Support Chrono

[Apheleion.8572]

Hey Peeps I know support chrono is not perfect but I think it could be a really fun build if a few things get tweaked ( like giving us Group Regen would be awesome and thematic, like time is slowly reversing.) Here is a build its similar to the build above in a lot of ways but i tweaked it to have a little less concentration because we have signet of Inspiration which can really pump the duration of our boons and everyone else. Plus we have regen on us almost all the time which boost our concentration by another 250. 

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PiwAYt7lNwaYHMFWJe6T5tPA-zRRYqR9zN4yo6UI9Kw3pBBbWAA-e

A rotation that i found works is as follows

Staff - 

Chaos Armor

Phantasmal Warlock

Chaos Strom

Phase Retreat in storm

Weapon Swap - Scepter Shield (Weapon swap is to be more defensive with blocks)

Continuum Shift with 3 clones

Well  of Eternity

Well of Precognition

Gravity Well

Spam shatters to trigger Bountiful Disillusionment

Cast Signet of Illusions to reset Shatters 

Spam Shatters again

Time Resets

Cast Wells

Signet of Inspiration

Spam Shatter

Cast Signet of illusion

Spam Shatter

 I'm approximating the times because it might vary a little if I'm slow on key presses this is just kind of average so it might be higher or lower by a few stacks and seconds

(Quickness helps with this rotation if you don't have quickness you barley get off your 2nd shatter spam before time resets)

After this rotation you have 25 Might, 25+ sec alacrity, 40+ sec regen, 12 sec of 8 stability, 16 sec resolution, 25 sec fury, 18 sec swiftness, 25 sec Vigor, given 5 peeps Aegis 9 times 

I thought of another build which would give us and the party more protection and us more regen just swap monk runes for herald runes and swap Chaotic Potency for Chaotic transference

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PiwAYt7lNwaYHMFWJeyT5tPA-zRRYqR9zN4zoapQ6qAdONIYzCA-e

Let me know what you think peeps always open to critiques and opinions

 

 

 

Edited March 13 by Apheleion.8572

[anbujackson.9564]

It stopped being useful besides a niche tank on 1 or 2 bosses when they removed the ability to provide both boons. 

Think about it: Post signet nerf all it did was quickness and alacrity and some aegis with signets in addition to mediocre damage since you needed a lot of boon duration and all your utility. So you still needed a healer that provided every other boon that is necessary (might, fury, swiftness, regen, prot and so on). Even then it wasnt played, even though you had a variety of healers to couple with it. Everyone already focussed on the hybrid dps + healer comp that did more damage. So what makes anyone think that a chrono now is desirable whatsoever when it can only provide 1 thing? If providing both quickness and alacrity was still so harmful, why did no one really play it anymore?

Power quickness chrono: only provides quickness and some niche utility for a dps loss. Completely outshined by other hybrids that do more damage or whatever.

Alacrity chrono power: Same issue except even less damage.

Any form of healer chrono: Just no. You need to cover the other boons and a hybrid dps wont cover them that well. We can talk about that again when chaos is unnerfed.

 

Fun fact: It had arguably the most "complex" rotation to provide its boons (imo). Compared to the spam and auto pulses nowadays anyway.

Edited March 24 by anbujackson.9564

[ventress.4879]

2 hours ago, anbujackson.9564 said:

It stopped being useful besides a niche tank on 1 or 2 bosses when they removed the ability to provide both boons. 

Think about it: Post signet nerf all it did was quickness and alacrity and some aegis with signets in addition to mediocre damage since you needed a lot of boon duration and all your utility. So you still needed a healer that provided every other boon that is necessary (might, fury, swiftness, regen, prot and so on). Even then it wasnt played, even though you had a variety of healers to couple with it. Everyone already focussed on the hybrid dps + healer comp that did more damage. So what makes anyone think that a chrono now is desirable whatsoever when it can only provide 1 thing? If providing both quickness and alacrity was still so harmful, why did no one really play it anymore?

Power quickness chrono: only provides quickness and some niche utility for a dps loss. Completely outshined by other hybrids that do more damage or whatever.

Alacrity chrono power: Same issue except even less damage.

Any form of healer chrono: Just no. You need to cover the other boons and a hybrid dps wont cover them that well. We can talk about that again when chaos is unnerfed.

 

Fun fact: It had arguably the most "complex" rotation to provide its boons (imo). Compared to the spam and auto pulses nowadays anyway.

It is incredibly difficult to heal with a Chronomancer. Even with the Mantra of Pain change you can barely push out 3k HPS and onky if people stack. 

Your can run Double feedback and get people up when they go down. It's on a roughly 25 second cooldown so that is your best bet to be helpful. Traited Signet of Inspiration can help with aegis/boons but you will lose some healing.

Mesmer is just not an ideal healer but it can still be effective in the right hands.