The Templar Leveling and enmity basics build in AION 2 (Leveling, tank) is played around Vicious Strike, Pummel and Judgment, with Taunt 5, Doom Shield 5 and Shield of Protection 5 as stigmas. From 3 player sources on Reddit, updated Oct 17, 2026; every name checked against the client.
On the way up, keep the threat engine simple: spam Vicious Strike and Pummel, build around Judgment, max the passives that create threat, and take Taunt and Doom Shield first among the stigmas.
Thin evidence: one detailed level-35 comment plus general beginner advice. Treat the numbers as starting points.
What each level of the build's skills opens in the client — the options you pick at 8 (actives) and the ones that come at 12, 16 and the stigma levels.
Adds PvE Damage Tolerance and PvP Damage Tolerance increase effect when more targets hit to Warding
Level 16
+10% PvE Damage Tolerance and +5% PvP Damage Tolerance to party members on skill use
Options and the levels that open them are the client's (SpecializedSkillParts); lit = reached at the level this build aims for (skill points buy up to 10, stigmas 20 — the rest are bonus levels).
Talents: Daevanion boards
All five boards with a computed build for this role already learned — lit nodes are taken. Then what players do on the boards.
Most Max HP: +3,600 Max HP · 108 nodes · 135 pts. Computed by us — again and again the cheapest path with the most of the goal per point, for the points levels give at the cap. Change it in the planner →
Gear for the Leveling and enmity basics build
The Templar's top pieces, and what this build wants rolled on each.
% = chance one soul binding gives that line on that piece — our calculation from the client's weights, as on the item pages. Skills listed are the ones this build raises past what points buy (Insulting Roar, Fury); stats are the ones it ranks. Gear Transfer moves good lines onto a better piece.
Rotation
1Use a macro and chain the skills that trigger Judgment; hold the left button as well.
Tips and common mistakes
Tips
✦One player reported the boss on them about 95% of the time in conquest dungeons at 1,300 gear score on this approach.
Common mistakes
✕Raising many damage skills during the story instead of the three or four buttons the macro uses.
Where this build comes from
Low: a single detailed comment (level 35) backed by the common beginner stigma advice and a 1,900 Templar's report.
Read on Oct 17, 2026 on Reddit; the words are ours. Every skill, stigma and stat named here exists in the global client 2.0.6.0 hotfix 1 — a name it does not have stops our build.
Questions
What is the Templar Leveling and enmity basics build?
On the way up, keep the threat engine simple: spam Vicious Strike and Pummel, build around Judgment, max the passives that create threat, and take Taunt and Doom Shield first among the stigmas.
Which stigmas for the Templar Leveling and enmity basics build?
Taunt (level 5), Doom Shield (level 5) and Shield of Protection (level 5).
Which skills to level first for Templar Leveling and enmity basics?
Insulting Roar to 10, Fury to 10 and Judgment, in that order. Skill points buy up to level 10 (stigmas 20); higher levels come from Daevanion skill nodes, soul binding and arcana.
What is the Templar Leveling and enmity basics rotation?
Use a macro and chain the skills that trigger Judgment; hold the left button as well.
Where does this build come from?
Low: a single detailed comment (level 35) backed by the common beginner stigma advice and a 1,900 Templar's report. Sources: how to maintain aggro as templar?; AION 2 Beginner DPS Guide: What to Prioritize From 0–2000 Item Level; I just got to 2100 yesterday and....
Everything feeds Judgment. Put it first on a right-click macro with a shield or strike skill behind it, hold the left button on Vicious Strike the whole time, and press the buff stigmas by hand on cooldown. Players report that a Templar on this setup tops the damage meter while the boss stays on it.
The same kit tuned for groups in Transcendence and conquest runs. Use the shield stigmas on purpose, keep Fury fed, hold the debuffs on the boss and let Warding Strike carry the party's damage tolerance. Players say a Templar is worth an extra damage slot in a party.
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Thin evidence: several Reddit threads agree on the value but there is no single detailed tanking guide, and no Korean source describes dungeon tanking at all.
A late idea from Taiwan: instead of rolling pure Block, keep your damage lines and raise Block through Dexterity on gear and the Space (Israphel) Pantheon stat. The author reached 3,326 Block in town and about 4,000 in a fire-dungeon fight with food and a defensive stance.
Read off the Taiwan server: the author's maths uses Taiwan's constants (from a Korean post) and the Asian Steam build lowers some Daevanion values, so the break-even point may differ in global. Gear tables were screenshots and are not repeated here.
Korean Templars in the Abyss stopped chasing crowd-control chains. They stay on the target, keep Debilitating Smash running to cut its healing and live off Punishment lifesteal and shields. A second October build drops Judgment and fights with Pummel and Punishment on raw defence.
Korean servers only. Both builds were written before Korea's 14 Oct patch (PvP damage about -30%, block cooldown refund), and a 13 Oct thread calls Templar PvP broken against Gladiators. Treat as a direction, not a recipe; global has no matching gear tiers yet.
Vicious Strike and 
Pummel, build around 
Judgment, max the passives that create threat, and take 
Taunt and 
Doom Shield first among the stigmas.
Annihilate on hit.
Shield of ProtectionLv 5Level 5 gives a second consecutive use.
Adds 10% PvE Damage Tolerance reduction and 5% PvP Damage Tolerance reduction effect to Shrink
+20% MP restored
Absorbs 1% HP
+50% Multi-Hit on hit
-2s [Warding Strike] cooldown on hit
Adds [Threatening Blow] Chain Skill
Warding Striketo level 10
PvE damage and enmityPvETank
15
Party support tankPvETank
Fury fed, hold the debuffs on the boss and let 
PvP sustain (Korea)PvPTank
Debilitating Smash running to cut its healing and live off 
