Cleric PvE Guide

Overview

The Cleric is AION 2's primary healer and support class. PvE combines party healing, mitigation, cleansing, resurrection/emergency recovery, offensive party buffs, debuffs, and ranged magical damage.

Playstyle: Prevent damage → maintain party HP → cleanse dangerous effects → buff the group → DPS during safe windows.

Strengths

• Best dedicated party sustain
• Strong emergency tools (Healing Light, Radiant Recovery, Absolution, Benevolence)
• Defensive + offensive party utility
• Meaningful ranged DPS in low-heal windows
• Scales from both healing and offensive progression

Weaknesses

• August healing nerf — spam-heal cannot cover every mistake
• Cooldown management is mandatory
• Greedy DPS can miss healing windows
• Group positioning still matters for party-wide effects

Current Cleric PvE Meta

• 1. Healing efficiency — keep the party up with minimal overheal
• 2. Support — defensive/offensive buffs and Debilitating Mark
• 3. DPS downtime — convert safe moments into damage

• Bolt: +20% PvE (Sep 4); charge animation mobile
• Prayer of Amplification: CD 90s → 60s
• Healing Enhancement: flat heal amp → Attack Power scaling (26/30/34% at Lv.10/20/30)

Core PvE Skills

	Skill	Role	Priority / Notes
	Light of Regeneration	Sustained party HoT / support	S — CD/duration 20→30s (Apr); range 40m; Aug heal cut
	Healing Light	Emergency single-target heal	S — CD 3→6s, heal +100% (Apr); then Aug nerf + 40m
	Radiant Recovery	Emergency / cleanse recovery	S — CD 7→14s, heal +150%, +1 status remove (Apr); don't waste on chip
	Absolution	Major multi-target heal	S — 25→40m; heal −20–50%; HP-scale 10→5%, periodic 3→1.5%
	Benevolence	Sustained group heal	S — 25→40m; Spec 3 periodic 4→2%
	Radiant Benediction	Group recovery	A — 40m; Aug heal reduction
	Salvation	Major defensive / emergency	S — DoT remove (Apr 29); Spec 5 invuln bug fixed Sep 9 — not a normal heal
	Light of Protection	Toggle defensive support	A+ — Apr toggle; does not stack with Chanter Indomitable Chant (higher level wins)
	Prayer of Amplification	Main offensive party buff	S — Spec4 AP 10→15%, Spec5 amp 10/5→20/10% (Aug 26); CD 90→60s (Sep 4)
	Debilitating Mark	Core offensive debuff	S — Spec4 amp reduction 5→10% (Aug 26); keep uptime
	Bolt	Main Cleric DPS	A+ — charge 40/100/200% (Apr); +5% Jul 29; +20% PvE + mobile charge Sep 4
	Divine Aura	Offensive DPS window	A — +100% PvE (Apr); +5% Jul 29; use when healing is calm
	Earth's Grace	Offensive passive — Crit Damage	A+ for DPS — Crit Dmg 7.5/12.5/17.5 → 15/20/25% (Aug 26)
	Healing Enhancement	Healing amp passive	S — now scales with Attack Power (26/30/34%)
	Defiance	Utility / Spec heal	A — Spec3 HP heal 20→10% (Aug); not a primary heal

Skill Leveling & Bar Setup

Pure healer

Support / DPS Cleric

Recommended bar outline

• Healing: Healing Light · Radiant Recovery · Absolution · Benevolence · Light of Regeneration
• Emergency: Salvation · Light of Protection · Defiance
• Support: Debilitating Mark · Prayer of Amplification
• DPS: Bolt · Divine Aura

PvE Priority & Rotation

Healing requirement > emergency mechanics > party buffs/debuffs > DPS

Healing priority when several are injured

1. 1. Tank in danger
2. 2. Mechanic target about to take unavoidable damage
3. 3. Multiple injured → Absolution / Benevolence / AoE recovery
4. 4. Single-target → Healing Light / Radiant Recovery
5. 5. Chip damage → don't blow major CDs; let HoTs/cheaper heals work

Sustained healing cycle

• Light of Regeneration → Healing Light → Radiant Recovery → Absolution/Benevolence as required

Use the smallest appropriate heal for the damage taken — especially after the August nerf.

Burst support window

• Debilitating Mark → Prayer of Amplification → Bolt → Divine Aura → return to healing if needed

Safe DPS priority

• Buff/debuff → Bolt → Divine Aura → filler
• Never sacrifice healing uptime to finish a DPS cycle

Boss fight habits

• Before major AoE: position, Light of Regeneration, defensive support, Salvation if required
• During damage: Absolution / Benevolence / Radiant Recovery / Healing Light by event size
• After damage: stabilize — don't dump every remaining heal; preserve emergency CDs

Cleric + Chanter: Light of Protection cannot stack with the Chanter's Indomitable Chant (community name; higher-level effect wins). Coordinate support instead of double-pressing on cooldown. See also Chanter.

Stats, Stones, Arcana & Gear

Pure healer

1. Attack Power / Healing scaling
2. → HP
3. → Defensive stats
4. → Cooldown / skill efficiency
5. → Critical

Support / DPS Cleric

1. Attack Power
2. → Critical
3. → Critical Damage (Earth's Grace)
4. → PvE Damage Amplification
5. → Accuracy
6. → HP

Magic Stones

• Healer: Attack Power · HP · defense · healing bonuses · Accuracy if needed
• Support/DPS: Attack · Crit · Crit Damage · PvE amp · Accuracy
• Hybrid stones are usually best for normal dungeons

Arcana / Daevanion: Healer — AP / heal bonuses → HP → defense → utility. Support/DPS — Crit → Crit Damage → Attack → PvE amp → Accuracy → HP. Don't chase Combat Power alone.

Stigma concept

• Healer: Healing > Emergency Recovery > Support > Defense > DPS
• Support/DPS: Support Buffs > DPS > Healing > Defense
• Hard progression: avoid fully DPS-oriented Stigma boards

Gear progression

• Early: weapon · Attack Power · HP · basic healing · defense
• Mid: AP · heal scaling · Crit · Crit Damage · Stigma · Arcana · Daevanion
• End: Weapon → core gear → Abyss → accessories → Arcana → Daevanion → Seal

Abyss (Sep 9 PvE amp table): Decanus 15/20; Centurion 15/20/25; Tribunus 20/25/30/35; High Commander 25/30/35/40; Praetorian Captain 30/35/40/45 (2/5/8/12 where applicable). DPS Clerics value high tiers; pure healers should not sacrifice survivability/heal efficiency for amp alone.

Seal (Sep 9): Weapon Fixing Damage / Armor Defense / Amplify Weapon Damage steps 1–5 (20/40/100 → 100/200/500). Tied to Anguish Snowfield Sanctuary.

Common Mistakes

• Overhealing — 95→100% with an expensive CD is wasted
• Salvation too early — not for ordinary chip damage
• Ignoring Debilitating Mark — heal-only play leaves group DPS on the table
• Forgetting Prayer of Amplification — 60s CD is a major party buff
• DPS during dangerous mechanics — stop and heal
• HP-only gear — Attack Power now feeds Healing Enhancement
• Copying pre-August heal builds — 40m range, much lower raw heal

2026 Patch History

April 22 — major rework

• Light of Regeneration / Healing Light / Radiant Recovery (+150% heal) changes
• Light of Protection → toggle; Divine Aura +100% PvE; Bolt charge scaling up
• Earth's Grace offensive utility; Life Authority → Vital Force; Pure Spirit → Noble Energy

April 29

• Salvation gains DoT removal; assorted bugfixes

July 29

• Bolt & Divine Aura +5% PvE

August 12 — healing rework

• Most heals: 25m → 40m range; −20% to −50% healing by skill level
• Healing Enhancement: flat amp → Attack Power scaling

August 26 — support rebalance

• Debilitating Mark Spec4 5→10%; Earth's Grace Crit Dmg doubled-tier bump
• Prayer of Amplification Spec4/5 buffed

September 4

• Bolt +20% PvE + mobile while charging
• Prayer of Amplification 90s → 60s

September 9

• No additional Cleric damage ship; Salvation Spec5 invuln targeting bug fixed
• Note: Sep 2 notes teased Cleric PvE damage — Sep 9 did not add another damage-value change

Final Cleric PvE Build

TL;DR

Three layers: (1) keep the party alive · (2) maintain Debilitating Mark + support · (3) convert safe downtime into DPS with Prayer of Amplification, Bolt, and Divine Aura.

August healing rework is the biggest shift vs old guides: 40m heals with much lower raw output, Healing Enhancement scales from Attack Power — build hybrid support/healer; pure heal for the hardest progression.

Full skill list: Cleric · Classes · Skills.