Aion 2 Skill Preset Overhaul Guide: Per-Preset Skill Levels for Raid and Open-World Loadouts

Before the patch, changing your build meant re-assigning skill points when you swapped presets. The September 9 update lets each skill preset keep different skill levels, so switching presets preserves each build's investment.

It is listed in the official update notes among the raid's quality-of-life changes, and the same improvement is described by Inven Global as part of the September 9 update's skill preset revamp.

Raiding and open-world life demand different setups: a raid loadout typically focuses your points on the few skills a boss fight keeps asking for, while open-world play favors sustain, mobility, and gathering utility.

With per-preset levels you can maintain a damage-focused raid profile and a solo/utility profile at the same time — no re-spec fee, no re-pointing session before and after every raid night.

1. Open the skill preset UI and create separate presets for your roles — for example 'Raid' and 'Open World'; 2. Allocate the skill levels each preset needs once; 3. Switch freely between them — levels stay where you put them; 4. If a balance patch changes your class, revisit both presets rather than only the one you used that week.

The preset system pairs naturally with the same update's World Marks and dye-pattern size control — build, mark, and style your loadout without friction.

Name your presets clearly (e.g., 'Raid DPS', 'Support', 'Solo') so everyone on a call knows which one you are switching to; coordinate role-specific presets with your Legion so a boss pull does not surprise anyone with a solo build.

For the first-clear meta on Hard, the winning 10-player compositions ran single tanks and double healers — preset discipline matters exactly in that kind of coordinated group play.

The September 9 patch belongs to the Korean service, and the global version launches October 5 with a modified Season 1 that includes this quality-of-life layer.

If you are planning two builds for launch — one for your first endgame attempts, one for daily open-world play — this QoL change is exactly what makes that split painless.