PVP with an Aion Chanter at level 20

If you have done some duels on the way up to level 20 you may have noticed that as a healer you can do pretty well in 1 on 1 duels but range can be an issue. This starts to change at level 19 even when range isn't an issue since assassins will have enough stuns to take you down solo if they are good at their class. This brings out the reality that a chanter is not a good 1 on 1 class for PvP and you won't have much success solo especially since it can take a while for you to kill another player. You do have some survivability, though, to prevent from getting ganked but it gets more and more difficult to actually get a kill on your own.

Luckily, the chanter is a fantastic force for group PvP and that is really where the most fun can be had from the PvP experience in Aion. You will need an organized group that doesn't split up or wander off but so long as you stick together, your group buffs as a chanter can turn a group on group battle easily in your groups favor. If your group is heavy on heals you can also go into rage mode and deal out a fair amount of extra dps while still being able to assist with heals over time (HoTs) and can click off your rage if a friendly healer drops or if the enemy group is very well organized and is focusing on targets, which will be too much dps for just one or sometimes even two healers to keep up with.

As a general rule if there is another healer I will stay in rage mode while on the hunt to help quickly take out and/or chase down smaller groups of 1-3 players. When a group of matched size is on the horizon I will stay out of rage mode just in case they are focusing targets and the extra heals are needed with no time to spare and clicking off rage could be all the extra time it takes for one of your healers to go down. Since you will be one of the prime targets of their focus, it shouldn't be too hard to spot when the enemy group is well organized. Be ready to die a lot in these situations unless your group is equally organized and you have extra heals. A lot of the time, though, the group will scatter and attack different targets, which means it is safe to go into rage and beat them down so long as your other healer knows what they are doing. Of course, if your own group is also poorly organized then you may need to split off and heal one set or member of your group while the other healer takes care of the others so be ready if you are playing with people you have just met.

After organization, which is the most important thing in PvP, totals heals is one of the next most important aspects of group vs group wins. Either way this can pigeon hole you into the healer role in PvP quitea a lot of the time so you should expect to heal in PvP if you are a chanter and not become a chanter to do dps in PvP. You are a healer first and foremost when it comes to PvP but your chants still make you as much or more of an asset than a cleric for a good PvP group.

There won't be a lot of PvP in Aion at 20 but level 20 is as far as the NA beta events have gone so far. PvP starts to become more integral in later levels and there is a lot of fun to be had with a chanter in a solid PvP group rolling over lesser groups. More on PvP in later levels coming!

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