aion2.fyiCombat power
What groups ask for and the cheapest ways to raise it
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What it is
One number for your whole character, calculated from your stats. Buffs and food don't count, and attack weighs more than defense. The game doesn't check it at the door; the group leader does before accepting you. Inside the dungeon your damage still comes from your build and how you play (see Checking your DPS).
Where it comes from, best first
| Source | What to do | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Stigma shards | Level the Stigmas your build uses. 16 opens the last red specialization, 20 adds a slot | Shards: Shop > Trade > Development (from 10,000 Abyss Points, price rises every 50), Nightmare shop (35), Shugo Festival shop (35) |
| Daevanion points | Move points out of defense, HP and MP nodes into attack, crit and skill nodes | Free |
| Titles | Kill every world boss once, finish achievements. Owned titles count | Time |
| Achievement statue | Clear Draupnir Conquest 10 times (Achievements > Dungeons) | Runs without opening the cube are free |
| Pets | Get each pet to level 3 (the big jump is 2 to 3). Every pet at 3 also gives +1 Power | Pet souls from farming |
| Genus Insight | Level all five boards to 10, then reroll slot 4. Start with Special | Soul Crystals, mostly from Hidden Cubes with keys |
| Wings | Every pair you own adds a collection bonus. Forest Spirit Wings from the Market are a cheap start, Shugo event wings (5,000 coins) are free, Talisra in the season shop is the goal | Kinah, coins |
| Pantheon | Statues and artwork. Wisdom first (Double Chance), Illusion for cooldowns | Slow, stays forever |
| Zikel statue | Clear Colossus Zikel to level 10, buy the Statue of Recognition | Time |
| Old gear | Transfer +10 and Soul Binding from old Unique gear instead of dismantling it | Transfer Stones |
Arcana cards, bracelet upgrades and manastones move the number far less for the cost.
Skill levels
Wisdom Stones take skills to 10, the Daevanion board adds 4 more, and Arcana and ring Soul Binding lines do the rest. Look up top players of your class on a ranking site to see which skills they push to 16 and 20.
Hidden Cubes by sound
Hidden Cubes give Soul Crystals for Genus Insight. Spid's sound setup to hear them from far away while flying: master 100, sound effects 100, music low or off, the rest muted. See Empyrean Traces and Hidden Cubes.
What groups ask for
| Item level | Combat power groups ask for |
|---|---|
| 1,000 (Draupnir) | about 50,000 to 55,000 |
| 1,400 to 1,600 (tier 2) | about 75,000 |
| 2,000 to 2,100 (Fire Temple, Horn Den) | 95,000 to 100,000+ |
| 2,600 (Hard Conquest) | 150,000 and more |
These rise every week. Tanks and healers get in below them. One stats site's sample of 13,000 characters put the average at about 50,000 for 1,000 item level and about 100,000 at 2,000 (EPIC PLK).
Sources
We wrote this guide from these creators' videos and pages and checked what we could against the game.