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Ranger skills and Daevanion in AION 2

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

The Ranger fights with a bow at range and controls where enemies can go: Snare Shot, Suppressing Arrow and Explosion Trap slow and punish, while Snipe and Deadshot are the big single hits. Its passives — Focused Eye, Vigilant Eye, Concentrated Fire — are about accuracy and sustained fire.

In a group it is ranged physical damage and control.

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
Arrow Scattershot	Active	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 13 pts	42
Burst Arrow	Active	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 7 pts	32
Deadshot	Active	1 node, 8 pts	1 node, 12 pts	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 11 pts	37
Defiance	Active	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 13 pts	42
Drill Dart	Active	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 12 pts	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 5 pts	32
Explosion Trap	Active	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 5 pts	32
Gale Arrow	Active	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 11 pts	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 7 pts	37
Marking Shot	Active	1 node, 7 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 13 pts	35
Snare Shot	Active	1 node, 7 pts	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 13 pts	36
Snipe	Active	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 11 pts	1 node, 10 pts	1 node, 13 pts	40
Suppressing Arrow	Active	1 node, 8 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 11 pts	34
Tempest Shot	Active	1 node, 6 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 13 pts	37
Concentrated Fire	Passive	2 nodes, 18 pts	—	1 node, 11 pts	1 node, 9 pts	38
Focused Eye	Passive	2 nodes, 14 pts	—	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 11 pts	34
Hunter's Resolve	Passive	2 nodes, 14 pts	—	1 node, 11 pts	1 node, 6 pts	31
Hunter's Soul	Passive	—	2 nodes, 13 pts	1 node, 4 pts	1 node, 11 pts	28
Melee Fire	Passive	—	2 nodes, 13 pts	1 node, 4 pts	1 node, 11 pts	28
Revitalization Contract	Passive	—	2 nodes, 13 pts	1 node, 4 pts	1 node, 11 pts	28
Rooting Eye	Passive	—	2 nodes, 13 pts	1 node, 11 pts	1 node, 6 pts	30
Unyielding Resolve	Passive	—	2 nodes, 22 pts	1 node, 4 pts	1 node, 11 pts	37
Vigilant Eye	Passive	2 nodes, 18 pts	—	1 node, 11 pts	1 node, 9 pts	38
Wind Vigor	Passive	2 nodes, 18 pts	—	1 node, 9 pts	1 node, 11 pts	38

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 Ranger’s skill points and board points for DPS, tanky, balanced or PvP play, level by level: Ranger 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
Ambush Kick	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Arrow Storm	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Assault Smite	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Bow of Blessing	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Ensnaring Trap	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Explosive Arrow	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Griffon Arrow	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Illusory Arrow	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Mother Nature's Breath	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Sealing Arrow	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Stealth	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Supporting Fire	Active	1–20	Level 22	75
Vaizel's Authority	Active	1–20	Level 22	75

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