Passive:
Wheel of Time - So this is your Passive, if you lock in
Accelerate it will give you a Buff, depending on the Section you locked in. This is what makes
Chronos so versatile. Do you need 1,5% HP per Second (That matches almost a Health potion at any time), are you getting out of Mana soon and you need to go back but you cant?, do you want to just harass your enemy and then get out? Or are you going all in and let your Auto Attacks do the work with
Polynomicon /
Demonic Grip after all your abilities are on CD? This passive is amazing, it has almost everything, Sustain, Farm, Burst, sustained Damage .. AMAZING !, remember that Magic-power enhanced attacks (Section 4) benefits from Magical Lifesteal.
Skill Order:
Rewind - Simply always put a point in if available, exception would be if your
Rewind is on a longer Cooldown, put then a Point into either your
Time Rift or
Accelerate, this will give you more damage while your
Rewind is on Cooldown, putting a point in
Rewind gives you nothing except a lower Cooldown, as soon as
Rewind comes off CD you will most likely be already one level up and be able to put the missing Point in to it.
Rewind is what makes
Chronos the squishiest but most survivable Mage in the Game. You have a 150% speed steroid with no penalty while Auto Attacking, a second life depending on the situation, an AoE Slow + CC & a good nuke on your 1.
Time Rift - I max this first , simply because it has a 5 Second Cooldown and the Damage/Harass is overall better then
Stop Time's/
Accelerate. Keep in mind that the safest way to land
Time Rift is in combination with
Stop Time. The downside is, after casting it, it needs about half a second to actually trigger the damage, overall its hard to land it on moving targets.
Accelerate - I level this ability second, simply because it gives you so much Mobility. This ability is awesome in combination with
Polynomicon. You wont get any Movement speed Penalty for auto attacking, in addition you even gain +20% Initial Movement Speed on activation and another 10%/15%/20%/25%/30% Movement Speed over time, we're not done yet, you also get 20%/25%/30%/35%/40% Attack Speed which is why
Chronos synergies so well with
Polynomicon and
Demonic Grip as well as his overall Kit.
The common Combo is stunning your enemy first with
Stop Time and going for a
Time Rift, after that activate your
Accelerate with Section 4 (35% Magical Power on Basic Attacks) and chase him down. In a escaping Scenario simply Stun him and escape with
Accelerate right after that.
Stop Time - I level up
Stop Time last, simply because you wont burst anyone down in the early levels, the sustained Damage and Mobility from
Accelerate is more important then a bit more Initial Damage (As longer a fight lasts, the more
Accelerate will be a better choice to max it over
Stop Time) . Keep in mind that
Stop Time doesnt Stun instantly, it first Slows and about 0.5 Seconds later Stuns the target!, always remember to use
Time Rift right after you stunned your opponent, you can also follow this up with
Accelerate [S3] or [S4] to chase & finish your Enemy off.


Using Combo's Effectively:
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Simply harass him with Time Rift, keep in mind that you can choose between [S1], [S2], [S3] and [S4], i recommend you to use either [S2] or [S3] for harassing with Rift of Time
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Engage with Stop Time go for a Time Rift, keep going with Accelerate [S4] and finish him off with another Time Rift. If hes not yet dead but almost, dont be scared to tower dive if Rewind is up, but keep in mind that the enemy Jungler *seriousness off* THAHAHAHAHAJJAJAA DO THEY EVEN EXIST ANYMORE XD *seriousness on* can be around and he will most likely gank you!, therefore, if you really want to play aggressive, buy Wards.
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This is for a Scenario where you're most likely dead, simply use Rewind and either fight against him (If you're having enough HP after rewinding) or back off by stunning him with Stop Time and escaping with Accelerate
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I want a opinion, would Book of Thoth be better than Warlock Sash? Because it gives you some mana, magic power, additional mana and magic power based on mana.
And about spear of magus, I don't know if its viable, because u have to cast 2 abbilities to make it worth, and another within 5 seconds, so u have to make that time rift hit the target right after the cooldown. I liked your guide, gave me some more thoughts about my build and playstyle. Nice Job! (VVGN) xD
Build wise I just have a couple comments:
-To be completely honest Chronos's early game farming abilities kind of suck, whenever I play him against Ra/Poseidon/Ao Kuang/Isis/Anubis I get out farmed pretty easily. This makes it much harder to get last hits and stack up Warlock's Sash which is an item that definitely isn't worth it until it's fully stacked up. This item essentially weakens Chronos's laning phase. I personally like to play a more aggressive laning phase and then if I need the extra health mid-late game I will go for the sash.
-Polynomicon/Bancroft's Talon are definitely core items to have any kill potential with Chronos.
-Spear of the Magus is better than Obsidian Shard on Chronos because of the 3/1 combo.
Also you should try to put in more content and less imagery, it does give a nice touch but I think we all know what Chronos looks like... yah.
I think I've got my build down. Boots of the Magi, Demonic Grip, Demonic Grip, Demonic Grip, Rod of Tahuti, Spear of the Magus.
am i doin it rite? :D
Love the picture diagrams, though!
This was not meant to be like this :P Its just a choice ^^, by that i mean, you could grab Voidstone as your 2nd Item, Demonic Grip as 3rd and Poly as 4th ^^
You could also go for Demonic Grip 2nd, Voidstone 3rd, Poly 4th, its just a choice you can make :P
Very Informative Guide !
Even if you made some spelling mistakes though.
awesome Guide, nice looking ! +1
Keep it up (:
Thanks !
Its really hard for Guides to really get going until they get Votes, spread the word! =)
Even if you made some spelling mistakes though.
awesome Guide, nice looking ! +1
Keep it up (:
am i doin it rite? :D
Love the picture diagrams, though!