AION 2 Builds: Best Build for Every Class at Launch

AION 2 builds come down to a handful of decisions you make over and over: which skills get your skill points, which passives you level first, which four Stigmas you register, which specializations you slot, where your Daevanion points go and what you engrave on your weapon. This page answers all six for every class, one table per class.

Every pick is our analysis of the global client's skill data (2.0.3.0): cooldowns, targets hit, buff values, Stagger damage and the five specialization options on each skill. There is no global ranking data yet, so nothing here is "what top players run". It is what the kit rewards on paper, with the reasoning shown.

How AION 2 builds work: the six choices

Every class has 12 active skills, 10 passives and 13 Stigma skills. Actives and passives are leveled with skill points: going from level 1 to 10 costs 1 point per level for levels 2 to 4, 2 per level for 5 to 7 and 4 per level for 8 to 10, so 21 points per skill. Each level also has a character-level gate three levels after the previous one. Ruinous Blow, for example, unlocks at 14 and needs character level 38 for skill level 10. You cannot max everything at once, which is why the order matters.

One detail shapes every Daevanion plan below: the first five passives each have two nodes on the Nezekan board and the last five have two on Zikel, so "Daevanion focus" mostly means which passive pair you walk through first. Our Daevanion guide covers paths and costs in depth, and the Stigma guide covers Stigma Shards and leveling.

Best Gladiator Build in AION 2

The Gladiator is a greatsword frontliner the client tags as both Tank and Dealer. Its sustain comes from passives, which frees all four Stigma slots for damage.

Ruinous Blow is the skill to rush. Its buff lasts 20 seconds on a 45-second cooldown, so it covers almost half of every fight. For solo leveling before 37, Lifestealing Blade is a strong stand-in for Blade Toss: it has the largest damage coefficient on the Gladiator's Stigma list and heals you on a 90-second cooldown.

Best Templar Build in AION 2

The Templar is the client's only pure Tank and fights with a longsword and shield. A Templar build is about holding enmity, keeping the party alive and still contributing the Executor buff, which is one of the bigger self-buffs in any kit.

Empyrean Lord's Punishment goes in first because it is the most useful thing you can press at level 22: a 60-second, 20m, 4-target Stun that always lands on NPCs and deals 50 Stagger Gauge Damage. From 27, Nezekan's Shield gives the whole party a 41% Max HP shield. Solo players can take Doom Shield (30s rush, Knockdown, small shield) over Taunt.

Best Assassin Build in AION 2

The Assassin runs on Insignia stacks and Critical Hits. The build has one goal: land 5 Insignias, then cash them in with Insignia Explosion, while Heart Gore fires on every crit.

Savage Fang engraves all 5 Insignias in one press, which is why it takes the first slot. Swift Contract (+20% Combat Speed for 10s on a 60-second cooldown) is the PvE fourth pick because more swings means more crits, and more crits means more Heart Gore. For PvP, swap it for Aerial Bind, which guarantees Airborne on a target carrying 5 Insignias.

Best Ranger Build in AION 2

The Ranger fights at 20m and gets stronger the longer it keeps two buffs up: Gale from Gale Arrow and Precision from Marking Shot. Most of its extra damage keys off Slow or Root, so Snare Shot is a setup tool, not filler.

Gale Arrow's two specializations stack well: +5s duration makes Gale last 15 seconds on a 20-second cooldown right away, and the level-16 option later cuts that cooldown by 10s. The duration option is our first specialization pick on the class. Explosive Arrow follows Arrow Storm because it hits 20% harder on Slowed or Rooted targets, and Snare Shot applies that Slow to a whole pack.

Best Sorcerer Build in AION 2

The Sorcerer is the burst caster: two charged or chained Fire combos, Water control, and one passive that matters more than any other. Grace of Enhancement (level 21) adds +20% PvE Damage Boost as long as your MP stays at 25% or more, so this build quietly revolves around mana.

Firestorm is the hidden core skill. Its level-12 option shortens Hellfire by 2 seconds per fireball, so the two skills feed each other. Steel Barrier sits in the last slot because the Sorcerer has no Max HP passive: it is a 16% Max HP shield that lasts 60 seconds on a 60-second cooldown. For boss fights you can trade it for Divine Burst and its 50 Stagger Gauge Damage.

Best Spiritmaster Build in AION 2

The Spiritmaster plays as two characters: you and the spirit. Spirit skills feed Four Elements for Elemental Fusion and trigger Dimensional Control, and your damage-over-time effects switch on two passives. The build keeps a DoT on every target and a spirit always summoned.

Summon: Ancient Spirit earns the first slot because it lasts 30 seconds, hits up to 4 targets and grants Four Elements every time it uses its skill, which feeds Elemental Fusion directly. Cursed Cloud and Jointstrike: Corrode stack two long DoTs on a pack. For PvP, Seize Magic (removes up to 2 buffs) replaces Cursed Cloud.

Best Cleric Build in AION 2

The Cleric is the only pure Healer, but its offensive kit is better than it looks: Chain of Torment lowers the target's PvE Damage Tolerance for the whole party. A good Cleric build heals with short cooldowns and keeps that debuff up between heals.

Light of Protection is a toggle on a 5-second cooldown that gives you and nearby party members +10.5% PvE Damage Boost and Damage Tolerance, so it is the best value per slot at 22. When you level alone, Earth Punishment (30s cooldown, a hit plus a 10-second DoT) is the better first Stigma, and you can move Light of Protection in once you queue for dungeons.

Best Chanter Build in AION 2

The Chanter is a staff hybrid tagged Healer and Dealer. Its rotation revolves around Dark Crush, which several skills unlock for a short window, and its party value comes from Stigmas and passives that work while you fight.

Marchutan's Wrath goes first even though the Chanter is a support: it has a 30-second cooldown, hits up to 4 targets and opens a 3-second Dark Crush window, which makes leveling much faster. Undefeated Mantra joins at 27 and Power of the Storm at 32, where its party-wide 20% Combat Speed and 10% cooldown cut start to pay off in group content.

Stigma order at a glance: 22, 27, 32 and 37

The full Stigma lists, Shard costs and PvP alternatives are in our AION 2 Stigma guide. This table is only about order: which Stigma to register first as each slot opens.

The pattern: slot one helps you level alone, slot two adds burst or the party tool dungeons ask for, and the last two add buffs and safety.

Best Theostone for each class build

Theostones are weapon procs, and only Epic and Unique weapons have the slot. Within a grade, the damage Theostones are tuned to the same average: a Unique single-target stone works out to about 150 damage per attack and an AoE stone to about 75 per target hit, whatever its proc chance. So pick by how many targets you hit and how fast you swing. Our AION 2 Theostone guide has the full list and the math.

How to set up your build in game

1. 1
   Level your core actives to 10

   Put skill points into two or three core skills before anything else.

2. 2
   Level two passives

   Pick the passive with PvE Damage Boost or Max HP first. All ten unlock by character level 25.

3. 3
   Slot specializations at skill level 8

   Pick from the three level-8 options, then revisit at skill level 12.

4. 4
   Register Stigmas as slots open

   At 22, 27, 32 and 37, add the next Stigma from the table above. Level each to 5 for its first specialization.

5. 5
   Path the Daevanion boards

   From level 12, path Nezekan through your core skill and doubled passive nodes. Compare classes in the Daevanion planner.

6. 6
   Engrave a Theostone

   Engrave one from the Enhancement menu once you hold an Epic or Unique weapon.

If you have not settled on a class yet, start with our AION 2 class tier list, then come back here for the build.