User:Masel/Builds/CondiChrono

Condition Staff  Chronomancer

Condition Staff  Chronomancer is a simple build with solid damage potential. Due to the high amounts of  Confusion it applies, it excels at fights with fast-attacking bosses. It has very high range and is able to provide all important Boons to itself in open world gameplay: ( Might,  Stability,  Aegis,  Regeneration,  Quickness,  Alacrity,  Fury and  Protection). It can also be turned into a simple  Alacrity or  Quickness provider with just one trait change!

Chronomancer Build Stats

Criterion	Value
Burst Damage	~39,6k
Sustained Damage	~38,3k
Effective Range (1200 = Maximum)	1155
Actions Per Minute (APM)	28
Share of Forced Movement or Stealth Skills	17%
Bar Swaps per Minute (BPM)	0
# of Skills Used	6
Damage Log Link	Link
Damage Build Link	Link

Link to a Youtube Showcase Video

Playstyle & Skills

Skill Type	Skills
Shatter Skills
Staff
Utility Skills

• Like core mesmer, the gameplay on chrono evolves around creating clones of yourself and then shattering them.
• Creating clones can be done in two ways:

1. indirectly by using phantasm skills, which perform an attack and then turn into clones afterwards
2. directly by skills or traits that create clones on certain actions, like   Phase Retreat for example.

  Continuum Split

•   Continuum Split deserves its own section, as it is one of the unique aspects of  Chronomancer.
• It reverts time, in that it will save the skill cooldowns, health and position when you activate it.
• Then, for each Clone you shattered with it, it gives you more time to use skills and have them reverted.
• In this simple build. we'll just use it in the opener for starters, and then only re-use it when another phase starts.

Rotation Flow

Section	Notes
General Notes	Careful:This build has two counteracting effects in actual content: on the golem, you apply  Fury to your clones, increasing the amount of  Bleeding applied by them, which won't happen in actual content. But it also applies significant  Confusion, which boosts your damage in actual content. The trait  Illusionary Membrane increases your condition damage by 7 % for 5 seconds when you apply Chaos Aura to yourself and stacks in duration. See the general rotation below for notes on how to easily keep this up. The trait  Sharper Images makes your illusions apply bleeding on critical hits, making it very important to have three clones up at all times. This build generates a lot of clones and rarely shatters them, making it relatively easy to execute.  Improved Alacrity makes  Alacrity stronger but harder to keep up. With this trait, your skills recharge in ~67% (two thirds) of their original cooldown time. This increases the APM of the build, but is also a very strong boost to everything you do.  Chronophantasma makes your Phantasms exceptionally strong, since they do their damage twice in a row. That's why   Phantasmal Warlock and resetting it with   Signet of the Ether are your main priorities.
Opener	In the opener, we're making use of Continuum Split in a simple way to reset phantasms and creating a nice amount of burst damage: Cast   Mirror Images to gain 2 clones and   Continuum Split right after to use them. Always use the two skills in this order! Immediately after that, use   Phantasmal Warlock,   Signet of the Ether and   Phantasmal Warlock You can use other skills until Continuum Split resets them all Immediately when skills are reset, use   Phantasmal Warlock,   Signet of the Ether and   Phantasmal Warlock again Go into the general rotation afterwards.
General Rotation	After the opener, you want to use the following skills:   Phantasmal Warlock and   Signet of the Ether to reset it   Rewinder does nice damage and grants Chaos Aura. You can press   Split Second right after for a bit of free damage.   Chaos Armor grants Chaos Aura for free.   Chaos Storm is an Ethereal Field   Phase Retreat is a Leap Finisher, which will grant you Chaos Aura when used inside an Ethereal Field.   Chaos Storm and   Signet of the Ether (via  Method of Madness) place Ethereal Fields, so use   Phase Retreat after these skills.   Mirror Images and   Phase Retreat are instant clone generators, so use them after   Rewinder to immediately regain three clones.
CC Skills for Breakbar Damage	Time Sink   Signet of Domination   Signet of Humility applies 600 CC damage immediately, so always prioritize this for breakbars!

DPS - Condition Chronomancer (Masel) - Rotation Flow

Section	Skills
Opener
General Rotation

Utility Skills

Utility Skills

Default Skill	Notes
Signet of the Ether	There to reset   Phantasmal Warlock. Triggers  Method of Madness for an Ethereal Field.
Mirror Images	Used for the two instant clones it provides. Use it whenever you don't have 3, usually good right after shattering with   Rewinder.
Signet of Domination	Just there for the passive  Condition Damage, but you should use the active cast for Defiance bar damage whenever necessary. Don't hesitate to do so!
Signet of Midnight	Just there for the passive  Expertise. Don't use this!
Signet of Humility	Insane CC damage. With  Improved Alacrity, you can use this every ~40 seconds.

Gear & Traits

Important Stats in Hero Panel (descending in Importance):

1. Reach ~83% overall condition duration in your hero panel without Boons.  Chaotic Persistence provides additional ~17% with  Regeneration up.
2. Maximize  Condition Damage.

Gear

Armor	Prefix	Rune
Head	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Shoulders	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Chest	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Gloves	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Legs	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Boots	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Trinket	Prefix
Amulet	Viper's
Ring 1	Viper's
Ring 2	Viper's
Accessory 1	Viper's
Accessory 2	Viper's
Backpack	Viper's
Weapon	Prefix	Sigil
Staff	Viper's	Superior Sigil of Malice Superior Sigil of Torment
Purpose	Item Type	Source
Damage	Ascended Food	Cilantro and Cured Meat Flatbread
Damage	Non-Ascended Food	Plate of Beef Rendang
Survivability	Ascended Food	Peppered Cured Meat Flatbread
Survivability	Non-Ascended Food	Oysters Gnashblade
Damage	Utility	Toxic Tuning Crystal
Survivability	Utility	Potion Of Karka Toughness
Damage	Relic (Chaos)	Relic of the Fractal
Survivability	Relic	Relic of Nourys

Traits

Dueling
Chaos
Chronomancer

• For a budget variant, simply replace all ascended armor pieces with rare/exotic pieces.
• Ascended gear is always ideal, but exotic gear is fine for everything aside from higher-tier fractals.
• Ascended food is always ideal, but never required.

Open World Build

Open World Build Summary

Criterion	Value
Burst Damage	~19,8k
Sustained Damage	~21,2k
Effective Range (1200 = Maximum)	1121
Actions Per Minute (APM)	28
Share of Forced Movement or Stealth Skills	23%
Bar Swaps per Minute (BPM)	0
# of Skills Used	6
Open World Log Link	Link
Open World Build Link	Link

Increasing General Survivability

For OW, it can make sense to make a build more forgiving, so that you can sustain on your own.

• Staff gives you high range by default, and your clones function as decoys to distract enemies. Many enemies (including lots of bosses) will start focusing them instead of you, allowing you to stay behind and let them take the beating.
• Use Relic of Nourys, which will convert your damage into healing and increase your damage. It has a neat interaction with   Persistence of Memory and  Aegis, since the boons transferred from your Phantasms and blocking an attack with  Aegis stack the Relic up.
•   Signet of the Ether allows you to trigger the relic very quickly: it resets Phantasms, so that   Phantasmal Warlock provides 4 stacks) and   Phantasmal Disenchanter provides 2 stacks (if you use it) .
• This makes it stronger in damage than Relic of the Fractal and great for survivability.
•   Distortion provides an invulnerability window, save this for emergencies.
• You can opt to use   Phantasmal Disenchanter instead of   Mirror Images for more  Might and  Quickness coverage.
•   Phase Retreat is an instant movement skills that you can use to get out of trouble, even when stunned.
• You can replace Viper's with Ritualist's or Celestial 1-to-1. The more pieces of Ritualist's or Celestial you have, the easier it becomes surviving maintainting boons.Ritualist's Rare Armor and Exotic Trinkets are cheap to buy. I recommend using at least a few larger pieces (Chest, Amulet, Weapons, Rings).

Gear

Armor	Prefix	Rune
Head	Ritualist's or Celestial	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Shoulders	Ritualist's or Celestial	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Chest	Ritualist's or Celestial	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Gloves	Ritualist's or Celestial	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Legs	Ritualist's or Celestial	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Boots	Ritualist's or Celestial	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Trinket	Prefix
Amulet	Ritualist's or Celestial
Ring 1	Ritualist's or Celestial
Ring 2	Ritualist's or Celestial
Accessory 1	Ritualist's or Celestial
Accessory 2	Ritualist's or Celestial
Backpack	Ritualist's or Celestial
Weapon	Prefix	Sigil
Staff	Ritualist's or Celestial	Superior Sigil of Malice Superior Sigil of Torment
Staff	Ritualist's or Celestial	Superior Sigil of Purity Superior Sigil of Generosity
Purpose	Item Type	Source
Survivability	Ascended Food	Peppered Cured Meat Flatbread
Survivability	Non-Ascended Food	Oysters Gnashblade
Damage	Utility	Toxic Tuning Crystal
Survivability	Relic	Relic of Nourys

Traits

Illusions
Chaos
Chronomancer

Boon Coverage

• As a first step, you can increase the self-coverage of essential offensive boons by using  Illusions instead of  Dueling.
• Even with 0 clones,  Bountiful Disillusionment will always provide boons to yourself and allies with shatters. That's why it makes sense to use them even when you don't have any clones active. You should still try to shatter   Rewinder with three clones whenever possible.
• With the traits of choice, this will allow you to cover  Quickness on yourself without relying on Jade protocols and/or Relic of the Cavalier.
•   Signet of Inspiration extends all boons on you by 3 seconds. This is crucial for self-boon coverage, so use this on cooldown.
• You can provide either  Alacrity or  Quickness to allies by simply changing to  Stretched Time or  Seize the Moment. The gameplay doesn't change at all.

Boon Coverage

Criterion	Value	Notes
Might	23 Stacks	Full  Might stacks are covered by   Winds of Chaos and  Phantasmal Force.
Fury	95%	Covered by   Winds of Chaos and   Time Sink.
Quickness	100%	Covered by  Phantasmal Haste and  Persistence of Memory.  Persistence of Memory will copy the  Quickness from your phantasms to you, triggering Relic of Nourys as well!
Alacrity	86%	Covered by  Flow of Time. If you want full uptime, you'll have to change to  Stretched Time. This will reduce your  Quickness uptime though, since your phantasms only spawn once.
Protection	98%	Protection is covered by swapping out  Method of Madness for  Illusionary Defense and   Chaos Armor (or any other source of Chaos Aura).
Regeneration	100%	Regeneration is crucial for damage and Boon coverage on the open world build due to  Chaotic Persistence:  Metaphysical Rejuvenation and  Chaos Armor cover it (or any other source of Chaos Aura).
Vigor	98%	Covered by  Bountiful Disillusionment when using   Rewinder.
Aegis	95%	Covered by  Chaos Storm. Relic of Nourys triggers when you block an attack with  Aegis, stacking it up even faster.
Stability	2 Stacks	Covered by  Bountiful Disillusionment whenever you use a shatter skill.
Swiftness	100%	Covered by any source of Chaos Aura.
Resistance	6%	Applied when you use   Continuum Split.
Resolution	85%	Covered by  Chaos Storm.
Vulnerability	0 Stacks

Dealing with Conditions and Control effects

• For frequent condition cleanses, make use of a second Staff with a Superior Sigil of Purity and/or Superior Sigil of Generosity.
•   Null Field pulses condition cleanses, is an Ethereal field for Chaos Aura and strips boons from enemies, triggering Relic of Nourys when it does.
•  Bountiful Disillusionment applies  Stability to you every time you use a shatter skill and additional  Stability to allies when you use   Bladesong Distortion.
•   Mirror Images is an emergency Stun break.
•   Signet of Midnight is an emergency Stun break.