Aion 2 Templar PvE build: skill priority, stigmas and macro

Active skills

Pummel is the first skill NoBS ranks. It hits up to four enemies and costs 120 MP, which Vicious Strike refunds with 100 MP per use.

Creator tip

Pummel is one of the most important Templar abilities so while leveling up make sure you upgrade it first, and later on upgrade it as much as possible.

Judgment is the damage skill the rest of the kit feeds: Shield Smite, Warding Strike, Shield Rush and Doom Shield each trigger it.

For Poach, NoBS takes two rank 8 specialties: moving to a target that cannot be pulled makes it a gap closer on bosses, and the reset on kill chains pulls while farming.

Flash Rampage only hits staggered targets, so NoBS leaves it for later. Debilitating Smash reduces the target's Defense by 25%. Its -60% Incoming Heal specialty is a PvP pick.

Stigmas

Stigmas unlock at level 22 and level separately with stigma points. Each one gains a new effect at ranks 5, 10, 15 and 20.

NoBS says you will probably use Doom Shield in every build. It rushes to the target, triggers Judgment and, from rank 5, resets Annihilate on hit. Madsin names it the Templar stigma that opens the Judgment spam window.

Creator tip

Lastly Doom Shield will also proc Judgement, the main damage ability we were talking about earlier.

NoBS calls Battlefield Banner one of the best stigmas on Templar's kit. It raises your Attack in proportion to your Defense, and its rank 5 and 10 effects add 10% Multi-Hit Chance and 10% Weapon Damage Boost.

The remaining slots depend on the fight:

Madsin's general rule for every class is to fill the slots after your burst stigma with skills that raise your own or your group's damage, then manual blocks for melee, then personal defensives.

Passives

Creator tip

And Fury is one of the most important offensive passives you got. Giving you attack damage boost, PvE damage boost and PvP damage boost both to you and all your party members.

Impact Hit and Survival Willpower are the PvP passives in NoBS's list. Impact Hit helps you land Stun and Knockdown, and Survival Willpower makes you harder to stun.

Leveling rotation and macro

NoBS sets one macro on Judgment and, optionally, a second on another row of skills. You then hold your basic attack key and the macro together. He calls this a decent rotation for the whole leveling phase. He also says it is too early to give an endgame macro, so treat this as a leveling setup.

1. 1 Charge Punishment

   Open with a fully charged Punishment. It grants Executor, which adds 200 Accuracy and 20% PvE Damage Boost.

2. 2 Trigger Judgment

   Use Shield Smite, Warding Strike, Shield Rush or Doom Shield, then cast Judgment.

3. 3 Fill

   Alternate Vicious Strike and Pummel to keep MP up. Put Pummel in a macro so a basic attack fits between skills.

4. 4 Spend procs

   Put Annihilate and Debilitating Smash on one key with your other procs and press them as soon as they light up.

Creator tip

That is why we will set most of our procs on a single key, that way we will spam 1 button and it will execute all of our procs immediately when they are available.

Next steps

• Templar guide: the class overview and every Templar page.
• Daevanion planner: plan the board nodes that add ranks to these skills.