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Gladiator Build Guide

What the top 94 Gladiator players use, as a plan from level 1 to 45.

All Top 94

Based on 94 of the top 94 Gladiator players

Stigmas

In slot order, with the typical stigma level of the top players

  1. Lunge StanceStigma Lv. 20
  2. Rage BurstStigma Lv. 10
  3. Zikel's BlessingStigma Lv. 15
  4. Focused BlockStigma Lv. 5

Arcana

Most used card per slot, from level 45

  • Chalice of VigorUsed by 87%
  • Parchment of VigorUsed by 29%
  • Compass of VigorUsed by 35%
  • Bell of MagicUsed by 37%
  • Mirror of MagicUsed by 34%

Daevanion

Median crystals spent per board, of the whole board

  • Nezekan100 of 134
  • Zikel97 of 134
  • Vaizel95 of 134
  • Triniel113 of 168
  • Azphel38 of 232

Azphel is paid with its own currency, not with crystals.

Skill Bar

On the bar of at least 80% of the top players

  • Rending Blow
  • Keen Strike
  • Ruinous Blow
  • Overhead Slam
  • Leaping Slam
  • Rush Strike
  • Ankle Slice
  • Mocking Blade
  • Aerial Snare
  • Crushing Wave
  • Sword Aura Rampage

Key Levels

When the game opens something new, and what this build puts there. The levels of stigma slots 2 to 4 are not checked in game yet.

  1. Level 12
    • The Nezekan board opens
  2. Level 20
    • The Zikel board opens
  3. Level 22
    • Stigma slot 1Lunge StanceAlso needs the quest “The One Who Hears the Voice”
  4. Level 27
    • Stigma slot 2Rage Burst
  5. Level 30
    • The Vaizel board opens
  6. Level 32
    • Stigma slot 3Zikel's Blessing
  7. Level 37
    • Stigma slot 4Focused Block
  8. Level 40
    • The Triniel board opens
  9. Level 45
    • The Azphel board opens
    • Arcana opens

What to Do at Your Level

Raise First

Active skills grouped by the skill level the top players train them to, highest first.

Skill Lv. 10
  • Rending Blow
  • Overhead Slam
  • Ruinous Blow
  • Keen Strike
  • Leaping Slam
  • Rush Strike
  • Sword Aura Rampage
  • Defiance
Skill Lv. 9
  • Mocking Blade
Skill Lv. 8
  • Ankle Slice
  • Aerial Snare
Skill Lv. 6
  • Crushing Wave

All Skills in Order

Alternatives

Also used by part of the top players of this build.

Other stigmas
  • TenaciousnessUsed by 45%
  • Blade TossUsed by 43%
  • Lifestealing BladeUsed by 39%

Next: Daevanion

How This Guide Is Made

From the builds of the top 94 Gladiator players by combat power (125,492–203,497), read between 12 Oct 2026 and 13 Oct 2026. Updated

Builds: we group the top players by the stigmas and skills they use. A group becomes a build of its own only with at least 15% of the players and at least 2 visible differences (stigmas or skills on the bar).

Daevanion path: every step opens a node next to one you already have. The nodes most top players opened come first, weighted by their crystal cost.

Leveling plan: we only see the final builds at level 45, not the order the players took. The plan buys first what almost every top player has, within the game’s level limits.

Most used does not always mean strongest.

Game Values Used16 confirmed in game, 8 assumed

Assumed

Not checked in game yet. When a value is checked, every guide is recomputed with it.

  • Highest trained skill level: 10 (bonuses from Daevanion, arcana and gear come on top)
  • Each further skill level needs 3 more character levels; passive skills from level 23 have no such limit
  • Skill points from level-ups by the level cap: 203
  • Skill points from sealed dungeons and regional quests: about 181, spread from level 10
  • Stigma slots open at character levels 22 / 27 / 32 / 37
  • Stigma points: 1 per level from level 22, 2 per level from level 40, 30 in total
  • Stigma points per stigma level in blocks of 5 levels (1–5, 6–10, 11–15, 16–20): 1 / 2 / 4 / 8
  • While leveling, each crystal goes to the open board that is furthest behind its share of the top players’ crystals (our model: the character pages only show finished builds)

Confirmed in game

  • Highest character level: 45
  • Crystals per Daevanion node by grade: Common 1 · Rare 2 · Epic 3 · Unique 4
  • A node opens next to the start or an open node (up, down, left or right)
  • Boards open at character level: Nezekan 12 · Zikel 20 · Vaizel 30 · Triniel 40 · Azphel 45
  • Paid with its own currency instead of crystals: Azphel
  • 4 crystals per level from level 12 (117 by level 40)
  • The Daevanion boards have no presets
  • Skill points per skill level, level 2 to 10: 1 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 4 / 4 / 4
  • Every skill unlocks with the character level alone, without a quest
  • Skill presets: 3 (the character pages show only the active one)
  • Specialization slots per skill: 3
  • Specialization options unlock at skill levels 8 / 12 / 16
  • Stigma slots: 4
  • Stigma slot 1 opens at character level 22, after the quest “The One Who Hears the Voice”
  • Stigma specializations at stigma levels 5 / 10 / 15 / 20
  • Arcana opens at character level 45

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