Genus tiers, then the lines

Genus share

Single source AION 2 Tier List, article updated 12 Oct 2026. Shares are level-45+ monster definitions in the client, not how often you meet them. Their letters follow boss share: S at 50% or more, A at 10%, B at 5%, C below that. Special has no letter and rolls general stats only. “Top players’ pet” is the genus summoned by the top 744 characters (100 per class, all Global regions). That sample was updated 15 Oct 2026, 5:00 AM. We did not collect it.

aion2tierlist.com

Tier	Genus	Bosses 45+	Elites 45+	Monsters 45+	Pets	Top rides	Insight vs this genus
S	Cogni	77%	52%	57%	41	13%	Cogni Defense, Critical Hit Resist, Evasion, Block
A	Varian	11%	26%	22%	46	10%	Varian Defense, Critical Hit Resist, Evasion, Block
B	Natura	6%	11%	7%	48	12%	Natura Defense, Critical Hit Resist, Evasion, Block
C	Fera	2%	4%	12%	65	15%	Fera Defense, Critical Hit Resist, Evasion, Block
—	Special	4%	8%	2%	7	51%	General stats only

Nine Insight slots

Single source Nine slots open one by one at genus Insight levels 1 through 9. Analysis rolls a property into a slot and spends that genus’s Soul Crystals, or the universal kind, plus Kinah. Locking a slot makes the next analysis much more expensive. At Insight level 1, about nine rolls in ten are the lowest grade. At level 10, about one in five is. The client files these as analysis and ownership effects, not as stats on the pet you summon. All five genera count at once. Every pet has the same run and sprint speed, and none has equipped stats. In the four monster genera, any slot can also roll that genus’s Attack, Accuracy, Critical Hit, Defense, Evasion, Block, or Critical Hit Resist. Genus Damage Boost rolls only in slot 4. Genus Damage Tolerance rolls only in slot 7. Special slots 4 and 7 swap the PvE lines for front and back attack lines.

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What the top players ride

Single source Same 744-character sample. The published table prints an em dash where one pet’s name should be, with no genus on that 1% row. We left the name blank. Special pets do not drop as souls from monsters, and Special Insight gains experience only through analysis. You can study a genus and ride a different pet.

Pet	Genus	Share
Pagati	Special	10%
Black Dragon	Special	10%
White Bunny	Special	10%
Chonky Hamster	Special	7%
Swift Lugi	Special	7%
Two	Special	5%
Papis	Fera	3%
Silver Blade Rotan	Varian	2%
Furious Feruk	Cogni	2%
Manduri Trebuchet Worker	Cogni	1%
Name blank in the source table	—	1%
Black Spirit	Natura	1%
Lesser Fire Spirit	Natura	1%
Drakan Guard Dog	Fera	1%
Tayga	Fera	1%

Most summoned pet by class

Guide opinion AION 2 Tier List’s own reading of that sample, not a client tooltip: damage dealers want Cogni Attack, Cogni Critical Hit, and Cogni Damage Boost. Templar is pointed at Cogni Damage Tolerance, Cogni Defense, and Cogni Block. Cleric is pointed at the defensive lines. Solo play can weigh Varian higher because 26% of level-45+ elites are Varian.

Easiest field farms to insight 3

Single source Aion2Data, global client 2.0.6.0 hotfix 1, Steam build 25800038, files dated 9 Oct 2026. Souls to level 3 are NeedSoul plus the VehicleLevel souls for levels 2 and 3, which they print as 105. Kills are souls divided by souls per kill of the best monster, and souls per kill are successful rolls times the average stack, rounded up. Every field pet below is printed at 100% and 105 kills. Their page sorts those ties alphabetically. This table sorts by the best monster’s level, which is what changes how early the farm is. Game8, updated 13 Oct 2026, also says 105 defeats if you assume one soul per kill, and names the rows marked Game8. This ledger’s reward extract, captured 14 Oct 2026, prints 1% on these pets. That 1% is the figure on the extracted table. We do not turn it into 10,500 kills.

aion2data.com/best/petsGame8

Pet	Genus	Souls	Soul per kill	Kills	Best monster	Level	This ledger
Decomposed Lupyllini Game8	Cogni	105	100%	105	Decomposed Lupyllini	10	Verteron: Eastern Altamia Highland · Altgard: Dredgion Crash Site, Battlescar Mound
Biruta	Cogni	105	100%	105	Biruta Wanderer	17	Verteron: Eastern Tolbas Forest · Altgard: Nameless Cemetery
Klaw Game8	Cogni	105	100%	105	Wandering Klaw	19	Verteron: Verteron Fortress Ruins · Chaotic Lower Reshanta: Sulfur Tree Island
Krall laborer Game8	Cogni	105	100%	105	Krall Armed Soldier	21	Verteron: Verteron Fortress Ruins, Scarlet Forest
Armadon	Fera	105	100%	105	Red Shell Mole	10	Altgard: Dredgion Crash Site, Moslan Forest
Papis Game8	Fera	105	100%	105	Gentle Papis	10	Altgard: Sanctum Outpost, Silent Hill · Verteron: Eastern Cantas Valley, Western Cantas Valley
Skyray Game8	Fera	105	100%	105	Cantas Valley Skyray	10	Verteron: Ellun River Marsh, Ellun River Midstream
Crestlich Game8	Fera	105	100%	105	Stonebeak Crestlich	11	Verteron: Western Cantas Valley, Ellun River Midstream
Sparkie Game8	Fera	105	100%	105	Meadow Sparkie	18	Verteron: Ellun River Midstream, Ellun River Meadow
Fungen	Natura	105	100%	105	Red Cap Fungen	12	Verteron: Eastern Cantas Valley
Fungie Game8	Natura	105	100%	105	Red Cap Fungie	12	Verteron: Eastern Cantas Valley
Forest Spirit	Natura	105	100%	105	Marsh Vine Spirit	13	Verteron: Ellun River Marsh, Ellun River Midstream · Altgard: Purifying Forest
Rafflesia Game8	Natura	105	100%	105	Rafflesia	14	Altgard: Sanctum Outpost, Nameless Cemetery · Verteron: Crimson Isle
Agrint Game8	Natura	105	100%	105	Decaying Agrint	18	Verteron: Ellun River Midstream, Garden of the Illusion God · Altgard: Moslan Forest, Basfelt Ruins
Drana Mutant	Varian	105	100%	105	Twisted Mutant	10	Altgard: Dredgion Crash Site
Kalgolem Game8	Varian	105	100%	105	Hard Kalgolem	10	Verteron: Western Cantas Valley, Destroyed Temple Site · Altgard: Purifying Forest
Swarm Game8	Varian	105	100%	105	Contaminated Swarm	11	Altgard: Calderon Canyon, Fafnite Deposit · Chaotic Lower Reshanta: Devastated Remnants, Black Fragments Area
Contaminated Slime Game8	Varian	105	100%	105	Marsh Slime	13	Verteron: Ellun River Marsh, Contaminated Sanctum · Chaotic Lower Reshanta: Sulfur Tree Island

Aion2Data lists all seven Special pets with no monster soul drop, so the kill column is blank there. Souls to level 3 are still printed as 105. The seven names match this extract: Black Dragon, Chonky Hamster, Pagati, Swift Lugi, Two, Wandering Merchant Lugi, White Bunny.

Owned-effect lines, cross-checked here