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Gladiator skills and Daevanion in AION 2

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

The Gladiator swings a greatsword and fights at the front, trading some defence for damage. Its kit leans on keeping itself alive while it hits: Blood Absorption and Survival Stance are the sustain, and Aerial Snare and Leaping Slam are its answers to a target that will not stay on the ground.

In a group it is the damage-first melee class and the group’s off-tank.

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
Aerial Snare	Active	1 node, 8 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 11 pts	34
Ankle Slice	Active	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 11 pts	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 7 pts	37
Crushing Wave	Active	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 9 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
Keen Strike	Active	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 11 pts	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 13 pts	40
Leaping Slam	Active	1 node, 7 pts	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 13 pts	36
Mocking Blade	Active	1 node, 7 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 13 pts	35
Overhead Slam	Active	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 12 pts	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 5 pts	32
Rending Blow	Active	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 13 pts	37
Ruinous Blow	Active	1 node, 8 pts	1 node, 12 pts	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 11 pts	37
Rush Strike	Active	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 7 pts	32
Sword Aura Rampage	Active	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 13 pts	42
Attack Preparation	Passive	2 nodes, 14 pts	—	1 node, 11 pts	1 node, 6 pts	31
Blood Absorption	Passive	2 nodes, 18 pts	—	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 11 pts	38
Destructive Impulse	Passive	—	2 nodes, 13 pts	1 node, 11 pts	1 node, 6 pts	30
Experienced Counterstrike	Passive	—	2 nodes, 13 pts	1 node, 4 pts	1 node, 11 pts	28
Identify Weakness	Passive	2 nodes, 14 pts	—	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 11 pts	34
Impact Hit	Passive	—	2 nodes, 22 pts	1 node, 4 pts	1 node, 11 pts	37
Murderous Burst	Passive	—	2 nodes, 13 pts	1 node, 4 pts	1 node, 11 pts	28
Protection Armor	Passive	2 nodes, 18 pts	—	1 node, 11 pts	1 node, 9 pts	38
Survival Stance	Passive	2 nodes, 18 pts	—	1 node, 11 pts	1 node, 9 pts	38
Survival Willpower	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 Gladiator’s skill points and board points for DPS, tanky, balanced or PvP play, level by level: Gladiator 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
Armor of Balance	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Assault Strike	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Blade Toss	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Focused Block	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Forced Restraint	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Fracturing Rush	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Lifestealing Blade	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Lunge Stance	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Rage Burst	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Tenaciousness	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Wave Armor	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Wrath Wave	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Zikel's Blessing	Active	1–20	Level 22	75

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