Class Introduction

Key Capabilities

Attributes that affect primary capabilities

Professional orientation

Attacking capability

★★★★★

Power & Precision & Knowledge & Time & Destruction & Death & Wisdom

Gladiator combines high damage output with solid defensive capabilities, making him a high-damage melee DPS character who can serve as the primary damage dealer in a team. When a team lacks a tank, Gladiator can also act as a backup tank, dealing damage while protecting his teammates. For players looking to strengthen their progression and improve their Gladiator setup, buy Aion 2 Kina can provide additional resources for gearing and character development.

viability

★★★★

Physical Strength & Willpower & Justice & Life & Space

Healing Power★

Agility & Illusion & Destiny


Items Overview & Ability Recommendations

Proactive Skills

Skill Icon

Skill Name

Skill Overview

Skill Point Allocation

Skill Rating

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Keen Strike

Basic Attack Skill & Area of Effect Damage & Spirit Recovery: 100

LV12

speciality 3&4

★★★★

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Rending Blow

Area of Effect Damage & Block Value increased by 200

LV20

speciality 3&4&5

★★★★★★

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Leaping Slam

Displacement Skill & Damage Target & 3SP: +20% Damage Bonus & +10% PVP Damage Bonus & +100% Critical Hit Rate & +15% Bonus Effect Hit Rate

LV12

speciality2&3

★★★★

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Mocking Blade

Area of Effect Damage & Knockdown: 3s against normal targets

LV16

speciality1&5

★★★★★

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Overhead Slam

Deal damage to the knocked-down target

LV20

speciality 3&4&5

★★★★★★

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Sword Aura Rampage

inflicts damage to the target of Vervent & no cooldown

LV20

speciality 3&4&5

★★★★★★

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Ankle Slice

When blocked successfully, deals area damage; has a 50% chance to bind the target for 3 seconds; against NPC targets, has a 100% chance to bind.

LV12

speciality1&4

★★★★

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Crushing Wave

Area of Effect Damage & Secondary Damage

LV20

speciality 2&3

★★★★★★

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Rush Strike

Emergence dodge: When flying, charge toward the target and inflict damage; there is a 30% chance to knock down the target; against NPC targets, there is a 100% chance to knock them down.

/

★★★

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Aerial Snare

Inflicts damage to grounded targets; has a 50% chance to bind airborne targets for 3 seconds; has a 100% chance to bind NPC targets in the air.

/

★★★

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Ruinous Blow

Mass area damage & PvE damage bonus: 20% & PvP damage bonus: 10% & Critical hit chance: +100% & Status effect hit chance: +15%

LV20

Speciality 3&4&5

★★★★★★

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Defiance

Immunity against contact with the controlled state and the &5s abnormal state when under control

LV12

Speciality 1&2

★★★★


Passive skills

Skill icon

Skill Name

Skill Overview

Skill Point Allocation

Skill Rating

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Survival Stance

HP Increase & Max HP Increase% & HP Natural Recovery & PVE & PVP Damage Resistance Increase%

LV15

★★★★

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Protection Armor

Increase defense by 200; if the defense block is successful, restore health.

/

★★★

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Blood Absorption

When this attack hits, there is a 50% chance to restore HP; if HP falls below 50%, restore up to% of maximum HP (CD: 1 min).

LV15

★★★★

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Identify Weakness

Critical Hit Bonus & Perfect Bonus%

LV20

★★★★★

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Attack Preparation

PVE & PVP Damage Bonus% & Defense Bonus% & Critical Hit Bonus 100%

LV25

★★★★★★

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Impact Hit

Impact skill: +%; Slam: +%

LV25

★★★★★★

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Destructive Impulse

This attack deals additional damage when targeting an impact-type target or a target in a stun state.

LV20

★★★★★

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Experienced Counterstrike

Damage increase % in front; when blocking is successful, for 20s, apply damage increase % to both self and teammates in PvE and PvP modes; this effect does not stack with the "Enthusiasm" skill of the Guardian Star.

LV25

★★★★★★

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Survival Willpower

Increased resistance under abnormal conditions: %&

When under control: increases 5s PVE & PVP damage resistance by%; when attacked while under control: increases 5s elemental resistance by 10% (up to 10 stacks).

/

★★★

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Murderous Burst

When this attack hits, it grants 3s Killing Intent; stacking this Killing Intent 5 times deals area damage and grants a 3s critical hit damage bonus%.

LV25

★★★★★★


Stamping Skills

Skill icon

Skill Name

Skill Overview

Skill Point Allocation

Skill Rating

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Wrath Wave

Area of effect damage & 50% chance to knock down target for 3 seconds; if the target is an NPC, there is a 100% chance to knock them down.

LV1

★★★

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Zikel's Blessing

Within a specified duration, combat speed increases by 20% and critical hit chance increases by 5%.

LV25

★★★★★★

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Lunge Stance

For a set duration, attack power increases by 20%, hit chance increases by 100%, and the damage per turn of the stun gauge increases by 50%.

LV25

★★★★★★

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Focused Block

Reduces block damage by 100% for a short duration; ensures that a block is successfully initiated; and restores both Vitality and Action Points upon a successful block.

LV20

★★★★★

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Armor of Balance

Over a specified period, the impact resistance will increase by 50%.

/

★★★

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Blade Toss

Deals damage to targets within a 20m radius; reduces targets' defense by 30% and reduces the amount of healing they receive by 50%.

/

★★★

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Blade Toss

 

3S: No damage or control; upon expiration of this effect, 3SP gains 50% damage resistance against PvP and 25% damage resistance against PVP.

Unable to defend against certain powerful attacks

Some skill effects do not stack.

LV5

★★★

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Blade Toss

 

Area of Effect Damage & 10% Health Absorption

/

★★★

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Rage Burst

Area of Effect Damage & 10s: -10% Target Attack Power & +10% PVE Damage & +5% PVP Damage

LV25

★★★★★★

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Wave Armor

Inflicts area damage within a certain duration.

/

★★★

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Forced Restraint

Area damage & 75% sealing of targets within 5S & 100% sealing of NPC targets

/

★★★

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Forced Restraint

Charge Skill: Deals area damage; has a 30% chance to knock down the target for 3 seconds; guarantees a 100% knockdown chance against NPC targets; and deals damage that increases the target's defense by 20% (up to a maximum).

/

★★★

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Fracturing Rush

Area damage: 60%; binds target for 3s; binds NPC target for 100%

/

★★★


Sequence of skill placement

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Output Method

① (Key 1) Jump and strike toward the target (50% chance to trigger ankle slash)

② (Hold down the Q key) Ankle Slash (55% chance to knock down the target; 25% chance to trigger the skill upon successful block). Once the target reaches the bottom, the Down Slash is triggered (no cooldown), and the combo continues until the Air Binding is executed.

③ (E key) Crush: knock down the target with a sword strike

④ (Press and hold the Q key) and strike downward until no further hits can be made.

⑤ (Key 4) activates all buffs

⑥ (Key 3) Shatter Strike & Rage Wave: Knock down the target. If the target is stunned

⑦ If the target stuned (hold E key) / Unstuned (right-click) is active, then activate the target stun input (hold E key).

⑧ If the status is poor, press (4/5 or the left mouse button). Once the status is restored, repeat the above operations.


 

Gameplay

Equipment Enhancement System

★★★★★★

Guardian System

★★★★★

Pet System

★★★★

Alkana

★★★

Wing System

★★★

Pantheon

★★★

Title

★★

Visual Collection

★


 Equipment Enhancement System

Upgrade of equipment capabilities

When you acquire powerful equipment, you can enhance it to boost your combat power.

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Taking the Level 45 Golden Weapon as an example, the cost for Kina to upgrade from +10 to +15 is as follows:

(Starting from +11, a failed equipment enhancement does not cause the enhancement to disappear; instead, each failed attempt increases the success rate by 5% until the enhancement succeeds.)

Enhancement Level

Probability of success

Cost per reinforcement stone

Each time Kina spends

Minimum reinforcement attempts

+11

65%

7670

300000

7

+12

50%

8730

440000

10

+13

35%

9850

710000

13

+14

25%

11010

1110000

15

+15

20%

12200

1530000

16

When undergoing enhancement, you don't always need to wait for the guaranteed threshold for the enhancement to succeed.

Based on actual spending data, upgrading a single piece of equipment to level 15 costs approximately 15 million Kina, while the total cost for 16 pieces of equipment amounts to around 240 million Kina.

Enhancement of equipment potential

Golden equipment can be upgraded for potential enhancement; all 16 pieces of Level 45 golden equipment have reached the maximum level of potential enhancement (Level 4, including enhancement stones).

Equipment Classification

Number of items

Potential enhancement materials for a single piece of equipment required to reach full level; consume enhancement stones.

Total category growth rate

Single-item Kina handling fee

(Kina)

Total Category Handling Fee

(Kina)

Auction acquisition cost for gold-plated items

(Kina)

Great Sword

1

10 Weapon Potential Enhancement Stones

10 Weapon Potential Enhancement Stones

4 million

4 million

500 million

Protective items (arm armor, helmet, shoulder armor, upper garment, trousers, gloves, boots, cloak)

8

10 Armor Potential Enhancement Stones

80 Armor Potential Enhancement Stones

4 million

32 million

1.6 billion

Jewelry (necklace, earrings ×2, ring ×2, bracelet ×2)

7

10 Jewelry Potential Growth Stones

70 Jewelry Potential Growth Stones

4 million

28 million

1.4 billion

Amount to

16



160 Potential Growth Stones



64 million

3.5 billion

Potential enhancement stones are categorized by equipment type: weapon enhancement stones are exclusively for weapons; armor enhancement stones are exclusively for armor; and jewelry enhancement stones are exclusively for jewelry. Stones for different equipment types cannot be interconverted.

Equipment Notes

To determine whether an item of equipment is suitable for you to wear, your first step should be to check its stats.

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Recommended primary equipment stats for Sword Star

Equipment location

Main entry ①

Main entry ②

Main entry ③

Main entry ④

weapon

Damage Bonus%

Combat Speed%

Weapon damage increase%

Power

Armor

Damage Bonus%

Combat Speed%

Weapon damage increase%

Power

casque

Force%

The killing intent shattered.

A seasoned counterattack

Attack Preparation

scapula

Critical Hit Damage Bonus%

The killing intent shattered.

Attack Preparation

Impact hit

Breastplate

Damage Bonus%

The killing intent shattered.

A seasoned counterattack

Attack Preparation

Leg armor

Damage Resistance%

The killing intent shattered.

A seasoned counterattack

Attack Preparation

gloves

Combat Speed%

The killing intent shattered.

Attack Preparation

Impact hit

cloak

perfect%

The killing intent shattered.

A seasoned counterattack

Attack Preparation

Long boots

Move speed%

perfect%

The killing intent shattered.

A seasoned counterattack

earrings

The killing intent shattered.

A seasoned counterattack

Attack Preparation

Impact hit

necklace

The killing intent shattered.

A seasoned counterattack

Attack Preparation

Impact hit

ring

Shatter Strike

Cutter Strike

Impact hit

Bottom chiseling

bracelet

Destroy

Time

Wisdom

Death

 

To obtain a specific equipment attribute, you must adjust the equipment's attributes; each time you reset an attribute, you will consume one random golden equipment piece as a material.

The attribute reset itself does not incur any Kina costs; the Kina cost is entirely derived from (purchasing Gold-Enchanted Dog Food). Gold-Enchanted Dog Food cannot be used to reset attributes for weapons, but it can be used to reset attributes for armor and jewelry.


Gemstone Engraving

Once you have completed the realized enhancements for all 16 pieces of equipment, don't forget to apply magic stone seals to them to boost your combat power.

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Recommended Primary Stat Bonuses for Magic Stone Engraving in Gladiator's Equipment

position

classify

4 Golden Graduation Entries

remarks

Great Sword

weapon

Combat Speed & Power & Weapon Damage Boost & Multi-hit Attacks

Weapons cannot be upgraded, adjusted, or have their stats replaced; they can only be initialized and refined, which is the highest difficulty level.

Arm armor

Protective Item

Combat Speed & Power & Weapon Damage Boost & Multi-hit Attacks

Similar to weapons, this item pool supports the use of Golden Upgrades to replace its attributes and features a lower refinement difficulty.

Casque

Protective Item

Attack Power & Experienced Counterattack & Impact Hit & Hit

Standard DPS Armor Stat Configuration

Scapula

Protective Item

Critical Hit Damage Bonus & Attack Power & A seasoned counterattack & Hit Rate

Core damage-enhancing armor: prioritize maximizing burst damage bonuses.

Upper outer garment

Protective Item

Damage Bonus & Attack Power & A seasoned counterattack & Hit Rate

Basic damage-boosting armor to supplement your overall damage stats.

Trousers

Protective Item

Attack Power & Damage Resistance & Impact Hit Chance

Balances damage output with basic survivability, making it ideal for dungeon farming.

Gloves

Protective Item

Combat Speed & Attack Power & Experienced Counterattack & Hit Rate

Increase your DPS rate and optimize your skill casting frequency.

Boots

Protective Item

Attack Power & Movement Speed & Impact Hit & Hit Rate

Balance damage and flexibility in dungeon positioning

necklace

ornaments

Attack Power & Experienced Counterattack & Impact Hit & Attack Preparation

Only passive skill stats can be upgraded; "Experienced Counterattack" is the core passive for PVE play.

Earrings 1

ornaments

Attack Power & Experienced Counterattack & Impact Hit & Attack Preparation

Only passive skill traits can be upgraded.

Earrings 2

ornaments

Attack Power & Experienced Counterattack & Impact Hit & Attack Preparation

Only passive skill traits can be upgraded.

Ring 1

ornaments

Piercing Strike +1 & Shatter Strike +1 & Qi Sword Dance +1 & Attack Power

For washable active skill stats, "Down Slash +1" is the optimal stat for PvE play.

Ring 2

ornaments

Piercing Strike +1 & Shatter Strike +1 & Qi Sword Dance +1 & Attack Power

Resettable active skill stats, paired with unique skill level settings

Bracelet 1

ornaments

Attack Power & Experienced Counterattack & Impact Hit & Hit

General damage Jewelry Stat Configuration

Bracelet 2

ornaments

Attack Power & Experienced Counterattack & Impact Hit & Hit

General damage Jewelry Stat Configuration

cloak

Protective Item

Attack Power & Experienced Counterattack & Impact Hit & Hit

This item belongs to the armor category and can be enhanced via the Golden Enhancement feature to adjust its stats.

 

Supporting Guidelines for Graduation Rules

1. Applicable Equipment: A complete set of 16 Level 45 golden equipment pieces; golden equipment permanently unlocks 4 Soul Engraving traits; the graduation criterion is that each individual piece of equipment must possess all 4 traits as valid golden traits.

2. Item attribute classification rules: Weapons and armor share a dedicated damage attribute pool; ordinary armor pieces (helmet / shoulder armor / upper garment / trousers / gloves / boots / cloak) and jewelry share a common standard damage attribute pool; rings exclusively unlock active skill attributes, while other jewelry pieces can only modify passive attributes.

3. Invalid junk gold attributes (not eligible for graduation; requires re-refinement):  Damage Boost & Health & Defense & Mental Power Recovery & Health Recovery & Agility & Block.

4. PVE Core Priority Order: Weapon Damage Bonus & Critical Damage Bonus & Combat Speed (separate multiplier zones, no dilution) > Attack Power > Damage Bonus (Sword Star provides a built-in damage buff, which can be easily deminished) > Hit Rate (Satisfy the minimum requirement).

5. Refinement Mechanism: All equipment can be marked for full stat random reset; weapons can only be marked for initial reset; armors & other armor pieces & jewelry & cloaks can all be marked for gold-tier stat adjustments/replacements & feature lower refinement difficulty.

Aion 2: Sword Star PVE – 16 pieces, 45 Gold; Gold Enhancement Refinement Cost Breakdown (average across players; each piece targets 4 valid gold attributes)

New Area Parameters: Single-level upper-level engraving initialization = 2 million base currency; Expected number of refinements each  piece = 400; Engraving cost- each piece = 400 × 2 million = 800 million base currency

Standard item blueprint: 200 million Gina -each piece; Weapon blueprint: 500 million Gina- each piece

Order number

position

classify

Seedling cost (Kina)

Engraving fee (Kina)

Subtotal (Kina)

remarks

1

Great Sword

weapon

50 million

800 million

850 million

Weapons cannot be modified or replaced via gold enhancement; they can only be initialized and refined.

2

Arm armor

Protective Item

20 million

800 million

820 million

The attribute pool is identical to the weapon; it supports the use of Golden Upgrades to replace attributes.

3

Casque

Protective Item

20 million

800 million

820 million

Standard DPS armor

4

Scapula

Protective Item

20 million

800 million

820 million

Core Damage-Boosting Armor

5

Upper outer garment

Protective Item

20 million

800 million

820 million

Basic Damage-Boosting Armor

6

Trousers

Protective Item

20 million

800 million

820 million

Balancing damage and survivability

7

Gloves

Protective Item

20 million

800 million

820 million

Enhance the damage to monster rhythm

8

Boots

Protective Item

20 million

800 million

820 million

Position rapidly adjust

9

Necklace

ornaments

20 million

800 million

820 million

Only passive skill traits can be upgraded.

10

Earrings 1

ornaments

20 million

800 million

820 million

Only passive skill traits can be upgraded.

11

Earrings 2

ornaments

20 million

800 million

820 million

Only passive skill traits can be upgraded.

12

Ring 1

ornaments

20 million

800 million

820 million

Washable Active Skill Traits

13

Ring 2

ornaments

20 million

800 million

820 million

Resettable Active Skill Traits

14

Bracelet 1

ornaments

20 million

800 million

820 million

jewelry

15

Bracelet 2

ornaments

20 million

800 million

820 million

jewelry

16

Cloak

Protective Item

20 million

800 million

820 million

Armor: unique item adjustments

available

Amount to

-

-

350 million

12.8 billion

13.15 billion

Total cost for the full set of 16 items (raw materials + refining and initialization costs)

Divine Stone Engraving

Both the weapon and the arm armor can activate Divine Stones, with each effect triggering independently; Divine Stones are detachable and reusable. When against the dungeon BOSS, all control-type Divine Stones—including those that grant paralysis, sealing, or blindness—as well as any other control-type Divine Stones, will be completely ineffective against the BOSS.

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position

Divine Stone

explain

Great Sword

2% chance: 1,880 attribute damage (Fire / Water / Earth / Wind)

The damage effects of the four attribute sets are identical; purchase the one available at the lowest price in the auction house; high numerical values enable burst damage, and longer boss battles yield higher expected damage.

Arm armor

2% chance: 1,880 attribute damage (Fire / Water / Earth / Wind)

Equip both damage-enhancing stones to maximize your damage in the dungeon.

Guardian System

In the game, reaching the corresponding level grants you Guardian Power, and Guardian Power points can be acquired by leveling up, participating in game activities, or purchasing them.

When allocating points for the Guardian ability, do so in the following order: blue active skills, green passive skills, and orange skills.

Reference for Enhancing Gladiator Protection

Nesaken                                                                              Zikel

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Vaizel                                                                                 Triniel

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Alkana System

When a player reaches level 45 in the game, they can equip Alkana-related cards to enhance their combat power.

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Recommended card sets for Gladiator :Alkana

The primary consideration when selecting a card is its primary god effect; for Gladiator, the primary god requirement effect prioritizes attack.

classify


position

Holy Grail

parchment

compass

Zhong

mirror

name

Vitality Holy Cup

Magical Parchment

Magical Compass

Magic Clock

Magical Mirror

Name of the Principal God

Time (Xier)

Fate (Marquand)

Death (Cyril)

Destroy (Gykel)

Wisdom (Lumel)

Additional Skills

Cutoff Strike & Downward Chisel Strike & Qi Sword Dance & Shatter Strike & Shatter Wave & Ankle Strike

Set Effect

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Magical Armor:

When your mental strength drops below 20%, restore 1,500 mental strength (CD: 30s).

When your mental strength exceeds 50%, your PVE defense increases by 1,000.

 

The Magic Armor Set provides significant combat sustain for Gladiator, making it the top choice for Gladiator’ PVE playstyle.

Pet System

Pets come in five types: Intelligent, Wild, Natural, Altered, and Special. Owning a pet grants attribute bonuses. Except for special pets, which require a separate purchase, the other types can be obtained through monster drops.


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Understanding your pet's race can further enhance your character's attributes; this requires using Kina to analyze the options and select the ones that best suit your class.

Recommended Stat Selection for Sword Star Pet Understanding

race

entry

Understanding Level Column

1&5

2&8

3&6&9

4

7

intellectuality

Additional Attack Power

defense

 

Life Percentage

Hit the target

 

Critical Hit

Damage Amplification

Critical Hit Damage Bonus

Damage Resistance

Critical Hit Damage Resistance

ferity

Damage Amplification

Weapon Damage Amplification

Damage Resistance

Weapon Damage Resistance

nature

Multi-stage strike

perfect

Multi-stage resistance

Perfect Resistance

be out of shape

Forward Damage Amplification

Damage Resistance in Front

special

Assault

patience


Wing system

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In the first season, there are a total of 26 collectible wings (4 green, 6 blue, 16 gold); all of them have reached max level, and their attributes are as follows:

Held Attributes

Total value

explain

Additional Attack Power

430

Direct panel upgrade

PVE Damage Bonus

8%

Global Damage Increase

Assault

2%

Enhance Blast Trigger

Hit the target

120

Complete the hit

Critical Hit

135

Increase critical hit chance

vitality

2000

Survivability and fault tolerance

Defense

600

Physical damage reduction

run through

300

Ignore target defense

Weapon Damage Amplification

2%

Increase weapon damage

When the full set of Wings is collected and equipped, the combined max-level attributes provide approximately 10% PVE damage increase and a 10% boost to threat synchronization.

Certain wings are tradable; obtaining 15 golden wings + 10 will grant the achievement title "Creation of the World." The resource consumption for fully upgrading all 26 wings is as follows:

Kina

257,140,000

Adjustment stone

2106

Reinforced stone

1,019,200

Guardian Star final Wings

Wings of the Nightmare

(Nightmare Store: redeem 160k points)

Additional Attack Power +60

Additional hit bonus: +35

Critical Hit +35

Leader Damage Bonus: +3.5%

The Empty Wings of Talis

(Summer Store: 210k Vow Coins Exchange)

Additional Attack Power +60

Additional Defense +400

Additional hit bonus: +35

Cooling time -4%


Pantheon

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Pantheon: Statue & Frame

Large statue

Awakening Atreon (Nightmare Statue)

Non-tradable

figurine

Awakened Single Pillar Stone

(Principal Line)

Transcending Bakarmo

(Water Dragon Form Achievement)

Cromed Abyss

(Red Transcendence)

Gargam

(Akaiwa Nobumitsu)

Non-tradable

frame

Sacred Domain · No. 1 Control

(Boss 1, 10 attempts)

Sacred Domain · Domain No. 2

(Boss 2, Round 10)

Sacred Domain · Abyssal Overlord

(Final BOSS: 10 attempts)

Non-tradable

Other frames

A Golden Frame of Fantasy and Wisdom

Tradable

 

Appearance System

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weapon

Attack Power (Total: +78)

Increases overall damage by approximately 7%

ornaments

Protective Item

Defense (Total Collection + 620)

700 Appearance Collection Achievement: "Oh no, I've run out of clothes!" — +4%

Combat Speed +5%

Cooling Reduction +5%

Life Regeneration +120

 

Title System

Graduation Title

Position

Graduation Title

Equipment Attributes

Origin of the title

Target area

When heaven was separated from earth

PVE damage bonus: +5.5%

Smash +4%

Additional hit bonus: +90

15 Golden Wings: Fully Enhanced Achievement

Defensive area

Govern all things

Additional Defense +300

Back-end damage resistance +5.5%

Leader's damage resistance +6%

Collect 200 different pet achievements

Other areas

Oh no, I've run out of clothes to wear!

Combat Speed +5%

Natural Vitality Recovery +40

Cooling time-5%

700 appearance collection achievements

Most titles can be obtained through achievements, which require significant time and resources.

Conclusion

Gladiator is a powerful melee class in **AION 2**, combining strong damage output with solid survivability. With high-impact attacks, AoE skills, and defensive abilities, Gladiator can perform well in both PvE and group content.