 Magicians are the magic fighters of Maplestory. They are also one of the most fascinating class in the Maplestory, which makes them one of the most popular character class among Maplers. Magicians are unable to melee, but they are able to do a monstrous amount of damage to multiple enemies when they are at high levels. So let us look at their advantages and disadvantages.Pros - Highest amount of MP.
- They can cast multiple attack spells.
- Ranged attacks, some of which can go through walls.
- Decent accuracy.
- May use MP to replace HP with Magic Guard.
- Second Job advancement classes have elemental attacks; Clerics have many useful party skills.
- Decent damage at Third Job advancement levels.
Cons - It can be very hard for Magicians to master certain types of attacks.
- Very low HP.
- Very low Weapon Defence.
- MP potions cost a lot of money.
- In Second Job advancement, low damage to monsters not belonging to a weak element.
- They are not able to melee, meaning they cannot attack at close range to the enemies.
Magicians are probably the fastest leveling class in the game and that is especially true at lower levels. Magicians have various ranged attacks and some can even go through walls. For magicians the main stat is obviously Intelligence (INT) to increase their magic attack but they also require Luck (LUK) to wear armor. Magicians should put 1 point into LUK and all remaining points into INT. Magician's hometown is Ellinia, the forest town, and possibly the most unpopular and most difficult town to navigate in Victoria Island. The magicians are the only class that can receive their first job advancement at level 8. This is because it is impossibly hard for magicians to level without a magic attack, because they have no STR. To make this advancement, you will need to travel to the city of Ellinia and talk to Grendel the Really Old. Your character will need at least 20 Intelligence (INT) to become a Magician. To reach your next advancement you will need to have at least level 30. Follow next leveling recommendations: At levels 8-13 (with Energy Bolt): Blue Snails, Shrooms and Red Snails; At levels 13-18 (with Energy Bolt and early levels of Magic Claw): The election can be made between Slimes at Dungeon, Southern Forest I or The Tree That Grew I and II and Orange Mushrooms at Henesys Hunting Grounds or Mushroom Garden. At levels 18-23: It is good time to kill Pigs and Ribbon Pigs at Pig Beach. While in Pig Beach, try to avoid the occasional Iron Hog and do not hit it, as it will start to pursue you until you leave. At levels 23-30: Green Mushrooms and Horned Mushrooms at Tree Dungeons near Ellinia. Another choice would be Kerning City Party Quests (PQs), a special kind of quest that requires a party of four, which offers nice rewards and experience. Once you've reached level 30, go back to Ellinia's Magic Library, which is located at the highest point of Ellinia. Go inside and talk to Grendel the Really Old. He'll give you a letter and you've to pass it to the job advancement instructor located at the north of Ellinia. After giving the letter, you'll be given an errand to collect 30 Dark Marbles by defeating the monsters inside. Be careful to stock your potions up before you start collecting the 30 Dark Marbles. Player gets choice of becoming either Wizard or Cleric. Wizards can develop Fire/Poison or Ice/Lightning skills:Fire/Poison wizards are strong against magic based enemies with fire or poison spells. Fire-based spells are the most powerful spells in game. They can perform up to 1.5 times damage to the ice based enemies. However, performing fire-based spells to fire-based enemies is disadvantage. They will receive either half the normal damage attack or even none at all. Poison-based spells poison enemies. It will slowly take away enemies' HP
Ice/Lightning wizards are strong against magic based enemies with ice or lightning spells. Ice spells aren’t as powerful as the fire spells, but they have an advantage of being able to freeze up an enemy temporarily. Once again, performing ice spells to ice based enemies is disadvantage. They will receive either half the normal damage attack or even none at all. Lightening spells are the weakest of all spells, but they have the advantage of attacking many enemies at once. Performing lightning spells requires plenty of MP on each attack. Cleric may not possess the attacking spells like fire and ice, but they have holy spells that are very powerful against the undead and devil based monsters. They are also equipped with skills of casting healing magic which make up to its disadvantages. At level 70 you can do your third job advancement. Go to El Nath Chief Residence and speak to Robeira. You will need to get the Necklace of Wisdom for her to advance. The 3rd job advancement will give magicians new very powerful skills. Wizards become Mages and Clerics become Priests. Fourth job advancement for magicians can be done at level 120. Head over to El Nath and talk to Robeira. When you ask her for the fourth job advancement, she will tell you that she doesn’t have that power and will give you a letter to take to your fourth job instructor in Leafre. You will need to obtain following items to advance: Heroic Star and Heroic Pentagon. They are dropped by Manon and Griffey, or obtained through buying the Secret Letter of Spell from Vega and giving it back to the Chief Tatamo of Leafre. After this Mages become Arch Mages and Priests become Bishops. Tips for the magiciansIn general tips will be the same as for warriors or bowmen: knowledge of the terrain, pick a proper place to train, use appropriate pots. But there are also few specific ones:
Learning monsters is even more important for magician, because the damage dealt depends very much on type of monster. If you want to level faster, you can use power leveling method. It is very expensive one, but will save you a lot of time. Even though, magicians recover MP fairly quick, with this method you need to spend your mesos on pots and use them every time you see your MP is on the low side. Many players name Magicians as the strongest class in Maplestory, but only if it is developed properly. So if you want to follow this class, be prepared to study the game a lot.
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