[Nevermind i've discovered its true value] Chronomancer Time Freeze - underwhelming

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Direfell#7544 schrieb:

The chronomancers "time freeze" makes enemies stop moving/attacking, but any mods that have affects that go off on regular intervals continue ticking. Lightning bolts, volatile cores, periodic elemental explosions in close range, etc. all stay active while 'time is frozen'.

-This skill takes 4 ascendancy points to get.
-Has a 1 minute cooldown.
-Does the same thing stun/freeze would do but without being able to benefit from mechanics like climate change / ice bit / extra damage to stunned enemies, etc.
-Does zero damage.
-Has huge diminishing returns on its affects if doubled up with second wind / time snap.
-without investing in a fair amount of +aoe size enemies at mid range wont be frozen (expanse cannot support it).
-takes 0.7s to cast and lasts only 3 seconds.

It's not useless, but it doesn't help much either. The few times it's saved my characters life was when being swarmed by enemies my stun charm would allow me to get the 0.7 cast time off. At which point i was still body-blocked in by mobs and had 2-3 seconds to fix the situation.


*Have a suggestion for temporal rift as well. I think it would be better to leave after images based on distance travelled rather every 0.25s. It's best use is to get away from where the character currently is. But movement slows down a lot when fighting tough enemies, so unless im using flicker strike temporal rift tends to move me from infront of the enemy to in front of the enemy but slightly to the left.

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MadSheo#0280 schrieb:

Tell me you can't play the game without telling me

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suniskilled#1140 schrieb:

It's not oriented to the play style you are lookinflooking for, just play other thing.

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Direfell#7544 schrieb:

Maybe there's some mechanics im not understanding about it in which case I'd like to hear them.

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Axterix13#5693 schrieb:

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Direfell#7544 schrieb:

Maybe there's some mechanics im not understanding about it in which case I'd like to hear them.

It's pretty simple: do stuff that boosts the duration. It turns the mobs, including uniques, into a practice dummy for you to unleash on, no risk.

Now, for trash mobs, not worth using as much, as you can just them with Temporal Chains and get pretty much the same benefit, at lower investment, less hassle. But against big nasties, it is definitely one of the more powerful abilities in the game. And if/when top end DPS gets balanced, it'll only grow in power. 10+ seconds to stand in whatever buffs you've placed and just unleash?

But, currently, offense is way out of whack, so that's what people focus on, especially when said offense is good in all situations.