Aion 2 Gladiator Lifestealing Blade build

Who runs Lifestealing Blade

60 of the 200 Gladiators we analysed (30%) have Lifestealing Blade equipped, at an average stigma level of 6.9. 81.7% of them fill all four stigma slots. Light and Dark players pick it at similar rates (41.7% Light in the group, 45.7% in the rest).

Official-sample n=60, 2026-10-26

This page compares those players with the 140 Gladiators who leave Lifestealing Blade out. The full class picture, with every skill and the gear for each slot, is on the Gladiator build page.

Lifestealing Blade stigma setups

Players who run Lifestealing Blade most often pair it with Rage Burst (81.7%), Zikel's Blessing (78.3%) and Lunge Stance (71.7%). It mostly takes the place of Focused Block: 10% of this group run Focused Block, against 60% of the players without Lifestealing Blade. The most common full set is Zikel's Blessing, Lifestealing Blade, Rage Burst and Lunge Stance, run by 32 players (53.3% of the group).

Source: official AION 2 character pages, sampled 2026-10-26, 60 of n=200 Gladiators. Combos seen fewer than 3 times are not listed.

Combat power

The median combat power of the group is 71,582, 7.5% below the 77,387 of other Gladiators. It is underrepresented at the top: 7 of the class top 50 run it, where an even spread would give about 15. The 90th percentile is 94,797 for the group and 110,873 for the rest.

Combat power measures gear, levels and boards, not player skill. A gap here says who runs Lifestealing Blade, not that Lifestealing Blade raises or lowers power.

Skill bar changes

With Lifestealing Blade, players equip Crushing Wave (98.3% against 89.3%) more often. Sword Aura Rampage (93.3% against 98.6%) is equipped less often.

Every Gladiator skill with its class-wide rate is on the Gladiator skills page.

Gear changes

The top main hand is the same Spiritforged Greatsword on both sides, worn by 71.7% of the group and 54.3% of other Gladiators. Median weapon enchant is +10 in both groups. The top piece changes in the shoulder, necklace, earring and ring slots, shown below.

Light and Dark versions of one item count as one piece. Enchant is shown as with / without Lifestealing Blade. Grades and enchant rules: gear guide.

Daevanion

Daevanion progress is close to the rest of the class on every board; the largest gap is 1 points on Zikel.

Board routes and nodes: Gladiator Daevanion boards and the Daevanion planner.

Other Gladiator variants

Each Gladiator variant page follows one stigma that splits the class. The groups overlap, because a player runs four stigmas at once.

Other Gladiator stigmas with at least 20 players on each side of the split, without their own page: Zikel's Blessing (171), Rage Burst (165), Lunge Stance (158), Blade Toss (22).

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What other sources say

MetaBot's 3 Oct reading has Lifestealing Blade on 42% of its tracked top Gladiators. Named as a pick by MetaBot. These are outside readings with their own samples, shown so you can compare.

Not confirmed yet

• The armory does not record whether a player mostly runs PvE or PvP, so this page cannot say which mode Lifestealing Blade is for.
• Why players pick Lifestealing Blade. The data shows who equips it, not their reasons.
• Whether Lifestealing Blade changes your combat power. Any gap above may come from gear, levels or the kind of player who picks it.

Gladiator Lifestealing Blade FAQ