Level Talent Name Description Cooldown
1 Once Again the First Time Quest: Hit 40 Heroes with Sand Blast from Chromie or her Echoes. Reward: Increase the maximum number of active Echoes to 2, and increase Echo damage to 45%.
1 Deep Breathing Quest: Every time Dragon's Breath hits a Hero increase its damage by 1%, up to 20%. Reward: After hitting 20 Heroes, reduce the cooldown of Dragon's Breath by 4 seconds and its Mana cost from 65 to 40.
1 Timewalker's Pursuit Gain 10% Spell Power and reduce the arming time of Time Traps by 0.75 seconds. Activate to reveal the targeted area for 4 seconds. Enemies seen are revealed for 4 seconds. 25
4 Chronic Conditions After its Time Stop ends, enemies affected by Time Trap are Slowed by 30% for 3 seconds and allies gain 30% Movement Speed for 3 seconds.
4 Time Troubles After its Time Stop ends, enemies affected by Time Trap lose 15 Armor for 3 seconds and allies gain 30 Armor for 3 seconds.
4 Andorhal Anomaly Increase the charges and maximum active Time Traps to 3, and reduce its cooldown by 8 seconds.
7 Bronze Talons Hitting a Hero with Sand Blast from Chromie or her Echoes grants 50% additional Basic Attack damage for 5 seconds.
7 Mobius Loop Dragon's Breath deals 30% bonus damage to enemies hit by its center. Enemy Heroes hit by its center are Slowed by 60% for 0.75 seconds.
7 A Proper Greeting Damaging a Stunned, Rooted, or Slowed enemy Hero grants 20% additional damage for 3 seconds.
10 Slowing Sands Summon a sand vortex that Slows enemies by 10% every 0.25 seconds, up to 70%. 5
10 Temporal Loop Choose an enemy Hero. After 3 seconds, they are teleported back to the location where Temporal Loop was cast on them. Basic Abilities recharge 500% faster for 3 seconds after casting Temporal Loop. 50
13 Gnome Speed Ahead! After casting Sand Blast, Chromie gains 20% Movement Speed and 200% increased Health Regeneration for 3 seconds.
13 Here and There Activate to teleport to an area near an Echo, swapping it with Chromie's previous location. 20
13 Time Out Activate to place Chromie in Stasis and gain Invulnerability for up to 5 seconds. Can be reactivated to end the effect early. 60
16 Shifting Sands Hitting an enemy Hero with Chromie's primary Sand Blast grants 5% Spell Power for 8 seconds, up to a maximum of 50%. The duration is refreshed whenever an enemy is damaged by the primary Sand Blast.
16 Fast Forward If Chromie's primary Sand Blast travels at least 50% of its base distance and hits a Hero, its cooldown is reduced to 0.5 seconds and it refunds 10 Mana.
16 Quantum Overdrive Activate to increase Spell Power by 30% for 8 seconds. Hitting an enemy Hero with Sand Blast reduces this cooldown by 3 seconds. 45
20 Unravelling Every 0.25 seconds, enemy Heroes Slowed by Slowing Sands have their Spell Armor reduced by 10 up to 50. Slowing Sands persists for 5 seconds after it is cancelled.
20 Stuck in a Loop Temporal Loop teleports the target a second time after the first, and Basic Abilities continue recharging for an additional 3 seconds. Increase the cooldown recharge rate from 500% to 700%.
20 Piercing Sands Sand Blasts cast from Chromie and her Echoes now pierce all enemies hit.
20 Blessing of the Bronze Activate to cause Chromie and all allied Heroes to gain 20% Movement Speed and their Basic Abilities recharge 35% faster for 8 seconds. Hitting an enemy Hero with Sand Blast from Chromie or her Echoes reduces the cooldown of Blessing of the Bronze by 1 second. 30
Shortcut Ability Name Description Cooldown Mana Cost
Q Sand Blast After 0.5 seconds, fire a missile that deals 305 (+4% per level) damage to the first enemy hit. Deals 50% damage to Structures. Casting Sand Blast leaves an Echo behind that mimics Chromie's Sand Blast and Basic Attack, dealing 40% damage. Maximum of 1 Echo active at a time. 3 20
W Dragon's Breath Vector Targeting Launch 3 blasts into the air that land every 0.75 seconds towards the targeted direction, dealing 215 (+4% per level) damage each. 14 65
E Time Trap Place a Time Trap that arms and Stealths after 2 seconds. Chromie's Trait can be activated to detonate the trap, placing all nearby allied or enemy Heroes in Time Stop for 2 seconds. Maximum of 1 trap active at a time. 15 20
R Temporal Loop Choose an enemy Hero. After 3 seconds, they are teleported back to the location where Temporal Loop was cast on them. Basic Abilities recharge 500% faster for 3 seconds after casting Temporal Loop. 50 60
R Slowing Sands Summon a sand vortex that Slows enemies by 10% every 0.25 seconds, up to 70%. 5 5 per second
Timewalker Chromie has traveled to the future, and as such, will learn her Talents 2 levels earlier than her teammates! Detonate Time Trap Detonates active Time Traps.

Chromie

2023-11-16 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

  • Fixed an issue that caused Sand Echo Basic Attacks to activate A Proper Greeting while Chromie is Blinded.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Unravelling Sands's Spell Armor reduction to not be removed by Stasis or Invulnerability.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Time Trouble's Armor increase to be removed by Stasis or Invulnerability.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Shifting Sands active bonuses to be lost when slain.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Shifting Sands to be granted before Sand Blast deals damage.
  • Time Trap will no longer cause allies to be incapable of collecting Experience Globes while inside a Shrub for 2 seconds.

2023-09-20 Hotfix Patch

Bug Fixes

  • Chromie may no longer attempt to place a Time Trap in locations it cannot be placed.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Temporal Loop to permanently reveal the target when used in certain conditions.

2022-03-29 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 8
    • Slowing Sands [R1]
      • Slowing Sands is no longer able to be picked in ARAM games.

Developer Comment: We're removing Slowing Sands from ARAM as it can be frustrating to handle with less space to move.

2021-03-02 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Time Trap [E]
    • Health reduced from 500 to 400.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Once Again the First Time [Q]
      • Additional functionality: Quest reward increases Echo mimic damage from 40% to 45%.
    • Timewalker's Pursuit [Passive]
      • Area reveal duration increased from 2 to 4 seconds.
      • Spell Power reduced from 15% to 10%.
  • Level 2
    • Time Troubles [E]
      • Enemy Armor reduction reduced from 20 to 15.
      • Allied Armor increased from 20 to 30.
  • Level 5
    • A Proper Greeting [Passive]
      • Additional damage dealt reduced from 25% to 20%.
      • Duration reduced from 5 to 3 seconds.
  • Level 8
    • Slowing Sands [R1]
      • Mana cost increased from 3 to 5 per second.
      • Cast range reduced from 10 to 8.
  • Level 18
    • Unraveling [R1]
      • Spell Armor reduction increased from 7 to 10.

Developer Comment: We're seeing a trend of high level Chromie players combining easy and consistent talents. We like these talents, but we don't believe that they should continue to be the best options for our best players, so we're reducing their raw power. We're also increasing available counterplay for Time Trap and Slowing Sands.

2020-09-08 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Deep Breathing [W]
      • Damage bonus reduced from 1.5% to 1% per stack.
      • Cooldown reduction upon quest completion reduced from 5 seconds to 4 seconds.
      • Mana cost upon quest completion changed from 30 to 40.
  • Level 5
    • Mobius Loop [W]
      • Damage bonus reduced from 50% to 30%.
      • Slow duration reduced from 1 second to .75 seconds.

Developer Comment: Our goal with Chromie's recent changes was to present a viable alternative to Once Again the First Time, which we succeeded at a little too well. Chromie's W build is overall too powerful, so we're toning down its related talents to be more appropriate.

2020-08-19 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Deep Breathing [W]
      • New functionality: Quest: Every time Dragon's Breath hits an enemy Hero, increase its damage by 1.5%, up to 30%. Reward: After hitting 20 Heroes, reduce the cooldown of Dragon's Breath by 5 seconds and its Mana cost from 65 to 30.
    • Timewalker's Pursuit [Active]
      • New functionality: Gain 15% Spell Power and reduce the arming time of Time Traps by .75 seconds. Activate to reveal the targeted area for 2 seconds. Enemies seen are revealed for 4 seconds. 25-second cooldown.
  • Level 5
    • ​Mobius Loop [W]
      • New functionality: Dragon's Breath deals 50% bonus damage to enemies hit by its center. Enemy Heroes hit by its center are Slowed by 60% for 1 second.
  • Level 8
    • Slowing Sands [R1]
      • Slow amount increased from 7% to 10% per every .25 seconds.
  • Level 11
    • Here and There [Active]
      • Teleport range increased from 11 to 20.
  • Level 18
    • Unravelling [R1]
      • Spell Armor reduction increased from 5 to 7.
      • Spell Armor maximum stacks reduced from 6 to 5.
      • Additional functionality: Slowing Sands persists for 5 seconds after it is cancelled.

Developer Comment: Once Again the First Time is currently dominating Chromie's Level 1 talents, which in turn greatly influences which talents Chromie players want to take on later tiers. The primary goal of these changes is to provide compelling, alternative ways to play her that can compete with what the talent currently offers.

2020-06-03 Balance Update

Bug Fixes

  • Every talent that is affected by Sand Blast correctly references 'Primary Sand Blast' or references Sand Blasts 'from Chromie or her Echoes' that matches its functionality.

2020-05-06 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Dragon's Breath [W]
    • Damage increased from 204 to 215.

Talents

  • Level 5
    • Bronze Talons [Q]
      • Damage bonus increased from 40% to 50%.
    • Mobius Loop [W]
      • Cooldown reduction increased from 1.75 to 2 seconds.
  • Level 8
    • Slowing Sands [R1]
      • Slow amount increased from 5% to 7% per stack.
      • Maximum Slow amount is still 70%.
  • Level 14
    • Quantum Overdrive [Active]
      • Spell Power bonus increased from 25% to 30%.
  • Level 20
    • Blessing of the Bronze [Active]
      • Cooldown reduced from 90 to 30 seconds.
      • Cooldown reduction when hitting enemy Heroes with Sand Blast reduced from 8 to 1 second.

Developer Comment: It's been some time since we last changed Chromie. We're giving her some baseline love with a little more damage to Dragon's Breath, as well as improving some of her talents that are not quite measuring up to their peers.

2019-08-28 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Timewalker's Pursuit [Active]
      • Spellpower bonus increased from 10% to 15%.
  • Level 7
    • Bronze Talons [Q]
      • Bonus Basic Attack damage increased from 30% to 40%.
    • Mobius Loop [W]
      • Cooldown reduction increased from 1.5 to 1.75 seconds.
  • Level 13
    • Here and There [Active]
      • Cooldown reduced from 25 to 20 seconds.
  • Level 16
    • Fast Forward [Q]
      • Additional functionality: Also refunds 10 Mana when Sand Blast travels 50% of its base distance and hits an enemy Hero.
  • Level 20
    • Blessing of the Bronze [Active]
      • Additional functionality: Hitting enemy Heroes with Sand Blast from Chromie or her Echoes reduces the cooldown of Blessing of the Bronze by 8 seconds.

Developer Comment: Chromie's fallen a bit out of favor in recent months, so we are beefing her up to be a bit more viable.

2019-06-18 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Chromie: Here and There no longer requires Chromie to have vision of her target location, or the clone she is swapping with.

2019-04-17 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Basic Attack damage increased from 73 to 82

Abilities

  • Sand Blast (Q)
    • Damage increased from 280 to 315
    • Echo damage reduced from 50% to 40% of Chromie's damage
  • Dragon's Breath (W)
    • Damage increased from 195 to 204
    • Cooldown reduced from 15 to 14 seconds
    • Mana cost reduced from 75 to 65
  • Time Trap (E)
    • Mana cost reduced from 30 to 20

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Deep Breathing (W)
      • Damage bonus increased from 2 (up to 50) to 3 (up to 60)
      • Damage bonus at Quest Complete increased from an additional 50 to 60
    • Timewalker's Pursuit (Active)
      • No longer provides Mana Regeneration at Quest Complete
      • Spell Power bonus increased from 5% to 10%
  • Level 2
    • Andorhal Anomaly (E)
      • Cooldown reduction increased from 5 to 8 seconds
    • Chronic Conditions (E)
      • Slow increased from 25% to 30%
  • Level 8
    • Slowing Sands (R1)
      • Mana cost reduced from 4 to 3 per second
  • Level 11
    • Gnome Speed Ahead (Q)
      • No longer increases Mana Regeneration
    • Here and There (Active)
      • Range increased from 9 to 11
      • Range from which you can teleport to an Echo increased from 3 to 4
      • Cooldown reduced from 30 to 25
  • Level 14
    • Shifting Sands (Q)
      • Spell Power bonus per enemy hit reduced from 8% to 5%
      • Spell Power bonus maximum increased from 40% to 50%
      • Duration reduced from 10 to 8 seconds
    • Fast Forward (Q)
      • Cooldown of Sand Blast reduced from .75 to .5 seconds
      • Range required to hit Sand Blast reduced from 70% to 50%
    • Quantum Overdrive (Active)
      • Cooldown increased from 30 to 45 seconds
      • Duration reduced from 10 to 8 seconds
      • Hitting an enemy Hero with Sand Blast reduces Quantum Overdrive's cooldown by 3 seconds
  • Level 18
    • Unravelling (R1)
      • Spell Armor reduction increased from 2 to 5 per 0.25 seconds (maximum is still -30)
    • Stuck in a Loop (R2)
      • Now also increases recharge rate from 500% to 700%
    • Blessing of the Bronze (Active)
      • Is now an activatable Talent with a 90 second cooldown
      • Now lasts 8 seconds
      • Basic Ability recharge rate increased from 30% to 35%
      • Movement Speed increased from 10% to 20%

Developer Comment: We're pretty happy with how Chromie's rework is playing, though there is a small amount of space to buff her up overall (even with the understanding that her winrate will go up as players get used to her new playstyle). We're trying to give a small buff to her base kit, while also balancing out a few of the Talent tiers. In particular, we're changing Blessing of the Bronze to be an activated ability, so that opponents have greater counterplay. Chromie (and the community) saw this one coming, so we were ready to pull the trigger quickly on this change.

Developer Comment: As we promised in the past, we took a look at the overall Mana tension of all the Heroes in the game. We also have some philosophies about Mana that we want to keep going forward. They are:

  1. Mana should be a meaningful part of the game, particularly in the early stages when wave clear is at a higher premium. We believe that as the game progresses, Mana tension should become less important as Heroes gain more base Mana and the game's focus shifts to team fighting.
  2. Mana tension doesn't have to be the same for every Hero, but every Hero should feel it to some degree, otherwise it serves no purpose.
  3. We like that some talents heavily mitigate Mana tension.

When we took a look at Mana tension in the game, we saw that, overall, things are in a fairly healthy spot, but could be fine-tuned and improved upon. We like the tension that the heroes who are closer to the middle of the spectrum have, with some examples being Malfurion, Tychus, and E.T.C. Our goal with these changes is to bring the outliers closer to the center. We are open to your feedback going forward if you think that the game needs to be stricter or more lenient in this area, or if you believe there are any outliers that we missed.

Bug Fixes

  • Chromie can no longer use Here and There to get outside of a Battleground's playable area

2019-03-26 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Sand Blast (Q)
    • Now hits all enemy types, though stops travel after one hit.
    • Deals 50% damage to Structures.
    • Baseline quest has been removed.
    • Casting a Sand Blast now spawns an Echo that replicates Chromie's Sand Blasts and Basic Attacks, dealing 50% damage; Maximum of one Echo active at a time.
    • Damage reduced from 315 to 280.
    • Cooldown increased from 2.5 to 3 seconds.
    • Cast time reduced from .8125 to .5 seconds.
    • Initial missile speed has been reduced, but acceleration has been added.
      • The time the missile takes to travel its full distance has been increased from .4375 to .625 seconds.
  • Dragon's Breath (W)
    • Ground warning is no longer visible to enemy heroes.
    • Damage reduced from 390 to 195.
    • Now fires a succession of 3 blasts with a 0.75 second delay towards a vector targeted direction.
    • Cooldown increased from 8 to 15 seconds.
    • Mana cost increased from 50 to 75.
  • Time Trap (E)
    • Once placed, now requires Chromie to re-activate the Trap with (D) to detonate and puts all units in the area in Time Stop.
    • Now affects allies as well as enemies.
    • Search area increased from 1.5 to 2 radius.
    • Mana cost increased from 25 to 30.
    • Health increased from 300 to 500.
  • Timewalker/Bronze Talons (Trait)
    • The Bronze Talons Basic Attack component of her trait has been removed.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Deep Breathing (W)
      • Stacks increased from 12 to 25.
      • Bonus reduced from 5 to 2 per stack.
      • Bonus at maximum stacks reduced from 140 to 50.
    • New Talent: Once Again the First Time (Q)
      • Quest: Hit an enemy Hero with Sand Blast 40 times.
      • Reward: Sand Blast's maximum Sand Echoes increased from 1 to 2.
    • Mounting Sand (Q)
      • Removed.
  • Level 2
    • Andorhal Anomaly (E)
      • Moved from Level 18.
      • No longer causes all three charges to refresh at once.
      • Additional functionality
        • Reduces the cooldown of Time Trap by 5 seconds.
        • All Time Traps are detonated at the same time.
    • New Talent: Chronic Conditions (E)
      • After Time Stop ends, enemies affected by Time Trap are Slowed by 25% for 3 seconds and allies gain 25% Movement Speed for 3 seconds.
    • New Talent: Time Troubles (E)
      • After Time Stop ends, enemies affected by Time Trap lose 20 Armor for 3 seconds and allies gain 20 Armor for 3 seconds.
    • Enveloping Assault (W)
      • Removed.
    • Timely Surprise (E)
      • Removed.
  • Level 5
    • Mobius Loop (W)
      • Cooldown reduction reduced from 3 to 1.5 seconds per enemy Hero hit.
      • Mana return reduced from 100 to 40 per enemy Hero hit.
    • Bronze Talons (Q)
      • Has been redesigned.
      • When Chromie hits an enemy Hero with Sand Blast, she deals 30% additional Basic Attack damage for 5 seconds.
    • New Talent: A Proper Greeting
      • Passive: When Chromie damages a Slowed, Rooted, or Stunned enemy Hero, she deals 25% additional damage for 5 seconds.
    • Dragons Eye (W)
      • Removed.
    • Chrono Sickness (E)
      • Removed.
  • Level 8
    • Slowing Sands (R1)
      • Redesigned: Slow now increases the longer an enemy is in the affected area.
      • Now Slows by 5% every 0.25 seconds, up to a maximum of 70%.
    • Temporal Loop (R2)
      • Range reduced from 11 to 8.
      • Now also increases the recharge rate of Chromie's Basic Abilities by 500% for 3 seconds.
  • Level 11
    • Here and There (Active)
      • Now has a range of 9.
      • Now teleports Chromie to a targeted location near a Sand Echo, and teleports the Sand Echo back to her old location.
    • New Talent: Gnome Speed Ahead! (Q)
      • After casting Sand Blast, Chromie gains 200% increased Health and Mana Regeneration and 20% Movement Speed for 3 seconds.
    • Bye Bye (B)
      • Removed.
  • Level 18
    • New Talent: Unravelling (R1)
      • Every 0.25 seconds, enemy Heroes Slowed by Slowing Sands have their Spell Armor reduced by 2, up to 30.
    • Stuck in a Loop (R2)
      • Now also increases the duration of Temporal Loop's cooldown reduction buff by 3 seconds.
    • New Talent: Blessing of the Bronze
      • Passive: While Chromie is alive, she and all her allies gain 10% Movement Speed and their Basic Abilities recharge 30% faster.
    • Pocket of Time (R1)
      • Removed.

Developer Comment: Our goal with this Chromie update is to create various degrees of success that Chromie can enjoy, so that she doesn't feel like quite the same all-or-nothing mage that she's historically been. Traditionally, Chromie has often required a hard counter to keep her in check or completely wrecked an opposing team, creating polarizing experiences. We're instituting a lot of changes that allow Chromie to get partial success with her Abilities (multiple Sand Blasts baseline, 3 blasts of Dragon's Breath), while also widening her toolkit (friendly Stasis, Basic Attack damage, PvE damage). While we're diversifying her kit, we also want to make sure that Chromie feels special, and we think that her Sand Echoes and predictive gameplay with Dragon's Breath are still unique parts of her that embody the feeling of artillery mage while still having moments of counter play for opponents.

2019-02-12 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Chromie: Slowing Sands will no longer slow Battleground vehicles (Dragon Knight, Triglav Protector).

2018-12-11 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Chromie: Dragon's Breath's warning splat will now display after the ability has been cast.

2018-10-16 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Chromie: Fixed an issue where Temporal Loop's return location would appear incorrect if a movement ability was used by the target.
  • Stasis/Time Stop: Fixed an issue where player created terrain could move Heroes affected by Stasis or Time Stop.

2018-09-19 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Base Maximum Health increased from 1323 to 1390
  • Health Regen increased from 2.76 to 2.9

Abilities

  • Dragon's Breath (W)
    • Cooldown reduced from 9 to 8 seconds
  • Bronze Talons (Trait)
    • Bonus attack damage increased from 125 to 140%

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Mounting Sand (Q)
      • Bonus Echo damage increased from 40 to 50%
    • Deep Breathing (W)
      • Damage per quest stack increased from 3 to 5
      • Hits required to complete quest reduced from 20 to 12
  • Level 5
    • Mobius Loop (W)
      • Cooldown reduction for Hero hit increased from 2 to 3 seconds
      • Mana refund from Hero hit increased from 50 to 100

2018-08-22 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Sand Blast (Q)
    • Damage increased from 300 to 315
  • Dragon's Breath (W)
    • Damage increased from 360 to 390
  • Bronze Talons (Passive)
    • Bonus Basic Attack damage increased from 100 to 125%

2018-08-07 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Basic Attack Range has been increased from 5.5 to 7

Abilities

  • Sand Blast (Q)
    • No longer gains bonus damage when hitting enemy Heroes
    • Range has been decreased from 17 to 15
    • Scaling damage increased from 2 to 4%
    • Echo scaling damage increased from 2 to 4%
    • Cast time decreased from 1 to .8 seconds
    • Mana cost decreased from 20 to 15
  • Past and Future Me (Sand Blast Quest)
    • Echo unlock requirements reduced from 60 to 50 Sand Blast hits
  • Dragon's Breath (W)
    • Mana cost reduced from 70 to 50
    • Range decreased from 17 to 15
    • Dragon's Breath's ground splat is now visible to enemies .5 seconds after cast
    • Damage reduced from 480 to 360
    • Cooldown reduced from 12 to 9 seconds
  • Trait Addition: Bronze Talons
    • Hitting an enemy Hero with a Basic Ability increases the damage of Chromie's next Basic Attack by 100%

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Mounting Sand (Q)
      • Additional Functionality:
        • Now also increases the damage of Sand Blast's Echo by 40%
    • Timewalker's Pursuit (Active)
      • Adjusted Functionality:
        • No longer grants Mana Regeneration per Regen Globe gathered. Now grants 1 extra Mana Regeneration on quest complete.
  • Level 2
    • Bronze Talons (Passive)
      • Removed
    • New Talent: Draconic Barrage (Trait)
      • Increase the bonus Basic Attack damage from casting Abilities by an additional 100%. Hitting an enemy Hero with Sand Blast grants 2 empowered Basic Attacks.
  • Level 5
    • Mobius Loop (W)
      • New functionality:
        • If an enemy Hero is hit by Dragon's Breath, lower the cooldown by 2 seconds and refund the Mana cost
    • Chrono Sickness (E)
      • Slow amount reduced from 50 to 35%
  • Level 11
    • Time Out (Active)
      • Duration reduced from 7 to 5 seconds
  • Level 14
    • Fast Forward (Q)
      • Range requirement reduced from 75 to 70%
    • Quantum Overdrive (Active)
      • Ability Power bonus increased from 20 to 25%

Developer Comment: We're making a few changes to Chromie to reduce the frustration when playing against her and to reduce her wide power variance between games. A number of these changes are designed to increase counter-play when playing against Chromie, like reducing her range on her abilities and letting enemies see Dragon's Breath shortly after it has been cast. In exchange, Chromie's Sand Blast has a shorter cast time, and she will now have a modified version of Bronze Talons baseline, where she can weave in auto- attacks for hitting enemy Heroes with her abilities. The reason we decided to give her the additional Bronze Talons trait is so that Chromie players are encouraged to interact more with their opponents. We're rewarding them for getting into more dangerous positions with the possibility of increased damage output. This also lets us redistribute her damage away from her high burst, long range abilities, and more into something her opponents have a better opportunity to play around. We like Chromie's unique place in our game as a long-range, artillery mage that requires enemies to pay attention to their positioning but over time we found that she simply had too much range and burst for players to feel like they had an engaging experience when playing against her. While we've had a blast with these changes, we'll continue to keep an eye on her going forward and are prepared to make additional tweaks as needed.

Bug Fixes

  • Chromie: Fixed an issue that could cause Chromie's next attack after landing a Sand Blast hit to fail to gain the Bronze Talons effect if she was attacking from maximum range.

2018-07-10 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Time Trap (E)
    • Melee Heroes who can see a Time Trap can now use melee attacks to destroy it without triggering its effects.

2018-06-12 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Chromie: A.I. Chromie will no longer cast Temporal Loop on Vehicles, like the Dragon Knight or Garden Terror.

2018-05-22 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Chromie: Time Traps revealed by Abilities like Tassadar's Oracle can now be correctly auto-acquired as Basic Attack targets.

2018-03-27 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Chromie: Fixed an issue preventing A.I. Chromie from casting Sand Blast.

2017-11-14 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Chromie: Fixed an issue in which certain Abilities, like Artanis’ Blade Dash, could prevent Temporal Loop from returning the target to its original location.

2017-10-17 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Score Screen: Counters for Chromie’s Sand Blast and The Butcher’s Fresh Meat quests will now continue to increment on the in-game score screen after reaching their soft caps.

2017-09-26 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Time Trap (E)
    • Now has a unique minimap icon.

2017-09-20 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Sand Blast (Q)
    • Reduced the number of Sand Blast hits required to unlock the Sand Blast echo from 80 to 60

Talents

  • Level 2
    • Timely Surprise (E)
      • Now also increases the cast range of Time Trap by 33%

Developer Comment: Only about 40% of Chromie players were unlocking the echo over the course of a game, and among players that did it was occurring later than we’d like. By reducing the requirements for completing Chromie’s quest, we won’t increase her late game power at all, but make her output a little more consistent.

Bug Fixes

  • Chromie: The Deep Breathing talent’s completed damage bonus will now match the tooltip located below her unit frame.

2017-09-05 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Sand Blast (Q)
    • Scaling reduced from 4% to 2% per level.
    • Damage reduced from 400 to 300.
    • !Quest added:
      • Hit 80 Heroes with Sand Blast. Hitting with consecutive casts counts as 2 hits.
    • !Rewards:
      • Increase Sand Blast damage by 5 for each Hero hit.
      • After hitting 80 Heroes, Sand Blast leaves an Echo behind. The next time Sand Blast is cast, the Echo also casts an untalented Sand Blast that deals 40% damage.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • (New) Mounting Sand (Q)
      • If Chromie hits with a third consecutive Sand Blast, it counts as hitting 3 Heroes.
    • Compounding Aether (Q)
      • ​Removed
    • Deep Breathing (W) Undocumented
      • Damage per enemy Hero hit increased from 2 to 3, damage cap increased from 50 to 60
      • Quest completion requirement decreased from 25 to 20 Heroes hit by Dragon's Breath
      • Quest completion bonus damage decreased from 150 to 140
  • Level 2
    • (New) Timely Surprise (E)
      • Sand Blast and Dragon's Breath's cooldowns are reset when Time Trap is triggered.
  • Level 11
    • (New) Here and There (Active)
      • Activate to have Chromie swap places with her Sand Blast Echo. 30 second cooldown.
    • Reaching Through Time (Q + W)
      • ​Removed
  • Level 18
    • Past and Future Me (Q)
      • Removed.
    • Piercing Sands (Q)
      • Moved from Level 2.
      • Adjusted Functionality:
        • Sand Blast now pierces targets, dealing damage to any additional Heroes hit.
    • Loophole (R)
      • Removed.
    • (New) Stuck in a Loop (R)
      • Temporal Loop teleports the target a second time after the first completes.

Developer Comment: Chromie's baseline Quest on Sand Blast is designed to balance hitting a lot of Heroes with precision. We've reduced the damage of Sand Blast to move more of that into the Quest, so that there can be a greater variance between the performance of an okay Chromie player and a great Chromie player. We removed Piercing Sands because we felt that the longer Chromie's range gets, the less interactive Chromie can be for enemies, and replaced it with a Talent with a little more interesting gameplay.

Bug Fixes

  • Stasis: Fixed an issue in which cooldowns for self-cast Stasis effects, such as Ice Block, or Chromie’s Time Out, would not count down until respawn if the Hero was killed immediately after that Stasis effect concluded.

2017-08-08 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Stasis: Fixed an issue in which cooldowns for self-stasis effects, like Chromie’s Time Out, would not begin counting down until the Hero respawned if that Hero was killed immediately after the self-stasis effect concluded.

2017-07-11 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • D.Va – Fixed that issue that allowed D.Va’s Boosters to push enemies that were affected by Time Stop.

2017-06-28 Balance Update

Bug Fixes

  • Chromie: Fixed an issue that could allow two instances of Slowing Sands to exist at once.

2017-02-14 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Chromie: After completing Deep Breathing’s quest, its buff bar tooltip will now display the correct number of Heroes hit.

2017-01-27 Balance Update

Bug Fixes

  • Chromie: Timewalker’s Pursuit quest rewards will no longer be granted immediately upon selecting the Talent.

2017-01-04 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Kharazim: Becoming trapped by Chromie’s Time Trap while using Radiant Dash with the Way of the Hundred Fists Talent will no longer prevent Kharazim from issuing Basic Attacks until Radiant Dash is cast a second time.

2016-12-14 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Timewalker (Trait)
    • Increased the level reduction for getting Talents from 1 to 2 levels

Talents

  • Level 1
    • ​Timewalker’s Pursuit (Active)
      • Added Functionality:
        • You can now also activate this Talent to reveal an area for 2 seconds. Enemies seen are revealed for 4 seconds.
    • Peer Into the Future (Active)
      • Removed

Developer Comments: We’re looking to add more power to Chromie that fits the flavor of the character, without increasing her burst potential across the entirety of the game. We’re also combining the effects of Timewalker’s Pursuit and Peer Into the Future to create an enticing option at Level 1.

2016-09-27 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Base maximum Health increased from 1260 to 1323
  • Health regen increased from 2.63 to 2.76

Abilities

  • Sand Blast (Q)
    • Range increased by 6%
  • Dragon's Breath (W)
    • Range increased by 6%
  • Temporal Loop (R)
    • Range decreased by 8%

Talents

  • Level 13
    • Reaching Through Time (Passive)
      • ​​​Range bonus decreased from 25 to 15%

Developer Comments: Reaching Through Time had a dominating pick rate, for good reason. We’re taking a little bit of that range from the Talent and adding it baseline. While we’re at it, we’re reducing the range on Temporal Loop slightly to require Chromie to put herself more at risk. Temporal Loop isn’t overpowered per se, but the majority of the counterplay required specific Heroes (Medivh, Auriel, Uther) or Cleanse. We’re also buffing her Health so that the sum total of all these changes will result in an improvement to her winrate, since she is slightly less powerful than what we’d like to see.

2016-09-13 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Chromie: Temporal Loop’s clock graphic will no longer disappear if the target becomes polymorphed.
  • Dehaka: Isolation’s parasite will no longer visually persist until death on a target that was simultaneously hit by Isolation and Chromie’s Time Trap.

2016-08-09 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Chromie: Temporal Loop can no longer return its target to areas of terrain that are not walkable. The target will instead be placed as close as possible to their original location.

2016-07-27 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Slowing Sands (R)
    • Mana cost reduced from 4 to 2 per second
    • Slow increased from 50% after 5 seconds, to 60% after 3 seconds

Talents

  • Level 7
    • Mobius Loop (W)
      • Cooldown and Mana cost reduction increased from 40% to 50%
    • Chrono Sickness (E)
      • Slow duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds
      • Now also reduces the Mana cost of Time Trap by 50%
  • Level 20
    • Pocket of Time (R)
      • Slow increased from 70% to 80%
    • Past and Future Me (Passive)
      • Damage reduced from 50% to 40%

Developer Comments: We’ve seen Chromie trend upward steadily, and we’re happy to have the little gnome be a scary character in the right circumstances. We don’t really want to make any large overall balance adjustments to her right now, but we do want to make a few of her less picked Talents and Heroic more enticing. We’ll continue to work on more of these as time passes. Don’t worry, Chromie already told us she’s completely balanced a few patches from now.

2016-06-21 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Basic Abilities

  • Time Trap (E)
    • Mana cost reduced from 50 to 25
    • Cast range increased by 50%.
    • Time Trap Base Health increased from 200 to 300.

Developer Comments: We want to play up the strategic positioning that Chromie uses to stay alive. As such, we are making Time Traps less of a Mana drain and increasing their range so Chromie players are encouraged to reposition the traps where it will offer the best benefit.We are also increasing the Health of the traps so that they don’t die as frequently to incidental damage. These buffs will make it easier for Chromie to protect herself from the enemies that she knows are coming…or will know were coming… time dragons are confusing.

2016-06-02 Balance Update

Hero Updates

​Stats

  • Health increased from 1128 (+4% per level) to 1260 (+4% per level)
  • Health Regeneration increased from 2.4296 (+4% per level) to 2.625 (+4% per level)

Basic Abilities

  • Sand Blast (Q)
    • Damage increased from 390 (+4% per level) to 400 (+4% per level)
    • Cooldown reduced from 3 to 2.5 seconds
  • Dragon’s Breath (W)
    • Damage increased from 440 (+4% per level) to 480 (+4% per level)
    • Cooldown reduced from 14 to 12 seconds

Talents

  • Level 6
    • Mobius Loop (W)
      • Cooldown reduction decreased from 50% to 40%
    • Chrono Sickness (E)
      • Slow increased from 40% to 50%
  • Level 15
    • Shifting Sands (Q)
      • Ability Power bonus per enemy hit reduced from 10% to 8%
      • Ability Power bonus cap reduced from 50% to 40%
    • Fast Forward (Q)
      • Sand Blast cooldown after hitting from long range reduced from 1 to .75 seconds
    • Quantum Overdrive (Active)
      • Ability Power bonus reduced from 25% to 20%

Developer Comments: A Hero like Chromie is one that we would expect to come out with a lower than normal win rate. She has many counters, has a high skill floor, and requires her teammates to play around her poke style. Even anticipating the gradual increase in effectiveness as people figure her out, we think that she has room for buffs.

Chromie is the type of Hero who has high damage potential (and man, when she hits those home runs they’re a sight to behold), but is also very inconsistent. She’ll always be that way to a degree, which is by design. We’re attempting to buff her damage throughput to offset this inability to pick her targets, without making her “one shot” potential any scarier than it is.

We’ve increased her Health slightly as well so that she is a little more resistant to incidental damage. If enemies find a way to close the gap and focus her down, her still relatively low Health and lack of escapes will allow teams to eliminate our terrifying gnome-dragon, as they should.

2016-05-17 Patch Notes

New Hero

Chromie, Keeper of Time, has been added to Heroes of the Storm and is now available for play! Read on for a brief overview of her Abilities.

Trait

  • Timewalker
    • You’ve traveled into the future, and as such, will learn your Talents 1 level earlier than your teammates.

Basic Abilities

  • Sand Blast (Q)
    • After 1 second, fire a long-range blast that damages the first enemy Hero it hits.
  • Dragon’s Breath (W)
    • Fire a blast into the air that lands after 1.5 seconds, dealing damage to enemies in an area. Enemies cannot see where the blast will land.
  • Time Trap (E)
    • Place a Time Trap that arms and Stealths after 2 seconds. The first enemy Hero to touch it will be placed into Stasis for 2 seconds. Only 1 Trap can exist at once.

Heroic Abilities

  • Slowing Sands (R)
    • Create a swirling vortex of sand which greatly slows enemies caught within its area of effect. The longer Slowing Sands is active, the greater its slow becomes.
  • Temporal Loop (R)
    • Target enemy Hero will be teleported 3 seconds back in time to the position they were in when you initially cast Temporal Loop.