Cleric Guide & Build (Aion 2)

Your main damage. A heavy hit on a target that has Chain of Torment on it (hits up to 4 enemies within 4 m of the target). Without Chain of Torment on the target it stays greyed out. 3 s cooldown.

• 8Restores 100 MP on hitcouga54: take this at 20 instead of Multi-Hit if you run out of mana.
• 8Up to +12% damage when less targets hit
• 820% chance to inflict Root for 3s
• 12Resets cooldown on landing a Critical Hit with [Condemnation]Unlocks at skill level 12 (10 from points + 2 Daevanion nodes: Nezekan and Zikel). Every critical hit resets it instantly. From 22 the Earth Punishment stigma makes it always crit, so it fires like a machine gun (BoredAF). Every source agrees.
• 16Multi-Hit on hit

Lucia and Th3Ruthless: the most important Cleric skill.

Hits up to 4 enemies, deals damage over time for 10 s and lowers the enemy's damage tolerance (PvE −5%). Condemnation only works on a target with this on it. 20 s cooldown.

• 8Slows target for 5s
• 8+3s Damage over Time
• 8Has a 20% chance to inflict Knockdown on the target for 3sLucia: for hard Transcendence dungeons and PvP.
• 12+10% PvE Damage Tolerance reduction and +5% PvP Damage Tolerance reductionThe boss takes more damage from the whole party. aLuckyRO: "priority number one", level 12.
• 16Ignores Block and Evasion and reduces Damage over Time interval by 50%

In the skill chain on your bar, Chain of Torment always has higher priority than Condemnation (couga54, aLuckyRO).

Basic attack with no cooldown, 20 m range. Every use restores 110 MP, so this is what keeps your mana up. Keep it on left mouse button.

• 8+20% MP restoredYou run short on mana while leveling (aLuckyRO, MMO Codex, KaidWOW, Th3Ruthless).
• 8+20% [Discharge] Chain Skill trigger chanceOnce mana stops being a problem (at 45 at the latest), swap "+20% MP" for this. couga54 takes it right away.
• 8+50% Multi-Hit on hitTh3Ruthless, for leveling.
• 12-7s [Bolt] cooldown on landing [Discharge]Discharge cuts Bolt's cooldown by 7 s. Good on bosses (Lucia, BoredAF, couga54, Fextralife).
• 16Ignores Block and Evasion

Th3Ruthless only takes Discharge at 45, because before that there are too few bosses to make use of it.

Charged lightning bolt: hold the key, 3 charge levels. Your strongest single hit and big damage to the boss's Stagger gauge. 45 s cooldown. Always by hand, because a macro can't charge it.

• 830% chance to inflict Stun for 3s when fully charged
• 8+300 Skill AccuracyLucia's pick.
• 8+30% Skill SpeedWithout it the charge takes ages. Everyone takes this.
• 12Up to +20% damage when less targets hit
• 16Critical Hit on hitA guaranteed critical hit (couga54, aLuckyRO, Th3Ruthless, MMO Codex, ExpCarry).

BoredAF: with low Combat Speed, release it early instead of waiting for a full charge. You get it at character level 14 (wikily.gg, aion2.gaming.tools; couga54 and MMO Codex: around 9–14).

Places a stationary "turret" for 5 s that attacks your chosen target on its own. 30 s cooldown. It hits alongside you, so the longer it stays up, the better.

• 8-40% Move Speed for 3s to up to 4 enemies within 4m of the Aura
• 8Changes to AoE SkillFor leveling and mob packs (aLuckyRO, MMO Codex, KaidWOW).
• 8+50% [Divine Aura] attacking speedAt 8 (Lucia, aLuckyRO, Th3Ruthless). couga54 takes +3 s and −10 s first and attack speed only at 20.
• 12+3s [Divine Aura] duration
• 16-10s cooldown

couga54 calls it "underrated". aLuckyRO: high priority.

Quick heal on you and the party member with the lowest HP within 40 m. It picks the target by itself. 6 s cooldown. Without the specialization it's only 1 use at a time.

• 8+2 consecutive usesThree quick heals in a row. Every source agrees. Lucia: after the game changes you can't spam it without this.
• 8+20% amount healed when HP is 50% or less
• 850% chance to remove 1 debuffTh3Ruthless: for fights with lots of debuffs and PvP.
• 12+2% HP restored
• 16-2s cooldown

couga54: get it to 16 before group dungeons at 45.

Lightning with no cooldown from 20 m, hits up to 4 enemies around the target. It's the filler at the top of the right mouse button chain. Clears mob packs well.

• 8-20% MP consumedcouga54 adds this at 20.
• 8Deals up to 12% more damage when less targets are hit
• 8-10% enemy Combat Speed for 5s on landing [Divine Punishment]
• 1210% chance to inflict Root for 2s on landing [Divine Punishment]Lucia, up to 16.
• 16Activates [Divine Punishment] 1 extra timeDoubles that effect (couga54, Lucia, MMO Codex, Th3Ruthless).

Disputed: BoredAF (DPS test, Oct 5) says it's a damage loss on dungeon bosses, so use it on packs. aLuckyRO: low priority, 8–10 is enough. While leveling everyone uses it.

Hits up to 4 enemies, deals damage over time for 10 s and weakens the enemy's damage (PvE −5%). 10 s cooldown.

• 8Removes MP Consumed and restores 150 MPIf you're short on mana.
• 8-15% target Defense for duration of Damage over Time−15% boss defense for the whole party. aLuckyRO: level 8 is enough for PvE.
• 8Has a 20% chance to inflict Stun on the target for 3s
• 12+10% PvE Damage Boost reduction and +5% PvP Damage Boost reduction
• 16Ignores Block and Evasion and reduces Damage over Time interval by 50%

The Noble Aura stigma at 10 hits harder on targets with this mark.

Only works on a target in Stagger, i.e. when the boss's Stagger gauge is broken. No cooldown.

• 8Absorbs 5% HPKaidWOW: heals you during Stagger.
• 8Restores 120 MPaLuckyRO: at 8 either mana or "Changes to mobile skill".
• 8Changes to mobile skill
• 12Multi-Hit on hit
• 16-1s all skill cooldowns on hitEvery hit cuts all your cooldowns by 1 s (couga54, Lucia, Th3Ruthless).

Rarely needed while leveling (Th3Ruthless). aLuckyRO: you need level 12 for Multi-Hit.

Big heal on you and the whole party within 40 m. Removes 1 debuff. 12 s cooldown.

• 8Removes up to 2 debuffsTh3Ruthless and Fextralife.
• 8+20% Skill Speed
• 8-3s cooldownCooldown drops from 12 to 9 s (aLuckyRO, Lucia, MMO Codex, Th3Ruthless, Fextralife).
• 12+10% Incoming Heal for 10sLucia (up to 16) and MMO Codex.
• 16+5% HP restored

ExpCarry takes it all the way to 20 at endgame.

Heal over time: every 2 s for 30 s it heals you and the party within 40 m. 30 s cooldown, so cast it on cooldown.

• 8+5% Defense while healingcouga54 (Kaeria's build) at 8.
• 8+20% amount healed when HP is 50% or lessLucia, Fextralife, aLuckyRO, Th3Ruthless.
• 8+5% Incoming Heal during healing
• 12+5% Move Speed during healingTh3Ruthless and Game8: you keep it up all the time, so you always have +5% move speed.
• 16+5% PvE Damage Tolerance and +2.5% PvP Damage Tolerance during healing

Removes stun, knockdown, airborne, grab, frost and fear from you, then gives 5 s of immunity to them. 60 s cooldown.

• 8Adds [Blessing of Regeneration] Chain Skill
• 8Restores 1000 Stamina on using [Defiance]Th3Ruthless: so you have stamina left to dodge.
• 8Restores 10% HP on using [Defiance]
• 12+2s Tenacity duration
• 16+50% PvE Damage Tolerance and +25% PvP Damage Tolerance for Tenacity duration

Lucia: "doesn't matter, take whatever you like".

Your healing scales with your Attack. That's why Attack on gear also raises your heals.

aLuckyRO: high priority from the start. Lucia: one of the three most important passives.

+10.5% critical damage and +100 accuracy.

couga54 and MMO Codex: max it to 10 as soon as you get it. According to Aion Yeonguso (via MMO Codex) it gives about 2× more damage than Empyrean Lord's Grace.

+100 critical hit, a bit of Double Chance and extra damage on hit.

Number 1 at endgame (couga54, Lucia, ExpCarry, Th3Ruthless). aLuckyRO: not at the start, because you rarely crit yet.

When you hit an enemy, every 5 s it heals you and the party within 40 m. It heals without you thinking about it, as long as you keep attacking.

aLuckyRO: "first of all" for the first days. couga54 also for the first days. Th3Ruthless: last.

+6% max HP and a little mana.

aLuckyRO: medium priority. Th3Ruthless: very important. Lucia: not at the start.

+2% defense and +100 critical hit resist.

Lucia: good early on. aLuckyRO: medium priority.

When you drop below 50% HP you get a shield and +20% to your healing for 30 s. 60 s cooldown.

aLuckyRO: low priority. Th3Ruthless: "we don't chase this".

Resistance to stun and other crowd control. Mainly useful in PvP.

+200 block and a little healing on block.

aLuckyRO and Th3Ruthless: useless in PvE.

Sometimes cuts the enemy's incoming healing. PvP only.

Th3Ruthless: "never put points into it".

A hit plus damage over time for 10 s. 30 s cooldown. The most important Cleric stigma: from level 5, Condemnation always crits on a target with Earth Punishment, so with Condemnation at level 12 and the reset specialization it resets non-stop.

• 5[Condemnation] lands as a Critical Hit on targets afflicted with [Earth Punishment]unlocks by itself at level 5That's why you put it to 5 right away (every source).
• 10+10% Double Chance to caster and +5% to party members from [Earth's Blessing]unlocks by itself at level 10
• 15+10% Attack and Defense to caster and +5% to party members from [Earth's Blessing]unlocks by itself at level 15
• 20+10s [Earth Punishment] and [Earth's Blessing] durationunlocks by itself at level 20

Th3Ruthless: the Earth's Blessing effect doesn't stack with the Chanter buff Power of the Storm. Sort it out with your Chanter.

An orb that follows you for 300 s and attacks your target every 2 s. You turn it on once every 5 minutes. couga54: roughly doubles your damage.

• 5+200 Aura Critical Hitunlocks by itself at level 5
• 10+20 damage to targets afflicted with Debilitating Markunlocks by itself at level 10
• 15+30% damage to targets with Incapacitated Immunityunlocks by itself at level 15
• 20-1s Aura attack cooldownunlocks by itself at level 20

Taken by couga54, Lucia, aLuckyRO, Th3Ruthless, ExpCarry. Game8 takes Power Burst instead.

+20% Attack for 10 s. 60 s cooldown. At 10 and 15 it also boosts the passives Empyrean Lord's Grace and Earth's Grace ×1.5.

• 5+20% PvE Damage Boost and +10% PvP Damage Boostunlocks by itself at level 5aLuckyRO: "crazy buff", get it to 5.
• 10x1.5 [Empyrean Lord's Grace] effect for the durationunlocks by itself at level 10
• 15x1.5 [Earth's Grace] effect for the durationunlocks by itself at level 15
• 20+15% additional Attackunlocks by itself at level 20

couga54: "without it a Cleric has no damage". Th3Ruthless only takes it when there's a Chanter in the group.

A toggle (mantra): +10.5% PvE damage and damage tolerance for you and party members nearby. Turn it on once and leave it, because pressing it again turns it off. Its damage bonus doesn't stack with the Chanter mantra Undefeated Mantra: only the higher-level one applies (at equal level, the Chanter's).

• 5+10% Incoming Healunlocks by itself at level 5
• 10+100 Accuracyunlocks by itself at level 10
• 15+10% Max HPunlocks by itself at level 15
• 20+10% Perfect Chanceunlocks by itself at level 20

With a Chanter in the party, swap it for another stigma (every source). Game8 ranks it first.

Resurrects a fallen party member within 40 m. 120 s cooldown. The Cleric is the only class that can resurrect in combat, and that's why groups want one.

• 5-1s casting timeunlocks by itself at level 5
• 10Invincible for 3s after resurrectionunlocks by itself at level 10
• 15Restores 20% of Max HPunlocks by itself at level 15
• 20Invincible for 5s after resurrectionunlocks by itself at level 20

Put 1 point in it at 22 and slot it in dungeons (couga54, MMO Codex, KaidWOW, aLuckyRO). Lucia doesn't use it.

For 20 s, heals you and the party within 40 m every 2 s. 90 s cooldown.

• 5+10s durationunlocks by itself at level 5
• 10Restores 200 Stamina every 5s for the durationunlocks by itself at level 10
• 15Restores 2% HP every 5s for the durationunlocks by itself at level 15
• 20Cleansing effect every 5s for the durationunlocks by itself at level 20

couga54: up to 5 while leveling, in dungeons only from 15.

Big heal on the party within 40 m and removes 2 debuffs. 90 s cooldown, 30 s shorter at level 5.

• 5-30s cooldownunlocks by itself at level 5
• 10Removes all debuffsunlocks by itself at level 10
• 15+5% HP restoredunlocks by itself at level 15
• 20Restores 1.5% HP every 2s for 10sunlocks by itself at level 20

couga54: the strongest healing stigma, but only from 15. Lucia takes it when there's a Chanter in the group.

+20% PvE damage tolerance for the party for 10 s. 60 s cooldown. For hard dungeons.

• 510% Max HP Protective Shieldunlocks by itself at level 5
• 10+100 Block, Evasionunlocks by itself at level 10
• 15+20% Status Effect Resistunlocks by itself at level 15
• 20+10% PvE Damage Tolerance increase and +5% PvP Damage Tolerance increaseunlocks by itself at level 20

Fextralife and ExpCarry. aLuckyRO: not needed in regular PvE.

A hit that deals huge damage to the Stagger gauge. 60 s cooldown.

• 5+20% Skill Speedunlocks by itself at level 5
• 10Critical Hit on hitunlocks by itself at level 10
• 1575% chance to inflict Knock Backunlocks by itself at level 15
• 2075% chance to inflict Stun for 3sunlocks by itself at level 20

Game8 has it in its build. couga54: only when nobody else in the group can break the Stagger gauge (Nightmare).

3 s of invulnerability for you. 150 s cooldown.

• 5+100% Incoming Healunlocks by itself at level 5
• 10Restores 20% of Max HP at the end of [Salvation]unlocks by itself at level 10
• 15Grants base effect of [Salvation] to the party member with the lowest HPunlocks by itself at level 15
• 20Triggers [Salvation] when afflicted with Impact-type statusunlocks by itself at level 20

couga54: skip it, red attacks go through anyway, so dodging is better. aLuckyRO: pure PvP.

Hits up to 4 enemies and cuts their healing and potions by 60% for 20 s. For PvP.

• 5Up to +20% damage when more targets hitunlocks by itself at level 5
• 10Removes Protective Shields on hitunlocks by itself at level 10
• 15-200 Critical Hit Resist for durationunlocks by itself at level 15
• 20-50% Damage over Time intervalsunlocks by itself at level 20

Roots up to 4 enemies. No use in PvE (couga54, Lucia).

• 5Changes to mobile skillunlocks by itself at level 5
• 10+2s Root durationunlocks by itself at level 10
• 15+25% Root chanceunlocks by itself at level 15
• 20x2 Damage over Time on Root targetsunlocks by itself at level 20

Hits up to 4 enemies, roots them and gives you up to +20% defense. No use in PvE (couga54, Lucia).

• 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% Root Chanceunlocks by itself at level 20