Chill PvE Build?
Not really since chill is probably better suited for pvp, because it doesn’t deal damage nor does it really do much since PvE Mobs generally don’t do attacks at a speed that worries you with chill. I still use it as a condition.
There is a chill build, I’m just not sure if it is for PvE or not.
You can quickly get 100% AoE chill uptime, which is useful for kiting, if you rotate through dark path, chillblains, spinal shivers and spectral grasp followed by epidemic on the focused enemy.
So Staff & */Focus, with epidemic / spectral grasp, and possibly condition duration. Runes of Ice & Grenth boost chill duration I think, and are easy enough to get.
It’s not a ‘build’ per se (I kind of agree with Bas: having 100% chill on a group isn’t really enough for a PvE build, you need something else as well) but you can accomplish it fairly easily. With a little condition duration, you can also drop spectral grasp from the rotation.
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Actually for a Full +60% from Runes you can go 2 Runes of Ice + 2 Runes of Svanir + 2 Runes of Grenth. In addition to the +30% Cond Duration from Spite.
For traits you’d be looking at Chill of Death (auto Spinal Shivers) in addition to Spiteful Talisman (increased range of Focus I think gets it bumped to 1200) and definitely go for Staff Mastery (shorter Staff Cooldowns means more Chillblains) and Greater Marks (wider AoE). Chilling Darkness Would also be a good way to go if you wanted to take Well of Darkness for additional Chillz.
As others have mentioned, Chill is definitely more for the domain of WvW and sPvP. It’s usefulness in PvE is hard to gauge besides its ability to snare Enemies such as Cripple.
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I have tried a chill build and, for crowd control, it works pretty well reducing incoming damage for the group. It definitely lowers dps but, if it slows a number of mobs, it helps make a battle more relaxing. There are more optimal builds than being a chillow because chill does no damage but it works in many situations. It is not glorious or satisfying and condition duration is currently bugged for runes and sigils (I think) but the “slow” on enemies is more valuable than it first appears. It is fairly easy to keep chill up >90% of the time. Too bad it does not stack.
Ratphink mentioned Chilling Darkness. That trait is absolutely essential if you want to run a Chillomancer build. Swap weapons with a Sigil of Hydromancy and use blinds from Well of Darkness and dagger off-hand if you like, the focus for Spinal Shivers, staff’s Chillblains, whatever. Pizza will help increase duration, too.
The best situation for a chill build is group support when faced with a plentitude of enemies. It kind of does a similar job as minions in how it reduces incoming damage but you will be relying on extended fight duration or other group members a bit more for the damage.
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Here is something I whipped up. Alternatively search this forum for the Mr. Freeze build (too lazy to search it up and link ya, sorry). With Spite (30%) the three rune sets (60%) and the sigil of chilling (10%) you’re looking at running +100% Chill uptime at all times. With a Focus put on Soldier’s gear to max out defensive stats with giving a decent nod to Power you should on paper be able to keep people down once they blow their cool-downs. It becomes a battle of their auto-attack against your chills. Even if they’re constantly cleansing you should be able to keep your stacks on them so long as you don’t just face-roll and use your chillz efficiently.
Mind you. I don’t PvP. I WvW on the odd occasion (And I’ll be the first to admit that I suxorz) so this is all ‘paper-craft’ which is next useless. Figured it’d at least give you a shove in the right direction. Assuming you can’t find the Mr. Freeze build.
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