Steel Barrier Sorcerer stigma skill · unlocks at level 22 · max level 25

What Steel Barrier does

The game's own tooltip at max level; drag the slider to see any level.

Steel Barrier specializations

5 variants change how Steel Barrier works. Each needs its stigma item and a minimum skill level.

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  Specialization 1 · requires skill level 5

  +10% Move Speed

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  Specialization 2 · requires skill level 10

  HP Regen at fixed intervals

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  Specialization 3 · requires skill level 15

  +10% PvE Damage Tolerance increase and +5% PvP Damage Tolerance increase

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  Specialization 4 · requires skill level 20

  -15s cooldown

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  Specialization 5

  No Back damage occurs

Steel Barrier by level

Character level needed, cooldown, MP cost and points for each of the 25 levels.

★ = stigma points; other levels cost skill points.

Steel Barrier: used by top players

Share of tracked top players of each class (level 45, highest combat power) who use Steel Barrier.

• Sorcerer Stigma702 of 1,562avg. Lv. 6.445%

Pick rates, not a strength rating. Recomputed every 6 hours from the characters MetaBot tracks.

Other Sorcerer skills of this type

Skill	Unlocks	Cooldown	MP
Divine Burst	Lv. 22	60s	200
Soul Freeze	Lv. 22	60s	200
Glacial Smite	Lv. 22	90s	200
Cold Storm	Lv. 22	60s	200
Assault Bombardment	Lv. 22	120s	—
Hibernation	Lv. 22	180s	—
Fire Wall	Lv. 22	60s	200
Element Enhancement	Lv. 22	60s	—
Curse: Tree	Lv. 22	90s	—
Lumiel's Space	Lv. 22	90s	300
Delayed Explosion	Lv. 22	30s	200
Arctic Armor	Lv. 22	90s	—

Data read from the AION 2 global client (build 0.0.4387.0). Updated for the Nov 4, 2026 patch. How we read the game files