This Chronomancer support build for Path of Exile 2 is built around absolute battlefield control through extreme slow scaling, long-duration Time Freeze, and massive resistance shredding. It is designed to be used on Weapon Set 2, enabling seamless swapping without interfering with your main setup. Despite the POE 2 Currency global slow cap of 75%, this build proves that pushing far beyond the cap is still extremely valuable—especially against bosses.

Core Concept: Temporal Chains at the Limit

At the heart of the build is Temporal Chains linked with Blasphemy. A level 20 Temporal Chains provides a base 59% slow. Blasphemy applies a 41% less curse effect, but this is offset by roughly 120% increased Curse Magnitude from the passive tree. This results in a total curse magnitude of 220%, pushing Temporal Chains to around 130% of its base value.

Next, Aura Magnitude enters the equation. With approximately 70% Aura Magnitude from the tree and a Scepter mod obtained via Essence crafting, Aura Magnitude stacks additively with Curse Magnitude for Blasphemy-supported curses. This brings total effective scaling to 100% increased magnitude, resulting in 118% Temporal Chains effect on normal enemies—well above the 75% slow cap.

Even with monster penalties:

Magic enemies still hit the cap

Rares remain around 82% slow

Bosses sit at ~59% slow, below the cap but still enormously impactful

Time Freeze Duration Scaling

Temporal Chains also slows the expiration of other effects. With 50% slower expiry on normal enemies, Time Freeze lasts around 12.5 seconds. Against bosses, where curses have 50% less effect, this becomes 25% slower expiry, extending Time Freeze to an impressive ~16.7 seconds. This alone makes the build invaluable in difficult encounters.

Utility and Defensive Power

The build stacks enormous resistance reduction using Frost Bomb with Potent Exposure and exposure effect scaling from the tree, combined with Elemental Weakness for “GIGA” negative resist values. Overwhelming Presence lowers stun and ailment thresholds, helping your carry apply ailments more easily.

Defensively, the build uses a shield with ~40–50% block, Convalescence to trigger ES recharge on demand, and reaches 6–10k Energy Shield, with potential to exceed 10k ES. Slowed enemies rarely pose a threat.

Flexibility and Gear

This setup works with relatively cheap gear and has many flexible skill slots. Flame Wall boosts projectile carries, Orb of Storms applies Blind II and Lightning Infusion, and Blink is optional. You can also run Gravebind with item rarity rings, allowing your carry’s kills to count as yours—perfect for party play.

Overall, this Chronomancer support is incredibly hard to buy POE 2 Exalted Orbs kill, easy to gear, and turns endgame content into slow motion.