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Power Boon Chronomancer Greatsword

Published Mar 28, 2025 Updated Mar 27, 2025
Raids - February 2025 Balance
Yulian meta team
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Power Boon Chronomancer Power Boon Chronomancer Focus Power Boon Chronomancer Greatsword
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Power Boon Chronomancer is a support build that rends space to devastate foes with powerful skills such as and controls time to empower allies with either Alacrity or Quickness. The main version of this build uses a Spear to unleash a cascade of psychic energy on its enemies, but it also offers slightly weaker variants that excel under the right circumstances:

  • Focus is used for Pulling enemies together via .
  • Greatsword provides more Alacrity / Quickness, can Knockback enemies via , allows you to attack from afar, and does not require Janthir Wilds (JW).
Pros +
Plenty of CC Fluid rotation Plenty of utility
Cons -
High learning curve Fast paced rotation Requires enemy target
Attributes
Power 2678
Toughness 1000
Vitality 1000
Precision 2324
Critical Chance 75.04%
Ferocity 1101
Critical Damage 223.3%
Condition Damage 0
Healing Power 0
Expertise 0
Condition Duration 0%
Concentration 0
Boon Duration 0%
Gear
Item Stat

Berserker'sHelm

Assassin'sShoulders

Berserker'sCoat

Assassin'sGloves

Assassin'sLeggings

Assassin'sBoots
Item Stat

Berserker'sBackpiece

Assassin'sAccessory

Assassin'sAccessory

Berserker'sAmulet

Berserker'sRing

Berserker'sRing

Relic
Primary Weapon Set

Berserker's DaggerMain Hand

Berserker's SwordOff Hand
Secondary Weapon Set

Berserker's GreatswordMain Hand
Other Items

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Food

Utility
Traits & Skills
Skills

If you do not own Secrets of the Obscure (SotO), you can replace the Dagger with a Sword. Weapon Swap after casting and twice.
Gear Notes

You can replace with , , or . To account for the lost Critical Chance, you will need to change your Amulet, Backpiece, and Weapons to Assassin.

You have a few options to increase your damage output by replacing :

  • will trigger on and all Shatters sans .
  • when using more utility skills with Defiance Break.
Skill Notes

You can replace, in that order, , , and with:

  • and for Aegis and Stability.
  • for reflecting projectiles.
  • and for more Defiance Break.
Trait Notes

Select to provide Alacrity or to provide Quickness.

instead of will help to keep your pals alive.
Rotation & Extras
  1. 3
  2. 5 2
  3. Weapon Swap
  4. 2
  5. 4 + F5
  6. 4
  8. 2 3
  9. + F5
  10. 4
  12. 4 2
  13. 3
  14. Weapon Swap

Prioritise your skills in the following order.

Dagger & Sword Greatsword
1. 2 1. 4
2. 5 2. 2
3. 3 3. 3

Cast your Shatters and instant-cast skills as follows:

  • F1 when it's recharged.
  • F2 when F1 is recharging.
  • F5 after your next Weapon Swap - either by casting 5 + F5 or by repeating the opener.
  • when it has two charges.

Fill the time between prioritised skills with Auto Attacks and your remaining skills:

  • , , and when they're recharged.
  • to recharge 4.

Weapon Swap after casting 2 or 2 three times.

You should press one skill while another skill is casting to avoid redundant auto attacks. However, Weapon Swap, 3, and will instead cancel the cast of most other skills.
Skill Defiance Break Source
F3 100 + 100 per Clone Shatter
4 200 (260) Sword
5 150 Greatsword
300 (390) Alternate Utility
150 (195) per Charge Alternate Utility
550 Elite
600 (780) Alternate Elite

will increase the duration of Stuns and Dazes you apply.

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