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Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)

Chronomancer Ascendancy Overview and Skills

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The Chronomancer is an ascendancy of the Sorceress class in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) that focuses on bending time to their will. Learn more about the Chronomancer's mechanics, skills, builds, and base class!

Latest Chronomancer Updates

0.3.0 Patch Notes

The Quicksand Hourglass node now grants Sands of Time, which increases Cast Speed and Area of Effect. In addition, Flood of Echoes has been renamed Inevitability, and grants the new Inevitable Agony skill which Curses targets within an area after a short delay.

0.3.0 Full Patch Notes

Chronomancer Ascendancy Skills

All Chronomancer Skills and Passives

# Skill Effect
1 Quicksand Hourglass ・Grants Sands of Time
2 Inevitability ・Grants Skill: Inevitable Agony
3 The Rapid River ・Recoup Effects instead occur over 4 seconds
4 Apex of the Moment ・Enemies in your Presence are Slowed by 20%
5 Footprints in the Sand ・Grants Skill: Temporal Rift
6 Ultimate Command ・Grants Skill: Time Freeze
7 Now and Again ・Skills have 33% chance to not consume a Cooldown when used
8 Unbound Encore ・Grants Skill: Time Snap

Best Chronomancer Ascendancy Skills

Skill Effect
Ultimate Command ・Grants Skill: Time Freeze
Flood of Echoes ・Grants Skill: Unleash

Ultimate Command provides the Chronomancer the Time Freeze skill, which is basically a screenwide crowd control spell that stops enemies in their tracks for three seconds. During this time, you can perform a

When paired with Flood of Echoes, you can buff the next Spell you cast to repeat a second time, doubling the damage potential of the Chronomancer.

Chronomancer Ascendancy Mechanics

Time Manipulation

Chronomancer Ascendancy

Chronomancers weave their abilities with their mastery of time. They can reset their cooldowns, freeze enemies in place, and turn back time to regain their lost health and mana.

All Chronomancer Builds

※ Select the latest patch for the latest builds, but click on the earlier versions if you want to see Legacy builds!

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Focus: Endgame, Crowd Control, Burst Damage, Cold
Arctic Armour Icon Frost Bomb Icon Snap Icon Hypothermia Icon Frost Wall Icon Blasphemy Icon Cast on Freeze Icon Cast on Critical Icon Convalescence Icon Time Freeze Icon Temporal Rift Icon
0.3
Focus: Leveling, Endgame, DoT, Mobbing
Flame Wall Icon Solar Orb Icon Flammability Icon Fireball Icon
0.1

List of Sorceress Builds

Chronomancer Base Class

Ascends from Sorceress

Start as a Sorceress and complete an Ascension Trial to ascend into a Chronomancer. Completing an Ascension Trial will also give you the option to ascend into a Storm Weaver.

Sorceress Class Overview and Ascendancies

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