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Aion 2 Spirit Master Guide: complete PvE build (skills, stigmas, gear)

Aion 2 Spirit Master PvE guide: specializations for every skill, spirits, passives, stigmas, stats, late game gear, Arcanas, Genus Insight, Daevanion and macro.

by Iruminati

Introduction: the Spirit Master playstyle

Want to play Spirit Master in Aion 2 and be the best player in your group?

This Aion 2 Spirit Master guide gathers the whole build, step by step: playstyle, specialization of every skill, passives, stigmas, target stats, gear, Arcanas, Genus Insight, Daevanion and macro.

The Spirit Master is a ranged class. It chains skills and summons: its spirits fight at its side at all times.

Things to know before you start:

• Range is a real advantage. Many bosses have mechanics that let ranged classes keep hitting. The Spirit Master benefits from this in particular: its skills are ranged and its spirits keep attacking during mechanics.
• Some thresholds are mandatory. Several skills and stigmas only become truly effective at a specific level. Details are in each card below.

Understanding specializations

Each skill has 5 specialization lines, identified by a color: green, blue, yellow, orange and red. They unlock with the skill level.

• Level 8: lines 1 to 3, 1 specialization
• Level 12: 4th line, 2 specializations
• Level 16: 5th line unlocked
• Level 20: 3 specializations

How do you get a main skill to level 20? You add up 4 sources:

Remember this rule: 4 points from Daevanion, 4 points from Arcanas, 2 points from gear. It applies to the 3 main skills: Combustion, Summon: Fire Spirit and Elemental Fusion.

Active skills

For each skill, here are the specializations to activate depending on its level. The colored dot shows the matching line in game.

CombustionMain skill

A main skill to level to 20. It hits up to 4 enemies and increases your Skill Speed.

Lv. 12

+12% damage (few targets)+20% Skill Speed

Lv. 16

Chains into Ashy Call+20% Skill Speed

Lv. 20

Chains into Ashy Call+20% Skill Speed+12% damage (few targets)

Summon: Fire SpiritMain skill

Your strongest spirit. This is the one that must stay on the field.

Lv. 12

+20% spirit Crit Damage10% chance to recast the skill

Lv. 16

+20% spirit stats+20% spirit Crit Damage

Lv. 20

+20% spirit stats+20% spirit Crit Damage10% chance to recast the skill

The yellow line gives a 10% chance to trigger the skill on each Fire Spirit attack.

Note

Two ways to play the Fire Spirit: at level 16 or at level 20. It all depends on the points you give it from Arcanas and rings. Follow the line that matches its level.

Elemental FusionMain skill

The third main skill, and the very core of your damage. Each spirit skill gives you an element. At 4 elements, Elemental Fusion unlocks for a big hit.

Lv. 12

Bonus damage after 3 s+10 Element Boost

Lv. 16

25% chance to regain all 4 elementsBonus damage after 3 s

Lv. 20

25% chance to regain all 4 elementsBonus damage after 3 s+10 Element Boost

Summon: Water Spirit

Level it to 16. No need to go all the way to 20.

Lv. 12

+10% spirit Attack10% chance to recast the skill

Lv. 16

+20% spirit stats+10% spirit Attack

Summon: Earth Spirit

Level it to 16.

Lv. 12

+20% spirit PvE Damage Tolerance10% chance to recast the skill

Lv. 16

+20% spirit stats10% chance to recast the skill

Rapid Scattershot

Worthwhile at level 16.

Lv. 16

-1 s CD on all skillsMulti-Hit

Cold Shock

An important skill, but level 12 is enough. No need to level it to 20.

Lv. 12

+50% Multi-Hit+2% Attack per Earth Tremor stack (5 max)

Jointstrike: Curse

Level 12 is enough.

Lv. 12

Usable while moving-2 s CD

Dimensional Control

Level 12 is enough.

Lv. 12

Bonus damage after 3 s+50% Multi-Hit

Defiance

Level 12 minimum. Tenacity makes you immune to crowd control.

Lv. 12

+20% HP on activation+2 s Tenacity

Passives

Some passives are essential, others much less so. Here is the ranking.

Tier	Passive	What it gives
0	Spirit Strike	PvE Damage Boost and Perfect Chance, for you and your spirits. The #1 passive.
1	Mental Focus	More Double Chance
3	Element Unification	Critical Damage Boost for you and the spirit, stacks 5 times
4	Spirit Revitalization	Reduces summon cooldowns and heals the spirit
5	Corrode	Critical Hit and bonus damage on critical hit

• The first 3 (Spirit Strike, Mental Focus, Element Unification) should be leveled as high as possible. They are also the 3 passives to look for on gear.
• The rest: spread your remaining points.

Stigmas

Stigmas are special skills that boost your character. At launch, you will only have 4 slots. Each stigma gains a line every 5 levels (5, 10, 15 and 20).

Priorities:

1. Summon: Ancient Spirit: the most important. At least level 15, level 20 as soon as possible.
2. Jointstrike: Corrode: level 5 minimum.
3. Enhance: Spirit’s Benediction: only useful from level 10, then level 20.
4. Flame Blessing: level 15 minimum.

Target stats

As with almost every class, Attack dominates. Look for plenty of Might: this stat increases your Attack as a percentage (Attack Increase).

Then, 4 divine stats make the difference:

• Destruction [Zikel]: increases Attack.
• Wisdom [Lumiel]: increases Double Chance.
• Time [Siel]: increases Combat Speed.
• Illusion [Kaisinel]: reduces cooldowns, so your buffs come back more often.

Where to find them? On the Pantheon artworks and on abyssal bracelets.

Late game gear

The target gear is the crafted Splendent Ebony Dragon Lord set, the most expensive in the game. Every piece is at max enhancement (+20) with max potential.

The golden rule of Soul Binding

Each piece has random stats: the Soul Binding. On armor and jewelry, 3 passives always come back: Spirit Strike, Mental Focus and Element Unification.

In the table, passives are in purple and active skills in blue.

Soul Binding by gear piece

• Rings: with Summon: Earth Spirit on one and Summon: Water Spirit on the other, both spirits reach level 16 with Arcanas.
• Amulet and belt: not very important.

See every possible Soul Binding stat by gear piece (image)

Manastones

On Superior Manastones, aim for the Ultimate tier:

• Damage Boost +100
• Weapon Damage Boost +100
• Critical Damage Boost +100

No Ultimate line? The best alternative is Attack +10.

Theostones

The differences between Theostones are small. The best option: any Theostone with a 1% chance to deal big damage.

You hit very often, so that 1% triggers regularly. Example: Traufnir’s Courage, 1% chance to deal 10,000 fire damage.

Arcanas

Arcanas grant a divine stat and skill or passive levels. The goal: +4 on each main skill and as much as possible on the key passives. All cards are +5.

Optimization example

What matters is the final result. You can spread your points however you like across the cards.

• Result: +4 on Combustion, Summon: Fire Spirit and Elemental Fusion. +8 on Spirit Strike, +6 on Mental Focus, +5 on Element Unification.
• Bell: what matters is Spirit Strike and Element Unification. The last two lines matter little.
• Compass: flexible split. You can switch to Summon: Water Spirit 2 and Rapid Scattershot 1. Then adjust your rings: one point too many on Water Spirit? Replace it on the ring with Rapid Scattershot. The last line is free (Soul’s Cry, Defiance…).

Wings

Two choices, depending on your goal:

Genus Insight

Genus Insight is filled family by family (Cogni, Fera, Natura, Varian and Special). Each family has 9 slots, with the same pattern:

Pantheon

For artworks, always aim for the same 4 stats: Wisdom, Destruction, Time and Illusion. Life and the other stats are not a priority.

For statues, use what you have. The Kromede and Zikel statues are the priority for the stats they give.

Daevanion

Daevanion tops up skill levels. Take every golden node: these are the +4 on main skills and on key passives.

The rule is simple: take every skill and every passive, except two skills you should never level: Summon: Wind Spirit and Soul’s Cry.

Rotation and macro

The rotation

The Spirit Master has no real rotation: everything goes through the macro.

1. Hold right click and left click: auto-attack runs and the macro casts your skills as soon as they are ready.
2. Let the chain handle the spirits: it summons Earth, then Water, then Fire. Since the first two are on cooldown, the Fire Spirit, your strongest spirit, is the one that stays on the field.

The skill chain is organized in 3 lines. The order within each line is very important. There are two options, depending on your hardware.

Option 1: in-game macro only

The 3 lines of the chain:

• Skill line: Elemental Fusion, Dimensional Control, Jointstrike: Curse, then Combustion.
• Spirit line: Summon: Earth Spirit, Summon: Water Spirit, Summon: Fire Spirit, then Jointstrike: Corrode.
• Stigma line: Flame Blessing, then Summon: Ancient Spirit.

The in-game macro contains Elemental Fusion and Summon: Earth Spirit: it repeats the skill line and the spirit line.

The stigma line is cast by hand. Prefer to automate everything? Add Flame Blessing to the macro. Your call.

Option 2: isolated Elemental Fusion (mouse macro)

Do you have a Logitech mouse, or any mouse with macro software? Remove Elemental Fusion from the skill line: it becomes a standalone skill.

• Skill line: Dimensional Control, Jointstrike: Curse, then Combustion.
• Spirit line and stigma line: same as option 1.

The in-game macro contains Dimensional Control and Summon: Earth Spirit. The principle is the same: it repeats the skill line and the spirit line.

Then create the macro in your software. Example with G Hub:

• Macro type: repeat while held.
• Keys: the in-game macro key (here `=`), then the Elemental Fusion key (here `^`).
• Save, then assign the macro to the empty button of your choice.

More details on macros in the Aion 2 Bible.

Conclusion

The Spirit Master is a comfortable class: high steady damage, at range, and spirits that keep hitting even during mechanics.

Key points to remember:

• Combustion, Summon: Fire Spirit and Elemental Fusion to level 20 first.
• Spirit Strike above all on gear and passives.
• Summon: Ancient Spirit leveled as fast as possible.
• The Fire Spirit summoned last in the skill chain.
• Might, Destruction, Wisdom, Time and Illusion as target stats.