Temporal Chains

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"This useful curse warps a small area of space and actually causes time to pass slower within its confines. Any beings who pass through the affected zone will become snared in the warp, slowing their actions to a crawl."

— Description on the official Path of Exile website

Skill Functions and Interactions

Duration: Temporal Chains will make any effect which has a duration on the cursed pass more slowly than it normally would, including itself. The Duration listed is already modified to take this into account, so the listed duration on the skill isn't actually doubled. Included in this list are: other curses, Status Ailments, debuffs and other effects caused by skills such as Poison Arrow and Viper Strike, and even beneficial effects such as frenzy charges. Health degeneration debuffs will expire more slowly, but will cause the same amount of damage per second they normally would.

Gem level progression

Template:GemLevelTable |- ! 1 | 24 | 37 | 25 | 24 | 5.00s | 0% | 20% | 0 | 0 |- ! 2 | 27 | 41 | 28 | 26 | 5.05s | 2% | 20% | 118,383 | 118,383 |- ! 3 | 30 | 45 | 31 | 27 | 5.10s | 4% | 21% | 175,816 | 294,199 |- ! 4 | 33 | 49 | 34 | 29 | 5.15s | 6% | 21% | 254,061 | 548,260 |- ! 5 | 36 | 52 | 36 | 30 | 5.20s | 8% | 22% | 359,090 | 907,350 |- ! 6 | 39 | 56 | 39 | 32 | 5.25s | 10% | 22% | 498,508 | 1,405,858 |- ! 7 | 42 | 60 | 42 | 34 | 5.30s | 12% | 23% | 682,057 | 2,087,915 |- ! 8 | 45 | 64 | 45 | 35 | 5.35s | 14% | 23% | 921,777 | 3,009,692 |- ! 9 | 48 | 68 | 48 | 37 | 5.40s | 16% | 24% | 1,727,879 | 4,737,571 |- ! 10 | 50 | 71 | 49 | 38 | 5.45s | 18% | 24% | 1,138,877 | 5,876,448 |- ! 11 | 52 | 74 | 51 | 39 | 5.50s | 20% | 25% | 1,368,233 | 7,244,681 |- ! 12 | 54 | 76 | 53 | 40 | 5.55s | 22% | 25% | 1,638,338 | 8,883,019 |- ! 13 | 56 | 79 | 55 | 42 | 5.60s | 24% | 26% | 1,956,648 | 10,839,667 |- ! 14 | 58 | 82 | 57 | 43 | 5.65s | 26% | 26% | 3,655,184 | 14,494,851 |- ! 15 | 60 | 84 | 59 | 44 | 5.70s | 28% | 27% | 3,017,327 | 17,512,178 |- ! 16 | 62 | 87 | 60 | 45 | 5.75s | 30% | 27% | 7,793,914 | 25,306,092 |- ! 17 | 64 | 90 | 62 | 46 | 5.80s | 32% | 28% | 15,206,031 | 40,512,123 |- ! 18 | 66 | 92 | 64 | 47 | 5.85s | 34% | 28% | 26,185,582 | 66,697,705 |- ! 19 | 68 | 95 | 66 | 48 | 5.90s | 36% | 29% | 62,755,923 | 129,453,628 |- ! 20 | 70 | 98 | 68 | 50 | 5.95s | 38% | 29% | 211,877,683 | 341,331,311 |- ! 21 | 72 | 100 | 70 | 51 | 6.00s | 40% | 30% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 22 | 74 | | | 52 | 6.05s | 42% | 30% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 23 | 76 | | | 53 | 6.10s | 44% | 31% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 24 | 78 | | | 54 | 6.15s | 46% | 31% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 25 | 80 | | | 56 | 6.20s | 48% | 32% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 26 | 82 | | | 57 | 6.25s | 50% | 32% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 27 | 84 | | | 58 | 6.30s | 52% | 33% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 28 | 86 | | | 59 | 6.35s | 54% | 33% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 29 | 88 | | | 60 | 6.40s | 56% | 34% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 30 | 90 | | | 61 | 6.45s | 58% | 34% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |}

Version history

Version	Changes
2.0.0	Mana cost reduced at all levels. Area of effect increases per gem level reduced, but the base area of effect has been increased by 37.5% (from 16 to 22). Duration increases per level slightly modified. The end result is slightly longer duration at level 1 but slightly shorter duration at level 20.
0.10.0	Fixed a bug where chilling monsters or cursing them with Temporal Chains could prevent their attacks from succeeding.
0.9.13	Reduced the effect of Temporal Chains, due to being overpowered in both PvE and PvP. This also affects the version that Maps inflict on you
0.9.12	The quality bonuses have been corrected to not include movement speed, as it is already part of the core effect.
0.9.4	Reduced the duration.
0.9.2	Temporal Chains has been added to the game.