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Chanter skills and Daevanion in AION 2

Updated 2026-10-09 · checked against Global launch (client 2.0.5.0)

The Chanter swings a staff in melee and supports while it fights. Its actives are mostly strikes — Wave Blow, Rushing Smash, Tremor Crush — with Recuperation as its heal, and its passives include the support: Protection Circle, Blessing of Life, Inspiring Spell and the two promises, Earth’s and Wind’s.

In a group it is the hybrid healer who fights in melee.

Skills on the Daevanion boards

Every class has twelve active and ten passive skills on its four skill boards, and the boards add four levels to each of them. The pattern is the same for every class:

• an active skill has one node on each of the four boards;
• a passive skill has two nodes on Nezekan or Zikel, then one each on Vaizel and Triniel.

The table shows where each node sits and the points it takes to reach it from the board’s centre. Points are the cheapest path on that board, which is why skills sharing a corridor cost less together than the column adds up to.

Each skill name opens its own page. To try a path across the boards, use the Daevanion planner.

Skill	Type	Nezekan	Zikel	Vaizel	Triniel	Points
Dark Crush	Active	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 12 pts	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 5 pts	32
Defiance	Active	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 13 pts	42
Gust Rampage	Active	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 13 pts	42
Heat Wave Blow	Active	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 11 pts	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 7 pts	37
Impactful Crush	Active	1 node, 7 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 13 pts	35
Incandescent Blow	Active	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 13 pts	37
Onslaught	Active	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 11 pts	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 13 pts	40
Recuperation	Active	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 5 pts	32
Rushing Smash	Active	1 node, 7 pts	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 13 pts	36
Spinning Strike	Active	1 node, 8 pts	1 node, 12 pts	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 11 pts	37
Tremor Crush	Active	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 7 pts	32
Wave Blow	Active	1 node, 8 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 11 pts	34
Attack Preparation	Passive	2 nodes, 14 pts	—	1 node, 11 pts	1 node, 6 pts	31
Blessing of Life	Passive	2 nodes, 18 pts	—	1 node, 11 pts	1 node, 9 pts	38
Crossguard	Passive	2 nodes, 18 pts	—	1 node, 11 pts	1 node, 9 pts	38
Earth's Promise	Passive	—	2 nodes, 13 pts	1 node, 4 pts	1 node, 11 pts	28
Impact Hit	Passive	—	2 nodes, 22 pts	1 node, 4 pts	1 node, 11 pts	37
Inspiring Spell	Passive	2 nodes, 14 pts	—	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 11 pts	34
Protection Circle	Passive	2 nodes, 18 pts	—	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 11 pts	38
Raging Spell	Passive	—	2 nodes, 13 pts	1 node, 11 pts	1 node, 6 pts	30
Survival Willpower	Passive	—	2 nodes, 13 pts	1 node, 4 pts	1 node, 11 pts	28
Wind's Promise	Passive	—	2 nodes, 13 pts	1 node, 4 pts	1 node, 11 pts	28

Azphel, the fifth board, has no skill nodes; it is the same PvP board for every class (see Classes).

Raising skills with gear

Daevanion is not the only route. Gear can carry random skill levels through soul binding: weapons and rings roll active skills, while earrings, necklaces and armour roll passives. The number of lines rises with the item’s grade. Arcana adds the rest — see Gear.

Starter builds

Where to spend the Chanter’s skill points and board points for DPS, tanky, balanced or PvP play, level by level: Chanter starter builds. Rough starting points, not a meta build.

Stigma skills

Besides its board skills, every class has thirteen stigma skills. They level on their own track, with Stigma Shard Points instead of skill points, from 1 to 20 — the Daevanion boards, gear and Arcana never raise them. A character can have one set from level 22, and more slots open up to four by level 37. Each name opens the skill’s page with its description and the cost of every level.

Stigma skill	Type	Levels	Learned at	Points to max
Assault Shock	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Barrier Spell	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Ensnaring Mark	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Focused Defense	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Fracturing Blow	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Guardian Blessing	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Healing Touch	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Impeding Authority	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Marchutan's Wrath	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Obliterate	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Power of the Storm	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Sprint Mantra	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Undefeated Mantra	Active	1–20	Level 22	75

Stigma slots: 1 at level 22 · 2 at level 27 · 3 at level 32 · 4 at level 37.