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Shoes of Focus
Demonic Grip
Rod of Tahuti
Fatalis
Polynomicon
Wall of Absolution
Focused Void Stone
Warlock's Staff
Bancroft's Talon
Obsidian Shard
Gem of Binding
Breastplate of Valor
Magi's Cloak
Hello All! Welcome to my 
Chronos Guide!
I've had a lot of success with Chronos since his launch and thought I would share what I've learned. Chronos currently scales very strongly with Items. His late game is very powerful and in the right hands his early game can be good too.
This guide focuses on Movement Speed and Attack Speed along with Magical Power and Magical Lifesteal. By late game, you will be VERY fast and deadly when unleashing 
Accelerate during the 
Wheel of Time Phase 4. This guide will walk you through how to use certain skills as well as which items to buy, depending on the enemy team's composition, and when.
If you enjoy strong Mobility, Skill Shots, and Mages, this build is for you!
Note: THERE IS NO ONE BEST BUILD. Everything in this game is situational based on team compositions and enemy decisions. I don't understand other Builds that don't tell you how to react to your enemies. This is why I've included a 4 Item Core along with 2 Situational Items and how to choose which. Please Comment and +1 if you agree! Thanks!
"This is the best guide on here for chronos, all the others are incorrect and will never have a strong enough late game.
I kinda don't want people to know about this fatalis build honestly, it's too strong."
PROS:
Chronos is when fully built, NOT his overall potential throughout a game. This MOTD was perfect to show what this build is capable of during late game.
Chronos in team fights. Fatalis)
THE WHEEL OF TIME
TIME RIFT (#1)
Stop Time or when trying to poke at enemies beyond minions.
ACCELERATE (#2) Wheel of Time. You receive a Movement and Attack Speed buff in addition to the Wheel of Time effects. Effects last 8 seconds. Each has uses depending on your situation:
Wheel of Time, though I believe it's underrated. Even though this build completely focuses on Phase 4, Phase 3 can be better earlier on, before Attack Speed gear is been obtained. If you are simply poking at Enemy Gods using 
Time Rift or Stop Time, Phase 3 is the way to go. Accelerate only improves the Attack Speed and Movement Speed bonus. All of the Wheel of Time effects stay the same. Therefore, I don't level Accelerate until I obtain the items necessary for Auto-Attacking enemy gods successfully (Items #3+), roughly Level 15.
STOP TIME (#3)
REWIND (#4)
Chronos as he depends greatly on Accelerate during EVERY fight to be successful. Shoes of Focus is an easy first choice. The only time I choose 
Shoes of the Magi are if I know I might want to buy a Breastplate of Valor later on.
warlock's sash Polynomicon: This is your most common choice. If the enemy team has a balanced Magical/Physical composition, this is what you want. It brings huge damage to the table when used correctly. The Lifesteal will also be very effective later on. Wall of Absolution: Choose this if you're laned against both Physical damage gods AND if the enemy's Mid is Physical. In Arena if at least 4 enemies are Physical Focused Void Stone: Choose this if you're laned against both Magical damage gods AND if the enemy's Mid is Magical. In Arena if at least 4 enemies are Magical.
Chronos' style of play. Get it for #3.
Accelerate phase 4, you will now begin to fly as well.
magi's blessing
Bancroft's Talon: This is your most common choice. If the enemy team has a balanced Magical/Physical composition AND they have NOT focused on Defense, this is what you want. It will add more damage than most items if you enemies haven't focused on Defenses. The extra Lifesteal is going to have a powerful effect on your Accelerate phase 4 as well. Obsidian Shard: If your enemies have focused on Defenses this is your best choice. The more they've dumped into Defenses, the better choice this becomes. Gem of Binding: This is great for focusing an enemy during a team fight. They won't be able to get away from anyone. If you're looking for a way to get Chronos to contribute to team fights, this is it. Breastplate of Valor: If at there are 4+ Physical damage gods on the enemy team, this is a good choice. If you're feeling confident though, go with one of the first 3 items.
Ethereal Staff: If you chose warlock's sash as your second item, this can complement it well. You'll gain lots of Health, but gain some Magical Power at the same time. Choose this if you want a balanced increase to Survivability, Damage, and Sustain.The purpose of this section is to figure out the fastest way to maximize Chronos' DPS with Items.
Accelerate / Stop Time / Time Rift - As soon as Accelerate ends (8 seconds), the cycle is over. This is performed each during Phase 3 and 4 of the Wheel of Time to find out which is superior in each situation. Shoes of Focus), I began comparing Items at Item #2. Gem of Binding: (6th)
Focused Void Stone: (5th)
Focused Void Stone actually provides some good Ability Damage, but doesn't boost Auto-Attacks enough to make up for it. If you're playing against Magic Gods with Defenses though, it's still a great choice. Bancroft's Talon: (2nd place Tie)
Bancroft's Talon actually has the greatest Ability Damage (behind Tahuti), even though it's overall Value isn't is great as the winner. This can be valuable in the early game though, so don't count it out as an option. Lifesteal, and Increased Damage with Lost health must also be considered. Rod of Tahuti: (2nd place Tie)
Rod of Tahuti provides the greatest increase in Ability Damage and Overall DPS, it's cost brings it just short of winning in terms of Gold Value. Demonic Grip: (2nd place Tie)
Demonic Grip to 2nd place. Polynomicon: (1st Place)
Polynomicon wins best Value IF you can play it well. Well spaced ability use is a must to land each of it's passive effects. The 300 mana is also great to have early game. If you don't think you can land it's passive effect well, choose one of the 2nd place Items. Accelerate during phase 1 and 2 for stronger sustain. Accelerate phase 2, then Stop Time across the wave, and finish with Time Rift on the Archers. You can't target the entire wave with Time Rift unless a Tank pulls them together, so make it count. Archers die the quickest and deal the most damage. Time Rift and Stop Time will be your main damage dealers at this point. If you need burst, use Accelerate phase 3 in conjunction with them. Time Rift when able and high on mana. Accelerate phase 4 to unleash high damage against enemy gods. Time Rift will start clearing minions very effectively. Polynomicon, you'll need to be careful spacing out your skills to get the most of out it. It's very powerful when used correctly, but can limit how you use skills. Fatalis, activating Accelerate will allow you to Auto-Attack while moving backwards faster than your opponents can charge you. This is very effective with phase 4 Wheel of Time. Accelerate phase 4, charge them, Stop Time, and then finish them with Basic Attacks. If they survive and get out of Auto-Attack range, use Time Rift to attempt to finish. Chronos, you will really understand his Late Game power. Accelerate only. Stop Time is your second focus, than 
Rewind. Time Rift I mainly find useful for minions. Accelerate Phase 4 to take down enemies like an Assassin.Future Plans
Chronos Side lane". Accelerate phase 4) Gem of Binding as an option, from new patch.Please only polite, constructive comments. If you having any advice or would like to request a specific section, please do! Thanks!
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For the item order I go boots > poly > rod > fatalis > grip > survival situational. The boot you get are both equally viable the pen boots are perfect for earlygame snowballing which is what I prefer. However the cd boots are better sustained damage if you don't like the hit and run thing. The reason I go poly > rod is for the crazy burst it gives from lvl 8 > 14. If you don't at least have poly your damage is trash until you do as your autos are only hitting for 60s with your wheel on 4 and a grip. However with a rod and poly your procs hit for 300~ along with all the added magical damage.
The reason I hate the gem on chronos is simple it lowers YOUR maneuverability. Allow me to explain as its probably not that obvious if you don't realize reasons you have died. When you are chasing someone, you are so fast you will not lose ground when attacking them so they should not be escaping. However more often then not their teammates are chasing you. If you are slowing your target, you are essentially slowing yourself this is bad form and can get you killed. The same applies when you are running while backpedaling. If you slow them they will get out of your auto range, which lowers your damage unless you stop running as fast. This allows more of the enemy chasers(with probable stuns/gap closers) to catch up. Unless you stop attacking all together to lose the fatalis stacks which is equally bad.
The other things you should mention is that chronos has some of the most brutal ganks due to the utility of his ult and the massive stun range. For example you are yanking a side lane and you come in from the entrance infront of their tower while they are at yours. You run at them while activating wheel 4 then 3 > auto > 1 then q couple more autos. They will waste their **** on you as you ult not only getting all your CDs and hp back, but you also position yourself infront of their escape path. You can do the same kind of **** to ruin their goldfury attempt. Run into melee range, 3 > 1 their squishy, then run as 2 of them chase. You ult like 6 seconds later and blow up the two still killing the fury at low hp and run like the troll you are.
Now I am not anywhere near the best chronos player, but I have a 83% conquest win rate even after losing my first 5 games of smite playing as him he was not exactly lvl 1 player friendly, to much going on when everything is brand new.
Thanks for the comments, please share the guide!
Why don't you add some screen shots of all the abilities. That may help people who haven't played him yet.
Well done though.
Thanks!
I've been adding to it everyday. Let me know what you'd like to see.
I kinda don't want people to know about this fatalis build honestly, it's too strong.