Gladiator Build Guide

Stigmas

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

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 1–24 reached

Path on Zikel, step by step
Step	Node	Crystals	Opened by
Recommended: what the typical top player opened (98 crystals)
25Next step	Damage BoostDamage Boost +1.5%	4 crystals (41 in total)	99%
26	1 stat nodeDefense	1 crystal (42 in total)	89%
27	Ruinous Blow +1	3 crystals (45 in total)	100%
28	1 stat nodeAttack	1 crystal (46 in total)	99%
29	Impact Hit +1	2 crystals (48 in total)	98%
30–33	4 stat nodesCritical Hit Resist, Max MP, Defense, Max HP	4 crystals (52 in total)	66–75%
34	Keen Strike +1	3 crystals (55 in total)	91%
35	1 stat nodeAttack	1 crystal (56 in total)	89%
36	Damage ToleranceDamage Tolerance +1.5%	4 crystals (60 in total)	90%
37	Murderous Burst +1	2 crystals (62 in total)	97%
38–39	2 stat nodesCritical Hit, Attack	2 crystals (64 in total)	80–82%
40	Survival Willpower +1	2 crystals (66 in total)	80%
41–43	3 stat nodesCritical Hit, Max HP, Attack	3 crystals (69 in total)	71–88%
44	Experienced Counterstrike +1	2 crystals (71 in total)	98%
45–46	2 stat nodesMax HP, Critical Hit Resist	2 crystals (73 in total)	67–76%
47	Damage ToleranceDamage Tolerance +1.5%	4 crystals (77 in total)	83%
48–55	8 stat nodesCritical Hit ×2, Max MP ×2, Attack ×2, Defense, Max HP	8 crystals (85 in total)	51–74%
56	Survival Willpower +1	2 crystals (87 in total)	70%
57	Destructive Impulse +1	2 crystals (89 in total)	70%
58	1 stat nodeDefense	1 crystal (90 in total)	53%
59	Leaping Slam +1	3 crystals (93 in total)	79%
60	1 stat nodeCritical Hit Resist	1 crystal (94 in total)	56%
61	Mocking Blade +1	3 crystals (97 in total)	48%
Optional: what more invested top players add (9 in 10 spend 105 crystals or less)
62	Defiance +1	3 crystals (100 in total)	50%
63	1 stat nodeCritical Hit Resist	1 crystal (101 in total)	27%
64	Sword Aura Rampage +1	3 crystals (104 in total)	55%
65	1 stat nodeCritical Hit Resist	1 crystal (105 in total)	30%

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

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.

My crystals on Zikel

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

Step 24 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 37 crystals on this board by level 45. Assumed

Your Next Steps

25
Damage Boost
Damage Boost +1.5% · 4 crystals · 99% have it
26
Defense
Defense Bonus +30 · 1 crystal · 89% have it
27
Ruinous Blow +1
3 crystals · 100% have it
28
Attack
Attack Bonus +3 · 1 crystal · 99% have it
29
Impact Hit +1
2 crystals · 98% have it

Next: Leveling

How This Guide Is Made

From the builds of the top 96 Gladiator players by combat power (129,652–218,639), read between 12 Oct 2026 and 13 Oct 2026. Updated 36 minutes ago

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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