineptitude?
All’s Well over Time Catches Up?
Improved Alacrity over Illusionary Reversion?
I dunno about that condition build, man…

Edit: also, left out Doom as an option for condi sigils (would replace geomancy).

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Posted by: Daniel Handler.4816

Daniel Handler.4816

Time catches up should be in the condi trait list as well. And carrion is an option for condtion builds that shatter more and pew pew with illusion less. Especially the scepter/torch +staff variant.

“Kentigem”-chief. Born cycle of Dusk. Wyld Hunt:
Learn as much mending and medical info as possible so that it can be added to the Dream.
Become the first Chief of Mending and guide the newly awaken as well as those who want to learn.

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Posted by: Chaos Archangel.5071

Chaos Archangel.5071

Don’t you sass me! The Condi build was total guesswork. xD

/edits

… Uh.. Can one of yall Condi players build-edit me a condi build? Can’t from phone.

(edited by Chaos Archangel.5071)

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Posted by: Daniel Handler.4816

Daniel Handler.4816

Don’t you sass me! The Condi build was total guesswork. xD

/edits

… Uh.. Can one of yall Condi players build-edit me a condi build? Can’t from phone.

Go find out the concentration to boon duration conversion rate. And only then may you find peace .

“Kentigem”-chief. Born cycle of Dusk. Wyld Hunt:
Learn as much mending and medical info as possible so that it can be added to the Dream.
Become the first Chief of Mending and guide the newly awaken as well as those who want to learn.

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Posted by: Silverkey.2078

Silverkey.2078

Don’t you sass me! The Condi build was total guesswork. xD

/edits

… Uh.. Can one of yall Condi players build-edit me a condi build? Can’t from phone.

Go find out the concentration to boon duration conversion rate. And only then may you find peace .

15 concentration = 1% boon duration.

It’s confirmed, I am the peace bringer!

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Posted by: Chaos Archangel.5071

Chaos Archangel.5071

I’ll be at peace when I have linked a Condi build that won’t make Embolism go set my house on fire.

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Posted by: Silverkey.2078

Silverkey.2078

In general, unrelated to the condi vs power, I do not think I would keep torch for a shatter build. Especially with the loss of PU, shield will probably provide enough defense (if I remember well, Helseth mentioned that too, but then again, he was already playing without torch for a little while).

Ether feast is probably a better heal for dueling, but the condi cleanse from the well is also quite attractive. So power would be something like this (note I didn’t change rune nor sigils)

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAsfRncfClph1fC2qBEgilTjiMAWggqMDauwpeaz2vF-TZBFABiXGotjAwCnCgW2fAgHAAA

and condi maybe something like this?
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAreWncfClph1qB2fCMrhlZjqMAqtkpeXD2jFdJipiA-TpRFwALOCAAeAAK3fIxJAIaZAFHCAA

though I actually may just stick to the duel/chaos/illusions for condis…

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Posted by: Dondagora.9645

Dondagora.9645

Don’t you sass me! The Condi build was total guesswork. xD

/edits

… Uh.. Can one of yall Condi players build-edit me a condi build? Can’t from phone.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAreWnsICNqhVoBOoBcrhlZjqMAqtkpeX/1hFd4ipjD-TJRHwA72fAZZABnCAAPBAA

maybe? This is adapted from my usual build, so unsure how others might do it, though we can do away with shield and Guardian Runes to go classic torch since stealth might be more reassuring, unless you want to go with Precog instead of Decoy. Over all, an Ok condi build right here for your analysis.

Edit: As Silvery said, I’d rather just use Duel/Chaos/Illusions for condi since Chrono isn’t really made for it. It’s just simpler for the end goal.

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Posted by: Curunen.8729

Curunen.8729

Tormenting runes are pretty nice tbh. Didn’t think I’d find them useful again since the MtD nerf, but it helps quite a bit for sustained pressure.

Torch has one benefit of condi cleanse, and the burns while pathetic are at least another cover condition/additional damage.

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Posted by: AlphatheWhite.9351

AlphatheWhite.9351

Yeah, the loss of cleanse on torch is rough. Eternity is probably a must-have, given the level of burns in an average match (even worse now with Berserker added to the mix).

I did play standard condi during the last BWE, and while I found it more competitive than expected, there were definitely times when I felt like I was bringing a knife to a gun fight (there was one revenant in particular that comes to mind—felt like I was hitting a brick wall…that then grew arms and squashed me like a bug). Chrono doesn’t bring a lot to the condi’s kit generally in terms of synergy, but the shatter cadence, illusion generation, movespeed and shatter speed all amp up the guns on the shatter condi a lot.

It’ll be tough to get the hang of it for sure, but I think chrono just brings more punch to the fight, which we’re really gonna need against those new OP tank classes :P

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Posted by: Curunen.8729

Curunen.8729

I tried Chaos/Illusions/Chrono with Scepter/Shield + Staff briefly, in order to have traited mirror, blink, bountiful disillusionment, chaotic transference and all the Chrono goodies.

Seems to work quite well although it is “slower paced” with the loss of DE. But traited mirror and blink with alacrity are great and I love the stability on shatter.

Anyway I still prefer Duelling/Illusions/Chrono with Sword because it’s faster, more mobile and more aggressive (but also more vulnerable).

Tough choice for sure between Chaos, Duelling and Chrono. Each one has its benefits and clear downsides.