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Vampiric Shroud
Shoes
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
Shoes of Focus
Chronos' Pendant
Rod of Tahuti
Polynomicon
Divine Ruin
Void Stone
Wall of Absolution
Demonic Grip
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Hello, and welcome to my third guide here on smitefire! This guide, as I'm sure you've seen already, is for the Keeper of Time  Chronos.Chronos' role in SMITE is a mage meaning that magic power, magic penetration, and cooldown reduction. He is a very versatile god that possesses numerous abilities that make him an excellent solo laner, a phenomenal duo laner, and even a fantastic mid (potentially a jungler, still working on that aspect of Chronos)! This guide will focus, predominantly, on the time aspect of Chronos and cooldown reduction. Before I delve into the wonder that is Chronos, everything in this guide is subject to change in following patches/hotfixes and based on player preference. Please leave comments and questions that you have about Chronos! |
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Pros:-Can clear lanes with the use of his Stop Time ability.-High sustainability due to his passive,  Wheel of Time, and Accelerate which has numerous ways to keep him sustained or deal damage.-His ulitimate, Rewind, is a situation changer and can mean the difference between life and death in any fight be it 1v1 or team fights. |
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Cons:-You have to be pretty decent at leading with some of his abilities such as his Time Rift and Stop Time.-The timing on Accelerate to get what you want out of Wheel of Time can be a bit tricky; keep it level headed in the heat of the moment.- Rewind his a momentary charge up before you start zigzagging everywhere; timing and location are key.
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Wheel of Time|
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Chronos' passive is called Wheel of Time and the wheel is in constant motion. Of course, this constant motion has no real application without using Accelerate which, depending on when Accelerate is activated, has one of four benefits and they are as follows: I: +20% magical lifesteal. This is beneficial when fighting minions and other NPC mobs; it may also be beneficial with some more magical lifesteal against enemy gods. II: 75% mana refund after using abilities. This section of the wheel is what give his insane sustainability when solo laning or midding as it give 75% of the mana that Chronos used when using an ability back to him; this keeps his mana high when using his abilities. III: +20% magic power. Just a short lived buff that gives his abilities a little be more sting on contact. IV: +35% magic power contribution to basic attacks. This section is amazing when it comes to securing a kill as your basic attacks hit much harder; because of the way the effect is activated, Chronos is able to chase down enemies and hit them with his gears of justice over and over again without losing steam. |
Time Rift Time Rift and it is his main source of "single" target damage. The damage that this ability deals scales as follows: 80/125/170/215/260 (+85% of Chronos' magic power). What really makes this ability shine i the 5 second cooldown which means that it can be used very frequently; if Chronos is building cooldown reduction, it will seem as if this ability is never on cooldown. This ability is certainly one that needs to be led should Chronos be attempting to kill a fleeing enemy or attack an oncoming one.
Accelerate Accelerate which, as the ability's name suggests, causes Chronos to move 10%/15%/20%/25%/30% faster (per point in it) and, as previously mentioned in this guide, activates his passive, Wheel of Time. The effects of Wheel of Time are listed in the Wheel of Time section above. Both the movement speed increase and buff last for 8 seconds.
Stop Time Stop Time and serves as his only crowd control ability as well as his quickest means of clearing minion waves. The crowd control aspect of this ability it the "slow to a stop" which is not a set slow but it will inevitably lead to the enemy(ies) being stopped by the 1 second stun that flows the slow. In addition to slow/stunning the enemy, it deals 30/50/70/90/110 (+40% of Chronos' magic power) not once, but twice.
Rewind Rewind and is one of, if not the, most interesting ability in the game. Upon activation (plus a short charge up animation), Chronos is propelled backwards through time to where he was eight seconds ago. His health and mana are reset to where they were at that instance in addition to all his cooldowns, with the exception of Rewind, are reset.
As the title of this build suggestions, this build is going to focus on Cooldown Reduction in addition to pushing out some decent damage by increasing his magic power. The core items of the build are as follows:
Vampiric Shroud as it gives a boost to your initial magic power (20 magic power) as well as granting you 10 HP and 10 Mana each time you kill an enemy (including minions). In addition to Vampiric Shroud, buy Shoes as it gives you +20 magic power and a small increase to your movement speed. A Health Potion and Mana Potion would be useful should either your health or mana drop low. Shoes of Focus for the 15% Cooldown Reduction as well as the +50 magic power, 21% movement speed increase, and 250 mana increase. What god would be completely without the item they inspired? The next choice for this cooldown reduction build is Chronos' Pendant for the 25% Cooldown Reduction, 25 Mana per 5 second, and +50 magic power. The key to any magic damage build is Rod of Tahuti; this build is no different as Rod of Tahuti give +125 magic power, 15 MP5, and +25% magic power. To finish out the core aspect of the Keeper of Time build, purchase Polynomicon as it causes the next basic attack that Chronos uses after using an ability to do increased damage (+100% of Chronos' magic power) in addition to granting +75 magic power, 10% magic lifesteal, and 300 mana. Because of the way that Polynomicon works, it is best used by using Accelerate when the Wheel of Time is on its fourth section (+35% magic power contribution to basic attacks) as it causes the first basic attack after the ability is used to decimate the enemy's health. Divine Ruin: Counter gods with healing abilities (i.e. 
Aphrodite, 
Kali, 
Hercules, 
Hel). Divine Ruin reduces any healing and regeneration done to an enemy hit by Chronos' abilities as well as giving Chronos +50 magic power, 15% magic lifesteal, and 150 mana. Void Stone: Laning against a magic power based tank (i.e. 
Ymir, 
Sobek, 
Athena, etc.) as it reduces magic protection by 25. as well as granting Chronos magic protection and +50 magic power. Wall of Absolution: Laning against a physical god (i.e. 
Odin, 
Anhur, 
Ne Zha, etc.) as it increases Chronos' physical protection by 60 as well as an additional 15 when hit by a basic attack (max. 3). It also grant Chronos +30 magic power and 15 MP5. Demonic Grip: Laning against tanks or tanky built gods. This item grants +30 magic power and 25% attack speed increase as well as reducing any enemy hit by Chronos' attacks magic protection by 7% and an additional 5 (max. 3).
Not always a necessity but always nice to have, actives can mean the difference between life and death or the difference between securing a kill or letting it slip away. Here are some recommended active effects for Chronos:
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Aegis Amulet: Makes Chronos immune to any and all damage for 2 seconds as well as reducing damage taken by 20% for 4 seconds. This is a fantastic counter to the ultimates of 
Freya, 
Neith, Ymir, etc. because of the immunity; however, timing is everything so use it wisely.
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Purification Beads: Makes Chronos immune to all crowd control for 3 seconds as well as reducing all cooldowns by 5 seconds. Use this to counter the ultimates of Ymir, 
Ares, 
Fenrir, Ne Zha, etc.
-Meditation: This gives Chronos insane amounts of sustainability as it returns 75% of Chronos' mana, gives Chronos 45 MP5 for 60 seconds, and returns 30% of his missing health.
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Girdle of Might/
Girdle of Inner Power: Girdle of Might is used in team fights and Girdle of Inner Power if solo laning or midding. Both grant Chronos +60 magic power and +15% magic power as well as 10% magic penetration for 5 ( Girdle of Might) and 10 ( Girdle of Inner Power) seconds respectively.
Assuming that Chronos isn't solo laning or midding, it is best to pair him with a tank or some kind of brawler/bruiser. Here are some gods that Chronos could potentially work well with:
Frost Breath and 
Ice Wall) paired with Chronos' Stop Time will keep the enemy exactly where the duo wants them to be provided that the enemy makes a false move and comes too close. In addition to being able to lock enemy gods down, Chronos' Stop Time will easily wipe minion waves from the lane with a little help from Ymir's 
Glacial Strike. Frost Breath and follow it up with 
Shards of Ice provided that he lands the freeze. Right as Ymir freezes the enemy, Chronos should send a Stop Time flying at the frozen enemy to prolong the stun. By this point, Ymir's Shards of Ice should have detonated and either killed the enemy or at least dropped the enemy's health enough for Chronos to mop up what's left of the poor enemy. Should the enemy be fleeing, have Ymir toss up a pro Ice Wall to cut off the retreating enemy; the enemy should be caught off guard by this which will give Chronos time to throw a Time Rift at their feet; possibly killing the enemy. Should all this fail, Chronos can use Accelerate (section IV of Wheel of Time) to beat the enemy to death with the gears of time. Aegis Amulet and/or Purification Beads.
Tectonic Rift should give Chronos enough time to use his Stop Time to keep the enemy locked in place. What sets this composition apart from that of the Ymir-Chronos composition is that both Thor and Chronos are damage dealers and will decimate enemies without the use of ultimates (of course, Thor's ultimate, 
Anvil of Dawn can be used to initiate or to secure a kill). Both Thor's 
Mjolnir's Attunement and Chronos' Stop Time can clear a minion wave in the blink of an eye; in addition to this, both Thor's 
Berserker Barrage and Chronos' Time Rift will decimate an enemy's health bar given the opportunity to get both abilities off.Just a few brief reminders before you go out there and play this God among gods:
-Timing is everything when it comes to Chronos so be mindful of what section Wheel of Time is on when using Accelerate.
-You are squishy, so if you tower dive, keep a close eye on your health when you're doing it and have your eject Rewind always at the ready to get out of a hairy situation.
- Rewind has a charge up animation and you can still be killed in it; use with care.
-Don't over lead your abilities like Time Rift and Stop Time; there's no need to waste a cooldown.
-This is the most important one: Have fun while you play the game, don't be negative. It's a game!
Soon to come!
-7/11/2013: Guide published.
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