AION 2 class tier list: four Korean-server rankings compared
There is no official tier list, and no one can rank the classes on the global servers before they open for Early Access. What exists are rankings from the Korean and Taiwanese service, which runs ahead of the global one. Four of them are below, class by class. They agree on less than a single tier list would suggest.
| Class | Player ranking | Guide ranking A, overall | Guide ranking B, dungeons · solo PvP | Damage ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gladiator | Tier 1 | B+ | S · S+ | First on a one-minute dummy; about sixth in the latest dungeons |
| Templar | Tier 1 | A+ | S+ · S+ | Lowest damage outside the supports; valued as the tank |
| Assassin | Tier 0 | B+ | S · S+ | Top two in most fights |
| Ranger | Tier 0 (built for evasion) | A+ | S · S | Top three or four in most fights, strongest in long raids |
| Chanter | Do not pick | A | S · A | Support; close to damage classes on a dummy |
| Cleric | Do not pick | A | S+ · B | Lowest damage in every fight; the healer |
| Sorcerer | Tier 2 | S | S · S | Highest average in the two latest raids |
| Spiritmaster | Tier 2 | S | S · S | Top three in the latest dungeons and raids |
Each list grades on its own scale, so an A in one does not equal an A in another. Read across a row, not down a column.
What each ranking weighs
- Player ranking
- Tiers 0 to 2 plus a do-not-pick group, from before Chapter 1, the first big update to the Korean and Taiwanese version. It weighs PvP and gear heavily and treats support classes as a mistake, which is why the Chanter and Cleric sit at the bottom.
- Guide ranking A
- One overall grade per class for the Chapter 1 build. It marks the Gladiator and Assassin down hard for suffering on a high ping, which is what pulls them down to B+.
- Guide ranking B
- Separate grades for six kinds of content, from the Chapter 1 era; the table shows dungeons and solo PvP, the two that differ most.
- Damage ranking
- Not letter grades but measured damage: where the top quarter of each class’s players places on Korean-server damage charts, after the Templar and Chanter reworks and the newest raid. It is the most recent of the four.
Where they agree
- The Ranger is never low. Tier 0, A+, S and a steady top-four damage placing: the most consistent row in the table. More on the Ranger page.
- Groups value the Templar and the Cleric. Guide ranking B puts both at the top for dungeons, and on the damage charts both sit low only because damage is not their job. The one dissent is the older player ranking on the Cleric.
- The casters have climbed. The Sorcerer and Spiritmaster go from Tier 2 before Chapter 1 to S grades and top-three raid damage in the later lists, a sign of how far patches move these rankings.
Where they split
The Assassin is at or near the top in three lists and B+ in the fourth, largely because Guide ranking A counts ping against it. The Gladiator runs from S+ in solo PvP to about sixth in real dungeons, with the best training-dummy numbers of any class, so it depends on what you measure. And the Chanter goes from do-not-pick to a solid A: one list dismisses support classes outright, the other credits its party buffs.
What this means for the global launch
Very little is settled. The global version is its own build with no balance notes yet, and the Launch Scale Test stopped characters at level 37, far short of where these rankings were measured; even the global level cap is not confirmed. Until people have played the global version for a while, its balance is unknown. Gear and practice also move a character’s damage more than the gaps in this table do.
So pick for role and feel, and use this page to break a tie. The best class for new players starts from what you want to do, and the Founder’s Pack weapon skin binds to one class, so the Founder’s Pack comparison is worth reading before you claim it. The ninth Korean class, called the Brawler by English-speaking fans, shows up in some Korean rankings but is not on the current global class list; see all eight classes.