Zikel's Blessing Gladiator stigma skill · unlocks at level 22 · max level 25

What Zikel's Blessing does

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

Zikel's Blessing specializations

5 variants change how Zikel's Blessing works. Each needs its stigma item and a minimum skill level.

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  Specialization 1 · requires skill level 5

  +50% Stagger Gauge Damage

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  Specialization 2 · requires skill level 10

  +10% PvE Damage Boost and +5% PvP Damage Boost

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  Specialization 3 · requires skill level 15

  +50% Multi-Hit chance

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  Specialization 4 · requires skill level 20

  +20% Status Effect Chance

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  Specialization 5

  +5s duration

Zikel's Blessing by level

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

★ = stigma points; other levels cost skill points.

Zikel's Blessing: used by top players

Share of tracked top players of each class (level 45, highest combat power) who use Zikel's Blessing.

• Gladiator Stigma4,041 of 4,245avg. Lv. 15.295%

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

Other Gladiator skills of this type

Skill	Unlocks	Cooldown	MP
Blade Toss	Lv. 22	20s	—
Forced Restraint	Lv. 22	60s	100
Wrath Wave	Lv. 22	60s	200
Assault Strike	Lv. 22	120s	—
Tenaciousness	Lv. 22	150s	—
Lunge Stance	Lv. 22	60s	—
Lifestealing Blade	Lv. 22	90s	200
Fracturing Rush	Lv. 22	90s	100
Rage Burst	Lv. 22	45s	100
Focused Block	Lv. 22	20s	—
Armor of Balance	Lv. 22	90s	—
Wave Armor	Lv. 22	60s	200

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