Assassin Build Planner & Skill Build•AION 2 Assassin · 12 skills · 10 passives · 13 stigmas

What top Assassin players run

Pick rates from the top tracked Assassin characters (level 45, highest combat power per region). Most used by top players, not a ranking of what is strongest.

Top players tracked

1,560

Median combat power

56,040

Top 10% from

70,275

Avg. item level

1,154

Based on 1,560 top Assassin players · updated 6 hours ago · How we collect this

Combat power distribution

By region

Share of 150 top Assassin players with each skill on their bar (active) or learned (passive), with the average skill level.

Share of 150 top Assassin players with each stigma equipped, with its average level.

Illusive Clone

95%avg. Lv. 9.4

Swift Contract

90%avg. Lv. 6.8

Savage Fang

77%avg. Lv. 3.6

Triniel's Dagger

71%avg. Lv. 6.9

Evasion Stance

39%avg. Lv. 3.5

Throw Shadowblade

24%avg. Lv. 5.7

Shadow Walk

17%avg. Lv. 1.9

Spiral Slice

6%avg. Lv. 2.3

Shadowstep

2%avg. Lv. 5

Smoke Bomb

2%avg. Lv. 1.7

How often each node is picked across 150 top Assassin players with a Daevanion read: brighter means more players.

0%100%share of players picking the node

Most picked skill nodes

Heart Gore +1 (Nezekan)

98%

Insignia Explosion +1 (Zikel)

98%

Heart Gore +1 (Zikel)

97%

Quick Slice +1 (Zikel)

95%

Quick Slice +1 (Nezekan)

94%

Heart Gore +1 (Triniel)

93%

Heart Gore +1 (Vaizel)

93%

Insignia Explosion +1 (Vaizel)

93%

The three items top Assassin players wear most in each slot (150 characters with equipment read), with their average enchant level.

How far top Assassin players enchant each slot: one bar per slot, brighter means a higher enchant level.

Main hand

avg. +9.9most: +10 (66%)

Off-hand

avg. +9.2most: +10 (69%)

Helmet

avg. +4.3most: +5 (35%)

Shoulders

avg. +4.6most: +5 (34%)

Chest

avg. +5.3most: +5 (34%)

Legs

avg. +4.6most: +5 (36%)

Gloves

avg. +4.8most: +5 (28%)

Boots

avg. +4.2most: +5 (31%)

Cape

avg. +4.5most: +5 (37%)

Necklace

avg. +5.9most: +5 (39%)

Earring

avg. +5.2most: +5 (39%)

Ring

avg. +5.5most: +5 (38%)

Bracelet

avg. +7.5most: +10 (50%)

Belt

avg. +1most: +0 (74%)

Amulet

avg. +0.9most: +0 (71%)

Rune

avg. +2.7most: +3 (46%)

+0 +5 +10 +15

Manastone stats and Theostones socketed by 50 top Assassin players with item details read.

The Arcana top Assassin players equip most in each Arcana slot.

Titles, wings and pets

What top Assassin players equip outside their gear.

Equipped titles (1,560 characters)

Primary and deity stat averages across 1,560 top Assassin characters, as their official profiles report them.

The highest combat power Assassin characters we track across all regions.

Rankings cover tracked characters only: level-45 characters MetaBot has indexed from the official public character search, ranked by the combat power their official profile reports. They are not official rankings.

Assassin skill & stigma planner

Set your character level, train skills, pick specializations and fill the 4 stigma slots. Points are checked against the budget for that level; the link in your address bar always holds the build.

Budget and prices from the client's Exp and skill acquire tables.

Point totals are the client's Exp table values at each level; skills unlocked count each skill's first required character level.

Assassin skills at a glance

12 active skills and 10 passives. The last active skill, Defiance, unlocks at level 16; the last passive, Determination, at level 25.

Assassin skills at a glance

Skill	Type	Unlocks	Points / max level	Cooldown	Specializations
Quick Slice	Active skill	Lv. 1	10 / 40	—	5
Savage Roar	Active skill	Lv. 1	10 / 40	—	5
Shadowstrike	Active skill	Lv. 1	10 / 40	20s	5
Ambush	Active skill	Lv. 3	10 / 40	10s	5
Heart Gore	Active skill	Lv. 4	10 / 40	5s	5
Storm Rampage	Active skill	Lv. 5	10 / 40	—	5
Whirlwind Slice	Active skill	Lv. 7	10 / 40	10s	5
Flash Slice	Active skill	Lv. 8	10 / 40	10s	5
Infiltrate	Active skill	Lv. 10	10 / 40	20s	5
Shadow Fall	Active skill	Lv. 12	10 / 40	20s	5
Insignia Explosion	Active skill	Lv. 14	10 / 40	10s	5
Defiance	Active skill	Lv. 16	10 / 40	60s	5
Heightened Sixth Sense	Passive skill	Lv. 1	10 / 40	—	0
Exploit Weakness	Passive skill	Lv. 6	10 / 40	—	0
Apply Poison	Passive skill	Lv. 9	10 / 40	—	0
Rear Smite	Passive skill	Lv. 11	10 / 40	—	0
Assault Stance	Passive skill	Lv. 13	10 / 40	—	0
Impact Hit	Passive skill	Lv. 15	10 / 40	—	0
Ambush Stance	Passive skill	Lv. 17	10 / 40	—	0
Defense Break	Passive skill	Lv. 21	10 / 40	—	0
Revitalization Contract	Passive skill	Lv. 23	10 / 40	—	0
Determination	Passive skill	Lv. 25	10 / 40	—	0

Assassin stigma options

13 stigma skills for 4 slots (levels 22, 27, 32, and 37). Each trains to Lv. 20 with stigma points; the effect shown is level 1.

Assassin stigma options

Stigma	Points / max level	Cooldown	Stigma points to max	Effect (Lv. 1)
Evasion Contract	20 / 40	90s	75	Removes Slow and Root from the caster and increases the caster's Evasion by 200 for 10s. Grants Slow and Root Immunity. Unaffected by cooldown increase effects.
Shadow Walk	20 / 40	120s	75	Grants Stealth for 20s. Cannot be used in combat and the effect is removed upon entering combat.
Savage Fang	20 / 40	60s	75	Deals 1,074 (+200% Attack) damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m and engraves 5 Insignias for 10s. 50 Stagger Gauge Damage
Assault Ambush	20 / 40	120s	75	Selects a target within 20m and deals 977 (+182% Attack) damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m, with a 30% chance to inflict Blind for 5s. 100% chance to…
Swift Contract	20 / 40	60s	75	Increases the caster's Combat Speed by 20% for 10s.
Throw Shadowblade	20 / 40	30s	75	Deals 778 (+145% Attack) damage to a target within 20m and inflicts Slow, which reduces Move Speed by 40% for 5s. 15 Stagger Gauge Damage
Shadowstep	20 / 40	45s	75	Deals 832 (+155% Attack) damage to a target within 4m. The caster moves back and gains Stealth for 3s.
Smoke Bomb	20 / 40	30s	75	Deals 966 (+180% Attack) to a target within 10m and inflicts Blind for 5s. 15 Stagger Gauge Damage
Triniel's Dagger	20 / 40	45s	75	Deals 1,374 (+256% Attack) damage to a target within 4m and increases all of the target's skill cooldowns by 5% of their duration. Increases damage by 30% if…
Aerial Bind	20 / 40	120s	75	Deals 837 (+156% Attack) damage to a target within 4m, with a 50% chance to inflict Airborne for 3s. Has a 100% chance to inflict Airborne for 3s on targets…
Evasion Stance	20 / 40	20s	75	Grants guaranteed evasion of all damage for a brief duration. Restores 110 MP and Stamina once on Evasion.
Illusive Clone	20 / 40	90s	75	Removes [Heart Gore] cooldown and deals 20% of damage dealt as extra damage for 10s.
Spiral Slice	20 / 40	90s	75	Rushes to a target within 20m and deals 1,074 (+200% Attack) damage, removing 1 buff. Deals 386 (+72% Attack) extra damage based on the number of buffs…

Stigma specializations unlock at skill levels 5, 10, 15, and 20. The client data keeps them in fixed slots that the player does not edit, so the planner switches them on by skill level.

Assassin specializations by skill level

60 specializations across 12 active skills, sorted by the skill level that unlocks them (8, 12, and 16). Each active skill can hold up to 3 at once, with slots opening at skill levels 8, 12, and 20.

Assassin specializations by skill level

Skill	Skill level	Effect
Quick Slice	Lv. 8	+20% MP restored
Quick Slice	Lv. 8	Absorbs 70, 70% HP
Quick Slice	Lv. 8	+50% Multi-Hit on hit
Savage Roar	Lv. 8	-20% MP consumed
Savage Roar	Lv. 8	+20% Skill Speed
Savage Roar	Lv. 8	Deals up to 12% more damage when less targets are hit
Shadowstrike	Lv. 8	+1s Stun duration
Shadowstrike	Lv. 8	+20% caster Critical Damage Boost for 10s on hit
Shadowstrike	Lv. 8	50% chance to inflict Seal for 5s on hit
Ambush	Lv. 8	Engraves 2 Insignias for 10s on landing as a Back attack
Ambush	Lv. 8	Absorbs 300, 300% HP
Ambush	Lv. 8	Breaks Protective Shields on hit
Heart Gore	Lv. 8	Absorbs 70, 70% HP
Heart Gore	Lv. 8	Engraves 1 Insignia for 10s on hit
Heart Gore	Lv. 8	Up to +20% Critical Hit when less targets hit

Show 45 more specializations

Assassin specializations by skill level

Skill	Skill level	Effect
Storm Rampage	Lv. 8	Absorbs 500, 500% HP
Storm Rampage	Lv. 8	Restores 120 MP on hit
Storm Rampage	Lv. 8	Changes to mobile skill
Whirlwind Slice	Lv. 8	+50% Multi-Hit on hit
Whirlwind Slice	Lv. 8	Changes to AoE damage
Whirlwind Slice	Lv. 8	+16m range
Flash Slice	Lv. 8	+2s Blind duration
Flash Slice	Lv. 8	+6m Range
Flash Slice	Lv. 8	Up to +20% damage when more targets hit
Infiltrate	Lv. 8	Restores 300 Stamina on landing [Infiltrate]
Infiltrate	Lv. 8	+10m [Infiltrate] range
Infiltrate	Lv. 8	Breaks Protective Shields on landing [Infiltrate]
Shadow Fall	Lv. 8	Absorbs 1000, 1000% HP
Shadow Fall	Lv. 8	Engraves 3 Insignias for 10s on hit
Shadow Fall	Lv. 8	-5s cooldown
Insignia Explosion	Lv. 8	Adds rotate effect
Insignia Explosion	Lv. 8	+50% Multi-Hit on hit
Insignia Explosion	Lv. 8	Keep 2 stacks of Insignias after [Insignia Explosion]
Defiance	Lv. 8	Adds [Storm Slice] Chain Skill
Defiance	Lv. 8	Restores 1,000 Stamina on using [Defiance]
Defiance	Lv. 8	Restores 20% HP on using [Defiance]
Quick Slice	Lv. 12	-1s [Insignia Explosion] cooldown on hit
Savage Roar	Lv. 12	-1s [Shadowstrike] cooldown on hit
Shadowstrike	Lv. 12	50% chance to inflict Root for 5s on hit
Ambush	Lv. 12	50% chance to trigger [Whirlwind Slice] on hit
Heart Gore	Lv. 12	Multi-Hit on hit
Storm Rampage	Lv. 12	Multi-Hit on hit
Whirlwind Slice	Lv. 12	+20% Stun Chance
Flash Slice	Lv. 12	+1 consecutive use
Infiltrate	Lv. 12	Adds [Dark Strike] Chain Skill
Shadow Fall	Lv. 12	+1s Knockdown duration
Insignia Explosion	Lv. 12	+1s Stun duration
Defiance	Lv. 12	+2s Tenacity duration
Quick Slice	Lv. 16	Ignores Block and Evasion and lands as a Critical Hit
Savage Roar	Lv. 16	Pulls nearby targets on using [Savage Smash]
Shadowstrike	Lv. 16	Changes to AoE Skill
Ambush	Lv. 16	+2 consecutive uses
Heart Gore	Lv. 16	Resets [Heart Gore] cooldown on landing a Critical Hit
Storm Rampage	Lv. 16	-1s all skill cooldowns on hit
Whirlwind Slice	Lv. 16	25% chance to reset [Whirlwind Slice] cooldown on Evasion
Flash Slice	Lv. 16	50% chance to rotate and inflict Stun for 3s on hitting a target afflicted with Blind
Infiltrate	Lv. 16	+20% [Infiltrate] Blind Chance
Shadow Fall	Lv. 16	Can be used on targets afflicted with Blind
Insignia Explosion	Lv. 16	-3s cooldown
Defiance	Lv. 16	+50% PvE Damage Tolerance and +25% PvP Damage Tolerance for Tenacity duration

88 skill nodes across 5 boards raise 22 skills by up to +4 each.

• Exploit Weakness+4
• Shadow Fall+4
• Apply Poison+4
• Heart Gore+4
• Heightened Sixth Sense+4
• Shadowstrike+4
• Flash Slice+4
• Rear Smite+4
• Savage Roar+4
• Assault Stance+4
• Defiance+4
• Storm Rampage+4
• Quick Slice+4
• Infiltrate+4
• Ambush+4
• Whirlwind Slice+4
• Insignia Explosion+4
• Impact Hit+4
• Determination+4
• Revitalization Contract+4
• Defense Break+4
• Ambush Stance+4

Data read from the AION 2 global client (build 0.0.4387.0). How we read the game files