Raid chronotank

Raid chronotank

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Posted by: Silverkey.2078

Silverkey.2078

Hi all

I am not at all playing raids, but I thought I should mention that some consider chrono the best tank for raids:

“necro is an insane tank and is probably the 2nd best tank in the game (behind chrono).”
https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3tsazq/na_necromancer_raid_builds_tankpowercondi/

the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwE2GQ0XZgw
the build: http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQJAsencfC9ph1fC+fCUrhloj6MACsBrePL0DF9w2gFD-TBCBQBRSJI+0D0FleIU9HAcCAwoyg+t/QAeAAkCwrZWA-e

I assume the idea is that since we have near-0 personal DPS, we may as well be tanks. Also we do have high sustain with blocks/evades.

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Posted by: TheFrighteningFrenchFry.3275

TheFrighteningFrenchFry.3275

Yeah, chrono tank is pretty good cause of all the blocks and evades especially with alacrity on. Just one thing to note tho with your build is boon duration is capped at 100%. So all that commander gear can be swapped to zerker/assassins since you get 30% from food, 50% from rev, and 30% from runes. And another thing is, you don’t need that much toughness to hold agro I don’t think. Only one or two pieces are needed, especially with leadership runes giving some toughness and the food. That, and illusionary inspiration would probably be better than Mental Defense. Also last I knew I thought sigil of air was better than sigil of accuracy. Otherwise a pretty good build.

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(edited by TheFrighteningFrenchFry.3275)

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Posted by: Silverkey.2078

Silverkey.2078

As I wrote, this is not my build. I haven’t played raids and don’t intend to in a near future. This is just something I saw reading on reddit and I thought I would share it.

I assume they didn’t have a revenant for boon duration in which case it makes sense to add the boon duration from gear.

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Posted by: Me Games Ma.8426

Me Games Ma.8426

I tried this too and i went full assassin/zerker with only one trinket being cavalier (we had to make sure that noone else has any toughness tho)

I’d suggest to take “Shattered Strengh” and “Restorative Illusions” and switch mimic for “Well of Action”.
You don’t need to go tanky in stats since you have a LOT of blocks, evades, blocks, evades, and blocks. Oh and Invuln.
Perma alacrity is easily sustained with this build and if you keep shattering your blocks should never be on a higher cooldown than 8s after blurred frenzy.

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Posted by: TheFrighteningFrenchFry.3275

TheFrighteningFrenchFry.3275

Actually a update. You don’t need leadership runes to get 100% quickness up time. And if you really want more quickness for some reason you could just swap out either domination or dueling.

Necro>warrior confirmed ty nemesis for single handedly saving the gw2 community!!

/s