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The Cleric is the most played class among the 566 Aion 2 characters looked up on Vi.ki by Nov 11, 2026, at 17%, and the Spiritmaster the least, at 8%. Vi.ki's own count by class, role, faction and region, set against our tier list, with what the sample can and cannot say and which class we think leads next.
The Cleric is the most popular class in Aion 2 by the only count we can make ourselves: 96 of the 566 characters looked up on Vi.ki by Nov 11, 2026 are Clerics (17%), ahead of the Gladiator at 88 and the Ranger and Chanter at 78 each, and the Spiritmaster is last with 45 (8%). NC publishes no class figures for the global servers, so this is a sample of the characters readers typed into the Character Check and Character Compare, the list Vi.ki Boards ranks, and not a census.
Next: how the same eight classes grade for PvE and PvP, the build creators run on the class you are leaning towards or how well geared these characters are.
The count
| Class | Characters | Share of 566 | Our overall tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleric Guide | 96 | 17.0% | A |
| Gladiator Guide | 88 | 15.5% | A |
| Ranger Guide | 78 | 13.8% | A |
| Chanter Guide | 78 | 13.8% | A |
| Templar Guide | 63 | 11.1% | A |
| Sorcerer Guide | 61 | 10.8% | S |
| Assassin Guide | 57 | 10.1% | A |
| Spiritmaster Guide | 45 | 8.0% | A |
Eight equal classes would hold 12.5% each. Four are over that line and four under it, and the most played class has a little more than twice the characters of the least played. Of the 566, 531 are level 45, so this is mostly a count of characters at the level cap.
Popularity does not follow the tier lists
The Sorcerer is the only class our Tier List rates S overall, the average of four published lists, and it is sixth of eight here. The Cleric, which those lists grade S for group PvE and B for PvP, is first. The Assassin, the one class with a clean S for PvP, is seventh. Players in this sample are not choosing the class the rankings call strongest; the two at the top are the healer every party needs and the class those lists call the safest first character.
Healers and tanks are not scarce
NC's presenter on the global preview stream of Aug 7, 2026 describes the roles as a holy trinity of tanks, damage dealers and healers that the classes are not held inside: the Gladiator is a front-line leader who also deals heavy damage, the Templar the traditional tank. Counted by those roles, the sample leans away from damage:
| Role | Classes | Characters | Share | Share if all eight were equal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healer and support | Cleric, Chanter | 174 | 30.7% | 25% |
| Tank | Gladiator, Templar | 151 | 26.7% | 25% |
| Damage dealer | Assassin, Ranger, Sorcerer, Spiritmaster | 241 | 42.6% | 50% |
A party of five drawn at random from these characters would hold about one and a half healers, one and a third tanks and two damage dealers. This sample has more healers than an even split would give, and fewer damage dealers.
By faction and region
Asmodians are 311 of the 566 (55%) and Elyos 255 (45%). The classes split differently on each side: the Ranger is the most played Asmodian class in the sample, 53 characters against 25 Elyos Rangers, while the Cleric leads the Elyos with 50. A class plays the same on both sides (Elyos vs Asmodians), so that gap is taste or chance, not balance.
By region, the first place changes hands, on small numbers outside Europe:
| Region | Characters | Most played in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| Europe | 286 | Ranger, 50 |
| Asia | 121 | Cleric and Chanter, 22 each |
| NA East | 70 | Gladiator, 17 |
| NA West | 45 | Cleric, 9 |
| Latin America | 44 | Sorcerer, 9 |
Europe is half the sample, close to its share of the servers: 23 of the 52 server pairs on NC's list are European (Servers).
What this count cannot say
A character is here because somebody looked it up, once, on a site for people who check their gear. That favors players who care about their numbers, and we cannot rule out that it favors some classes over others. Each character counts once however many times it was looked up. The count holds no one who never used the tools, and 566 is small against a game whose Steam peak this month has been about 200,000 players (Steam Player Count). Read it as the mix among engaged players, with a margin of several points on every share.
We think the Cleric is still first when we count again in February, and that the Sorcerer has passed the Templar by then: the tier lists have had a month to reach new players, and the Sorcerer is only two characters behind. Confidence: Possible. Check by: Feb 2027.
Sources
- Vi.ki's own count of the characters looked up on Vi.ki, read on Nov 11, 2026 (566 characters in five regions, each counted once)
- Beyond the Abyss: Global Release Preview, Aion 2 Official, Aug 7, 2026 (livestream)
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Character CheckImport your Aion 2 character from NC's official character pages by name and region, see its gear, skills, Daevanion boards, item level and Combat Power, and get a short list of where to focus next to raise your power.
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Character CompareCompare two real Aion 2 characters from NC's official character pages side by side, their item level, Combat Power and stats, gear slot by slot, skill levels and Daevanion boards, and get a short list of exactly what the second has that the first does not.
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Vi.ki BoardsThe Aion 2 characters readers have looked up on Vi.ki, ranked class by class by item level or Combat Power, with how many each board ranks. These are Vi.ki's lookups, not NC's rankings; every name opens that character's gear, skills and Daevanion boards.
- Tier ListWe rate the Sorcerer S tier overall in Aion 2, the Cleric S for PvE and the Assassin S for PvP, by the average of the four published lists. A provisional Aion 2 tier list for the global servers: how Slashskill's log-based list, Metabot's kit scores, Timesaver's damage-meter read and ExitLag's editorial ranking place the eight classes for PvE, PvP, solo play and beginners, where they agree, where they clash, and what NC's Oct 27, 2026 class changes did to them.
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Build PlannerEvery Aion 2 class's recommended builds for PvE, PvP and leveling on the global version, from the creators who play them: skills in the order to level them, Stigmas, Daevanion boards, stat priority, gear, rotation and macros, compared with your own character.
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Average Item LevelThe median level 45 character looked up on Vi.ki between Nov 4 and Nov 11, 2026 has item level 2,794 and Combat Power 162,078. Vi.ki's own count of 146 characters, with the quartiles, the share that clears each of NC's entry gates, Combat Power by item level, the medians by class, how far the number moved since October, and where we think it goes next.