AION 2 Spiritmaster guide: spirits, skills, stigmas and macros

The class and who it suits

Spiritmaster fights alongside earth, wind, fire, and water spirits. Every summon grants an elemental charge and a temporary buff. Resummon them often instead of keeping one spirit out. Four charges unlock Elemental Fusion, your strongest hit.

Almost all Spiritmaster skills cast instantly. Combat Speed brings little benefit early, while cooldown reduction speeds up the whole summoning cycle.

This guide covers the start after level 45, when skill and stigma points are still scarce.

Your job in combat

What to know first

• MP is the main early problem. Water Spirit restores it, so summon that spirit last; it works while the others cool down.
• Max the spirit summons. Nearly everything depends on them.
• In target selection mode, your character automatically resumes Cold Shock after a skill, dealing damage and restoring MP. In combat mode, they stop. Target selection is more convenient with macros.
• Green Daevanion nodes raise passive skill levels, blue ones raise active skill levels. Beyond level 10, raise skills through the board, Arcana, and equipment.

Active skills and specializations

For all four spirits, start with the specialization that raises their skill activation chance. It matters most while you have only one specialization slot.

Spirits

Summon: Earth SpiritActive · CD 15s · level to 10Summons an Earth Spirit.

1. 10% chance to activate skill when Earth Spirit lands attack

First in the chain.Summon: Wind SpiritActive · CD 15s · level to 10Summons a Wind Spirit.

1. 10% chance to activate skill when Wind Spirit lands attack

Area damage and healing for the Spiritmaster.Summon: Fire SpiritActive · CD 15s · level to 10Summons a Fire Spirit.

1. 10% chance to activate skill when Fire Spirit lands attack

Best against groups of monsters because it attacks an area.Summon: Water SpiritActive · CD 15s · level to 10Summons a Water Spirit.

1. 10% chance to activate skill when Water Spirit lands attack

Last in the chain; restores MP and boosts Attack and Critical Hit.

Main attacks

Elemental FusionActiveThe Spiritmaster receives an element each time a Spirit uses its skill. Grants Four Elements status and the ability to use the [Elemental Fusion] skill upon reaching 4…

1. Changes to Charge Skill, dealing up to 200% more damage

Use after four elemental charges. The charged option adds up to +200% damage; prioritize it.Dimensional ControlActiveA skill that is triggered briefly each time a Spirit uses its skill.

1. +50% Multi-Hit chance on hit

Triggers whenever a spirit uses a skill and restores MP. Multi-hit adds damage.Jointstrike: CurseActive · CD 10sSelects a target within 20m and deals 74-74 damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m of the target, and inflicts Curse.

1. +50% Multi-Hit on hit

Joint attack with a spirit and a curse. Multi-hit on impact.CombustionActiveSelects a target within 20m and deals 63-63 Fire damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m of the target.

1. -20% MP consumed

No-cooldown skill to fill gaps between other attacks.Cold ShockActiveDeals 54-54 Water damage to a target within 20m and restores 100 MP.

1. +20% MP restored

MP-restoring basic attack.Rapid ScattershotActiveDeals 116-116 damage to a target afflicted with Stagger within 20m.

1. Changes to mobile skill

Works against a staggered boss. Lets you attack while moving.DefianceActive · CD 60sRemoves Stun, Knockdown, Airborne, Grab, Frost, and Fear from the caster and grants Tenacity for 5s.

1. Restores 20% HP on using [Defiance]

Break control and regain 20% HP.

Soul's Cry is unnecessary in PvE.

Passive skills

Passive priority

Spirit StrikePassiveIncreases the caster's PvE Damage Boost by 6%, PvP Damage Boost by 3%, and Perfect Chance by 0.4%. Increases the Spirit's PvE Damage Boost by 6%, PvP Damage Boost by 3%,…Main passive: damage and Perfect Chance for you and your spirit.CorrodePassiveIncreases the caster's Critical Hit by 100, with a 50% chance to deal 124-124 damage on landing a Critical Hit.Critical Hit and extra damage on critical hits.Spirit's DescentPassiveHas a 50% chance to deal 47-47 extra damage whenever the Spiritmaster's attacks land within 10 seconds of summoning a Spirit. Duration is increased to 30s when an…Extra damage after summoning a spirit, which you do constantly.Element UnificationPassiveIncreases Critical Damage Boost by 1.1% for the caster and Spirit for 10s upon landing a Spirit skill attack. Stacks up to 5 times.Critical Damage for you and your spirit when a spirit uses a skill.

Stigmas

Spiritmaster stigmas split clearly between PvE and PvP. Use the PvE set for dungeons and hunting.

PvE set

Jointstrike: Destructive AttackStigma · CD 60sDeals 573-573 damage to a target within 20m.Joint attack with a spirit. At +5 it becomes chargeable for up to 200% damage. Take +5 first.Summon: Ancient SpiritStigma · CD 90sSummons an Ancient Spirit for 30s and grants Four Elements status each time the Ancient Spirit uses its skill.Ancient Spirit lasts 30 seconds and gains effects from all four elements. Take +5.Enhance: Spirit's BenedictionStigma · CD 60sIncreases PvE Damage Boost by 20%, PvP Damage Boost by 10%, PvE Damage Tolerance by 20%, PvP Damage Tolerance by 10%, and restores 1850-2035 HP every 1s for 10s to the…PvE damage, Damage Tolerance, and healing for you and your spirit.Flame BlessingStigma · CD 60sHas a 50% chance to deal 234-234 extra damage to enemies on landing an attack for 10s.Chance of extra damage on every attack, plus Accuracy and Critical Hit.Jointstrike: CorrodeStigma · CD 45sSelects a target within 20m and deals 429-429 damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m of the target, inflicting Corrode for 20s.Weakens a target so spirits deal more damage to it.Cursed CloudStigma · CD 90sSelects a target within 20m and deals 601-601 damage to up to 4 enemies within 4m, and deals 1203-1203 Damage over Time every 1s for 10s.Persistent area damage.

If you lack Accuracy

Kaisinel's PowerStigma · CD 60sIncreases Status Effect Chance by 20% and Status Effect Resist by 20% for the caster for 10s.Use instead of Flame Blessing for Accuracy and Status Effect Chance.

Jointstrike: Corrode, Seize Magic, Magic Block, Cry of Terror, Cursed Cloud in its PvP version, and Command: Proxy are mainly PvP tools.

Rotation and macros

Resummon spirits as quickly as possible to stack their buffs. Between summons, use skills that trigger from spirit abilities.

Suggested Spiritmaster macro:

1. Buffs: Flame Blessing and Enhance: Spirit's Benediction.
2. Cold Shock once so the chain keeps moving.
3. Spirits: earth → wind → fire → water. Repeat this row if your macro skips presses.
4. After charges accumulate: Elemental Fusion → Dimensional Control → Jointstrike: Curse → Combustion.

Use Summon: Ancient Spirit, Jointstrike: Corrode, and the charged Jointstrike: Destructive Attack manually. A macro will not fully charge the last one.

You can combine the game macro with a programmable mouse: put spirits and Dimensional Control in the game macro, and repeat Cold Shock and Elemental Fusion with mouse buttons. See the skill macro guide to tune delay for your ping.

Daevanion

• Nezekan: bonus Attack and cooldown reduction; Combat Speed and defense are low priority.
• Zikel: Damage Boost, bypassing Evasion, and Damage Tolerance for dungeons.
• Vaizel: all four Critical Damage Boost nodes.
• Triniel: multi-hit can wait at the start.

Find nodes that raise spirit summon levels and take the shortest route to them. After the skills, add multi-hit and other bonuses; leave Combat Speed until last. See the Spiritmaster boards in Daevanion.

Equipment

Attack and cooldown reduction are the main weapon priorities. On rings and Arcana, look for Combustion, Summon: Fire Spirit, and the other summons. Equipment alone will not take them to level 20. See the stats guide for slot choices.

Common mistakes

1. Keeping one spirit all fightSummon buffs never stack, reducing damage.
2. Water Spirit too earlyMP runs out before the other spirits return.
3. Investing in Combat Speed earlyInstant skills gain little from it.
4. PvP stigmas in dungeonsControl and buff removal do little boss damage.

Checklist for harder content

Spiritmaster ready

• all four spirits at level 10 with increased skill activation chance;
• Elemental Fusion set to its charged version;
• Jointstrike: Destructive Attack and Summon: Ancient Spirit at +5;
• Water Spirit last in the macro;
• bonus Attack, cooldown reduction, and Critical Damage nodes on Daevanion.