Aion 2 · global version · Updated: October 8, 2026

Chanter Guide & Build (Aion 2)

Weapon: staff and guard · Role: support: party buffs and backup healing

About this guide

Everything for the Chanter from level 1 to the endgame: what to level, how to set up your skill bar, how to buff and heal your party, gear, your first dungeon and a plan for after 45. The Chanter fights up close with a staff and at the same time gives the whole group more damage and speed. Collected from several guides and from players. Where sources disagree, I say so openly.

My character level 12

Set your level and you will see below what to do right now. The page remembers it in this browser.

Skills for level 12

This is the level each skill should have at this character level. The list goes from most important: if you are short on points, raise from the top. Next to each skill: the specializations to pick.

Onslaught

Incandescent Blow

Dark Crush

Rushing Smash

Recuperation

Protection Circle

Inspiring Spell

Impactful Crush

Tremor Crush

Wave Blownew

Blessing of Life

Attack Preparation from 13

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Spinning Strike from 14

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Impact Hit from 15

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Earth's Promise from 21

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Wind's Promise from 25

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Survival Willpower from 23

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Order to raise them from scratch (20 points total)

Onslaught to 2
Incandescent Blow to 2
Dark Crush to 3
Onslaught to 3
Incandescent Blow to 3
Onslaught to 4
Incandescent Blow to 4
Rushing Smash to 2
Recuperation to 2
Rushing Smash to 3
Recuperation to 3
Rushing Smash to 5
Dark Crush to 4
Onslaught to 5
Incandescent Blow to 5

Skill bar for level 12

Arrange your skills like this in the skill window. Row 0 is the row right at the bar and has the highest priority. A filler with no cooldown always goes at the top of its column (Lipej). The game does not allow gaps: you can only place a skill in rows 1–3 when row 0 is filled. Build a line from the bottom and take it apart from the top. When a new skill goes lower, first move the ones above it up a row. A skill can only sit in one place on the bar: if it is already somewhere, take it off there first.

Key	Row 0	Row 1	Row 2	How to use
LMB	Onslaught			only one slot here. Weave it in all the time, it restores mana
RMB	Dark Crush	Incandescent Blow		Crush line: you click it. From 22 it is macro step 1 (10 ms)
Q	Rushing Smash			dash; at 12 it resets on kill
E	Impactful Crush	Wave Blownew	Heat Wave Blow	openers, manually: press when Dark Crush is ready, then RMB right away. Wave Blow only on a stunned target
1	Recuperationnew			heals the party and removes a debuff
2	Tremor Crushnew			dash after a dodge
5	Undefeated Mantra from 22			turn on once and leave it

Change at 12: On E in row 1 you add Wave Blow. It only works on a stunned target, e.g. right after Impactful Crush.

Next change at 14: On RMB in row 1 you add Spinning Strike, above Dark Crush.

Gust Rampage stays off the bar, because it only works on a boss in Stagger. If you like, put it on free slot 3, 4 or 8 and use it only on bosses. Defiance (from 16) doesn't go on the bar: the game keeps it permanently on Space. By default Space is also jump and glide, so in the key settings you can turn on a separate key for Defiance (Separate Defiance Hotkey; u4n, GamerBlurb).

Skill points

Daevanion: Dark Crush → Onslaught → Spinning Strike → Incandescent Blow (Daevanion tab)
13: Attack Preparation, as far as the game allows (further levels come with character level)

Watch out / what to do

Don't click “Acquire All Nodes”
From 13: Sealed Dungeons give crystals and points

Next milestone: level 14

Spinning Strike, your strongest hit and a Dark Crush opener

Where to put your next point

Your levels differ from the list above? Open this, enter yours and the page works out where your next point goes.

Enter your skill levels from the in-game skill window. The page calculates for the character level set above and remembers your entries in this browser.

Dark Crush

Onslaught

Spinning Strike

Incandescent Blow

Impactful Crush

Rushing Smash

Recuperation

Wave Blow

Tremor Crush

Attack Preparation

Inspiring Spell

Protection Circle

Impact Hit

Earth's Promise

Wind's Promise

Blessing of Life

Survival Willpower

Rules that never change

Dark Crush, Onslaught and Spinning Strike are your core, and Undefeated Mantra is your first Stigma. All sources agree.
Press Dark Crush every time it lights up. You have 2–3 seconds. Most of your other skills are there to “open” it (couga54, aLuckyRO, Wakayashi, Fextralife).
Turn mantras on once and leave them. They are toggles: pressing them again turns them off. Never put them in a macro or a skill line (couga54, Wakayashi, ExpCarry).
Weave Onslaught in between everything. Every hit restores 100 MP, and without it you run out of mana fast (couga54, aLuckyRO).
Skill points raise skills only up to 10. Beyond that you use the Daevanion board (+4), rings and Arcana cards. Levels 12, 16 and 20 matter most (new specialization). Before 45 you will realistically reach ~14, so Dark Crush keeps its 5 s cooldown for the whole leveling phase (couga54, aLuckyRO). Some skill levels only unlock at a given character level. The requirement is shown on the skill (allthings.how, notXeon).

Campaign 1–45: what to do along the way

For someone playing for the first time. First a glossary and settings for the first 5 minutes, then, step by step, what to collect along the way so you don't have to come back later, and what not to waste. Going through 1–45 takes a new player about 10 hours.

Glossary

Gold quests: the main story. It leads to 45 and unlocks new things. Green: side quests of a given region (Journal, J key → Regional).
Ascension Gauge: the “ascension” bar. In two places the story stops until you fill it to 100%.
Sealed Dungeon: a small dungeon for one person, marked with a question mark on the map. Stronghold: an enemy camp to clear.
Feathers (Empyrean Trace): scattered around the map, you turn them in at the Monolith in town. Hidden Cube: a hidden chest (the red one needs a key, the gold one doesn't).
Odyle Energy: energy for opening chests at the end of dungeons. Kina: ordinary gold. Quna: the currency you pay real money for.

First 5 minutes: settings

Alt+1…9: your character runs to the quest on its own.
Settings → Combat → Looting: choose which rarities to pick up.
Potions are drunk automatically below 70% HP (X key). You can change the threshold in Combat → Auto Use.
Graphics → turn off Camera Shake and set the teleport effect color to Dark.
Info Display → Combat → boss direction indicator. It helps when you have to face the boss or turn your back to it.
Macro key: Settings → Key Settings → General → Macro. By default none is assigned.

Starter code

TAKEFLIGHTAION2: 4× Odyle Energy, 5× Resurrection Spiritstone, 10× Battle Enhance Scroll. Valid until Oct 14, 2026, 8:00 Polish time (CEST).

Enter it in Menu → Miscellaneous → Account → Enter Coupon. It works once per account, and the items go to the character you are on, so enter it on your main.

According to Game8 it is the only active code for October. Taiwanese codes don't work on global.

Do along the way (by level)

all the time

Gold quests are the backbone. At 45 finish the story to the end, because at the end you get a gold weapon, the Ascension Bracelet and the best wings. Kill monsters on your route: souls are used for pets, and the collection is shared between characters.

Lv 5

Wings from a quest: after you collect them, use them from your bag and equip them in the wings window (Alt+C).

from 10

Gathering (Essence Extraction): pick up everything that lies on your route, and the level goes up by itself. Spend gathering points right away. On global it works from 10 (space4games checked it in the game; Game8 says 45 based on KR data).

~12

Quest with a voucher for a bigger bag (the first green Shugo quest): aLuckyRO advises turning it in later, when the next bag row already costs millions. The first rows are cheap.

from 12

Spend Daevanion crystals right away, because each slot is +1 item level forever. The route is in the “Daevanion” tab.

13 / 20

Shugo Festival (hourly minigames) skip until 45, because only then does it give good rewards (7 sources agree). Just make sure your keys don't reach the cap.

from 16

Feathers and the Monolith: you collect them once per account, and the next characters do a “Sync”. The Monolith is the only source of amulet scrolls and it also gives keys to the Hidden Cube. On global they are nerfed, so collect the ones you pass, and the rest after 45.

15 / 20 / 25

Sealed Dungeons and Strongholds on your route: each dungeon gives 2 Daevanion crystals, 2 skill points, stones and a title. Strongholds are the only source of belt scrolls (2 for each). Map → Exploration shows how many you already have.

~17

Amulet and belt to +10, then Morph. Before Morphing, take them off every set (preset), otherwise Morph won't work or will eat the item you are wearing.

20 / 28 / 35

Story group dungeons: Krao Cave (20), Urugugu Canyon (28) and Fire Temple (35), all on Exploration (ExpCarry, Skycoach). Clear them, but don't open the chests at the end — save the Odyle Energy for after 45.

22 and 32

Story blocks: you need to fill the Ascension Gauge. It fills fastest with green quests, starting with the easiest ones, because a higher quest doesn't give more of the bar. Do green quests as you go and you won't get stuck. Do Ascension quests (they give further wings and the Pantheon) right away. Skycoach, All Things How and Aragon give levels 22 and 32 (aLuckyRO says 22 and 33).

from 22

Stigmas, Odyle Energy and the Pantheon open up.

all the time

Titles: equip one in each slot (offensive, defensive, utility), many people forget. World boss right next to you? Hit it once, because for taking part there is a chest and a title. Don't wait for it on purpose.

all the time

Teleport statues (Kibelisk): activate them as you pass. Later from the map (M) you jump to them for a Return Scroll. Hidden Cube: always open the gold ones, and the red ones if you are passing by. You can hear them from far away, so turn on 3D sound in your headphones.

33–45

Act 4: side quests and solo dungeons pay off again. Before 45 there is a dungeon that requires ~900 item level, so do the green quests that give gear.

Side quests now or after 45?

The sources disagree here. Couga54, space4games and aLuckyRO say “story only, side quests after 45”. Game8 and a few videos say “along the way”. An important argument: after 45 monsters are raised to level 45 (Aragon, players from Taiwan), so what is easy today will be harder later.

Advice for a beginner: do what lies on your route, plus as many green quests as you need for the Ascension bar. Clear the rest of the map after 45.

What not to do (the most common mistakes)

Don't dismantle or sell gold items, even for another class. Later they reroll stats with a 100% success rate. aLuckyRO calls it the biggest mistake of early access. In quick dismantling, untick gold.
Lock important items, because dismantling and Morph easily eat the wrong thing.
Don't upgrade quest gear above +10. Don't upgrade Clash runes above +1, because they can be destroyed.
Don't put expensive Manastones in and don't do Soul Binding on leveling gear.
Don't let Shugo keys and other counters reach the cap, because the excess is lost.
Don't buy Kina or Quna from third parties. NCSOFT has announced account bans for buyers too.
Wait with dyeing for Quna, because it's very expensive. Don't spend on anything whose effect you don't understand.
Don't change class to follow the latest ranking, because balance changes with every patch.

You can safely ignore these until 45

Arcana and Transcendence, Nightmare, daily missions (Duty Missions), Ascension Trial, Daily Dungeon, the Abyss, the battleground, Soul Binding, transferring upgrades, dyeing, the market, second characters. All of this is described in the “Gear” and “After 45” tabs.

NielsonTv's advice for every new system: what does it give me, does it have a limit, and is it worth more now or later.

Sources: couga54 (class guides, Week 1, After 45), Game8 (30.09–6.10: leveling, beginner, Sealed Dungeons, Strongholds, Ascension, cubes, titles, fast travel, codes, autoloot), space4games (28.09–2.10), aLuckyRO (22.09 and 5.10), Spid (27.09), Aragon (28.09), SywoGG (29.09), NielsonTv (3.10), EPIC PLK (18.09 and 5.10), Chezuget (19.09), Grobs (28.09), EUTOPIA (6.10), Reddit r/Aion2, ExpCarry (dungeons, Oct 5), Skycoach (leveling), All Things How (Ascension gates). No source describes death penalties.

All Chanter skills

For each one: what it does, how many points to put in and which specialization to take. A gold number is the recommended pick, a grey one is the alternative. Stigmas are different: their properties unlock by themselves.

The game does not slot specializations for you. When a skill reaches level 8, 12, 16 or 20, a slot or a new option unlocks, but it does nothing until you click it. The game tells you only once, with a message in the middle of the screen. In game: K → Mastery tab → click the skill → Specialty → click the option. Changing is free. Each of the 3 skill presets (buttons 1 2 3 next to Macro) has its own specializations, and a skill reset removes them all. Specializations step by step →

How many specializations at once (slots)

Skill at 8: first slot, you choose 1 of 3 options.
At 12: second slot and a new option.
At 16: a new option appears, but you get no new slot. To use it, you take out one of the two earlier ones.
At 20: third slot, so you have all three recommended ones at once.

So between 16 and 19 you have 2 of the 3 recommended: take the one from 16 and one earlier one. Passives have no specializations, they simply get stronger with each level. Stigmas have no slots and no choice: the next property unlocks by itself at Stigma level 5, 10, 15 and 20, so at 20 all four are active. Sources: Lipej (YT, PL), confirmed by couga54 and Xela.

Dark CrushCore

activecooldown 5 starget: 14 by 45 (10 from skill points), after 45: 16 → 20

Your main source of damage (about 40% in Arthars' test). It hits from 20 m, but only for a moment after a skill that opens it: 2 s after Spinning Strike and Impactful Crush, 3 s after Marchutan's Wrath and Ensnaring Mark. 5 s cooldown.

8Absorbs 0.7% HP
8Deals extra damage on attacking a target afflicted with Impact-type status
8Critical Hit on hitA guaranteed critical hit works together with Wind's Promise. aLuckyRO shows on a damage meter that without it the Chanter barely lands any crits.
12Adds [Piercing Strike] Chain SkillAn extra hit after Dark Crush, so more damage (couga54, Fextralife, ExpCarry).
16Removes [Dark Crush] cooldownAt 16 the cooldown disappears. couga54: the class doesn't work without it. It's your first goal after 45, because you can't get there before 45.

Everyone takes it to 16 first (couga54, aLuckyRO, Fextralife, ExpCarry, Wakayashi, Game8). couga54 only takes the crit at 20, as the third option.

Game description

Deals X damage to a target within 20m. 5 Stagger Gauge Damage

OnslaughtCore

activetarget: 10 as early as possible, after 45: 16 → 20

Your basic attack with no cooldown, on the left mouse button. It hits up to 4 enemies within 4 m and restores 100 MP on hit, so it is what keeps your mana up.

8+20% MP restoredYou're short on mana while leveling. aLuckyRO: don't trade mana for damage.
8Absorbs 0.7% HPExpCarry. couga54: the third option at 20, damage or healing, your choice.
8+50% Multi-Hit on hitFextralife, for later in the game.
12-1s [Spinning Strike] cooldown on hitEvery hit shortens Spinning Strike's cooldown, so you open Dark Crush more often (all sources).
16Adds [Storm Chain] Chain SkillAn extra hit, about 10% of your damage (couga54/Arthars).

Game description

Deals X damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m and restores 100 MP.

Spinning StrikeCore

activecooldown 30 starget: 10 (12 with Daevanion), after 45: 16 → 20

Your strongest single hit. It hits up to 4 enemies from 20 m, gives you +15% Critical Damage for 30 s (stacks twice) and opens Dark Crush for 2 s. 30 s cooldown. Unlocks at level 14.

8-5s cooldownOpens Dark Crush more often (couga54, aLuckyRO, Fextralife, ExpCarry).
8+10% Heal Boost (up to 20%)
8Up to +20% damage when less targets hitYou get the second slot at 12. aLuckyRO takes 12 only to slot this second option from level 8.
1240% chance to inflict Seal for 3s
16Ignores Block and Evasion and lands as a Critical Hit

Don't take +10% Heal Boost: you are not the main healer (couga54). Unlock: level 14 according to the game data (metabot); couga54's plan says 13.

Game description

Selects a target within 20m and deals X damage to up to 4 enemies nearby. Increases the caster's Critical Damage Boost by 15% for 30s on hit. Stacks up to 2 times. [Dark Crush] becomes available for 2s on skill use. 15 Stagger Gauge Damage

Incandescent BlowImportant

activetarget: 10, after 45: 16

A filler with no cooldown. It hits up to 4 enemies within 4 m and chips at the Stagger gauge a little. You use it while the Dark Crush window is closed.

8-20% MP consumedYou press it about 50 times a minute, and the cost drops from ~120 to 96 MP (aLuckyRO).
8+200 Block while using skillcouga54 (TitanTheF's sheet) for levels 1–8.
8Deals up to 12% more damage when less targets are hitAfter 45, once mana is no longer a problem: more single-target damage (couga54/Arthars).
12-200 enemy Accuracy for 3s on landing Bursting Blow
16Ignores Block and Evasion and lands as Multi-HitAfter 45, at 16 (couga54/Arthars).

Game description

Deals X damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m. 2 Stagger Gauge Damage

Impactful CrushImportant

activecooldown 15 starget: 8–10 (12 after 45)

A hit from 20 m. It always stuns monsters, for 3 s. Opens Dark Crush for 2 s. 15 s cooldown.

8Changes to AoE damage
8+1s [Impactful Crush] Stun duration
8Changes to mobile skillYou can use it on the move (couga54).
12+30% Skill Speed
16+20% [Impactful Crush] Stun ChancePvP only (couga54).

aLuckyRO: 8 is enough, it doesn't hit hard but it opens Dark Crush. couga54: 12 is enough. Until 45 keep it out of the Crush line, on E, and press it manually when Dark Crush is ready (notXeon, Grobs, aLuckyRO).

Game description

Deals X damage to a target within 20m. Has a 60% chance to inflict Stun for 3s. 100% chance to inflict Stun on NPC targets. [Dark Crush] becomes available for 2s on skill use. 10 Stagger Gauge Damage

Rushing SmashImportant

activecooldown 15 starget: 10 (12 with Daevanion)

A dash to an enemy from 20 m. It hits up to 4 enemies and restores 100 MP. 15 s cooldown.

8-20% target's Impact-type Resist for 5s
8Changes to Charge Skill, dealing up to 200% more damage
850% chance to trigger [Heat Wave Blow] on hit
12Resets cooldown on defeating an enemyYou kill a monster and jump straight to the next one. Fast leveling and pet collecting (aLuckyRO, couga54, ExpCarry).
16Ignores Block and Evasion and lands as Multi-HitFor PvP (aLuckyRO).

Never take Changes to Charge Skill: charged skills are a damage loss (couga54). Less important in dungeons. aLuckyRO: once your character is strong, you can take it off your bar.

Game description

Rushes at a target within 20m and deals X damage to up to 4 enemies and restores 100 MP. 10 Stagger Gauge Damage

RecuperationImportant

activecooldown 15 starget: 10 (12 with Daevanion), 16 only if you are the only healer

Heals you and your party within 40 m, removes 1 debuff, then heals every 2 s for 8 s. 15 s cooldown. It is your only heal outside of Stigmas.

8+1 consecutive use and Heal over Time can stack up to 2 timesTwo uses in a row, and the heal over time stacks twice (couga54, ExpCarry).
8Removes up to 2 debuffsFor fights with many debuffs (couga54).
8+4s healing duration
12+5% HP restoredThe base heal is a flat number, while +5% grows with your HP. aLuckyRO: 12 is very important, in practice it's about 10% HP.
16-3s cooldownWhen you are the only healer in the group (couga54, ExpCarry).

Game description

Restores 183-201 HP and removes 1 debuff(s) for the caster and party members within 40m. Restores X HP every 2s for 8s.

Wave BlowSupport

activecooldown 20 starget: 8 (12 for hard bosses)

A hit on a stunned target within 4 m that knocks it down for 3 s. Only works after a stun, e.g. after Impactful Crush. 20 s cooldown.

8Multi-Hit on hit
8+6m Range
8+1s Knockdown duration
12-15% target's PvE Damage Boost and -7.5% PvP Damage Boost for 10sThe boss hits 15% weaker (couga54; aLuckyRO: only on Nightmare).
16-5s cooldown

Only press it in a gap, never instead of Dark Crush (couga54). Not needed early on, because bosses don't hit hard (aLuckyRO). Does not stack with the Cleric's Debilitating Mark.

Game description

Deals X damage to a target afflicted with Stun within 4m and inflicts Knockdown for 3s. Has a 7% chance to trigger on attacking a target with Incapacitated Immunity, changing the skill motion. 10 Stagger Gauge Damage

Tremor CrushSupport

activecooldown 20 starget: 8–12

After a dodge or while flying you dash to an enemy from 10 m. Stuns monsters. 20 s cooldown.

8Restores 300 Stamina on hit
8+10m [Tremor Crush] range
8+50% Multi-Hit on hit
12Adds [Surging Strike] Chain Skill
16+25% [Tremor Crush] Stun Chance

aLuckyRO: 8 is enough, it's only a gap closer and matters more in PvP. couga54 takes 12 to have both options: 20 m range and stamina back.

Game description

Move to a target within 10m and deal X damage with a 50% chance to inflict Stun for 3s after using [Dodge] or while flying. 100% chance to inflict Stun on NPC targets. 10 Stagger Gauge Damage

Heat Wave BlowSupport

activecooldown 10 starget: 8

Hits up to 4 enemies within 4 m and seals monsters (Seal). 10 s cooldown. Rushing Smash with its level 8 specialization has a 50% chance to trigger it.

840% chance to inflict Stun for 3s
8+20% Seal Chance
8Up to +20% damage when more targets hit
12Ignores Block and Evasion and lands as Multi-Hit
1625% chance to reset [Heat Wave Blow] cooldown on Block

couga54: strong, but in PvE there is rarely a moment for it. aLuckyRO: more of a PvP skill. Game8 has it at 16 in a late-game build.

Game description

Selects a target within 4m and deals X damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m with a 40% chance to inflict Seal for 3s on Block. 100% chance to inflict Seal on NPC targets. 10 Stagger Gauge Damage

DefianceSupport

activecooldown 60 starget: low while leveling, after 45: 16

Breaks stun, knockdown, airborne, grab, freeze and fear, then gives 5 s of immunity to those effects. 60 s cooldown. Only unlocks at level 16.

8Adds [Crushing Strike] Chain Skill
8Restores 1000 Stamina on using [Defiance]
8Restores 10% HP on using [Defiance]
12+2s Tenacity duration
16+50% PvE Damage Tolerance and +25% PvP Damage Tolerance for Tenacity durationAfter 45: for 7 s you can stand in a boss mechanic (couga54).

Sources don't say how many points to give it while leveling. The minimum is enough. The game keeps it permanently on Space (together with jump and glide), so you don't put it on the bar; you can give it its own key in the key settings (Separate Defiance Hotkey; u4n, GamerBlurb).

Game description

Removes Stun, Knockdown, Airborne, Grab, Frost, and Fear from the caster and grants Tenacity for 5s. Tenacity: Grants Status Effect Immunity Unaffected by cooldown reduction effects.

Gust RampageLow priority

activetarget: 1

Only works on an enemy in the Stagger state, i.e. when the boss's gauge has been knocked down to zero.

8Absorbs 5% HPaLuckyRO on Nightmare.
8Restores 120 MPaLuckyRO outside Nightmare.
8Changes to mobile skill
12Multi-Hit on hit
16-1s all skill cooldowns on hit

A boss is in Stagger 2–3 times per fight, so it's not worth points in season 1 (couga54). Skip its Daevanion nodes.

Game description

Deals X damage to a target afflicted with Stagger within 4m.

Attack PreparationCore

passivetarget: 10 (from level 13, further levels as your character levels up)

+5.5% PvE damage, +2% Defense and +100 Accuracy. Always active.

First place for couga54, aLuckyRO, ExpCarry, Game8, notXeon and Grobs. The game unlocks its higher levels only at later character levels (notXeon: roughly 17, 22, 34). The requirement is shown on the skill. Wind's Promise has no such gate (couga54).

Game description

Increases the caster's PvE Damage Boost by 5.5%, PvP Damage Boost by 2.75%, Defense by 2%, and Accuracy by 100.

Inspiring SpellImportant

passivetarget: 10 (from level 11)

+100 Critical Hit and +0.5% Perfect Chance.

couga54 (following notXeon and WallyJTV) puts it 2nd, because Wind's Promise only pays off with critical hits. aLuckyRO: medium priority.

Game description

Increases the caster's Critical Hit by 100 and Perfect Chance by 0.5%.

Wind's PromiseCore

passivetarget: 10 (from level 25)

+5.7% Critical Damage and a chance for extra damage on every critical hit. Works together with Dark Crush's crit.

Max it to 10 right after it unlocks (couga54). Also high for aLuckyRO, ExpCarry and Game8.

Game description

Increases the caster's Critical Damage Boost by 5.7% and has a 50% chance to deal X extra damage to the target on landing a Critical Hit. Extra Damage Cooldown: 1s

Impact HitImportant

passivetarget: 10 (from level 15)

+11.2% chance for impact effects (stun, knockdown) and +0.3% Double Chance.

couga54: 4th passive, because Double is pure damage. ExpCarry takes it too.

Game description

Increases the caster's Impact-type Chance by 11.2% and Double Chance by 0.3%.

Protection CircleImportant

passivetarget: 10 (from level 9)

Each of your hits builds a circle. After 10 hits you and your party get a shield worth 3.1% of max HP. When you drop below 50% HP, you get an extra shield (60 s cooldown).

couga54: the best defensive passive, max it. Fextralife: priority. aLuckyRO: medium. Worth taking early while leveling, since it unlocks at level 9.

Game description

Grants a Protection Circle that lasts for 5s on landing an attack. Removes the Protection Circle at 10 stacks and grants Divine Barrier to the caster and party members, which blocks damage equaling 3.1% of Max HP for 10s. The Divine Barrier refreshes upon reaching 10 stacks of Protection Circle while Divine Barrier is active. Grants a Noble Protective Shield for 5s that blocks 21% damage when the caster's HP drops below 50%. Protection Circle Cooldown: 0.5s Noble Protective Shield Cooldown: 60s

Earth's PromiseSupport

passivetarget: 10 (from level 21)

After each hit the target has −5.4% PvE Damage Tolerance for 5 s, so your whole party hits it harder.

couga54: 5th, because it is only active about half the time. Does not stack with the Cleric's Chain of Torment. aLuckyRO: with leftover points.

Game description

Reduces the target's PvE Damage Tolerance by 5.4% and PvP Damage Tolerance by 2.7% for 5s each time an attack lands. [Earth's Promise]'s PvE/PvP Damage Tolerance reduction effect does not apply when used together with the Cleric skill [Chain of Torment]. Cooldown: 10s

Blessing of LifeSupport

passivetarget: spare points

More HP (+1.5% max HP) and stronger healing.

couga54: raise it only with skill points, not with gear lines. Fextralife and Game8 rank it higher (survivability).

Game description

Increases the caster's HP by 15300. Increases Max HP by an additional 1.5% and Heal Boost by 15300% of Attack.

Raging SpellLow priority

passivetarget: —

Extra damage to targets in Stagger or with an impact effect.

couga54: skip it. aLuckyRO: for Nightmare and 1-on-1 bosses. Game8 lists it among the key passives.

Game description

Deals X extra damage to targets afflicted with Stagger or an Impact-type status. Cooldown: 1s

Survival WillpowerLow priority

passivetarget: spare points

Status resistance and less damage while you are stunned or knocked down. Mostly useful in PvP.

couga54: only with spare points.

Game description

Increases the caster's Status Effect Resist by 17%. Increases PvE Damage Tolerance by 12% and PvP Damage Tolerance by 6% for 5s when afflicted with Stun, Knockdown, Airborne, Frost, or Fear. Increases Status Effect Resist by 10% for 5s when hit while afflicted with Stun, Knockdown, Airborne, Frost, or Fear (up to 10 stacks). Damage Tolerance Increase Cooldown: 60s Status Effect Resist Increase Cooldown: 1s

CrossguardLow priority

passivetarget: —

+200 Block and a little healing on block.

couga54: skip it. aLuckyRO: “complete garbage”. Take its Daevanion nodes only when they're on the way.

Game description

Increases the caster's Block by 200 and restores 53-58 HP on Block. Cooldown: 1s

Undefeated MantraCore

stigmacooldown 5 starget: 20 (first Stigma)

A toggle: you and nearby party members get +10.5% PvE damage and damage tolerance. Turn it on once and leave it. Does not stack with the Cleric's Light of Protection (at equal level the Mantra wins).

5+100 Critical Hitunlocks by itself at level 5
10+100 Accuracyunlocks by itself at level 10
15+5% Critical Damage Boostunlocks by itself at level 15
20+5% Double Chanceunlocks by itself at level 20

Everyone takes it (7 of 7 sources). It's the reason groups want a Chanter. couga54 and aLuckyRO: max it to 20 first, before touching other Stigmas.

Game description

Increases PvE Damage Boost and PvE Damage Tolerance by 10.5% and PvP Damage Boost and PvP Damage Tolerance by 5.25% for the caster and nearby party members. Does not stack with the Damage Boost effect from the Cleric skill [Light of Protection]; only the higher-level skill effect applies. If both skills are the same level, Undefeated Mantra takes precedence.

Marchutan's WrathImportant

stigmacooldown 30 starget: 1–5

A hit from 20 m on 4 enemies. Opens Dark Crush for a full 3 s. 30 s cooldown.

5Up to +20% damage when less targets hitunlocks by itself at level 5
1050% chance to inflict Stun for 3sunlocks by itself at level 10
15-70% Incoming Heal and Potion Recoveryunlocks by itself at level 15
20+25% additional Stun Chanceunlocks by itself at level 20

couga54: 1 point is enough, it almost doubles your Dark Crush time anyway. aLuckyRO: 5. Higher levels (stun, reduced healing on the target) are for PvP. Keep it on E, out of the Crush line, and press it manually when Dark Crush is ready (couga54).

Game description

Selects a target within 20m and deals X damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m. [Dark Crush] becomes available for 3s on skill use.

Sprint MantraImportant

stigmacooldown 5 starget: 5–10

A toggle: you and your party get +10.5% Move Speed and a chance to heal on every hit. Turn it on once.

5+10% Incoming Healunlocks by itself at level 5
10+30% Natural Stamina Regenunlocks by itself at level 10
15+50% amount restored when HP is 50% or lessunlocks by itself at level 15
20+10% Restorationunlocks by itself at level 20

aLuckyRO: 5 is enough. couga54: no higher than 10. Game8 in a late-game build: 20.

Game description

Increases Move Speed by 10.5% and grants a 15% chance to restore 127-140 HP on landing an attack to the caster and nearby party members. Healing Cooldown: 1s

Power of the StormImportant

stigmacooldown 120 starget: 5, after 45 → 20

For 10 s: you get +20% Combat Speed and −20% cooldowns, your party within 40 m gets +20% and −10%. 120 s cooldown. Doesn't work together with the Cleric's Earth's Blessing.

5-30s cooldownunlocks by itself at level 5
10+200 Accuracyunlocks by itself at level 10
15+200 Critical Hitunlocks by itself at level 15
20+20% Caster Attack and +10% party member Attackunlocks by itself at level 20

couga54, Fextralife, ExpCarry and Wakayashi: always take it. aLuckyRO: situational, he saves it for the last ~10% of a boss's HP.

Game description

Increases Combat Speed by 20% and reduces skill cooldowns by 20% for 10s. Increases Combat Speed by 20% and reduces skill cooldowns by 10% for party members within 40m. Cannot receive effect of [Power of the Storm] if Cleric skill [Earth's Blessing] effect is active.

Focused DefenseSupport

stigmacooldown 20 starget: 5

Briefly guarantees Block and gives +100% block damage reduction. Restores 110 MP and stamina on block.

5+1 consecutive useunlocks by itself at level 5
10Changes to mobile skillunlocks by itself at level 10
15+20% Move Speed for 3s on Blockunlocks by itself at level 15
20Restores 5% HP once on Parryunlocks by itself at level 20

couga54: the 4th Stigma in a group, it lets you stay next to the boss. ExpCarry: for bosses. aLuckyRO: only for specific mechanics.

Game description

Temporarily increases Block Damage Reduction by 100% and guarantees Block. Restores 110 MP and Stamina once on Block.

Ensnaring MarkSupport

stigmacooldown 60 starget: 1–5

A hit from 20 m on 4 enemies that seals monsters. Opens Dark Crush for 3 s. 60 s cooldown.

550% chance to inflict Rootunlocks by itself at level 5
1050% chance to inflict -1000 enemy Max Staminaunlocks by itself at level 10
15+3s Seal, Root, Max Stamina reduction effectunlocks by itself at level 15
20+25% Seal, Root, Max Stamina reduction chanceunlocks by itself at level 20

aLuckyRO takes it as his 4th Stigma, because it's another Dark Crush opener. couga54: there's no room for it in PvE.

Game description

Selects a target within 20m and deals X damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m, with a 50% chance to inflict Seal for 5s. 100% chance to inflict Seal on NPC targets. [Dark Crush] becomes available for 3s on skill use.

Healing TouchSupport

stigmacooldown 30 starget: 5–15

A big heal for you and your party within 40 m. 30 s cooldown.

5+20% amount healed when HP is 50% or lessunlocks by itself at level 5
10Restores 1000 Staminaunlocks by itself at level 10
15Removes 5 debuff(s)unlocks by itself at level 15
20+5% HP restoredunlocks by itself at level 20

When there's no Cleric in the group (couga54, ExpCarry, Game8, aLuckyRO).

Game description

Restores 927-1020 HP for the caster and party members within 40m.

Impeding AuthoritySupport

stigmacooldown 90 starget: 5–15

A shield worth 16% of max HP for you and your party for 20 s. 90 s cooldown.

5+15% Defenseunlocks by itself at level 5
10+10% Incoming Healunlocks by itself at level 10
15+10% PvE Damage Tolerance, +5% PvP Damage Toleranceunlocks by itself at level 15
20Restores 7% of Max HP when Protective Shield ends or is brokenunlocks by itself at level 20

When the group is still learning a fight or has no Cleric. Fextralife takes it as the 4th Stigma.

Game description

Grants a Protective Shield that blocks damage equaling 16% of Max HP for 20s to the caster and nearby party members within 40m.

ObliterateSupport

stigmacooldown 60 starget: 5

A hit on 4 enemies. Knocks monsters down and deals heavy Stagger damage (50 points). 60 s cooldown.

5Up to +20% damage when more targets hitunlocks by itself at level 5
10+20% Skill Speedunlocks by itself at level 10
15Critical Hit on hitunlocks by itself at level 15
20+25% Knockdown Chanceunlocks by itself at level 20

couga54 (TitanTheF's sheet): for monster packs while leveling. WallyJTV: for bosses with a Stagger check.

Game description

Deals X damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m of the target, with a 50% chance to inflict Knockdown. 100% chance to land Knockdown on NPC targets. 50 Stagger Gauge Damage

Guardian BlessingLow priority

stigmacooldown 300 starget: —

+5.4% max HP for 5 min, for you only. At 15 it boosts Wind's Promise ×1.5.

5+10% Status Effect Resistunlocks by itself at level 5
10x1.5 [Crossguard] effect for the durationunlocks by itself at level 10
15x1.5 [Wind's Promise] effect for the durationunlocks by itself at level 15
20+10% Incoming Healunlocks by itself at level 20

couga54: a real gain, but in season 1 there's no slot for it. aLuckyRO: selfish, for solo and PvP.

Game description

Increases the caster's Max HP by 5.4% for 300s and immediately restores 5.4% HP. Not affected by buff dispel effects.

Barrier SpellLow priority

stigmacooldown 180 starget: —

For 3 s your party's HP can't drop below 10%. 180 s cooldown.

5Restores 10% HP when effect expires naturallyunlocks by itself at level 5
10+10% PvE Damage Tolerance and +5% PvP Damage Tolerance for 10s when effect expires naturallyunlocks by itself at level 10
15+10% HP limitunlocks by itself at level 15
20+1s effect durationunlocks by itself at level 20

couga54: no room for it in PvE. aLuckyRO and ExpCarry: only for specific mechanics in hard modes.

Game description

Prevents the HP of the caster and party members within 40m from falling below 10% for 3s. Cannot block certain powerful attacks. Unaffected by cooldown increase effects. Tenaciousness, Salvation, Barrier Spell effects, and Unstoppable effect cannot be applied for 30s if Invincibility stacking is blocked.

Fracturing BlowLow priority

stigmacooldown 45 starget: —

A dash plus −30% Defense on the target for 5 s.

5-15s cooldownunlocks by itself at level 5
10Inflict Exposed for 5s on hitunlocks by itself at level 10
15Critical Hit on hitunlocks by itself at level 15
20+30% additional Impact-type Status target damageunlocks by itself at level 20

couga54: not for PvE. Game8 has it in a late-game build, ExpCarry for PvP.

Game description

Rushes to a target within 20m and deals X damage and reduces their Defense by 30% for 5s. Increases damage by 20% to targets afflicted with an Impact-type status. 20 Stagger Gauge Damage

Assault ShockLow priority

stigmacooldown 120 starget: —

An area hit with a stun.

5+20% Attack for 5s on hitunlocks by itself at level 5
10500 MP damage on hitunlocks by itself at level 10
15+10m Rangeunlocks by itself at level 15
20+20% Stun Chanceunlocks by itself at level 20

couga54: not for PvE. aLuckyRO: with 4 slots there's no room for it.

Game description

Selects a target within 20m and deals X damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m with a 30% chance to inflict Stun for 3s. 100% chance to inflict Stun on NPC targets. Increases Defense by up to 20% proportional to the number of targets hit.

How to play it

The Chanter deals damage mainly through Dark Crush (about 40% of damage in Arthars' test). This skill is greyed out until you use a skill that “opens” it. Then it lights up for 2 seconds (3 s after Marchutan's Wrath). At the same time you boost your whole party: mantras give it damage and speed, and Recuperation heals.

What opens Dark Crush

Impactful Crush: every 15 s, stuns monsters, 2 s window
Spinning Strike (from 14): every 30 s, +15% Critical Damage, 2 s window. Every Onslaught hit shortens its cooldown (level 12 specialization)
Marchutan's Wrath (Stigma from 32): every 30 s, a full 3 s window
Ensnaring Mark (Stigma): 3 s window, but only aLuckyRO takes it

Rhythm: opener → Dark Crush → Onslaught and Incandescent Blow → next opener → Dark Crush. Up to 45 Dark Crush has a 5 s cooldown, so press the opener when Dark Crush is ready. Otherwise you waste the window (aLuckyRO).

Buffs and supporting your party

Undefeated Mantra (from 22): turn it on once. You and your party get +10.5% PvE damage and damage tolerance. Pressing it again turns it off, so never put it in a macro or a line.
Sprint Mantra (from 37): also turn it on once. Faster movement and a chance to heal on hit for the whole party.
Power of the Storm (from 27): for 10 s faster combat and shorter cooldowns for you and your party within 40 m. Use it when everyone can attack: before the tank pulls (Wakayashi) or during burst windows (ExpCarry). aLuckyRO saves it for the last ~10% of a boss's HP.
Recuperation: heals the party within 40 m and removes a debuff. Use it every now and then and whenever someone gets a debuff.
Stay close to your party. Mantras affect nearby players, and the heal has a 40 m radius.

While leveling

Monster pack: go in with Rushing Smash (a dash from 20 m). At 12 it resets on kill, so you jump straight to the next one. Then the Crush line and Onslaught.
Elite: Impactful Crush (stuns) → Dark Crush → Wave Blow → Spinning Strike → Dark Crush (TitanTheF's sheet in couga54).
Mana: Onslaught restores 100 MP on every hit, so weave it in all the time.
Low HP: Recuperation. Sprint Mantra also heals on hit.

Bosses and groups

Mantras on. When the party starts attacking: Power of the Storm.
Spinning Strike → Dark Crush → Impactful Crush → Dark Crush → Marchutan's Wrath → Dark Crush. Onslaught and Incandescent Blow in between.
Wave Blow in a gap: for 10 s the boss hits 15% weaker. Never instead of Dark Crush (couga54).
Focused Defense (if you have it) for big boss hits.
No Cleric in the group: Healing Touch and Impeding Authority (a shield for the party). With a Cleric, go full damage (aLuckyRO).

Game8: in a group the Chanter has three jobs: keep the mantras up, rotate shields and heals, and apply stuns. Watch out with a Cleric: Undefeated Mantra doesn't stack with Light of Protection, Power of the Storm with Earth's Blessing, Earth's Promise with Chain of Torment, or Wave Blow with Debilitating Mark (skill descriptions).

How “lines” on the skill bar work (the 0–3 grid in the skill window)

In the skill window, below the bar, there is a grid with rows 0, 1, 2 and 3. You can stack up to 4 skills under one key there. Pressing the key fires the skill from the stack that is ready and has the highest priority. The lowest slot has the highest priority (according to build guides). This way one button picks the skill for you.

Always put a skill with no cooldown (a filler) at the lowest priority. If it were higher, the line would never move on, because the filler is always ready. Skills with cooldowns go before it. A line set up like this does the rotation by itself, even without a macro (Lipej).

A macro is a separate thing. In the Macro window you set up steps, e.g. the Q line, then the RMB line. While you hold the macro key, the game presses them for you in order. Without a macro you click the line yourself, and each click fires one skill.

The changing icons under the left and right mouse buttons are not several skills, but one skill in its combo stages. Only put rotation attacks in a line. Keep dashes, buffs, stuns, invulnerability and area attacks on separate keys, because you use them depending on the situation.

Crush line until 45 (RMB; from 22 macro step 1)

3Incandescent Blow: filler
2Spinning Strike: from 14
1Dark Crush, lowest, so it always wins when lit

Impactful Crush and Marchutan's Wrath are outside the line, on E. You press them manually when Dark Crush is ready (not grey from cooldown), then RMB right away. Until 45 Dark Crush has a 5 s cooldown, so an opener in the line or macro would often fire at the wrong moment and its window would be lost (Grobs, notXeon, aLuckyRO).

Line after Dark Crush 16 (after 45)

4Incandescent Blow: filler
3Impactful Crush
2Spinning Strike
1Dark Crush: no cooldown, always wins when lit

couga54 (Arthars). Dark Crush no longer has a cooldown, so no opener is wasted and Impactful Crush goes back into the line. Marchutan's Wrath stays on E. notXeon: before Dark Crush 16 this order wastes openers, so don't switch too early.

Your skill bar for level 12

Change the level with the slider in the “Now” tab. The layout only changes at levels: 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 22, 27, 32, 37. The game does not allow gaps: you can only place a skill in rows 1–3 when row 0 is filled. Build a line from the bottom and take it apart from the top. When a new skill goes lower, first move the ones above it up a row. A skill can only sit in one place on the bar: if it is already somewhere, take it off there first.

Key	Row 0	Row 1	Row 2	How to use
LMB	Onslaught			only one slot here. Weave it in all the time, it restores mana
RMB	Dark Crush	Incandescent Blow		Crush line: you click it. From 22 it is macro step 1 (10 ms)
Q	Rushing Smash			dash; at 12 it resets on kill
E	Impactful Crush	Wave Blownew	Heat Wave Blow	openers, manually: press when Dark Crush is ready, then RMB right away. Wave Blow only on a stunned target
1	Recuperationnew			heals the party and removes a debuff
2	Tremor Crushnew			dash after a dodge
5	Undefeated Mantra from 22			turn on once and leave it

Change at 12: On E in row 1 you add Wave Blow. It only works on a stunned target, e.g. right after Impactful Crush.

Next change at 14: On RMB in row 1 you add Spinning Strike, above Dark Crush.

Final key layout (from ~22, once you have Stigmas)

LMB Onslaught: basic attack, restores mana
side macro with two steps: the Crush line, then Onslaught. You hold it together with LMB
RMB the same Crush line for normal clicking when you don't hold the macro
E openers by hand when Dark Crush is ready: Marchutan's Wrath, Impactful Crush, and after a stun Wave Blow
Mantras on 5 and 6: turn them on once. Power of the Storm on 7 and Recuperation on 1: by hand

Setting up the macro

Skill window → Macro button. Step 1: the Crush line, Delay = 10 ms. Step 2: Onslaught, 10 ms. This is the pause between presses, not your ping.
Assign the key in Settings → Keys → Gameplay → macro key. No key is assigned by default, so the macro won't work without this. A side mouse button is the most convenient, because the macro runs as long as you hold it.
The macro alone isn't enough. Also hold the left button (Onslaught), and press the openers on E, Power of the Storm and Recuperation by hand (couga54, notXeon, aLuckyRO).
Never put mantras in the macro, because the macro would keep switching them off (couga54, Wakayashi).
With ping above 80, aLuckyRO uses a 50 ms delay. In “Aion 2” targeting mode Onslaught has to be in the macro; in “Aion 1” mode (fixed target) it fires on its own. Skill Queue (Settings → Combat → Controls): Wakayashi turns it off, couga54 and Grobs keep it on. Wakayashi himself says to test both on a training dummy (Combat Analysis, Ctrl+X) and keep whichever gives higher hits.

Source for lines and macro: couga54/aion2-guides (Arthars, TitanTheF's sheet), Grobs (Oct 5), notXeon (Oct 3), aLuckyRO (Oct 4), Wakayashi. aLuckyRO recommends playing without a macro for the first week.

Daevanion board: which way to go

The node layout comes from the game data (questlog.gg via couga54). The gold path is the cheapest way to the nodes you need. On the first board (Nezekan) it costs 64 crystals, while buying the whole board (the “Acquire All Nodes” button) costs ~134.

skill +1 (3) passive +1 (2) special (4) stat (1) cost in crystals in brackets

Click “Next” to go node by node. Click a node on the board to see what it gives.

Route at a glance

Arrows start from the start node in the middle. Each segment begins at a node you already have.

1–7: +1 level: Dark Crush

↑ ← ↑ ↑ ↑ ← ←from the start, 7 nodes

8–11: +1 level: Onslaught

↓ → → →from the start, 4 nodes

12–16: +1 level: Spinning Strike

← ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓from node 8 (Defense), 5 nodes

17–18: +1 level: Incandescent Blow

← ←from node 2 (Max MP), 2 nodes

19–21: Combat Speed +1.5%

↑ ← ←from node 7 (Dark Crush), 3 nodes

22–24: +1 passive level: Protection Circle

← ← ↓from node 15 (Max HP), 3 nodes

25–26: Cooldown Reduction +1.5%

← ←from node 24 (Protection Circle), 2 nodes

27–30: +1 passive level: Crossguard

→ ↓ ↓ →from node 11 (Onslaught), 4 nodes

31–32: Combat Speed +1.5%

↓ ↓from node 30 (Crossguard), 2 nodes

33–39: +1 passive level: Protection Circle

→ ↑ ↑ ↑ → → ↑from node 1 (Attack), 7 nodes

40–41: Cooldown Reduction +1.5%

→ →from node 39 (Protection Circle), 2 nodes

Order of goals

First the blue Dark Crush → Onslaught → Spinning Strike → Incandescent Blow nodes, then the orange corners (Nezekan: combat speed and cooldown reduction, Zikel: damage, Vaizel: critical damage), and finally the rest of the path. Skip the Gust Rampage, Crossguard, Heat Wave Blow, Raging Spell and Survival Willpower nodes. If one of them lies on the route (e.g. Crossguard on Nezekan or Heat Wave Blow on Zikel), you take it only because you can't get further otherwise. Don't click “Acquire All Nodes”.

Rushing Smash and Recuperation are not on the gold path of the first boards. aLuckyRO takes their nodes while leveling, because at 12 Rushing Smash resets on kill and Recuperation heals for 5% HP more. He also warns that the way to Recuperation can be too expensive, so only take it when the node is close.

Disagreement: Game8 (late-game build) goes for the orange Attack → Max Attack → Penetration → Smite nodes. Couga54, aLuckyRO and ExpCarry take the skill nodes first, and among the orange ones combat speed, cooldowns and crit. I follow the majority.

Don’t click “Acquire All Nodes”

This button buys the whole board (~134 crystals on Nezekan), including useless nodes. The gold path gives you everything that matters for half the price.

Stigmas (from ~level 22)

On the global version you have 4 slots. They open one at a time at levels 22, 27, 32 and 37. This is where the Chanter's most important party buffs live: you turn mantras on once and leave them, and use the rest by hand. Your choice depends on whether there is a Cleric in the group.

Slot	Solo and leveling	Group with a Cleric	Group without a Cleric	Who recommends it
22	Undefeated Mantra: +10.5% damage and damage tolerance for you and your party	same	same	everyone (7 of 7)
27	Power of the Storm: faster combat and shorter cooldowns for the party	same	same	couga54 (TitanTheF's sheet), notXeon. Grobs, aLuckyRO and Fextralife take Sprint Mantra here first
32	Marchutan's Wrath: opens Dark Crush for 3 s, by hand from the E key	same	Marchutan's Wrath or Impeding Authority (Fextralife)	couga54, Grobs, notXeon, aLuckyRO, ExpCarry, Wakayashi, Game8
37	Sprint Mantra: faster movement, healing on hit	Focused Defense (couga54, ExpCarry) or Sprint Mantra	Healing Touch or Impeding Authority	Sprint: aLuckyRO, Fextralife, Wakayashi, ExpCarry, Game8, Grobs, notXeon (dungeons). This is where sources differ the most

Leveling order: Undefeated Mantra first, to 20, before touching the others (couga54, aLuckyRO). aLuckyRO: by the end of leveling you'll have about 24–25 Stigma levels to spend, so almost everything goes into the Mantra and the other Stigmas stay at 1–5. Power of the Storm: level 5 first, because its cooldown gets 30 s shorter (Grobs, couga54). Marchutan's Wrath: couga54 gives it 1 point, aLuckyRO 5. Sprint Mantra: 5 (aLuckyRO), at most 10 (couga54). TitanTheF's sheet (couga54) for leveling: Undefeated Mantra to 10 → Power of the Storm → Sprint Mantra → Obliterate for monster packs.

How Stigmas are leveled

A Stigma level costs Stigma Shards: 1 at first, then 2, then 4, and 8 per level at the highest levels.
A new property arrives every 5 levels. The levels in between give almost nothing, so don't scatter shards one level at a time across several Stigmas. Push one to the 5, 10 or 15 threshold.
On the global version the cap is 20. Level 25, visible in the Korean client, doesn't work here.
Shards: Abyss shop (main source), Nightmare dungeon shop, Shugo Festival shop.

Source: Lipej (YT, Sep 24, 2026). He took the prices and shops from the test client, so they may have changed slightly at launch.

Swap-in Stigmas

Healing Touch: a big party heal, at 15 it removes 5 debuffs. When there's no Cleric.
Impeding Authority: a shield worth 16% HP for the party. When the group is learning a fight.
Focused Defense: guaranteed Block for big hits, lets you stay next to the boss.
Ensnaring Mark: another Dark Crush opener (aLuckyRO). couga54: no room for it in PvE.
Obliterate: for monster packs and bosses with a Stagger check.

Usually skip

Guardian Blessing: HP for you only. A real gain, but in season 1 there's no slot for it (couga54).
Barrier Spell: only for specific mechanics in hard modes.
Fracturing Blow and Assault Shock: for PvP, not PvE (couga54, aLuckyRO).

Passives

#	Passive	What it gives	Sources
1	Attack Preparation	+5.5% PvE damage, +2% Defense, +100 Accuracy. Always active. From level 13, further levels come with character level.	couga54, aLuckyRO, ExpCarry, Game8
2	Inspiring Spell	+100 Critical Hit and a bit of Perfect Chance. Without crits, Wind's Promise does nothing.	couga54 (notXeon, WallyJTV), ExpCarry
3	Wind's Promise	More critical damage. From level 25, max it to 10 right away.	couga54, aLuckyRO, ExpCarry, Game8
4	Impact Hit	More stuns and Double hits, which is pure damage	couga54, ExpCarry
5	Protection Circle	Your hits build a shield for the party. The best defensive passive. From level 9, so it's worth taking early while leveling.	couga54, Fextralife
6	Earth's Promise	The target has lower damage tolerance, so the whole party hits harder. Active roughly half the time.	couga54, ExpCarry
+	Blessing of Life, Survival Willpower	More HP and status resistance. Spare points only.	couga54
−	Crossguard, Raging Spell	Skip. Raging Spell maybe for Nightmare and 1-on-1 bosses (aLuckyRO).	couga54, aLuckyRO

Disagreement: couga54 and ExpCarry go for damage (Attack Preparation, Inspiring Spell, Wind's Promise). aLuckyRO ranks Wind's Promise above Inspiring Spell. Fextralife and Game8 value survivability more (Blessing of Life, Protection Circle). I follow the majority, so damage first, because the Chanter already has shields and heals.

Gear, upgrading, Arcana and pets

Up to level 45 gear is disposable: you put on a better piece and dismantle the old one. Real gear decisions start after 45. Below, first what matters now, then the plan for later.

Up to 45: what to upgrade

Up to +10 an upgrade always succeeds. Above that (+10 to +15) only chance works, and on a failure you lose stones and Kina, but the item itself stays (Grobs).
Weapon (and shield, if you wear one) to +10, then the rest a little at a time. Before 45 don't push anything higher.
Amulet and belt: upgrade to +10, take them off and in the Cube put them into Substance Morph. Rarity goes up with a 100% chance, and the item goes back to +0. This is gear for a very long time, so nothing is wasted. 5 sources recommend this.
After the last Morph of the amulet don't upgrade it anymore, because the stone cost rises very fast (Aragon).
Spend Daevanion crystals right away. Each slot is +1 item level and a permanent stat (Game8, Aragon).

Old gear

Dismantle it (Item Extraction in the Cube). You get upgrade stones and an appearance that stays in the Wardrobe and raises collection stats.
Upgrade stones come back in full as long as the item didn't go above +10.
Manastones and Theostones are lost when you dismantle and when you transfer upgrades, so don't put good ones into gear you're about to replace.
Theostones give almost nothing in PvE (Grobs).
From around level 40 you start keeping the pieces that you'll transfer later (Transfer).
Clash runes: upgrading can destroy a rune. Never upgrade the one you are wearing. Upgrade a spare, equip it, and only then try the old one (Aragon).

Chanter gear

Weapon and stats

The Chanter uses a staff and a guard in the off hand (couga54, ExpCarry, metabot). While leveling, upgrade both to ~+10 (couga54). ExpCarry: staff first.
Accuracy: too low at the start. Without it you have to hit bosses from behind (couga54).
Stats according to ExpCarry: Accuracy, Attack, Combat Speed, Cooldown Reduction, Damage Boost. For farming, also MP and HP.
Manastones: Attack, Critical Hit, Accuracy (couga54, TitanTheF's sheet).
Game8's late-game build focuses on Critical Hit and Evasion and uses the Enraged Kromede weapon from Fire Temple. Sources don't give a specific post-45 weapon path for the Chanter.

Skill levels from gear

Take skill level lines only on rings (4–5 lines, crafted ones have one more). They raise your key skills from 14 to 16 (couga54/Arthars).
Never skill lines on the weapon or guard. Their damage lines are worth more (couga54).
Passive levels can come from the other pieces. Raise Blessing of Life only with skill points, not with gear lines (couga54).
Soul binding while leveling: sources say nothing. Game8 (late game): weapon with Might, Combat Speed, Damage Boost and Weapon Damage Boost.
Pets: aLuckyRO collects them to +3, and Rushing Smash at 12 (reset on kill) helps with that.

Arcana (from 45)

Which skills to roll for (couga54/Arthars):
- Chalice: the core skill that's furthest from 20;
- Parchment: Dark Crush, Onslaught, Spinning Strike;
- Compass: Incandescent Blow, Recuperation (or Defiance);
- Bell: Attack Preparation;
- Mirror: Impact Hit, Wind's Promise.
Set: 3 Primal Vigor cards + Bell and Mirror from the Magic Armor set, or 4× Primal Vigor (+150 PvE Attack). Game8 goes 4× Primal Vigor, while ExpCarry focuses on Chalice and Parchment of Vigor.
A card gives a random +4 at most to a skill; count on about +2. The math: 10 (points) + 4 (Daevanion) + 2 (card) = 16, i.e. Dark Crush with no cooldown.
Don't overpay for cards, new ones come in season 2 (couga54). aLuckyRO: take Attack Preparation from every card that has it.

Pets and Genus Insight

You collect monster souls, and a pet is made from them. At max level (3 on global servers) it gives permanent bonuses, even when you don't use it. The collection is shared between characters on the server.
Genus Insight: separate bonuses for each species (Cogni, Fera, Natura, Varian, Special), up to 9 slots (wikily; mein-mmo says 10). Each roll changes all slots at once.
Lock the important stats only once they're at max, because each lock makes the next roll more expensive. Slot order: 4 → 7 → 2 and 8 → the rest (couga54). Double Chance only appears in slots 3 and 9.
When to deal with it: couga54 advises doing it from the start, but on the side. aLuckyRO (KR/TW servers): after 45, gear first and pets later. While leveling it's enough to collect them on the side.

Pantheon

A “house” with decorations: 1 colossus, 4 statues, 12 paintings. Each decoration gives 2 stats. It opens with the second Ascension quest (“The One Who Hears the Voice”).
Order per couga54: Wisdom (Double Chance) → Space (Block) → Illusion (shorter cooldown) in PvE, and Time in PvP.
Game8 gives a different order (Time, Life, Freedom, Justice). I follow couga54, because a shorter cooldown means using your most important skills more often.
Don't spend resources forcing decorations early, because they unlock on their own as you play.

Sources for this tab: couga54, Grobs (23.09), KaidWOW (2.10), Aragon (2.10), space4games (2–3.10), Game8 (30.09–6.10), metabot (6.10), ExpCarry (30.09), mein-mmo (29.09). Sen and aLuckyRO describe KR/TW servers.

Krao Cave: your first group dungeon

Krao Cave, Exploration mode: from level 20 and item level 200, 1 to 5 players (you can even enter solo). The bosses are around level 22. There is no Hard mode at the start on global. Since Oct 5 some bosses in 5-player dungeons are stronger (launch patch, no list of bosses). Conquest mode only opens at 45 (item level ~700).

How to enter

In the dungeon window you create a room with roles or click Quick Join. After you clear it there is a “challenge again” button.
Groups mix factions and servers, unless you tick “my faction only”.
7 rewards per week, reset on Wednesday. The chest at the end costs 20 Odyle Energy (MetaBot, wikily, ExpCarry). Only the Conquest chest costs 40.
Odyle Energy only starts charging from level 22: 15 every 3 hours (120 per day), cap 560, or 840 with membership.
While leveling, don't open the dungeon chests. Clear the dungeon, but save the energy for dungeons after 45 (Vakron). The end of the story gives a gold weapon anyway (couga54, Week 1).

Chanter in Krao (level 20–21)

At 20 you have no Stigmas yet, so no mantras either. Your support is Recuperation (heals the party within 40 m and removes a debuff) and the passive Protection Circle (your hits build a shield for the party).
Just attack. aLuckyRO: Krao is very easy, and in season 1 the Chanter doesn't need defense. When there's a Cleric in the group, go full damage.
Stay close to your party, because your heal and (from 22) your mantras only work within range.
With no Cleric, healing falls on you. aLuckyRO: a Chanter can heal some dungeons alone. Recuperation at 12 heals more (+5% HP), and as the only healer you can push it to 16 (−3 s cooldown, couga54).
Wave Blow isn't needed early on, because bosses don't hit hard (aLuckyRO). Later, press it in gaps: for 10 s the boss hits 15% weaker.

From 22: mantras before the fight

Turn Undefeated Mantra on once before the fight and leave it. It gives the whole group +10.5% damage and damage tolerance.
With a Cleric in the group: Undefeated Mantra doesn't stack with their Light of Protection, and Wave Blow doesn't stack with Debilitating Mark.

Sources: aLuckyRO (Sep 29 and Oct 4), couga54, Fextralife, Game8. There is no other data on Krao specifically from a Chanter's point of view.

Krao walkthrough

The way: keep to the right wall and avoid the red mines. Avoid the red orbs, because if they catch you, they chase you all the way to the boss room.
Enhanced Harcon (lasers). At 75% and 35% HP he jumps to the center and fires two volleys of lasers. The safe spots move, so reposition between volleys. 3 circles and a puddle fly at the tank, so the tank leads him away from the group. From 50% the puddles fall randomly around the room.
Neglected Gadioton (fire). Fireballs leave burning ground, so drag the fight away from it. From 50% save stamina for dodges. Below 35% he pulls the whole group to the center and stuns them (Defiance).
Seal Guardian: focus only on him and run to the cave. Before Berk wait until everyone has entered, because the fight can lock the rest of the group outside.
Ultimate Berk (last):
- Wave of Fury: he jumps to the center and charges a hit on the whole arena that kills. Hide behind a rock: 3 rise at the edge of the arena (Grobs, BoredAF; couga54 says 4). Be behind it a moment before the hit, earlier on high ping. Game8 gives the threshold as below 60%, Madsin as 75% and 35%.
- After the wave he jumps at the tank with a big hit on landing.
- 50%: Stagger bar test. The boss charges a spell for ~9 s. Everyone attacks to fill the bar. If it fails, the whole group dies.
- Swings and charge: the only safe place is behind the boss's back. The tank blocks or dodges.
- Spinning (more red sparks): the rest move away, and the tank pulls the boss away or blocks.
- A plus-shaped attack, and right after it a second one in the place that was safe a moment ago.
- The yellow bar under the HP is a timer. When it runs out, the whole group dies, so don't drag the fight out.

Harcon and Gadioton are not mandatory, but without them the chest at the end gives less. The chest at the end (paid with energy) contains: the Epic Red Agate set, the Incomplete Test Subject Ring and upgrade stones. You'll replace this gear quickly, so according to couga54 and Aragon it's better not to spend energy on it.

Next: Urugugu Canyon (from 28) and Fire Temple (from 35)

Urugugu Canyon: Exploration from level 28 (item level 300), Conquest from 45 (~1400). The story sends you there — clear it, leave the chest (ExpCarry, Skycoach).
Exploration from level 35 (item level 500), Conquest from 45 (~2100). Bosses: Black Smoke Marute, Red Spark Ignis, Kromede.
Boss 1: when he raises his arms or a leg, 3 circles appear under the tank. The second one is the most dangerous, so the tank blocks or dodges then.
Ignis jumps around the room and leaves fire puddles. Pull him away from them and from the melee players.
Kromede: a line shot from the bow at his hip, so everyone spreads out, with nobody in a line with anyone else. The series of sword slashes most often kills tanks: dodge, and if you can't in time, take just one hit. Get past the fire walls with a dodge.

Sources: Game8 Krao (25.09 and 5.10), wikily (5.10), ExpCarry (5.10), NCSOFT patch of Oct 5, Madsin (26.09, also describes Hard from KR), MetaBot (1.10), aion2.vi.ki (16 and 30.09), Grobs (28.09). Fire Temple: Xela (Dec 19, 2025, KR version, Conquest mode) and aion2.vi.ki.

Wings and what to do after 45

Up to 45 the game holds your hand. After 45 the real game begins and you decide what to do. Here is the order from guides for the global version (mainly couga54's “After 45” from 4.10), and numbers from videos recorded on KR/TW servers are marked as inflated.

Wings

How it works

Your first wings (Lesser Daeva Wings) come from a story quest at ~level 5, so you already have them. The next ones (Intermediate, Superior, Ultimate) arrive on their own with the main quests. You get Ultimate at the end of the story at 45.
Each pair of wings has two bonuses: one works while you wear them, and the other works just for owning them, forever. The second one includes a flight reserve (Flight Power). That's why you should collect all the wings that have bonuses, not only the ones you wear.
You open the wings window with Alt+C. It shows the sum of all bonuses.
Purely cosmetic wings (e.g. Blazing Sun) give nothing, so check the bonus before spending currency.

Flying and which wings

V starts and ends flight, Shift speeds you up.
Longer flight: build up speed with Shift, press V (you fly on momentum, the reserve is not used) and press V again before you drop too low. Practice over safe terrain.
Dark Veil to start with after 45: attack and a bonus against bosses. You make it in Substance Morph from 50 Dark Veil Wing Featherdown and 10 Radiant Odyle. Featherdown most likely drops from dungeons marked “?”, but no source says so directly.
Talisra later, from the seasonal shop: −4% cooldown, so you use your most important skills more often (couga54).
Wind Serum is a potion. No source describes what it does; from the file name it seems to instantly refill the flight bar. Hover over it in the game to be sure.

Your first day after 45, step by step

Finish the story. You get your class's gold weapon, the Ascension Bracelet and Ultimate Daeva Wings. The “Forgotten Commander” quest requires 1000 Gear Power and opens the Abyss.
Regional quests (Journal → Regional): 2 rings, 2 earrings, a necklace, 2 runes, titles. That's 2–3 hours.
All the “?” on your map. Each Sealed Dungeon gives 2 Daevanion crystals and 2 skill points, and each Stronghold gives 2 belt scrolls (the only way to upgrade the belt). The question marks on the enemy map no longer give crystals on global.
Upgrading: amulet and belt to +10, then Morph. Weapon and accessories to +10 and stop.
Set up your macro (“Rotation & macro” tab).
5 daily missions (Duty Missions, once per server). Only the first reward is certain. Pick the ones with a gold key in slots 1–4, and a gold item at the end of the list is usually a trap.
Nightmare (solo bosses). An attempt is only used up when you kill the boss, so you can leave and come back stronger. Order: gray → green → final boss.
Shugo Festival at every time slot. Spend the currency on Daevanion crystals.
Feathers (Empyrean Trace) last: they are nerfed on global, but they are shared by all characters on the account.

Goal for the first days: ~1400 item level (couga54, Grobs).

Next: item level milestones

Goal	What to do
→ 1400	Shugo, Nightmare, Conquest in Draupnir until the guaranteed gold piece
→ 1900	Vakron Sky Island for almost the whole armor set, then +10. Vakron shield (classes with a shield): from vouchers (every 21st chest)
→ 2100	Transcendence ★2 for the green Arcana cards (Bell of Vigor, Mirror of Magic)
→ 2500	Ferocious Horn Den: armor, you move the upgrades over from Vakron (Gear Transfer)
2800+	Transcendence ★4 (gold cards) and the 10-player raid Sanctuary

Sources give the Vakron threshold differently (1400, 1600, 1800). You'll see the reliable threshold in the dungeon entry window.

Odyle Energy

15 every 3 hours (120 per day), cap 560, or 840 with membership. A chest after a Conquest or Transcendence run: 40 (Exploration: 20–30). Energy is separate for each character.
Without energy, clearing a dungeon gives almost nothing. First Conquest/Exploration, then the leftovers on Transcendence.
Don't sit at the cap, because whatever charges above the cap is lost. Without membership the bar is full in just under 5 days (560 ÷ 120).
Make Odyle in Substance Morph every week. Sources give the limit differently (7, or 4 + 16 per server), check in the game.

Daily and weekly

Daily: 5 missions, Nightmare (attempts accumulate up to a cap), Shugo keys (don't keep a full stock), pet souls, the login reward.
Weekly (reset on Wednesday at 07:00 UTC, which is 09:00 CEST, or 08:00 CET after the clocks change on Oct 25):
- Ascension Trial (3 entries) and Daily Dungeon (despite the name, the limit is weekly). Do both at the end of the week, when you are strongest.
- 7 rewards from each Exploration dungeon.
- Quest scrolls from the Command Merchant.
- Time in the Abyss (it doesn't carry over to the next week).

The Abyss is a PvP zone

After 1000 Gear Power you can enter the Abyss. Players from the other faction can attack you there. Solo farming is not very efficient there, so couga54 advises joining a Legion and going at least in a pair. Spend Abyss Points (AP) first on Stigma Shards, then on Daevanion crystals, not on potions.

Membership (Special Quai): an energy cap of 840 instead of 560 and a second reward from chests. The game is free and you can play without membership, and it pays off when you play every day (Game8).

Sources: couga54 “After 45”, “Week 1”, “Weekly” (4.10), Game8 (Endgame 3.10, Odyle 30.09, Dailies 5.10, Wings, Abyss Points 4.10), Grobs (28.09), showgamer (5.10), ExpCarry (Odyle and Daily/Weekly 5.10), MetaBot (Weekly Reset), Sanya Jacuzzi (29.09). Sen and aLuckyRO (August, KR/TW servers) are used only for comparison.

Where this comes from and where sources disagree

Compared guides for the global version, skill descriptions from the game data and player threads. Builds change with weekly patches, so this is the state as of October 8, 2026.

Topic	Majority	Otherwise
Stigmas 2–4	Order: Power of the Storm (27) → Marchutan's Wrath (32) → Sprint Mantra or Focused Defense (37). Power of the Storm second: couga54 (TitanTheF's sheet), notXeon. Marchutan's Wrath in the set: couga54, Grobs, notXeon, aLuckyRO, ExpCarry, Wakayashi, Game8	Grobs, aLuckyRO and Fextralife take Sprint Mantra before Power of the Storm. aLuckyRO: Marchutan's Wrath third, Ensnaring Mark fourth, no Power of the Storm. couga54 in groups after 45: Focused Defense instead of Sprint Mantra. Fextralife: Impeding Authority instead of Marchutan's Wrath. TitanTheF's leveling sheet: Obliterate as the fourth. notXeon for PvP: Fracturing Blow.
Power of the Storm	Always take it (couga54, Fextralife, ExpCarry, Wakayashi)	aLuckyRO: situational, for the last ~10% of a boss's HP
Ensnaring Mark	No room for it in PvE (couga54)	aLuckyRO: takes it, because it opens Dark Crush for 3 s
Dark Crush, level 8 specialization	Critical Hit on hit (aLuckyRO, Fextralife, ExpCarry, Game8)	couga54: the crit only as the third option at 20
Onslaught, level 8 specialization	+20% MP restored (couga54, aLuckyRO)	Fextralife: +50% Multi-Hit on hit. ExpCarry: Absorbs 0.7% HP. Grobs: both of these
Incandescent Blow, level 8 specialization	−20% MP consumed (aLuckyRO)	TitanTheF's sheet (couga54): +200 Block while using skill for 1–8. couga54 after 45: Deals up to 12% more damage…
Marchutan's Wrath: level	1 point is enough (couga54)	aLuckyRO: 5. Game8 (late game): 20
Second passive	Inspiring Spell (couga54 following notXeon and WallyJTV, ExpCarry)	aLuckyRO: Wind's Promise higher, Inspiring Spell medium. Fextralife: Blessing of Life and Protection Circle (survivability)
Crush line while leveling	Dark Crush at the bottom, Spinning Strike above it, Impactful Crush by hand on its own key (Grobs, notXeon). aLuckyRO: all openers by hand. Reason: until 45 Dark Crush has a 5 s cooldown, so an opener in the line would often be wasted	TitanTheF's sheet (couga54): Impactful Crush at the bottom, Dark Crush and Spinning Strike above it. couga54/Arthars: Impactful Crush in the line, but only after Dark Crush 16
Macro	From the start, 10 ms delay (couga54, ExpCarry)	aLuckyRO: no macro for the first week; with ping above 80, a 50 ms delay
Spinning Strike: unlock level	14 (game data via metabot)	couga54's plan says 13
Orange Daevanion nodes	Combat speed and cooldown reduction, then damage and crit (couga54, aLuckyRO, ExpCarry)	Game8 (late-game build): Attack → Max Attack → Penetration → Smite

Sources

couga54/aion2-guides: Chanter · updated Oct 3, 2026, checked Oct 6 (class content unchanged): leveling plan (TitanTheF's sheet), PvE build (Arthars), specializations, Arcana
Arthars Gaming: The ULTIMATE AION 2 Chanter Starter Guide (Global Launch) · YouTube, Sep 26, 2026 (via couga54)
notXeon: The ONLY Early Game Chanter Skill Guide · YouTube, Oct 3, 2026 (via couga54)
WallyJTV: The AION 2 Chanter Guide You Need, Macros & Combat Tips · YouTube, Oct 2, 2026 (via couga54)
TitanTheF: progression sheet (Chanter tab) · quoted by couga54 (the sheet itself could not be read)
aLuckyRO: Latest Chanter PVE Build for Global · YouTube, Sep 29, 2026: skills, Stigmas, Daevanion
aLuckyRO: Latest Chanter PvE Macro Setup for Global · YouTube, Oct 4, 2026: lines and macro
Fextralife wiki: Chanter · Oct 5, 2026, skill descriptions and PvE build
Game8: Dark Crush Chanter Build · Oct 5, 2026, late-game build
Game8: Chanter · Oct 2, 2026, class rating and role
ExpCarry: Aion 2 Chanter guide · Oct 6, 2026, global version
Wakayashi: Chanter PvE Guide · Sep 28, 2026 (text and video, in German)
metabot.gg: Chanter · global client data 0.0.4387.0: skill unlock levels
Lipej: AION 2 – Ustaw skille prawidłowo! PODSTAWY · YouTube (Polish), Sep 24, 2026: specialization slots, Stigma costs, lines and macro
couga54: After 45, Week 1, Weekly · Oct 4, 2026, plan after 45 (After 45 tab)
Game8: Krao Cave, Endgame, Odyle, Dailies, Sealed Dungeons, Strongholds · Sep 25 – Oct 6, 2026
Madsin: Krao Cave · YouTube, Sep 26, 2026
Grobs: Gear Progression and Daily & Weekly Checklist · YouTube, Sep 23 and 28, 2026
Aragon: 1,400+ item level without wasting energy · YouTube, Oct 2, 2026
space4games: extraction, amulet and belt, gathering · Oct 2–3, 2026
MetaBot: Arcana and dungeons · Oct 1–6, 2026
showgamer: flying and wings · Oct 5, 2026
Skycoach: skill progression · points up to 10, then Daevanion, Arcana, rings
space4games: beginner guide · unlocks by level
Grobs: The Only Chanter PVE Guide You Need · YouTube, Oct 5, 2026: Stigmas, line and macro, passives
notXeon: The ONLY Early Game Chanter Skill Guide (transcript) · YouTube, Oct 3, 2026: Power of the Storm in all content, passive level gates, opener before Dark Crush 16
allthings.how: how to level skills past 10 · Sep 24, 2026: skill levels gated by character level
u4n: How to Use Defiance Effectively in Aion 2 · Oct 8, 2026: Defiance shares a key with jump and glide
GamerBlurb: AION 2 Controls and Keybinds · Oct 5, 2026: the Separate Defiance Hotkey option; by default Defiance shares Space with jump and glide

Skills for level 12

Skill bar for level 12

Skill points

Watch out / what to do

Next milestone: level 8

Skill points

Watch out / what to do

Next milestone: level 12

Skill points

Watch out / what to do

Next milestone: level 14

Skill points

Watch out / what to do

Next milestone: level 20

Skill points

Watch out / what to do

Next milestone: level 22

Skill points

Watch out / what to do

Next milestone: level 32

Skill points

Watch out / what to do

Next milestone: level 45

Skill points

Watch out / what to do

Where to put your next point

Rules that never change

Plan, level by level

Campaign 1–45: what to do along the way

Glossary

First 5 minutes: settings

Starter code

Do along the way (by level)

Side quests now or after 45?

What not to do (the most common mistakes)

You can safely ignore these until 45

All Chanter skills

How many specializations at once (slots)

How to play it

What opens Dark Crush

Buffs and supporting your party

While leveling

Bosses and groups

How “lines” on the skill bar work (the 0–3 grid in the skill window)

Crush line until 45 (RMB; from 22 macro step 1)

Line after Dark Crush 16 (after 45)

Your skill bar for level 12

Final key layout (from ~22, once you have Stigmas)

Setting up the macro

Daevanion board: which way to go

Route at a glance

1–7: +1 level: Dark Crush

8–11: +1 level: Onslaught

12–16: +1 level: Spinning Strike

17–18: +1 level: Incandescent Blow

19–21: Combat Speed +1.5%

22–24: +1 passive level: Protection Circle

25–26: Cooldown Reduction +1.5%

27–30: +1 passive level: Crossguard

31–32: Combat Speed +1.5%

33–39: +1 passive level: Protection Circle

40–41: Cooldown Reduction +1.5%

1–4: +1 level: Tremor Crush

5–8: +1 level: Dark Crush

9–10: +1 passive level: Earth's Promise

11–15: +1 level: Onslaught

16–18: +1 passive level: Raging Spell

19–21: +1 level: Incandescent Blow

22–25: Damage Boost +1.5%

26–27: +1 level: Spinning Strike

28–29: Damage Boost +1.5%

30–31: Damage Tolerance +1.5%

32–36: +1 level: Heat Wave Blow

37–38: Damage Tolerance +1.5%

1–4: +1 level: Dark Crush

5–7: +1 level: Onslaught

8–11: +1 level: Spinning Strike

12–15: +1 level: Incandescent Blow

16–16: +1 passive level: Raging Spell

17–18: Critical Damage Tolerance +1.5%