Chronomancer vs Disciple of Varashta

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Chronomancer and Disciple of Varashta are both Sorceress ascendancies. Chronomancer has 8 notables and 8 small passives, mostly about spells (3), area of effect (3) and cooldowns (3). Disciple of Varashta has 17 notables and 5 small passives, mostly about minions (4), energy shield (4) and spells (3). The biggest differences: minions (0 vs 4), energy shield (1 vs 4) and cooldowns (3 vs 0). Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.

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Chronomancer

8 notables · 8 small

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  Apex of the MomentNotable

  Enemies in your Presence are Slowed by 20%
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  Footprints in the SandNotable

  Grants skill Temporal RiftWhile active, passively leaves afterimages of your recent past. Cast the Spell to return to the oldest afterimage, teleporting to that location and resetting your Life, Mana and Energy Shield to the values they had at the time. Removes any upcoming damage delayed by Phased Form on use.
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  InevitabilityNotable

  Grants skill Inevitable AgonyDebuff all targets in an area, causing a portion of Damage they take from Hits to be tracked by the Debuff. When the debuff's duration expires or can kill the target, the target loses life equal to that tracked damage all at once.
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  Now and AgainNotable

  Cascadable Spells have 20% chance to Echo

  Repeatable Spells have 20% chance to Repeat
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  Phased FormNotable

  Take 30% less Damage

  4 seconds after being Damaged by an Enemy Hit, take Damage equal to 30% of that Hit's Damage
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  Quicksand HourglassNotable

  Grants Sands of Time
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  Ultimate CommandNotable

  Grants skill Time FreezeRelease a large wave that stops time for all affected enemies for a duration. Duration is lower the more times the enemy has had time stopped for them.
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  Unbound EncoreNotable

  Grants skill Time SnapManipulate time, resetting the cooldowns of your other Skills.

Small passives

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  Area of Effect

  8% increased Area of Effect
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  Buff Expiry Rate×2

  Buffs on you expire 10% slower
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  Cast Speed

  6% increased Cast Speed
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  Cooldown Recovery Rate×2

  6% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
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  Skill Speed and Area of Effect

  4% increased Skill Speed

  6% increased Area of Effect
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  Slow Effect

  Debuffs you inflict have 6% increased Slow Magnitude

Disciple of Varashta

17 notables · 5 small

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  Barya of KelariNotable

  Grants skill Kelari, the Tainted SandsSummon Kelari, an invulnerable Sand Djinn Minion, to do your bidding. Kelari will only act when you Command him to do so. Kelari delivers swift Hits with massive Critical Hit potential.
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  Barya of NaviraNotable

  Grants skill Navira, the Last MirageSummon Navira, an invulnerable Water Djinn Minion to do your bidding. Navira will only act when you Command her to do so, bestowing restorative blessings upon you and your Allies with her Spells.
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  Barya of RuzhanNotable

  Grants skill Ruzhan, the Blazing SwordSummon Ruzhan, an invulnerable Flame Djinn Minion, to do your bidding. Ruzhan emerges to Strike enemies with his greatsword whenever you use a damaging Skill, and casts devastating Fire Spells when Commanded to do so.
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  Baryanic LeylinesNotable

  Non-Unique Time-Lost Jewels have 40% increased radius
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  Instruments of PowerNotable

  You can equip a Focus while wielding a Staff

  50% reduced bonuses gained from Equipped Focus
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  Kelari's DeceptionNotable

  Grants skill Kelari's Deception
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  Kelari's JudgmentNotable

  Grants skill Kelari's Judgment
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  Kelari's MaledictionNotable

  Grants skill Kelari's MaledictionHarness Kelari's power to passively Consume Corpses in your Presence, causing Corpse Beetle Minions to burst forth. The Beetles passively follow you until Commanded. On your Command, they rush the target and explode.
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  Navira's FracturingNotable

  Grants skill Navira's Fracturing
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  Navira's OasisNotable

  Grants skill Navira's Oasis
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  Navira's WellNotable

  Grants skill Navira's Well
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  Ruzhan's FuryNotable

  Grants skill Ruzhan's Fury
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  Ruzhan's ReckoningNotable

  Grants skill Ruzhan's Reckoning
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  Ruzhan's TrapNotable

  Grants skill Ruzhan's Trap
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  Sacred RitualsNotable

  60% of your current Energy Shield is added to your Armour for

  determining your Physical Damage Reduction from Armour
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  The Fourth TeachingNotable

  -1 second to base Energy Shield Recharge delay

  40% more Energy Shield Recharge Rate while on Low Energy Shield
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  Varashta's IntuitionNotable

  100% of Elemental Damage is taken from Mana before Life

Small passives

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  Area of Effect

  8% increased Area of Effect
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  Cast Speed

  4% increased Cast Speed
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  Energy Shield×2

  20% increased maximum Energy Shield
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  Mana

  3% increased maximum Mana

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