Chapter 06 / Arcana

Five-card and eight-card set setups

Five-card Pantheon priorities and alternatives, and eight-card set effects.

Source: Kanon’s Aion 2 guide · About the author

BIS “Set Effects” Setup for All Classes

5-Card Setup

There’s some flexibility with the early 5-Card setup. At this stage there are only 2 Set Effects, both being less value than the Pantheon Stats attached to the cards so we prioritize the Pantheon Stats. Parchment and Compass can be from either set but try to have 2 Primal Vigor (gold color set) to pick up the 2-piece passive. In a perfect world we go the following but it’s not a big deal if your Parchment and Compass are swapped

Primal Vigor
- Set Effects
  - (2-piece) +60 PVE Attack when HP is 70% or more
- Cards
  - Chalice (Time)
  - Parchment (Life)

Magic Armor
- Set Effects
  - (2-piece) Restores 1,500 MP when MP is 20% or less [30s CD]
- Cards
  - Compass (Death)
  - Bell (Destruction)
  - Mirror (Wisdom)

The 3 most important lines here are Chalice (Time - Combat Speed), Bell (Destruction - Attack Increase % ), and Mirror (Wisdom - Double Chance). For Global you can consider going Primal Vigor on Mirror which would change Wisdom/Double Chance to Illusion/CDR. Some classes are especially CDR dependent such as Sorc.

8-Card Setup

Eight equipped Arcana, two unfilled slots

Punishing Overture
- Set Effects
  - (2-piece) +5% Boss Damage Tolerance
  - (4-piece) +60 PVE Attack, +10% PVE Damage Boost when 70% HP or more
- Cards
  - Chalice (Time)
  - Parchment (Life)
  - Key (Attack Bonus)
  - Hourglass (Defense bonus)

Protected Soul
- Set Effects
  - (2-piece) +5% Restoration
  - (4-piece) +5% Weapon Damage Boost, Grants a Protective Shield that blocks 10k dmg for 5s when HP is 30% or less (CD: 2min)
- Cards
  - Compass (Death)
  - Parchment (Life)
  - Bell (Destruction)
  - Mirror (Wisdom)
  - Scale (Destruction, Destiny)