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Aegis Heal Chronomancer Build

GW2. Raid Build. Aegis Heal Tank Chronomancer. Mesmer PvE.


Last Update: February 2024


Overview

The Aegis Heal Chronomancer is a support mesmer build for PvE raids and strike missions with high survivability through blocks and invulnerability, and has the unique option to grant quickness or alacrity depending on what their party needs while using the same set of gear but only swapping a trait. It also provides plenty of aegis and stability to protect allies from taking damage, but is not as powerful at pure healing to sustain allies who have already taken damage. The wide range of utility and CC makes this a very versatile tank for most boss mechanics.

Playstyle

Role: Tank Support

You grant either Quickness or Alacrity when casting phantasms and shattering clones, so prioritize using phantasms off cooldown and generating as many clones as possible with the Scepter or Staff skills. Using your heal skill also grants an extra clone.

Give Protection to your allies by using the Shield 4 or shattering clones. Apply Regeneration to allies by gaining chaos aura, which will then share to allies and give them Regeneration. Using your F2 shatter gives you chaos aura, but also using a leap finisher through a chaos field will grant chaos aura. Staff 4, and Staff 2 + 5 create Chaos Auras. Using any phantasm or shatter gives either Alacrity or Quickness to your allies.

Always begin with Staff to generate clones and give boons, then swap to Scepter/Shield and perform the Continuum Split combo:

Continuum Split Combo: 3 clones > Shield 5 + Continuum Split > Well of Action > Well of Precognition > Time Warp > Shield 4 > Heal Skill + Use All Shatters > Leave Continuum Rift > Repeat from Shield 5

While waiting for your next Continuum Split, upkeep boons by using the utility skills and clone generating skills to shatter.

Wells and Mantras will heal your allies, but mantras only on the initial charge and Wells on the final pulse, so if you want more healing you must use all charges of the mantra immediately and use wells on stationary allies. You can also save the effect of the mantra to ration out more stability/cleanse if need be. Summoning clones will also heal allies, and you can use the Scepter 1 attack chain to constantly, although slowly, summon clones to heal.


Difficulty
50%

Equipment

ItemStatRune / Sigil
Helm
Harrier
Shoulders
Harrier
Coat
Harrier
Gloves
Harrier
Leggings
Harrier
Boots
Harrier

Primary Weapon Set

Scepter
Harrier
Shield
Harrier

Secondary Weapon Set

Staff
Harrier

ItemStat
Amulet
Giver
Ring
Giver
Ring
Giver
Accessory
Giver
Accessory
Giver
Backpiece
Giver

Relic

Consumables

Infusions

Fractal
x18
Optional
x18

Alternatives

  • Weapon: Use a Sword instead of Scepter if you wish for more mobility and CC but less clone generation

Skills

Scepter / ShieldHeal / Utility / Elite
Staff

Alternatives

  • Utility: when necessary to travel back and forth quickly
  • Utility: for reflects
  • Utility: for stability
  • Elite: for CC

Traits


Alternatives

  • Chronomancer: for Alacrity instead of Quickness

Build Template

Chat Code: (copy/paste into in-game chat)

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Gameplay

Credit to ConnorConCarne for the video.


5 Comments

  1. Noticed when I reloaded the page from aegis-quickness-chrono build that it is now redirecting to this heal build. Not sure if that was intentional due to the build being outdated, but I wanted to point it out. Luckily I took some screenshots before reloading the page 🙂

    • the previous version was outdated due to other support builds being power crept over time to give healing and boons, yet the chronomancer only gave boons and minimal dps. Now that chronomancer can give healing and boons it can compete with other support options, thus the change in build name

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