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Sorcerer

A glass-cannon caster that mixes fire and ice: Fire Mark and Blaze for damage, Frost and roots for control, and huge burst behind Element Enhancement.

Role
Ranged magic DPS
Difficulty
ModerateModerate

01Overview

The Sorcerer is a ranged glass cannon that casts both fire and ice. Fire does the damage — Fire Mark marks the target and Blaze cashes it in — while ice slows, roots and freezes so nothing reaches you. Half of your damage bonuses depend on mana: above 50% MP you crit more, above 25% you deal 20% more damage.

The build in one sentence

Hold one macro that keeps Element Enhancement and Wish of Concentration running and alternates Flame Arrow with your fire and ice lines so MP stays above half; cast Hellfire by hand.
  • Play in target mode. With a locked target the basic attack Flame Arrow keeps firing by itself after every skill and restores MP. In action mode it stops after each skill and you have to click again.
  • Two stages. In the first days at 45 your skills sit at 8–10 with one specialization each — take the mana and speed picks named in the cards. The card levels and the two highlighted picks are the later target (16), from EUTOPIA's global setup and Korean guides.

02Global Season 1: What Changes

Global servers open on October 5, 2026 (Founder's early access from September 30). What that means for the Sorcerer:

  • Skills at 16, not 20. Arcana and rings are what push skills past 16, and they come slowly.
  • Mana is tight at the start. About 3,000 MP and no cooldown reduction: the early picks are about MP and Skill Speed, not damage.

03PvE Build Summary

Later seven skills go to 16 — Hellfire first — and the rest stay at 12 or leave the bar. Each card says which single pick to take while the skill is still at 8–10.

  • Hellfire16
    Your biggest hit and the center of the build — EUTOPIA's number one priority. Charge it fully and cast it by hand. Before 16: +30% Skill Speed and the fire damage over time (aLuckyRO); at 16 swap the damage over time for −15s cooldown. The third slot at 20: Multi-Hit through Block and Evasion.
    • 8+30% Skill Speed
    • 16-15s cooldown

    + All specializations

  • Firestorm16
    5-second cooldown and a big mana drain — take −50% MP Cost first. At 12 every fireball takes 2s off Hellfire, so the two work as a pair. At 20 add +15% damage per fireball.
    • 8-50% MP Cost
    • 12-2s [Hellfire] cooldown per fireball

    + All specializations

  • Bittercold Wind16
    Root field: +1s duration, and at 12 a guaranteed crit through Block and Evasion (EUTOPIA). Its level-16 pick only shortens Frost — skip it once Frost is off your bar.
    • 8+1s [Bittercold Wind] summon duration
    • 12Ignores Block and Evasion and lands as a Critical Hit

    + All specializations

  • Blaze16
    Main damage on a Fire-Marked target; restores MP. Delayed damage and Multi-Hit in a group; solo on a hard boss swap the delay for the HP absorb (aLuckyRO). At 20 add the Wish of Concentration cooldown pick.
    • 8Delayed Damage after 3s
    • 12Multi-Hit on hit

    + All specializations

  • Wish of Concentration16
    +10% additional Attack and +10% Combat Speed — both sources take these two. At 20 add −10s to all cooldowns.
    • 8+10% additional Attack
    • 12+10% Combat Speed

    + All specializations

  • Winter's Shackles16
    +20% PvE Damage Boost for 5s on landing — the reason to level it. With −15s cooldown at 16; EUTOPIA takes the chain skill instead.
    • 8+20% PvE Damage Boost and +10% PvP Damage Boost for 5s on landing [Winter's Shackles]
    • 16-15s [Winter's Shackles] cooldown

    + All specializations

  • Flame Arrow16
    Basic attack and your mana engine. First days: +20% MP restored; +50% Multi-Hit once mana holds. At 12 it applies Fire Mark itself, at 16 it resets Blaze.
    • 12Inflicts Fire Mark for 5s on landing [Pyroclasm]
    • 16Reset [Blaze] cooldown on landing [Pyroclasm]

    + All specializations

  • Ice Chain12
    EUTOPIA takes Ice Chain, Frost and Frost Burst off the bar: they are slow to weave in and add little damage. aLuckyRO keeps Ice Chain at 12 — every hit takes 1s off Winter's Shackles. +20% Skill Speed, or −20% MP if mana runs short.
    • 8+20% Skill Speed
    • 12-1s [Winter's Shackles] cooldown on hit

    + All specializations

  • Flame Scattershot12
    Only on Staggered targets, so it can sit in the macro. Take the mobile pick, and Multi-Hit at 12.
    • 8Changes to mobile skill
    • 12Multi-Hit on hit

    + All specializations

  • Frostleveling
    Restores 200 MP — handy while leveling and short on mana; it leaves the bar in the global endgame setup.
    • 8Restores 200 MP
    • 8Reset [Frost Burst] cooldown on landing Frost

    + All specializations

  • Defiance12
    CC break; 20% HP back when you break free.
    • 8Restores 20% HP on using [Defiance]
    • 12+2s Tenacity duration

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  • Frost Burstskip
    Only on Frozen targets. Not part of the global setup.

04Recommended Skill Investment Order

Push these first:

  1. Hellfire Hellfire -> 16
  2. Firestorm Firestorm -> 16
  3. Bittercold Wind Bittercold Wind -> 16
  4. Blaze Blaze -> 16
  5. Wish of Concentration Wish of Concentration -> 16
  6. Winter's Shackles Winter's Shackles -> 16
  7. Flame Arrow Flame Arrow -> 16
Do not spread points equally. Levels come from Daevanion (+4), rings (+2), and arcana (+4). Max core skills before side investments.

05Passive Skills

Robe of Earth and Grace of Enhancement switch off when your mana runs low — never play at 10–20% MP.
PassiveWhy
Robe of FlameAccuracy, PvE Damage Boost and Double Chance — the first passive to max.
Fire MarkApplies Fire Mark, which Blaze needs, and burns the target. Max it.
Robe of EarthMax MP and Critical Hit while MP is 50% or more. Max it.
Grace of Enhancement+20% PvE Damage Boost while MP is 25% or more, and extra hits.
Vitality EvaporationExtra damage while the target is above 70% HP — strong early, when fights are short.
Cold SnapExtra damage on slowed targets — Ice Chain keeps them slowed.
Robe of ColdDefense and a slow on attackers — raids.

06Gear & Soulbind

  • Manastones: Attack, Critical Hit, Accuracy.
  • Watch Max MP and MP regen until your rotation stops running dry.
  • Which gear tier to chase is still open until the global launch.

07Daevanion Boards

Daevanion takes your skills from 10 to 14 and adds stats. Each blue node gives +1 level to its skill.

  • Priority: orange Combat Speed and Cooldown Reduction, then Attack and Damage Boost, then Critical Damage Boost; after that the blue nodes of Hellfire, Firestorm, Bittercold Wind, Blaze, Wish of Concentration and the green Robe of Earth.
  • Skip Multi-Hit and the defensive orange nodes — a Sorcerer wants flat damage; pick up Accuracy later.
  • No Ariel on global: there are five boards, and the level-45 one, Azphel, gives only PvP Damage Boost and Tolerance — in PvE finish the first four.

The route on the boards

The real global boards from the game data. Gold marks the cheapest path from Start to the nodes this guide takes — the blue nodes of the priority skills and the offensive orange nodes (no Multi-Hit, no tolerance); hover any node to see what it gives.

BoardUnlockOrange nodes
NezekanLv 12Combat Speed, Cooldown Reduction
ZikelLv 20Damage Boost, Damage Tolerance
VaizelLv 30Critical Damage Boost and Tolerance
TrinielLv 40Multi-Hit Chance and Resist
AzphelLv 45PvP Damage Boost and Tolerance — no skill nodes

08Stigmas

Leveling order: Element Enhancement → Cold Storm → Fire Wall → Delayed Explosion. On a fresh character they start at about 5 / 5 / 5 / 1.

  • Element Enhancement20
    +20% Fire and Water Attack (+10% more at 20) — your main buff, used every time it is ready. Max it first.
    • 5+200 Accuracy
    • 10x1.5 [Robe of Flame] effect
    • 15x1.5 [Grace of Enhancement] effect
    • 20+10% additional Fire and Water Attack

    + All specializations

  • Cold Storm10
    Water DoT field with Frostbite: extra damage on every hit you land inside it.
    • 5Enhanced Frostbite - Grants extra damage when landing an attack
    • 1030% chance to inflict Root for 2s

    + All specializations

  • Fire Wall10
    Fire DoT field; Embers adds extra damage on each hit. Best when the boss stands still or the pack walks through it.
    • 5Enhanced Embers - Grants extra damage when landing an attack
    • 10+2m wall width

    + All specializations

  • Delayed Explosion10
    The target takes +15% damage from you for 4s; level 10 cuts its cooldown. One point is enough at first.
    • 5Restores 200 MP
    • 10-10s [Delayed Explosion] cooldown

    + All specializations

  • Glacial Smitealt.
    Big instant AoE hit, stronger on packs; the swap for Cold Storm on short fights and farming.
    • 5Up to +20% damage when more targets hit
    • 10-30s cooldown

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  • Divine Burstalt.
    Hit that throws you back from the target, with an HP absorb at 10 — a safety tool once you have spare shards.
    • 5+20% Skill Speed
    • 10Absorbs 10% HP

    + All specializations

  • Steel Barrieralt.
    Shield worth 16% of Max HP — keep it while leveling solo, and swap it in for Cold Storm on a boss that keeps killing you (EUTOPIA).
    • 5+10% Move Speed
    • 10HP Regen at fixed intervals

    + All specializations

09Macro & Rotation

AION 2 has two separate tools:

  • Hotbar line — several skills stacked on one hotbar button. Pressing it casts the highest-priority skill that's ready, and in AION 2 the bottom slot has the highest priority. The cards show each line top to bottom as in the game.
  • In-game macro — while you hold its key, it presses your hotbar buttons in order and cancels animation tails. Skills on cooldown are skipped.

1. Hotbar lines

1Fire line
  1. 2Firestorm
  2. 1Blaze
Blaze whenever the target carries a Fire Mark, Firestorm on its 5-second cooldown.
TIce line
  1. 2Ice Chain
  2. 1Winter's Shackles
Winter's Shackles for the damage buff; Ice Chain fills the rest if you kept it — without it the line is Winter's Shackles alone.

Flame Arrow sits alone on R, Hellfire on 2, Flame Scattershot on 3.

2. In-game macro

Bind a macro key in Settings → Key settings → Gameplay → Macro. Every step with the same delay:

  • Delay: 10 ms with a ping under 50; 40–50 ms with a ping of 80–100 and more.
  • How to check it: watch your character while the macro runs. Afterimages ("shadows") behind it mean animations are being cancelled and the delay is fine.
  • Why two Flame Arrows: they refill mana between the expensive skills, so MP stays above 50% and both mana passives stay on.

3. What you actually press

  • HoldThe macro key — nothing else.
  • By handHellfire: stop, charge it fully, go back to the macro.
  • Low manaIf MP still drops, let go of the macro, fire a few Flame Arrows and continue.

4. Later: burst by hand

Once your gear carries cooldown reduction, Korean players take the buffs out of the macro and open a burst window by hand:

  1. Delayed Explosion just before the tank pulls.
  2. Element Enhancement and Wish of Concentration.
  3. Fire Wall + Cold Storm under the boss.
  4. Bittercold Wind, then Winter's Shackles for the +20% damage boost.
  5. Hellfire charged to 3, then the macro.

10Recap

  • First days: skills at 8–10 with the mana and speed picks; one macro with the buffs inside; target mode.
  • Later: Hellfire, Firestorm, Bittercold Wind, Blaze, Wish of Concentration, Winter's Shackles, Flame Arrow 16; Ice Chain 12 or off the bar.
  • Stigmas: Element Enhancement 20, Cold Storm 10, Fire Wall 10, Delayed Explosion 10.
  • Mana: keep it above 50% — that is damage, not comfort.