Chromie Build Guide “Your time's up!”

Chromie is a Ranged Assassin with outstanding burst damage and poke potential. Her strong burst Abilities allow her to inflict heavy damage onto her targets, while both of her Heroic Abilities provide her with decent crowd control during team fights. When playing Chromie, it is of utmost importance to anticipate your target's movement path, since both Sand Blast and Dragon's Breath come with a short delay. Ultimately, Chromie is a Hero that requires good game sense and quick reflexes in order to shine, however, if played well, she is one of the most dangerous Ranged Assassins in the game.

Strengths

• Outstanding poke
• Extremely long range
• Both Slowing Sands and Temporal Loop are viable Heroic Abilities
• High burst damage output

Weaknesses

• Susceptible to crowd control
• Low health pool
• High learning curve
• Below average mobility
• Requires good positioning

Sand Blast Build

Recommended

Level 1 ?

Level 2 ? ?

Level 5

Level 8 ?

Level 11 ?

Level 14

Level 18

Copy build to clipboard Build copied! Talent calculator »

This is a well-rounded way to build Chromie. Timewalker's Pursuit at Level 1 gives Chromie a nice early-game damage bonus, and the reveal helps with scouting enemy hero ganks or camps. At level 14, the talent Shifting Sands combined with Piercing Sands marks a significant late game power spike for Chromie, allowing her to nuke down the enemy backline through their frontline.

Dragon's Breath Build

Situational

Level 1

Level 2 ? ?

Level 5

Level 8 ?

Level 11 ?

Level 14 ?

Level 18 ?

Copy build to clipboard Build copied! Talent calculator »

The Dragon's Breath build focuses on enhancing Chromie's Dragon's Breath ability. Through Deep Breathing, Chromie can significantly increase the damage output. The build heavily relies on hitting enemy heroes in the center of your Dragon's Breath, therefore, having CC on your team and waiting for them to use their abilities will greatly improve your own damage output. Thanks to the slow from Mobius Loop, hitting an enemy hero with the first wave can increase the chance of them getting hit by all three.

ARAM Build

ARAM

Level 1

Level 2

Level 5

Level 8

Level 11

Level 14

Level 18

Copy build to clipboard Build copied! Talent calculator »

Chromie's ARAM build is similar to the Sand Blast Build, and due to Chromie's passive ability, you unlock her power spike quite early in ARAM games. Piercing Sands allows you to poke enemies hiding behind any structure.

See our Talents page for further information »

Create your own build and share it with friends!

Chromie synergizes with

One of Chromie's favorite Healers has to be Malfurion. His Innervate Trait provides her with precious Mana regeneration and cooldown reduction, while his Regrowth allows Chromie to stay in battle for a long period of time. Another Healer that works wonders with Chromie is Ana, whose Nano Boost greatly empowers Chromie's damage for a short period of time.

Chromie is countered by

Chromie struggles against two kinds of Heroes: the ones that are too beefy for her to take down quickly and the ones that are too fast for her to reliably land her Basic Abilities. As such, Heroes like Illidan or Tracer can become quite dangerous.

Chromie's stronger maps

Chromie's average maps

Chromie's weaker maps

None

Chromie performs decent on most maps. Her current best maps are Volskaya Foundry and Braxis Holdout. This is due to the nature of the maps allowing her to poke into the objective zone. Chromie does not really have any weak maps as her poke is a threat on any map where there is an objective area both teams need to be on.

• Time Trap can sometimes be manually activated to prevent damage on allied Heroes as well.
• Slowing Sands is most efficient on narrow choke points, especially near Map Objectives.
• Do not be afraid to miss Sand Blast. It is better to cast this ability too often rather than to wait too long.

Chromie requires decent positioning to make up for her lack of innate mobility. Ideally, she is put in a team with a strong frontline, usually consisting of one Tank and one Bruiser with high survivability and preferably crowd control. This will guarantee her enough protection to unleash her damaging Abilities, notably Sand Blast and Dragon's Breath from a safe distance.

During team fights, good Chromie players always keep an eye on their target's movement path and aim their Abilities accordingly. Both of her Heroic Abilities, Slowing Sands and Temporal Loop provide crucial ccrowd control effects to assist her in that regard. Chromie should keep a healthy distance between herself and the enemy team at all times, since her low Health pool and limited mobility make her a priority target for enemy hard engage.