The Sorcerer

The Sorcerer class follows a very natural path of progression from the Mage archetype. Rather
than being saddled with the same old spells and a spiffy new pet like the Spiritmaster, you can
now focus all of your efforts into bending the weave of the universe to your will. The
destruction you were able to wreak as a mere mortal mage doesn’t remotely compare to the
hell you’ll learn to unleash upon your foes as an immortal Sorcerer.  

Strengths
Extremely high DPS (ranged)
Multiple “Get out of jail free” abilities
Less gear dependent than other archetypes

Weaknesses
Very slow auto attack
Hobos have better armor
Slow mana regeneration

Words to still live by
“Kill or be killed… quickly.”

Yay! I’m a Sorcerer… now gimmee.

The first thing you’ll receive is your choice of a new weapon. Up until now, you’ve been forced
to flip open a spellbook, waggle your fingers, and zap some enemies. Now you can choose
between another spellbook and a new weapon type: an orb.

Given all the information available to you in the description of both, it looks as though you
would be a fool not to choose the Orb of Karma. The Orb does more damage, has better stats
(minus the Magical Accuracy), and let’s face facts; everyone likes to play with something
new.

Sounds great, right? Guess what though. You should take the Spellbook of Karma instead. On
paper, this looks like a boneheaded idea of the first order. There’s just one disturbing little fact
the description of both items fails to mention. The Orb is a close range (as in melee distance)
weapon. This works perfectly for a Spiritmaster, but for the Sorcerer, it’s a near-suicidal
mistake. The Spellbook is a ranged weapon, just like you’ve been using all along, so grab it and
be happy.

Where Are My New Spells?

Once the thrill and excitement of your recent ascension wears off, you’ll quickly begin to
realize you’re little more than a glorified Mage at this stage of your development. While you
may not get a lot of new spells, you have grown in power so don’t get too depressed. The
treasures of the future are just around the corner.

At level 10, your method of hunting should not vary at all from your days as a Mage. Even
though you’re using the same techniques, you do have a couple of new abilities (Herb and
Mana Treatments) to do it with. Flame Bolt II is an upgraded version of Flame Bolt I (duh!) and
packs a meaner punch. It works exactly the same way and will also trigger your Blaze chain
attack.
Original Link: http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/71216
Author: Dalmarus

On comparing this with the other leveling guides out there, this one right up on the top. This one gets five stars! As far as leveling goes we would rate it just a tad below KFguides Aion Leveling gudie but with the amount of goodies you get with this, we feel it is worth the price and is definitely the better offer compared to KFGuides Aion leveling guide.

As far as comparison with the current top leveling guide(KFgudies) goes , It is almost equal to them as far as leveling guide goes but where it really excels is the whole bunch of other goodies that you get with it. Since I’ve already own a copy of KFGuides and KillerGuides,I will focus more on the features in this guide that you wont find in any other Aion guide and if it is good or not.

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Content:

To begin, with the very first and important point about this guide is – ‘It’s complete’, meaning it has both Asmodian Leveling Guide (1-50) and Elyos Leveling Guide (1-50)  in one book itself and complete.

Detailed step by step guide to quests along with maps and related screenshots. This makes it so easy when it comes to power leveling. As all the locations and routes are already available in this guide, we don’t need waste time wandering here and there.

The color coding in this guide really helps you as you use the guide extensively. As is the case with KFguides, the color coding really comes into its own as you use the guide. Soon, you will just be looking at the color and accepting or turning in quests, saving you a hell a lot of time (things like these really help you level up faster, and it is attention to such details that is lacking in the leveling guide of Fantoms and killerguides)

Apart from this, the guide also has a lot of hidden information which really helps you along the way! These tips can only be obtained by someone who has actually played the game extensively and Kozen has done a really good job of it. The attention to detail is really great, for example , he gives you specific routes to avoid violent mobs when you dash around for quests. These kind of tips really makes us appreciate the writer for the time he has put in, in this guide.

Step-By-Step Instruction – Yes! It is. Unlike some of the competitors, Step by step actually means step by step. It doesnt say go to X do quest Y. It is clear, concise, easy to read and is a treasure trove of information. The thing is, Aion is a game where the quests get repeated everytime you make a character. So, what you need is a really awesome guide that will actually help you in the long run as well. And we are proud to say, this guide will certainly do that.

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Bonus Items:

The amount of goodies that is given along with this guide is reason enough to buy this guide.When we finished reading the leveling guide, we were torn between Kozen’s and KFguides but the goodies list completely tilted the balance.

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A few things about Macro’s in Aion:

It took a while to get my working in the Aion Beta’s, because unfortunately the in-game Macro building gadget doesn’t work and gives you the wrong information. Here are a few pointers for writing macro’s:

1. If the skill says it has a 2 second cast, you will need a 3 second /delay before inserting the next action. Whether this is a bug or not, I’m not sure, but you need to give a delay longer than the skill cast time printed on each skill.
2. All variables are CASE SENSITIVE! I can’t stress this enough. For example, [%target] is not the same as [%Target].
3. The built in game instructions have many many errors. For example, it will tell you to use things like [%target'starget] which doesn’t work at all. It also tells you to use [%Yourself] which isn’t correct, the correct variable for yourself is [%Self]. You can pretty much disregard most of the things the built in guide tells you to do.

Tested Bunny Macro’s:

Here are some macro’s that I have tried and tested successfully so far in the Aion Beta tests. I have written these based on things I wanted to do, but they can be easily tailored to do other things.

1. Automatically attack the Nearest Enemy:

This macro will simply target something, tell your party what you are attacking, then send your character running off to attack it.

/select [%AutoTarget]
/Group I am going to attack [%Target] now.
/Attack

2. Automatically attack the Tank’s Target:

This macro will target the what the tank is attacking, tell everyone in your group that you are going to assist, then send your character running off to attack. I found this macro also worked using the /select [%GroupX] command, where X = the tank’s position in the team.

Thanks to Pepper for pointing out that you can drag people around in your party – this now means you can also just assign the tank variable to [%Group1] and drag the tank into that position in your party list. Remember this isn’t necessarily the first position in the party list because the party leader is in position [%Group0].

/select Enter-Tanks-Name-Here
/Group I am attacking [%Target]'s target now.
/skill Assist Attack

3. Automatic Buffs:

This was perhaps the most useful macro as a Chanter or Cleric, because buffs are required so often in teams. All I had to do was select the person’s name in the party list that I wanted to buff, then hit the macro button.

/Group I am buffing [%Target] now.
/skill Blessing of Life I
/delay 1
/skill Blessing of Protection I
/delay 1

4. Smelly Codfish Shout:

This was just for a bit of fun. You select the person (or enemy) you want to slap with a codfish, then hit the macro. The shout would read “Aeriel Shouts: I’ve just slapped insert-name about with a smelly old codfish!” You can see the possibilities for writing as many shout emotes as you like lol.

/Shout I've just slapped [%Target] about with a smelly old codfish!

Aion Farming Guide – In this section we’ll share some interesting and useful Aion Farming Guides. This post primarily focuses on Farming Guides for Asmodian race. We’ll soon update guides for Elyos as we get hands on them.

Asmodian Farming Guides

Sorcerer & Spiritmaster Stigma (Curse of Roots)

This is the first excellent farming area you will stumble upon as an asmodian is the Ettin’s right outside of Morheim. These Ettins have a chance to drop the Curse of Roots Stigma for the Sorcerer and Body Root Stigma for the Spiritmaster. The Stigma’s are very popular among the Sorcerer and Spiritmaster classes.

This Stigma has a relatively low drop rate but can sell upwards of 3 mill Kinah. So if you spend your time farming here and you actually get one, it will be well worth the effort. Below is a map of where you can find the Ettins for farming the Stigma. Where you see me on the map is where I usually farm them.

Ranger Sleep Arrow Stigma + Templar Holy Shield Stigma

The Ranger’s Sleep Arrow Stigma has a chance to drop off the Savvy Daru’s that spawn at the southern end of the Morheim Snow Field. The Savvy Daru’s are found around the Ruthless Worgs that also have a chance to drop the Templar’s Holy Shield Stigma. This makes this spot a double whammy of farming goodness.

The Savvy Daru’s here are neutral to you meaning they will not attack unless you attack them first. The Ruthless Worgs on the other hand will attack you if you get too close. If you’re in the area doing the repeatable quests I recommend sticking around here for a bit.

Advanced Dual Weild Gladiator Stigma & Curse of Roots Sorcerer Stigma

The Wailing Tayga is another great farming area. They can be found right over top of “Morheim” in Morheim Snow Fields. Their is an abundant amount of Tayga’s here for you to farm from. The Tayga’s drop the Gladiator Stigma for Advanced Dual Weild and the Sorcerer Stigma for Curse of Roots.

Both of these Stigma’s will net you quite a bit on the Auction House, the Sorcerer’s one will grab you even more. The Gladiator one will net you about 50-100k depending on your server and the Sorcerer one will net you up in the millions.

Healing Conduit for Chanters & Flurry for Assassins

The final place to farm Stigma’s at level 20 is the Poison Wing Vespine in Bursthonin. These mobs have a chance to drop both the Healing Conduit for Chanters as well as Flurry for Assassins. The Poison Wing Vespines are quite spread out over the whole area around the Polluted Waste.

This area is probably the worst place to farm for Stigma’s out of all the level 20 Stigma Farming areas. I’d actually only recommend you farm here if you need the Chanter or Assassin Stigma or if for some reason it is inflated on your server.

Source: almarguides.com

Kinah, or money makes the aion world go round, I am sure you wont disagree on that front. Be it leveling or PvE or PvP or any other aspect of the game, you will find kinah inextricably weaved into the game experience. And much like how money is a cause for a lot of worries in life, kinah is also a source of lot of worry ingame. Keeping this in mind, Killer guides has come out with a Kinah Guide.  The guide is not filled with get-rich-quick schemes, it does have some tips here and there to make a quick buck, but this guide on the whole , is to be used as exactly that, a guide, a source of reference when you want to make some Kinah. Dont expect to become a millionaire as soon as you get the guide. This is a guide that builds your base for future kinah growth and gives you all the necessary all round information about kinah in aion and it’s affecting factors.

The Basics

The guide starts from the basics, so you don’t feel lost if you are new and at the same time, we would advise our seasoned pros to also give the entire guide a read, you just might learn something new.

The guide starts out by listing all the possible ways of making kinah (crafting, enchantments, quests etc) along with other basic elements of the game that affect your kinah, for instance the influence ratio is an indicator of the faction balance in the server and in turn also indicates the prices being offered for selling your items, higher the influence ratio of our faction, the higher our prices and lower our taxes.

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Crafting , Item Enhancements and Private stores

We then move onto each money making option in detail, we start off with Crafting and the various professions namely, Alchemy,  Armorsmithing, Cooking, Handcrafting, Tailoring and Weaponsmithing.The guide is pretty specific with it’s instructions, for example it lists out the exact kinah amounts you should carry before you talk to the craft expert of your choice. It also lists the positions of the various craft expert NPCs.

P.S. A useful mini-tip from aionguideslist.com, that enhances this guide and the game, incase you already didn’t know it . Use the command /pathfinding to mark a npc on your map. For Example, /pathfinding Denma will mark a purple cross on the map where the NPC Denma is to be present. This works even if you haven’t explored the map completely. This is especially useful when you have to meet an npc for the first time and you don’t have the npc on your quest window.

The guide goes on to explain the crafting process in detail, How to initiate work orders, What you should and shouldn’t do while gathering and the actual crafting process. It gives figures for success rates you can expect based on the difference between your skill level and receipe level. We then get an review of the various professions. The guide gives an overview of enchantments and the basic mechanics and numbers behind it.

The Private store section of the guide talks about the technical aspects of setting up shop and also generic tips common to setting shop in most mmos like locations, pricing, what sort of goods to put up , the store message etc.

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Kinah Related Quests

Okay, now we come to the part of the guide that works off the payment we make. The following part of the guide is a highly detailed quest guide for Asmodians and Elyos separately which is further classified for different level groups(and their respective maps).  Under each level group he lists out the quests that are to be completed, keeping in mind both the kinah and exp, he details how to complete the quests and talks about the drops that are to be collected. He goes on to tell which drops are to be sold at the broker and which ones we are to save for future crafts. He also explains which mobs will give good drops(kinah-wise) and which are the ones to give a miss. He emphasizes on the monsters/ mini-bosses appropriate for your level that will drop considerable drops like equips or high kinah items. He lists out repeatable quests that will yield best results. For example, the gigantic box npc at Idun’s lake is one of the best NPC’s to target especially for it’s treasure hunter weapon, each one sells for 22450 kinah(auto – price) and a lot higher if you sell it to players. This is by far the most detailed aspect of the guide with a massive number of quests being handled in this section.

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Quick Kinah Opportunities

The guide does list out a few quick earning tips classified as “Kinah Farming Oppurtunities” or “Kinah Earning Oppurtunities” (marked in orange in the guide as well). These usually refer to particular trick that will earn you some quick kinah, for example , one of the “Kinah earning oppurtunities” involves selling return scrolls at a specific location which is a really long walk back with loads of hostiles on the way. Thus you get to make some good profits on these items. We made quite some kinah using this on the nezekian server . But it wont be long before that bubble bursts.:) There are a few such quick-kinah tips in the guide(but not too many)”. Aionguideslist.com  has mailed the author to include more of these in the upcoming updates.

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Work Orders

The guide then moves on to a very comprehensive list of work orders detailing quest, level and expected rewards for various professions. And then another comprehensive table listing of various item enhancements , materials required and their  AP bonus among other things. This makes for a very handy guidebook of sorts when it comes to item enhancement activities.

Currently, this is a kinah making guide upto lvl20 , it is a very detailed guide with almost 150 pages for just  upto level 20. As I’ve said before the guide does not contain too many get rich quick tricks(it has a some though), but it lays the foundation for all your kinah knowledge needs , it will act as a comprehensive kinah related handbook . And moreoever , With an assurance from the author of a full version kinah guide coming out soon, I have faith that this guide will eventually become a comprehensive source for kinah growth in game. I have mailed the author to include more “Kinah earning opportunities” tips in the updates of this guide, love the ones present in this guide. If you intend to buy it at a later stage, I would advise you to buy the guide now itself and get the free updates as it comes out, rather than risk waiting for the update to buy when the guide rate may get hiked.

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Table of Contents: Use ctrl+f to easily find section #’s

• 1.0 – Basic Overview
• 2.0 – Hide (Stealth)
• 3.0 – Signet Patterns
  • Pattern Engraving (3.1)
• 4.0 – Back Attacks (Backstabs)
• 5.0 – Stuns
• 6.0 – Stigmas
  • Normal Stigma List (6.1)
  • Advanced Stigmas (6.2)
  • Advanced Stigma List (6.3)
• 7.0 – Faction Skills
  • Asmodians (7.1)
  • Elyos (7.2)
• 8.0 – Poisons
• 9.0 – Primary Stats
  • Critical (9.1)
  • Evasion (9.2)
  • Attack Speed Increase (9.3)
  • Attack (9.4)
• 10.0 Socketing
  • Manastones (10.1)
  • God Stones (10.2)

  11.0 – Flight

  • Abilities (11.1)
• 12.0 – Crowd Control (CC)
• 13.0 – Pickpocket/Stealing
• 14.0 – Titles
  • Elyos (14.1)
  • Asmodian (14.2)
• 15.0 – Professions
• 16.0 – Weapons
  • Bonus Stats (16.1)
  • Bows (16.2)
  • Extendable Weapons(16.3)
• 17.0 – Snares (Slows, Roots, Etc.)
• 18.0 – Consumables
  • Potions (18.1)
  • Scrolls(18.2)
  • Food (18.3)
  • Other (18.4)
• 19.0 – Assassin Links & Resources
  • Posts/Articles (19.1)
  • Videos (19.2)

(1.0)

The Assassin class is the “Rogue” or “Thief” archetype found within Aion. Like the majority of games which have such a class, you will find that dual wielding, stealth, and large amounts of melee (physical) based damage make up the class’ basic utilities. They rely on their ability to “burst” (do large amounts of damage in a short period of time) and restrict their targets movements through the use of stuns.

- The Assassin is one of two specialized classes you are able to choose upon reaching level 10 in the initial Scout school/subclass. The other being a Ranger.

(2.0)Does the Assassin get some type of stealth skill?

- Yes. The Scout class gets the skill Hide I (lvl. 5), which is the Aion equivalent of “stealth”, allowing both Assassins and Rangers to use the initial rank. Assassins however are the only ones which obtain Hide II (lvl. 34), which is much more difficult to detect, and lasts slightly longer.

Are there any abilities that can only be used while Hiding?:

- NO. As of now there are no abilities that are performed exclusively while in Hide mode, or any special damage/crit or other bonus for attacking while in Hide mode. Furthermore any ability used while in hiding will take you out of hiding.

(3.0)

What are Signet Patterns? How do they work? How do they effect stuns?

- Signet Patterns are often considered to be the Aion equivalent of a WoW Rogue’s “Combo Points”. Both of which can be stacked up to the maximum intensity of 5, and upon using a signet skill all engraved signet patterns on the target are consumed.

How are they used?:

- The more signet patterns engraved on a target, the greater effect the signet bursting ability will have on the target.

- Pain Rune is an example of a skill that utilizes signet patterns. As you can see from the tooltip, the more signet patterns erased/consumed, the higher the damage will be, and the higher chance you have of stunning the target.

- Signet Patterns are arguably the most difficult concept behind Assassins, as well the hardest thing to efficiently manage (next to rotation and cooldowns). Not every skill uses signet patterns, or applies patterns.

- Signet patterns compound with other Assassin’s engraving abilities. If you have two Assassin’s on one target, their signet pattern application and consumption will be from the same pool, and are still capped at 5 pattern levels. Therefore monitoring, coordinating, applying, and removing signet patterns is rather important when two or more Assassin’s are on a single target at the same time. Read on to find out more.

Signet Stun Mechanics: Coming soon.
(3.1) Pattern Engraving: Engraving is the method of applying a pattern to your target. Each skill that has the ability to apply a pattern can only do so up to a certain intensity, and that intensity can be found in the skill description. See the following skill for an example:

Rune Carve I

As you can see from the above tooltip the skill “Engrave Signet” can apply patterns “up to the level of 3″. The pattern level can only go up one level at a time, per skill used. There are skills that are capable of applying up to 3 signet pattern levels, as well as ones that are capable of applying up to 5 signet pattern levels. See the following skill for an example:

Fang Strike I

The skills that can apply up to the 3rd level means that upon reaching pattern level 3 it will not be capable of pushing the pattern level any higher without using a skill that can go to level 5. Skills that can apply pattern up to level 5 however can further the targets Signet level from 1, all the way up to 5. This limitation makes it more difficult to obtain the maximum 5 patterns, and forces you to choose which skill to use in order to further it rather than simply spamming random skills to achieve 5 patterns without effort.

Photos: The following photo is of an Assassin’s level 5 pattern graphic. At level 1 there is only one square, at level 2 there are two squares, and so on. This is different than the debuff icon found found on the targets buff/debuff bar. The graphic only lasts for roughly .5-1 second before fading.

The picture below is of the Signet Engraving debuff icons that are greatly enlarged. In order of 1-5 (left-right):

(4.0)

Do Assassins get a “Backstab” type of ability? (An attack that does more damage from behind, and/or can only be done from behind):

- Yes. Assassins get two attacks that deal bonus damage from the back. They are usable from any side, but the bonus will only be applied if you are at the targets back. The skills are as follows:

(1st rank at LVL. 3)

Surprise Attack I

(1st rank at LVL. 34)

Weakening Blow I

The above skills are rendered virtually useless if not executed at the opponents back. Coupled with their long cooldown periods it is wise to only use them on a stunned, fleeing, or unaware target that you can easily approach from behind.

NOTE: There is a third “backstab” ability. However, it is a Divine Prayer skill and has been excluded from the list due to the high level requirement (50), DP (4000), and cooldown (1 hour) on the skill. I may add it later.
(5.0)

Do Assassins have any stun abilities?

- Yes. The Assassin gets a total of seven stuns to work with. Stuns are an essential tool to any Assassin that will effectively prevent your target from fleeing, casting, and damaging you. Stunning also grants you the opportunity to get in devastating back attacks that can turn the tide of any fight. While stunned the target is incapable of not only casting or movement, but defending themselves through the use of passive blocking, dodging, or parrying which indirectly boosts the Assassins damage on the target.

Due to the importance and complexity of Assassin stuns, I have written a full guide on them which can be found in the AionSource forums here: Assassin Skillset – Stuns. I urge anyone that has yet to view it to give it at least a once over.
(6.0)

What are stigmas? Howmany do I get? Where do I get them?

- Stigmas are abilities that are only usable when a “Stigma Stone” is equipped in a “Stigma Slot”. Come patch 1.5, you will be able to equip an additional 3 stigma stones! Bringing the total you can equip to 8 at level 50.

(6.1) Stigma List:

Here is a full list of currently known Assassin Stigma’s. They can be obtained through two methods: quests and drops. This list will grow as the new Advanced Stigma’s are revealed. Also, if you are curious as to what quest you get the item from, or what mob(s) drop it, click on the stone name.

Format: (Level) Name of Ability – Name of Stone: Location (Quest, Drop, or Unknown)

(20) Sigil Strike – Sigil Strike I: Quest.

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(20) Flurry – Flurry I: Drop.

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(22) Aethertwisting – Aethertwisting I: Drop.

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(25) Ambush – Ambush I: Drop.

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(28) Apply Deadly Poison – Apply Deadly Poison I: Unknown.

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(28) Pattern Crush – Pattern Crush I: Unknown.

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(31) Oath of Accuracy – Oath of Accuracy I: Unknown.

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(34) Rune Knife – Rune Knife I: Unknown.

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(37) Eye of Wrath – Eye of Wrath I: Unknown.

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(37) Blinding Burst – Blinding Burst I: Unknown.

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(44) Throw Shuriken – Throw Shuriken: Unknown.

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(44 Asmodian Only) Ancestral Darkness Rune – Ancestral Darkness rune I: Unknown.

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(44 Elyos Only) Ancestral Radiant Rune – Ancestral Radiant Rune I: Unknown.

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(48) Escape – Escape I: Unknown.

Unlike regular skills that go up in rank as you level, new stigma ranks must be acquired through drop or quest. You may not stack multiple ranks of the same stigma in order to avoid the cooldown of the ability.

(6.2) Advanced Stigma Stones:

With the introduction of patch 1.5 each class will gain access to roughly six new stigma stones (abilities).

In order to unlock the three additional stigma slots you will have to do the following:

1.) Complete the initial introductory quest at level 40.

2.) Complete another quest quest at level 45, which unlocks two advanced stigma slots.

3.) And lastly, you must complete the third final quest at level 50 which unlocks the third and final advanced stigma slot.

The in game stigma stone tab as of 1.5 will look like the following:

The three slots on the right within the yellow rectangle are the “Advanced Stigma Slots”. You are capable of equipping any stone in these slots, but are unable to equip “Advanced Stones” in the original five slots on the left.

The Advanced Stones are more complex than original stones, and have pre-requisites to equip; such as other Advanced Stones, and/or regular stigmas. This will create a lot of customization between characters.

-For exact translations of the new Assassin stigmas and bonuses, go >here<.

-For a full discussion on Advanced Stigmas, visit this link.

(6.3) Advanced Stigma List (Courtesy of TTB):

Advanced Stigmas: Chain Pattern Explosion option

Beastly Scars

Level: 45

Cast time: instant

Cool-down: 6 sec

Required Stigmas: Long Range Engrave Signet, Pattern Shattering

Inflicts 362 to 366 physical damage and engraves a signet pattern upto level 5.

Chain skill level 4

Beastly Strike > Beastly Scars

Rapid Slash

Level: 45

Cast time: instant

Cool-down: 24 sec

Required Stigmas: Eye of Wrath

Inflicts 318 to 322 physical damage, decreases targets magical resistance by 200 and all elemental defenses by 50.

Chain Pattern Explosion

Level: 50

Cast time: instant

Cool-down: 1 min

Required Stigmas: Beastly Scars, Rapid Slash

Inflicts 1250 fire magical damage to a target within 10m.

Chain skill level 2

All pattern explosions > Chain Pattern Explosion
Advanced Stigmas: Surprise Slash option

Explosive Apply Poison

Level: 45

Cast time: instant

Cool-down: 3 min

Required Stigmas: Deadly Apply Poison, Contract of Accuracy

Uses 5 scolopen poison to apply poison to your weapon. For 30 seconds, inflicts 579 additional damage with 20% chance each time you attack.

Lightning Slash

Level: 45

Cast time: instant

Cool-down: 24 sec

Required Stigmas: Blinding Burst

inflicts 318 to 322 damage and decreases targets magical accuracy by 200.

Surprise Slash

Level: 50

Cast time: instant

Cool-down: 3 min

Required Stigmas: Explosive Apply Poison, Lightning Slash

Rushes to a target within 20m and inflicts 923 to 927 physical damage

As soon as the armory includes the above Advanced Stigmas, the display format will be changed.
(7.0)

What are faction skills?

- Faction skills are unique abilities that the Elyos and Asmodians get, that the opposing faction does not. Not including Divine Prayer skills, they both get two abilities unique to their faction’s class.

Asmodian Skills:

(1st and only rank at LVL. 42)

Shadow Rage I

(1st rank at LVL. 45)

Ancestral Darkness Rune I

Elyos Skills:

(1st and only rank at LVL. 42)

Spelldodging I

(1st rank at LVL. 45)

Ancestral Radiant Rune I
(8.0)

Do Assassins get any type of poison abilities?

- Yes. They get two poisons to work with. The most important thing to know, and is by no means common knowledge, is **a poisoned target cannot initiate flight**. If poisoned while in flight however they will not be forced out of flight, but will still take damage from the poison as usual. Meaning if they are on the ground and in an area where you can fly, if you poison them they will not be able to pull out their wings until that poison is cured and/or wears off. They WILL be able to glide however, so don’t rule that out by any means. This will reduce their chance of fleeing by leaps and bounds.

-The poisons require a reagent named Scolopen’s Poison, which is quite cheap and can be purchased from every General Goods Merchant throughout the game. The skills that you are able to use are as follows:

(1st rank at LVL. 16)

Apply Poison I

The above poison is very useful in both PvE and PvP, due to the fact that it not only deals periodic damage to the target, but when used in conjunction with the Assassination skill you can dish out a great deal of bonus damage.

The second skill is actually a stigma, so it requires you to equip it in order to use it:

(1st and only rank at LVL. 28)

Apply Deadly Poison I

(9.0)

What are the main stats an Assassin uses, and looks for in items and armor?

- The most valuable statistics for an Assassin are without question Physical Crit., Attack Speed Increase, Evasion, and Attack. (Magic Resist at end game PvP)

(9.1) Physical Crit.:

Physical Crit. is the most crucial statistic for an Assassin, and can be the difference between a bad Assassin character, and an amazing Assassin character. For every 10 Critical rating you have, you gain roughly ~1% critical rating. So if you were to have 400 critical rating, it would be in the 40% crit region.

This stays true until 450 critical rating. From 450 and beyond you begin to get diminishing returns. Every 10 rating from 450 and on will in turn grant you half a crit. So 10=.5%, rather than the usual full 1%. This would mean that at 450 critical rating, you would be sitting at 42.5% crit.

In short: The faster you are able to reach and maintain 400+ critical rating the better. You will see a substantial increase in your slaying speed and efficiency as your critical rate increases.

**Important Fact**:

As of patch 1.5 (the version which NA/EU will be launching with), the critical damage modifier (NOT THE RATE) on both swords and daggers have been lowered. The exact figure is unknown but is rumored to be around 2.2x (down from 2.5x)

(9.2) Evasion:

Evasion is the main defense method of the Assassin. Due to their low P. Defense they must rely on avoiding as many hits as possible. Evasion does not effect your chances of resisting or avoiding spells however. It is suggested that once you are capable of attaining a high level of critical rating, that you then focus on evasion. it is highly debated as to just how effective evasion is, but from personal experience I must say that from a PvP standpoint it’s very, very strong.

(9.3) Attack Speed Increase:

The Attack Speed Increase stat increases the speed with which you attack with your auto-attack, and engravings. The stats soft and hard caps are unknown, but one is able to stack potions and skills upwards of 65% as of now. Furthermore, if you are using two weapons with + attack speed, only the weapon with the higher total amount will count (they are not cumulative anymore).

- Currently the stat can be found on several weapons (such as this one: Alukina’s Silver-Decorated Knife), a few pairs of gloves (as seen here: Archon Centurion Leather Gloves), and even some titles.

- The faster you attack, the faster you are able to execute pattern engraving abilities, as well as increasing your white damage a significant amount.

(9.4) Attack:

The attack rating is just what it sounds like. It is the amount of damage you are able to output. The higher the attack rating, the harder you will hit with both regular attacks as well as physical based skill attacks (Pain Rune is an example of a skill that is not affected by your attack rating).

**Important Fact**:

When using a weapon in the offhand that increases attack (such as this: Black Claw Chieftain’s Dagger), the bonus is applied directly to both your main and offhand. I.E. if your original attack was 100 on your main hand, upon equipping that dagger in your offhand you would see a new rating of 110, which is equivalent to a +5 enchantment.

(10.0)

What should I socket?

- You should socket according to the primary stats listed above. Focus entirely on Physical Crit rating. The majority of players will not deviate from full crit sockets until they are capable of maintaining a high value (350-400+ at least) while socketing Evasion, which shouldn’t occur until much later on ( level 35+).

-Play around with your stats to find your ideal amount of evasion and critical rate. But remember, crit always supersedes evasion in the stat food chain. In the end the higher you can get of both stats, the better.

(10.1) Manastones: Specifically, what stones should I use, on what gear, and at what levels?

- It is wise to use only level 4 stones up until your mid 20′s, and only on green gear that you’ll be using for some time. Never waste a crit stone on a white item, ever. After that it’s up to the discretion of the player.

- You can use alchemy and transform stones into even better ones (8′s, 9′s, 11′s, 12′s) and save them for higher levels, or you can use them on your good gear that you will be using for some time. The way to know what items you will be using for some time is to actually ask around and/or look on sites such as AionArmory – Aion Database to see what future gear you will have access to in the following levels.

(10.1) God Stones:

These are much like Manastones but are much more difficult to get, and a good deal more powerful. They are usable on weapons and grants a special “glow” or “visual effect”.

You can find a list of the stones here. Also you can take a look at my Assassin Skillset – Stun posting to see a list of God Stones with the stun effect.

(11.0)

How do Assassins fair in flight combat? What abilities do they get while in flight?

- This is a very valid and frequently asked question that is heavily debated. While the Assassin obviously does not want their target to live long enough to move, let alone take off into flight (which can be prevented through the use of poisons), they are capable of holding their own while in an an aerial battle. They are given several abilities that can solely be used while in flight combat.

- One of the most valuable assets for an Assassin to use while in flight is a bow. Get a good bow and work on fast weapon swapping + auto attack, and you’ll be much more powerful in the air.

(11.1) Flight Abilities:

Assassins are granted two passive abilities (ones that do not need to be activated) while in flight form. The first of which is a Winged Fury that grants an additional 50 (5%) crit rating while in flight form. The second is Winged Death, which increases the Assassins flight speed by 20 as well as 10 STR/AGI to several other stats. Although at level 25 everyone gets a similar flight speed increase, it still is noteworthy.

Sprinting, which stacks with the aforementioned Blessing, as well as flight scrolls and items, will make catching people or fleeing while in flight easiest for an Assassin in comparison to other classes.

They also have a flight only stun called Throw Dagger.

When you add up all the tools at an Assassins disposal while in flight they become quite a formidable aerial combatant.

(12.0)

Do the Assassins get any form CC abilities?

- No. As of now there are no CC skills. Stuns do not count as a CC in the traditional sense of the word. A “Crowd Control” skill is one that completely disables a target for a considerable length of time.

The only CC skills within Aion are: Curse of Roots (Sorcerer), Sleep (Sorcerer), and Sleep Arrow (Ranger). Fear (Spiritmasters) is also considered by some as a CC.

(13.0)

Can the Assassin pickpocket or steal in Aion?

- No. As of the most recent update (patch 1.5), the Assassin does not have any method of pickpocketing or stealing in their arsenal. There has also been no mention as to whether or not such an ability will be added.

(14.0)

What are titles? What should I use as an Assassin?

What are titles?:

Titles are exactly what they sound like. Where a surname would go after someones name, a title precedes it. Titles offer special stat bonuses that can prove to be quite beneficial. See below for an example of a title:

(The name of the above character is “Fatal Fool”–most people don’t have spaces in their names, which makes the “Fatal” part actually appear to be a title in and of itself. The part in the red rectangle is the title.)

They are given out as a reward for completing difficult quest chains, or accomplishing great feats such as defeating a specific boss, or mastering a profession. The bonuses and names are unique to each faction. Some titles clearly cater to specific archetypes more than others, and would only be used by an opposing archetype for the name of the title itself, and not the bonuses. For example: A Sorcerer (mage) wouldn’t use the “Expert Fisher” title which grants 7 accuracy for any reason other than they like the name of the title itself. Reason being that mages use “Magical Accuracy” for their attacks, not regular Accuracy, which applies to melee.

What title should I use as an Assassin?:

- As an Assassin you should first and foremost use the best title you have at your disposal. If you only have one title, you might as well use that one rather than none. If you have multiple titles however, the title you choose should focus on boosting one (or several) of the main attributes of your class which are initially: Physical Crit., Evasion, and Attack.

At later levels however you get to choose from superior titles that give Attack Speed, Flight Speed, and Speed increases. Those would be the ideal titles to use, because they make a much larger impact even in small doses than say +3 crit, or attack would.

- In the beginning your titles will be very limited due to the quests that you can complete. It’s not possible for you to attain specific titles of your choosing due to the level restrictions on quests. If for instance you were level 12, and the title you want to use is obtained through completing a quest that involves an Abyss NPC, you wouldn’t be able to get it due to the fact you are unable to even set foot in the Abyss until level 25. Therefore that title is out of the question for anyone lower than level 25.

(14.1) Elyos Titles:

Here are four great titles for the Elyos. A full list can be found here.

(LVL. 14) – Bottled Lightning – Quest Chain: Missing Village Seal – +3% speed

(LVL. 24) – Savior of Eiron Forest – Quest Chain: Three Kurin Brothers – +5% Speed Increase, +36 HP, +36 Mana

(LVL. 38) – Honorary Black Cloud – Quest Chain: Jakurerk’s Opportunity to Make it Big – +5% speed increase.

(LVL. 47) – Owner of the Dragon Sword – Quest Chain: [Group] True Owner of the Dragon Sword – +6% Speed, +3 Flight Time, +3% Flight Speed, +52 Maximum HP (This is my personal favorite Elyos title for PvP)

(14.2) Asmodian Titles:

Here are four great titles for an Asmodian Assassin (for a full list go here):

(LVL. 14) – Mosbear Slayer – Quest: A Friendly Wager – +2 Evasion

(LVL. 21) – Postal – Quest Chain: [Infiltration] Elim of Elysea – +4% speed increase.

(LVL. 38) – Wheeler-Dealer – Quest Chain: Contract of Black Cloud Traders – +5% speed increase.

(LVL. 25 through 40) – Heroic – Quest: Confrontation with Elysean Army General – +52 Maximum HP, +3 Flight Time, +3% Flight Speed, +6% Speed (This is my personal favorite Asmodian title for PvP)

(15.0)

What are the best professions for an Assassin? For PvP? For PvE? For making money?

- In order to save a lot of time, I’m just going to summarize the following information into the main point:

Choose professions based first and foremost on personal preference & goals. Followed closely by legion/friend demand, and then server demand. Don’t be too concerned with what other people classify as PvE or PvP professions, because in Aion every single profession is viable for both.

If you feel the need to understand why I said the above, be my guest to read on through the full explanation!

What are the best professions for an Assassin?

- Despite circulating rumors there are no definitive “best professions” for an Assassin. The reason being that the best professions will always be relative and extremely subjective. Relative in the sense that the value of the professions will be directly connected to demand of the goods on your server. Subjective in regard to the fact that the goal of having professions is different from person to person. Some people pick up a profession to be self-sufficient, while others will pick up a profession to be profitable, or a mixture of both.

-As of patch 1.5 you will be able to bring two skills to 450, so you won’t have to narrow it down to just one.

Professions for PvP & PvE:

- PvP – The pre-packaged answer for PvP professions seems to always be Alchemy first, followed by Cooking. I agree that potions and scrolls are absolute necessities for PvP, there’s just no way around it. Cooking bonuses are also huge for PvP, and just as beneficial for PvE. The problem here is that countless people are thinking the same thing in terms of PvP professions. Meaning that there will be a lot of people around to be crafting them, whether they be friends, legion mates, or just someone doing it for skill up’s and/or a fee. It doesn’t matter who crafts the potions/scrolls, since you still need to provide the materials.

Also purchasing food, scrolls, and potions off of the broker can sometimes be easier/faster than crafting if you have the gold at your disposal from farming, or selling goods from another profession.

PvE/Making Money:

- Any and all professions in the game will be useful in PvE. If you craft a sword it will obviously be used regardless of if you are fighting mobs, or players. There will also be a demand for that sword from other players and can in turn be sold for large sums.

(16.0)

What is the best weapon type (Sword/Dagger) to use as an Assassin overall? For Main-Hand? For Off-Hand? Can we use bows? What are extendable weapons?

What melee weapon type should I be using?:

- What weapon type an Assassin should use is a very subjective and situational decision. The most logical answer to this question is use the best weapon (based on stats) that you have at your disposal, regardless of the type. The higher you get in level the more this will hold true. If you are using your level 10 green quest dagger (Dagger of Karma) at level 18 over some level 18 sword you just looted (i.e. Nukaka’s Sword), simply because it’s a dagger, you’re unnecessarily hurting your damage because of a weapon type bias.

Is there a definitive best weapon type for my Main-Hand or Off-Hand?:

- NO. As aforementioned the stats of a weapon precedes the type. However, if you have a say/choice in the type of weapon upgrade you will be getting that’s a different story. At lower levels it’s common practice to use a Dagger MH, and a Sword OH. Reason being that the crit rate of a dagger is double (100 base crit rate) of a sword (50 base crit rate), and you will most likely be lacking in crit at lower levels (1-25ish) more so than at higher levels (30-50). Also a Sword hits harder than a dagger, so having a harder hitting weapon in your OH is a good thing since your dual wield swings both hands at the same time, not independently of one another.

- Bonus stats can be a deciding factor in weapon choice as well. This mechanic is further elaborated on in the next section.

(16.1) Bonus Stats: What are bonus stats on weapons? How do they work?

What are bonus stats on weapons?:

They are additional statistics that are most commonly found on green quality (and higher) weapons. Please refer to the following picture for a better understanding:

The regular stats that are found on every weapon can be seen in the blue box.

The bonus stats are in the red box, and are only on specific weapons.

How do bonus stats work?:

- Bonus stats are quite unique in the way that they apply to your dual wield. If you look at the bonus stats in the above picture you will see that this particular weapon has Physical Crit, Physical Attack, and Attack Speed. There are other bonus stats besides these such as Parry, Accuracy, HP, and MP just to name a few.

- Bonus stats are applied to BOTH weapons in your dual wield, regardless of what hand you use the weapon in. This can play a huge role in your weapon choice. This means that if your off-hand sword adds +10 physical attack, you will gain that attack on your main-hand and your off-hand.

- There is however an exception to how Attack Speed is applied to your dual wield. If you are using two weapons with Attack Speed Increase only the highest percent will be used, and the other will be completely ignored. Every other bonus stat will be applied to both hands of your dual wield cumulatively. (If you still don’t understand the concept don’t hesitate to PM me for further explanation).

(16.2) Bows: Can we use them? How well?

Can we use them?

Yes. The use of bows is granted to the School of Scouts. Because the Assassin is within that school, they are able to use bows. While they are not a staple of the Assassin class, as they are with the Ranger, they are quite important.

How do we fare with them?

Like Daggers, Swords, and Dual Wield proficiencies, we are able to rank up our bow proficiency as well. This increases our damage with them as we level, and makes them increasingly more powerful, so it would be unwise to not purchase the new ranks.

- Bows are a huge asset to an Assassin when pursuing a fleeing target. If someone takes off into flight and is low health you can often finish them off with your bow before you even get to them. Also if you are running from someone til your pot cool is finished, or another skill, peppering someone with your arrows can add up. Every good Assassin will have a bow, and a good one at that.

- Bow auto attacks can be used while running/flying.

(16.3) Extendable Weapons: What are they? When can I get one?

What are they?

Extendable weapons are weapons which have a greater range (reach) than your typical weapon. Because of this they are extremely rare, highly sought after, and very powerful. It is not uncommon for an individual to use an extendable weapon with slightly worse stats than a non-extendable, due to the unrivaled reach of said weapon. There are several extendable weapons to be found in Aion and they are one of the greatest assets to an Assassin, making combat, especially while flying, exponentially easier.

They come in all types, such as swords (1 and 2-handed alike), maces, daggers, polearms, and so on.

Here is a video of an extendable dagger in action:

Extendable Daggers – Kromede’s Silver-decorated Knife (lvl. 35)

YouTube – Aion – KOR Lvl 35 Extendable Dagger #1

YouTube – Aion – KOR Lvl 35 Extendable Dagger #1

When can I first use an extendable weapon?

The very first extendable weapon that you will have access to is a level 35 orange dagger seen here:

Kromede’s Silver-decorated Knife

The above dagger is shown in the video example previously linked. The other weapon is a level 35 sword which you can view at the bottom of this post in section 19.2. The next level extendable weapon can be found at level 40, though it is a sword. There is also a quest at level 43 for an extendable weapon, as well as this dagger drop at 44:

Alukina’s Silver-decorated Knife

(17.0)

Do we get a Snare of any kind?

- NO. As of now (1.5) we are completely and utterly devoid of any kind of snare skill. Whether it be a slow, root, or any variation thereof. Because of this Assassin’s have more stuns than any other class, and must rely on them to compensate for their lack of snares.

- *Due to the ever changing nature of MMO’s, skills are frequently added, removed, or altered. Because of this a future snare effect in the Assassin’s arsenal isn’t out of the question.*

(18.0)

What do they do? Should I use them? What ones? Where do I get them?

What do they do??:

- Consumables are any and all items which you use or “consume” for unique beneficial effects. Once you’ve used the consumable the original item is discarded. Food/drink, potions, and scrolls are the three main consumables types in Aion

Should I use them?:

YES! Consumables are truly a necessity when it comes to PvP, and can be equally beneficial in PvE. They can greatly influence leveling speed, as well as increase survivability.

Some mobs and quests that would typically be unsoloable by an Assassin are made doable thanks to the correct use of health potions. If you come up against a player in PvP that is utilizing potions to the fullest you are immediately at a disadvantage. After reaching your low 20′s, every Assassin should have a nice stockpile of consumables at all times.

Where do I get them?

There are five ways to get consumables. The first way (and most common) is from Alchemy, and Cooking. The second source is from the Food Merchant and Potion Merchant. The less common way is from mob drops, and quest reward (though you get quite a good amount early on via quests).

However, the last way to get consumables is from the Abyss vendors. The best consumables in the game are bought with Abyss Points from these vendors. The downside of using them however is that they are on a longer cooldown, and obviously they take Abyss Points which you also use for armor and weapons.

What consumables should I be carrying?[INDENT]Not every consumable is all that useful for an Assassin, so you should know what to stock up on in advance in order to save you a good deal of time and money. The most important consumable type hands down are potions, and here are the main ones that should always be carried:

(18.1) Potions: I will be listing the lowest ranks of the potions, as they will be the first potions you have access to. As you level up and amass more kinah/abyss points you will obviously want to use superior ones

(Cure/Cleanse) – Lesser Healing Potion – 30s cooldown. Arguably the most important potion you can carry. This handy thing cures poisons (if you get poisoned you can’t fly, so just pop this and then take off ASAP), roots, slows, DoT’s, and various other stat ailments. This potion can save your life and/or end others more than you can imagine.

**If you are rooted you are unable to use Ambush or Dash Attack, so always use a cure pot first**.

(Flight Time) – Lesser Wind Serum – 30s cooldown. When traveling in the Abyss, pursuing or fleeing from a target, or even gathering aether, having enough flight time is crucial. Running out of flight time can be the difference between killing someone you’re chasing and falling to your death.

(Instant Heal) – Minor Life Serum – 30s cooldown.. Health=good, enough said . **On separate cooldown from its Heal Over Time counterpart**

(Heal Over Time AKA HoT) – Minor Life Potion – 30s cooldown. It’s very good to use these preemptively the second you start taking damage. Since it’s on a different cooldown than the instant potions they can be amazingly effective. **On separate cooldown from its Instant Heal counterpart**

(18.2) Scrolls: The actual increase values on these scrolls are not accurate on Aion Armory.

(Flight Speed) – Lesser Raging Wind Scroll – This scroll stacks with items as well as Sprinting. It’s a must for any serious abyss hunting.

(Run Speed) – Lesser Running Scroll – Like the flight speed counterpart, it also stacks with run speed items and sprinting. It also stacks with transformations which can be one of your best friends during rift hunting.

(DMG Absorb) – Lesser Anti-Shock Scroll – If used prior to several stunning effects (such as Ambush) it can completely negate the stun. For a full list of stuns that can be resisted check back later.

There are also magic resist, evasion, and crit scrolls that are very nice as well. I can’t seem to find links to any of them as of right this second.

(18.3) Food: 18.3-4: Coming soon.

(19.0)

An ever growing list of important/helpful links to other informative posts, videos, and more.

(19.1)Posts/Articles:

• [Translation] Know-How: Assassin PvP – For real – Translated Assassin PvP information.
• Ranger or Assassin – Ranger vs. Assassin class choice thread (very long)
• Aion Class Interview – The Assassin | Ten Ton Hammer – Assassin interview with Lani Blazier (“Liv”).
• Assassin Pics – The main Assassin picture thread.
• Assassins: Elyos or Asmodian? – Faction choice debate.
• Assassin Skill Rotation – PvE (Solo) – Skill rotation discussion (read through other posts for alternative methods)
• Assassin Skillset – Stuns – Full list of stuns, their mechanics, etc.
• How awkward is Flight Combat – Large flight oriented discussion.
• Advanced Stigmas – Scouts – Advanced Stigmas & 2 new normal stigmas
• Assassin Stigma Calculator – Stigma template tool
• Deutsche Assassin FAQ – German translation of this FAQ, courtesy of Ellnassil.

(19.2)Videos:

Extendable Sword (lvl. 35)

YouTube – Aion – KOR Lvl 35 Extendable Sword

The Guide follows..

INTRODUCTION
Disclaimer: First of all, this is not an in detail mechanics or number crunching guide. It is merely an overview and summery of questions I get asked often in Private Messages and aimed at players who are new to the Chanter Class. Therefore I tried to refrain from complicated formulas and just generally write about the class and some debates going on about the Chanter.

Disclaimer2: I am horribly sorry this turned out so long but I pretty much wrote down anything I experienced while playing my Chanter in C-Aion and have been working on this for quite a long time now. Feel free to :tldr me as much as you like. Some pictures are going to be added later today to break the huge wall of text.

Chanters are one of the two Classes that evolve from the Priest Archetype. In contrast to the Cleric whose fighting style is mostly spell and ranged based, Chanters are the melee fighters with only few additional ranged skills strewn in, among them advanced stigma options later in game.

The Chanter is THE support class in Aion. Except early on and much later in game you might not feel like a force on your own and your main role is to enhance and backup your group and group members in whatever task they have to fulfill but there is no one who comes remotely close to bring the best out of our group members like a Chanter does. You will be all over the place, keeping an eye on the action and decide from situation to situation what will benefit your group the most. There is really no rule on how you need to play or what is expected from you but more on your options later on.

Both Priest Classes start off quite powerful and you will breeze through the levels until around 25. From then on you might find yourself struggling a bit more, depending on your gear. This change occurs because most skills you will get in the middle of your leveling curve, are buffs. You won’t get many more heals and their scaling is not as strong as the Clerics either. You also won’t get many more choices in terms of attacks, again, until after level 40.
You will basically go from a quite strong melee fighter to a full support class and eventually have to decide to further strengthen your support role or add more damage to your build with the advanced stigmas.

The unorthodox skill gain is a downside to the Chanter leveling process but it is, in my humble opinion, worth to push through to get to the brighter side of the class towards end game. And if you are aware of this fact there shouldn’t be much that would let you down while playing a Chanter.

The biggest difference in damage compared to other classes is the lack of burst of any kind (minus the Promise of Wind procc which adds a little bit of a burst factor but it’s, as most Chanter tools, dependent on luck and not really an active tool you can use whenever you like or even depend on). With that in mind, Chanters have very nice sustained damage, which benefits us in longer fights. With the changes to damage on PCs in PvP, this suits us not badly at all.

As mentioned, the Skill gain for Chanters and the scaling of both heals and damage is a bit weird during leveling. On the upside, all your buffs will help you while solo pveing and reduce your downtime to a minimum.

The funny part about the Chanter class is, that it is harder to understand on how to play a Chanter to its full potential then actually playing one. It’s not about swinging our staff and look cool and have a few buffs up here and there. It is about understanding that a Chanter needs to combine it’s given tools to achieve the best possible way of enhancing his/her group.

A quick word on knockdowns and stuns. If you crit on an attempted stun move and the crit results in a knockdown the knockdown will be applied while overwriting the stun component.

CHANTER SPECIFIC SKILLS

• Mantras
  Mantras are one of our class defining buff types. You can have any combination of three Mantras up indefinitely without any costs and you can switch them at any time. They are active on every group member as long as they stay in range (average 25m with skills throughout the leveling process) or until you die in which case you lose all your maintained buffs including any buffs you had active through consumables of any sort.

  Despite the fact that you might see a fourth mantra flash for a few seconds while switching, it is not of any kind of benefit to try to weave them. You won’t have time to keep yourself busy trying to do that constantly and there is also no use in trying to create a macro for it. You would have to permanently click it in order to gain any benefits and totally neglect anything else.

  If you click on a fourth Mantra while having three active it will overwrite the oldest one automatically.
  That means that in order to actively chose which you want to have active you need to select/click an already active one to cancel it first and free up a slot for your new one before you in turn activate the new one you want to add.

  Additionally, you can create mantra macro sets if you want to. I have one for just running/training with speed and all set to defensive mantras or my solo mantra combo for example. Most of the time I prefer to switch them manually, however.

  An additional Chanter in your group will add a 4th Mantra slot but it is hard to really determine which Mantra will be up as they tend to switch in and out on the group if your second Chanter has three active as well. Generally speaking it is not advised to have more then one Chanter in the same group.
  Another advantage of Mantras is the fact that they can’t be removed by Spiritmasters’ disenchants.

• Healing
  Compared to our counter class the Clerics, we have nowhere as many tools as them. When it comes to healing they have no rivals and if you want to be mainly going for a healing class you should probably try the Cleric.
  That doesn’t mean we can’t stand our own in a group, though. We just have to be much smarter about healing and work with whatever avoidance and mitigation tools we have for the group.

  Our only single target heal Healing Light is the one you get during your priest years. It always stays at 2 second base cast time and doesn’t scale up as nicely as the Cleric version who also gets additional group heals and faster/instant heals. You have the option to get a single powerful self heal later on, depending on your stigma choices.

  We do get a few nice choices of Heal over Times (Light of Rejuvenation which gets replaced by Word of Revival) . Despite the fact that you might be tempted to think they are underwhelming, they really are not if used for what they are meant to be used for: Rather then trying to patch someone up after a hit our HoTs are meant for damage mitigation. Which means you will have to use them much more actively then re-actively. Knowing what you are fighting is a very big advantage for a Chanter.

  At lvl 34 you get Word of Life which does stack with Word of Revival and last but not least at lvl 45 you will want to get your hands on another Hot: Recovery Spell

  Knowing about incoming AE damage and if its 360, conical or frontal only, is an important factor of deciding if you need to keep the HoTs on your whole group and maybe even try to backup a bit with hp recovery mantra or if it is enough to just keep your melee fighters hotted or even only your MT if the attacks are only frontal and have another more important mantra running instead.
  HoTs also negate and mitigate any kind of poison damage or damage over time in general, quite nicely and are the most mana efficient way of using heals.
  Word of Spellstopping and Divine Curtain the two Elyos Racial skills have both a HoT component added to the Damage Reduction Shield.
  Careful with Group HoT casting: make sure all your group members are in range for the cast.

  In general if you combine your mitigation and defense buffs with your heals and hots you should be able to keep your group up through most situations, minus heavy AE boss fights or with a tank that is heavily under geared. Telling your squishies to stay out of AE range (be it overall range or out of frontal AEs) will make your job much easier.

  As an example, I did solo heal a group of 4 Sins and a Gladiator Tank against a lvl 47 Elite Quest boss with heavy AE attacks, and quite a few special skills including adds when I was lvl 42. The group however knew how to use Greater Healing Potions and in general helped with the overall outcome.

• Out of group buffs
  We share the Blessing of Rock and Blessing of Health Buffs with the Clerics. Those two buffs can be cast on any friendly player in or outside of your group and stay on the target for 1h. Blessing of Health eventually gets an upgrade from 10% HP to 15% HP at level 31 and gets stronger compared to the Clerics. Additionally with the new 1.5 Stigmas there is an upgrade to Blessing of Rock as well. Which gives us eventually the best out of group buffs in the game.

• Self only buffs
  The Promise Line is the line containing our self buffs that all last for 30 Minutes. Only one Promise Type Buff can be active at a time.
  • The one I prefer to use is Promise of Wind which adds a chance to proc additional damage on a successful attack.
  • Promis of Aether is unlocked with a stigma. I personally find it useless, because it takes up a stigma slot to enable it. I prefer having a damage proc chance over a chance to proc mana on attack. Mana pots are a better trade-off in my eyes.
  • Promise of Earth has a 10% chance to proc a slow on your opponent if you hit but it doesn’t stack with Hallowed Strike slow, which makes it kind of redundant for me.
  • Additionally we get Focused Parry which boosts our Parry by 300. The cool down matches the active time so as soon as you see the cool down met you can reactivate it again (and you should)
  • Blessing of Wind is a short term burst self only upgrade stigma additionally to the Skillbook Version. As of this moment I don’t know if it stacks with the baseline skill but I would sure hope so.

• Short Term Group Buffs
  Those are the most mana expensive buffs but also net the most gain in terms of pay-offs.
  All of them cost 300 mana to cast and stay up between 15 and 30 seconds.

  I love to have the two short cool-down buffs up as much as I can, if not constantly. But if you plan to do that, be prepared to have a huge amount of Greater/Major Mana Pots with you. Otherwise decide which of the buffs you need to cast at which moment to get the best out of it.

  • Word of Protection and Word of Inspiration can be kept up constantly, as mentioned. The Cooldown is 5 seconds shorter then the buff duration for both of those words.
  • Word of Quickness is slightly different with a long CD and active time of 30 Seconds for a hefty 50% cast time reduction on all spells with a casting time.
  • Swiftwinglasts for 30 seconds as well with a cool down of 3 mins and will boost your flight speed and that of your group for the time being.
    As always make sure non of your group members are out of range while using your group buffs. Specially in the case of using 300 Mana per cast.

BUFFS, ARE THEY REALLY WORTH IT?
This is a much discussed and debated question. My personal opinion is yes, specially end game wise. This discussion also comes up often because Chanters are not a straight forward class to play.
I am a strong believer that being a good Chanter heavily relies on you combining the tools you have at your disposal in the best way possible for a given situation opposed to just using one after the other. Most classes have straight forward tools which are clearly meant for a specific occurrence whereas a chanter has to combine several skills to really get the best benefit out of it. Aion is a stacking game and you should use that fact as much as you can.

To go with some numbers anyway here is some of the setup I’ll be looking at at lvl 50 with my chosen stigma build focused on Support:

This is with Invincibility Mantra, Protection Mantra and Shield Mantra up
Blessing of Rock and Blessing of Health on every member
Word of Inspiration and Word of Protection active
Word if Wind active

I believe that going the defensive route with Mantras in pvp is better then attack mantras. Most burst and damage classes will already focus on Damage anyway and are likely at the cap for most of the stats (minus raw attack). Thus the gain with diminishing returns in mind would most probably be less.

On an additional note, to be seeing the real benefit of the Chanters buffs you would also have to take into consideration that the same time we do apply buffs we also use our debuffs. In this case Physical Defense Debuffs which in turn adds indirectly to another increase on top of our buffs, in melee attack power.

With that being said, is the Chanter a class that has any skill that is a real must have in a given situation. No, it is not. But there are only a few classes who really do have such skills (Cleric, Templar and Sorcs).

The whole beauty of the Chanter doesn’t rest on one or a few specific skills like for other classes but in the combination and how you use them. Buffs, Debuffs coupled with mitigation from HoTs and direct Heals on top make a very powerful playfield if you know how to use it

STIGMAS
Even though you can be creative in your stigma choice, in the end it comes down to two builds to chose from, depending if you want a more Damage oriented or Support oriented build.
In the case of going for the one of the two highest Advanced End Game Stigmas you will have 5 Stigmas already picked out for you as prerequisites, only leaving you with 2 slots to freely chose from. However, since Recovery Spell is pretty much a MUST have stigma, essentially you are only left with one single slot to freely assign after your own likings.

• Offensive Stigma Build
  This will get you access to
  Aion Armory – Chanter Stigma Calculator – By Terhix
  Combined with an offensive, aggressive Manastone build, this will enable you to open a nice can of whoop-*** on your opponents.
• Defensive Stigma Build
  This will net you the Invincibility Mantra in the end
  Aion Armory – Chanter Stigma Calculator – By Terhix

I personally find the Healing Conduit (which regains HPs not MPs as noted on the tooltip) and Promise of Aether Stigma Lines a total waste and instead would chose any other stigma to fill my last spot.
You are however free to not go for the advanced stigmas and freely combine stigmas as you see fit.

The three additional slots to the right in your stigma field are where your Advanced Stigmas need to go. However you can fill those slots with any normal stigmas as well, instead.

GEAR OPTIONS

• Armor choices:
  Chanter, like Clerics can wear all types of armor with the exception of plate.
  Chain is generally the armor type mostly preferred due to the highest possible physical defense.
  You don’t really have to worry extremely about particular stats on your gear. Every piece of Chain has Concentration as one of the base stats which will help you not get interrupted during casting (in our case this is mostly important for heals).

  Generally chain armor tends to have HP, MP and Magic Boost on most pieces. Despite the fact that we don’t really benefit much from MB it’s not complete waste. Smite, Promise of Wind and Blessing of Wind damage proccs, Heaven’s Judgment’s skill damage, Godstone procs if you have a magic damage one will benefit from it. However it is in general advised that you are trying to get your hands on chain gear with stats that benefit our Class more, such as attack speed, phys attack. You won’t use Smite after a while because like Heaven’s Judgment it doesn’t scale more while leveling and most of our attacks are still physical damage.

  It is still under heavy debate and testing if any lighter type of armor such as Leather or Cloth would be more beneficial in terms of either resistance or avoidance. I personally think that Evasion gear slotted with additional evasion and crit could make for a very nice option. I did try some leather sets but didn’t have enough time to test it properly. Depending on if it’s possible to get Evasion high enough to not have to sacrifice too many manastone slots it might be a nice alternative.

  Additionally, evasion could be a good choice to have a safer way of meleeing on big boss fights such as Fortress Guardian fights or any fight with big 360 attacks. Our parry and HP is normally not enough to survive a big AE hit of one of those big uglies. An additional advantage to a mixed evasion/parry build is that evasion and parry both get checked after eachother thus creating a higher evasion/mitigation gain. Not being hit at all vs hit for less is always a winner. Specially considering that if you pass your Evasion check, no negative effects are applied either this might play a big role in pvp fights to evade CC of any kind.

• Weapon choices:
  Mace/Shield versus Staves
  Maces have a chance to crit with higher damage but lower sustained damage over a longer period of time whereas staffs have lower crit cap damage but higher consistent damage over time and the additional knockdown chance on crit (like all 2h weapons).

  Pros for mace/shields:

  • Higher actual crit number for damage
  • More overall manastone slots
  • Possible Block from shield usage (this however means you WILL have to slot for a lot of shield defense in order to get remotely close to the parry number we get naturally and due to one of our buffs).
  • Added physical defense through shield depending on the shields stats.

  Pros for Staffs:

  • Nice overall sustained damage
  • Knockdown chance on crit (very valuable in pvp and the reason most chanters slot crit)
  • Slightly higher parry base numbers which complements our high natural parry due to scaling and buffs available.

  My preferred choice of weapon is the staff but there is no reason you shouldn’t have a backup set of Shield/Mace to change to according to the situation. My choice would be to use the additional Manastone Slots you gain with the Shield and Mace Combo for Evasion stones.

  Extend-able weapons:
  These weapons have a sightly longer range and therefor give you a nice edge against your opponents.
  As of now it is hard to find more then one extend-able staff. As far as I know there is only one available right now and it drops from the end boss in the lvl 50 Theobomos Lab instance.

  There is, however, a nice amount of maces more or less easily available through instances or crafting (the first crafted lvl 35 Experts Gold Mace version for example).

• Mitigation and Avoidance in comparison with gear:
  The following order is being used for checking if an attack lands and if it does for how much:
  Evasion check -> Block check -> Parry check
  If you pass the Evasion Check you will not get the hit at all and no negative states are being applied to you.
• Enchanting
  Enchant your gear, I can’t stress this enough. Do it! The differences in stats are really big.
  I personally like to enchant my weapon to +10 first for easier grinding but make sure you don’t neglect your armor either.

  As a rule of thumb you need the following level of Enchantment Stones for:

  • White Item = Item’s Level +1-10 Levels
  • Green Item = Item’s Level +5-15 Levels
  • Blue Item = Item’s Level +15-30 Levels
  • Orange Item = Item’s Level +25-40 Levels
• Manastones
  Heh, had to be here, right? This would probably fill a whole book in its own so I try to keep it short:

  Slotting for Magic Boost or Magic Power is in our case a total waste. We don’t have enough Magic Skills to give up precious Slots which can be used in a much better and more beneficial way. Heals are NOT influenced by Magic Boost.

  Most picked Manastones for Chanters

  • Crit Manastones: Added Knockdowns and Offense as well as added Defense (due to the Knockdown effect)
  • Parry: Added Mitigation and reactive skill influence
  • Attack: Added Offense/Damage
  • Magic Resistance: Defense
  • HP Manastones: Added Survability/Defense

  Lesser used Manastones

  • Accuracy: Helps hit higher level players/monsters and might help with landing your physical ranged stun but I need to do some more testing here
  • Magic Accuracy: Helps land magic based stuns
  • Shield Defense: Add to Mitigation/block
  • Evasion: Add to Avoidance

  There are different schools of thoughts about Manastone builds but if you are a staff Chanter then you should focus on crit until the softcap at 440 to get your knockdown rate as high as possible. Later on you will probably be able to exchange some stones if you can get your hand on gear with high crit modifiers.

  Parry stones both add to your mitigation and complement the already high parry gain Chanters get while leveling and their self buff. Since Parry is not linked to diminishing returns per se but checked against your opponents accuracy from encounter to encounter there is no real number to look out for.

  Attack Stones add both to your Base Attacks and Skill Attacks and would be a nice addition to a offensive Chanter focusing on a crit/attack build.

  Slotting for pvp is not really different then your main choice for Manastones. It comes down to your decision of being more offensive (i.e crit, attack, accuracy), defensive (i.e evasion, parry, magic resists,) or a mix of both (i.e crit/parry).

• Godstones
  Eventually, if you are lucky enough you might get your hands on a Godstone drop (can be found on lvl 40 elites and up), which can be socketed into a Godstone enabled weapon in the main racial cities next to the skinning NPC. Those drops are VERY rare however, so good luck..
  The gold versions are quested through the PvP Questline.

  Even though I personally use a Fire Direct Damage Godstone on C-Aion I will most likely go for a Silence one for EU Release, if I have the chance. As nice as it is to see procs for up to 3k go off, it is just very unreliable at 1% and not really helping against my personal enemies the casters. I find myself struggling much more with any kind spell casters then against enemies with physical attacks.
  Since my overall build will most likely be nicely setup against melee classes in general, I like to add a nice counter for casters as well.

  There are however several choices and if you want to compliment a full damage build then some Direct Damage Proc would be the way to go. A little note on the edge is that the root Godstone doesn’t break on damage, but that is probably more important information for ranged classes.

  In the end it will come down to your own preference and how to best add to your existing setup as there is a nice range to chose from.

CHANTER AND FIGHTING
As a note at the beginning it is important to mention that every melee attack we apply adds a slight short time debuff to your target. This debuffs consist of Attack Speed Slow, Run and flight speed snare and physical defense debuffs (which do stack which eachother). You might to keep that in mind if you decide to just stand back and heal.

• Solo PvE
  Not much to say here: in the middle if the leveling curve we kill slower then most other classes but we do it without any big downtime if any at all. However, be prepared to bring a good amount of mana potions with you Keep your hot and parry buff up and you should be golden.

  You can and should weave your Auto Attacks in between skills (try to execute the Skills the same time as the AA would go off, which takes a bit of exercise but eventually you will get the rhythm down) until you have enough attacks to permanently spam your skills without any cooldowns.

  In lower levels you might even want to use smite to pull and hit twice before the mob gets to you but Smite doesn’t level up nicely and will eventually get quite useless (unless for tickle pulls if you are too lazy to run up to your target).

  There is hardly any target you won’t be able to take down (depending on your gear and in reasonable level range of course). In general though I prefer to not grind on Elites despite the fact that they give very good exp. The time vs. payoff is still less then grinding normal orange or red mobs faster.

  With Celerity Mantra and Hots it’s also really easy to get away from pretty much anything or train through areas easily. Unless you decide to sneak by that super duper uber high lvl raid boss, obviously. There should be no reason for you to die in PvE.

  Keep your gear up with our level, try to enchant it as much as possible and keep consumables and shards with you if you can afford it.

  The Abyss is a great place to grind after lvl 25 (if you can stand being ganked often). Abyss monsters net slightly higher EXP on top of AP and have lower Hitpoints then monsters in the normal quest areas. The drops consist mostly of stigma shards, money and some crafting and rarely include normal gear.

• Group PvE
  Well, this is where it gets interesting and where it’s pretty much up to you how busy or lazy you want to be. Unlike most other classes which have their role nicely cut out for them in terms of when to react how, Chanters have a lot of choices on what to do in any given situation. I love to jump between Hotting my group, meleeing, rebuffing, switching mantras around according to the targets, backup the cleric, try to time my stuns for interrupts on big incoming skills..you name it. If you can think if it then you should probably do it but make sure you chose the right moment.

  One thing to keep in mind is that in tough situations it’s all about stacking the right tools to get the best benefits. Just having crit mantra up because you are too lazy to check if all the crit slotter are already at the cap or not is not beneficial to the group.
  Check the gear of your group members if you are not familiar with it and switch your buffs accordingly. Check how well your tank is geared and decide if you need the added defense or rather go with another Mantra instead.

  Theoretically you could just sit back and throw a heal and a hot here and there. Not bother with changing from offensive to defensive target and no one would probably say anything but in order to contribute the most to your group you have to work your butt of as a chanter.

  You might pull aggro if you are solo healing or heavy backup healing, specially in combination with Word of Protection Spam and stun attempts. Don’t sweat it, you should be able to stand your own until the tank can pull the bugger off of you again.

  Even though our debuffs are a bit weak in direct comparison to other classes, I am of the mindset that every little bit helps and stacks up in the end. Unless I do whatever I can even if it is just a little thing, I won’t be satisfied in my role.

  As mentioned in the healing section, we can solo heal groups under certain circumstances. It is less efficient and much more work then for a cleric but it is often possible.

• Solo PvP
  • Introduction
    Sooo yeeeeah, Chanter solo pvp. There is much rage going on about this and while I agree that we have a harder stand then other classes, at least until after lvl 42, it’s by no means that you just have to fall over and die through the whole leveling process.

    Much like PvE Scaling you will have an easy time until around mid 20s, with a really tough time in between and once again getting stronger in your 40s.

    The trick to any kind of pvp with the Chanter is to be on the move and use your stuns and knockdowns smart. I like to compare myself with an annoying mosquito: Hard to catch, really annoying and coming in and out to get a zip here and a zip there until your opponent is too tired to focus. 90% of our skills can be cast while moving as long as you are in range, this is a great benefit to the hit and run fighting tactic.
    Run and kite melee classes, have celerity mantra up to gain a speed advantage and additional mantras as you see fit (against burst classes I like to have defensive focused Mantras active, against dotting classes I might use HP mantra, magic protection, you get the idea). The whole concept behind moving is not only to have a breather to land a stun and go back in to safely whack your opponent but it will also interrupt chains your enemy was about to execute on you. Keep a constant eye on your opponents status effects and react fast if you see a stun or a knockdown land.

    With the

    changes to spell range interrupts
    changes to spell range interrupts

    coming sometime in Autumn, it won’t be as easy to interrupt casters while just running out of range. Instead you have to focus much more on breaking their line of sight. Casters are harder to fight in my opinion because you do have to break through their shields first to do any kind of damage and just kiting them won’t do the trick for several obvious reasons. Or in other words, think more “rabbit/hide” then “cheetah/sprint in straight line’

    The biggest downside of Chanter solo pvp is coupled with the fact that we are a support class foremost, the lack of burst damage, burst heals, dispels and very few direct means of controlling our opponent (other then having to rely on procs, knockdowns and Heaven’s Judgment landing) until later in game, doesn’t help either. Another VERY important reason to have Greater Healing Potions on you at any given time.

  • Additional Items and general tricks for PvP
    • If you can, ALWAYS have Greater Running Scrolls, Greater Healing Potions and some instant healing potions of appropriate level on you, ALWAYS. Additionally Flight time Potions, Greater Raging Wind Scrolls, DP Food, Greater Courage Scrolls, Major Anti-Shock Scrolls, all of those are recommended in pvp. Try to get your hands on as many consumables as you can as they all stack with our buffs.
      HoT Potions are not necessary since they don’t stack with our own HoTs and thus are pretty much a waste.
    • First thing, you want to do before you get into your first encounter with the opposite site is to set a separate chat tab for pvp encounters:
      Unlock your chat tabs and either drag an existing one out of the main chat area or create a new one and do the same. If you used an existing one uncheck every chat that was set to that particular tab and go to combat – enemy combat and check all the enemy related chat messages (around 5 or 6 iirc). Once those are checked change the color of the text to something prominent (for me it’s dark red).
  • PvP From 10 to late 20s
    You won’t have much problems, as most of the burst classes didn’t get their powerful attack skills/chains yet and you can easily heal through their attacks (with one exception being casters).

    Protective Ward I
    Really nice way of limiting damage if you are not able to heal at all (like while being Stunned, Slept, Airlocked or in any other way incapable of doing anything. This of course means you need a good understanding of the class you are fighting to know when to use it. Sins in general like to unleash early in the fight so you might want to get the Ward up as soon as possible. It will give you also a bit of time to heal back up since the burst classes just used all their ammunition and need to wait on the CD. If you are able to, it is also a good idea to be in the air if you notice a hidden enemy close by. Ambush for example doesn’t work in flight. Any HoTs you might have active before using Protective Ward will tick while you are disabled but only for the limited amount listed. It doesn’t matter if you cast them before or after you used the Skill.

    Binding Word I
    Also very handy early on and a good use of a stigma slot in my opinion. It is not only a short time snare it will also disable your opponent from using any skill that is not categorized as a spell (you could compare it with a silence for non casters.)

    Rage Spell I
    I personally still see this as more of a pve skill then pvp despite the recent changes. The slightly added damage does not add enough to a fight that it would outweigh the need of healing off burst damage. It’s easier to use during the lower levels but I would never have it active during higher levels.

    Focused Parry I
    Have it up, always. It also helps against Casters Autoattack and ranged bow attacks.

  • PvP Between 30 and 42
    This is where it gets tough, specially if you are in the Abyss and getting jumped by one of the Ganking Classes or a group. There is really not much you can do but to try to get away with your wings still attached. Greater Healing Potions, Running Scrolls, Raging Wind Scrolls and Instant Healing Pots will be your best friends once more.

    During these levels most classes have their powerful chains and Crowd Control skills. You will get kited, locked and burst down like no tomorrow. Get used to it, the sooner you do, the better you can handle it eventually. If any of the classes get the jump on you it will be hard and in those situations I have no shame and try to make a run for it, or a last stand if it’s not an overwhelming force against me.

    A nifty trick to lose your opponents in the Abyss is to fold your wings and let yourself fall down a bit then get them out again. However, be careful you don’t fall too long or you will end up dead in the air.

    With that said, additionally to the Skills mentioned during earlier levels, you get a few new ones, as well as the third stigma slot at lvl 30.

    Word of Life I
    It has a long cool down but at lvl 30 it’s a nice buffer to tick alongside Spell of Recovery (those two HoTs do indeed stack)

    Word of Quickness I
    Don’t blow it too early but be a bit patient and use it when you are getting slightly into trouble. It takes a bit of experience to not use it too early but not too late either. It will help you with healing up fast once active and help get through burst damage.

    Word of Wind I
    A beauty of a DP skill. Not only for getting away but also for making a stand. The Speed attack will speed up all our fighting animations and turn you into a whirlwind of staff wielding goodness.
    Additional information: This buff will stay active on your friends even after you left the group but you need to be in range for the cast and in group by the time you activate it. The main reason I carry DP Food with me at all times.

    In this level range I always cancel Rage Spell if I actually have it active and slotted.

    Besides knowing your opponents skills which I won’t all list here for now, it is important to not waste your Greater Healing potions on a Cleric too early. You want to wait for Word of Destruction, nothing else. If you can’t cure that DP skill off it is game over within a few seconds.
    The things mentioned in the earlier section apply to the higher up sections as well.

  • PvP After lvl 42
    This is where it gets fun again! You get your first real ranged skill (which was unfortunately slightly nerfed from 10 seconds to 12 seconds Cool Down for whatever dumb reason..and in general your skill list will get a nice array of additional tools depending on your stigma choices.

    The fighting style in PvP doesn’t change, however it gets easier because with the standalone stun you will be even more flexible.

    Inescapable Judgment I
    Get it and love it. Not much to say about it. It doesn’t land constantly but together with Heaven’s Judgment and knockdowns it sure helps. I am still trying to figure out if Accuracy influences the chance of landing this phys attack stun and at this time I still believe it does. At least against Evasive targets a high accuracy helped me land the stun every single time on a ranger while doing some testing. Last but not least, finally a tool to stop those pesky runngers!

    Enhancement Mantra I
    Theoretically handy in PvP. However the exact numbers and how much it really helps hasn’t been tested in detail. If you have the stigma slot for it, there is really no reason to not have it up during PvP.

    Recovery Spell I
    One of the must have Stigmas. The real life saver to finally heal through some heavy incoming damage. Even though while under the influence of Protective Ward your healing gets cut down, Recovery Spell and any other HoT in combination with the Ward Line seems to be a very nice mitigation for burst damage while being disabled from healing normally.

    Word of Spellstopping I
    Nice emergency spell against heavy incoming damage on your whole group. I am as of yet not sure if this stacks with the Protective Ward line.

    Depending on your chosen End Stigma build you will have additional options but they are listed in the Stigma section, so I won’t repeat them here.

  • Class specific PvP tips
    Currently being worked on. Coming soon [tm]
• Group PvP
  This heavily depends on your group setup. Most of the time I am keeping an eye on the Clerics and squishies: Backup healing and protecting them with either fighting off the attackers or interrupting, annoying attackers.
  Mantra switching can be quite intense in PvP group fights if you chose so. If there is no caster around I will switch Protection Mantra out for a more suited one. In chasing fights you want to have Celerity Mantra up but in a toe to toe mass fight you probably should use it for something more beneficial. Don’t forget to keep your short term buffs fresh as well.

  Those fights tend to be similar to PvE Fights but much more dynamic and unpredictable. You will have to make decisions fast an there is really no general guide as how to play. As always though, it’s a good idea to stay moving and if possible also assist the MA on FF targets if there is nothing burning on any other end.
  Don’t count on the cleric to dispel or burst heal you but instead use your own potions if necessary.

• Chanters in raiding situations
  I would setup raid groups sorted by casters, melee/MA, healers and tanks then throw a chanter in each of those groups. Now you don’t even have to spread your mantras but can have three mantras up for the specific attack types and needs of those groups. Just imagine a group filled with sins, glads or rangers, that is 5x 35% increase in attack power.

  This is also only the buff side -whereas I will be most likely not be in melee range of a boss mob (depending on his attacks however) I will have my very powerful lvl 45 hot on 10 sec cool down and be ready for any type of adds to use my stuns and help with debuffing or backup healing if necessary.

  The danger which Chanters and raid or big boss fights in general is that we have a hard time with AE attacks. The Sins Evasion and the Tanks block and shield skills are much more suited to fend off those huge attacks then our parry. More often then not Chanters take a nose diff while being caught in a huge AE attack.

GENERAL GAMEPLAY

• Misc Tips
  • You can sort the order of your group members in the group window by manually dragging and dropping the bars on top of each other. This way you can always have the MT on first position or wherever you prefer him/her. I normally have the group members sorted by how high the chance of them is to grab aggro.
  • If you are at the broker, you can alt/click items in your inventory and it will copy the name into the search field for easy price checks.
  • Jumping after a gathering process is done will help not getting the follow up process cancelled/fail.
  • After hitting level 30 you can visit your Race’s main city and use the skin changing NPC to change the look of weapons and armors to your liking without using the stats on your main piece. Weapons who are extend-able cannot be skinned, likewise Draconic armor cannot be dyed and/or skinned
• Crafting
  Except for sewing (however debatable if you would want to focus on leather evasion gear and be able to create it yourself instead of rolling against your Ranger and Sin friends) I don’t think there is a craft that you won’t benefit from and in the end it comes down to what you like to focus on or what you won’t be able to get through friends. I’ll be working on Alchemy in order to have a supply of any items I need handy whenever I want. Most players won’t follow this profession I figure, so unless you are the first one to max the Crafting it won’t end up being very lucrative.

  It is important to note that crafter items are among the best in game and very thought after. Armorcrafting is the easiest to to Expert, since you only have to crit once on the Expert Quest to proc to gold. In all other Professions you will have to proc twice (from green to blue and blue to gold). As with 1.5 it is possible to Master/Expert two Crafting Professions.

  • Armorcrafting
    Pretty self explanatory. You will be able to create your own chain armor and shields.
  • Handicrafting
    Not only helpful to craft your own staves but also any kind of jewelery for all jewelery slots.
  • Alchemy
    To gear up for pvp with potions and scrools or create more powerful manastones
  • Cooking
    For Food and Drink buffs and DP Jelly
  • Weaponcrafting
    To craft your own Maces
• Titles
  I like to switch my titles according to needs. Speed titles to run around and stack with Celerity Mantra, other titles I see fit depending on my stats. Crit titles might be nice early on but become redundant once you hit the cap for a stat with diminishing returns. Parry is always a no brainer for me or phys attack increase. In general anything that you might benefit from directly.
• Food
  I am never leaving Sanctum without some Frillneck Aether Sausage, Perer Aether Jelly and Lumine nyerktails (not sure about the current EU/US name on the last item) in my bag

COMPARISON WITH CLERICS
As it stands now there is a discrepancy between Clerics and Chanters that is highly in favor of the Cleric. They are not only much more powerful in 1vs1 pvp throughout pretty much the whole leveling process but they also bring more direct tools which are considered must have, to both group pvp and pve content with about the same damage output and a much wider range of healing tools.

Something that strengthens that image for other players is that the tools the Clerics have in their arsenal are much easier to understand and point out (Dispels, Strong burst heals, Root, Blind to only name a few), whereas the Chanter is mostly about numbers which a lot of players like to neglect and chances/procs.
Another reason is the disadvantage of the Chanter having to get into melee range until much later in game to do any kind of damage.

Going 1vs1 against our Mirror Class who knows how to play, can be utterly frustrating for a Chanter for several reasons:
You have a hard time even getting close to the Cleric due to their spammable root
You will get debuffed with 50% healing reduction
They will constantly dispel any slow and debuffs you might have landed
The will easily out-heal your damage

Unless the Cleric does a big mistake you will have a VERY hard time beating one until high end.

SUMMERY
Play a Chanter if you:

• Like to bring out the best in your group mates
• Like to be able to solo grind in pve very efficiently with little downtime
• Like to have good survivability and tools to get out of most tight situations
• Like meleeing and being busy in fights
• Be very versatile with a lot of choices to play with
• If you have a steady group of friends to play with

Don’t play a Chanter if you:

• Like to pewpew through all levels in solo pvp
• Like rolling your face on the keyboard and still think you can win any fight
• Throw temper tantrums after every Abyss Gank death
• Have bad class envy towards Clerics
• If healing is the main goal you want to do in Aion
• If you prefer spell casting and ranged combat
• Need to be a must have class

HELPFUL ADDITIONAL LINKS
Chanter related discussions

• [Translation] Know-How: Chanter PvP
• Community Chanter Compendium
• Parry and You: A Chanter’s Guide on Avoidance
• Staffs in 1.5
• The Official L2P:Chanters – SkyChanter
• Things to Keep in Mind About Chanters – SkyChanter
• Eikoi’s Sensational Thread (Or, Give the Chain to the Clerics)
• Chanter suggestion thread

Chanter Tools

• Chanter – Skills – Aion
• Aion Armory – Chanter Stigma Calculator – By Terhix

General Helpful Guides

• Guide on Enchantments, Manastones, and Godstones
• Google Translation of Extend-able weapon list
• Guide on Crafting

THANKS TO
The Chanter Community as a whole
Eikoi and Sirinia for doing a lot of mathematical in detail tests which I am normally too lazy to properly do myself to either confirm or debunk my own findings.

Author : Kandrah (aionsource) / Kandra (Aion EU/Telemachus)

Guide : Kandrah’s Chanters for Newbies

Author:jayh1

Enchantments

The most frustrating part of learning how to enhance is learning that THEY CAN FAIL! Not only can they fail, but failing can have negative side-effects for your gear! This is why you must read the guide below so that you do not lose your time, your character’s money, or your cool!

Before you can use Enchantment stones, you must create them. In order to create them, visit a nearby <General Goods Merchant> and purchase Extraction Tools.
Extraction Tools
One set of tools is used per extraction. In order to extract, you must Right-Click on the Extraction Tools and then Left-Click on the item you wish to extract from.

There are some important guidelines! First, you can only extract from items that can be enhanced. These are your chest slot, legs slot, shoulders slot, hands slot, feet slot, primary slot, and secondary slot. Second, when you extract from an item, that item is destroyed. Do not extract from items you wish to keep or use, obviously.

Once you have extracted an item, you will receive Enchantment stones. They come in the form: Level # Enchantment. The level corresponds to an item’s level, not your level. The level of the Enchantment stone that you receive varies quite dramatically. Also, the rarity of the item does not affect the level of the Enchantment stone that you receive. For example, if you extract a Level 20 Green, you could receive 3 Level 25 Enchantment stones. Then, if you extract a Level 20 Blue, you could receive 1 Level 20 Enchantment stone. In other words, it’s very random.

Now that you know how to extract and create Enchantment stones, I will tell you how you apply them to an item. The first important part is figuring out the level of the item you wish to enhance. Quite simply, the item’s level is the required level to use that item. This can typically be found just by looking at the item’s statistics, as it will say what level is required. The item below has an item level of 27.

For some items, such as quest rewards, there is no given level on the item. In order to figure out the level of these items, you must know what level the quest was that resulted in that item. For instance, if a quest said “Level 10″ in front of it and completing it resulted in an item, that item’s level would be 10.

Once you know your item’s level, the next step is figuring out what level Enchantment stone to use. In order to do this, you must know whether the item is of White rarity, Green rarity, Blue rarity, or Orange rarity. You can simply do this by looking at the item and seeing what color the item’s name is written in. Once you know the item’s level and its rarity use the following to figure out what Enchantment stone to use:

White Item = Item’s Level +1-10 Levels

Green Item = Item’s Level +5-15 Levels

Blue Item = Item’s Level +15-30 Levels

Orange Item = Item’s Level +25-40 Levels

When using an Enchantment stone from the above guide, take note that using the lower extremity will cause you to have a lower chance of success. If you have a Level 10 White item, you will have a higher percent of success if you use a Level 13 Enchantment stone than if you used a Level 11 Enchantment stone.

Now that you know how to create Enchantment stones and use them to enhance your gear, you must be wondering what the point of it all is! Each item can be enhanced up to 10 times. Although this seems fairly easy to obtain, you can take either two paths to reaching it. One involves spending lots of your character’s money on purchasing the best-to-use Enchantment stones; the other involves spending lots of risk on using lower level Enchantment stones that will sometimes fail. What happens when you fail? Your item loses one level of enhancement! This is why it is important to use the correct level Enchantment stones. The good news is that items cannot reach negative enhancement levels; it will stop at 0. The bad news, obviously, is that it can take quite a bit of time and money to reach 10.

The following shows what bonuses come with each enhancement level. Remember, each item can reach a maximum of 10, so multiple each bonus by 10 to figure out the maximum.

Plate

Chest = +6 Physical Defense per level

Legs = +5 Physical Defense per level

Pauldron = +4 Physical Defense per level

Gloves = +4 Physical Defense per level

Boots = +4 Physical Defense per level

Chain

Chest = +5 Physical Defense per level

Legs = +4 Physical Defense per level

Pauldron = +3 Physical Defense per level

Gloves = +3 Physical Defense per level

Boots = +3 Physical Defense per level

Leather

Chest = +4 Physical Defense per level

Legs = +3 Physical Defense per level

Pauldron = +2 Physical Defense per level

Gloves = +2 Physical Defense per level

Boots = +2 Physical Defense per level

Cloth

Chest = +3 Physical Defense per level

Legs = +2 Physical Defense per level

Pauldron = +1 Physical Defense per level

Gloves = +1 Physical Defense per level

Boots = +1 Physical Defense per level

Primary

Polearm = +4 Minimum and Maximum Weapon Damage per level

Greatsword = +4 Minimum and Maximum Weapon Damage per level

Bows = +4 Minimum and Maximum Weapon Damage per level

Staff = +3 Minimum and Maximum Weapon Damage per level, +10 Magic Boost per level

Sword = +2 Minimum and Maximum Weapon Damage per level

Dagger = +2 Minimum and Maximum Weapon Damage per level

Mace = +3 Minimum and Maximum Weapon Damage per level, +10 Magic Boost per level

Orb = +4 Minimum and Maximum Weapon Damage per level, +10 Magic Boost per level

Spellbook = +3 Minimum and Maximum Weapon Damage per level, +10 Magic Boost per level

Secondary

Shield = +2% Damage Reduction per level

After reading this, you should now be a pro when it comes to enhancing your items, extraction, and Enchantment stones. The next part of the guide will discuss the use of Manastones.
Manastones

Manastones contain a certain statistic and a certain value. For example, Manastone: Accuracy +12. In this case, this Manastone would add 12 to your Accuracy value if you placed it into a socket of one of your equipped items. Similar to the enhancing, only the following slots contain sockets: chest slot, legs slot, shoulders slot, hands slot, feet slot, primary slot, and secondary slot. Also, the higher the rarity of the item, the more sockets it contains:

White Item = 1-2 Socket

Green Item = 2-3 Sockets

Blue Item = 3-4 Sockets

Orange Item = 4-5 Sockets

Green Abyss Item = 4 Sockets

Blue Abyss Item = 5 Sockets

Orange Abyss Item = 6 Sockets

Similar to enhancing, placing Manastones into sockets can fail. The penalty for this is that all Manastones already in sockets and the Manastone you just used for that item are destroyed, returning the item to all empty sockets. The positive is that this is quite rare and usually only occurs when placing too high of a level Manastone into a low level item. However, at this time, there is no way to tell the exact level of a Manastone; just know that the higher the value, the higher the level. Also, green Manastones are harder to socket than white Manastones.

When the game is released, there should be level requirements on Manastones which will make it easier to tell the level of the Manastone.

A good strategy for placing Manastones into sockets (when an item has more than 1 socket) is to socket your least valued Manastone first and your most valued Manastone last. This way, the chance for failing and wasting your most valued Manastone is reduced to a minimum.

You can also remove Manastones from items by visiting a <Remove Manastone> NPC. These are usually found around major cities and towns. You pay a small fee and the NPC will remove your desired Manastone from your item. Although the Manastone will be destroyed in the process, the remaining Manastones already socketed into that item will not be destroyed.

The following list shows all Manastones and their possible values:

Manastone: Attack (Adds to your Attack value)

Value Range: +1-5

White Manastones: (+1, +2, +4)

Green Manastones: (+3, +5)

Manastone: Accuracy (Adds to your Accuracy value)

Value Range: +12-25

White Manastones: Even #s (+12, +14, etc.)

Green Manastones: Odd #s (+21, +23, etc.)

Manastone: Parry (Adds to your Parry value)

Value Range: +12-25

White Manastones: Even #s (+12, +14, etc.)

Green Manastones: Odd #s (+21, +23, etc.)

Manastone: Magic Boosting Power (Adds to your Magic Boosting Power value)

Value Range: +12-25

White Manastones: Even #s (+12, +14, etc.)

Green Manastones: Odd #s (+21, +23, etc.)

Manastone: Shield Defense (Adds to your Block value)

Value Range: +12-25

White Manastones: Even #s (+12, +14, etc.)

Green Manastones: Odd #s (+21, +23, etc.)

Manastone: Evasion (Adds to your Evasion value)

Value Range: +4-15

White Manastones: Even #s (+4, +6, etc.)

Green Manastones: Odd #s (+11, +13, etc.)

Manastone: Physical Critical Hit (Adds to your Crit Rate value)

Value Range: +4-15

White Manastones: Even #s (+4, +6, etc.)

Green Manastones: Odd #s (+11, +13, etc.)

Manastone: HP (Adds to your HP value)

Value Range: +20-85

White Manastones: By Tens (+20, +30, etc.)

Green Manastones: In-between Tens (+65, +75, etc.)

Manastone: MP (Adds to your MP value)

Value Range: +20-85

White Manastones: By Tens (20, 30, etc.)

Green Manastones: In-between Tens (65, 75, etc.)

Manastone: Magical Accuracy (Adds to your Magic Accuracy value)

Value Range: +10, +12

Green Manastones: (+10, +12)

Manastone: Maximum Flight Time (Adds to your Flight Time value)

Value Range: +4

Green Manastones: (+4)

Manastone: Magical Resistance (Adds to your Magical Resistance value)

Value Range: +12

Green Manastones: +12
Godstones

The last part of this guide will discuss Godstones. These are used on all weapon items. The basic premise of a Godstone is to apply some sort of ability, which triggers at a certain percent, to inflict your target with.

Godstones can be found throughout the higher level content of the game. They can be found in similar ways that Manastones can be found, only with a significant less frequency. They can also be obtained as quest rewards. Once you obtain a Godstone, you can visit a <Godstone Enchanter> NPC, which are usually found in large cities only, and have them enable the Godstone to your weapon for a fee. You may also remove Godstones in a similar fashion as Manastones.

When a weapon becomes enabled by a Godstone, it will receive a partical effect. This means that your weapon will now have a specific type of glow depending on which Godstone you used. Each type of Godstone (Bleed, Blind, etc) has its own color and effect.

The following is a list of the effects and what they are:

Bleed: Places a physical damage over time effect on the target

Blind: Reduces the target’s accuracy with attacks

Paralyze: Completely stuns a target in place; they cannot take any action at all

Poison: Places a magical damage over time effect on the target

Root: Immobilizes the target in place; they cannot move

Silence: Causes a target to be unable to cast any spells

Slow: Reduces the attack speed of the target

Snare: Reduces the movement speed of the target

Stun: Completely stuns a target; they cannot take any action at all

Damage: Causes direct magical damage to the target

The following is a list of some of Aion?s Godstones and their benefit:

(A) = Asmodian Quest Reward

(E) = Elyos Quest Reward

Blue

Bleed

Bleeding Abnormal Condition Smash

65 damage every 2 seconds for 10 seconds at 5% trigger rate.

Bleeding Abnormal Condition Smash

40 damage every 2 seconds for 20 seconds at 5% trigger rate.

Mahisha’s Wrath

71 damage every 2 seconds for 10 seconds at 8% trigger rate.

Blind

(A)Aegir’s Eye Beam

Blinds for 8 seconds at 5% trigger rate.

Rasberg’s Love

Blinds for 10 seconds at 10% trigger rate.

Rasberg’s Tragedy

Blinds for 8 seconds at 5% trigger rate.

(E)Telemachus’s Luster

Blinds for 8 seconds at 5% trigger rate.

Paralyze

(E)Spatalos’s Chastisement

Paralyzes for 5 seconds at 2% trigger rate.

(A)Sueron’s Threat

Paralyzes for 5 seconds at 2% trigger rate.

Vidar’s Dignity

Paralyzes for 5 seconds at 2% trigger rate.

Poison

Orissa’s Blood

38 damage every 2 seconds for 20 seconds at 10% trigger rate.

Root

(E)Hectate’s Root

Binds for 10 seconds at 2% trigger rate.

Helkes’s Revenge

Binds for 10 seconds at 2% trigger rate.

(A)Sif’s Root

Binds for 10 seconds at 2% trigger rate.

Silence

(E)Jumentis’s Pacification

Silences for 8 seconds at 5% trigger rate.

(A)Sigyn’s Calmness

Silences for 8 seconds at 5% trigger rate.

Srudgelmir’s Silence

Silences for 10 seconds at 10% trigger rate.

Srudgelmir’s Tacitness

Silences for 8 seconds at 5% trigger rate.

Slow

Eio’s Tears

Reduces attack speed by 50% for 10 seconds at 10% trigger rate.

(A)Freyr’s Rest

Reduces attack speed by 50% for 10 seconds at 5% trigger rate.

Ieo’s Sadness

Reduces attack speed by 50% for 10 seconds at 5% trigger rate.

(E)Thrasymedes’s Peace

Reduces attack speed by 50% for 10 seconds at 5% trigger rate.

Snare

Deltras’s Loyalty

Reduces movement speed by 50% for 10 seconds at 5% trigger rate.

(A)Nerthus’s Suppression

Reduces movement speed by 50% for 10 seconds at 5% trigger rate.

(E)Perento’s Standpoint

Reduces movement speed by 50% for 10 seconds at 5% trigger rate.

Stun

(E)Boreas’s Fury

Stuns for 1 second at 6% trigger rate.

Fasimedes’s Majesty

Stuns for 1 second at 6% trigger rate.

(A)Traufnir’s Roar

Stuns for 1 second at 6% trigger rate.

Damage

Earth

Freyr’s Wisdom

1880 earth damage at 1% trigger rate.

Thrasymedes’s Wit

188 earth damage at 10% trigger rate.

Fire

Boreas’s Encouragement

188 fire damage at 10% trigger rate.

Traufnir’s Bravery

1880 fire damage at 1% trigger rate.

Water

Hectate’s Cleverness

94 water damage at 20% trigger rate.

Sif’s Knowledge

940 water damage at 2% trigger rate.

Wind

Jumentis’s Agility

94 wind damage at 20% trigger rate.

Sigyn’s Intelligence

940 wind damage at 2% trigger rate.

Magical Fire

Magical Earth Smash

247 magical fire damage at 3% trigger rate.

Magical Earth Strike

124 magical fire damage at 6% trigger rate.

Magical Fire Smash

370 magical fire damage at 2% trigger rate.

Magical Fire Strike

185 magical fire damage at 4% trigger rate.

Orange

Damage

Earth

(A)Marchutan’s Balance

376 earth damage at 10% trigger rate.

(E)Yustiel’s Heart

376 earth damage at 10% trigger rate.

Fire

(E)Nezakan’s Valiance

3760 fire damage at 1% trigger rate.

(A)Zikel’s Pride

3760 fire damage at 1% trigger rate.

Water

(E)Kaisinel’s Terror

1880 water damage at 2% trigger rate.

(A)Lumiel’s Magical Power

1880 water damage at 2% trigger rate.

Wind

(E)Baizel’s Will

188 wind damage at 20% trigger rate.

(A)Triniel’s Coolness

188 wind damage at 20% trigger rate.
After reading this guide, I hope that you are now very knowledgeable with Enchantments, Manastones, Godstones, extracting, socket’ing, and enabling. If you have any further questions, feel free to send me a PM.
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Overview of Crafting

In Aion, there are six different crafting skills: Alchemy, Armorsmithing, Cooking, Handicrafting, Sewing, and Weaponsmithing. In order to learn a craft, you must find that craft’s expert from your race’s major city and pay ~3,500 Kinah.

For Asmodians, go to the Temple of Artisans in Pandaemonium and find:

Alchemy: Honir

Armorsmithing: Kinterun

Cooking: Lainita

Handicrafting: Lanse

Sewing: Zyakia

Weaponsmithing: Rogi

For Elyos, go to the Artisans’ Hall in Sanctum and find:

Alchemy: Diana

Armorsmithing: Vulcanus

Cooking: Hestia

Handicrafting: Utsida

Sewing: Daphnis

Weaponsmithing: Anteros

Each character can learn every craft and reach a skill of 399; however each character can only become a master at one craft.

The Basics

Now that you have learned a craft, there are a few important guidelines to follow. The first is accessing your craft window. To do this, open up your Skills window and select the Crafting tab, then Right-Click on your craft to bring up its window. At the top of the window, under the name of the craft, is your experience bar. If you just learned it, it will say ’1/99′. As you get closer to 99, just like gaining regular experience, the bar will fill up. However, when you max out at 99, you will need to return to your craft’s expert (the names listed above) and pay to learn the next level. The following are the prices to pay.

Lesser = ~3,500 Kinah

Regular = ~17,000 Kinah

Greater = ~115,000 Kinah

Expert = ~460,000 Kinah

Master = ~1,500,000 Kinah?

When you pay the price above to learn the next level, you will gain 1 skill point. For example, if you are at 99 and pay ~17,000 Kinah to become a Regular crafter, your skill will become 100.

The large area below the experience bar in the crafting window is the list of your recipes. They are organized by category and you can hide or show each category by clicking the box to the left of the category name. When you accept a Work Order, they will automatically be the first category.

The two boxes on the right side, called Product and Required Materials, are just that. When you click a specific recipe, the end result will appear in the Product box and the required materials to make that recipe will appear in the Required Materials box.

On the bottom right of the window are two buttons and a box in-between them. The right button is to craft the number in the box of the currently selected recipe. The left button is craft all, which places the maximum number you can craft of the currently selected recipe into that box.

When you are actually crafting, the success or fail rate is dependent on your skill compared to the recipe and chance. If your skill is equal to that of the recipe’s level, your chance of failing is around 33%. If your skill is 3 points higher than that of the recipe’s level, your chance of failing is around 15%. If your skill is between 5 and 10 points higher, your chance of failing is minimal. Once you are above 10, your chance of failing is incredibly low. Once the recipe turns grey, your chance of failing is 0.

Lastly, as you level up, visit the same merchant as you do for supplies to purchase some of your craft’s recipes. The rest of the recipes can be obtained through quests or are dropped.

Actually Crafting

If you just started a craft, go to your craft’s expert and accept the work order for ’1P’ (stands for a skill level of 1 point) by clicking ‘Craft Request’. Now, find a workstation and Right-Click it to bring up your craft window. Select the recipe for the work order. Since the quest requires that you make 3 Gritty Clams, change the ’1′ to a ’3′ in the box and then hit the craft button. As you’re crafting, each time you fail, hit the > arrow to increase the amount you need to craft to fulfill the quest. Once you are done, return to your craft’s expert and turn in the work order. Continue this process until you are at a skill of 10 and can receive your first real work order.

Once you accept the quest for the work order for ’10P’, open your craft window and select the recipe for the work order you just accepted. Now look at the required materials. As a general rule, multiple each material by however many finished products you need to complete the quest (if you have the work order for 10P, this number is 6), and then multiple that by a factor of 6 (that is around the least amount of attempts you can possibly do to raise your skill to the point where you can accept the next work order). Once you have calculated how many materials you will need, visit the merchant, who is also inside of the crafting room, and purchase those materials. As your skill becomes higher, it will require more than 6 work orders to raise your skill level by 10.

As a general rule, I usually purchase one extra the amount of work orders I think will raise my skill level by 10 since there are usually failures at the beginning. If you purchase exactly the right amount and fail just once, you won’t be able to finish your last work order and will have to buy more materials. However, purchasing one extra will give you the cushion to fail up to 6 times (more at higher skill levels).

If you need clarification on this, let’s take a look at an example. If you just learned Cooking, you would accept the work order for ‘Salted Pujery Supply 10P’. Open your craft window and select the recipe for ‘Salted Pujery’. The required materials are your given materials and 1 Salt. Now, the required amount of finished products for the quest is 6. Thus, multiple 1 Salt by 6, which is 6 Salts. Now, you need a skill of 20 to obtain the next work order, so multiple the 6 Salts by 7 (6 and 1 spare), which is 42 Salts. Now, visit the merchant and purchase 42 Salts. The next part is a trick that you will love. Position yourself between your craft’s expert and the closest workstation. Then put yourself as far away from the workstation as possible, but still able to craft. You should be exactly in the middle between the workstation and your craft’s expert. As you finish each work order, simply Right-Click your craft’s expert, turn in the work order, accept the new one, chance the number from ’1′ to ’6′, then hit the craft button. You won’t even have to move! This can save massive amounts of time if you plan on crafting for a long time.

The last bit of information is for when you are crafting actual items. When you craft an item, most of them have a chance to (what I call) proc. This is when you are, for example, crafting a white item and then it proc’s into a green item. This is what I specifically mean:

Regular:
YouTube – KFGuides – How to Craft a Regular Item in Aion

Proc’d:

YouTube – KFGuides – How to Craft a Proc’d Item in Aion

Now that you know the basics of crafting and how to craft work orders to raise your skill, the next part of the guide will go into detail of the benefits of each craft.

Detailed Overview of Crafts

This section is aimed at providing you what each craft can make, how difficult or expensive it is to craft, and who the craft itself is good for.

Alchemy

Alchemy is used for creating potions, scrolls, Manastones, orbs, and spellbooks. Other than orbs and spellbooks, all of the creations are considered commodities. Thus, they are not very difficult to craft and are not sold for a lot of Kinah. At all times, you can find lots of potions, scrolls, and Manastones through a Trade Broker. Furthermore, the materials required for crafting these items can be easily found as well.

The main perks of Alchemy are having access to your own potions, scrolls, and Manastones (something we all use frequently and may not want to have to buy) and to create orbs and spellbooks if you are of the Mage class. I would not suggest picking Alchemy to simply craft orbs and spellbooks to sell, as there are better crafts for that. I strongly suggest picking up Alchemy if you are of the Mage class, and simply suggest it for those who gather lots of herbs and want to use them for something. One negative for being an Alchemist is that it requires lots of inventory/bank space. There are lots of various materials (lots of herbs, basic materials, and Manastones) required to craft everything, which can fill up inventories fast.

Armorsmithing

Armorsmithing is used for creating shields, chain helmets, plate helmets, chain armor, and plate armor. Armorsmithing is very useful to have if you are of the Priest or Warrior classes, as you can fill 6 or 7 inventory slots with high quality crafted gear, making a big difference in your character’s statistics. Armorsmithing really only requires Aether, ore, and Kinah. If you are like me and want a full set of the best possible gear, you will spend 5 hours gathering hundreds of ore and Aether to craft 5 of one item in order to get a ‘proc’ out of it. This not only is a huge time sink, but it also becomes very expensive, as turning raw ore into usable ingots is very expensive. And if you do not ‘proc’, the failed item is barely worth as much as you spent on it. However, it is very nice to be able to have a full set of great gear every 5 levels.

Basically, if you are a Priest or Warrior, I’d suggest picking up Armorsmithing; even the basic recipes craft decent gear. If you get ‘proc’s, all the better. As far as using it to make money, it simply requires too much time to be of any real value, but occasionally you will have an extra ‘proc’d item that will sell for a lot.

Cooking

Cooking is only used for creating food. This, more or less, is used for temporarily boosting certain statistics. It is fairly inexpensive to cook and I would suggest it to anyone who uses food on a regular basis. However, there is little money to be made from it if you include the time it takes to gather and cook. Also, you can simply purchase food off of the Trade Broker or from a merchant with near the same benefits for a reasonably cheap price. If you plan on consuming lots of food, as in never being without a buff, then I’d suggest it. However, if you only plan on using food for groups or hard areas, I wouldn’t suggest spending the time raising it up.

Handicrafting

Handicrafting is used for creating rings, earrings, necklaces, glasses (head slot), bows, and staffs. Handicrafting is both expensive and time consuming to craft, but also the best craft for making money. For jewelry, gems are the primary material. It is fairly uncommon throughout areas and can only be gathered once per node, unlike everything else that can be gathered 3 times. This increases the amount of time required to gather lots of materials for attempts. Also, it is pretty much required to ‘proc’ on the initial recipe to make anything of value, both to you or to someone else. Once you do proc, you can then use that for an even better recipe, which also has a chance to ‘proc’. Even if the second recipe doesn’t ‘proc’, you will still have a very valuable item to use or sell. If it does ‘proc’, the value triples.

Overall, Handicrafting is the best craft for making money. You can spend 2 hours gathering and create a few valuable pieces of jewelry that will sell for lots of money, let alone, good rings, earrings, and necklaces are hard to find other than from Handicrafting. If you choose Handicrafting as your main or secondary craft, you will not be disappointed. I would highly suggest Handicrafting for Rangers and Chanters, but really for anyone who is willing to craft, period, as it is very rewarding.

Sewing

Sewing is used for creating belts, cloth helmets, leather helmets, cloth armor, and leather armor. As the same for Armorsmithing, this craft is mainly designed to be used by the other two classes: Scouts and Mages. There is not a big market for making money from this craft and it is just as time consuming and costly as Armorsmithing. If you are a Scout or Mage, I would highly suggest using this craft, even if you do not want to invest the time to create full sets of ‘proc’d gear; as the basics are still useful. And the occasional extra ‘proc’d piece will sell for a pretty penny.

Weaponsmithing

Weaponsmithing is used for creating daggers, swords, maces, greatswords, and polearms. Weaponsmithing is both costly and time consuming to create, but fairly rewarding. If you are a class that uses any of the above weapons, I definitely suggest picking up this craft. However, you can go without it and purchase similar items from the Trade Broker for similar prices. For instance, if a 100 damage sword can be crafted for roughly 100,000 Kinah in materials and failed attempts, then there’s probably a 90 damage sword for sale through the Trade Broker at 90,000 Kinah. The real benefit from Weaponsmithing is gathering lots of materials and attempting to get as many ‘proc’s as possible and then selling the ones you don’t use.

Weaponsmithing works similar to Handicrafting where you need to ‘proc’ the regular recipe in order to use in another recipe and then ‘proc’ that to get the best result. Even if the second fails, you still will have a valuable item. If it succeeds, you will have a very valuable item. The best results can fetch prices in the millions, which is attractive at any level. Overall, Weaponsmithing is not a bad craft for any class that uses the weapons listed above, but I definitely suggest it for Templars, Gladiators, and Assassins.
After reading this guide, you should have a good idea of how Aion’s crafting system works and the basics of each specific craft.

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