Gladiator PvP build
Explore the AION 2 Gladiator PvP build: skills, stigmas, hotbar, rotation, equipment priorities and Daevanion routes for Global.
Updated: Oct 9, 2026 Patch: Season 1 · Sourced community recommendations. Check Global skill descriptions and your group requirements.
Skills & specializations
- Overhead Slam · Level 16 20
Deals X damage to a target afflicted with Knockdown within 4m and increases Enmity.
Has a 7% chance to trigger when attacking a target with Incapacitated Immunity.
5 Stagger Gauge Damage- 8 Adds [Upward Strike] Chain Skill
- 16 Remove cooldown
- 20 Critical Hit on hit
- Mocking Blade · Level 16
Deals X damage to a target within 4m and inflicts Knockdown for 3s. Changes skill motion when attacking targets with Incapacitated Immunity.
15 Stagger Gauge Damage- 12 +1s Knockdown duration
- 16 Ignores Block and Evasion and lands as Multi-Hit
- Defiance · Level 16
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.- 12 +2s Tenacity duration
- 16 +50% PvE Damage Tolerance and +25% PvP Damage Tolerance for Tenacity duration
- Aerial Snare · Level 16
Deals X damage to a target afflicted with Knockdown within 4m with a 50% chance to inflict Airborne for 3s.
100% chance to inflict Airborne on NPC targets.
Has a 5% chance to trigger on attacking a target with Incapacitated Immunity.
20 Stagger Gauge Damage- 12 Adds [Forced Fall] Chain Skill
- 16 -50% [Aerial Snare] cooldown
- Rush Strike · Level 12–16
Moves to a target within 10m and deals X damage with a 30% chance to inflict Knockdown for 3s after using [Dodge] or while flying.
100% chance to inflict Knockdown on NPC targets.
10 Stagger Gauge Damage- 8 +10m range
- 12 -10s cooldown
- Rending Blow · Level 16
Deals X damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m and increases Enmity.
2 Stagger Gauge Damage- 8 Changes to mobile skill
- 16 Restores 50 MP on landing a Critical Hit
- Ruinous Blow · Level 12–16
Rushes to a target within 7.5m to deal X damage to up to 4 enemies nearby and grants Prepare for Battle for 20s.
Prepare for Battle: Increases PvE Damage Boost by 20%, PvP Damage Boost by 10%, Critical Hit by 100, and Status Effect Chance by 15%
25 Stagger Gauge Damage- 8 +12.5m Range
- 16 Ignores Block and Evasion and lands as Multi-Hit
- Crushing Wave · Level 16
Deals X damage to up to 4 enemies within 5m of the caster.
5 Stagger Gauge Damage- 12 Resets cooldown on landing a Critical Hit
- 16 50% chance to pull
- Ankle Slice · Level 12
Selects a target within 4m and deals X damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m with a 50% chance to inflict Root for 3s on Block.
100% chance to inflict Root on NPC targets.
10 Stagger Gauge Damage- 8 30% chance to inflict Knockdown for 3s on landing [Ankle Slice]
- 8 +16m [Ankle Slice] range
- Leaping Slam · Level 12
Leaps to a target within 20m and deals X damage.
10 Stagger Gauge Damage- 8 50% chance to trigger [Ankle Slice] on hit
- 12 +20% PvE Damage Tolerance and +10 PvP Damage Tolerance for 3s
- Lunge Stance · Level Lv 20
Increases the caster's Combat Speed by 20% for 10s.
- 5 +5% Double Chance for the duration
- 10 Increases Move Speed by 20% for the duration
- 15 x1.5 [Identify Weakness] effect for the duration
- 20 50% chance to reduce all skill cooldowns by 1s on Critical Hit for the duration
- Armor of Balance · Level Lv 5
Increases Impact-type Resist by 50% for 10s.
- 5 +20% Ailment-type and Mental-type Resist
- Tenaciousness · Level Lv 10
The caster becomes immune to damage and status effects for 3s. Increases PvE Damage Tolerance by 50% and PvP Damage Tolerance by 25% for 3s when the effect ends.
Cannot block certain powerful attacks. Unaffected by cooldown increase effects.
Tenaciousness, Salvation, and Barrier Spell effects cannot be applied for 30s if Invincibility stacking is blocked.- 5 +100% Incoming Heal
- 10 Restores 20% Max HP when the effect ends
- Blade Toss · Level Lv 5
Deals X damage to a target within 20m and reduces Defense by 30% and Incoming Heal by 50% for 10s.
5 Stagger Gauge Damage- 5 +20% [Blade Toss] Incoming Heal reduction
- Focused Block · Level Arena
Temporarily increases Block Damage Reduction by 100% and guarantees Parry. Restores 110 MP and Stamina once on Parry.
- 5 +1 consecutive use
- Forced Restraint · Level alt.
Deals X damage to a target within 4m with a 75% chance to inflict Seal for 5s.
100% chance to inflict Seal on NPC targets.
20 Stagger Gauge Damage- 5 50% chance to inflict Root for 5s
- Rage Burst · Level alt.
Deals X damage to a target within 4m. Inflicts Wounded for 10s on hit, reducing the enemy's Attack by 10%, and increases the caster's PvE Damage Boost by 10% and PvP Damage Boost by 5% for 10s. Triggers [Overhead Slam] on the target for 10s on hit.
Wounded does not stack with the Shrink effect from the Templar skill [Taunt].
20 Stagger Gauge Damage- 5 -15s [Rage Burst] cooldown
Stigma skills
- Lunge Stance · Level Lv 20
- Armor of Balance · Level Lv 5
- Tenaciousness · Level Lv 10
- Blade Toss · Level Lv 5
Passive skills
- Attack Preparation · Level
- Survival Willpower · Level
- Survival Stance · Level
- Impact Hit · Level
Hotbar & rotation
Daevanion boards
- Nezekan · Unlock level 12
- Zikel · Unlock level 20
- Vaizel · Unlock level 30
- Triniel · Unlock level 40
- Azphel · Unlock level 45
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