Salazar's Guide to the Perfect Mage

Hello. I am only level 34 but who cares? I play on MapleGlobal at Bera. Anyways, to get on to the guide. This guide will tell you how to be a great magician while gaining fast exp.

Introduction

I hope this guide will help you learn a lot about magicians and their skills. Although they have pros, they have cons.

Pros

Mages do great damage in the beginning.

Have a lot of MP(if you get the right stats)

Recovers a lot of MP.

Can use defending and attacking skills.

Gets a lot of mesos.

Cons

Mages have little health.

Need to buy a lot of Blue Potions even though they get a lot of MP.

Damage stays very low compared to others in the later stages.

Getting Started

To be a great mage, you need great stats. You should start out like this:

STR: 4 or 5 (I recommened the 4)

DEX: 4 or 5 (Same thing as STR)

INT: * (Can be anything)

LUK: * (Can be anything)

Both INT and LUK must be used for equipments, armor, etc. INT raises your magic attack and magic defense. INT is essential(necessary)!!! LUK is just used only to meet the requirements of the weapons and armor.

Stat Distribution

If you don't know the stat distribution, you should read this becuase this is important.

You can do it 2 different ways. They both meet the requirments for the weapons and armor.

Recommended Way: You should have 3 more LUK than your level, and everything else on INT. NEVER PUT ANYTHING ON DEX STR HP OR MP!!! Ex:If you are level 14, you should have 17 LUK.

Other Way: You can put 5 INT for 4 levels, and 5 LUK for 1 level. You should use the top, recommended way, but its your choice.

Training on Maple Island

In Maple Island, magicians train so slow that you might want to quit. If you want to make a perfect mage, you need a lot of patience. Anyways, you only need to be level 8 to become a magician. NEVER BECOME A MAGICIAN AT LEVEL 10!!! You shouldn't because you are wasting SP points (we will get to that later). Check your quests and do every quest that is in Maple Island except Bigg's quest. Train on Blue Snails or Green Snails. Every time you level, check your SP book by click K. Put 3 on Recovery and 3 on Three Snails. Note: This is only for beginning purposes.

Getting Out of Maple Island

Once you become level 7 with about 40%, you should go to Shanks and pay him 150 mesos to get out of Maple Island. Once you are in Victoria, you should go to Olaf. You can go to [1] to check out who Olaf is. Talk to Olaf and answer all of his questions. Then, after that pick the Path of the Magician. Then, a little to the left of the map, you should see a Ticket Booth. Click Ellinia. Once in Ellinia you should go all the way to the top.

Becoming a Magician

At the top, you will see a portal. Go inside the portal and you will see Grendal the Really Old. Talk to him and finish the first quest. Congratz you are level 8!!! After that, talk to him again that you want to become a magician. You will get more MP and 1 SP point. Once you become a magician, you should read the next step.

Skill Distribution

Improving MP Recovery

Recover every 10 seconds. The recovery is based on your level and INT.

Improving Max MP Increase

This skill boosts up the amount of increase on MaxMP after each Level UP, or AP used on MaxMP.

Magic Guard

Temporarily replaces damage with MP instead of HP. If MP reaches 0, the HP takes a full hit.

Magic Armor

Temporarily boosts the weapon defense by blowing magic into the armor.

Energy Bolt

Use MP to attack one enemy.

Magic Claw

Use MP to attack an enemy twice.

Skill Build

There are different ways of skill building.

Recommended Build:

+1 Magic Bolt-Level 8

+3(3) Improving MP Recovery-Level 9

+2(5) Improving MP Recovery +1 Improving Max MP Increase-Level 10

+3(4) Improving Max MP Increase-Level 11

+3(7) Improving Max MP Increase-Level 12

+3(10) MAXED Improving Max MP Increase-Level 13

+3(8) Improving MP Recovery-Level 14

+3(11) Improving MP Recovery-Level 15

+3(14) Improving MP Recovery-Level 16

+2(16) MAXED Improving MP Recovery +1 Magic Claw-Level 17

+3(4) Magic Claw-Level 18

+3(7) Magic Claw-Level 19

+3(10) Magic Claw-Level 20

+3(13) Magic Claw-Level 21

+3(16) Magic Claw-Level 22

+3(19) Magic Claw-Level 23

+1(20) MAXED Magic Claw +2 Magic Guard-Level 24

+3(5) Magic Guard-Level 25

+3(8) Magic Guard-Level 26

+3(11) Magic Guard-Level 27

+3(14) Magic Guard-Level 28

+3(17) Magic Guard-Level 29

+3(20) MAXED Magic Guard-Level 30

Final Outcome

Improving MP Recovery-16 (MAXED)

Improving Max MP Increase-10 (MAXED)

Magic Guard-20 (MAXED)

Magic Armor-0

Magic Bolt-1

Magic Claw-20 (MAXED)