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Gladiator Build Guide

Stigmas

  1. Lunge StanceStigma Lv. 20
  2. Rage BurstStigma Lv. 10
  3. Zikel's BlessingStigma Lv. 15
  4. Focused BlockStigma Lv. 5
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The recommended order of nodes on each board. Every step touches a node you already have, so you can follow it crystal by crystal.

Zikel

Typical top player: 98 of 134 crystals · 88 nodes · opens at level 20

Steps 1–4 reached
Path on Zikel, step by step
StepNodeCrystalsOpened by
Recommended: what the typical top player opened (98 crystals)
5Next stepExperienced Counterstrike +12 crystals (6 in total)100%
61 stat nodeCritical Hit Resist1 crystal (7 in total)80%
7Murderous Burst +12 crystals (9 in total)97%
81 stat nodeCritical Hit Resist1 crystal (10 in total)61%
9Rush Strike +13 crystals (13 in total)83%
10–123 stat nodesCritical Hit, Max MP, Defense3 crystals (16 in total)63–96%
13Overhead Slam +13 crystals (19 in total)100%
141 stat nodeAttack1 crystal (20 in total)98%
15Damage BoostDamage Boost +1.5%4 crystals (24 in total)99%
16Impact Hit +12 crystals (26 in total)94%
171 stat nodeMax MP1 crystal (27 in total)88%
18Destructive Impulse +12 crystals (29 in total)84%
19–202 stat nodesMax HP, Attack2 crystals (31 in total)84–93%
21Rending Blow +13 crystals (34 in total)100%
22–243 stat nodesCritical Hit Resist, Attack, Critical Hit3 crystals (37 in total)59–93%
25Damage BoostDamage Boost +1.5%4 crystals (41 in total)99%
261 stat nodeDefense1 crystal (42 in total)89%
27Ruinous Blow +13 crystals (45 in total)100%
281 stat nodeAttack1 crystal (46 in total)98%
29Impact Hit +12 crystals (48 in total)97%
30–334 stat nodesCritical Hit Resist, Max MP, Defense, Max HP4 crystals (52 in total)64–74%
34Keen Strike +13 crystals (55 in total)92%
351 stat nodeAttack1 crystal (56 in total)92%
36Damage ToleranceDamage Tolerance +1.5%4 crystals (60 in total)92%
37Murderous Burst +12 crystals (62 in total)97%
38–392 stat nodesCritical Hit, Attack2 crystals (64 in total)80–84%
40Survival Willpower +12 crystals (66 in total)77%
41–433 stat nodesCritical Hit, Max HP, Attack3 crystals (69 in total)73–90%
44Experienced Counterstrike +12 crystals (71 in total)97%
45–462 stat nodesMax HP, Critical Hit Resist2 crystals (73 in total)70–78%
47Damage ToleranceDamage Tolerance +1.5%4 crystals (77 in total)87%
48–5710 stat nodesCritical Hit ×4, Max MP ×2, Attack ×2, Defense, Max HP10 crystals (87 in total)53–76%
58Survival Willpower +12 crystals (89 in total)70%
59Destructive Impulse +12 crystals (91 in total)69%
601 stat nodeDefense1 crystal (92 in total)56%
61Leaping Slam +13 crystals (95 in total)79%
621 stat nodeCritical Hit Resist1 crystal (96 in total)57%
Optional: what more invested top players add (9 in 10 spend 105 crystals or less)
63Mocking Blade +13 crystals (99 in total)49%
64Defiance +13 crystals (102 in total)52%
651 stat nodeCritical Hit Resist1 crystal (103 in total)30%

Steps 66 to 88 are not listed: 9 in 10 top players of this build spend less on this board.

Arrow keys move between nodes. The list view shows every step as a table.

  • Reached
  • Next step
  • Later
  • Not on the path, or beyond what 9 in 10 top players spend
How to Read the Board

Crystals per node (outline color)

  • Common · 1 crystal
  • Rare · 2 crystals
  • Epic · 3 crystals
  • Unique · 4 crystals

Node type

  • Stat node
  • Skill node
  • Start

Opened by (share of this build)

  • 0%
  • under 20%
  • 20–40%
  • 40–60%
  • 60–80%
  • 80–100%

“Typical top player”: half of this build’s top players spent more on this board, half spent less.

4

Mark: the typical top player of this build (98 crystals)

Step 4 of 88 reached.

In the game, the board window shows the crystals still needed for all nodes. 134 minus that number is what you have spent on this board.

The leveling plan puts about 4 crystals on this board by level 20. Assumed

Your Next Steps

  • 5

    Experienced Counterstrike +1

    2 crystals · 100% have it

  • 6

    Critical Hit Resist

    Critical Hit Resist +5 · 1 crystal · 80% have it

  • 7

    Murderous Burst +1

    2 crystals · 97% have it

  • 8

    Critical Hit Resist

    Critical Hit Resist +5 · 1 crystal · 61% have it

  • 9

    Rush Strike +1

    3 crystals · 83% have it

Next: Leveling

How This Guide Is Made

From the builds of the top 100 Gladiator players by combat power (130,791–218,639), 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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How the top players are chosen