Chronomatic Anomaly, DPS Guide

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago for patch 7.2 by Virendra. View the change log.

This page covers a DPS-focused strategy for Chronomatic Anomaly in The Nighthold. While it's tailored for DPS, other roles may also find the information useful. If you have any suggestions or feedback, you can leave a comment below or tweet @VirendraDG.

This guide has been updated and maintained based on my own experiences with the fight as well as Dungeon Journal information. I'll continue to update it as-needed.

General Mechanics and Abilities

Normal and Heroic

DPS Strategy

• Run away from the raid when targeted by Time Bomb . Keep in mind you have more time during Slow phases and much less time in Fast phases.
• Kill Waning Time Particles quickly so that tanks can pick up Temporal Rifts to interrupt Power Overwhelming .
• When the group of four Fragmented Time Particles spawn, use AoE stuns to control them while you damage them down. Melee DPS should take caution not to pick up the Temporal Rift. Tab target the Fragmented Time Particle instead of clicking.
• My group used Heroism/Bloodlust/Time Warp to bring down a group of adds during "Fast" time because the increased amount of Warp Nightwell casts could have potentially overwhelmed the raid. My recommendation is use your strong cooldowns when it works best for your raid, whether that's pushing adds or waiting for the damage increase on Chronomatic Anomaly.

Mythic Differences

• All abilities continue from Normal and Heroic, but hit harder.
• Two Waning Time Particles spawn at a time instead of one. They spawn equidistant of the Chronomatic Anomaly and on opposite sides. This means the raid will have to split up to deal with both. An even split is not advised, as pushing both adds below 30% and making Warp Nightwell uninterruptible at the same time can wipe the raid.
• Chronomatic Anomaly cycles through Slow, Normal, and Fast time in a different order than Normal and Heroic.
  • He starts out with Normal but changes to Fast time 35 seconds into the fight.
  • He changes to Slow time after the first Power Overwhelming is interrupted.
  • He changes back to Fast time after the second Power Overwhelming is interrupted.
  • Preferably, the fight will end during this second Fast time.

Mythic DPS Strategy

• Continue dodging Temporal Orbs and Burst of Time .
• When both Waning Time Particles spawn, run to your assigned add and kill it quickly. Interrupt any Warp Nightwell casts.
  • Kill the four Fragmented Time Particles that spawn. Use stuns and interrupts to keep them from also casting Warp Nightwell .
  • Try not to click these adds. Use Tab targeting when able, as it is extremely easy for melee DPS to accidentally pick up the [Temporal Rift] in the middle of the adds. If this happens, do not panic! Prioritize staying alive and listen for instructions on when to interrupt Power Overwhelming .
• Save strong DPS cooldowns for bursting down problematic add spawns. If adds are managed effectively without them, use Heroism/Time Warp/Bloodlust to burn down Chronomatic Anomaly, preferably during Fast Time or during the first 35 seconds of Normal time before anything happens.
• Consider setting up a Weak Aura to tell you when you are affected by Time Bomb and how much time is remaining. Get as far away from the raid as possible before exploding.

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April 30, 2017 - 12:00 am (Nighthold) - Added Mythic Tel'arn video to healer guide.

April 30, 2017 - 12:00 am (Nighthold) - Added better mythic information to the Tel'arn healer guide.

April 11, 2017 - 12:00 am (Nighthold) - Updated healer DBM settings for the first six bosses, added Mythic Aluriel kill video to healer guide.

April 04, 2017 - 12:00 am (Nighthold) - Added mythic kill video to the Tichondrius healer guide and reviewed all information, only minor corrections were needed.

March 24, 2017 - 12:00 am (Nighthold) - Guides reviewed for patch 7.2, no major updates made.

March 13, 2017 - 12:00 am (Nighthold) - Added Mythic kill video to Krosus healer guide.

March 06, 2017 - 12:00 am (Nighthold) - Did a full review of all healer guides. No major changes were made, mostly just wording clarifications.

February 14, 2017 - 12:00 am (Nighthold) - Made final update to Trilliax healer guide and added mythic kill video.

February 12, 2017 - 12:00 am (Nighthold) - Made final updates to the Chronomatic Anomaly healer guide and added the mythic kill video.

February 11, 2017 - 12:00 am (Nighthold) - Added mythic information to Skorpyron and Chronomatic Anomaly DPS guides.