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

Sorcerer Guide & Build (Aion 2)

Weapon: Spellbook · Role: ranged magic damage dealer

About this guide

Everything for the Sorcerer from level 1 to the endgame: what to max, how to set up your skill bar, how to manage mana, gear, your first dungeon and a plan for after 45. The Sorcerer hits from 20 m and has the biggest AoE damage in the game, but very little HP and defense. 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.

Flame Arrow

Ice Chain

Firestorm

Blaze

Bittercold Wind

Wish of Concentrationnew

Winter's Shackles

Robe of Flame

Fire Mark

Robe of Earth

Frost

Flame Scattershot

Hellfire from 14

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Grace of Enhancement from 21

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Order to raise them from scratch (21 points total)

Flame Arrow to 2
Ice Chain to 2
Firestorm to 2
Blaze to 2
Flame Arrow to 3
Ice Chain to 3
Firestorm to 3
Bittercold Wind to 2
Blaze to 3
Bittercold Wind to 3
Flame Arrow to 4
Ice Chain to 4
Firestorm to 4
Blaze to 4
Bittercold Wind to 4
Flame Arrow to 5
Ice Chain to 5
Firestorm 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	Row 3	How to use
LMB	Flame Arrow				only one slot. In target mode it fires on its own after every skill and restores mana. From 22 you hold LMB together with the macro key
RMB	Frost Burstnew	Frost	Ice Chain		ice line for packs of monsters, leveling only: you click it. Frost Burst only fires on a frozen target. Take it off at 45
Q	Bittercold Windnew	Blaze	Firestorm	Wish of Concentrationnew	core line: you click it. From 22 it's the only macro step: you hold the macro key (side button) together with LMB
E	Hellfire from 14				always by hand: hold to stage 3
2	Winter's Shackles from 14				burst line: click it by hand before an elite or a boss, a charged Hellfire (E) right after. Delayed Explosion if it's in a slot
3	Flame Scattershotnew				only on a boss's broken Stagger gauge

Change at 12: On Q you add Bittercold Wind in row 0 and Wish of Concentration in row 3. That's your core line now: you click Q and the game fires the ready skill with the highest priority, Wish last.

Next change at 14: On E you add Hellfire (by hand, charged to stage 3), and on 2 in row 0 Winter's Shackles: press it right before Hellfire.

Left off the bar: PvP Stigmas and backups (Divine Burst, Glacial Smite, Arctic Armor). Slots 1, 4 and 7 stay free, e.g. for potions. At 45 take the ice line off RMB (EUTOPIA Oct 7, Kedinja, couga54). 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

New skill: Wish of Concentration, and at 14 Hellfire
Daevanion: orange Combat Speed and Cooldown Reduction first, then Hellfire → Firestorm → Bittercold Wind (Daevanion tab)

Watch out / what to do

From 14: Hellfire always by hand, charged to stage 3
Pack of monsters: Bittercold Wind → Hellfire → Ice Chain
From 13: Sealed Dungeons give crystals and points

Next milestone: level 14

Hellfire (from 14)
First specializations at 8

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.

Flame Arrow

Ice Chain

Firestorm

Blaze

Hellfire

Bittercold Wind

Wish of Concentration

Winter's Shackles

Robe of Flame

Grace of Enhancement

Fire Mark

Robe of Earth

Frost

Flame Scattershot

Rules that never change

Hellfire, Firestorm, Wish of Concentration and Blaze are your core, with Bittercold Wind right behind them. Skill points raise a skill only up to 10. Beyond that (to 16 and 20) you top up with the Daevanion board (+1 per blue node, up to +4), Arcana cards and soul binding on rings (couga54).
Keep mana above 50%. The passives Robe of Earth and Grace of Enhancement only work with high mana, so mana is damage, not comfort. When it drops, let go of the macro and fire a few Flame Arrow (couga54, aLuckyRO, KaidGames).
Play in target mode, not action combat. With a locked target, Flame Arrow fires on its own after every skill and restores mana (couga54, MMO Codex, aLuckyRO).
Hellfire always by hand, charged to stage 3. In a macro it only fires at stage 1: berdugz showed it on a damage meter, 5k damage instead of 35k, and EUTOPIA 15–16k instead of 22k damage per second.
Burst line first, then Hellfire, and Wish last. Element Enhancement → Delayed Explosion → Winter's Shackles, right after them a charged Hellfire, then the core line: Bittercold Wind, Blaze, Firestorm (cuts Hellfire's cooldown) and only then Wish of Concentration, because from 16 it cuts all cooldowns by 10 s (EUTOPIA Oct 7, Antochi, ExpCarry).

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 Sorcerer 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.

HellfireCore

activecooldown 45 starget: 20 (10 from skill points)

The class's strongest hit. You pick a target within 20 m and fire hits up to 4 enemies around it. Hold the key to charge it: there are 3 stages (0.5 / 1 / 1.5 s according to berdugz). Cooldown 45 s. Unlocks at character level 14.

8+30% Skill SpeedCharges faster. Everyone takes it.
8Fire Damage over Time for 10s on hitBefore 20 you only have 2 slots. couga54 and aLuckyRO take Skill Speed and the burn then, and at 16 swap the burn for −15 s. KaidGames: good when the boss stands still.
8Changes to mobile skillLets you use it while moving. In hard fights where you keep dodging mechanics (Transcendence, Nightmare), some players take it instead of +30% Skill Speed (Reddit r/Aion2 Oct 7, Game8, ExpCarry).
12Ignores Block and Evasion and lands as Multi-HitThe level 12 option. It's not just a PvP option: the in-game text says every hit lands as a Multi-Hit (EUTOPIA, Antochi, ExpCarry, Fextralife).
16-15s cooldownYou use it more often. AsianBoy calls this the most important option.

Never put it in a macro, it will only fire stage 1 (berdugz, KaidGames, ExpCarry, couga54). EUTOPIA measured it: 15–16k instead of 22k damage per second. Most push it to 16 first (EUTOPIA, couga54, Antochi). AstralLight, ExpCarry and Fextralife push Blaze and Wish first (see the differences at the bottom of the page).

Game description

Selects a target within 20m and deals X Fire damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m of the target. Max 3 Charge Levels 20-35 Stagger Gauge Damage

FirestormCore

activecooldown 5 starget: 20 (10 from skill points)

A fire projectile at a target within 20 m: 5 fireballs. Comes back every 5 s, but eats a lot of mana (250 MP, 125 with the specialization).

8-50% MP CostYou run short on mana while leveling (aLuckyRO).
8+20% Skill SpeedAfter 45, once mana is fine, instead of −50% MP (EUTOPIA, Antochi, Fextralife, ExpCarry, Game8, berdugz).
8-60% Incoming Heal for 5s on hit
12-2s [Hellfire] cooldown per fireballEveryone takes it. 5 fireballs cut Hellfire by 10 s (aLuckyRO showed 25 → 14 s).
16+15% damage per fireball, up to +75%

The level 12 option matters so much that ExpCarry takes the Daevanion node that pushes Firestorm to 12 first. At 45 the goal is +20% Skill Speed instead of −50% MP. Antochi: without it the fireballs and the Hellfire cut arrive late.

Game description

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

BlazeCore

activecooldown 5 starget: 20 (10 from skill points)

Fire at a target within 20 m, but only one that carries Fire Mark. Every fire hit you land applies the mark (Fire Mark passive), and Blaze does not remove it. Blaze restores 100 MP. Cooldown 5 s.

8Absorbs 3% HPSolo, while leveling and on a hard boss, because the class has no healing (aLuckyRO, MMO Codex).
8+50% MP restored
8Delayed Damage after 3sIn a group: delayed damage (couga54, EUTOPIA, Game8, ExpCarry, berdugz).
12Multi-Hit on hit
16-3s [Wish of Concentration] cooldown on hitAt 20 every Blaze cuts Wish of Concentration's cooldown.

Game description

Deals X Fire damage to a target afflicted with Fire Mark within 20m and restores 100 MP. 7 Stagger Gauge Damage

Wish of ConcentrationCore

activecooldown 60 starget: 20 (10 from skill points)

Self buff for 10 s: +10% Attack and +100 Accuracy. Cooldown 60 s.

8Reduces MP Cost by 10%
8+10% additional Attack
8+500 Max MP
12+10% Combat Speed
16-10s all skill cooldownsAt 16 every use cuts the cooldown of all your skills by 10 s.

Specializations: every source agrees here. Press it last, after Hellfire, Firestorm and Bittercold Wind: from 16 it cuts the cooldown of all your skills by 10 s, so it should hit skills you've just used (EUTOPIA Oct 7, Antochi, ExpCarry, KaidGames). That's why it sits in row 3 of the core line on Q. couga54 and Fextralife press it at the start, together with the buffs.

Game description

Increases the caster's Attack by 10% and Accuracy by 100 for 10s.

Bittercold WindCore

activecooldown 15 starget: 16–20 (10 from skill points)

An icy whirlwind under the target for 2 s. Deals water damage to up to 4 enemies and roots them (monsters always, for 3 s). Your main tool for packs of monsters. Cooldown 15 s.

8+1s [Bittercold Wind] summon durationThe whirlwind lasts longer.
8Changes to mobile skill
8Pull effectPulls a pack of monsters into one spot. Good for leveling (couga54, Game8). Does nothing on a boss (KaidGames).
12Ignores Block and Evasion and lands as a Critical HitA guaranteed critical hit. It's not a PvP option: the in-game text says “lands as a Critical Hit” (EUTOPIA).
16-1s [Frost] cooldown on hit

From 12 it sits in row 0 of the core line on Q. Skip the level 16 option (−1 s Frost) if you don't use Frost (couga54). Antochi takes it, ExpCarry prefers Changes to mobile skill. aLuckyRO keeps it at 8 at the start.

Game description

Selects a target within 20m and summons a Bittercold Wind lasting for 2s at their location. Deals X Water damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m of the Bittercold Wind, with a 60% chance to inflict Root for 3s. 100% chance to inflict Root on NPC targets. 10 Stagger Gauge Damage

Flame ArrowImportant

activetarget: 10 (16 eventually)

Basic attack from 20 m, no cooldown. Every hit restores 100 MP, so this is what feeds your mana. Has a chain: Flame Arrow → Burst → Pyroclasm.

8+20% MP restoredWhile leveling, as long as you run short on mana (couga54, ExpCarry, MMO Codex, berdugz, KaidGames).
8Absorbs 1% HP
8+50% Multi-Hit on hitOnce your mana holds up, instead of +20% MP (EUTOPIA, Kedinja, couga54).
12+5% Fire Damage Boost for 10s on activating [Pyroclasm]The level 12 option: +5% fire damage for 10 s on every Pyroclasm (EUTOPIA Oct 7, couga54, ExpCarry, Kedinja, metabot). It came with the Sept 16 patch and is already on global.
16Reset [Blaze] cooldown on landing [Pyroclasm]Pyroclasm gives you another Blaze right away, and every fire hit applies Fire Mark anyway (KaidGames, AsianBoy). At 16, while you have 2 slots, Kedinja and ExpCarry put it in instead of the +5%.

Your first points go here and into Ice Chain.

Game description

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

Winter's ShacklesImportant

activecooldown 45 starget: 16–20 (8–10 from skill points)

Water damage to the target and up to 4 enemies nearby, slows them for 3 s. Cooldown 45 s. With the level 8 specialization it gives you +20% PvE damage for 5 s.

8Changes to mobile skill
830% chance to inflict Frost for 3s on landing [Winter's Shackles]
8+20% PvE Damage Boost and +10% PvP Damage Boost for 5s on landing [Winter's Shackles]The main reason to level it (every source).
12Adds [Winter's Illusion] Chain SkillEUTOPIA's pick. At 20 you have both.
16-15s [Winter's Shackles] cooldownBetween 16 and 19 take this instead of the chain (couga54, ExpCarry, Game8, KaidGames, KaidWOW).

From 14 it's in the burst line on 2 (row 2): a charged Hellfire right after it, so the +20% bonus covers Hellfire (EUTOPIA Oct 7).

Game description

Selects a target within 20m and deals X Water damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m. Inflicts Slow for 3s.

Ice ChainImportant

activetarget: 10 (12 via Daevanion)

Water damage to the target and up to 4 enemies nearby, slows them by 40% for 5 s. No cooldown, so it's your filler for packs of monsters. Has a Cold Wave chain. Every link of the chain costs 120 MP.

8-20% MP CostMana while leveling (couga54).
8+20% Skill SpeedOnce you have enough mana (couga54, aLuckyRO, berdugz).
8Deals up to 12% more damage when less targets are hitAsianBoy's pick.
12-1s [Winter's Shackles] cooldown on hit
165% chance to inflict Frost for 2s on landing [Cold Wave]

Leveling only, for packs of monsters. At 45 take it off the bar: the Stagger gauge damage it deals doesn't matter, and you no longer have to worry about mana (EUTOPIA Oct 7, Kedinja, couga54). aLuckyRO keeps it at 12 for −1 s Winter's Shackles.

Game description

Selects a target within 20m and deals X Water damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m of the target and inflicts Slow, reducing Move Speed by 40% for 5s. 2 Stagger Gauge Damage

Flame ScattershotSupport

activetarget: 8–12

Fire at a target in Stagger, i.e. when the boss's gauge has been broken. Only works then, but has no cooldown.

8Absorbs 5% HPberdugz: when you're low on HP during Stagger.
8Restores 120 MPaLuckyRO's pick.
8Changes to mobile skill
12Multi-Hit on hit
16-1s all skill cooldowns on hit

AsianBoy: only useful early in the game. EUTOPIA (Oct 7): at 45 you can take it off the bar. At 16 ExpCarry takes −1 s to all cooldowns on hit.

Game description

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

FrostSupport

activecooldown 30 starget: 8

Water damage to the target and up to 4 enemies nearby. Freezes the target itself for 3 s (a monster always, a player with a 50% chance). Cooldown 30 s.

8Restores 200 MPMana while leveling (couga54, MMO Codex, berdugz).
8-5s cooldown
8Reset [Frost Burst] cooldown on landing FrostKaidGames' pick.
12+25% PC target Frost Chance
16+1s Frost duration

At 45 take it off the bar (EUTOPIA, couga54, berdugz).

Game description

Selects a target within 20m and deals X Water damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m of the target, with a 50% chance to inflict Frost on the target for 3s. 100% chance to inflict Frost on NPC targets. 10 Stagger Gauge Damage

Frost BurstLow priority

activecooldown 10 starget: 1 (maybe 8)

Water damage to a frozen target and up to 4 enemies nearby. Cooldown 10 s. On bosses immune to crowd control it has a 7% chance to trigger on its own.

8Absorbs 7% HPIf you level it, do it for the healing (berdugz, aLuckyRO, KaidGames).
8Changes to mobile skill
875% chance to Knock Back 2m
12Ignores Block and Evasion and lands as a Critical Hit
1650% chance to reset cooldown

couga54 and EUTOPIA skip it. AsianBoy keeps it in the rotation until 16.

Game description

Selects a target afflicted with Frost within 20m and deals X Water damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m of the target. Has a 7% chance to trigger on attacking a target with Incapacitated Immunity. 7 Stagger Gauge Damage

DefianceSupport

activecooldown 60 starget: 1 (couga54: 12)

Removes Stun, Knockdown, Airborne, Grab, Frost and Fear. Then you get 5 s of status effect immunity. Cooldown 60 s.

8Adds [Curse: Old Tree] Chain Skill
8Restores 1000 Stamina on using [Defiance]
8Restores 20% HP on using [Defiance]
12+2s Tenacity duration
16+50% PvE Damage Tolerance and +25% PvP Damage Tolerance for Tenacity duration

berdugz: save it for boss stuns you can see coming. 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.

Robe of FlameCore

passivetarget: 10, then more from Arcana and soul binding

+100 Accuracy, +1% PvE damage and a little Double Chance. The Element Enhancement Stigma at 10 makes it ×1.5 stronger.

Everyone's first passive (couga54, aLuckyRO, ExpCarry, KaidGames; Antochi: “this is the only one that matters”).

Game description

Increases the caster's Accuracy by 100, PvE Damage Boost by 1%, PvP Damage Boost by 0.5%, and Double Chance by 0.2%.

Grace of EnhancementCore

passivetarget: 10

+20% PvE damage while you have at least 25% mana, and a 50% chance for an extra hit when you land an attack. Element Enhancement at 15 makes it ×1.5 stronger.

berdugz: 1 point is enough at the very start.

Game description

Increases the caster's PvE Damage Boost by 20% and PvP Damage Boost by 10% when the caster's MP is 25% or more, and has a 50% chance to deal X damage on landing an attack. Cooldown: 1s

Fire MarkCore

passivetarget: 10

Every fire hit you land applies Fire Mark for 5 s (always since the Sept 16 patch, before that a 20% chance). Only then does Blaze work, and a marked target has a 20% chance to take extra fire damage.

Max it (EUTOPIA, ExpCarry, Kedinja). The Sept 16 patch change is confirmed by metabot (global client), Fextralife, ExitLag and ExpCarry.

Game description

Inflicts Fire Mark for 5s on landing a Fire attack. Fire Mark: Has a 20% chance to take X extra damage when taking Fire damage while afflicted with Fire Mark. Cooldown: 1s

Robe of EarthImportant

passivetarget: 10

+7% Max MP, faster mana regeneration and +105 Critical Hit while you have at least 50% mana.

aLuckyRO: low priority early on, because you have almost no crits yet.

Game description

Increases Max MP by 7% and Natural MP Regen by 5. Increases Critical Hit by 105 when MP is 50% or more.

Absorb EssenceImportant

passivetarget: 5–10

Every hit restores 25 MP. Also a higher chance to apply status effects.

berdugz: while leveling, raise it whenever you can. aLuckyRO: more of a PvP pick. couga54 doesn't mention it.

Game description

Increases Ailment-type and Mental-type Chance by 10.7% and restores 25 MP on landing an attack. Cooldown: 1s

Cold SnapSupport

passivetarget: as points allow

50% chance for extra damage when you hit a slowed target.

EUTOPIA: it deals less damage than people think.

Game description

Has a 50% chance to deal X extra damage when landing an attack on a target afflicted with Slow. Cooldown: 1s

Vitality EvaporationSupport

passivetarget: as points allow

Extra damage when the target has more than 70% HP.

couga54: strong early on. AstralLight and Kedinja take it too.

Game description

Deals X damage on hit if the target's HP is above 70%. Cooldown: 1s

Robe of ColdLow priority

passivetarget: last

+1% Defense, some Critical Hit Resist, and slows whoever hits you.

couga54: for raids. aLuckyRO: low priority.

Game description

Increases the caster's Defense by 1% and Critical Hit Resist by 55 and inflicts Slow on an enemy when struck by them, reducing the enemy's Move Speed by 25% for 2s. Cooldown: 10s

Revitalization ContractLow priority

passivetarget: PvP

Status effect resist, and when you drop to 10% HP it instantly heals 35% Max HP (once per 60 s).

aLuckyRO and berdugz: mostly PvP.

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

Grace of ResistanceLow priority

passivetarget: PvP

Resist against mental effects (e.g. Fear) and against stuns and knockdowns.

EUTOPIA: you can take it if you're short on resist.

Game description

Increases the caster's Mental-type Resist and Impact-type Resist by 11.2%.

Element EnhancementCore

stigmacooldown 60 starget: 20 (max)

Your main buff: +20% Fire and Water Attack for 10 s. Cooldown 60 s. Every 5 levels adds a property: 5 Accuracy, 10 Robe of Flame ×1.5, 15 Grace of Enhancement ×1.5, 20 another +10% Attack.

5+200 Accuracyunlocks by itself at level 5
10x1.5 [Robe of Flame] effectunlocks by itself at level 10
15x1.5 [Grace of Enhancement] effectunlocks by itself at level 15
20+10% additional Fire and Water Attackunlocks by itself at level 20

Everyone's first Stigma, row 0 of the burst line on 2. Shards go here first: aLuckyRO to 15, Fextralife to 20.

Game description

Increases the caster's Fire Attack by 20% and Water Attack by 20% for 10s.

Fire WallImportant

stigmacooldown 60 starget: 10, then 20

A wall of fire (1×10 m) under the target for 3 s. Burns up to 4 enemies (Embers) for 10 s. The burn hits harder when the target moves. Cooldown 60 s.

5Enhanced Embers - Grants extra damage when landing an attackunlocks by itself at level 5
10+2m wall widthunlocks by itself at level 10
15+2s [Fire Wall] summoning durationunlocks by itself at level 15
20+10s Embers durationunlocks by itself at level 20

EUTOPIA: “a big part of my damage, a lot of people wrongly skip it”. Place it under a boss that stands still. Cast it while standing on the ground: in Korea a wall cast in the air gave no burn bonus (fixed there on Oct 7, not yet on global, Antochi).

Game description

Summon a Fire Wall that lasts for 3s at the location of a target within 20m. Deals X Fire damage and inflicts Embers on up to 4 enemies within the Fire Wall area (1x10m) for 10s. Embers: Deals X Fire Damage over Time every 1s for 10s. Damage over Time amount increases when targets move.

Cold StormImportant

stigmacooldown 60 starget: 10

A storm under the target for 7 s. Slows up to 4 enemies within 5 m and applies Frostbite, which deals damage every second for 10 s. Cooldown 60 s.

5Enhanced Frostbite - Grants extra damage when landing an attackunlocks by itself at level 5
1030% chance to inflict Root for 2sunlocks by itself at level 10
15+3s [Cold Storm] summoning durationunlocks by itself at level 15
20+10s Frostbite durationunlocks by itself at level 20

The first one to swap: Steel Barrier in hard content (EUTOPIA Oct 7), Arctic Armor for hard progression (Antochi), Glacial Smite when the boss keeps leaving your ground effects (Fextralife), Divine Burst (DankRNG). Two Sorcerers in a group: only the higher-level Cold Storm deals damage (Antochi).

Game description

Selects a target within 20m and deals X Water damage, inflicting Slow on up to 4 enemies within 5m. Summons a Cold Storm at the target's location for 7s, inflicting Frostbite. Frostbite: Deals X Water Damage over Time every 1s for 10s. The Damage over Time amount increases when targets move. 20 Stagger Gauge Damage

Delayed ExplosionImportant

stigmacooldown 30 starget: 10

Explodes with fire on the target after 4 s. During those 4 s the target takes +15% damage from you, so press it right before Hellfire. Cooldown 30 s.

5Restores 200 MPunlocks by itself at level 5
10-10s [Delayed Explosion] cooldownunlocks by itself at level 10
15Changes to AoE Skillunlocks by itself at level 15
20+10% additional Damage Takenunlocks by itself at level 20

At 45 the second most important Stigma for bosses and groups (EUTOPIA Oct 7, Antochi, AstralLight, Kedinja, Fextralife, couga54, ExpCarry). Row 1 of the burst line on 2. Fextralife: to 10 early, because that's where it gets −10 s cooldown.

Game description

Deals X Fire damage to a target within 20m after 4s. Increases damage taken from the caster by 15% during the delay.

Steel BarrierImportant

stigmacooldown 60 starget: 10

A shield worth 16% Max HP for 60 s. While it lasts you take −10% PvE damage. Cooldown 60 s.

5+10% Move Speedunlocks by itself at level 5
10HP Regen at fixed intervalsunlocks by itself at level 10
15+10% PvE Damage Tolerance increase and +5% PvP Damage Tolerance increaseunlocks by itself at level 15
20-15s cooldownunlocks by itself at level 20

Your 4th Stigma for solo leveling (couga54, ExpCarry). At 45 in a group, swap it for Delayed Explosion. EUTOPIA (Oct 7) takes it instead of Cold Storm in Transcendence, Nightmare and Expedition when the boss hits too hard.

Game description

Grants a 16% Max HP Protective Shield for 60s. Increases PvE Damage Tolerance by 10% and PvP Damage Tolerance by 5% for the shield's duration, and restores 300 Stamina when the effect ends.

Divine BurstSupport

stigmacooldown 60 starget: 10

A strong fire hit. Deals a full 50 points of Stagger Gauge damage, the most in the class. Cooldown 60 s.

5+20% Skill Speedunlocks by itself at level 5
10Absorbs 10% HPunlocks by itself at level 10
1575% chance to inflict Knock Backunlocks by itself at level 15
20Inflict Stun for 3s after Knock Backunlocks by itself at level 20

EUTOPIA: when your group doesn't break the Stagger gauge. aLuckyRO: useless in PvE because of the long cooldown.

Game description

Deals X Fire damage to a target within 20m. 50 Stagger Gauge Damage

Glacial SmiteSupport

stigmacooldown 90 starget: 10

A big water hit on up to 4 enemies. Cooldown 90 s, 30 s shorter from level 10.

5Up to +20% damage when more targets hitunlocks by itself at level 5
10-30s cooldownunlocks by itself at level 10
1550% chance to inflict Frost for 3sunlocks by itself at level 15
20Ignores Block and Evasion and lands as Multi-Hitunlocks by itself at level 20

For farming and short fights (couga54, aLuckyRO). Fextralife: instead of Cold Storm when the boss keeps leaving your ground effects. DankRNG doesn't take it.

Game description

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

Arctic ArmorLow priority

stigmacooldown 90 starget: —

−20% PvE damage taken for 10 s. While you have at least 50% mana, part of the damage goes to mana instead of HP. Cooldown 90 s.

5+20% Impact-type Resistunlocks by itself at level 5
10x1.5 [Absorb Essence] effectunlocks by itself at level 10
15x1.5 [Robe of Cold] effectunlocks by itself at level 15
20+20% PvE Damage Tolerance increase and +10% PvP Damage Tolerance increaseunlocks by itself at level 20

When a boss one-shots you (berdugz, Game8). Antochi (following Korean players): instead of Cold Storm for hard progression. DankRNG, aLuckyRO and AsianBoy: PvP.

Game description

Increases the caster's PvE Damage Tolerance by 20%, PvP Damage Tolerance by 10%, and grants a 5% chance to inflict Frost for 3s on enemies that attack the caster from within 7m for 10s. Grants Magic Displacement while MP is 50% or more for the duration. Magic Displacement: Damage taken by the caster is divided, directing 50% to HP and 10% to MP. Unaffected by cooldown increase effects.

HibernationLow priority

stigmacooldown 180 starget: PvP

5 s of invulnerability. Cooldown 180 s.

5+100% Incoming Healunlocks by itself at level 5
10Restores 5% Max HP every 1s for the durationunlocks by itself at level 10
15+2s durationunlocks by itself at level 15
20Triggers when afflicted with Impact-type statusunlocks by itself at level 20

Game description

Grants Hibernation to the caster for 5s. The caster becomes immune to damage and status effects while Hibernation is active. Using [Remove Hibernation] while Hibernation is active immediately removes the effect, restores 20% Max HP, and moves the caster backward. Cannot block certain powerful attacks and is unaffected by cooldown increase effects.

Soul FreezeLow priority

stigmacooldown 60 starget: PvP

Seal (silence): the target can't use skills.

550% chance to inflict Root for 5sunlocks by itself at level 5
10-1,000 Staminaunlocks by itself at level 10
15+2s Seal durationunlocks by itself at level 15
20+25% Seal chanceunlocks by itself at level 20

Game description

Deals X Water damage to a target within 20m with a 75% chance to inflict Seal for 5s. 100% chance to inflict Seal on NPC targets. 20 Stagger Gauge Damage

Curse: TreeLow priority

stigmacooldown 90 starget: PvP

Turns the target into a tree for 10 s. Any hit breaks the transformation.

5Increases number of hits required to remove Polymorphunlocks by itself at level 5
10-200 Block, Evasion for 10s when Polymorph endsunlocks by itself at level 10
15-20% Impact-type Resist for 10s when Polymorph endsunlocks by itself at level 15
20Inflicts debuff even if Polymorph is removed through attacksunlocks by itself at level 20

Game description

Polymorphs a target within 20m into a tree for 10s, reducing their Fire Tolerance by 20%, while the caster moves back. Polymorph is canceled if the target is attacked. 20 Stagger Gauge Damage

Lumiel's SpaceLow priority

stigmacooldown 90 starget: PvP

Knocks up to 4 enemies into the air.

5Up to +20% damage when more targets hitunlocks by itself at level 5
10Adds [The Depths] Chain Skillunlocks by itself at level 10
15+1s [The Depths] Knockdown durationunlocks by itself at level 15
20-30s [Lumiel's Space] cooldownunlocks by itself at level 20

Game description

Selects a target within 20m and deals X damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m of the target, with a 75% chance to inflict Airborne for 3s. 100% chance to inflict Airborne on NPC targets.

Assault BombardmentLow priority

stigmacooldown 120 starget: PvP

An AoE hit with a chance to freeze.

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% Frost Chanceunlocks by itself at level 20

berdugz: some people take it for the +20% Attack (level 5 property).

Game description

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

How to play it

The Sorcerer hits from 20 m. Fire deals the damage (Hellfire, Firestorm, Blaze), while ice slows, roots and freezes. Your biggest damage is a charged Hellfire pressed right after your burst line (your buff and a debuff on the enemy). You constantly watch your mana and your distance, because you have very little HP and defense.

Mana is damage

Robe of Earth only gives crits at 50% mana or more, and Grace of Enhancement gives +20% damage at 25% or more. Never play at 10–20% mana (couga54).
Mana comes back from: Flame Arrow (100 MP per hit), Blaze (100 MP), Frost with the Restores 200 MP specialization.
When mana drops: let go of the macro, fire a few Flame Arrows and go back (couga54).
Play in target mode. With a locked target, Flame Arrow fires on its own after every skill (couga54, MMO Codex, aLuckyRO).

At a low level (up to ~20)

Pack of monsters: Bittercold Wind (roots them, with Pull effect pulls them into one spot) → charged Hellfire → Ice Chain until they drop (couga54).
Elite: Flame Arrow applies Fire Mark → Blaze → Firestorm. When it gets too close, back off and slow it with Ice Chain (couga54).
Low HP: keep your distance, the class has no healing. Solo, Blaze with Absorbs 3% HP helps (aLuckyRO).

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.

Core line (Q; from 22 the only macro step)

4Wish of Concentration (from 12): last, when the rest is on cooldown
3Firestorm: every 5 s, cuts Hellfire's cooldown
2Blaze: when the target has Fire Mark
1Bittercold Wind (from 12), lowest, so it always wins when it's ready

Up to 11, Q only has Blaze and Firestorm (couga54's fire line). Wish of Concentration sits in row 3 on purpose: from 16 it cuts the cooldown of all your skills by 10 s, so it should go out right after Hellfire, Firestorm and Bittercold Wind have been used (EUTOPIA Oct 7, Antochi, ExpCarry).

Burst line (2, you click it by hand)

3Winter's Shackles (from 14): with the level 8 specialization +20% PvE damage for 5 s
2Delayed Explosion (Stigma): for 4 s the target takes +15% damage from you
1Element Enhancement (Stigma from 22): +20% Fire and Water Attack for 10 s

Click it 2–3 times, once for each ready skill, and right after that hold E to charge Hellfire to stage 3. That way it lands while all three bonuses are up (EUTOPIA Oct 7). Delayed Explosion only works if it's in a Stigma slot (in a group from 37, at 45 always).

Ice line (RMB, click; leveling only)

3Ice Chain: filler with no cooldown
2Frost: freezes monsters
1Frost Burst: frozen targets only

For packs of monsters. While leveling, couga54 keeps only Frost and Ice Chain here. At 45 take this line off the bar: it adds no damage, and you no longer have to worry about mana (EUTOPIA Oct 7, Kedinja, couga54). Then you can move the macro key to RMB.

Opening a boss fight

Burst line on 2: Element Enhancement → Delayed Explosion → Winter's Shackles.
Right after that, Hellfire charged to stage 3.
Fire Wall and Cold Storm under the boss, but only if it stands still. Cast them while standing on the ground: in Korea, ground effects cast in the air gave no burn or frostbite bonus. It was fixed there on Oct 7, not yet on global (Antochi).
The core line or the macro (held together with LMB): Bittercold Wind, Blaze, Firestorm, and Wish of Concentration last.
From then on, use everything as it comes off cooldown. Refresh the ground effects about 3 s before the burn runs out. If Hellfire and a ground effect are ready at the same time, Hellfire goes first (Antochi).

This is how EUTOPIA (Oct 7), Antochi, ExpCarry, AstralLight and KaidWOW open. Before 22 (no Stigmas yet): Winter's Shackles → charged Hellfire → core line. couga54 and Fextralife press Wish of Concentration at the start, together with the buffs, before Hellfire. Until Wish reaches level 16 the order changes nothing, but EUTOPIA suggests building the “Wish last” habit right away. Two Sorcerers in a group: only the higher-level Cold Storm deals damage (a known bug, still unfixed in Korea as of Oct 7, Antochi), so match your levels or have one of you take another Stigma. Later, with Flame Arrow 16, Blaze 20 and Wish 20, a loop kicks in: Pyroclasm resets Blaze (every fire hit applies Fire Mark), Blaze cuts Wish, and Wish cuts all cooldowns by 10 s (berdugz, KaidGames, AsianBoy, DankRNG).

Your skill bar for level 12

Change the level with the slider in the “Now” tab. The layout only changes at levels: 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 22, 27, 32, 37, 45. 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	Row 3	How to use
LMB	Flame Arrow				only one slot. In target mode it fires on its own after every skill and restores mana. From 22 you hold LMB together with the macro key
RMB	Frost Burstnew	Frost	Ice Chain		ice line for packs of monsters, leveling only: you click it. Frost Burst only fires on a frozen target. Take it off at 45
Q	Bittercold Windnew	Blaze	Firestorm	Wish of Concentrationnew	core line: you click it. From 22 it's the only macro step: you hold the macro key (side button) together with LMB
E	Hellfire from 14				always by hand: hold to stage 3
2	Winter's Shackles from 14				burst line: click it by hand before an elite or a boss, a charged Hellfire (E) right after. Delayed Explosion if it's in a slot
3	Flame Scattershotnew				only on a boss's broken Stagger gauge

Next change at 14: On E you add Hellfire (by hand, charged to stage 3), and on 2 in row 0 Winter's Shackles: press it right before Hellfire.

Keys and the in-game macro (from ~22)

LMB Flame Arrow: basic attack, restores mana
side macro with one step: the core line from Q. You hold it together with LMB
Q the same core line for normal clicking when you're not holding the macro
By hand: the burst line (2), right after it Hellfire (E, hold to stage 3), ground effects (5), Steel Barrier and Defiance (Space)
At 45, once you take the ice line off, you can move the macro key to RMB. That's how most Sorcerers play (couga54, AstralLight, Antochi)

Setting up the macro

Skill window → Macro button. One step: the core line from Q, Delay = 10 ms. Delay is the pause between presses, not your ping. Antochi (following Korean creators): every extra step makes each line fire less often, and the Sorcerer suffers from it the most.
Bind the key in Settings → Key Settings → General → Macro. No key is bound by default, so without this the macro does nothing. While leveling a side mouse button is the most convenient, because RMB has the ice line, and the macro only runs while you hold its key.
Turn on Skill Queue (Settings → Combat → Controls), so the game doesn't drop your presses (Antochi, ExpCarry).
Never put Hellfire in the macro, it would only fire stage 1 (berdugz, KaidGames, ExpCarry, couga54). EUTOPIA measured it: 15–16k instead of 22k damage per second. When Hellfire is ready: let go of the macro, hold E to stage 3, then go back to the macro.
Delay 10 ms with ping under 50. With ping 80 or more, aLuckyRO uses 50 ms and KaidWOW 40–45 ms. ExpCarry: start at 10 ms and only raise it if the macro drops presses. You can tell it works by the “shadows” behind your character: they show up when animations get cut short (couga54, KaidGames, MMO Codex).
You don't need a mouse that repeats the key for you. No Sorcerer in the sources uses one: holding two buttons, LMB and the macro key, is enough (couga54, AstralLight, Antochi).

The “convenience” version. EUTOPIA also shows a long 8-step macro: Element Enhancement → Delayed Explosion → Winter's Shackles → Fire Wall → Cold Storm → Bittercold Wind → Firestorm → Flame Arrow. You still press Hellfire by hand. He admits it does less damage than the core line, because it's hard to fit Hellfire right after the burst and some of the bonuses run out. aLuckyRO (Oct 6) and couga54 use similarly long macros. Fine for farming or your first days, but for a boss one step is better.

Sources: Antochi (Oct 7), EUTOPIA (Oct 7), AstralLight (Oct 7), ExpCarry (Oct 6), aLuckyRO (Oct 6), KaidWOW, couga54, berdugz, KaidGames, MMO Codex.

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 69 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: Blaze

↑ ← ↑ ↑ ↑ ← ←from the start, 7 nodes

8–10: Combat Speed +1.5%

↑ ← ←from node 7 (Blaze), 3 nodes

11–14: +1 level: Flame Arrow

↓ → → →from the start, 4 nodes

15–18: +1 passive level: Robe of Earth

→ ↓ ↓ →from node 14 (Flame Arrow), 4 nodes

19–20: Combat Speed +1.5%

↓ ↓from node 18 (Robe of Earth), 2 nodes

21–21: +1 passive level: Robe of Earth

↑from node 5 (Defense), 1 node

22–23: +1 level: Wish of Concentration

→ →from node 21 (Robe of Earth), 2 nodes

24–27: +1 passive level: Cold Snap

↓ → → ↑from node 23 (Wish of Concentration), 4 nodes

28–29: Cooldown Reduction +1.5%

→ →from node 27 (Cold Snap), 2 nodes

30–36: +1 passive level: Cold Snap

← ↓ ↓ ↓ ← ← ↓from node 11 (Defense), 7 nodes

37–38: Cooldown Reduction +1.5%

← ←from node 36 (Cold Snap), 2 nodes

39–39: +1 level: Hellfire

↓from node 33 (Max HP), 1 node

40–40: +1 level: Firestorm

→from node 4 (Critical Hit), 1 node

41–41: +1 level: Bittercold Wind

→from node 32 (Max MP), 1 node

Order of goals

On Nezekan the route first goes to the orange Combat Speed nodes, then Cooldown Reduction. Blue and green nodes that lie on the way (e.g. Blaze, Flame Arrow, Robe of Earth) are taken right away. Then the blue Hellfire → Firestorm → Bittercold Wind → Blaze → Wish of Concentration, the green Robe of Earth and the remaining skills. On the other boards skills come first, then the orange nodes, and finally the rest of the path. Every active skill has one blue node on each of the 4 boards, so +4 in total. Skip nodes off the gold path, especially Multi-Hit (Chance and Resist), defensive ones and Critical Hit Resist (couga54, berdugz), and on Vaizel also the crit nodes at first (aLuckyRO). If one of them lies on the route, you take it only because you can't get further otherwise. You can always reset the board (aLuckyRO).

Sources differ: most (couga54, KaidGames, aLuckyRO, Game8) take the orange Combat Speed and Cooldown Reduction nodes on Nezekan first, and only then the skill nodes; the numbers on the board follow them. EUTOPIA and ExpCarry go for skill nodes first (ExpCarry: the ones that push a skill to a specialization threshold, e.g. Firestorm to 12). The nodes and the cost are the same, only the order changes.

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 (aLuckyRO, couga54). A Stigma's properties from levels 5, 10, 15 and 20 turn on by themselves, there's nothing to choose (DankRNG, berdugz). The cap on global is level 20.

Slot	Solo / leveling	Group / boss	Recommended by
22	Element Enhancement: +20% Fire and Water Attack for 10 s	same	everyone
27	Fire Wall: a wall of fire that burns	same	EUTOPIA, Fextralife, ExpCarry, MMO Codex, couga54
32	Cold Storm: a storm that slows and hits every second	same. If your group doesn't break the Stagger gauge: Divine Burst	couga54, EUTOPIA, ExpCarry, Fextralife. DankRNG: Divine Burst
37	Steel Barrier: a shield worth 16% HP	Delayed Explosion: +15% of your damage on the target	Steel Barrier: couga54, ExpCarry. Delayed Explosion: EUTOPIA (Oct 7), Antochi, AstralLight, Kedinja, Fextralife, couga54, ExpCarry

At 45: bosses and groups

Four slots: Element Enhancement, Delayed Explosion, Fire Wall and Cold Storm. This is what EUTOPIA (Oct 7), Antochi, AstralLight, Kedinja, Fextralife (Oct 7), ExpCarry (for bosses) and couga54 run. Importance according to EUTOPIA: Element Enhancement, then Delayed Explosion, Fire Wall and Cold Storm last. That's why Cold Storm is usually the one that goes when you need to swap something (below). Steel Barrier stays for leveling, farming and hard content.

Order for spending shards: Element Enhancement to 20 (aLuckyRO: to 15 first). Fextralife (Oct 7): Delayed Explosion to 10 early, because that's where it gets −10 s cooldown, and keep Fire Wall and Cold Storm at 5 until Element Enhancement and Delayed Explosion reach their breakpoints. couga54: Element Enhancement → Cold Storm → Fire Wall → Delayed Explosion, and a fresh character sits at roughly 5 / 5 / 5 / 1. berdugz at the start: Element Enhancement 1, Delayed Explosion 1, Fire Wall 5, Cold Storm 5.

When to swap something (usually for Cold Storm)

Steel Barrier in hard content (Transcendence at about 1600 item level, Nightmare, Expedition) when the boss keeps killing you. EUTOPIA: at about 1700 he no longer needs it in 1400 content.
Arctic Armor for hard progression (Antochi, following Korean players) and when a boss one-shots you (berdugz).
Glacial Smite when the boss keeps leaving your ground effects (Fextralife), and for short fights and farming (couga54).
Divine Burst deals 50 points of Stagger Gauge damage. Take it when your group doesn't break the gauge on its own (EUTOPIA).
Farming and solo: Element Enhancement, Fire Wall, Cold Storm, Steel Barrier, and when it's easy, Delayed Explosion instead of Steel Barrier (ExpCarry).
Two Sorcerers in a group: only the higher-level Cold Storm deals damage (Antochi). Match your levels or have one of you take Arctic Armor.
Game8 suggests a very defensive set: Element Enhancement, Arctic Armor, Steel Barrier, Divine Burst. The other sources don't agree with it.
Hibernation, Soul Freeze, Curse: Tree, Lumiel's Space and Assault Bombardment are PvP Stigmas (DankRNG, aLuckyRO, berdugz).

Passives

#	Passive	What it gives	Sources
1	Robe of Flame	Accuracy and more PvE damage. Element Enhancement at 10 makes it ×1.5 stronger.	everyone (couga54, aLuckyRO, ExpCarry, KaidGames, Antochi)
2	Grace of Enhancement	+20% PvE damage at 25% mana or more. Element Enhancement at 15 makes it ×1.5 stronger.	aLuckyRO, ExpCarry, EUTOPIA, Kedinja
3	Fire Mark	Applies the fire mark that Blaze needs to work. Max it. Since the Sept 16 patch (already on global) the mark goes on with every fire hit, and Blaze doesn't remove it	EUTOPIA, ExpCarry, Kedinja, couga54, KaidGames
4	Robe of Earth	More mana, and crits at 50% mana or more	couga54, EUTOPIA, Kedinja. aLuckyRO: low priority early on
5	Absorb Essence	+25 MP per hit. While leveling, berdugz even puts it first; ExpCarry only when you're short on mana	berdugz, ExpCarry
6	Vitality Evaporation	Extra damage on targets above 70% HP	couga54, AstralLight, Kedinja
7	Cold Snap	Extra damage on slowed targets. EUTOPIA: it deals less than it seems	couga54
+	Robe of Cold, Revitalization Contract, Grace of Resistance	Defense and resists, mostly for PvP. Last	aLuckyRO, berdugz

Trap: Robe of Earth and Grace of Enhancement switch off at low mana. If you play at 10–20% mana, you lose their bonuses (couga54).

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).

Sorcerer: weapon and stats

Up to 45

The Sorcerer's weapon is the Spellbook. Upgrade it to ~+10, it's the biggest damage jump while leveling (couga54).
Manastones: Attack, Critical Hit, Accuracy. As long as your mana runs dry mid-fight, also watch Max MP and mana regeneration (couga54).
Amulet to +10 around level 17, then Morph (couga54).

After 45: stats

What everyone goes for: Combat Speed, Cooldown Reduction and Attack. But first, enough Accuracy that you don't miss (ExpCarry, Fextralife).
ExpCarry, for bosses: Accuracy → Combat Speed and Cooldown Reduction → Weapon Damage Boost, Damage Boost and Critical Damage Boost. For farming: Accuracy → Combat Speed and steady mana → Damage Boost and Attack.
Game8: Attack, Cooldown Reduction, Combat Speed.
KaidGames: Attack, Combat Speed, Damage Boost, Cooldown Reduction, Critical Damage, then Accuracy, Penetration and mana.
Fextralife: Robe of Flame, Accuracy and HP, then Attack, PvE Damage Boost, Critical Damage Boost, Cooldown Reduction.

The sources don't give a ready-made post-45 gear path for the Sorcerer (specific spellbooks and sets). The general plan is in the “After 45” tab.

Soul binding and jewelry

Spellbook: Combat Speed, Weapon Damage Boost, Damage Boost, Might, Precision (ExpCarry).
Bind Robe of Flame on helmet, shoulders, chest, gloves, cape, boots, earrings and necklace (ExpCarry).
Rings give skill levels (couga54). The sources don't say which ones for the Sorcerer. The simplest choice is the same core you raise on the Daevanion board.

Arcana (from 45)

Set: Game8 recommends 4 Primal Vigor cards (+PvE Attack while you have at least 70% HP). The game also has a Magic Armor set (mana when your mana is low, defense when it's high), but no source recommends it.
Which skills: ExpCarry first reaches the thresholds Firestorm 12, Wish 16 and Blaze 16, then aims for 20. Robe of Flame is always welcome. KaidGames: Robe of Flame, and Flame Arrow and Wish up to 20.
DankRNG: polish your Arcana cards first, and only then patch the gaps by rerolling gear.

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).

Sorcerer in Krao: damage from 20 m

Your role is ranged damage. You have no heals and no group buffs, all your buffs only affect you.
At 20 you have no Stigmas yet. Fight opener: Winter's Shackles → charged Hellfire → the core line on Q (Bittercold Wind, Blaze, Firestorm, and Wish of Concentration last) and Flame Arrow (EUTOPIA, Antochi).
Berk's Stagger gauge check (50%): a charged Hellfire hits the gauge hard (20–35 points, game data). Once the gauge breaks, spam Flame Scattershot (aLuckyRO, couga54).
Ground effects (Fire Wall, Cold Storm, once you have them) only under a boss that stands still. If it walks out, you lose ~10% damage (DankRNG, ExpCarry).
Blaze in a group with Delayed Damage after 3s, solo with Absorbs 3% HP (aLuckyRO).

How to survive

You can't block, so step out of attacks and dodge (DankRNG).
Save Defiance for stuns you can see coming (berdugz). In Krao that's Gadioton's pull below 35% and Berk's stunning hits from 50%.
Changes to mobile skill specializations let you attack while moving (AsianBoy, aLuckyRO in Nightmare).
Later: Steel Barrier when the boss keeps killing you (EUTOPIA), and Divine Burst when your group doesn't break the Stagger gauge.

The sources give no Sorcerer-specific tactics for individual Krao bosses. Sources: aLuckyRO, couga54, DankRNG, ExpCarry, berdugz, AsianBoy, EUTOPIA.

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
First Daevanion nodes	Orange Combat Speed and Cooldown Reduction first, then skills (couga54, KaidGames, aLuckyRO, Game8). The route on the board follows this	Skill nodes first, especially the ones that push a skill to a specialization threshold (EUTOPIA, ExpCarry).
Ice Chain, Frost and Frost Burst at 45	Take them off the bar, they add no damage (EUTOPIA Oct 7, Kedinja, couga54, berdugz, KaidGames)	AsianBoy: Frost Burst in the rotation until 16. Game8: Ice Chain at 16. aLuckyRO: Ice Chain at 12 for −1 s Winter's Shackles.
When to use Wish of Concentration	Last, after Hellfire, Firestorm and Bittercold Wind, so −10 s to all cooldowns (from 16) hits skills you've just used (EUTOPIA Oct 7, Antochi, ExpCarry, KaidGames)	At the start, together with the buffs, before Hellfire: couga54 (step 2 of the macro), Fextralife (Oct 7), berdugz. EUTOPIA: before Wish 16 the order changes nothing, but it's a bad habit.
Buffs in the macro	No: the macro only has the core line, and the burst, ground effects and Hellfire go by hand (Antochi, ExpCarry, AstralLight; EUTOPIA Oct 7: the line alone has a higher damage ceiling than a full macro)	Yes, for convenience: EUTOPIA (8-step version), aLuckyRO (Oct 6, buff line in 3 steps), couga54, berdugz, Game8. aLuckyRO: the first days with no macro at all.
Stigmas at 27 and 32	Fire Wall, then Cold Storm (EUTOPIA, MMO Codex, couga54 in the plan)	couga54 in the Stigma table: Cold Storm first, then Fire Wall.
Third and fourth Stigma	Cold Storm and Delayed Explosion (couga54, EUTOPIA Oct 7, Antochi, AstralLight, Kedinja, Fextralife, ExpCarry for bosses). The 150 strongest Sorcerers at 45 (metabot, Oct 6): Element Enhancement 93%, Delayed Explosion 83%, Fire Wall 76%, Cold Storm 43%, Steel Barrier 35%, Divine Burst 34%	DankRNG: Divine Burst instead of Cold Storm. Antochi (KR): Arctic Armor instead of Cold Storm for hard progression. EUTOPIA: Steel Barrier instead of Cold Storm in Transcendence and Nightmare. Game8: Element Enhancement, Arctic Armor, Steel Barrier, Divine Burst (very defensive). aLuckyRO: Divine Burst is useless in PvE.
First passives	Robe of Flame, then Grace of Enhancement (couga54, aLuckyRO, ExpCarry)	berdugz: Absorb Essence first while leveling. aLuckyRO: Absorb Essence is more of a PvP pick.
Bittercold Wind	Core, to 16 (EUTOPIA, couga54, DankRNG, ExpCarry, AsianBoy)	aLuckyRO: leave it at 8 early, because he considers the level 12 option “PvP”.
Hellfire before 20 (2 slots)	+30% Skill Speed and Fire Damage over Time (couga54, aLuckyRO)	EUTOPIA and Fextralife: +30% Skill Speed and Ignores Block and Evasion. Game8: Changes to mobile skill.
Winter's Shackles at 16–19	−15 s cooldown (couga54, Game8, KaidGames)	EUTOPIA: the Winter's Illusion chain.
Flame Scattershot	In the macro or on its own key, for the broken Stagger gauge (couga54, aLuckyRO, EUTOPIA)	AsianBoy: early game only. berdugz: only as a heal.
Macro from the start	Yes (couga54, berdugz)	aLuckyRO: no macro for the first days, to learn the class.
Flame Arrow: level 12 option	In the game now: +5% Fire Damage Boost for 10s on activating [Pyroclasm] (Sept 16 patch; global client, couga54 since Oct 6, EUTOPIA, ExpCarry, Kedinja, metabot)	KaidGames (Oct 4) still has the old text: Inflicts Fire Mark for 5s on landing [Pyroclasm]. Fire Mark is now applied by every fire hit anyway.
Hellfire at 8: speed or movement	+30% Skill Speed (EUTOPIA, Antochi, ExpCarry, Fextralife)	Changes to mobile skill in hard fights: Reddit r/Aion2 (Oct 7, players around 1600 item level: without it you die in Transcendence), Game8, ExpCarry (when you have to move). Some take both.
What goes to 16 first	Hellfire (EUTOPIA, couga54, Antochi)	Blaze and Wish, because they close the cooldown loop: AstralLight (Oct 7: no need to rush Hellfire to 16), ExpCarry (Firestorm 12 → Wish 16 → Blaze 16), Fextralife (Firestorm 12, then Wish, Blaze, Flame Arrow 16, Hellfire 20).
How many macro steps	One: the core line (Antochi following Korean creators: every extra step makes each line fire less often; ExpCarry and AstralLight: the macro only feeds the core line)	5–9 steps with buffs and ground effects: EUTOPIA (convenience version, he admits it does less damage), aLuckyRO (Oct 6), couga54 (7 steps). Nobody on global has compared both on a damage meter.
Max Stigma level	20 on global (couga54, ExpCarry)	DankRNG and AsianBoy talk about level 25, but that's the Korean and Taiwanese version.

Sources

couga54/aion2-guides: Sorcerer · updated Oct 6, 2026, checked Oct 7: leveling plan, specializations, macro, board route
EUTOPIA: AION 2 Sorcerer Build Guide – Best PvE Skills, Macro & Rotation · YouTube, Oct 3, 2026, global version, level 45
EUTOPIA: AION 2 Sorcerer Build UPDATE – Best PvE Skills, Stigmas, Macro & Rotation · YouTube, Oct 7, 2026, global version: core line, burst line, Wish last, Hellfire-in-macro measurement
Antochi: Aion 2 Sorcerer PvE DPS Guide – Korean Macro Setup for Global · YouTube, Oct 7, 2026: one-step macro, opener, Stigmas and known bugs (Korean findings applied to global)
AstralLight_TV: Aion 2 – Global – Sorc guide – daevanion – skills – macros – gear · YouTube, Oct 7, 2026, global version
Kedinja: AION 2 SORCERER – SKILL & MAKRO AYARLARI · YouTube (in Turkish), Oct 6, 2026, global version
KaidWOW: The ONLY SORCERER Guide You Need | Aion 2 Sorcerer Build · YouTube, Sep 28, 2026: opener, Delay at high ping
aLuckyRO: AION 2 Latest Sorcerer PVE Build for Global · YouTube, Oct 3, 2026
berdugz: My Sorcerer ULTIMATE Beginner to Advanced Skill Progression Guide · YouTube, Sep 23, 2026, experience from TW servers
DankRNG: GLOBAL SORCERER GUIDE · YouTube, Sep 25, 2026, experience from KR servers
KaidGames2: Aion 2 Sorcerer Guide – PvE & PvP · YouTube, Oct 4, 2026
AsianBoy: Sorcerer Skills, Skill Prioritization, Specialization & Macros · YouTube, Sep 25, 2026
Fextralife wiki: Sorcerer · Oct 5, 2026, game version 1.0.21.0: skill descriptions, mana costs, PvE build
Fextralife wiki: Sorcerer Builds · Oct 7, 2026: PvE build, Stigma shard order
metabot.gg: Sorcerer (data from the global client) · Oct 6, 2026: skill unlock levels, required character level for every skill level, post-patch specializations, picks of the 150 strongest players
AION2 Hub: Sept 16, 2026 patch note (Korea) · Fire Mark 100%, Blaze no longer removes the mark, new Flame Arrow level 12 option
aLuckyRO: AION 2 Latest Sorcerer PVE Macro Setup for Global · YouTube, Oct 6, 2026, global macro, Hellfire by hand, Delay 50 ms at ping 80+
allthings.how: How to Level Up Skills Past Level 10 · Sept 24, 2026: skill levels gated by character level
Game8: Hellfire Sorcerer Build · Oct 5, 2026
Game8: Sorcerer Class Guide · Oct 2, 2026
ExpCarry: AION 2 Sorcerer Guide · updated Oct 6, 2026, global version
ExpCarry: AION 2 Dungeons Guide · undated, Krao Cave
MMO Codex: Aion 2 Sorcerer guide · undated, mixes global and Korean versions
r/Aion2: Any news of buffing Sorcerer? · Reddit, Sep 20, 2026
r/Aion2: Sorcerer mains. Hellfire: 30% Cast Speed or Mobile Skill? · Reddit, Oct 7, 2026
Lipej: AION 2 – Ustaw skille prawidłowo! PODSTAWY · YouTube (Polish), Sep 24, 2026: specialization slots, skill bar lines
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
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 6

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 Sorcerer skills

How many specializations at once (slots)

How to play it

Mana is damage

At a low level (up to ~20)

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

Core line (Q; from 22 the only macro step)

Burst line (2, you click it by hand)

Ice line (RMB, click; leveling only)

Opening a boss fight

Your skill bar for level 12

Keys and the in-game macro (from ~22)

Setting up the macro

Daevanion board: which way to go

Route at a glance

1–7: +1 level: Blaze

8–10: Combat Speed +1.5%

11–14: +1 level: Flame Arrow

15–18: +1 passive level: Robe of Earth

19–20: Combat Speed +1.5%

21–21: +1 passive level: Robe of Earth

22–23: +1 level: Wish of Concentration

24–27: +1 passive level: Cold Snap

28–29: Cooldown Reduction +1.5%

30–36: +1 passive level: Cold Snap

37–38: Cooldown Reduction +1.5%

39–39: +1 level: Hellfire

40–40: +1 level: Firestorm

41–41: +1 level: Bittercold Wind

1–4: +1 level: Firestorm

5–8: +1 level: Hellfire

9–11: +1 passive level: Grace of Enhancement

12–14: +1 level: Bittercold Wind

15–16: +1 passive level: Vitality Evaporation

17–19: +1 level: Frost Burst

20–23: +1 level: Blaze

24–26: +1 level: Wish of Concentration

27–28: Damage Boost +1.5%

29–30: Damage Boost +1.5%

1–4: +1 level: Hellfire

5–8: +1 level: Wish of Concentration

9–13: +1 level: Firestorm

14–16: +1 level: Bittercold Wind

17–19: +1 level: Blaze