Celestial Chronomancer Open World Build

GW2. Best Open World Build. Celestial Chronomancer Open World. Mesmer PvE.

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Last Update: December 2024

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The Celestial Chronomancer is a mesmer Open World build that gives itself a plethora of boons. Using both the chronomancer’s improved alacrity and quickness, you can use the high damaging condition skills very often for a fast casting playstyle. Also despite already being very survivable it can also use the many illusions it summons to distract enemies away to relieve pressure.

Staff 3 is your highest damaging skill. It summons 2 phantasms that deal a heavy amount of torment, and the Chronophantasma trait doubles all phantasms used. Signet of the Ether will also recharge your phantasms including Staff 3 to use it again right after. Then Continuum Rift can be used to repeat that entire sequence to double the Staff 3 uses again, resulting in a total of 16 phantasms from your entire Continuum Rift combo.

While waiting for the next Continuum Rift combo you can keep shattering clones for more boons and swap to Axe/Torch to generate more damage from a melee oriented weapon set. Make sure to use the Torch 5 in melee range to get the extra burning stacks.

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Continuum Rift Combo

• Start with 3 Clones from Axe 3 > 2 > Torch 5 > 4 > Axe 2 > Swap
• Staff 3 + Continuum Rift > Mirror Images + Staff 2 > F2
• Signet of the Ether > Staff 3 > Gravity Well
• Leave Continuum Rift > Repeat from Staff 3

Staff clones are not affected by the Axe 3, so you can just use it as soon as you swap for a gap closer or after you create some axe clones and before you shatter them.

Axe Combo

Axe 3 > 2 > Torch 5 > 4 > Axe 2 > Axe 3 > F2

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Dodging grants alacrity due to the Relic of Rivers, so even if you don’t need to dodge a particular attack and you have some time in between your heavy hitting axe skills or staff phantasm it is beneficial to dodge if you need more alacrity uptime.

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Equipment

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Alternatives

• Weapon: Replace Axe with Scepter if you prefer a more ranged option.

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Skills

Staff	Heal / Utility / Elite
Axe / Torch

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Alternatives

• Utility: instead of Well of Precognition for mobility
• Utility: instead of Mantra of Resolve if you don’t need the cleanses

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Traits

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Build Template

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Gameplay

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