Dungeon boss guides · from our own pulls
AION 2 Boss MechanicsWhat each boss does and what to do about it
We record our dungeon runs and write down what the bosses actually do. If you don't want to memorise it, the free A2Naki boss mod calls it out while you fight.
Krao Cave · Draupnir Cave · Fire Temple · Urugugu Canyon · Vakron Sky Island
Dungeon boss guides
Pick a dungeon
One page per dungeon, with Exploration and Conquest on the same page. For each mechanic: what you'll see, what to do, and what the boss mod says.
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Krao Cave
Neglected Gadioton and Ultimate Berk: the orbs, the stones to hide behind and Berk’s stagger wipe check.
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Draupnir Cave
Phantasmal Lakshmi, Predator Saraswati and Transcendent Bakarma: reflect, orbs, water balls, waves and two wipe checks on Conquest.
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Fire Temple
Kromede’s Desire: Blazing Judgment*, the fire walls that cross the room, and Ground Fire*.
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Urugugu Canyon
Guardian Captain Raur, Judge Urahum and Divine Auldor: the counter stance, the marks and the snatch.
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Vakron Sky Island
Tiere, Thamon and Vakron: the flower, the stone, red and purple glow, the red floor and the red rock.
Cheat sheet
The ones that wipe groups
Short version before you queue. The call is what the boss mod says.
| Boss | What happens | What to do | Call |
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| Ultimate Berk | Stones*: three stones appear, then Wave of Fury* hits the whole room | Stand behind a stone until the wave has hit | Take cover! |
| Ultimate Berk Conquest | Near half HP a new stagger gauge appears; if it holds, Extinction for Eternity* kills the group | Break it with stagger skills in time | Break the gauge with stagger skills! |
| Transcendent Bakarma | Wave of Death: Call*: a stagger gauge appears; if it holds, Wave of Death* kills the group | Everyone uses stagger skills at once | Break the gauge with stagger skills! |
| Phantasmal Lakshmi | Reflect*: she sends the group’s damage back | Stop attacking until it ends | Stop DPS! |
| Predator Saraswati | Orb Summon*: orbs you can’t kill pulse on the floor | Pull the fight away from the orbs | Move! |
| Kromede’s Desire | Blazing Judgment*: fire walls keep rising across the room | Stand where no wall is rising | Fire walls! Find the gap |
| Guardian Captain Raur | Counter stance: every hit is answered, harder each time | Stop hitting him and step away | Stop DPS, run away from boss! |
| Divine Auldor Conquest | Summon Whirlwind*: a player is marked, then Storm Strike* explodes on them | Stack on the marked player to share the hit | Kael marked, move to Kael! |
| Thamon | Red or purple glow: the wrong hits heal him | Red: melee stops. Purple: casters stop | Red, melee stop! |
| Vakron | The red rock pulls everyone in, then a heavy hit lands | DPS down red stone! | DPS down red stone! |
Boss mechanics in general
What most bosses throw at you
Most AION 2 dungeon bosses reuse the same handful of tricks. Once you know them, a new boss is a lot less scary.
Zones and orbs
Orbs, circles, waves or fire on the floor that pulse for a while. Get out and wait for them to go away.
Take cover
A hit that covers the room, with somewhere safe to stand, like behind a stone. The boss sets it up first, so you have time to get there.
Wipe checks
A gauge shows up on the boss. Break it with stagger skills before time runs out or the group dies. Don't waste your stagger skills right before one.
Stagger and interrupts
Control skills drain the stagger (groggy) gauge, and breaking it stops whatever he is casting. Interruptible casts are the ones worth stopping on purpose.
Reflect and counter stance
For a while, hitting the boss hurts you or heals him. Stop attacking. On Thamon only half the group has to stop, depending on the colour.
Adds
Flowers, flags, stones, a handmaiden. Most die in a few hits and hurt if you leave them up, so kill them first.
Marks and targets
The boss picks a player. Sometimes they run out, sometimes everyone stacks on them to share the hit. The boss guide says which.
Enrage timer
Take too long and the boss enrages. The kill projection in the app tells you if you're on track; if it says the kill comes after the enrage, burst.
The AION 2 boss mod
Let the app do the calls
A2Naki Companion reads the boss casts the game already sends to your PC and says the call out loud, like Take cover! or Dodge!. The same line shows on the boss card with a countdown. If the boss gives it away early with a cast, a debuff or an HP mark, you get the warning early too.
- Written per boss from our own pulls, Exploration and Conquest.
- Works on new bosses too: it picks up group hits, adds, cleanses and interrupts during the fight.
- Your settings: turn warnings on or off one by one and set the volume.
Also in A2Naki
Other stuff it does
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AION 2 DPS meter
Damage, rDPS, healing and skills for the whole party, as an overlay on the game or in a browser.
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Build & min-max
Test a build on the training dummy and see which gear slot or skill change moved your DPS.
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AION 2 timers
Live countdowns to Shugo Festival, Dimensional Invasion, Spacetime Rift, Arena and the resets.
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AION 2 on a Xeneon Edge
The dashboard on Corsair's 2560 × 720 touchscreen, as iCUE widgets.
FAQ
Questions
What are the boss mechanics in AION 2?
Mostly the things listed above: stuff on the floor to get out of, big hits you hide from, wipe checks where you break the stagger gauge in time, reflect, adds, marked players and an enrage timer. Each dungeon guide has the details per boss.
Is there a boss mod for AION 2?
Yes, A2Naki Companion. It reads the boss casts the game already sends to your PC and says short warnings out loud. It never sends anything to the game. See the boss mod page, and read Is it safe? before you decide.
Where do these mechanics come from?
From recordings of our own runs on the Global servers. We look at which cast starts a mechanic, what it does and who it hits. If we're not sure about something yet, the page says so. The game doesn't show English names for most boss spells, so we name them ourselves. Names with a * are ours.
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