Mesmer · Chronomancer · Raids · Condition DPS

Condition Chronomancer

Staff, Scepter and Pistol. Torment from everything, confusion from shatters, and a time rift that lets you cast your best six seconds twice. The highest raid benchmark in the game.

Benchmark (max): 46,309
Benchmark (average): 46,000
Difficulty: Advanced
Balance: July 2026 balance

Benchmark from the Snow Crows golem log of 2026-07-22, with 25 might, fury, quickness, alacrity and 25 vulnerability. Difficulty is scored below.

Equipment

Viper's Helm

Superior Rune of the Trapper

Viper's Shoulders

Superior Rune of the Trapper

Viper's Coat

Superior Rune of the Trapper

Viper's Gloves

Superior Rune of the Trapper

Viper's Leggings

Superior Rune of the Trapper

Viper's Boots

Superior Rune of the Trapper

Attributes · gear, traits and signets

Power2172

Toughness1000

Vitality1235

Precision1633

Critical Chance35.14%

Ferocity0

Critical Damage150%

Condition Damage1941

Healing Power0

Expertise898

Condition Duration74.87%

Concentration0

Boon Duration0%

Staff set active. In a raid add 25 might (+750 Power, +750 Condition Damage), fury (+25% crit) and alacrity, which also switches on Flow of Time's +15% crit. Crit chance with boons: 75.1%.

Viper's Backpiece

Viper's

Viper's Accessory

Viper's

Viper's Accessory

Viper's

Viper's Amulet

Viper's

Viper's Ring

Viper's

Viper's Ring

Viper's

Weapon set 1

Viper's Staff

Superior Sigil of Demons · Superior Sigil of Bursting

Weapon set 2

Viper's Scepter

Superior Sigil of Demons

Viper's Pistol

Superior Sigil of Bursting

Relic of Akeem

Relic

Cilantro and Cured Meat Flatbread

Toxic Tuning Crystal

Training

Dueling

Phantasmal Fury

Mental Gymnastics

Duelist's Discipline

Blinding Dissipation

Wandering Mind

Fencer's Finesse

Superiority Complex

Ineptitude

Deceptive Evasion

Illusions

Shatter Storm

Persistence of Memory

The Pledge

Escape Artist

Phantasmal Haste

Maim the Disillusioned

Phantasmal Force

Master of Fragmentation

Malicious Sorcery

Chronomancer

Elite specialization

Delayed Reactions

Time Catches Up

All's Well That Ends Well

Danger Time

Illusionary Reversion

Time Bomb

Stretched Time

Seize the Moment

Chronophantasma

Skill barTwo weapon sets on a 10-second swap (6.7 s with alacrity). The F-row shatters consume every clone you have; the Chronomancer replaces F1, F2, F3 and F5 with its own versions.

Weapon swap: `

Shatters

Select a skill to read what it does.

Mirror Images is the flexible slot: Portal Entre for squad mobility, Well of Precognition or Mantra of Concentration for aegis and stability, Well of Action for might and superspeed, Feedback for reflects, Well of Senility or Mantra of Distraction for more defiance damage. If you drop it, press Signet of Domination before Signet of Midnight. Signet of Humility can become Time Warp when the squad needs quickness more than defiance damage, or Gravity Well for area defiance damage.

Rotation

Everything you do makes clones, and every clone is a shatter waiting to happen. Staff and scepter attacks apply torment; Phantasmal Warlock and Phantasmal Duelist summon phantasms that strike several times, bleed on every critical hit, and come back once more thanks to Chronophantasma. Shatters turn three clones into torment (Maim the Disillusioned), confusion (Rewinder) and strikes (Split Second), then Illusionary Reversion hands you a clone back. Continuum Split is the special move: it freezes your cooldowns for up to six seconds, so whatever you cast inside the rift, you cast again right after it closes. Alacrity in a raid squad is worth more to a Chronomancer than to anyone else, because Time Marches On makes it cut every cooldown by a third.

Before the pull

Start on Scepter & Pistol. The phantasm takes a moment to reach the target, so cast it just before the timer hits zero.

1
4
Scepter & Pistol
Phantasmal Duelist
Phantasmal Duelist at about half a second before the pull: your three shots and the phantasm's first eight bullets land as the fight starts, and the phantasm's bleeds begin ticking immediately.
2
2
Scepter & Pistol
Illusionary Counter
Illusionary Counter, then press 2 again at once for Counterspell. Nothing attacks you on the golem, so the block is wasted; the flip gives five confusion and your first clone.

Opener: the Continuum Split burst

This is the sequence from Snow Crows' benchmark log. Continuum Split freezes your cooldowns; everything cast inside the rift is cast again after Continuum Shift. The rift only lasts 3 seconds with one clone, so it is dense.

1
⇄`
Scepter & Pistol → Staff
Weapon swap
Swap to staff. Staff is the Continuum Split set because Phantasmal Warlock is the skill most worth doubling.
2
3
Staff
Phantasmal Warlock
Phantasmal Warlock: two phantasms, each striking three times for torment and attacking twice thanks to Chronophantasma.
3
F5
Staff · Continuum Split
Continuum Split
Continuum Split now, even with a single clone. Three seconds is enough for what follows, and waiting for three clones would delay the second Warlock.
4
6
Staff · Continuum Split
Signet of the Ether
Signet of the Ether's active recharges phantasm skills fully. One-second cast; it interrupts anything else, so press it between casts.
5
F1
Staff · Continuum Split
Split Second
Split Second with whatever clones you have. Inside the rift its charge comes back when the rift closes, so spend freely.
6
F3
Staff · Continuum Split
Time Sink
Time Sink: daze and slow, Maim torment, and the disable fires Relic of Akeem for two confusion and two torment.
7
3
Staff · Continuum Split
Phantasmal Warlock
Phantasmal Warlock again, recharged by the signet. Four Warlock attacks are now in flight.
8
F1
Staff · Continuum Split
Split Second
Second Split Second charge.
9
4
Staff · Continuum Split
Chaos Armor
Chaos Armor is instant: three confusion, plus a blind for Ineptitude's two more.
10
F4
Staff · Continuum Split
Distortion
Distortion for its three Maim torments. Its 50-second recharge is about to be rewound anyway.
11
5
Staff · Continuum Split
Chaos Storm
Chaos Storm on the target: six strikes over five seconds, a daze for the relic, and random conditions.
12
7
Staff · Continuum Split
Mirror Images
Mirror Images: two clones instantly, so the next shatter is a three-clone shatter.
13
2
Staff · Continuum Split
Phase Retreat
Phase Retreat for a third clone (and a Compounding Power stack). Then Rewinder.
14
F2
Staff · Continuum Split
Rewinder
Rewinder with three clones: six confusion, three torment, and Illusionary Reversion hands one clone back.
15
F5
Staff · Continuum Split
Continuum Shift
Continuum Shift before the rift expires. Health, endurance and every cooldown you just spent snap back to how they were when you opened it.
16
3
Staff
Phantasmal Warlock
Phantasmal Warlock is off cooldown again: cast it.
17
4
Staff
Chaos Armor
Chaos Armor again, instant.
18
7
Staff
Mirror Images
Mirror Images again for a three-clone shatter.
19
6
Staff
Signet of the Ether
Signet of the Ether again, so the Warlock recharges once more.
20
F2
Staff
Rewinder
Rewinder with three clones. It was reset by the shift, and the clones came from Mirror Images.
21
3
Staff
Phantasmal Warlock
Fourth Phantasmal Warlock of the opener.
22
2
Staff
Phase Retreat
Phase Retreat for a clone.
23
1 · 1 · 11
Staff
Auto attacks
Winds of Chaos until Chaos Storm is ready, pressing Split Second as the charges return and Time Sink or Distortion when they come back.
24
5
Staff
Chaos Storm
Chaos Storm once more, then autos until the weapon swap is ready (about 10 seconds after the first swap).
25
⇄`
Staff → Scepter & Pistol
Weapon swap
Swap and fall into the scepter loop.

Scepter & Pistol loop

About twelve seconds. Counterspell and Confusing Images carry the confusion, the auto chain carries torment, and the Duelist bleeds. Shatters go in between by the priority below; they are instant and never interrupt a cast.

1
4
Scepter & Pistol
Phantasmal Duelist
Phantasmal Duelist first: its eight bullets and bleeds start immediately, and the phantasm comes back once more.
2
3
Scepter & Pistol
Confusing Images
Confusing Images: a 2.25-second channel for seven strikes and seven confusion. Press shatters during it.
3
2 · 2
Scepter & Pistol
Illusionary Counter
Illusionary Counter straight into Counterspell: five confusion, a clone, and a blind for Ineptitude.
4
5
Scepter & Pistol
Magic Bullet
Magic Bullet: three confusion and a 2.5-second stun. The stun is a disable, so the relic fires again.
5
1 · 1 · 11
Scepter & Pistol
Auto attacks
Auto chain until Counterspell returns (6 s before alacrity, 4 s with it). Each full chain is three torments.
6
2 · 2
Scepter & Pistol
Illusionary Counter
Counter into Counterspell again.
7
1 · 1 · 11
Scepter & Pistol
Auto attacks
One auto chain.
8
3
Scepter & Pistol
Confusing Images
Confusing Images is back (9 s, 6 s with alacrity).
9
2 · 2
Scepter & Pistol
Illusionary Counter
Third Counterspell of the loop.
10
4
Scepter & Pistol
Phantasmal Duelist
Phantasmal Duelist as the loop ends, so its attacks run on while you are on staff.
11
⇄`
Scepter & Pistol → Staff
Weapon swap
Swap to staff.

Staff loop

About twelve seconds. The staff loop is built around two Warlock casts joined by Signet of the Ether, with Chaos Armor and Chaos Storm on cooldown. When Continuum Split is ready (every 70 seconds with alacrity), open it before the Warlock pair so the pair happens twice.

1
3
Staff
Phantasmal Warlock
Phantasmal Warlock as soon as you land on staff.
2
2
Staff
Phase Retreat
Phase Retreat: a clone that casts Winds of Chaos, and a Compounding Power stack.
3
1 · 1 · 11
Staff
Auto attacks
Three Winds of Chaos while the Warlocks work. Chaos Armor whenever it is up.
4
5
Staff
Chaos Storm
Chaos Storm, then one more auto.
5
2
Staff
Phase Retreat
Phase Retreat when it is back.
6
F5
Staff · Continuum Split
Continuum Splitoptional
If Continuum Split is ready, open it here with three clones for six seconds, then run the next three steps twice: once inside the rift, once after Continuum Shift. Use Mirror Images to refill clones for a three-clone Rewinder in each half, and Signet of Midnight just before the shift.
7
3
Staff
Phantasmal Warlock
Phantasmal Warlock.
8
6
Staff
Signet of the Ether
Signet of the Ether: the Warlock is instantly recharged. Mind the one-second cast.
9
3
Staff
Phantasmal Warlock
Phantasmal Warlock again. Four attacks in flight.
10
2
Staff
Phase Retreat
Phase Retreat.
11
⇄`
Staff → Scepter & Pistol
Weapon swap
Swap back to scepter and repeat. If the boss will phase before the second half of a Continuum Split pays out, skip the signet in this loop so the rift opens on the Warlock pair of the next one.

Shatters: whenever, by priority

Shatters are not written into the loops because their timers drift with alacrity and clone count. Press them during anything, in this order, always with three clones so Illusionary Reversion refunds one.

1
F2
Any
Rewinder
Rewinder whenever it is off cooldown. Three clones means six confusion and three torment, and its recharge is shortest when it shatters the most.
2
F1
Any
Split Second
Split Second when its second charge is about to return, so a charge is never wasted sitting at two.
3
F3
Any
Time Sink
Time Sink: three torment and the relic proc. Save it for the breakbar when a fight has one.
4
F4
Any
Distortion
Distortion: three torment, and a second of invulnerability if you need it.
5
F1
Any
Split Second
Split Second with a single charge, when nothing above is ready.
6
8
Any
Signet of Midnight
Signet of Midnight only right before Continuum Shift (the shift gives the passive back) and when the boss is about to phase or die. Its blind is two confusion through Ineptitude, but the +180 Expertise passive matters more.
7
7
Any
Mirror Images
Mirror Images to reach three clones for a Rewinder inside Continuum Split, and again right after Continuum Shift for another.

Key concepts

Clones, phantasms, shatters

A clone is a copy of you that autoattacks weakly and exists to be shattered; you hold at most three. A phantasm is a real attacker summoned by a weapon skill that strikes a few times and then turns into a clone. Shatters (the F keys) destroy every clone and do something per clone destroyed. The build's job is to keep three clones available for Rewinder while the phantasms do the hitting.

Why torment and confusion

Torment does 0.09 × Condition Damage + 31.8 per stack per second against a target that is not moving, more than any other condition except burning, and raid bosses mostly stand still. Confusion's passive tick is smaller, but every time the target activates a skill it also takes 0.0325 × Condition Damage + 16 per stack. The golem never activates skills, so the 46,309 benchmark is a floor for confusion; against real bosses the build does more.

Continuum Split, in one sentence

You shatter your clones to open a rift that lasts 3, 4.5 or 6 seconds for one, two or three clones; when it ends, or when you press Continuum Shift, your health, endurance and cooldowns return to what they were when you opened it. Anything you cast inside is therefore free to cast again. The log shows its two casts 68.75 seconds apart: 105 seconds divided by 1.5 for alacrity.

Alacrity is bigger for you

Alacrity normally recharges skills 25% faster. The Chronomancer minor Time Marches On raises that to 50%, so with permanent alacrity every cooldown on this page is two thirds of its listed value: Warlock 8 seconds, Confusing Images 6, weapon swap 6.7. The loops above are built for a squad that provides alacrity; without it the rotation stretches.

Four Warlock volleys per pair

Phantasmal Warlock summons two phantasms, each striking three times for two torment per attack. Chronophantasma makes each phantasm attack a second time at 105% damage before it becomes a clone, and Signet of the Ether's active recharges the skill at once. Warlock, signet, Warlock is therefore eight phantasm attacks, and the opener does it twice through Continuum Split.

The bleeding is a minor trait

Sharper Images gives every illusion 5 seconds of bleeding on each critical hit. Phantasms crit at your 35% plus 25% from Phantasmal Fury plus 15% from Flow of Time, on 12 Warlock strikes and 16 Duelist bullets per cast. In the benchmark log bleeding was 18.7% of all damage, nearly all of it from this trait.

Duration, right at the cap

Condition Duration from expertise and the rune is 74.87%. Sigil of Demons adds 20% to torment (94.87%) and Malicious Sorcery adds 25% to confusion (99.87%). Bonuses stack additively with Condition Duration up to a 100% cap, so Malicious Sorcery is chosen because it lands confusion exactly under the cap; more expertise would be wasted on it.

Relic of Akeem

Whenever you disable a target that already has five or more stacks of confusion or torment, enemies around it take 2 confusion and 2 torment for 10 seconds, once every 10 seconds. Time Sink's daze, Magic Bullet's stun, Chaos Storm's first strike and Signet of Domination's stun are all disables. On this build the target is never below five stacks.

Blind means confusion

Ineptitude turns every blind you apply into 2 stacks of confusion for 5 seconds (once per 3 seconds on a defiant target). Rewinder blinds through Blinding Dissipation, and Counterspell, Magic Bullet, Chaos Armor and Signet of Midnight blind on their own. That is why the Dueling line is here at all.

What each skill is worth

Expected damage of one cast against the heavy raid golem (armor 2597) with 25 might and fury: strike = weapon strength × power × coefficient ÷ armor, crits at 150% with 75.1% chance; conditions = stacks × duration × tick, with 74.87% duration plus any per-condition bonus. Permanent modifiers are included: Compounding Power at five stacks (4.9 average in the benchmark log), Flow of Time with alacrity, and the golem's 25 vulnerability. Time Catches Up, the relic and Ineptitude's 3-second interval are not, so these are floor values. Confusion is counted as its passive tick only, because the golem never activates skills; against a boss that does, every stack also hits for 0.0325 × Condition Damage + 16 each activation.

Skill	Strike	Conditions	Per cast	Cast	Why
Phantasmal Duelist Scepter & Pistol	11,788	54,749	66,537	0.5s · 16s	Your three shots cripple; the phantasm unloads eight bleeding bullets, then does it again.
Phantasmal Warlock Staff	10,523	43,380	53,903	0.75s · 12s	Two Warlocks, each attacking twice thanks to Chronophantasma. Signet of the Ether recharges it instantly, so a staff loop gets two casts back to back.
Confusing Images Scepter & Pistol	10,808	20,576	31,384	2.25s · 9s	A channel. Seven strikes, seven confusion. Shatters are instant so you can still press them during it.
Rewinder (3 clones) Any	1,599	27,492	29,091	0s · 30s	Recharge drops 3 s per clone shattered, so a three-clone Rewinder comes back in 21 s before alacrity. Top of the shatter priority.
Counterspell Scepter & Pistol	203	18,896	19,100	0.5s · 6s	Press 2 twice: Illusionary Counter blocks, but the golem never attacks, so flip straight into Counterspell for five confusion and a clone. It does not reset your auto chain.
Split Second (3 clones) Any	4,520	13,214	17,734	0s · 12s	Two charges from Shatter Storm. The best strike in the build; use a charge whenever the second one is about to come back.
Ether Bolt · Ether Blast · Ether Clone (scepter auto chain) Scepter & Pistol	3,555	13,949	17,504	1.75s	Three torments per chain. The third hit either summons a clone or, if you already have three, adds a 9-second torment instead.
Time Sink (3 clones) Any	0	13,214	13,214	0s · 38s	Daze and slow: 50 defiance damage plus 50 per clone, and a disable for Relic of Akeem. Save it for breakbars when the fight has them.
Distortion (3 clones) Any	0	13,214	13,214	0s · 50s	Invulnerability for you, but the clones still shatter on the target, so it is also three torments. Used on cooldown in the benchmark.
Magic Bullet Scepter & Pistol	406	10,498	10,904	0.5s · 20s	Stuns for 2.5 s: a disable, so Relic of Akeem adds 2 confusion and 2 torment for 10 s if the relic is off cooldown.
Chaos Armor Staff	0	10,498	10,498	0s · 16s	Instant. Cast it inside Continuum Split and again right after Continuum Shift, otherwise on cooldown.
Winds of Chaos Staff	1,341	5,770	7,111	0.75s	The staff auto. Torment on the first hit, confusion when the orb bounces off you and back; 33 casts in the 86-second benchmark.
Chaos Storm Staff	4,425	0	4,425	0.25s · 20s	Random conditions per pulse (poison, chill, weakness) and a daze on the first strike, which is a disable for Relic of Akeem.

Simulator

A discrete-event simulator plays the build against the golem with the wiki's PvE skill facts. First it replays the exact cast sequence from Snow Crows' log and compares its damage with what the log recorded, condition by condition. That is the test of the model. Then it replays the same casts with different gear, so the gear question is answered with the actions held fixed.

Replay of the benchmark log

86 seconds, Snow Crows Condition Chronomancer. Numbers are total damage over the fight.

Source	Simulated	Log	Diff	Avg stacks
Total	3,939,827	3,983,495	-1.10%
Strikes	530,100	587,362	-9.75%
torment	1,771,642	1,752,822	+1.07%	54.6 vs 54.0
confusion	766,410	880,492	-12.96%	42.4 vs 48.7
bleeding	849,688	745,095	+14.04%	39.1 vs 34.3
poison	21,986	17,432	+26.12%	1.0 vs 0.0

Scripted rotation (the loops on this page played by the simulator, no human timing): 41,027 DPS over 109 s, against 46,291 in the log.

Gear search

512 replays: every stat prefix on every piece, 17 runes, 10 sigils in both slots, 8 foods, 6 utilities and the infusion split, by coordinate descent from the Snow Crows set.

Snow Crows gear: 45,784
Best found: 46,900

Utility: Toxic Tuning Crystal → Potent Master Tuning Crystal (+0.20%)
Condition Damage from 3% of Precision and 8% of Expertise
Utility: Potent Master Tuning Crystal → Writ of Masterful Malice (+2.44%)
+200 Condition Damage while above 90% health
Caveat: the golem never hits you; on a real boss it drops out whenever you take damage

Prefix: Viper's on every piece · Rune of the Trapper · Sigils of Demons and Bursting · Cilantro and Cured Meat Flatbread · Writ of Masterful Malice · 15 Malign / 3 Spiteful infusions.

What each single swap from the Snow Crows set would do

Utility

Writ of Masterful Malice+2.44%
Potent Master Tuning Crystal+0.20%
Furious Tuning Crystal-0.73%
Magnanimous Tuning Crystal-1.33%
Toxic Sharpening Stone-2.40%

Food

Plate of Beef Rendang+0.00%
Salsa-Topped Veggie Flatbread-0.16%
Rare Veggie Pizza-0.16%
Spherified Sesame Oyster Soup-1.20%
Bowl of Fancy Potato and Leek Soup-1.57%
Plate of Fire Flank Steak-2.31%
Bowl of Fire Meat Chili-3.91%

Infusions

18 Malign / 0 Spiteful-0.01%
9 Malign / 9 Spiteful-0.16%
0 Malign / 18 Spiteful-0.44%

Sigil

Malice-0.93%
Torment-1.47%
Malice-1.53%
Agony-1.71%
Earth-1.92%
Agony-2.12%
Torment-2.13%
Accuracy-2.19%
Earth-2.35%
Accuracy-2.64%
Force-3.30%
Force-3.82%
Venom-3.87%
Smoldering-3.93%
Venom-4.39%
Smoldering-4.45%

Rune

Nightmare-1.88%
Afflicted-3.35%
Krait-5.24%
Tormenting-5.26%
Berserker-6.00%
Renegade-6.05%
Lich-6.24%
Necromancer-6.54%
Elementalist-7.57%
Weaver-7.70%
Mad King-7.74%
Perplexity-8.40%
Balthazar-9.82%
Undead-9.82%
Scholar-12.30%
Flame Legion-13.47%

Stat prefix (all pieces)

Sinister-11.45%
Trailblazer's-14.10%
Ritualist's-14.10%
Celestial-15.27%
Grieving-15.51%
Rabid-16.79%
Rampager's-18.62%
Seraph-19.73%
Carrion-22.06%
Dire-26.59%
Plaguedoctor's-30.93%
Berserker's-34.93%

Read the swap table as the price of each alternative, not as a recommendation: a negative number is how much the benchmark would lose. Duration bonuses stack additively with Condition Duration up to a 100% cap, which is why rune and sigil swaps that push a condition past the cap buy nothing. Sigil procs on critical hits use the simulator's crit chance and their listed cooldowns. Traits and the rotation are not searched yet; that needs the scripted rotation to match the log more closely than it does.

From the benchmark log

Where the damage actually came from in Snow Crows' 86-second golem log (46,291 DPS), and how often each skill was pressed. This is measured, not modelled.

Torment44.0%
Confusion (passive ticks)22.1%
Bleeding18.7%
Sharper Images and the Duelist
Your strikes9.5%
Split Second 140k, Confusing Images 76k, Winds of Chaos 39k, Rewinder 38k, Chaos Storm 26k
Phantasm strikes5.3%
Warlocks 132k, Duelists 78k
Poison (Chaos Storm)0.4%
Clones0.0%

Casts in 86 seconds

Winds of Chaos33
Split Second16
1Scepter auto chain14
Phantasmal Warlock13
Counterspell11
Rewinder11
Phase Retreat9
Phantasmal Duelist8
⇄Weapon swap8
Chaos Armor7
Confusing Images7
Chaos Storm6
Mirror Images6
Signet of the Ether5
Distortion5
Time Sink4
Magic Bullet4
Continuum Split2
Signet of Midnight2

Source: dps.report/krDk-20260722-154116_golem

Where the stats come from

Superior Rune of the Trapper ×6 · +300 Condition Damage · +15% condition duration
Superior Sigil of Demons (staff; scepter on the other set) · +20% torment duration
Superior Sigil of Bursting (staff; pistol on the other set) · +5% condition damage
Cilantro and Cured Meat Flatbread · +100 Condition Damage, +70 Expertise
15 × Malign and 3 × Spiteful +5 Agony Infusion · +75 Condition Damage, +15 Expertise
Jade Bot Core: Tier 10 · +235 Vitality
Signet of Domination (passive) · +180 Condition Damage
Signet of Midnight (passive) · +180 Expertise
lost for 20 s after each active; 86% uptime in the benchmark log
Toxic Tuning Crystal · +3% of Power and 3% of Precision as Condition Damage
Condition Damage from 3% of Power and 3% of Precision
Compounding Power (Illusions minor) · +5% condition damage · +5% strike damage
+1% strike and +1% condition damage per illusion created, 5 stacks for 8 s; the loop keeps it near 5
Flow of Time (Chronomancer minor) · +15% crit chance
while you have alacrity, for you and your illusions; also 1 s of alacrity per clone shattered
Malicious Sorcery (Illusions grandmaster) · +25% confusion duration
lands confusion at 99.87% duration, just under the 100% cap
Time Marches On (Chronomancer minor)
alacrity recharges your skills 50% faster instead of 25%: every cooldown becomes two thirds of its listed value
Master of Misdirection (Illusions minor)
shatter recharge −15%
Maim the Disillusioned (Illusions master)
every shatter hit inflicts 1 torment for 6 s; a three-clone shatter is three hits
Cry of Pain (Illusions minor)
Rewinder's confusion gains a stack and 33% duration: 2 stacks for 4 s per hit
Sharper Images (Dueling minor)
illusions inflict 5 s of bleeding on every critical hit; this is where almost all of the build's bleeding comes from
Phantasmal Fury (Dueling adept)
phantasms have fury (+25% crit); squad fury already covers you, this covers them
Chronophantasma (Chronomancer grandmaster)
the first time a phantasm would turn into a clone it attacks again at 105% damage
Illusionary Reversion (Chronomancer master)
shattering with 3 clones gives one clone back and 3 s of alacrity
Ineptitude (Dueling grandmaster)
blinding a foe inflicts 2 confusion for 5 s, once per 3 s on a defiant target; Rewinder (via Blinding Dissipation), Counterspell, Magic Bullet, Chaos Armor and Signet of Midnight all blind
Time Catches Up (Chronomancer adept) · +10% strike damage
shatter strikes against movement-impaired foes; the benchmark golem is permanently crippled, chilled and slowed
Relic of Akeem
When you disable an enemy that has 5 or more stacks of confusion or torment, inflict 2 stacks of confusion and 2 stacks of torment for 10 seconds on enemies around it. 10-second cooldown.
Cilantro and Cured Meat Flatbread
+100 Condition Damage, +70 Expertise, 66% chance to steal life on critical hit
Toxic Tuning Crystal
Condition Damage equal to 3% of Power and 3% of Precision

Difficulty: Advanced

Resources tracked4
Clone count (shatter at three), Split Second's two charges, the Continuum Split window, and Signet of the Ether's phantasm reset.
Distinct skills per loop16
Ten weapon skills across two sets, four shatters, Continuum Split and the two signets you press for damage.
Timing windowsTight inside the rift
Continuum Split lasts 3 to 6 seconds depending on clones shattered; two Warlocks, the heal signet and every shatter have to fit. Outside it the loops are relaxed.
ForgivenessGood
Shatters are instant and never interrupt a cast, so a late press costs little. Snow Crows rates it 3 of 5: easy to learn, high mastery curve.

Chosen traits

Dueling: Phantasmal Fury · Blinding Dissipation · Ineptitude
Illusions: Shatter Storm · Maim the Disillusioned · Malicious Sorcery
Chronomancer: Time Catches Up · Illusionary Reversion · Chronophantasma

Condition Chronomancer

Rotation

Before the pull

Opener: the Continuum Split burst

Scepter & Pistol loop

Staff loop

Shatters: whenever, by priority

Key concepts

Clones, phantasms, shatters

Why torment and confusion

Continuum Split, in one sentence

Alacrity is bigger for you

Four Warlock volleys per pair

The bleeding is a minor trait

Duration, right at the cap

Relic of Akeem

Blind means confusion

What each skill is worth

Simulator

Replay of the benchmark log

Gear search

What each single swap from the Snow Crows set would do

From the benchmark log

Where the stats come from

Difficulty: Advanced

Chosen traits

Sources