Chronomancer Fireblast T15 Endgame Build
This is the build I've been using to do end game mapping and bossing with after the nerf to cast on freeze. Since there are at least dozens of chronomancers out there I thought I would share what I came up with. It leverages multiple blasphemy auras combined with the Chronomancer slow aura to make mobs move at a glacial pace when they get close.
This allows you to freely channel flameblast without fear of being rushed and interrupted. For bosses, you combine lengthy time freezes with stacking long duration effects and debuffs to create large damage windows that allow you to hit without fear of retaliation.
Why Chronomancer?
Chronomancer will not do more damage than a stormweaver in the current patch. If you want maximum DPS you should choose that ascendancy. However, what chronomancer does excel at is survivability, support and on demand damage.
The reasons you should pick this ascendancy are:
- You want enemies to spend 4 seconds performing a single attack
- You like the idea of bosses being frozen for 10 seconds straight.
- Meta gear is expensive
- You want your buffs to last forever
- You want to take no honor damage because mobs in the trial are too slow to hit you.
- You have friends playing squishy damage characters and you want to help them by freezing bosses in place for over 10 seconds.
I do not know how you would level for this build as I switched to it after leveling but I imagine you could focus more on the slow/duration mechanics and slot in an elemental spell of your choice. With the slow auras you should have more freedom to use higher damage slower casting spells like comet which you can boost with generic damage nodes like element or spell damage before honing in on the more fire heavy stuff. Flameblast will feel bad until you have good cast speed.
Here's a link to the build guide along with a short clip of some mapping and a +3 difficulty T15 boss.
Guide:
T15 Mapping sample & +3 Boss:
Comments
Chronomancer is awesome and very underrated. I’m surprised you didn’t mention Time Rift as a strength of the ascendancy though. Resetting your health and mana to what it was 4 seconds ago every 4 seconds is crazy. It’s infinite sustain and makes you almost unlikable unless you get oneshot. It’s a backdoor blink, too.
I’m also surprised you recommend mana regen as a relevant stat. Personally I stack max mana for archmage, but I find mana regen to be completely irrelevant because I’m constantly resetting it to full, all while stacking all the cast speed I can.
I made an overly long post on it, but Firestorm is doing nothing with +limit and echo.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1hgnuyi/my_frustration_with_firestorm/
This is super interesting, thanks for sharing!
You try Blueflame Bracers yet?
2 things:
- is using Blueflame Unique Gloves overkill? You lose out on ignite, but you can chill and freeze everything around you.
- if you get another link on Solar Orb, try putting Font of Mana on it. It counts as a stationary object so you get free mana regen from it
what makes the ice arrow nova?
Ohh man. I'm really sad that I went stormweaver.
I'm currently running an incinerate build focused on maximizing ignite damage & running increase to fire exposure, plus some cast-on-ignite on the side.
I went elementalist because I thought I could get hits to proc shock, but incinerate doesn't work with that.
The problem I'm running into is that survivability is really bad and I can't find decent ways to get enough energy shield to live. Based on your post it seems like chronomancer would've been perfect.
Apex of the moment is bugged and it is not working. There are multiple reports of it and I tested it myself and it was not working for me either.
Have you considered hexblast given that you have blasphemy auto applying curses?
Do you mind updating or giving me an update on the build with blue flame bracer, I’m using those gloves and heavy cold damage on gear. Just wondering what I need to do different and if I can still use this build and rotation.
Also how many spirit is needed for the build? I’m at 138.
What does Zarokh say when you try to time stop him?
Hi, do you have any advice to do the campaign with this archetype? it's a great build and kind of what i wanted to do around pizzablast so i'm very hyped. My other characters taught me that playing what you want early on is kind of a mirage so i'm worried about how this one is doing before maps
ty!!