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Gladiator Build Guide

Stigmas

  1. Rage BurstStigma Lv. 10
  2. Lunge StanceStigma Lv. 20
  3. Zikel's BlessingStigma Lv. 15
  4. Focused BlockStigma Lv. 5
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Where your points go first: what almost every top player of this build has at a high level comes first.

Active Skills

Typical level · On the bar

Skill Lv. 10

  • Rending BlowCoreOn the bar 100%
  • Overhead SlamCoreOn the bar 100%
  • Ruinous BlowCoreOn the bar 100%
  • Keen StrikeCoreOn the bar 100%
  • Leaping SlamCoreOn the bar 100%
  • Rush StrikeCoreOn the bar 100%
  • DefianceOn the bar 0%
  • Sword Aura RampageCoreOn the bar 85%

Skill Lv. 9

  • Mocking BladeCoreOn the bar 97%
  • Ankle SliceCoreOn the bar 98%

Skill Lv. 8

  • Aerial SnareCoreOn the bar 94%

Skill Lv. 5

  • Crushing WaveCoreOn the bar 86%

Passive Skills

Typical level · Learned by

Skill Lv. 10
  • Survival StanceLearned by: 100%
  • Identify WeaknessLearned by: 100%
  • Attack PreparationLearned by: 100%
  • Experienced CounterstrikeLearned by: 100%
  • Murderous BurstLearned by: 100%
  • Impact HitLearned by: 100%
  • Blood AbsorptionLearned by: 100%
  • Survival WillpowerLearned by: 100%
  • Destructive ImpulseLearned by: 100%
  • Protection ArmorLearned by: 100%

Stigmas

  • Rage BurstSlot 1Stigma Lv. 10Equipped by 100%
  • Lunge StanceSlot 2Stigma Lv. 20Equipped by 99%
  • Zikel's BlessingSlot 3Stigma Lv. 15Equipped by 97%
  • Focused BlockSlot 4Stigma Lv. 5Equipped by 77%
  • TenaciousnessOptionStigma Lv. 1Equipped by 42%
  • Blade TossOptionStigma Lv. 1Equipped by 38%
  • Lifestealing BladeOptionStigma Lv. 5Equipped by 37%
  • Wave ArmorStigma Lv. 4Equipped by 24%
  • Forced RestraintStigma Lv. 1Equipped by 12%
  • Wrath WaveStigma Lv. 1Equipped by 10%
  • Armor of BalanceStigma Lv. 1Equipped by 7%
  • Fracturing RushStigma Lv. 1Equipped by 2%
  • Typical level: the trained level, estimated as the level on the character page minus the Daevanion skill nodes. Bonuses from arcana and gear are not visible, so it can be a little high.
  • Stigma level: the median level of the top players who equip the stigma.
  • Specializations are not shown on the character pages, so this guide can’t include them.

How This Guide Is Made

From the builds of the top 100 Gladiator players by combat power (126,347–203,497), 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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