Luminous Guide

Introduction

Welcome to my comprehensive guide for Luminous. This guide has everything a Luminous need to know varying from skill builds to AP distribution to training spots to equipment to medals! We have everything you need to know! Hyper Skills are included!

I am currently adding medals, quest guide, training locations, etc.

Skill builds are done :)

Story

Luminous Guide is the second Magician Hero and the final addition in Legendary Hero class introduced in the second part of the Tempest Update. Luminous was previously known as a Mage of Light before he was corrupted by the Black Mage, transferring his evil powers into him. As of the other heroes besides Freud, he was frozen by the Black Mage.

First Job	Second Job	Third Job	Fourth Job
Luminous	Luminous (II)	Luminous (III)	Luminous (IV) (Hyper Skills)

Storyline

The story starts off at the Temple of Time with Luminous making his way towards the Black Mage's chamber. Luminous meets up with Phantom, who calls him out on his tardiness and leaves. Afterwards, you meet Guwaru, one of the commanders of the Black Wings, who tries to destroy you. Before he could, he is killed by Magnus, another commander. Luminous attacks Magnus, all work to no avail. Magnus tells him that he is done with Maple World and leaves.

Luminous reaches Aran, who is injured facing off against the Black Mage's servants. She tells him that Freud and Mercedes are already fighting the Black Mage and that the injury held her up. He reaches the Black Mage's chamber, only to see Freud, Mercedes and the Demon Slayer already bested by the evil mage's powers. Freud tells him that the seals have been set up to capture the Black Mage and requires Luminous to activate it. Freud borrows the power of Rhinne to stop time temporarily for Luminous to activate the seals with no intervention. Luminous successfully activates the seal, but the Black Mage makes his attempt to breach it. Luminous goes and prevents him from doing so, but only to have the Black Mage to transfer his dark essence into the Mage of Light. The battle ends and the Black Mage is sealed. After the fight, Luminous is give one last quote:

'''Don't forget. The darkness inside of you will swallow you up.'''

We see Luminous lying unconscious on Ellinia. He is awakened by a little girl named Lania, who befriends him and spends time with him for years to come. Time passes and Lania has developed into a mature woman. One day, Lania askes Luminous to do some errands and believes the day is nice for a picnic. Luminous agrees to the notion, but before he can say goodbye, dark energy envelops Luminous and culminates into a large-scale explosion, that destroys the environment around and severly harms Lania. ALl of a sudden, he remembers what the Black Mage has told him and realizes that some of his powers was given to Luminous.

In Korean Maplestory, your player will have to choose between the path of light and dark. If you choose the light side, Luminous will restore everything he has destroyed and bring Lania back to health. If you choose the dark side, Luminous will leave the area and Lania in order to discover his newfound dark powers. In Global Maplestory, Luminous' story focuses mostly on the dark side.

Gameplay

KMS's Light/Dark gauge.

Luminous can be considered to be one of the more unique classes in Maplestory. Asides from gameplay, Luminous is the first class that incorporates actual voice acting within gameplay. In Korean Maplestory, his storyline is also interactive, changing depending on which side that you take: Light or Dark. Choosing one of the sides will have an impact on his quests and his skills as well. However, in Maplestory Global, his story is melded together in one questline. Also, Luminous can have bonuses for both Light and Dark skills.

GMS's Light/Dark gauge.

Upon second job, his gameplay takes a new twist. You are greeted with a gauge that measures the amount of light and dark is present. You will enter into a Light or Dark mode in which your skills respective to their side will be significantly stronger. The only way to get out of Light or Dark mode is to use the skills that responds to your current mode; If you are in Light mode, you use a Light skill and in Dark mode, you use a Dark skill. Apart from the damage increase, you will also enter into a special buff that will be a great asset to the player. Lastly, if you use a certain skill in its respective mode, the amount of hits the skill make is doubled, providing more power. Up to 3rd job, you will have the ability to balance your Light and Dark gauge into a state of Equlibrium, which will greatly increase both Light/Dark skills and Equilibrium skills itself.

In Global Maplestory, you can change which mode you are in with a skill and how much the gauge fills up does not alter any changes towards Luminous' modes in any way.

Luminous' weapon of choice are double edged magical weapons known as Shining Rods and his secondary weapon are Orbs. Higher level orbs can be bought and sold at various NPC markets.

Luminous's character selection screen.

Pros/Cons

Pros
- Highest Mana Pool of any Magician.
- Offers a unique variety of gameplay with the Light/Dark system.
- Interactive storyline can increase the damage of either your light or dark skills
- Impressive mobbing capability
- Meso-friendly with HP potions
- Near automatic Job Advancement
- Light side's questline gives a major EXP bonus

Cons
- Using light/dark skills opposite from their element will be weakened
- Does not have Teleport Mastery unlike the other Magicians
- Dark side's questline gives less EXP than the Light
- Does not have a mount
- Slower attacking speed compared to Evan.

Skills

Beginner

Icon	Skill Name	Description	Type	Mastered	Element	Prerequisites
	Blessing of the Fairy	Skill Point will increase by 1 when the related character reaches above Lv.10.	Supportive	20	x	-
	Empress's Blessing	Grants 1 skill level for every 5 levels your highest level Cygnus character has. Between Blessing of the Fairy and Empress's Blessing, the higher increase is applied.	Supportive	30	x	-
	Light Wash	The power of light breaks down enemy DEF, allowing your attacks to penetrate.	Supportive	1	x	-
	Will of the Alliance	A powerful force is released, based on Willpower of the Alliance.	Supportive	1	x	-
	Inner Light	Increases Willpower, Insight, and Intelligence. The power of light deflects all Darkness.	Passive	1	x	-

1st Job

Icon	Skill Name	Description	Type	Mastered	Light or Dark?	Prerequisites
	Dark Affinity	Permanently increases light/dark magic ATT.	Passive	5	x	-
	Standard Magic Guard	Converts a portion of damage dealt to you so it affects your MP instead of your HP. Permanently increases Physical and Magic DEF.	Passive	10	x	-
	Abyssal Drop	Drops a condensed orb of darkness on multiple enemies in front of you.	Active	10	Dark Magic	-
	Mana Well	Increases Max MP for a short time.	Supportive	20	x	-
	Flash Shower	Fires a condensed orb of light that penetrates enemies as it flies.	Active	10	Light Magic	-
	Light Speed	Teleport in the direction you want by becoming a beam of light. You will be invulnerable for a short time after teleporting. Also permanently increases Movement Speed and Jump.	Supportive	10	x	-

Ap Distribution

When the Tempest patch was released, all secondary stats were rendered useless. Now just pump all your points into INT.

New Light And Dark Attack System

Luminous has an entirely new attacking system which makes them unique from other classes. A crystal gauge appears when you are second job. It has light crystals on the left and dark crystals on the right. There is a light/dark image directly below the question mark of the crystal. If you want to enhance your light skills, you click on the light side and your light skills will receive an increase. The increase is from the beginner skill called Sunfire. Light skills receive 50% more damage, cost 50% less MP and recovers 1% hp from each attack. If you click on the right side, you'll be under the influence of Eclipse. Dark skills deal 50% more damage, cost 50% less MP and recovers 1% hp from each attack.

Equipment

Luminous has an entirely new weapon which will be introduced into GMS upon its release. It is called a shining rod. A shining rod is a one handed mage weapon. Luminous also has a projectile they need or they cannot attack. This is similar to Mercedes's arrow and Phantom's card. Luminous' projectile is an orb.

First Job Skill Build

You already have one sp for Abyssal Drop and Flash Shower when you advance at level 10.

10: +4 Dark Affinity (4) +1 Light Speed (1) 11: +1 Dark Affinity (Maxed) 12: +3 Standard Magic Guard (3) 13: +3 Standard Magic Guard (6) 14: +3 Standard Magic Guard (9) 15: +1 Standard Magic Guard (Max) +2 Mana Well (2) 16: +3 Mana Well (5) 17: +3 Mana Well (8) 18: +3 Mana Well (11) 19: +3 Mana Well (14) 20: +3 Mana Well (17) 21: +3 Mana Well (Max) 22: +3 Flash Shower / Abyssal Drop (4) 23: +3 Flash Shower / Abyssal Drop (7) 24: +3 Flash Shower / Abyssal Drop (Max) 25: +3 Flash Shower / Abyssal Drop (4) 26: +3 Flash Shower / Abyssal Drop (7) 27: +3 Flash Shower / Abyssal Drop (Max) 28: +3 Light Speed (4) 29: +3 Light Speed (7) 30: +3 Light Speed (Max)

Summary: Maxed all skills

Reasoning: You want to get Dark Affinity first for the extra 5% magic atk increase. You add 1 point into Light Speed for extra mobility. You max Standard Magic Guard for survivability purposes. You then max Mana Well for more mp. This means more health because your hp is basically your mp. You max Flash Shower or Abyssal Drop in the order you like. This is based on your preference. Light speed is then maxed with the remaining SP. You cannot save SP. k

Second Job Skill Build

We get Sylvan Lance and Pressure Void automatically at level 30. 30: +5 Magic Booster (5) 31: +1 Magic Booster (6), +2 Spell Mastery (2)

32: +3 Spell Mastery (5)

33: +3 Spell Mastery (8)

34: +2 Spell Mastery (10), +1 High Wisdom (1)

36: +3 High Wisdom (4)

37: +1 High Wisdom (5), +2 Black Blessing (2)

38: +3 Black Blessing (5)

39: +3 Black Blessing (8)

40: +3 Black Blessing (11)

41: +3 Black Blessing (14)

42: + 3 Black Blessing (17)

43: + 3 Black Blessing (20)

44: +3 Sylvan Lance / Pressure Void (4)

45: +3 Sylvan Lance / Pressure Void (7)

46: +3 Sylvan lance / Pressure Void (10)

47: +3 Sylvan lance / Pressure Void (13)

48: ++3 Sylvan lance / Pressure Void (16)

49: +3 Sylvan lance / Pressure Void (19)

50: +1 Sylvan lance / Pressure Void (Max), +2 Sylvan lance / Pressure Void (3)

51: +3 Sylvan lance / Pressure Void (6)

52: +3 Sylvan lance / Pressure Void (9)

53 +3 Sylvan lance / Pressure Void (12)

54: +3 Sylvan lance / Pressure Void (15)

55 +3 Sylvan lance / Pressure Void (18)

56: +2 Sylvan lance / Pressure Void (Max), +1 Magic Booster (7)

57: +3 Magic Booster (Max)

58: +3 Blinding Pillar (3)

59: +3 Blinding Pillar (6)

60: +3 Blinding Pillar (9)

Summary: All maxed except Blinding Pillar.

Explanation: At level 30, you have two new attacks automatically with 3 SP. We put the next 5 points into magic booster to make our attack speed faster. Faster attack = more damage = dead monsters = more exp = happy you. Spell mastery is maxed to increase our magic mastery and give us more damage. High Wisdom is maxed next to give us more int. More int = more damage. Black Blessing is maxed for a significant damage boost. Max which ever attacking skill you feel comfortable with (NOT BLINDING PILLAR). I like Sylvan Lance for some reason. Then we max Magic Booster to extend the booster time. Lastly, dump your points into the useless skill Blinding Pillar. All it does is push monsters away which makes it more time consuming to attack them all.

Third Job Skill Build

60: +1 Moonlight Spear (1), +1 Spectral Light (1), +1 Death Scythe (1), +1 Photic Meditation (1) 61: +1 Ray of Redemption (1), + Photic Meditation (3) 62: +3 Photic Meditation (6) 63: +3 Photic Meditation (9) 64: +3 Photic Meditation (12) 65: +3 Photic Meditation (15) 66: +3 Photic Meditation (18) 67: +2 Photic Meditation (Max), +1 Life Tidal (1) 68: +3 Lunar Tide (4) 69: +3 Lunar Tide (7) 70: +3 Lunar Tide (10) 71: +3 Lunar Tide (13) 72: +3 Lunar Tide (16) 73: +3 Lunar Tide (19) 74: +1 Lunar Tide (Max), +2 Dusk Guard (2) 75: +3 Dusk Guard (5) 76: +3 Dusk Guard (8) 77: + 2 Dusk Guard (Max), +1 Moonlight Spear (2) 78: +3 Moonlight Spear (5) 79: +3 Moonlight Spear (8) 80: +3 Moonlight Spear (11) 81: + Moonlight Spear (14) 82: + Moonlight Spear (17) 83: + Moonlight Spear (Max) 84: +3 Spectral Light (4) 85: +3 Spectral Light (7) 86: +3 Spectral Light (10) 87: +3 Spectral Light (13) 88: +3 Spectral Light (16) 89: +3 Spectral Light (19) 90: +1 Spectral Light (Max), +2 Death Scythe (3) 91: +3 Death Scythe (6) 92: +3 Death Scythe (9) 93: +3 Death Scythe (12) 94: +3 Death Scythe (15) 95: +3 Death Scythe (18) 96: +2 Death Scythe (Max), +1 Anti-Magic Shell (1) 97: +3 Shadow Shell (4) 98: +3 Shadow Shell (7) 99: +3 Shadow Shell (Max) 100: +3 Ray of Redemption (4) Summary:

All skills maxed except Ray of Redemption which is left on 4.

Fourth Job Skill Build

100: +1 Apocalypse, +1 Reflection, +1 Ender, 1 Morning Star (1) 101: +3 Magic Mastery (3) 102: +3 Magic Mastery (5) 103: +3 Magic Mastery (8) 104: +3 Magic Mastery (11) 105: +3 Magic Mastery (14) 106: +3 Magic Mastery (17) 107: +3 Magic Mastery (20) 108: +3 Magic Mastery (23) 109: +3 Magic Mastery (25) 110: +3 Magic Mastery (28) 111: +3 Magic Mastery (30) 112: +3 Darkness Mastery (3) 113: +2 Darkness Mastery (Max), +1 Arcane Pitch (1) 114: +3 Arcane Pitch (4) 115: +3 Arcane Pitch (7) 116: +3 Arcane Pitch (10) 117: +3 Arcane Pitch (13) 118: +3 Arcane Pitch (16) 119: +3 Arcane Pitch (19) 120: +3 Arcane Pitch (22) 121: +3 Arcane Pitch (25) 122: +3 Arcane Pitch (28) 123: +2 Arcane Pitch (Max) , +1 Reflection (2) / +1 Apocalypse (2) 124: +3 Reflection (5) / +3 Apocalypse (5) 125: +3 Reflection (8) / +3 Apocalypse (8) 126: +3 Reflection (11) / +3 Apocalypse (11) 127: +3 Reflection (14) / +3 Apocalypse (14) 128: +3 Reflection (17) / +3 Apocalypse (17) 129: +3 Reflection (20) / +3 Apocalypse (20) 130: +3 Reflection (23) / +3 Apocalypse (23) 131: +3 Reflection (26) / +3 Apocalypse (26) 132: +3 Reflection (29) / +3 Apocalypse (29) 133: +1 Reflection (Max) / +1 Apocalypse (Max), +2 Dark Crescendo (2) 134: +3 Dark Crescendo (5) 135: +3 Dark Crescendo (8) 136: +3 Dark Crescendo (11) 137: +3 Dark Crescendo (14) 138: +3 Dark Crescendo (17) 139: + 3 Dark Crescendo (20) 140: + 3 Dark Crescendo (23) 141: +3 Dark Crescendo (26) 142: +3 Dark Crescendo (29) 143: +1 Dark Crescendo (Max), +2 Ender (2) 144: +3 Ender (5) 145: +3 Ender (8) 146: +3 Ender (11) 147: +3 Ender (14) 148: +3 Ender (17) 149: +3 Ender (20) 150: +3 Ender (23) 151: +3 Ender (26) 152: +3 Ender (29) 153: +1 Ender (Max) +2 Reflection (4) / +2 Apocalypse (4) 154: +3 Reflection (7) / +3 Apocalypse (7) 155: +3 Reflection (10) / +3 Apocalypse (10) 156: +3 Reflection (13) / +3 Apocalypse (13) 157: +3 Reflection (16) / +3 Apocalypse (16) 158: +3 Reflection (19) / +3 Apocalypse (19) 159: +3 Reflection (22) / +3 Apocalypse (22) 160: +3 Reflection (25) / +3 Apocalypse (25) 161: +3 Reflection (28) / +3 Apocalypse (28) 162: +2 Reflection (Max) / +2 Apocalypse (Max), +1 Maple Warrior (1) 163: +3 Maple Warrior (4) 164: +3 Maple Warrior (7) 165: +3 Maple Warrior (10) 166: +3 Maple Warrior (13) 167: +3 Maple Warrior (16) 168: +3 Maple Warrior (19) 169: +3 Maple Warrior (22) 170: +3 Maple Warrior (25) 171: +3 Maple Warrior (28) 172: +2 Maple Warrior (Max), +1 Hero's Will (1) 173: +3 Hero's Will (4) 174: +1 Hero's Will (Max), +2 Morning Star (3) 175: +3 Morning Star (6) 176: +3 Morning Star (9) 177: +3 Morning Star (12) 178: +3 Morning Star (15) 179: +3 Morning Star (18) 180: +3 Morning Star (21) 181: +3 Morning Star (24) 182: +3 Morning Star (27) 183: +3 Morning Star (Max)

Summary: All skills are maxed.

Reasoning:

You add one point into Apocalypse, Reflection, Ender and Morning Star for brand new attacks! They replace your third job skills straight off the bat. You max magic mastery for another monstrous damage increase. Followed by magic mastery is darkness mastery which also increases the damage of death scythe and gives you more power in equilibrium mode. Arcane pitch is then maxed for some extra PDR and critical. The next part is your choice. What do you prefer, Apocalypse or Reflection? Then you max Dark Crescendo for damage stack, followed by Ender. Ender can 1 hit KO monsters and Dark Crescendo stacks damage. Now you max the attack that you didn't choose to max before. It's either Apocalypse or Reflection. Maple Warrior and Hero's Will follow. Morning Star is maxed last as it is the least effective skill.

[header]Hyper Skills[/header]

[b]Common Hyper Skills[/b]

Hyper Physical Guard: Passively increase your physical defense by 500. [required level: 165]

Hyper Magical Guard: Passively increase your magical defense by 500. [required level: 174]

Hyper Movement: Passively increase your speed by 10. [required level: 152]

Hyper Jump: Passively increase your jump by 10. [required level: 146]

Hyper Accuracy: Passively increase your accuracy by 20%. [required level: 158]

Hyper Critical Rate: Passively increase your critical rate by 10%. [required level: 198]

Hyper Dexterity: Passively increase your DEX by 50. [required level: 140]

Hyper Intelligence: Passively increase your INT by 50. [required level: 140]

Hyper Luck: Passively increase your LUK by 50. [required level: 140]

Hyper Strength: Passively increase your STR by 50. [required level: 140]

Hyper Max Heart Point: Passively increase your HP by 15%. [required level: 192]

Hyper Max Magic Point: Passively increase your MP by 15%. [required level: 186]

Hyper Max Demon Force: Passively increase your DF by 50. [required level: 180]

[b]Luminous Exclusive Hyper Skills[/b]

Light Reflection - Reinforce: Light Reflection's damage is increased by 20%. [required level: 143]

Light Reflection - Spread: Light Reflection's damage reduction when reflected is removed. [required level: 162]

Light Reflection - Add Range: Light Reflection's range is increased by 50. [required level: 183]

Apocalypse - Reinforce: Apocalypse's damage is increased by 20%. [required level: 149]

Apocalypse - Recharge: Apocalypse's effect on the Light/Dark gauge is increased. [required level: 168]

Apocalypse - Extra Target: Apocalypse's number of monsters hit is increased by 2. [required level: 189]

Absolute Kill - Reinforce: Absolute Kill's damage is increased by 20%. [required level: 155]

Absolute Kill - Extra Target: Absolute Kill's number of monsters hit is increased by 1. [required level: 177]

Absolute Kill - Add Range: Absolute Kill's range is increased by 50. [required level: 195]

[header]Luminous Quest Guide[/header]

Coming Soon~~

[header]Training Locations[/header]

There are two paths to take in training. One is the quest lines + normal quests. The other is the regular grinding.

[b]Quest Way[/b] Coming Soon! [header]Medals[/header]

[b]First Job:[/b] In Both Darkness and Light

Max HP +50 Max MP +50

[b]Second Job:[/b] Conquerer of Darkness

Max HP +100 Max MP +100

[b]Third Job:[/b] Master of Darkness

+1 All stat +150 HP/MP

[b]Fourth Job[/b] Guardian of Equilibrium

+2 All Stat +200 MAX HP/MP

[header]FAQ[/header]

[b]How Do I Choose The Light Or Dark Path?[/b] In GMS, you do not choose a path. You control both powers.

[b]If I'm in light mode, how come I can use dark skills?[/b] Luminous is designed so that you can utilize both skills. If you are in light mode and you use light skills, you gain a damage increase. You can still use dark skills, but you will not gain an advantage.

[header]Contributions[/header] Tony Vu - Guide Creator BasilMarket - Skill Information Maple Wiki -Luminous Story Information (I wrote some of it) Orange Mushroom for Hyper Skills LiSalamander- Victor Yin ChopSuey- Phong

Luminous Guide

Contents

Introduction

Story

Storyline

Gameplay

Pros/Cons

Skills

Beginner

Beginner

1st Job

Ap Distribution

New Light And Dark Attack System

Equipment

First Job Skill Build

Second Job Skill Build

Third Job Skill Build

Fourth Job Skill Build

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Luminous Guide

Introduction

Story

Storyline

Gameplay

Pros/Cons

Skills

Beginner

Beginner

1st Job

Ap Distribution

New Light And Dark Attack System

Equipment

First Job Skill Build

Second Job Skill Build

Third Job Skill Build

Fourth Job Skill Build

Navigation menu

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