AION 2 Gladiator class guide for Global launch: role, playstyle, who it fits and which KR live-service details should not be treated as confirmed Global balance.
Melee damage / wide-area pressure
Best fit if you want a direct front-line DPS style with broad-area attacks.
Officially introduced by NC as a powerful class with wide-area skill attacks.
The Global client can still change exact skill numbers, cooldowns and balance coefficients. This page therefore focuses on stable role identity rather than copying a Korean patch’s DPS ranking into a pre-launch guide.
NC’s March 2026 Korea update added class-specific Stigma changes and separated PvP/PvE damage calculations, which is a strong reason to avoid treating an old single tier list as permanent.