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| Class | Role | Weapon | Difficulty | Solo | Group | PvP |
|---|
Difficulty is a consensus of several guides, which disagree, especially on Ranger and Gladiator.
Which class to pick
| If you want… | Try |
|---|---|
| The easiest start | Templar, Gladiator, Cleric |
| Fast, safe solo leveling | Ranger, Gladiator, Spiritmaster |
| To be wanted in every group | Templar (tank), Cleric (healer) |
| Big burst damage | Sorcerer, Assassin |
| PvP outplays | Assassin |
| Flexibility between support and damage | Chanter |
Tier lists change with every balance patch, and many online were written for Korea. Pick the playstyle you enjoy; every class can clear Season 1 content.
How Stigmas work
Stigmas are extra skills slotted on top of your class's 22 regular skills. Each class has 13 to choose from.
Slots
- 4 slots, opening at levels 22, 27, 32 and 37. (Korea has 6; builds copied from there list more.)
- The first also needs the Ascension quest The One Who Hears the Voice (recommended level 22), which also gives your first shard.
- You can't swap Stigmas in combat.
Leveling them up
| Stigma level | Shard points per level | Running total |
|---|---|---|
| 1–5 | 1 | 5 |
| 6–10 | 2 | 15 |
| 11–15 | 4 | 35 |
| 16–20 | 8 | 75 |
Bonus effects unlock automatically at levels 5, 10, 15 and 20. Level 20 is the maximum on Global (Korea allows 25). Shards are scarce, so get every slotted Stigma to level 5 first, then push your most important one. Use the Stigma shard calculator to plan.
Where shards come from
- Leveling: 1 point per level from 23 to 39, 2 per level from 40 to 45.
- Abyss Trade Shop, the main source: 200 shards in four price steps of 50 (10,000, 15,000, 20,000 and 25,000 Abyss Points each).
- Nightmare Shop and Shugo Festival Shop: up to 35 each per character.
- Achievements (2 per milestone), the battle pass, and Arena and battlefield shops.
- Unstable Stigma Shards from party dungeons, turned into full shards with Substance Morph.
Sources
- Class builds: rotations and Stigmas (MetaBot)
- Stigma guide (MetaBot)
- Stigmas from the official armory (Neonsect)
- Most-used Global builds (Aion2Vault)
- Stigma slots, levels and shards (GamersTogether)
- Classes overview (aion2guide.org)
- Global classes (aion2globalguide)
- Spiritmaster (Fextralife)
- Best beginner classes (allthings.how)
- Class difficulty tier list (MMOEXP)
- Templar guide (Skycoach)
- Cleric build (aion2-meta)
- Skill icons from MetaBot's skill database (game art © NCSOFT)