AION 2 Templar Build Guide (Framework)
Templar in one paragraph
Templar is AION 2's shield tank — the class every dungeon queue wants and some rankings (Mobalytics included) place in PvE S-tier precisely because a good tank is always scarce. Slow to kill things, impossible to be killed by things: the turtle end of the class spectrum.
Strengths & costs
- Strengths — instant group queues, the best mitigation in the game, genuinely useful party protection tools.
- Costs — the slowest solo dailies of all eight classes; leveling feels like mowing a lawn with scissors.
Gearing framework
- Primary line — defense and HP first; threat generation tools do the rest.
- Leveling — endure it, or level as a hybrid damage blend and respec at endgame.
- Endgame — pure tank set; your damage set is a luxury, not a need.
Tank discipline
Tanking in AION 2 is positioning and timing, not rotation: face mobs away from the group, save your emergency wall for the moment it's actually needed, and learn each boss's swap windows. Groups forgive slow tanks; they never forgive tanks who waste cooldowns.
Pair with dailies
Templar's daily grind is the slowest — offset it with the checklist's 45-minute compression and skip anything that rewards pure kill speed.