Classes
In Aura Kingdom, a character's class determines their weapon, skills, and general combat playstyle. Each class offers a different combination of damage, survivability, range, mobility, and party utility. Classes are divided into three categories: Melee, Ranged, and Magic.
Upon reaching Level 40, players can select a subclass, gaining access to the weapon and skills of a second class.
Overview
From sturdy shields and enormous axes to enchanted grimoires and celestial instruments, Aura Kingdom offers a wide variety of classes for every kind of adventurer. Each class carries its own weapon, skills, and signature mechanics, giving it a distinct identity on the battlefield.
Although players select a class during character creation, they are not restricted to that choice. Every available class can be played on a single character, and switching classes retains the character's level.
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Class Switching After changing classes, players must wait for a cooldown before switching again. |
Further progression in the game opens new possibilities within each class. At Level 40, players can select a subclass, gaining access to the weapon and skills of a second class. At Level 5, players unlock Weapon Specialization, offering two unique paths for each class that grant a new skill, enhance existing abilities, and provide passive bonuses.
Classes can be customized through equipment, subclasses, Envoy's Path choices, Weapon Specialization, and Infusions. Although this flexibility allows for many different builds, each class retains natural strengths that make it particularly suited to certain roles.
Class Management
Classes and their related systems are managed through the Skills window. The Class Skills tab displays the abilities of the currently selected Primary and Secondary classes, as well as any available special skills.
To change either class, select Change at the bottom of the Class Skills tab. The class-selection window contains two options:
- Switch Main Weapon: Changes the character's main class.
- Switch Sub Weapon: Changes the character's subclass after the system has been unlocked at Level 40.
Use Switch Main Weapon to change the main class.
Use Switch Sub Weapon to change the subclass.
Select a class from the list to preview its skills and description, then choose OK to confirm the change. The Swap Hands option exchanges the currently selected main class and subclass.
Additional class progression can be accessed from the tabs along the top of the Skills window, including Masteries and Weapon Specialization.
Class Types
Classes are divided into three categories according to their primary weapon and method of attacking: Melee, Ranged, and Magic. These categories describe how a class generally approaches combat.
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Choose What Looks Fun! Every class can progress through general content, and your first choice is not permanent. |
Melee
Melee classes fight primarily at close range, relying on powerful weapons, swift combinations, or defensive techniques to overcome their enemies. Although they generally remain close to their targets, each approaches battle differently.
Guardian
- See main article: Guardian
“ Steadfast even when surrounded, Guardians meet every attack with an unwavering shield and a carefully timed counterstrike. Their resolve allows them to outlast their enemies and remain standing when others might fall. ”
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Guardian is a melee class that wields a Sword and Shield. Its strong defenses, blocking abilities, and control over enemy attention allow it to stand on the front line and protect its allies.
Natural strengths: Defense, survivability, blocking, and party protection.
Single Target
Defensive
Area of Effect
Evasive
Healing
Support
Duelist
- See main article: Duelist
“ Swift as a meteor crossing the sky, Duelists rush their enemies with razor-sharp blades before they have time to react. These fleet-footed fighters blend acrobatics with a touch of magic, disorienting their opponents before wearing them down with an unrelenting flurry of attacks. ”
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Duelist is a melee class that wields Dual Blades. It specializes in fighting individual targets through rapid attacks, damage-over-time effects, and evasive movement. Certain skills accumulate Butterfly Dance stacks, which can later be consumed by Dancing Balisong to deal additional damage.
Natural strengths: Single-target damage, evasion, mobility, and sustained pressure.
Single Target
Defensive
Area of Effect
Evasive
Healing
Support
Crusader
- See main article: Crusader
“ Guided by unshakable conviction, Crusaders transform their faith into the strength needed to pass judgment upon their enemies. Each swing of their enormous blade carries the weight of divine power, cutting through everything that stands in their path. ”
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Crusader is a melee class that wields a Greatsword. Its attacks build Divine Energy, which can be used to empower its abilities and unleash powerful attacks across a wide area.
Natural strengths: Area damage, burst damage, durability, and powerful charged attacks.
Single Target
Defensive
Area of Effect
Evasive
Healing
Support
Lasher
- See main article: Lasher
“ With every crack of the whip, Lashers draw strength from the struggle itself. The longer the battle continues, the more fiercely they command the power flowing between themselves and their enemies. ”
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Lasher is a melee class that wields a Whip. Its abilities build Bloodrush, which can be released through rapid consecutive attacks, while Blood Desire offers another way to use this power to improve survivability.
Natural strengths: Sustained damage, consecutive attacks, self-sustain, and resource management.
Single Target
Defensive
Area of Effect
Evasive
Healing
Support
Ravager
- See main article: Ravager
“ Every swing of a Ravager's enormous axe leaves destruction in its wake. Fueled by the fury of battle, they press forward without hesitation, scattering groups of enemies through overwhelming strength. ”
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Ravager is a melee class that wields a Great Axe. Its attacks build the momentum of Tyrant's Fury, allowing it to maintain pressure while striking groups of enemies with wide and destructive attacks.
Natural strengths: Area damage, physical power, durability, and sustained momentum.
Single Target
Defensive
Area of Effect
Evasive
Healing
Support
Lancer
- See main article: Lancer
“ Ancient elemental power sleeps within every mark left by a Lancer. By weaving together flame and frost, they awaken sealed techniques capable of calling forth fire, ice, lightning, and darkness. ”
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Lancer is a melee class that wields a Lance. Its fire and ice abilities place elemental marks on enemies. Different combinations of three marks determine which finishing technique becomes available.
Natural strengths: Elemental versatility, area damage, adaptable finishing techniques, and party utility.
Single Target
Defensive
Area of Effect
Evasive
Healing
Support
Ronin
- See main article: Ronin
“ When the flash of a Ronin's blade fades, only drifting petals and fallen enemies remain. With keen observation and precise technique, they discover a foe's weakness and end the battle in a single decisive motion. ”
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Ronin is a melee class that wields a Tachi. Its attacks gather souls that can be released through Soul Blade, allowing the Ronin to repeatedly cast Soul Storm until the accumulated souls are depleted.
Natural strengths: Burst damage, precision, rapid combinations, and wide blade attacks.
Single Target
Defensive
Area of Effect
Evasive
Healing
Support
Brawler
- See main article: Brawler
“ Every movement flows into the next as Brawlers overwhelm their opponents with an unbroken storm of strikes. Through discipline and precise control of their inner strength, their own bodies become their greatest weapons. ”
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Brawler is a melee class that wields a pair of Katars. It combines rapid close-range attacks into powerful sequences while building and consuming charges to activate additional effects. Its abilities provide a mixture of sustained damage, critical attacks, and self-support.
Natural strengths: Rapid combinations, sustained damage, critical attacks, and self-sustain.
Single Target
Defensive
Area of Effect
Evasive
Healing
Support
Ranged
Ranged classes attack from a distance using firearms, bows, machinery, or thrown weapons. They generally rely on positioning, mobility, and wide-reaching attacks to defeat enemies before they can draw close.
Gunslinger
- See main article: Gunslinger
“ With a pistol in each hand and a trick prepared for every occasion, Gunslingers overwhelm their enemies with enchanted bullets before slipping beyond their reach. Victory belongs to the quickest draw—and few are faster. ”
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Gunslinger is a ranged class that wields Dual Pistols. Its enchanted ammunition adds different effects to its attacks, while traps can immobilize, weaken, or damage enemies that enter their range.
Natural strengths: Rapid attacks, mobility, traps, and enemy control.
Single Target
Defensive
Area of Effect
Evasive
Healing
Support
Ranger
- See main article: Ranger
“ Patient and precise, Rangers wait for the perfect moment before releasing arrows infused with elemental power. Many enemies fall before they ever have the opportunity to close the distance. ”
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Ranger is a ranged class that wields a Battle Bow. Many of its abilities can be charged to increase their damage or enhance their effects, while enchanted arrows provide access to different elements and debilitating effects.
Natural strengths: Long-range attacks, charged abilities, precision, and enemy debuffs.
Single Target
Defensive
Area of Effect
Evasive
Healing
Support
Grenadier
- See main article: Grenadier
“ When the thunder of a Grenadier's cannon rolls across the battlefield, enemies know destruction is soon to follow. Their mechanical creations ensure that no corner of the battlefield remains beyond their reach. ”
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Grenadier is a ranged class that wields a Cannon. It attacks with missiles, grenades, and powerful plasma blasts while deploying turrets and crystals that can attack enemies, restore health, or strengthen nearby allies.
Natural strengths: Area damage, long-range attacks, deployable machinery, and party utility.
Single Target
Defensive
Area of Effect
Evasive
Healing
Support
Ninja
- See main article: Ninja
“ Moving between light and shadow, Ninjas strike before their enemies can react. Through careful control of chakra, they unleash ancient techniques while a spectral warrior mirrors their assault. ”
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Ninja is a ranged class that wields a Shuriken. It accumulates Chakra over time and spends it to cast arcane techniques. Its attacks may also summon a Shadow Warrior that assists with additional attacks.
Natural strengths: Burst damage, mobility, elemental techniques, and summoned assistance.
Single Target
Defensive
Area of Effect
Evasive
Healing
Support
Dronekeeper
- See main article: Dronekeeper
“ Surrounded by machinery of their own design, Dronekeepers command the battlefield through a relentless barrage of flame and frost. Their floating weapons transform every movement into another opportunity to strike. ”
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Dronekeeper is a ranged class that wields a Floating Cannon. It combines fire and ice attacks in ranged combinations and can enter Rift Mode to alter its secondary attribute and adapt its elemental offense.
Natural strengths: Elemental versatility, ranged combinations, area damage, and adaptable offense.
Single Target
Defensive
Area of Effect
Evasive
Healing
Support
Magic
Magic classes channel supernatural, elemental, musical, or celestial power through enchanted weapons. Their abilities often affect wide areas, weaken enemies, restore allies, or provide other forms of party utility.
Sorcerer
- See main article: Sorcerer
“ Within forgotten grimoires lie words capable of weakening the body, binding the soul, and turning an enemy's own strength against them. Sorcerers speak those words without fear. ”
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Sorcerer is a magic class that wields a Grimoire. Its seals and curses weaken enemies, inflict damage over time, and create opportunities for allies, while restorative mantras provide additional healing and support.
Natural strengths: Status effects, sustained damage, enemy weakening, and party utility.
Single Target
Defensive
Area of Effect
Evasive
Healing
Support
Astrologer
- See main article: Astrologer
“ The movements of the stars reveal countless possible futures. By reading their celestial patterns, Astrologers bend gravity, manipulate fate, and call distant constellations down upon the battlefield. ”
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Astrologer is a magic class that wields a Stellar Sphere. Its long-range abilities strike broad areas, while cards and the Celestial Globe provide access to different Stellar Liberation effects for both enemies and allies.
Natural strengths: Long-range attacks, area damage, versatile effects, and party support.
Single Target
Defensive
Area of Effect
Evasive
Healing
Support
Wizard
- See main article: Wizard
“ Where others see chaos, Wizards recognize the hidden patterns of the natural world. With mana focused through their staves, fire, frost, lightning, and storm answer their call. ”
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Wizard is a magic class that wields a Staff. It commands several elements through wide-reaching spells that damage or control groups of enemies. Repeated elemental attacks can also activate an Elemental Burst.
Natural strengths: Elemental damage, area attacks, enemy control, and magical burst damage.
Single Target
Defensive
Area of Effect
Evasive
Healing
Support
Bard
- See main article: Bard
“ Every battle has a rhythm, and Bards know exactly how to change its course. Their melodies can break an enemy's resolve, restore a wounded ally, or inspire an entire party to press onward. ”
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Bard is a magic class that wields a Harp. Its songs can damage enemies, restore health, and strengthen nearby allies. Although Bards can be built offensively, their healing and supportive abilities remain especially valuable in group content.
Natural strengths: Healing, party support, survivability, and sustained magic damage.
Single Target
Defensive
Area of Effect
Evasive
Healing
Support
Dragonista
- See main article: Dragonista
“ The celestial power carried within every Draco-Puppet takes many forms. In the hands of a Dragonista, it may become a crushing hammer, a roaring cannon, or the key to awakening the power of the stars. ”
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Dragonista is a magic class that wields a transforming Draco-Puppet. Its abilities alternate between close-range hammer attacks and long-range cannon fire. Although both forms belong to the same class, players commonly concentrate their equipment and investments around one style.
Natural strengths: Versatility, area damage, adaptable attack range, and offensive pressure.
Single Target
Defensive
Area of Effect
Evasive
Healing
Support
Subclass
Upon reaching Level 40, players can select a subclass. A subclass grants access to the weapon and skills of a second class, allowing it to supplement the character's primary combat style.
Only one subclass can be active at a time, and it cannot be the same as the character's current main class. To use subclass skills, players must equip the corresponding weapon as their secondary weapon.
Main Class and Subclass
A subclass supplements the main class rather than functioning as a completely separate class. It grants access to the secondary class's skills and core mechanics, providing additional abilities and utility that can complement the character's primary playstyle.
However, subclass skills have longer cooldowns than they do when the same class is used as the main class, and Weapon Specialization upgrades apply only to the main class and not to the subclass.
Choosing a Subclass
Subclass choices are often used to complement a main class's natural strengths or provide something its usual kit lacks. Depending on the combination, a subclass may offer additional damage, healing, survivability, mobility, crowd control, or party utility.
There is no single subclass that is required for every class or build. Equipment, Envoy's Path choices, Weapon Specialization, Infusions, and the content being attempted can all affect which combination performs best. Players are encouraged to choose a subclass that supports their preferred playstyle.
Weapon Specialization
- See main article: Weapon Specialization
Upon reaching Level 3, players unlock Weapon Specialization, a class-specific progression system that further develops a class's skills and playstyle. It can be accessed through the Weapon Specialization tab of the Skills window.
Every class has two Weapon Specialization paths, usually called Left Path and Right Path.
Each path has its own set of benefits, which generally include:
- A new skill unique to the selected path
- Improvements to two existing class skills
- Passive bonuses to the character's stats
- Additional abilities unlocked upon reaching Mastery Levels 30 and 60
Only one path can gain experience at a time. Weapon Specialization experience is earned by defeating enemies and bosses both inside and outside dungeons. Players can freely switch between paths, but experience gained by one path does not increase the other.
Weapon Specialization is tracked separately for every class. Although changing classes retains the character's regular level, the Weapon Specialization paths belonging to each class must be levelled individually. Both paths can eventually reach the maximum of Mastery Level 70.
These paths allow the same class to be developed in different directions, such as strengthening particular skills, improving utility, or supporting a different approach to combat.
Eidolon Infusion
- See main article: Eidolon Infusions
Eidolon Infusions are an additional customization system that allows players to infuse class skills with effects associated with their Eidolons. Depending on the infusion selected, a skill may gain additional damage, healing, defensive benefits, or even change the element of a skill.
Infusions can help a class cover weaknesses or perform beyond its usual strengths, giving players more freedom when creating a build. For example, a damage-focused class may gain access to additional healing or survivability, while another class may use Infusions to strengthen its existing offensive or supportive abilities.
Detailed information about obtaining, unlocking, and applying individual Infusions can be found in the main Eidolon Infusions page.
Finding Your Playstyle
With every class available, choosing one doesn't have to be a permanent decision. Players are encouraged to experiment with different weapons, skills, and combat styles until they find the ones that feel most enjoyable.
Subclass combinations, Weapon Specialization paths, Eidolon Infusions, equipment, and other progression systems provide many ways to shape how a class performs. Whether protecting allies, supporting a party, or overwhelming enemies with damage, the best place to begin is with the class whose weapon and playstyle appeal to you most.