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[0.5] 100% Crit/Recoup Chronomancer

Updated on Jun 22, 2026
Jun 22, 2026

Build Overview

Update for 0.5 (Jun21)

Recoup

  • Altered Brain Chemistry if used with Lavianga's Spirits will provide another 10% Mana Recovery Rate that added to 15% from Arcane Blossom, look for it on Megalomaniac or new Amulets with double Instils

*End of update

Mana Recoup and Phased Form

  • Phased Form makes Mana Recoup worse because you take 30% Less Damage and basically recoup 30% Less Mana, requiring so much Mana Recoup that it's near impossible to get enough
  • With current PoB it should be fine to run Phased Form, but if it doesn't feel right, unspec it


Update for Recoup Setup in 0.4 - video!

Disciple of Varashta variation of this build

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Strengths and Weaknesses

  • Very flexible build, have many ways to play early
  • Good clearing with Ice Nova or Frostbolt
  • Good single target with Comet
  • Good Mana sustain with Temporal Rift
  • Overall strong build on low budget (Under 10 Div)
  • If you play regular setup with Cast on Elemental Ailment and Comet with decent gear, it might cause fps drops because how many Comets you trigger :D
  • Only downside of Recoup - can't do Maps with Less Recovery Mod

Build Variants

LEVELING

Skills

  • With first Uncut Skill Gems take Ice Nova and Frost Bomb
  • With first Uncut Support Gems Magnified Area I for Ice Nova
  • For Frost Bomb take Magnified Area I and Potent Exposure
  • Then get Frost Darts whenever you can, with Multishot I, Considered Casting and later Concentrated Area
  • Also get Flame Wall for Frost Darts. For Flame Wall use Prolonged Duration I and Spell Cascade
  • Optionally: get Orb of Storms to get Lightning Infusion for Flame Wall
  • Then get Snap, with Magnified Area I and Harmonic Remnants I. Useful for clearing frozen mobs after Ice Nova, as well as generate lots of Cold Infusions
  • Ice Nova + Snap is very good clearing combo all the way to maps
  • Then get Elemental Weakness, later you might replace it
  • Get Eye of Winter as soon as you can, with Concentrated Area, Considered Casting and Inevitable Critical. Use it instead of Frost Darts
  • As alternative for single target, try Comet, it feels strong with Snap because you can use Comet - Snap in cycle to get Fire Infusions
  • For Spirit Skills:
    - Arctic Armour with Frost Nexus, Encroaching Ground and later Persistent Ground III.
    - Siphon Elements with Harmonic Remnants II and Remnant Potency I

Gear

  • In Campaign focusing on ES is bad idea, so your first goal is getting Resists, and then Life, and then ES. You should start worry about ES in early Maps
  • Weapon with Extra Damage, Levels, Increased Damage, Cast Speed and Crit Chance

This is how i leveled myself was decent, but ofc you can change it however you like!

Equipment

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5
Equipment Priority
+9

Mods sorted by priority!

  • Wand with Focus/Omen Scepter or Staff in Main Hand:
    - Wand/Staff: +# to All/Cold Spells, %Extra Lightning/Fire/Cold Damage, %Spell Damage, %Crit Chance to Spells, %Cast Speed, %Crit Spell Damage.
    - For Focus (If you have good Wand): +2-3 to All Spells, %Spell Damage, %Crit Chance, +# Mana, any good amount of ES, Resists, Int. Or Effigy of Cruelty.
  • Armor:
    - Helmet/Gloves/Boots: ES, Mana, Resists, Int. For Boots also Movespeed.
    - Body Armor: ES, Resists, Int. If you can find high ES with Spirit its good, otherwise not bother.
  • Jewellery:
    - Rings: Resists, Mana, Int, Mana Regen. Can be Dex or Str too, you need a bit.
    - Belt: Resists, Mana, Str if needed. Some Armor on belt is decent too but not important.
    - Amulet: +# to All Spells, %ES, ES, Mana, Cast Speed, Mana Regen, Attributes or Resists if needed.
    - Instil: Rhythm of Ice
  • Jewels:
    - Rare jewels with 1-2% Mana on Kill, Crit Damage.

Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 15

Dex 30

Int 70

1

Ice Nova

supportmagnifiedareaplayertwo
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supportdeliberationplayer
2

Snap

supportmagnifiedareaplayertwo
supportcooldownrecoveryplayertwo
3

Frost Darts

supportconsideredcastingplayer
supportmultishotplayertwo
supportconcentratedareaplayer
4

Frost Bomb

supportmagnifiedareaplayer
supportpotentexposureplayer
5

Flame Wall

prolongeddurationsupportplayer
supportspellcascadeplayer
6

Convalescence

supportcooldownrecoveryplayertwo
prolongeddurationsupportplayertwo
7

Elemental Weakness

8

Siphon Elements

supportfleetingremnantsplayertwo
supportinterludeplayer
9

Eye of Winter

supportconsideredcastingplayer
supportcooldownrecoveryplayertwo
supporttempestuoustempoplayer
supportdeliberationplayer
10

Comet

supportconsideredcastingplayer
supportconcentratedareaplayer
supportspellechoplayer
Gem Priority
+21

Passive Tree

main:
123
123
set 1:
20
20
set 2:
20
20

Ascendancy order:

  1. Quicksand Hourglass
  2. Temporal Rift
  3. Now and Again

Had no problems doing 3rd Sekhemas boss on level 66 with 1-5ex gear, boss took like 10 seconds to kill

Quest Rewards

Check which quests you’ve completed on your character
Clearfell — Beira of the Rotten Pack
+10% to Cold Resistance
Hunting Grounds — The Crowbell
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Freythorn — The King in the Mists
+30 to Spirit
Ogham Farmlands — Una's Hut
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Ogham Manor — Candlemass, the Living Rite
+20 to maximum Life
Keth — Kabala, Constrictor Queen
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Valley of the Titans — Medallion
30% increased Charm Effect Duration
+1 Charm Slot
Deshar — Final Letter
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
The Spires of Deshar — Sisters of Garukhan
+10% to Lightning Resistance
Jungle Ruins — Mighty Silverfist
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
The Venom Crypts — Venom Draught
25% increased Stun Threshold
Jiquani's Machinarium — Blackjaw, the Remnant
+10% to Fire Resistance
The Azak Bog — Ignagduk, the Bog Witch
+30 to Spirit
The Molten Vault — The Molten Vault
Reforging Bench
Aggorat — Blood Sacrifice
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Journey's End — Captain Hartlin
Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Skill Gem(Lv 13)
Delirium Drop
Eye of Hinekora — Navali's Rest
5% increased Maximum Mana
Halls of the Dead — Yama The White
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Halls of the Dead — Tawhoa's Test
+5% to Lightning Resistance
Abandoned Prison — Goddess of Justice
30% increased Mana Recovery from Flasks
Halls of the Dead — Tasalio's Test
+5% to Cold Resistance
Halls of the Dead — Ngamahu's Test
+5% to Fire Resistance
Halls of the Dead — Tribal Medicine
30% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Wolvenhold — Oswin, the Dread Warden
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
The Khari Crossing — Akthi and Anundr
Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
The Khari Crossing — Molten Shrine
5% increased Maximum Life
Qimah — Tabana's Pillar
+5% to all Elemental Resistances
Kriar Village — Lythara, the Wayward Spear
+40 to Spirit
Howling Caves — The Abominable Yeti
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

How it Plays

Normal Setups:

Clearing:

  • Early its Frost Bomb + Ice Nova
  • Later its Frostbolt, with Frost Wall if needed

Single Target:

  • Sigil of Power, then Elemental Weakness and Frost Bomb right before Boss appear
  • Frost Wall and Frostbolt
  • Reset Mana moment it goes down with Temporal Rift every ~4 seconds

Recoup:

Clearing:

  • Frostbolt with Frost Wall

Single Target:

  • Sigil of Power then Elemental Weakness
  • Then Frost Bomb and spam Frostbolt and use Frost Wall but not all charges at once

Changelog

September 6, 2025: Updated new MAIN setup with Cast on Elemental Ailment + Comet, insane clearing and even bossing is good!
September 8, 2025: Added setup with Maligaro's Virtuosity.
September 11, 2025: Added final version of Cold Chronomancer based around Recoup, build is done. Some small tweaks might happen if they improve the build.
September 17, 2025: Improved tree for Main Recoup Setup.

Nov 7, 2025: Improved tree for Early Mapping, CoA Comet and CoA/CoC (Maligaro) setups, weapon set 2 passives were use on Reverberation, which was meh, now they used on Lingering Whispers and Master of Hexes, so more curse effect for Elemental Weakness, and more damage as result.

Dec 6, 2025: Added changes to build in 0.4.
Dec 13, 2025: Updated leveling slightly
Dec 16, 2025: Added CoA Comet/Frostbolt setup.
Dec 26, 2025: Updated Recoup Setup. Now it has infinite mana once again as before.
May 22, 2026: Early update for 0.5
Jun 6, 2026: Updated CoC Comet and Recoup Setups

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