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Aion 2 Chanter Daevanion guide: nodes to take first

By CorpusPublished October 4, 2026

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TL;DR

Take the offensive orange nodes first: Combat Speed on Nezekan, Damage Boost on Zikel and Critical Damage Boost on Vaizel.
Skip Triniel's Multi-Hit Chance nodes. aLuckyRO says Multi-Hit is not a Chanter stat.
Then take the skill nodes for Dark Crush, Rushing Smash, Onslaught, Recuperation and Spinning Strike, plus the passive nodes for Attack Preparation and Wind's Promise.
Spend leftover points on Attack and other offensive stats. aLuckyRO sees no need for defensive nodes this early.

How the boards work for Chanter

Chanter has five Daevanion boards. aLuckyRO's picks on each:

Board	Level	Crystals	Orange nodes first	Skill nodes
Nezekan	12	Daevanion	Combat Speed	Rushing Smash, Attack Preparation, Onslaught, Dark Crush
Zikel	20	Daevanion	Damage Boost	Dark Crush, Wind's Promise, Rushing Smash, Recuperation, Spinning Strike
Vaizel	30	Daevanion	Critical Damage Boost	Dark Crush, Onslaught, Attack Preparation
Triniel	40	Daevanion	None	Recuperation, Dark Crush, Spinning Strike, optionally Rushing Smash
Azphel	45	Battle	PvP stats	Not covered

Node colour	What it does	Cost
Orange	Big stat node	4
Blue	+1 rank to an active skill	3
Green	Raises a passive skill	2
White	Small stat	1

Each of the first four boards has a node for every one of Chanter's twelve base active skills. Skill points stop at rank 10, so these nodes are how Spinning Strike and Recuperation reach 12, and most of how Dark Crush climbs toward the rank 16 specialty that removes its cooldown. The Chanter PvE build explains which ranks you need.

aLuckyRO's method is the same on every board. Open the orange line you want, then look along it for the closest skill nodes your build uses. If a skill node is far off the line, skip it and take that skill on another board where it is closer.

The numbered nodes on each board below follow his choices. The planner finds the path between them for you. Open any board in the Daevanion planner to plan a route within your crystal budget.

Nezekan: Combat Speed

Two Combat Speed and two Cooldown Reduction orange nodes. aLuckyRO says these speed nodes were weakened for the global version but you still need them. He skips Recuperation here because it sits too far off the line.

Nezekan Chanter board: Combat Speed first, then core skills

Zikel: Damage Boost

Two Damage Boost and two Damage Tolerance nodes. Spinning Strike's node sits right next to the top-right Damage Boost. Taking it here and on Triniel gives you the two board ranks Spinning Strike needs for rank 12.

Zikel Chanter board: Damage Boost first, then core skills

Vaizel: Critical Damage Boost

Two Critical Damage Boost nodes, plus two Critical Damage Tolerance, a defensive stat.

aLuckyRO explains the pick with a dummy test: Chanter's spammed skills rarely crit. Dark Crush is the exception, because its Critical Hit specialty makes every hit a crit, so Critical Damage Boost from this board and from Wind's Promise pays off mostly on Dark Crush.

Vaizel Chanter board: Critical Damage Boost first, then core skills

Triniel: skill nodes only

Six orange nodes, three Multi-Hit Chance and three Multi-Hit Resist. aLuckyRO activates none of them.

Creator tip

We don't activate multi hit chance or such. That's not your thing.

aLuckyRO · Watch at 19:40

Take Recuperation and Dark Crush first, then Spinning Strike once you have the points.

After the priority nodes

With these four boards done, Dark Crush has gained a rank on every one of them. That is how aLuckyRO's fresh character reaches rank 14 with no help from Arcana. The last two ranks to 16 have to come from elsewhere. If you have points left, he says to look for Attack first. He plays Chanter for maximum offense and sees no current content that needs defensive nodes.

Creator tip

And if you will left some points, just find first attack because you are the chanter guys.

aLuckyRO · Watch at 25:34

aLuckyRO: Chanter Daevanion priorities

Next steps

Chanter PvE build: skill ranks, specialties, stigmas and the rotation.
Chanter guide: the class overview and every Chanter page.

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