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Aion 2 Gladiator Daevanion guide: skill nodes on each board

By CorpusPublished October 4, 2026

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TL;DR

Skill points stop at rank 10. Each of the first four boards adds one more rank to every Gladiator base active skill.
For the PvE build, the skill nodes that matter most are Overhead Slam and Rending Blow, then Ruinous Blow and Sword Aura Rampage.
The passive nodes to look for are Experienced Counterstrike, Attack Preparation, Impact Hit and Murderous Burst.
The Gladiator guides we used do not rank the big orange stat nodes, so this page lists what each board offers instead of picking for you.

How the boards work for Gladiator

Gladiator has five Daevanion boards:

Board	Unlocks at level	Crystals	Orange nodes
Nezekan	12	Daevanion	2 Combat Speed, 2 Cooldown Reduction, 1.5% each
Zikel	20	Daevanion	2 Damage Boost, 2 Damage Tolerance
Vaizel	30	Daevanion	2 Critical Damage Boost, 2 Critical Damage Tolerance
Triniel	40	Daevanion	3 Multi-Hit Chance, 3 Multi-Hit Resist
Azphel	45	Battle	PvP stats

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

Every one of the first four boards has a node for each of Gladiator's twelve base active skills, so the boards add four ranks in total.

Creator tip

You can level all your skills with these skill points only to level 10. After what you will actually need to get the Daevanion boards to level your skills.

Grobs · Watch at 11:25

Skill points 10 plus four board ranks reaches 14. Madsin explains that the rank 16 specialties and the third slot at rank 20 need more: Arcana cards, or skill levels rolled on weapon and ring soulbinds. He also notes that Gladiator pushes only about three skills that high and puts its remaining skill levels into passives.

The nodes on each board

The numbered nodes below follow the priorities in the Gladiator PvE build: Grobs's rank 16 skills first, then his four passives. The order is ours, built from his skill priorities; he does not give a node path. The planner finds the route between the nodes for you. Open any board in the Daevanion planner to plan a route within your crystal budget.

Nezekan

Two Attack Preparation nodes, and none for Experienced Counterstrike, Impact Hit or Murderous Burst.

Zikel

Two nodes each for Experienced Counterstrike, Impact Hit and Murderous Burst, and none for Attack Preparation.

Vaizel

All four of the build's passives have one node here.

Triniel

Madsin points out that Gladiator's main skills do not have forced Multi-Hit built in, unlike Ranger's Deadshot, so Multi-Hit Chance is worth more to Gladiator when you have to choose between stats.

Other nodes

The boards also carry nodes for Blood Absorption on Nezekan, Vaizel and Triniel. aLuckyRO's beginner build treats it as a key passive for tanking, so take those nodes if you want more sustain. Keen Strike has a node on every board, but Grobs stops using it after level 45, so it can wait.

Next steps

Gladiator PvE build: specialties, stigmas and the rotation.
Gladiator guide: the class overview and every Gladiator page.

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