The Definitive Chronos Build

..to my guide to Chronos!

Chronos is most certainly one of my favourite gods. His role as mage AD is quite niche and his speed is unmatched. By your fourth item, your enemies will be having a very hard time keeping up with your extreme speed, constant slows, stuns, and devastating damage.

So without further ado, let's dive right in to Chronos, the god of time!

Chronos is a magic AD god whose speed allows him to deal insane burst damage and escape easily.

Chronos cannot be compared to any other god. The closest comparison I could draw would be Freya, whose abilities allow her basic attack to gain ranged abilities. The key difference between Chronos and Freya is that Chronos' basic attack is range, allowing you do be more aggressive more often, pelting your enemies with basics while dancing around so fast you barely take any damage. (Of course Chronos isn't equipped with a pub stomp ult like Freya, but his ult is very useful.)

It is possible to be put off by his unusual kit, which can make it hard to know what his place is or how to play him. The truth is, his combination of abilities and basic attack damage makes him an incredible force to behold, and if played right he can turn games easily, getting in and out of firefights so quick the enemy team will be left scratching their heads as you rack up the kills.

Chronos' abilities are all useful when it comes to giving the enemy a hard time. Let's break them down.

Passive ability - Wheel of Time
This passive works with your second ability, Accelerate, to give you one of four different buffs: healing, mana (your abilities conserve 70% of mana they would normally take), ability power, and attack damage. You are going to want to stick to the fourth quadrant, the AD buff, most of the time, as this build focuses on Chronos' AD.

First ability - Rift of Time
This is a small AoE which does some good damage but has a pretty extreme delay, as well as a short cooldown. In order to get the most out of this ability, it is smart to stun your target with your third ability, and hit them with this ability while they are stunned so they cannot escape.

Second ability - Accelerate
This is the cream of the crop of Chronos' abilities. It works with your passive to give you the choice between four buffs I explained earlier. The first quadrant can actually be useful if you are running low on health and need to stay in battle to do some damage. His second ability is definitely the least useful; I reserve it for clearing minion waves. The third gives you ability power, which is useful, but not for this particular build, which focuses on attack damage - making the fourth quadrant by far the most useful and damaging aspect of his second ability. It gives you additional magical power per basic. Any time you activate his second ability, he continually gains speed and attack speed over time for six seconds.

Third ability - Stop Time
This is a unique projectile stun that is very slow but very wide, giving your enemies little chance to escape the area it takes up, if you are close enough. The stun is a great initiator - paired up with your first ability, the damage can be devastating.

Fourth ability - Rewind
This ability can really annoy your enemies. It brings you back to where you were eight seconds ago location-wise, health-wise and mana-wise. If you find yourself overextending or low on health, as you may find yourself easily doing with Chronos' extreme speed/chasing ability, you can use your ultimate to bring you back to safety and avoid a death. The only catch is that it takes a second to activate, and you can continue to take damage while immobile, so make sure you time it right.

I build Chronos the same every time. There simply is no better build for him than the six items I listed above, and let me explain why.

Shoes of Focus - These shoes provide you with cooldown reduction. This is important because he relies on the speed his second ability gives him, as well as the buff his basic attack gains from the fourth quadrant of his passive. You are going to want to use the fourth quadrant of his second ability each time you go in.

Demonic Grip - This item speeds your basic attack tremendously, as well as giving you magical power, making your basic attacks much more effective.

Fatalis - Here's where the fun begins. Once you build Fatalis, you will notice that Chronos' speed combined with his second ability is tremendous. You will find yourself easily dancing around the other team, spamming your basic as well as your abilities to deal tremendous damage and escape easily.

Gem of Binding - This is a great Chronos item. You will find your enemies helpless to escape from your flurry of basic attacks, as each one slows them and brings them closer to death.

Polynomicon - Because of the fact that you are relying on abilities -and- your basic attack to deal damage, this item is a no-brainer. The 100% scaling on the basic attack is basically like having a free ability, and the healing it gives you is a nice bonus too.

Rod of Tahuti - Self-explanitory. The damage scaling on this item is simply unmatched. Just make sure you leave it for the last item.

As for active abilities, I feel the effectiveness of these is very subjective, as well as situational, so I cannot recommend any two specific ones (besides Meditate). Go with whatever makes sense in your game.

Chronos' early game is not so tremendous. His abilities are underwhelming unless combined with his basic, which of course cannot be built until later game.

Early game, stick to farming minions. If you are laning with someone, your stun and AoE can be very helpful for keeping enemies at bay and getting some burst damage off.

Once you build up a bit, I would say once you have the Fatalis you can start going at your enemies a bit more. Just before you go in, use your second ability Accelerate (with the fourth quadrant AD buff), initiate by stunning, follow up with your first ability, AoE Rift of Time and pelt them with basics. Dance around using the speed you get from your second ability, and if successful, your enemy won't be able to get any damage off on you because of your sheer speed. Follow this burst damage-type formula, and you will find your enemy easily annoyed by your melting ability.

Later game once you have built Gem of Binding, you can start chasing your enemy and begin playing very aggressively. The slows your enemies receive from your basic attacks will leave them helpless to escape your barrage of damaging abilities and basic attacks.

Just be wary of your surroundings. Your extreme chasing ability may leave you over-confident and lead you to over-extend. It is times like these when your ultimate comes in handy.

Thank you for checking out my guide to Chronos! I feel confident that my experience with this god and success with this build will yield similar results for your experience with the god.

If you have any helpful suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments box. I know this isn't a very pretty guide, it's just the barebones essentials - but I feel that the build is the most important information provided. From there, you can find your own play style that works with Chronos.

Once again thank you, and happy Smiting 0:)