Chronophantasma

The first time a phantasm would become a clone, it instead resummons itself and attacks again. Resummoned phantasms inflict a percentage of the original's damage. (Resummoned phantasms are briefly dazed.) — In-game description

Chronophantasma

Specialization

Chronomancer (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Chronophantasma

The first time a phantasm would become a clone, it instead resummons itself and attacks again. Resummoned phantasms inflict a percentage of the original's damage.
(Resummoned phantasms are briefly dazed.)

 Percent: 115%

 Percent: 50%

 Daze: 0.25¼ seconds

 Daze: 10.5½ seconds

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Applies  Chronophantasma to the phantasm.
• Effects that trigger on phantasms becoming clones (such as  Persistence of Memory) will trigger both when the phantasm resummons itself, and when the second one eventually becomes a clone.
• Effects that trigger upon summoning a phantasm will also trigger on the second phantasm ( Phantasmal Haste,  Illusionary Inspiration, etc.)

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Phantasmal Duelist — Pistol
•   Phantasmal Swordsman — Sword
•   Phantasmal Warden — Focus
•   Phantasmal Mage — Torch
•   Phantasmal Berserker — Greatsword
•   Phantasmal Sharpshooter — Rifle
•   Phantasmal Warlock — Staff
•   Phantasmal Mariner — Spear
•   Phantasmal Lancer — Spear
•   Phantasmal Whaler — Trident
•   Echo of Memory — Shield
•   Deja Vu — Shield

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Phantasmal Defender — Phantasm
•   Phantasmal Disenchanter — Phantasm

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Domination

• Illusion of Vulnerability — Inflict vulnerability when you interrupt a foe. This trait can only affect enemies with defiance bars once per interval.
• Dazzling — Dazing or stunning a foe also applies vulnerability.
• Furious Interruption — Gain quickness when you interrupt a foe.
• Vicious Expression — You and your illusions deal increased strike damage to foes without boons. Disabling a foe removes boons from them. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Power Block — Interrupts deal damage and inflict weakness while granting you a damage increase This trait can only damage enemies with defiance bars once per interval.

Dueling

• Duelist's Discipline — Pistol attacks from you and your illusions have a chance to cause bleeding. Interrupting a foe recharges pistol skills. This trait can only reduce recharge on enemies with defiance bars once per interval.
• Superiority Complex — Your critical hits deal more damage. Critical hit damage against disabled foes, or foes below the health threshold, is further increased. Disabled foes are affected by stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, taunt, or launch.
• Ineptitude — Interrupting a foe inflicts blind, and blinding a foe inflicts confusion. This trait can only activate on enemies with defiance bars once per interval.

Chaos

• Chaotic Interruption — When you interrupt a foe, recharge one of your equipped-weapon skills at random. Only affects weapon skills that are recharging.

Chronomancer

• Delayed Reactions — Disabling a foe slows them. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear. This trait can only affect the same enemy with once per interval.

Traits that are improved by this trait

Domination

• Bountiful Blades — Improves greatsword skills. Mirror Blade bounces additional times, and Phantasmal Berserker summons an additional berserker and deals less damage.

Inspiration

• Sympathetic Visage — Phantasms take your conditions from you when summoned.
• Illusionary Inspiration — Increase healing to other allies. Summoning an illusion heals all allies around you. Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade.

Illusions

• Persistence of Memory — When a phantasm becomes a clone, it transfers its boons to you.
• Compounding Power — Creating an illusion increases your outgoing damage and condition damage for a short duration. Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade.
• Phantasmal Haste — Phantasms spawn with quickness. Gain quickness when you create a phantasm.
• Phantasmal Force — Phantasms deal increased strike damage for each stack of might you have. Gain might when your phantasms become clones.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 15, 2025	Increased the phantasm damage modifier from 100% to 115% in PvE only.
May 02, 2023	Reduced daze duration from 1.5 seconds to 0.25 seconds in PvE only.
November 29, 2022	Increased resummoned phantasm damage from 75% to 100% in PvE only.
May 11, 2021	Resummoned phantasm damage is now 75% in PvE only.
July 28, 2020	Fixed a bug that could cause this trait to daze resummoned phantasms more than once.
July 07, 2020	Icons for daze and stun are now displayed in light purple in skill and trait tooltips.
May 08, 2018	Resummoned phantasms now do 50% less damage in PvP and WvW.
February 06, 2018	This trait now causes phantasms to resummon themselves after the first time they would normally be replaced with a clone. A phantasm that resummons itself will not create a clone.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Chronophantasma has been added to the game.

Trivia

• The name of this trait is likely a reference to the fighting game BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma.