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PoE 2 Build

[0.4] 100% Crit/Recoup Chronomancer

End Game
Starter
Verified
SSF
0.4 TLotD
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By PaintMasterPoE
Updated on Dec 21, 2025
Dec 21, 2025

Build Overview

Have to say it here just in case:
USE Temporal Rift TO RESET MANA ON SINGLE TARGET!

Disciple of Varashta variation of this build - link. Good alternative to Chronomancer.

Gear Crafting Guide for Casters - Include Staff/Wand, Armor, Belt and Ring crafting.

https://pobb.in/u/paintmaster%232396/XecqD8fEqtEY - PoB of my current CoA Comet/Frostbolt setup, costed me between 1 and 2 Divs, considering i crafted almost all my gear, which was much cheaper than buying.

https://pobb.in/u/paintmaster%232396/wvbnZ6zR-FuL - PoB of CoC Comet/Frostbolt with Maligaro's Virtuosity, same gear i have currently on CoA Comet aside of gloves, build get ~95% Crit Chance on Frostbolt and 100% Crit Chance on Comet

Dec 19:

  • Did some testing for Recoup, basically minimal Life Recoup needed to fully recover damage from Scold's Bridle is 76%, or 56% Life Recoup + 20% Phys Recoup from Taut Flesh.
    While getting more will make you recover faster and allow to run Less Recovery mod Maps.
  • For Recoup Setup removed required Megalomaniac with Infused Flesh, build get enough Recoup without that. So you Instil Adverse Growth on Amulet and you good to go.
  • While you still can use Megalomaniac, with one of many options you can find below in Equipment section.
  • Added breakdown on how Recoup Setup get it's Life/Mana/ES recoup. Scroll down to Build Variants to check.

Endgame Recoup setup from 0.3, looks mostly same in 0.4

Strengths and Weaknesses

  • Very flexible build, have many ways to play early
  • Clearing with Cast on Elemental Ailment and Comet is crazy
  • At level 90 with decent gear you should have 5-8k ES
  • Can farm Pinnacle Bosses at max difficulty, especially Recoup Setup that can just facetank them
  • True offmeta!
  • Not fastest build you can play if you only care about clearing speed
  • 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, maps with high %Less Recovery mod will be hard

Build Variants

Early/Mid Game Setup, check next CoA Comet Frostbolt if you already have some currency for decent gear.

Equipment

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Equipment Priority
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GEAR:

  • Weapon set 1:
    - Staff/Wand: with %Extra Fire/Lightning/Cold Damage, %Spell Damage, +# to Cold Spell Skills, Cast Speed, Crit Chance for Spells.
    - Focus(If have Wand): +2 to Level of Spells, Spell Damage, Cast Speed, Crit Chance to Spells, %ES, flat ES, Mana.
  • Weapon set 2:
    - Just Chiming Staff with +# to All Spells to use Sigil of Power.
    - How to get it cheap: Buy Chiming Staff with Level 19+ Sigil of Power, make it Rare, use Perfect Essence of Sorcery to get +5 to All Spells, done.
  • Armor:
    - Helmet/Gloves/Boots: ES, Mana, Resists, Int. For Boots also Movespeed ofc.
    - Body Armor: ES, Resists, Spirit. Also can buy Body Armors with good ES and 1 empty Prefix to try gamble with Desecrated Currency to hit spirit on Well of Souls.
  • 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.
    - Amulet Instil: Stormcharged or Aspiring Genius, or other similar passives.
  • Jewels:
    - Heart of the Well with 2% Mana on Kill, Extra Damage, Crit Mods, Spell/Cold Damage, etc.
    - Or Rare jewels with 2% Mana on Kill, Crit Damage, Spell Damage, or other useful mods.

  • Charms:
    - Nascent Hope for freeze removal and ES recharge start on use
    - Forsaken Bangle helpful if you not running Chaos Inoculation

Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 40

Dex 50

Int 195

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Eye of Winter

Set 1

Eye of Winter
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Ice Nova

Set 1

Ice Nova
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Flame Wall

Set 2

Flame Wall
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Frost Bomb

Set 1

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Snap

Set 1

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Elemental Weakness

Set 2

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Siphon Elements

Siphon Elements
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Cast on Elemental Ailment

Cast on Elemental Ailment
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Orb of Storms

Set 2

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Sigil of Power

Set 2

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Temporal Rift

Temporal Rift
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Inevitable Agony

Set 2

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Time Freeze

Set 2

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Comet

Set 1

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Frost Darts

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Gem Priority
+38

Above you can see Skills having Pink and Green outline.
Pink outline - Skill allocated only to weapon set 1.
Green outline - Skill allocated only to weapon set 2.
Skill with no outline - enabled on both sets.

Options for main single target skill:

  • Eye of Winter seems to have most damage, but require most buttons to press, Flame Wall, Orb of Storms and Frost Bomb preferably should be up to get full damage.
  • Frost Darts can be casted non stop, which has its downsides compare to 1 click every # seconds. Only require Flame Wall.
  • Comet require no extra buttons besides what you normally use such as Sigil of Power, Elemental Weakness and Frost Bomb. And because it require least buttons you can actually use Inevitable Agony without breaking your brain and fingers :D. Downside of Comet is that it's cast time is kinda slow which might be slow enough for mobs to get you,

Notes:

  • Atleast 130 Spirit required, for Cast on Elemental Ailment and Siphon Elements. If you happen to have more, use Clarity I or Clarity II, or Arctic Armour if you have 160 Spirit.
  • If you still want to use Blasphemy(with quality) then 185 Spirit is required.
  • For last Ascendancy, try either Inevitable Agony which basically grant 50% More Damage that scale with Curse Magnitude, or Time Freeze that simply stop mobs and bosses from moving.

Passive Tree

main:
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set 2:
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Use either Inevitable Agony or Apex of the Moment for last 2 points.

How it Plays

Clearing:

  • Early you use Frost Bomb that generate Cold Infusion for Ice Nova
  • Then once you get Snap, your main cycle for clearing is Ice Nova - Snap, has high uptime of Cold Infused Ice Nova
  • Keep using Frost Bomb as debuff skill on bosses

Single Target:

  • Early its Flame Wall with Frost Darts on chilled/frozen target
  • Then you have choice between Frost Darts, Eye of Winter or Comet.

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, updated Recoup Setup

Video Guide

Table of Contents

1. Build Overview Have to say it here just in case: USE TO RESET MANA ON SINGLE TARGET! Disciple of Varashta variation of this build - link. Good alternative to Chronomancer. Gear Crafting Guide for Casters - Include Staff/Wand, Armor, Belt and Ring crafting. Endgame Recoup setup from 0.3, looks mostly same in 0.42. Strengths and Weaknesses3. Build Variants4. Equipment5. Skill Gems6. Passive Tree7. How it Plays8. Changelog

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