Guide for building an I.L Mage

The guide on this page was created for an older and outdated version of Maplestory and is now inaccurate to the current gameplay and no longer deemed useful. Please do not edit or delete this article.

Introduction

This is my first guide.It is about building a I.L Mage from the start(as in from beginner)If you notice any grammatical errors,please help me correct them,because I did this guide within the time it took my mother to prepare to go to eat.(My in-game name is 8RoXaS8,Ice-Lightning Mage,Cassiopeia.If you ever see me,please say hi)

Reasons for building a I.L Mage,or a Magician in general

     1.Mages are hard to train when you are a beginner,or in the early stages,but eventually,you will end up stronger than many classes.
     2.They are ranged.Nuff said
     3.I.L Mages can hit multiple enemies.
     4.Monsters are cute when frozen.

Stats

     STR:4
     DEX:4
     INT:preferably 10,but if possible 11.9 if impatient
     LUK:anything

Beginner

When you are in Maple Island,the only way you can gain exp is by killing snails and Blue Snails,which makes it very hard to train.During the tutorial(the part where you kill Dummy Jr. Sentinels)kill them until you reach Level 2,then proceed.Do all the quests except the last part of Mai's Training,because you have to kill 10 Orange Mushrooms.Then head to Victoria.By now you should have around 4k and should be level 6.(Obviously if you use a 2X Meso Coupon you will have two times more) Talk to Olaf and do the quest.Continue to kill blue snails and slimes until level 8

Magician

Here's the recommended skill list

     Level 10:Energy Bolt+1
     Max Magic Claw
     Max MP Regen
     Max Increasing Max MP
     Max Magic guard
     Note:only put one SP to energy bolt,because it is weaker than magic claw

List of recommended monsters to train on

     10-15:Slime Tree Dungeon
     16-20:Green Mushroom Tree Dungeon(do not go the ones with horny mushroom)
     21-30:Kerning PQ
     During the early stage when magic Claw does stuff like 1-10,use energy bolt.
     When you are around level 21-24,you should be the party leader,as the leader has to do less fighting.
     Level 25-30 you should try soloing King Slime and let others be leader.

I.L Mage

Well,I can't help much here.I have only just become Level 30 and still am.So maybe someone can help me fill in... Well,maybe I'll write again in 20 or so levels! Hey cool,I just got a guide.... Ok

     Level 30-1 Teleport
     Level 31-1 MP Eater,2 Cold Beam
     Level 32-41:Max Cold Beam,2 Meditation
     Level 42-47:Max Meditation
     Level 48-54:Max MP Eater,2 Lightning
     Level 55-64:Max Lightning,2 Teleport
     Level 65-70:Max Teleport,1 Slow
     Try maxing teleport before MP Eater.Meditation helps you to take on the cats at level 50,as there are no good areas to train at.

Monsters

     Level 30-34:Evil Eye
     Level 35-41:Fire Boar
     Level 42-47:Jr Grupin/Jr Cellion
     Level 48-52:Try Stone Gollems or Copper Drakes
     Level 53-59:Lioner/Cellion
     Level 60-70:Red Drake/Lioner/Cellion/Mix Gollem/Coolie Zombie

Okay this is way ahead.The only tip I can give you is to do lots of exchange quest,because you need dark crystals.Also,don't be evil and kill steal beginners using your lightning.

      Also try going to "Parking Lot" when you are level 65-70.