Chronos

How to play Chronos

Chronos is a ranged mage from the Greek pantheon who deals magical damage. Top players mostly play Chronos in the Mid lane (51% of games) and the Carry (duo) lane (49% of games).

In your kit, Stop Time (damage and slow to stun) is your main crowd control. Time Rift (damage and stack) and Accelerate (select a buff) add damage and pressure. Your ultimate is Rewind (restore health, mana, cooldowns), on a long cooldown (about 100s at rank 1), so save it for fights that matter. Your passive is Time Lord: timed intelligence stacks.

Community guides level Time Rift, Stop Time and Accelerate first. Max Time Rift first, then Accelerate, then Stop Time.

Most of your damage comes from abilities, so fight from behind your front line and never be the closest god to the enemy. Look for the moment your crowd control can land, then follow up with the rest of your damage. You have no dash, so your positioning is your escape. In the mid lane, clear the wave quickly, then help the side lanes or the jungle.

Start with Archmage's Gem, then buy Spear of Desolation. Top players buy it in the first two or three slots. Your core is Book of Thoth and Polynomicon, and you finish with Rod of Tahuti, Nimble Ring and Obsidian Shard. A good relic is Aegis of Acceleration. If the enemy team heals a lot or you keep dying, open the full tool and enter the enemy gods for the exact swaps.

If you own Aspect of Relativity, it reworks Time Lord, Time Rift (ground circle damage), Accelerate (select a buff), Stop Time (damage and slow to stun) and Rewind (restore health, mana, cooldowns). It changes what to build, so turn on Aspect in the tool when you play it.

Top players win most often against Anhur, Medusa and Kukulkan, and struggle against Xbalanque, Morgan Le Fay or Ares. Against those, play safer and consider a defensive item earlier.