Aion 2 Gladiator Wrath Wave build

Who runs Wrath Wave

40 of the 200 Gladiators we analysed (20%) have Wrath Wave equipped, at an average stigma level of 5.7. 80% of them fill all four stigma slots. Light and Dark players pick it at similar rates (40% Light in the group, 48.1% in the rest).

Official-sample n=40, 2026-10-23

This page compares those players with the 160 Gladiators who leave Wrath Wave out. The full class picture, with every skill and the gear for each slot, is on the Gladiator build page.

Wrath Wave stigma setups

Players who run Wrath Wave most often pair it with Zikel's Blessing (67.5%), Rage Burst (57.5%) and Lunge Stance (50%). It mostly takes the place of Focused Block: 7.5% of this group run Focused Block, against 50.6% of the players without Wrath Wave. Lunge Stance and Rage Burst also drop sharply. The most common full set is Wrath Wave, Zikel's Blessing, Rage Burst and Lunge Stance, run by 8 players (20% of the group).

Source: official AION 2 character pages, sampled 2026-10-23, 40 of n=200 Gladiators. Combos seen fewer than 3 times are not listed.

Combat power

The median combat power of the group is 64,410, 10.2% below the 71,753 of other Gladiators. It is underrepresented at the top: 3 of the class top 50 run it, where an even spread would give about 10. The 90th percentile is 74,987 for the group and 98,608 for the rest.

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

Skill bar changes

With Wrath Wave, players equip Crushing Wave (95% against 89.4%) more 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 77.5% of the group and 73.1% of other Gladiators. Median weapon enchant is +10 in both groups. The top piece changes in the helmet, shoulder, gloves and boots slots, shown below.

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

Daevanion

The largest Daevanion gap is on Triniel: the group has 31.1% of it open on average, against 43% for the rest.

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 (167), Lunge Stance (164), Rage Burst (164), Blade Toss (25).

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What other sources say

None of the community readings we track lists Wrath Wave for Gladiator, so the armory numbers above are the only data we have on it.

Not confirmed yet

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

Gladiator Wrath Wave FAQ