Guild Wars 2

Hi guys,

a quick question for Chronomancer gear.

A while ago I asked a question about Chronomancer at the following thread ‘http://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/professions/mesmer/Chronomancer-build-for-BWE3’ and got some awesome answers like

Xstein.2187:

So, you can do something like quickly summon some illusions pop continuum split. Quickly use mimic, well of recall, well of action, well of eternity, time warp, continuum shift, mimic, well of recall, well of action, well of eternity, time warp. Of course, its suggested you save time warp for another continuum shift since it has such a long cool down. However, this rotation gives 28 seconds of quickness, 28 seconds of alacrity, gives a bunch of healing, removes 6 conditions, gives 24 seconds of slow, provides chill for 20 seconds, and does a little bit extra damage. Most fights don’t last this long, so its best to utilize your skills and rotations to save cool downs based on the length of the fight. However, this shows you can easily make actions 50% faster and reduce skill cool downs by 66% for a full encounter on your allies. By doing this, in another thread, it has been calculated that it is theoretically possible for a chronomancer and 4 eles to out dps 5 eles. Same applies to other group compositions, eles just provide the most standard dps out of the classes.

I finally brought my Mesmer to 80 and I will get the gear, the question is, in HoT area it seems like squishiness is not good and I feeling that a lot with my Revenant, I geared him as a Berserker and I regret it a lot but I don’t want to invest another set of gear at the moment.

So for me the question is, what to do with Mesmer, it seems absurd not to gear a Mesmer as a berserker but I don’t want to do die in HoT areas every second that a mob looks my direction.

So what is your advice?

This is what i use for HoT maps as well as WvW
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQFARlknhG1YRawMNwtGL4GVZAsa/SdsWr5KaQsb9GA-TlROABjo0gElYAs/AR6AaW9HZUCCA-w
Amulet spot was left blank because i have a Marauder one from Act 1 Achievements it gives 133 power 133 precision 71 vitality and 71 ferocity which add up to 19k+ hp.
Primary weapon is GS, but secondary may wary but stats are zerk also. Staff as secondary for more kiting, you’ll get tons of illusions to shatter with Deceptive evasion, Illusionary Reversion and Chronophantasma. Shield for better AoE cleave, Torch for skips, get the pressure off of you, Pistol for extra ranged dps.
I’m quite happy with marauder set. As a light armored medium health pool class i feel that building extra hp is better than building armor in the long run, unless of course you go condi.

I have done pretty much all the zones and the entire story solo in HoT without too much of an issue using Zerk armor and Soldier’s trinkets.

This is what I run. Yes, even with the food and stone.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAseRnknBlqhlpB+fCEgilUj6cIaipjcAOgAoeZr2rF-TxBFABCcKASTfgSK/gf/BsUCCwTAoQ1fCAgAcz2sNvZghO0hO0hO0u5NH6NH6QLFQ5KjA-e

I’ve found marauder armour/amulet with berserker weapons/backpiece/rings/accessories worked well for me.

The damage loss ends up as something like 3-4% in exchange for the extra health.

Eponet.4829:

I’ve found marauder armour/amulet with berserker weapons/backpiece/rings/accessories worked well for me.

The damage loss ends up as something like 3-4% in exchange for the extra health.

I dont think I will create a 2nd set of ascended armor (too many toons), since I already made Berserker armor set, but all my jewelry are marauder… Is that less optimal than having Marauder armor + berserker jewlry?

As a light armored medium health pool class i feel that building extra hp is better than building armor in the long run, unless of course you go condi.

Was Dire condi chronomancer :

- 1.2K base power
- 2.2 K base condi
- 20K hp

Am now Sinister condi chrono :
- 1.8K base power (600 more)
- 2.0 K base condi (200 less)
- almost 17K hp. (3k less)
- 19% more crit

So basically sinister provides more power, less hp and a bit less condi, but total dmg output surpasses dire by a significant amount.
As for survivability, yes, less hp isn’t optimal for the new HoT maps, but not really needed since damage mitigation is done by evades and shielding.
And finally, with the correct foods and utils my condi dmg is equal to before.

rchu.8945:

Eponet.4829:

I’ve found marauder armour/amulet with berserker weapons/backpiece/rings/accessories worked well for me.

The damage loss ends up as something like 3-4% in exchange for the extra health.

I dont think I will create a 2nd set of ascended armor (too many toons), since I already made Berserker armor set, but all my jewelry are marauder… Is that less optimal than having Marauder armor + berserker jewlry?

It doesn’t matter where you get the stats from, that would work fine too.

Out of interest though, where did you get the ascended marauder backpack/rings/accessories? I only know where to get the amulet.