Elementalist

Overview

The Elementalist is a playable Class in Aion 2.

The Elementalist excels in utilizing summons and special abilities.

They entrust direct combat to their summoned spirits while using a blend of status-altering and damage-over-time magic to defeat enemies from a distance.

In Aion, the Elementalist is a debuff specialist and the only class that utilizes summons. They use their powerful summons to damage foes, while keeping them at bay. They also inflict massive damage through the use of their damage over time skills.

Testing suggests summons to be a greater focus in Aion 2.

Playstyle

Elementalist is a pet-focused class with limited mobility that uses its summoned elementals to maintain a dominant presence on the battlefield. This class has access to four distinct summon types - Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth - each of which have its own role in combat outside of just being an additional source of damage. Fire and Wind Spirits barrage enemies with meddlesome debuffs, whereas Earth and Water Spirits help reduce or heal incoming damage for the Spirit’s master and fellow party members.

Early playtesters have also mentioned that Elementalists will have access to several Skills that inflict the Fear debuff. There will be a single-target and an AoE Fear Skill that Elementalists can use alongside their summons.

The main weakness of the Elementalist is its lack of mobility. Players belonging to this class will need to rely on the defensive support and healing from their Spirits, as well as certain abilities like Substitution, which transfer incoming damage onto their summoned Spirit, to survive combat.

Focus Group Feedback

Feedback commented that summons can grow to raid boss size in PvP, dealing massive AoE damage. Testers also thought the class was stylish, with well-designed pets with strong visual appeal.

Notes & Trivia

During early playtests, this class may have been called the "Spiritmaster" before being renamed to Elementalist.