Sources & credits
Everything on this site is checked against these people and sites. If a guide helped you, support the original authors.
Creators
People whose videos and guides this site builds on. Go watch them — they do the real testing.
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SolAshur
Templar player (Merks guild). His global-launch Templar build on solashur.com and the video walkthrough are the basis of the Templar PvE and PvP guide.
Used in: Templar
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Kaeria
Russian-speaking Cleric player (Taiwan client). Her long Cleric PvE guide is the basis of the Cleric PvE mode.
Used in: Cleric
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Whelps
Ranger main (1M CP on KR, played the global test). His Ranger guide video and S1 endgame PvE build on questlog are the basis of the Ranger guide; his settings video — of the Game settings page.
Used in: RangerWhole site
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Arthars Gaming
Starter guides for the global launch, recorded on the Taiwanese server: the Gladiator guide is the base of the Gladiator PvE mode, the Chanter and Assassin guides — of the Chanter and Assassin PvE modes. Plays Gladiator on global.
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TitanTheF
Author of the leveling route table and the AION 2 progression sheet: global builds (start 1–45 and 45+) for Ranger, Assassin and Chanter, hotbar and macro setups, the route after 45, gear upgrades, gathering and crafting.
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aLuckyRO
“AION 2 Sorcerer Guide For Skills & Stigmas | Macros & Daevanion Setup” — the early setup of the Sorcerer PvE guide: first specializations, hotbar lines, macro and mana management (a fresh character on the Taiwanese server). His global “Latest PVE Build for Global” videos (October 1–3) add the early-stage notes to the Gladiator, Ranger, Assassin, Sorcerer and Cleric guides.
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notXeon
Chanter main and streamer. “The ONLY Chanter Skill Guide You'll Ever Need” (Oct 2, global) — what to take to 16 first, passive priority, Power of the Storm in every content, the macro tip before Dark Crush 16.
Used in: Chanter
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WallyJTV
Chanter, top 3 Chanters on his server's Abyss board. “Aion 2 CHANTER Global Skill Guide” (Oct 2) — global skill changes, PvE and PvP specializations, Obliterate for stagger checks, Recuperation at 12.
Used in: Chanter
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EUTOPIA
“AION 2 Sorcerer Build Guide - Best PvE Skills, Macro & Rotation” (Oct 3) — a global level-45 Sorcerer: Hellfire-first priority, specializations, stigmas and swaps; the basis of the Sorcerer skill priority.
Used in: Sorcerer
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BIGSKALA
“Все подземелья AION 2 на старте — полный разбор” (RU, Sep 15, Taiwan client) — every launch dungeon boss: the base of the Dungeons page.
Used in: Whole site
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XifanGG
Assassin main, 10 months on the Taiwan servers. “Global Tier List (PvP, PvE, F2P & ZvZ)” (Sep 29) — one of the lists on the Tier list page.
Used in: Whole site
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Kanon
“Updated DPS Tierlist & Rankings (Across All Content)” (Sep 28) — class DPS averaged from Korean parses; on the Tier list page.
Used in: Whole site
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KaidWOW
“Ranking Best Classes After First Days of Release” (Oct 4) — the damage ranking on the Tier list page.
Used in: Whole site
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SywoGG
“AION 2: UPDATED Gear Progression Guide for GLOBAL” (Oct 4, global) — milestones from 700 to 2,800 item level, clash runes, belt and amulet, arcana math, where combat power comes from: on the After 45 page.
Used in: Whole site
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Lucia
World's First Rank 1 Cleric (global). “Aion 2 Cleric Guide from a Worlds 1st Rank 1” (Oct 5) — skill picks, stigmas, a two-step macro, gear lines, Genus Insight and wings in the Cleric guide, and the base of its PvP mode.
Used in: Cleric
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Leonis
Templar played for damage. “How I'm Top DPS as Templar | Build Guide Update” (Oct 4, global) — the −1s Punishment pick on Pummel, Flash Rampage out of the line, Shield of Protection as a safe swap.
Used in: Templar
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trueeevil
“Ultimate Templar Guide for Aion 2” (Oct 2, day two on global) — Executing Blade and Noble Armor for solo PvE, the −1s Punishment pick on Pummel, passive order.
Used in: TemplarWhole site
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LordRobson
Ranger streamer. “Aion 2 Ranger - Build, Skills, Stigmas and Macros” (Oct 2, global) — confirms the Ranger stigmas, with Explosive Arrow as an equal fourth.
Used in: Ranger
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Sen
Gladiator streamer. “AION 2 Progression Guide (+ Gladiator guide)” (Oct 2, global) — confirms the Gladiator skills, stigmas and passives; progression after 45.
Used in: Gladiator
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DankRNG
Elementalist main on global. “How to MASTER the SPIRITS | Elementalist Guide & Build” (Sep 29) — the snapshot rule, spirit order, Wind Spirit left out; built on Evripides' written guide.
Used in: Elementalist
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NoBS Game Guides
“Aion 2 Templar Guide: Skills Introduction + Early Game Macro” — the base of the Templar skill overview and leveling macro.
Used in: Templar
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Grobs
“AION 2 Macro Guide: Best Early-Game Setups & Mouse Macro Tutorial” — how lines and the in-game macro work (bottom slot = highest priority, hold LMB next to the macro, buffs by hand in Season 1) and the early-game macro setups in the Leveling tabs. “12 Settings You Should Change in AION 2” — the second source of the Game settings page.
Used in: GladiatorRangerTemplarAssassinChanterSorcererClericElementalistWhole site
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Spid
“AION 2: 14 Tips I Wish I Knew Before Starting” — first-week goals and weekly caps.
Used in: Whole site
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LittleFattyGG
“AION 2 Global Beginner Guide — Don't Waste Your First Week” — what to finish before the first reset.
Used in: Whole site
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Sanya Jacuzzi
“New leveling plan after 45” (RU) — the global datamine a day before launch: what changed and the item level route to the first raid.
Used in: Whole site
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nemobek
Interactive version of TitanTheF’s table — the idea behind our leveling checklist with progress.
Who to watch
Streamers with Taiwan or EU experience, per class — TitanTheF's list for learning a class after leveling.
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mahsepp1
Gladiator, good player with Taiwan experience.
Class: Gladiator
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consul
Sorcerer with Taiwan experience.
Class: Sorcerer
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pushmybutton
Sorcerer, also experienced.
Class: Sorcerer
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krixew
Assassin with Taiwan experience (EU).
Class: Assassin
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norganbm
Chanter with Taiwan experience.
Class: Chanter
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yuga
Templar (tank).
Class: Templar
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youmadsin
Cleric with experience (EU).
Class: Cleric
Guides & databases
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questlog.gg
Skill, specialization and stigma data from the global client (EN and RU), and all skill icons.
Used in: GladiatorRangerTemplarAssassinChanterSorcererClericElementalist
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aion2t.com
Build planner hosting TitanTheF's builds — skill levels, specializations, stigmas and passives are read from it.
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Vortex Gaming
Korean builds: Gladiator PvP (Abyss / Arena), the post-patch Ranger stigma setup and Templar PvE/PvP setups.
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7MMO
Full Korean Ranger PvE build: skills, stigmas, the three macro lines and what to press by hand.
Used in: Ranger
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Game8
Ranger skill unlock levels and rotation basics.
Used in: Ranger
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Gamers Together
Ranger PvP approach.
Used in: Ranger
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Gamers Together · allthings.how
How the in-game macro works: hotbar buttons in order, 10 ms delay, cooldowns skipped, what not to put in it.
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DCInside · AION 2 gallery
Korean player posts on current Ranger meta and stigma choices. Anonymous community authors — no single link to credit.
Used in: Ranger
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Inven · FM Korea
Korean Templar posts: skill specializations, stigma sets and the macro layout; PvP stigma choices.
Used in: Templar
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MMO Codex
Templar skill order while leveling and passive priority.
Used in: TemplarSorcererClericElementalist
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aion2sm.com — Evripides
Spirit Master guide, Global edition for Season 1 (written at 700k CP, updated Sep 29) — the basis of the Elementalist PvE and PvP modes: skill levels and specializations, stigmas, passives, rotation, macro, arcana, matchups.
Used in: Elementalist
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aion2timers.com
Field boss respawn cycles (NCSOFT's Korean cycle notice via Inven — global runs them at half) and spawn areas — the respawn timers on the World bosses page.
Used in: Whole site
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Aion 2 Kodex
Odyle energy numbers for the global client (+15 every 3 h, cap 840, 7 weekly crafts) used by the weekly tracker.
Used in: Whole site
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IGGM
Global Season 1 changes vs Korea/Taiwan (stigma slots, expeditions, gear).
Launch dates & art
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AION 2 (NCSOFT)
Official dates (pre-download announced on the official YouTube channel) and the class artwork used on this site. AION 2 art © NCSOFT.
Used in: Whole site
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Fextralife AION 2 Wiki
Class emblems (the official site only shows them small, inside its class nameplates). AION 2 © NCSOFT.
Used in: Whole site
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Home page background
Official AION 2 wallpaper from the global teaser site (the same scene as the Reddit screenshot used before, in full quality). AION 2 © NCSOFT.
Used in: Whole site
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Page header images
Week 1, Weekly, World bosses, Sources and Changelog headers: official wallpapers from the AION 2 global teaser site. AION 2 © NCSOFT.
Used in: Whole site
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timesaver.gg · aion2guide.org
Launch schedule cross-checks: what NC has confirmed and what it hasn't.
Used in: Whole site
About this site
AION2 Guide is an unofficial, redesigned and multilingual edition of community AION 2 guides, built with the help of Claude, an AI assistant by Anthropic. All information belongs to the creators credited above.
The guide texts, builds and checklists on this site come from the open project Original: AION 2 Global – Guides · GitHub
Japanese, Korean and Traditional Chinese game names come from questlog.gg (the Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese clients); Simplified Chinese is converted from Traditional. Guide texts in Chinese, Japanese and Korean are AI-assisted translations — corrections from native speakers are welcome.