Chronomancer vs Stormweaver

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Chronomancer and Stormweaver are both Sorceress ascendancies. Chronomancer has 8 notables and 8 small passives, mostly about spells (3), area of effect (3) and cooldowns (3). Stormweaver has 10 notables and 10 small passives, mostly about cold and freeze (5), lightning and shock (5) and spells (3). The biggest differences: lightning and shock (0 vs 5), cold and freeze (1 vs 5) and critical hits (0 vs 3). 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

Stormweaver

10 notables · 10 small

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  Constant GaleNotable

  You have Arcane Surge
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  Force of WillNotable

  20% of Damage is taken from Mana before Life

  20% increased Effect of Arcane Surge on you per ten percent missing Mana
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  Heavy SnowsNotable

  Targets can be affected by two of your Chills at the same time

  Your Chills can Slow targets by up to a maximum of 35%

  25% less Magnitude of Chill you inflict
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  Multiplying SquallsNotable

  +2 to Limit for Elemental Skills
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  Refracted InfusionNotable

  When collecting an Elemental Infusion, gain another different Elemental Infusion
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  Shaper of StormsNotable

  All Damage from Hits Contributes to Shock Chance
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  Shaper of WinterNotable

  All Damage from Hits Contributes to Chill Magnitude
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  Storm's RecollectionNotable

  Remnants can be collected from 50% further away

  Remnants you create reappear once, 3 seconds after being collected
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  Strike TwiceNotable

  Targets can be affected by two of your Shocks at the same time

  25% less Magnitude of Shock you inflict
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  Tempest CallerNotable

  Trigger Elemental Storm on Critical Hit with Spells

  Grants skill Elemental StormCreate a stationary Fire, Cold or Lightning storm at a target location for a duration, based on the highest Elemental Damage type for the Hit that Triggered the storm. Hits which do not deal Elemental Damage will not Trigger the storm.

Small passives

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  Chill Duration×2

  25% increased Chill Duration on Enemies
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  Mana Regeneration×2

  12% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
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  Remnant Range×2

  Remnants can be collected from 25% further away
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  Shock Chance×2

  20% increased chance to Shock
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  Spell Critical Chance×2

  12% increased Critical Hit Chance for Spells

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