Gladiator · Pre-launch investigation

Aion 2 Gladiator build

Gladiator is the one class official teaser HTML currently names. This page tracks that fact and refuses to invent a kit.

Pre-launch / incomplete kit · 2026-08-27

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Gladiator is named. It is not built.

Official global teaser HTML captured on 27 August 2026 includes a “Gladiator class video” thumbnail. That is the only class string we currently light on this hall. Community directories also list Gladiator, sometimes as tank/DPS. Those labels are community, not a rotation.

What the name actually proves

  • NC presented Gladiator as a class in teaser media.
  • It does not prove a weapon, a stance, a party role, or a leveling path.
  • Korea/Taiwan live kits are not imported here as global facts. Regions can differ until an English notice says otherwise.

What a later Gladiator page will require

  1. Game version
  2. Mode (PvE, PvP, leveling, or endgame)
  3. Skills in priority order
  4. Gear with a reason
  5. Sources and an invalidation rule

Until those fields fill, this URL stays an investigation.

How to spend the wait

  • Read the Gladiator class hub for the naming evidence.
  • If you care about a punching fantasy that is still unconfirmed, keep Brawler.
  • If you need dates, platforms, or Founder’s Packs, use Release and Early Access.
  • Launch Scale Test (17–18 September) wipes. Anything you test there is a note, not a saved main.

Until a kit exists

  1. Treat Gladiator as a named class, not as a finished main.
  2. If you enter Launch Scale Test, treat anything you learn as wipeable notes.
  3. Do not copy community tank/DPS labels into a loadout until they are sourced.

Still fog

  • Whether Gladiator is tank, DPS, or both on global live servers
  • Weapons, skills, stigmas, and gear
  • PvE / PvP / leveling / endgame splits
  • How it sits next to other melee names still in fog

When the wing fills in

  1. If LST or official media shows a Gladiator kit, log skills and weapons with sources the same day.
  2. After Advanced Access on 30 September, publish only loadouts that can be reproduced or corroborated.
  3. Split mode URLs only when each mode has a real kit.

Invalidation: Official skill, role, or weapon notes for Gladiator, or a global class list that changes how the name is used.

Sources

  1. AION 2 global site / teaser — NC / PlayNC · accessed 2026-08-27 · official

    HTML currently names Gladiator as a class video. Other class names were not present as text.

  2. AION 2 official global teaser — NC · accessed 2026-08-27 · official

    English teaser. States official launch on October 5, 2026, Steam wishlist, Founder's Packs, LST window, and named expeditions.

  3. Launch Scale Test Coming Up — AION 2-NC · accessed 2026-08-27 · official

    Dated 2026-08-27. LST dates in PDT/CEST, Steam + PURPLE, Advanced Access on September 30.

  4. AION2 Hub home (community database) — aion2hub.com · accessed 2026-08-27 · community

    Lists nine class hubs. Used only to document a community roster, not as a global-launch fact.