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

Spiritmaster (Elementalist) Guide & Build (Aion 2)

Weapon: orb · Role: spirit summoner, ranged damage

About this guide

In the game and on NCSOFT's official site this class is called Spiritmaster. Elementalist is its internal name in the game data, used by some guides (e.g. couga54). Same class. You fight from range while a summoned spirit fights next to you. Everything from level 1 to the endgame: what to max, how to set up your skill bar, what not to miss in the campaign, gear, your first dungeon and a plan for after 45. Collected from several guides and videos. 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.

Cold Shock

Combustion

Summon: Water Spirit+1

Jointstrike: Curse

Rapid Scattershot

Dimensional Control

Summon: Fire Spirit

Summon: Earth Spirit

Spirit Strike

Elemental Fusion from 14

–

Mental Focus from 15

–

Defiance from 16

–

Order to raise them from scratch (15 points total)

Cold Shock to 2
Combustion to 2
Cold Shock to 3
Combustion to 3
Cold Shock to 4
Combustion to 4
Summon: Water Spirit to 4
Cold Shock to 5
Combustion to 5
Summon: Water Spirit 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	Cold Shock			only one slot here. You hold it all the time: mana and Attack stacks
RMB	Jointstrike: Curse	Dimensional Controlnew	Combustion	Jointstrike line: you click it, Combustion fills the gaps. From 22 you can put it in the macro (10 ms)
Q	Summon: Water Spirit	Summon: Earth Spirit	Summon: Fire Spirit	spirit line: you click it. Elemental Fusion on top priority, Fire Spirit last, so it stays on the field. From 22 you can put it in the macro
E	Rapid Scattershot			only when the boss is in Stagger
2	Summon: Wind Spiritnew			first week only (aLuckyRO), then remove it
5	Summon: Ancient Spirit from 22			buff line: buffs first, the Ancient Spirit last so it copies them

Next change at 14: On Q in row 0 you add Elemental Fusion. When it lights up, the line spends it first and only then summons the next spirit.

Soul's Cry stays off the bar, because it does nothing in PvE. Put “dismiss spirits” (a game function, not a skill) on 3 (couga54). Slots 1, 4 and 6–8 stay free, e.g. for potions. 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

Cold Shock and Combustion: +1 level every 3 character levels (10 from 25)
Daevanion: Cold Shock → Combustion → Water Spirit → Fire Spirit (Daevanion tab)

Watch out / what to do

Don't click “Acquire All Nodes”
Don't take the Soul's Cry and Wind Spirit nodes early

Next milestone: level 14

Jointstrike: Curse for packs

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.

Cold Shock

Combustion

Summon: Water Spirit

Jointstrike: Curse

Rapid Scattershot

Elemental Fusion

Dimensional Control

Summon: Fire Spirit

Summon: Earth Spirit

Defiance

Spirit Strike

Mental Focus

Rules that never change

Elemental Fusion, Combustion and Cold Shock are your core, plus the Summon: Ancient Spirit Stigma from level 22. For the endgame you add Summon: Fire Spirit. While leveling your main spirit is Summon: Water Spirit (couga54, aLuckyRO).
Buffs first, then the summon. A spirit copies your stats at the moment it is summoned. A buff cast after the summon does nothing for it. So never summon the Ancient Spirit without your buffs (DankRNG, Evripides, couga54).
Hold Cold Shock on the left mouse button all the time. It restores mana, and from skill level 12 it gives Attack stacks: up to +10% for you and every spirit you summon.
Press Elemental Fusion as soon as it lights up. Until you use it, new elements are lost. Only the last summoned spirit stays on the field, the previous ones vanish after 2–3 s, so the order of your spirits matters.
Skill points raise skills only up to 10. Beyond that: the Daevanion board (up to +4), Arcana cards (+4) and rings (+1 each), up to 20 in total. Resetting points and changing specializations is free.

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 Spiritmaster 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.

Elemental FusionCore

activetarget: 20 (10 from skill points)

Every skill your spirit uses gives you one element. At four you get the “Four Elements” state and can cast this skill: the strongest hit of the class, from 20 m. No cooldown.

8Changes to AoE SkillFor mob packs while leveling (couga54).
8Extra damage after 3s on hit
8+10 all Element Boost on hit
12Changes to Charge Skill, dealing up to 200% more damageaLuckyRO (Oct 4): a charged one hit for 21,000 instead of 7,000. But then you press it by hand, not in the macro. Game8 takes it too. Korean players tested it and leave it off: Fusion has no cooldown, so every charge is one Fusion fewer (Antochi, Oct 6).
1625% chance to regain Four ElementsSometimes you get the next Fusion right away (couga54, Fextralife).

A common mistake is thinking you need 4 different spirits. What counts is the number of spirit skills, not their type (ExpCarry). Raise it to 8 from ~level 22, when you get the Ancient Spirit. On the bar it sits in row 0 of the spirit line: when it lights up, the line spends it first and only then summons the next spirit, so no element is wasted (Antochi, Hemi, couga54, ExpCarry).

Game description

The Spiritmaster receives an element each time a Spirit uses its skill. Grants Four Elements status and the ability to use the [Elemental Fusion] skill upon reaching 4 stacks. [Elemental Fusion] can only be used when granted Four Elements, and using [Elemental Fusion] will immediately remove Four Elements. Cannot receive additional elements while in Four Elements status. Deals X damage to a target within 20m. 10 Stagger Gauge Damage

CombustionCore

activetarget: 20 (10 from skill points)

Fire on a target from 20 m and on up to 4 enemies next to it. No cooldown, so it fills every gap in your line.

8-20% MP consumedFor the first days, when you run out of mana (aLuckyRO, Game8).
8Deals up to 12% more damage when less targets are hitFor bosses, once your mana holds up (couga54, Tsuruf, OneTimeACraft, Antochi, Hemi).
8+100 Skill Accuracy
12+20% Skill SpeedaLuckyRO: “very important”. DankRNG: more important than passives.
16Adds [Ashy Call] Chain Skill

couga54 takes “12% more damage” from level 19 already. aLuckyRO and Game8 prefer saving mana at the start.

Game description

Selects a target within 20m and deals X Fire damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m of the target. 3 Stagger Gauge Damage

Cold ShockCore

activetarget: 16 (10 from skill points)

Your basic attack on the left mouse button. No cooldown, 20 m range. Every hit restores 100 MP, and every third hit is a stronger “Earth Tremor”.

8+20% MP restoredYou run out of mana at the start (aLuckyRO, couga54).
8Absorbs 1% HPFor PvP (couga54).
8+50% Multi-Hit on hitOnce mana is no longer a problem, it replaces +20% MP (couga54, Tsuruf, OneTimeACraft).
12+2% Attack on landing [Earth Tremor] (Up to 5 stacks)Up to +10% Attack for you and every spirit. This is the heart of playing the class (DankRNG, couga54, Tsuruf).
1610% chance to remove 1 buff on landing [Earth Tremor]

aLuckyRO: “priority number one”. You reach 12 with the Nezekan and Zikel boards (level 20). couga54: 16 is best, 14 is enough.

Game description

Deals X Water damage to a target within 20m and restores 100 MP.

Summon: Water SpiritCore

activecooldown 15 starget: 16 (10 while leveling)

Water spirit. It hits the target from 20 m, then fights next to you and gives you 20 MP with every attack. The best spirit for leveling. 15 s cooldown.

8-50% MP Cost
8+10% Water Spirit Attackcouga54, OneTimeACraft.
810% chance to activate skill when Water Spirit lands attackMore spirit skills means more elements for Elemental Fusion (aLuckyRO, Game8, Tsuruf).
125% chance to inflict Root for 2s on landing Water Spirit attack
16+20% Water Spirit Stats

aLuckyRO: “without the water spirit you will have mana problems”. After the core skills it is the first skill to get points (~level 9).

Game description

Summons a Water Spirit. The Water Spirit uses a skill that deals X Water damage to a target within 20m. The Water Spirit fights alongside the caster using basic attacks, with a 15% chance to use its skill and restoring 20 of the Spiritmaster's MP each time an attack lands. It is dismissed upon selecting the summon icon. Each skill level increases the Water Spirit's Attack and Critical Hit by 2%. 7 Stagger Gauge Damage Spirit Skill Cooldown: 3s

Summon: Fire SpiritCore

activecooldown 15 starget: 20 (can wait while leveling)

Fire spirit. It dives into the target and hits up to 4 enemies, then fights next to you. The strongest normal spirit against bosses. 15 s cooldown.

8-50% MP Cost
8+20% Fire Spirit Critical Hit damage
810% chance to activate skill when Fire Spirit lands attackMore spirit skills means more Elemental Fusion (Tsuruf, OneTimeACraft).
125% chance to inflict Knockdown for 3s on landing Fire Spirit attack
16+20% Fire Spirit StatsGame8, OneTimeACraft.

couga54: leave it at 1 while leveling and play with the water spirit. ExpCarry and DankRNG say to level it earlier. Summon it last in your line so it stays on the field.

Game description

Summons a Fire Spirit. The Fire Spirit rushes towards a target within 20m and uses a skill that deals X damage to up to 4 enemies within 5m. The Fire Spirit fights alongside the caster using basic attacks, with a 15% chance to use its skill each time an attack lands. It is dismissed upon selecting the summon icon. Each skill level increases the Fire Spirit's Attack and Defense by 2%. 7 Stagger Gauge Damage Spirit Skill Cooldown: 3s

Jointstrike: CurseImportant

activecooldown 10 starget: 16 (10 from skill points)

Hits up to 4 enemies from 20 m and applies a Curse for 5 s: damage every second, and the target deals 10% less damage to you. Your spirit attacks together with you. 10 s cooldown.

8+2s Curse durationThe pick of couga54 and aLuckyRO.
8+50% Multi-Hit on hitPicked by Tsuruf, Hemi (Oct 8) and Antochi (Korean players): next to moving while casting and −2 s, instead of the Critical Hit.
8Changes to mobile skillYou can cast it while moving (couga54, Tsuruf, OneTimeACraft).
12-2s cooldownaLuckyRO, OneTimeACraft, Game8.
16[Jointstrike: Curse] ignores Block and Evasion and lands as a Critical Hit

aLuckyRO: “high priority, try to get it to 12”. You open mob packs with it (couga54).

Game description

Selects a target within 20m and deals X damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m of the target, and inflicts Curse. Curse: Deals X Damage over Time every 1s and reduces damage dealt to the Spiritmaster by 10% for 5s. The Spirit joins for a coordinated assault. Fire: X AoE damage Water: X damage Earth: X damage and reduces Status Effect Resist by 10% Wind: X AoE damage and X Damage over Time Ancient: X AoE damage 10 Stagger Gauge Damage

Dimensional ControlImportant

activetarget: 16 (10 from skill points)

Lights up for a moment after every skill your spirit uses. Hits up to 4 enemies, slows them by 40% for 3 s and restores 100 MP. No cooldown of its own.

8+20% Slow effect
8Extra damage after 3s on hit
8+50% Multi-Hit chance on hit
12Pull in nearby targetsGame8 takes it to gather mobs. couga54 says to skip it.
1630% chance to inflict Root for 3s on hitFor PvP.

aLuckyRO: “very important, does crazy damage in long boss fights”. couga54, Tsuruf and OneTimeACraft agree.

Game description

A skill that is triggered briefly each time a Spirit uses its skill. Selects a target within 20m and deals X damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m of the target and inflicts Slow, reducing Move Speed by 40% for 3s on hit. Restores 100 MP. 5 Stagger Gauge Damage

Summon: Earth SpiritSupport

activecooldown 15 starget: 1–8, 16 in the endgame

Earth spirit. Its skill raises threat a lot, so mobs and bosses hit the spirit instead of you. Useful solo. 15 s cooldown.

8-50% MP Cost
8+20% PvE Damage Tolerance and +10 PvP Damage Tolerance to Earth SpiritThe spirit holds the boss longer (couga54).
810% chance to activate skill when Earth Spirit lands attackaLuckyRO, Tsuruf, Game8.
125% chance to restore 5% of Spirit HP when landing Earth Spirit attack
16+20% Earth Spirit Stats

aLuckyRO and couga54: the ideal spirit for “tanking” solo. Tsuruf: only when you are short on HP. In a group with a tank it may pull the boss off the tank. No source says this directly, it follows from the skill description.

Game description

Summons an Earth Spirit. The Earth Spirit uses a skill that deals X Earth damage to a target within 20m and increases Enmity by 3750. Has a 30% chance to inflict Taunt for 2s if the target is a player. The Earth Spirit fights alongside the caster using basic attacks, with a 10% chance to use its skill and increasing Enmity each time an attack lands. It is dismissed upon selecting the summon icon. Each skill level increases the Earth Spirit's Defense and HP by 2%. 7 Stagger Gauge Damage Spirit Skill Cooldown: 3s

Rapid ScattershotSupport

activetarget: 8 (for bosses), 16 in the endgame

A hit from 20 m that only works on a target in the Stagger state, i.e. when the boss's bar has been broken. No cooldown.

8Absorbs 5% HPaLuckyRO: if you often get hit by boss mechanics.
8Restores 120 MPaLuckyRO: if you dodge mechanics but run low on mana.
8Changes to mobile skill
12Multi-Hit on hit
16-1s all skill cooldowns on hitAt 16 every hit shortens all your cooldowns (couga54).

aLuckyRO: bosses only. If you don't do bosses, keep it off your bar. Tsuruf and OneTimeACraft consider it weak.

Game description

Deals X damage to a target afflicted with Stagger within 20m.

DefianceSupport

activecooldown 60 starget: 1–8, 16 in the endgame

Breaks stun, knockdown, airborne, grab, freeze and fear, then gives you 5 s of immunity. 60 s cooldown.

8Adds [Curse of Despair] Chain Skill
8Restores 1000 Stamina on using [Defiance]
8Restores 20% HP on using [Defiance]The PvE pick of Evripides and couga54.
12+2s Tenacity duration
16+50% PvE Damage Tolerance and +25% PvP Damage Tolerance for Tenacity duration

A few points are enough while leveling. 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.

Summon: Wind SpiritLow priority

activecooldown 15 starget: 1

Wind spirit. Hits up to 4 enemies and heals you for ~140 HP. The weakest damage of all spirits. 15 s cooldown.

8-50% MP Cost
8+20% Wind Spirit Critical Hit
810% chance to activate skill when Wind Spirit lands attackIf you use it at all (Game8).
125% chance to reduce enemy Attack Speed by 30% for 10s on landing Wind Spirit attack
16+20% Wind Spirit Stats

aLuckyRO: keep it in your line during the first week, because four summons guarantee an Elemental Fusion. Drop it once three spirits trigger Fusion on their own. DankRNG, couga54 and OneTimeACraft skip it. With the in-game macro it does not fit in a line with Elemental Fusion and three spirits (Antochi, Hemi).

Game description

Summons a Wind Spirit. The Wind Spirit selects a target within 20m and uses a skill that deals X Wind damage to up to 4 enemies within 5m of the target and restores 134-147 HP to the Spiritmaster. The Wind Spirit fights alongside the caster using basic attacks, with a 10% chance to use its skill and restores 1.5% of the Spiritmaster's HP each time an attack lands. It is dismissed upon selecting the summon icon. Each skill level increases the Wind Spirit's Accuracy and Critical Hit by 2%. 7 Stagger Gauge Damage Spirit Skill Cooldown: 3s

Soul's CryLow priority

activecooldown 45 starget: 1

A hit from 20 m with a 70% chance to Fear for 5 s (mobs are always feared). 45 s cooldown.

8+50% Multi-Hit on hit
8Inflicts Root for 5s
8Changes to mobile skill
12-10s cooldownFor PvP (couga54, Game8).
16+2s Fear duration

aLuckyRO: “completely useless in PvE”. couga54 and OneTimeACraft skip it too. Only Game8 puts it at 16.

Game description

Deals X damage to a target within 20m, with a 70% chance to inflict Fear for 5s. 100% chance to inflict Fear on NPC targets. 15 Stagger Gauge Damage

Spirit StrikeCore

passivetarget: 10, then from gear

+6% PvE damage and +0.4% Perfect chance for you and your spirit.

aLuckyRO: priority no. 1. Tsuruf: “the most important”. couga54: second, right after Mental Focus.

Game description

Increases the caster's PvE Damage Boost by 6%, PvP Damage Boost by 3%, and Perfect Chance by 0.4%. Increases the Spirit's PvE Damage Boost by 6%, PvP Damage Boost by 3%, and Perfect Chance 0.4%.

Mental FocusImportant

passivetarget: as high as possible in the endgame

+11% chance to apply “mental” effects (e.g. Fear) and +0.3% Double Chance.

couga54 and Evripides: passive no. 1 in the endgame (OneTimeACraft, Fextralife, ExpCarry similar). aLuckyRO: “a PvP passive, low priority in PvE”.

Game description

Increases the caster's Mental-type Chance(s) by 11% and Double Chance by 0.3%.

Element UnificationImportant

passivetarget: from mid-game

After a spirit skill hits, you get +1.1% Critical Damage, up to 5 times.

Skip it until you actually land critical hits, around 800–1000 Critical Hit (aLuckyRO, couga54). Later it is third (couga54).

Game description

Increases Critical Damage Boost by 1.1% for the caster and Spirit for 10s upon landing a Spirit skill attack. Stacks up to 5 times. Cooldown: 1s

Spirit RevitalizationImportant

passivecooldown 30 starget: as points allow

11% chance for −1 s on summon cooldowns. Also heals your spirit.

couga54: fourth. Tsuruf: “important”. Wakayashi: the most important one, because more frequent spirits mean more frequent Elemental Fusion. aLuckyRO: medium priority.

Game description

Has a 11% chance to reduce the cooldown of Spirit summon skills by 1s on hit. Immediately heals the Spirit for 12% of its Max HP when its HP is 50% or less. Cooldown: 1s Spirit Healing Cooldown: 30s

Spirit's DescentSupport

passivetarget: first days

For 10 s after summoning a spirit you have a 50% chance for extra damage. After the Ancient Spirit, for 30 s.

Good for the first days: aLuckyRO and couga54 put it second at that point.

Game description

Has a 50% chance to deal X extra damage whenever the Spiritmaster's attacks land within 10 seconds of summoning a Spirit. Duration is increased to 30s when an Ancient Spirit is summoned. Cooldown: 1s

Consecutive CountercurrentSupport

passivetarget: first days

50% chance for extra damage on a target that has damage over time on it (e.g. from Curse or Corrode).

couga54: third in the first days. Game8: second, right after Spirit Strike.

Game description

Has a 50% chance to deal X extra damage on landing an attack on a target that is taking Damage over Time. Cooldown: 1s

CorrodeSupport

passivetarget: later

+100 Critical Hit and a 50% chance for extra damage on a critical hit. Don't confuse it with the Jointstrike: Corrode Stigma.

Skip it at the start, because you don't land critical hits yet (aLuckyRO, couga54).

Game description

Increases the caster's Critical Hit by 100, with a 50% chance to deal X damage on landing a Critical Hit. Cooldown: 1s

Spirit ProtectionSupport

passivetarget: last

+2% Defense for you and your spirit.

aLuckyRO: medium priority, because you are squishy. OneTimeACraft: defense goes last. couga54 only takes it for PvP.

Game description

Increases the caster's Defense by 2% and Spirit's Defense by 2%.

Spirit CommunionLow priority

passivetarget: —

+100 Accuracy and a 10% chance to heal you and your spirit.

aLuckyRO: low priority, don't put points here.

Game description

Increases the caster's Accuracy by 100. Has a 10% chance to restore the caster's and Spirit's HP by 182-200 when landing an attack. Cooldown: 1s

Revitalization ContractLow priority

passivetarget: PvP

Status effect resistance and a rescue when you drop to 10% HP.

For PvP (aLuckyRO, couga54).

Game description

Increases the caster's Status Effect Resist by 17%. Increases Status Effect Resist by 10% for 5s when hit while afflicted with Stun, Knockdown, Airborne, Frost, or Fear (up to 10 stacks). Immediately restores 35% Max HP when HP is 10% or less. Healing Cooldown: 60s Status Effect Resist Cooldown: 1s

Summon: Ancient SpiritCore

stigmacooldown 90 starget: 20 (15 first)

An extra spirit for 30 s, next to your normal one. Every skill it uses gives you “Four Elements” right away, i.e. an Elemental Fusion. Hits up to 4 enemies. 90 s cooldown.

5+10% Ancient Spirit Attackunlocks by itself at level 5
10x1.5 [Spirit's Descent] activation chance and damage for 30sunlocks by itself at level 10
15Ancient Spirit uses skill after 5 basic attacksunlocks by itself at level 15At 15 it uses its skill every 5 attacks instead of every 7, so more Fusions. aLuckyRO: at least 15.
20+20% Ancient Spirit Statsunlocks by itself at level 20

The strongest Stigma. Every source puts it in the first slot (22).

Game description

Summons an Ancient Spirit for 30s and grants Four Elements status each time the Ancient Spirit uses its skill. The Ancient Spirit uses a skill on a target within 20m, dealing X damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m. The Ancient Spirit fights alongside the caster using basic attacks and reuses its skill after 7 basic attacks. It is dismissed upon selecting the summon icon. Each skill level increases the Ancient Spirit's Attack, Defense, Accuracy, and Critical Hit by 2%. 20 Stagger Gauge Damage

Enhance: Spirit's BenedictionCore

stigmacooldown 60 starget: 20

For 10 s you and your spirit get +20% PvE damage, +20% PvE damage tolerance and healing every second. 60 s cooldown.

5Restores 10% of Max HP on castunlocks by itself at level 5Heals you while you are still weak (aLuckyRO).
10x1.5 [Spirit Strike] Damage Boost effectunlocks by itself at level 10
15x1.5 activation chance and amount healed from [Spirit Communion]unlocks by itself at level 15
20+25% PvE Damage Boost and Damage Tolerance, +12.5% PvP Damage Boost and Damage Tolerance for caster and Spiritunlocks by itself at level 20Tsuruf: “take it to 20, it's a crazy buff”.

Always cast it before the Ancient Spirit (couga54, Evripides, DankRNG, OneTimeACraft).

Game description

Increases PvE Damage Boost by 20%, PvP Damage Boost by 10%, PvE Damage Tolerance by 20%, PvP Damage Tolerance by 10%, and restores X HP every 1s for 10s to the caster and Spirit. Unaffected by cooldown increase effects.

Jointstrike: CorrodeImportant

stigmacooldown 45 starget: 20 (5 right away)

Hits up to 4 enemies from 20 m and applies Corrode for 20 s: the target takes +10% damage from your spirit plus damage every second. Your spirit attacks together with you. 45 s cooldown.

5+15% extra damage taken from Spirit during Corrodeunlocks by itself at level 5Already at 5 the target takes +25% damage from your spirit (Tsuruf).
10-20% Combat Speed on hit for 10sunlocks by itself at level 10
15-70% Incoming Heal during Corrodeunlocks by itself at level 15
20+10s Corrode effect durationunlocks by itself at level 20

On the bar it sits in row 0 of the right-click line, before Curse, so the line casts it as soon as it is ready (Antochi, Hemi, couga54 for the endgame). For leveling, Grobs put it in the spirit line right after Water Spirit. Evripides: to keep it up all the time you need ~33% cooldown reduction.

Game description

Selects a target within 20m and deals X damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m of the target, inflicting Corrode for 20s. Corrode: Increases damage taken from the Spirit by 10% and deals X Damage over Time every 1s The Spirit joins for a coordinated assault. Fire: X AoE damage and Knockdown Water: X damage and Slow Earth: X damage and Seal Wind: X AoE damage and Stun Ancient: X AoE damage and Knockdown 10 Stagger Gauge Damage

Flame BlessingImportant

stigmacooldown 60 starget: 20

For 10 s your hits have a 50% chance for extra damage (at most once per second). Cast it before Ancient Spirit, together with your other buffs (couga54, Evripides). 60 s cooldown.

5+100 Accuracyunlocks by itself at level 5
10+100 Critical Hitunlocks by itself at level 10
15+10% Critical Damage Boostunlocks by itself at level 15
20-50% extra damage cooldownunlocks by itself at level 20At 20 the buff gets much stronger (couga54, Evripides).

One of the strongest buffs (couga54, Evripides, Fextralife, ExpCarry, Tsuruf, OneTimeACraft). couga54: take it once your Accuracy is high enough. Game8 doesn't take it at all.

Game description

Has a 50% chance to deal X extra damage to enemies on landing an attack for 10s. Cooldown: 1s

SiphonSupport

stigmacooldown 30 starget: instead of Flame Blessing (solo)

A hit from 20 m that steals 10% HP and 300 MP. 30 s cooldown.

5+20% Skill Speedunlocks by itself at level 5
10+5% HP absorbedunlocks by itself at level 10
1530% of Max HP as Protective Shield for 30s on useunlocks by itself at level 15At 15 a shield worth 30% HP (couga54, DankRNG).
20Stun for 3s on hitunlocks by itself at level 20

A solo survival option (couga54, DankRNG). OneTimeACraft: “situational”. aLuckyRO skips it because it doesn't fit in 4 slots.

Game description

Deals X damage and 300 MP damage to a target within 20m. Absorbs 10% HP and restores 300 MP.

Jointstrike: Destructive AttackSupport

stigmacooldown 60 starget: instead of Flame Blessing

A heavy hit from 20 m, your spirit attacks together with you. 60 s cooldown.

5Changes to Charge Skill, dealing up to 200% more [Jointstrike: Destructive Attack] damageunlocks by itself at level 5
10+30% Skill Speedunlocks by itself at level 10
15Critical Hit on hitunlocks by itself at level 15
20Reset [Jointstrike: Curse] and [Jointstrike: Corrode] cooldown on landing [Jointstrike: Destructive Attack] first hitunlocks by itself at level 20

An option for a boss where the group has to break the Stagger bar: then it replaces your weakest Stigma (ExpCarry, Game8). At 20 its first hit resets the cooldowns of Curse and Corrode, so press it only when both are on cooldown, fully charged and with the macro key released, because the macro interrupts the charge (Antochi). OneTimeACraft: “once there are more slots”.

Game description

Deals X damage to a target within 20m. The Spirit joins you in a coordinated assault. Fire: X AoE damage Water: X damage Earth: X damage Wind: X AoE damage Ancient: X AoE damage 50 Stagger Gauge Damage

Cursed CloudSupport

stigmacooldown 90 starget: later

A cloud on the target: up to 4 enemies take damage every second for 10 s. 90 s cooldown.

5-1000 enemy Max Stamina during Damage over Timeunlocks by itself at level 5
10-20% Max HP of PC targets during Damage over Timeunlocks by itself at level 10
15+10s Damage over Time durationunlocks by itself at level 15
20-30% Status Effect Resist during Damage over Timeunlocks by itself at level 20

couga54: strong in PvE, but there is no slot for it in season 1. aLuckyRO: for mid and late game.

Game description

Selects a target within 20m and deals X damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m, and deals X Damage over Time every 1s for 10s. 20 Stagger Gauge Damage

Command: ProxyLow priority

stigmacooldown 60 starget: PvP

For 4 s half the damage you take goes to your spirit. 60 s cooldown.

5+2s Command: Proxy durationunlocks by itself at level 5
10+10% PVP Damage Tolerance increase and +5% PvP Damage Tolerance increase to Spiritunlocks by itself at level 10
15x1.5 [Spirit Protection] effect during Command: Proxyunlocks by itself at level 15
20Restores 3% of Spirit's HP every 1s for Command: Proxy durationunlocks by itself at level 20

couga54: PvP build only.

Game description

Increases the Spirit's PvE Damage Tolerance by 20% and PvP Damage Tolerance by 10% for 4s, and redirects damage taken each time the Spiritmaster is attacked, sharing 50% to the Spiritmaster and 50% to the Spirit. This effect is applied to the summoned Spirit with the highest HP. If HP is equal, it will be applied to the closer target. Damage is only shared if the Spirit is within 25m. Unaffected by cooldown increase effects.

Seize MagicLow priority

stigmacooldown 90 starget: PvP

Removes 2 buffs from up to 4 enemies. 90 s cooldown.

5Removes up to 3 buffsunlocks by itself at level 5
10Inflicts Seal for 5s when removing 3 or more buffsunlocks by itself at level 10
15Removes up to 5 buffsunlocks by itself at level 15
20-30s cooldownunlocks by itself at level 20

For PvP (DankRNG, aLuckyRO, couga54).

Game description

Selects a target within 20m and deals X damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m of the target, removing up to 2 buffs. Deals X extra damage based on the number of buffs removed. 20 Stagger Gauge Damage

Magic BlockLow priority

stigmacooldown 60 starget: PvP

75% chance to Seal for 5 s: the enemy can't use skills. 60 s cooldown.

550% chance to inflict Root for 5s on hitunlocks by itself at level 5
10-1000 enemy Max Stamina for 5s on hitunlocks by itself at level 10
15+2s Seal durationunlocks by itself at level 15
20+25% Seal chanceunlocks by itself at level 20

For PvP (aLuckyRO).

Game description

Deals X damage to a target within 20m, with a 75% chance to inflict Seal for 5s. 20 Stagger Gauge Damage

Cry of TerrorLow priority

stigmacooldown 90 starget: PvP

Fear on up to 4 enemies. 90 s cooldown.

5Root for 5s on hitunlocks by itself at level 5
10Up to +20% damage when more targets hitunlocks by itself at level 10
15+2s Fear durationunlocks by itself at level 15
20+20% Fear Chanceunlocks by itself at level 20

For PvP (aLuckyRO, couga54).

Game description

Selects a target within 20m and deals X damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m of the target, with a 50% chance to inflict Fear for 5s. 100% chance to inflict Fear on NPC targets.

Kaisinel's PowerLow priority

stigmacooldown 60 starget: PvP

For 10 s, +20% chance to apply status effects and +20% resistance to them. 60 s cooldown.

5+150 Block and Evasionunlocks by itself at level 5
10+15% Status Effect Resistunlocks by itself at level 10
15+150 Accuracyunlocks by itself at level 15
20+15% Status Effect Chanceunlocks by itself at level 20

aLuckyRO: “not needed in PvE at all”.

Game description

Increases Status Effect Chance by 20% and Status Effect Resist by 20% for the caster for 10s.

Assault TerrorLow priority

stigmacooldown 120 starget: —

An area hit with Fear. Your defense grows with the number of enemies hit. 120 s cooldown.

5+20% caster's Attack for 5sunlocks 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% Fear Chanceunlocks by itself at level 20

aLuckyRO: “forget about it”.

Game description

Selects a target within 20m and deals X damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m of the target, with a 30% chance to inflict Fear for 5s. 100% chance to inflict Fear on NPC targets. Increases Defense by up to 20% proportional to the number of targets hit.

How to play it

The Elementalist (in-game name: Spiritmaster) fights from range with an Orb, while a summoned spirit fights next to them. Every spirit skill gives you one element. At four, Elemental Fusion lights up: the strongest hit of the class.

The spirits in short

Summon: Water Spirit: your leveling spirit. Hits a single target and gives you mana.
Summon: Fire Spirit: the strongest against bosses and in the endgame. Summon it last in your line.
Summon: Earth Spirit: pulls mobs and the boss onto itself. Useful solo.
Summon: Wind Spirit: heals, but hits the weakest. First week at most.
Summon: Ancient Spirit (Stigma from 22): lives separately for 30 s, and every skill it uses gives you an Elemental Fusion right away.

Only the last summoned spirit stays on the field. The previous ones vanish after 2–3 s (DankRNG, Game8).

At low level (up to ~20)

Hold Cold Shock (left mouse button). Every hit restores 100 MP, and mana is the main problem at the start.
One spirit: Water Spirit. Summon it before the fight and in every pause (couga54).
Mob pack: Jointstrike: Curse → Combustion → Elemental Fusion when it lights up. Cold Shock between skills (couga54).
OneTimeACraft: while leveling, Combustion, Curse and any spirits are enough. The early game is easy.

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.

Jointstrike line (right mouse button; you click it, from 22 it can be a macro step)

4Combustion: filler with no cooldown
3Dimensional Control: lights up after a spirit skill
2Jointstrike: Curse
1Jointstrike: Corrode (from 32), lowest, so it always wins

Corrode goes out as soon as it is ready, because the target then takes more damage from you and your spirit. Then Curse, and the line fires Dimensional Control in the short window after a spirit skill. Combustion fills the rest of the time (Antochi Oct 6, Hemi Oct 8, couga54, ExpCarry).

Spirit line (Q; you click it, from 22 it can be a macro step)

4Summon: Fire Spirit: last, so it stays on the field
3Summon: Earth Spirit
2Summon: Water Spirit
1Elemental Fusion (from 14), lowest, so it always wins

Every summon is a spirit skill, i.e. an element for Fusion. Fusion sits lowest because new elements are lost while you hold four: the line spends Fusion first and only then summons the next spirit (Antochi, Hemi, couga54, ExpCarry). In the first week aLuckyRO adds Wind Spirit, because four summons guarantee a Fusion. It no longer fits in this line, so put it on a separate key (Hemi).

Buff line (5, by hand)

3Summon: Ancient Spirit (from 22): last, so it copies your buffs
2Flame Blessing (from 37)
1Enhance: Spirit's Benediction (from 27)

Press 5 a few times: the buffs go out first, the spirit last. A spirit copies your stats at the moment it is summoned (couga54, Evripides).

Elites and bosses

Build up Cold Shock stacks, 4–5 hits (Tsuruf: up to four).
Flame Blessing → Enhance: Spirit's Benediction → Summon: Ancient Spirit → right away Elemental Fusion.
Antochi (following Korean players) casts the buffs first, then holds the macro for a few seconds until the Cold Shock and Element Unification stacks are up, and only then summons the Ancient Spirit. After that you hold the macro and the left button.
During the fight: cast buffs as soon as they are ready, don't hold them for the Ancient Spirit (couga54). When your Cold Shock stacks are about to drop, one more basic attack matters more than another summon.
Boss Stagger bar broken: Rapid Scattershot. Boss mechanic: move first, your spirits keep hitting (ExpCarry).
If you have the Jointstrike: Destructive Attack Stigma: press it only when Curse and Corrode are on cooldown (at 20 it resets both), fully charged and with the macro released, because the macro interrupts the charge (Antochi).
Don't charge Elemental Fusion. It has no cooldown, so charging means one Fusion fewer (Antochi).

Your skill bar for level 12

Change the level with the slider in the “Now” tab. The layout only changes at levels: 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	Cold Shock			only one slot here. You hold it all the time: mana and Attack stacks
RMB	Jointstrike: Curse	Dimensional Controlnew	Combustion	Jointstrike line: you click it, Combustion fills the gaps. From 22 you can put it in the macro (10 ms)
Q	Summon: Water Spirit	Summon: Earth Spirit	Summon: Fire Spirit	spirit line: you click it. Elemental Fusion on top priority, Fire Spirit last, so it stays on the field. From 22 you can put it in the macro
E	Rapid Scattershot			only when the boss is in Stagger
2	Summon: Wind Spiritnew			first week only (aLuckyRO), then remove it
5	Summon: Ancient Spirit from 22			buff line: buffs first, the Ancient Spirit last so it copies them

Next change at 14: On Q in row 0 you add Elemental Fusion. When it lights up, the line spends it first and only then summons the next spirit.

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

LMB Cold Shock: hold it all the time
side macro with the Jointstrike line and the spirit line (held together with LMB). You can also put the macro on RMB, like Antochi and couga54, and move the RMB line to a free key, because the macro clicks it anyway
5 buff line with the Ancient Spirit, by hand
By hand: Rapid Scattershot on Stagger, Defiance (Space) against stuns, “dismiss spirits” (a game function) on a handy key (couga54)
Some Korean players click the lines with a mouse macro that repeats the key. NC has never published permission for that (Antochi), and players on Reddit (r/Aion2, Oct 6) argue about it. That's why this guide teaches the in-game macro

Setting up the macro

Skill window → Macro button. Step 1: the Jointstrike line (RMB), Delay = 10 ms. Step 2: the spirit line (Q), 10 ms (Antochi Oct 6, Hemi Oct 8). In the macro window a step shows only the row 0 icon, but it fires the whole line. Buffs, the Ancient Spirit and Destructive Attack stay manual (Antochi, Hemi, couga54, ExpCarry).
You assign the key in Settings → Key Settings → General → Macro. No key is assigned by default. The macro runs while you hold it, so you hold LMB and the macro key together. In the “Aion 1” combat mode a mouse button can't be the macro key (Antochi, Wakayashi).
Turn on Skill Queue (Settings → Combat → Controls) (Antochi, ExpCarry). Wakayashi plays without it and suggests checking both settings with a DPS meter.
Delay is the pause between presses, not your ping. aLuckyRO: 10 ms with ping under 50, 50 ms with ping 80–100 (Hemi plays at 50 ms). The game: a key you press by hand takes priority over the macro.
aLuckyRO's early-game variant (with the charged Fusion): Cold Shock → spirit line 2–3 times (sometimes a spirit doesn't come out) → Cold Shock → Dimensional Control → Curse → basic attack → Cold Shock. No Elemental Fusion and no Stigmas in the macro.
Another endgame variant (couga54 following Evripides, ExpCarry): you click the same two lines by hand (couga54 has them on 1 and T), and the macro on RMB has 3 steps: Enhance: Spirit's Benediction → Elemental Fusion → Jointstrike: Corrode, 10 ms each. Buffs with Ancient Spirit on 7.
For leveling, Grobs (via couga54) set up the lines differently: Water Spirit → Corrode → Earth → Fire and Elemental Fusion → Dimensional Control → Curse → Combustion. It works too, but in the layout above Fusion doesn't wait for the line to summon the next spirit.

Sources for the lines, keys and macro: Antochi (Oct 6, following Korean players), Hemi (Oct 8), couga54 (Oct 3, checked Oct 7), ExpCarry (Oct 6), aLuckyRO (Oct 4), Wakayashi, Evripides, Tsuruf.

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 70 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.

1–4: +1 level: Cold Shock

↓ → → →from the start, 4 nodes

5–8: +1 level: Combustion

↑ ← ← ←from the start, 4 nodes

9–11: +1 level: Summon: Water Spirit

↓ ↓ ←from node 2 (Max HP), 3 nodes

12–14: +1 level: Summon: Fire Spirit

↑ ↑ →from node 6 (Max MP), 3 nodes

15–16: +1 passive level: Spirit Strike

↓ ↓from node 10 (Critical Hit Resist), 2 nodes

17–18: +1 level: Elemental Fusion

← ←from node 16 (Spirit Strike), 2 nodes

19–22: +1 passive level: Spirit Strike

← ↑ ↑ ←from node 8 (Combustion), 4 nodes

23–24: Combat Speed +1.5%

↑ ↑from node 22 (Spirit Strike), 2 nodes

25–28: +1 passive level: Spirit Protection

→ ↓ ↓ →from node 4 (Cold Shock), 4 nodes

29–30: Combat Speed +1.5%

↓ ↓from node 28 (Spirit Protection), 2 nodes

31–34: +1 passive level: Spirit's Descent

↑ ← ← ↓from node 18 (Elemental Fusion), 4 nodes

35–36: Cooldown Reduction +1.5%

← ←from node 34 (Spirit's Descent), 2 nodes

37–41: +1 passive level: Spirit's Descent

→ ↑ → → ↑from node 14 (Summon: Fire Spirit), 5 nodes

42–43: Cooldown Reduction +1.5%

→ →from node 41 (Spirit's Descent), 2 nodes

Order of goals

While leveling, take the closest and cheapest blue nodes first: Cold Shock → Combustion → Water Spirit → Fire Spirit → Elemental Fusion, then the green Spirit Strike and Mental Focus, then the orange nodes and the rest of the path (couga54; aLuckyRO: every board has a node for every skill, some close to the start). On Vaizel, skip the orange critical nodes at first, because early on you barely land critical hits (aLuckyRO). The Soul's Cry, Summon: Wind Spirit, Revitalization Contract and Spirit Communion nodes are low priority. The route only takes them when they lie on the way to better nodes or are left over at the end. Don't click “Acquire All Nodes”.

Where sources differ: for the endgame couga54 and Evripides take Elemental Fusion → Combustion → Fire Spirit → Cold Shock → Water Spirit first. Game8 (Oct 6) takes the orange Combat Speed and Cooldown Reduction nodes first, then Elemental Fusion and Fire Spirit. KaidGames2 is similar: Attack and cooldown reduction first. I follow couga54 and aLuckyRO: skills first.

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. The same set works solo and in a group, because all four are PvE damage (Fextralife, Evripides, ExpCarry).

Slot	Solo and group	Variant	Who recommends it
22	Summon: Ancient Spirit: a second spirit for 30 s, every skill it uses is an Elemental Fusion	—	all sources (also Fextralife Oct 8, ExpCarry Oct 6)
27	Enhance: Spirit's Benediction: +20% damage and damage tolerance for you and your spirit, healing	—	couga54, Evripides, Game8; aLuckyRO at 27 or 32
32	Jointstrike: Corrode: the target takes more damage from your spirit	—	aLuckyRO, Game8, Grobs (via couga54), Tsuruf
37	Flame Blessing: 10 s of extra damage on your hits	Siphon solo for survival, especially while leveling, as long as you die often (couga54, DankRNG, ExpCarry). Jointstrike: Destructive Attack when the boss needs its Stagger bar broken (ExpCarry, Game8)	aLuckyRO, couga54, Evripides, Fextralife (Oct 8), ExpCarry, Tsuruf, OneTimeACraft

Corrode comes before Flame Blessing because it sits in the right-click line and works on its own. Flame Blessing has to be remembered and needs Accuracy (couga54). Leveling order: all four to 10, then the Ancient Spirit to 15 (aLuckyRO: at least 15, because its skill comes every 5 attacks instead of every 7) and on to 20 (ExpCarry, Evripides, Fextralife Oct 8). Evripides raises them to 20 in this order: Ancient Spirit → Benediction → Flame Blessing → Corrode.

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 comes every 5 levels (5, 10, 15, 20). Levels in between give almost nothing, so push one Stigma to a threshold instead of spreading shards around.
On the global version the cap is 20 (couga54, Lipej). Evripides mentions 25 for three Stigmas, but that is most likely the Korean state.
Shards: the Abyss shop (main source), the Nightmare dungeon shop, the Shugo Festival shop.

Source for costs and shops: Lipej (YT, Sep 24, 2026), from the test client, so they may have changed a little.

Passives

#	Passive	What it gives	Sources
1	Spirit Strike	+6% PvE damage and a bit of Perfect chance for you and your spirit. The most important one at the start.	aLuckyRO, Tsuruf, couga54, OneTimeACraft, Game8, ExpCarry, Antochi, Hemi
2	Mental Focus	Chance for “mental” effects and +0.3% Double Chance. No. 1 in the endgame for couga54 and Evripides.	couga54, Evripides, OneTimeACraft, Fextralife, ExpCarry, Antochi, Hemi
3	Element Unification	After a spirit skill, +1.1% Critical Damage, up to 5 times. Only once you land critical hits.	couga54, Tsuruf, OneTimeACraft, Game8, Fextralife, Antochi, Hemi
4	Spirit Revitalization	Chance for −1 s on summon cooldowns, heals your spirit. Wakayashi: the most important one, because more frequent spirits mean more frequent Fusion.	couga54, Tsuruf, OneTimeACraft, Fextralife, Antochi, Hemi, Wakayashi
start	Spirit's Descent, Consecutive Countercurrent	Extra damage after a summon and on targets with damage over time. Good for the first ~10 days.	aLuckyRO, couga54 (“first days”), Game8
+	Corrode, Spirit Protection	Crits (once your gear gives them) and a bit of defense	aLuckyRO, OneTimeACraft

At the start (first ~10 days, few crits): Spirit Strike → Spirit's Descent → Consecutive Countercurrent → Spirit Revitalization (aLuckyRO, couga54). Later: Mental Focus → Spirit Strike → Element Unification → Spirit Revitalization (couga54/Evripides, OneTimeACraft, Fextralife, ExpCarry). Corrode and Element Unification only at ~800–1000 Critical Hit (aLuckyRO). The difference: aLuckyRO sees Mental Focus as a PvP passive. Passive levels mostly come from gear (armor, earrings, necklace), over 30 in full season 1 gear (couga54). Don't put points into Revitalization Contract or Spirit Communion (aLuckyRO).

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).

Elementalist: weapon and stats

Weapon: Orb (Fextralife, Game8, ExpCarry, couga54). While leveling, upgrade it to ~+10, higher only after 45 (couga54).
Stat priority: Accuracy and HP up to the threshold first, then Attack, PvE Damage Boost, Critical Damage Boost and cooldown reduction (Fextralife).
ExpCarry: Accuracy up to the threshold, cooldown reduction ~20% at first and ~33% later, then Combat Speed, Damage Boost, Critical Damage Boost, Perfect, Attack, Double Chance.
Evripides' targets: Double Chance 25%, cooldown reduction 20%, Accuracy 1,500. Combat Speed 65% or more and ping under ~60 ms for a smooth macro.
Manastones: Damage Boost → Critical Damage Boost → Attack (ExpCarry).

Game8 lists “Intelligence, Attack, Cooldown Reduction” and Pantheon stats. Other sources don't confirm this, so it is most likely Korean data. DankRNG (KR experience) aims for ~23–24% cooldown reduction so buffs and damage over time stay up all the time.

Jewelry and soul binding

Rings: Elemental Fusion, Combustion, Summon: Fire Spirit (+1 each) plus stats. Sixth line: Jointstrike: Curse on one ring, Rapid Scattershot on the other (Evripides).
Soul binding on armor (7 pieces), e.g. helmet: Double Chance, Attack increase, Attack, Mental Focus +1, Spirit Strike +1, Element Unification +1 (Evripides).
ExpCarry for soul binding: Combat Speed, Damage Boost, Double Chance, Mental Focus.
Skill levels from outside sources are worth the most when they push Fusion, Combustion and Fire Spirit past 20 (ExpCarry).

Arcana (from 45)

Set: 3 Primal Vigor cards and 2 Magic Armor (Evripides, couga54).
Game8: Chalice, Parchment, Compass and Bell of Vigor plus Mirror of Magic.
ExpCarry: Chalice of Vigor (Combat Speed), Compass of Vigor (Accuracy), Mirror of Magic (Double Chance). Compare the whole set, not just card rarity.
Skills on the cards: +4 to Elemental Fusion, Combustion and Summon: Fire Spirit, so they reach 20 (couga54).

Odyle Energy after 45: Urugugu Canyon Conquest first (weapon and jewelry), then armor (Tsuruf, Oct 3).

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).

Elementalist in Krao Cave (level 20–21)

You are ranged DPS. You don't heal the group, only yourself: with spirits and buffs (Game8, Evripides).
At 20 you have no Stigmas yet (the first comes at 22). On the boss: Water Spirit, Jointstrike: Curse, Combustion, and Elemental Fusion when it lights up (couga54, aLuckyRO).
When the boss's Stagger bar is broken: Rapid Scattershot.
Stand to the side of or behind the boss, never in front of it.
Get out of the mechanic first, cast second. Your spirits keep hitting, so don't force one more skill (ExpCarry).
Earth Spirit raises threat a lot. With a tank in the group, better not to summon it, because it may pull the boss off the tank. Sources don't mention this, it follows from the skill description.
Keep Defiance for stuns, e.g. when Gadioton pulls the group in.
Before the fight, don't summon spirits while the boss is targeted: the spirit attacks right away and you start the fight instead of the tank. When running through the dungeon, dismiss your spirits, because they pull monsters (Wakayashi). “Dismiss spirits” is a game function, put it on a handy key (couga54).

Curse reduces the target's damage by 10%. Buffs and Corrode only work on you and your spirit, not on the group (skill descriptions). You are strongest in long boss fights (DankRNG, couga54).

Sources: Game8 (Oct 2), Evripides, couga54, aLuckyRO (Sep 30), ExpCarry (Oct 6), DankRNG (Sep 29), Wakayashi (Sep 28).

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
Leveling spirit	Water Spirit, the other spirits at 1 (couga54, aLuckyRO)	Level Fire Spirit early (ExpCarry, DankRNG, Game8)
Which spirit goes last in the line	Fire Spirit, because it stays on the field (DankRNG, Evripides/couga54, Game8, aLuckyRO)	Water Spirit last (Tsuruf: highest damage; couga54: when you are low on mana; KaidGames2: Water for bosses, Fire for packs)
Line layout	A spirit line with Elemental Fusion in row 0 (Water, Earth, Fire above it) and a Jointstrike line with Corrode in row 0 (Curse, Dimensional Control, Combustion) (Antochi Oct 6, Hemi Oct 8, couga54 for the endgame, ExpCarry)	Grobs for leveling (couga54): Corrode in the spirit line right after Water Spirit, and Fusion with Dimensional Control in the other line. Nobody has compared the two layouts with measurements
Skill Queue	On (Antochi: most Korean players, ExpCarry)	Wakayashi: off, because Cold Shock weaves in better. Check both with a DPS meter
Buffs in the macro	Buffs, Ancient Spirit and Destructive Attack by hand (Antochi, Hemi, couga54, ExpCarry, Wakayashi)	LordRobson: buffs in the macro, because the class deals damage all the time. Game8: Ancient Spirit and Benediction in the macro
Jointstrike: Curse: third specialization	[Jointstrike: Curse] ignores Block and Evasion… at 20 (Fextralife, Game8)	+50% Multi-Hit on hit next to moving and −2 s (Antochi, Hemi Oct 8, Tsuruf)
Combustion: when to swap -20% MP for damage	Once your mana starts to hold up (aLuckyRO, Game8)	couga54: Deals up to 12% more damage… from level 19 already
Elemental Fusion: normal or charged	Normal: Extra damage after 3s + +10 all Element Boost (couga54/Evripides, Tsuruf, OneTimeACraft, Antochi, Hemi, Fextralife Oct 8)	Charged Changes to Charge Skill…, pressed by hand (aLuckyRO Oct 4, Game8 Oct 8)
Macro from the start	Yes (couga54 following Grobs, Tsuruf)	aLuckyRO: no macro for the first week, to learn the class
Wind Spirit	Skip it (DankRNG, couga54, Evripides, OneTimeACraft, Antochi, Hemi Oct 8)	aLuckyRO: keep it for the first week for a guaranteed Fusion. Game8 puts it at 16
Fourth Stigma	Flame Blessing (couga54, Evripides, aLuckyRO, Fextralife Oct 8, ExpCarry, Tsuruf, OneTimeACraft, KaidGames2)	Jointstrike: Destructive Attack (Game8, Cruztopia; ExpCarry: when the boss needs its Stagger broken). Solo for survival: Siphon (couga54, DankRNG, ExpCarry while leveling)
Stigmas at 27 and 32	Benediction at 27, Corrode at 32 (couga54, Game8)	aLuckyRO: Benediction and Corrode either way. Evripides raises Flame Blessing to 20 before Corrode
Mental Focus	Passive no. 1–2 in the endgame (couga54/Evripides, OneTimeACraft, Fextralife, ExpCarry)	aLuckyRO: a PvP passive, low priority in PvE. Game description: mostly mental effects and only +0.3% Double Chance
Second passive	Spirit Strike high for everyone	Game8: Consecutive Countercurrent right after Spirit Strike
Rapid Scattershot	Take it for bosses (couga54/Evripides, aLuckyRO)	“Weak, I don't use it” (Tsuruf, OneTimeACraft)
Jointstrike: Curse: second specialization next to Changes to mobile skill	-2s cooldown (OneTimeACraft, aLuckyRO, Game8)	+2s Curse duration (couga54 following Evripides)
Dimensional Control at 12	Skip the pull (couga54)	Pull in nearby targets (Game8)
Survivability	A squishy class (Game8: 2/5, aLuckyRO)	“The tankiest mage” (DankRNG, couga54 in PvP). Evripides: “a naturally defensive DPS”
Difficulty	Easy to start (Game8, aLuckyRO, DankRNG: low entry barrier)	couga54: “Hard”
Max Stigma level	20 in season 1 (couga54, Lipej)	Evripides: at most 3 Stigmas at 25
Order of skill nodes on the boards	While leveling, the closest and cheapest: Cold Shock, Combustion, spirits (couga54 Leveling, aLuckyRO)	For the endgame: Elemental Fusion → Combustion → Fire Spirit → Cold Shock → Water Spirit (couga54/Evripides)
Daevanion: what first	Blue skill nodes (couga54, aLuckyRO, ExpCarry)	Orange Combat Speed and Cooldown Reduction first, then Elemental Fusion and Fire Spirit (Game8, Oct 6). KaidGames2: Attack and cooldown reduction first

Sources

couga54/aion2-guides: Elementalist · checked Oct 7, 2026: leveling plan, specializations, macro lines, board route
Antochi: Spiritmaster PvE DPS Guide, The Korean In-Game Macro Setup · YouTube, Oct 6, 2026: Korean players' line layout and macro, specializations, opener
Hemi: The STRONGEST Spiritmaster Build · YouTube, Oct 8, 2026, global version: two lines in the macro, specializations, passives
Hemi: The BEST Leveling Spiritmaster Build · YouTube, Oct 6, 2026, leveling
Fextralife wiki: Spiritmaster Builds · Oct 8, 2026: Stigmas, upgrade order, passives
Wakayashi: Spiritmaster PvE Guide (DE) · Sep 28, 2026: macro, Skill Queue, spirits in dungeons
Evripides: Spirit Master guide, Global edition · Oct 3, 2026, adapted from the TW/KR version; basis of the couga54 build
aLuckyRO: Latest Spiritmaster PVE Build for Global · YouTube, Sep 30, 2026
aLuckyRO: Latest Spiritmaster PvE Macro Setup for Global · YouTube, Oct 4, 2026
DankRNG: How to MASTER the SPIRITS, Elementalist Guide & Build · YouTube, Sep 29, 2026, recorded before the global launch (KR/TW experience)
Tsuruf: AION 2 Global SPIRITMASTER GUIDE · YouTube, Oct 3, 2026
OneTimeACraft: The ACTUAL Good Guide for SPIRITMASTER! · YouTube, Oct 4, 2026
Game8: Spiritmaster Class Guide · Oct 2, 2026
Game8: Fire Spirit Spiritmaster Build · Oct 8, 2026: stigmas, specializations, board order
Game8: class tier list · Oct 5, 2026
KaidGames2: Spiritmaster Guide, PvE & PvP · YouTube, Sep 29, 2026: specializations, Stigmas, passives, boards
Cruztopia: Spiritmaster Macros Guide · YouTube, Oct 5, 2026: lines and macro at level 33
AION2Hub: Global Update Oct 5, 2026 (launch) · no class or skill changes since Sep 30
Fextralife wiki: Elementalist · Oct 5, 2026, skill descriptions and PvE build
ExpCarry: Spiritmaster guide · Oct 6, 2026, global version
Lipej: AION 2 – Set up your skills correctly! BASICS · YouTube (PL), 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
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
Madsin: Krao Cave · YouTube, Sep 26, 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's guide · unlocks by 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 9

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 19

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 Spiritmaster skills

How many specializations at once (slots)

How to play it

The spirits in short

At low level (up to ~20)

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

Jointstrike line (right mouse button; you click it, from 22 it can be a macro step)

Spirit line (Q; you click it, from 22 it can be a macro step)

Buff line (5, by hand)

Elites and bosses

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

1–4: +1 level: Cold Shock

5–8: +1 level: Combustion

9–11: +1 level: Summon: Water Spirit

12–14: +1 level: Summon: Fire Spirit

15–16: +1 passive level: Spirit Strike

17–18: +1 level: Elemental Fusion

19–22: +1 passive level: Spirit Strike

23–24: Combat Speed +1.5%

25–28: +1 passive level: Spirit Protection

29–30: Combat Speed +1.5%

31–34: +1 passive level: Spirit's Descent

35–36: Cooldown Reduction +1.5%

37–41: +1 passive level: Spirit's Descent

42–43: Cooldown Reduction +1.5%

1–4: +1 level: Summon: Fire Spirit

5–7: +1 passive level: Spirit Communion

8–12: +1 level: Cold Shock

13–16: +1 level: Elemental Fusion

17–18: Damage Boost +1.5%

19–22: +1 level: Combustion

23–23: +1 level: Summon: Water Spirit

24–24: +1 passive level: Mental Focus

25–34: +1 passive level: Mental Focus

35–35: +1 passive level: Consecutive Countercurrent

36–38: Damage Boost +1.5%

1–3: +1 passive level: Element Unification

4–7: +1 level: Cold Shock

8–9: +1 passive level: Mental Focus

10–12: +1 level: Combustion