Continuum Split

Destroy all your clones and create a rift in the space-time continuum. When it expires, you will revert back to your original point with your previous health, endurance, and skill recharges. Duration increases with each illusion shattered. This skill's recharge cannot be reset by other mesmer skills. — In-game description

Continuum Split

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Specialization

Chronomancer

Slot

Profession mechanic

Type

Shatter

Sequence

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Game link

API

29830

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105

120

 

Continuum Split

Destroy all your clones and create a rift in the space-time continuum. When it expires, you will revert back to your original point with your previous health, endurance, and skill recharges. Duration increases with each illusion shattered.
This skill's recharge cannot be reset by other mesmer skills.

 Number of Targets: 1

 0 Clones: 10.5½ seconds

 0 Clones: 1 second

 1 Clone: 3 seconds

 1 Clone: 2 seconds

 2 Clones: 40.5½ seconds

 2 Clones: 3 seconds

 3 Clones: 6 seconds

 3 Clones: 4 seconds

 Radius: 240

 Prevents Capture-Point Contribution

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Mechanics

Bugs:

• In some instances of Continuum Rift being created and entering downstate at the same time, the rift ending will reset your health in down state to the amount just before entering.
• Skills that are on cooldown before entering Continuum Split but come off cooldown and are cast inside can cancel if Continuum Split ends during the cast.

• This skill creates a Continuum Rift on the mesmer's location when used. Should this rift be destroyed, the mesmer loses the ability to go back and prevents used skills from being refreshed. This rift has around 3k hp per illusion shattered, or around 9k maximum, and is considered a structure, thereby making it not susceptible to critical strikes.
• Any skill used inside Continuum Split will have its recharge reset at the end of the Split, this includes trait cooldowns like Medic's Feedback and racial skills.
  • There are certain exceptions like Mimic, or Protect.
• This skill applies the  Time Anchored effect to the character's skill bar.
• If the chronomancer receives a lethal blow while being in the continuum rift, they will immediately revert back in time.
  • If that same lethal attack also hits and destroys the Continuum Rift, the mesmer will not revert back in time, and will instead enter downed state.
• Like all shatters, Continuum Split has no cast time and can be used in the middle of other actions. For this reason, Continuum Split is best used at the end of the casting time of a skill.
• Skills must fully finish their casting animation inside Continuum Split in order to have their cooldown reset at the end of the Split. Several skills have relatively long aftercast delay after they have already been cast, like Timewarp or Blurred Frenzy, but don't start recharging until after that animation finishes, which can make it harder to fit them inside a Continuum Split. Casting any other skill right after, such as an auto attack, will interrupt that long animation lock, effectively shortening the casting time for those skills and making it easier to fit them inside Continuum Split. This is commonly known as animation cancelling.

Related traits

Domination

• Rending Shatter — Shatter skills inflict vulnerability on hit.
• Shattered Concentration — Shatter skills also remove a boon on hit.

Chaos

• Illusionary Defense — Grant protection to nearby allies when you use a Shatter skill.
• Bountiful Disillusionment — Gain stability when you use a Shatter skill. Grant an additional boon to nearby allies based on which Shatter is used.

Inspiration

• Restorative Illusions — Heal and cleanse conditions from yourself and nearby allies when you use a Shatter skill.

Illusions

• Maim the Disillusioned — Shatter skills inflict torment on hit.
• Master of Misdirection — Shatter skills gain recharge reduction.
• Master of Fragmentation — Your Shatter skills are improved.

Chronomancer

• Time Catches Up — Activating a Shatter gives your illusions superspeed. Shatters deal increased damage to movement-impaired foes.
• Flow of Time — Gain alacrity for each clone you shatter.
• Illusionary Reversion — Shatter skills generate a clone if you have enough clones present.
• Seize the Moment — You and nearby allies gain quickness for each clone you shatter. Grant quickness to nearby allies when you summon a phantasm.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 21, 2024	Increased the cooldown from 105 seconds to 120 seconds in PvP only.
November 29, 2022	Reduced duration from 1.5/3/4.5/6 to 1/2/3/4 in PvP only.
October 05, 2022	Fixed an issue in which this skill would not switch to Continuum Shift.
October 04, 2022	This skill has been moved to slot 5 of the profession mechanic bar. Distortion is now accessible in slot 4.
July 07, 2020	Chronomancer shatter skills can now be activated without clones, and the shatter effect also occurs at the mesmer's location. This skill has a 1.5-second duration with no clones. 1.5 seconds is added per clone shattered. This skill no longer grants distortion.
August 13, 2019	Fixed an issue that could cause a small delay between activating this skill and its effects occurring.
July 16, 2019	This skill now replaces distortion in the F4 slot instead of taking the F5 slot. Additionally, it applies 1 second of distortion when cast. Duration has been rescaled based on the number of clones to 3/4.5/6 seconds. This skill now specifies that it cannot be reset by other mesmer skills.
December 11, 2018	Fixed a bug in which the rift object that is created by this skill could fail to be destroyed when the the "resign" command (/resign, /gg, /surrender, /forfeit/, /qq, /ff) was used.
May 08, 2018	The cooldown of this skill is no longer split between game modes and will now use the higher 105-second cooldown in all modes.
February 06, 2018	Shatter Skills: These skills now only shatter clones. Descriptions have been updated to reflect their new functionality.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Fixed a bug that could cause this skill to go on a longer-than-expected recharge when traited with Master of Misdirection.
May 16, 2017	The cooldown of this skill has been increased from 90 seconds to 105 seconds in PvP only.
February 24, 2017	Fixed a bug that caused Continuum Rift to not be properly destroyed when using Continuum Shift.
February 22, 2017	This ability will now have the correct cooldown when expiring naturally.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Continuum Split has been added to the game.

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