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LUK is only used for the Mage as a requirement to wear most Mage-specific equipment, with the usual requirement of LUK being 3 points above the equipment's level. When you level, put 4 points into INT and 1 point into LUK. If you are not sure, press Auto Assign as this will take advantage of equipment stats as well. Alternatively, put all 5 points into INT for four levels, and at every 5th level put all 5 points into LUK.

 

INT is the Mage's main damage stat, as it adds to the character's Magic Attack. All points not spent on LUK should be put in INT, as the other stats do not help Magicians AT ALL!  Some people cap their LUK at 50 or so and put all AP on INT after that.

LUKless mages keep their base LUK at 4 and add all their AP to INT. At level 197 a LUKless mage will be unable to add more int past 999 base INT. At that point they add their points to LUK. with a ending stat distribution of 999 INT and 19 LUK at level 200.

If carefully built, a LUKless Mage has far more potential than a LUK mage, and costs less (unlike most other statless classes). The magic attack in a weapon is divided several times, and then added to determine your minimum and maximum damage with a given spell, rather than multiplied like the weapon attack in most other weapons. This renders LUK obsolete. Their max MP is also vastly greater at higher levels because INT is what determines how much MP a character gains at level up. Magic attack from weapons does not. But be warned: Magician weapons and armors require LUK to wear.

LUK does not affect the mage's accuracy, instead, level affects mage accuracy.

*'''Level 8''': +1 Energy Bolt (1)

*'''Level 9''': +3 Magic Claw (3)

*'''Level 10''': +3 Magic Claw (6)

*'''Level 11''': +3 Magic Claw (9)

*'''Level 12''': +3 Magic Claw (12)

*'''Level 13''': +3 Magic Claw (15)

*'''Level 14''': +3 Magic Claw (18)

*'''Level 15''': +2 '''Magic Claw''' (20), +1 MP Boost (1)

*'''Level 16''': +3 MP Boost (4)

*'''Level 17''': +3 MP Boost (7)

*'''Level 18''': +3 '''MP Boost''' (10)

*'''Level 19''': +3 Magic Guard (3)

*'''Level 20''': +3 Magic Guard (6)

*'''Level 21''': +3 Magic Guard (9)

*'''Level 22''': +3 Magic Guard (12)

*'''Level 23''': +3 '''Magic Guard''' (15)

*'''Level 24''': +3 Magic Armor (3)

*'''Level 25''': +3 Magic Armor (6)

*'''Level 26''': +3 Magic Armor (9)

*'''Level 27''': +3 Magic Armor (12)

*'''Level 28''': +3 '''Magic Armor''' (15)

*'''Level 29''': +3 Energy Bolt (4)

*'''Level 30''': +3 Energy Bolt (7)

*'''Magic Claw''': Level 20

*'''MP Boost''': Level 10

*'''Magic Guard''': Level 15

*'''Magic Armor''': Level 15

*'''Energy Bolt''': Level 7

*'''Level 30''': +1 Teleport (1)

*'''Level 31''': +2 Heal (2), +1 Holy Arrow (1)

*'''Level 32''': +3 Heal (5)

*'''Level 33''': +3 Heal (8)

*'''Level 34''': +3 Heal (11)

*'''Level 35''': +3 Heal (14)

*'''Level 36''': +3 Heal (17)

*'''Level 37''': +3 '''Heal''' (20)

*'''Level 38''': +3 Spell Mastery (3)

*'''Level 39''': +3 Spell Mastery (6)

*'''Level 40''': +3 Spell Mastery (9)

*'''Level 41''': +3 Spell Mastery (12)

*'''Level 42''': +3 Spell Mastery (15)

*'''Level 43''': +3 Spell Mastery (18)

*'''Level 44''': +2 '''Spell Mastery''' (20), +1 High Wisdom (1)

*'''Level 45''': +3 High Wisdom (4)

*'''Level 47''': +3 '''High Wisdom''' (10)

*'''Level 48''': +3 Teleport (4)

*'''Level 49''': +3 Teleport (7)

*'''Level 54''': +1 '''Teleport ''' (20), +2 Invincible (2)

*'''Level 55''': +3 Invincible (5)

*'''Level 56''': +3 Bless (3)

*'''Level 57''': +3 Bless (6)

*'''Level 58''': +3 Bless (9)

*'''Level 59''': +3 Bless (12)

*'''Level 60''': +3 '''Bless''' (15)

*'''Level 61''': +3 MP Eater (3)

*'''Level 62''': +3 MP Eater (6)

*'''Level 63''': +3 MP Eater (9)

*'''Level 64''': +3 MP Eater (12)

*'''Level 65''': +3 MP Eater (15)

*'''Level 66''': +3 MP Eater (18)

*'''Level 67''': +2 '''MP Eater''' (20), +1 Invincible (6)

*'''Level 68''': +1 Invincible (9)

*'''Level 69''': +1 Invincible (12)

*'''Level 70''': +1 '''Invincible''' (15)

*'''Heal''': Level 20

*'''Spell Mastery''': Level 20

*'''High Wisdom''': Level 10

*'''Teleport''': Level 20

*'''Bless''': Level 15

*'''MP Eater''': Level 20

*'''Invincible''': Level 15

*'''Holy Arrow''': Level 1

Holy Arrow is replaced by 3rd job Shining Ray so it does not need to be maxed, and those 19 SP are better used elsewhere. Teleport is costly till maxed, but you could swap with Bless for more damage earlier.

The Reason you Max Meditation before Thunder bolt is because you will be traing in Helois Tower on the Hamsters. This is so that you take no damage, exluding when you go and get your loot. Because of this you do not need to have as much damage, rather increase damage by useing Meditation as Thunder bolt doubles MP cost at level 16. You add 1 in MP eater and Cold beam because when traing in the Mushking empire this will allow you to constantly freeze the yetis and MP eater will always fully restore your mp when activated. Teleport and MP eater are Maxed before Thunder Bolt because the goal of this build is to train fast and get rich, not train fast and get poor.

Post Ascension DoT on Poison Breath is more valuable than Fire Arrow which is replaced with 3rd job Fire Demon anyway, so it does not need to be maxed.

*'''Level 30''': +1 Teleport (1)

*'''Level 31''': +1 Spell Mastery (1), +1 Fire Arrow (1), +1 Poison Breath (1)

*'''Level 32''': +3 Spell Mastery (4)

*'''Level 33''': +3 Spell Mastery (7)

*'''Level 34''': +3 Spell Mastery (10)

*'''Level 35''': +3 Spell Mastery (13)

*'''Level 36''': +3 Spell Mastery (16)

*'''Level 37''': +3 Spell Mastery (19)

*'''Level 38''': +1 '''Spell Mastery''' (20), +2 High Wisdom (2)

*'''Level 39''': +3 High Wisdom (5)

*'''Level 40''': +3 High Wisdom (8)

*'''Level 41''': +2 '''High Wisdom''' (10), +1 Poison Breath (2)

*'''Level 42''': +3 Poison Breath (5)

*'''Level 43''': +3 Poison Breath (8)

*'''Level 44''': +3 Poison Breath (11)

*'''Level 45''': +3 Poison Breath (14)

*'''Level 46''': +3 Poison Breath (17)

*'''Level 47''': +3 '''Poison Breath''' (20)

*'''Level 48''': +3 Teleport (4)

*'''Level 49''': +3 Teleport (7)

*'''Level 54''': +1 '''Teleport ''' (20), +2 MP Eater (2)

*'''Level 55''': +2 Meditation (2), +1 MP Eater (3)

*'''Level 56''': +3 Meditation (5)

*'''Level 57''': +3 Meditation (8)

*'''Level 58''': +3 Meditation (11)

*'''Level 59''': +3 Meditation (14)

*'''Level 60''': +3 Meditation (17)

*'''Level 61''': +3 '''Meditation''' (20)

*'''Level 62''': +3 MP Eater (6)

*'''Level 63''': +3 MP Eater (9)

*'''Level 64''': +3 MP Eater (12)

*'''Level 65''': +3 MP Eater (15)

*'''Level 66''': +3 MP Eater (18)

*'''Level 67''': +2 '''MP Eater''' (20), +1 Slow (1)

*'''Level 68''': +3 Slow (4)

*'''Level 69''': +3 Slow (7)

*'''Level 70''': +3 '''Slow''' (10)

*'''Spell Mastery''': Level 20

*'''High Wisdom''': Level 10

*'''Poison Breath''': Level 20 (or 1)

*'''Teleport''': Level 20

*'''Fire Arrow''': Level 1 (or 20)

Fire Arrow is replaced by 3rd job Fire Demon so it does not need to be maxed, and those 19 SP are better used elsewhere.  Teleport is costly till maxed, but you could swap with Meditation for more damage earlier.

*'''Level 70''': +1 Shining Ray (1)

*'''Level 71''': +1 Teleport Mastery (1), +2 Dispel (2)

*'''Level 72''': +2 Holy Symbol (2), +1 Dispel (3)

*'''Level 73''': +3 Holy Symbol (5)

*'''Level 74''': +3 Holy Symbol (8)

*'''Level 75''': +3 Holy Symbol (11)

*'''Level 76''': +3 Holy Symbol (14)

*'''Level 77''': +3 Holy Symbol (17)

*'''Level 78''': +3 Holy Symbol (20)

*'''Level 79''': +3 Holy Symbol (23)

*'''Level 80''': +3 Holy Symbol (26)

*'''Level 81''': +3 Holy Symbol (29)

*'''Level 82''': +1 '''Holy Symbol''' (30), +1 Mystic Door (1), +1 Holy Focus (1)

*'''Level 83''': +3 Holy Focus (4)

*'''Level 84''': +3 Holy Focus (7)

*'''Level 85''': +3 Holy Focus (10)

*'''Level 86''': +3 Holy Focus (13)

*'''Level 87''': +3 Holy Focus (16)

*'''Level 89''': +1 '''Holy Focus''' (20), +2 Shining Ray (3)

*'''Level 90''': +3 Shining Ray (6)

*'''Level 91''': +3 Shining Ray (9)

*'''Level 92''': +3 Shining Ray (12)

*'''Level 93''': +3 Shining Ray (15)

*'''Level 94''': +3 Shining Ray (18)

*'''Level 96''': +3 Dispel(6)

*'''Level 97''': +3 Dispel(9)

*'''Level 98''': +1 '''Dispel'''(10), +2 Holy Magic Shell (2)

*'''Level 99''': +3 Holy Magic Shell (5)

*'''Level 100''': +3 Holy Magic Shell (8)

*'''Level 101''': +3 Holy Magic Shell (11)

*'''Level 102''': +3 Holy Magic Shell (14)

*'''Level 103''': +3 Holy Magic Shell (17)

*'''Level 104''': +3 '''Holy Magic Shell''' (20)

*'''Level 105''': +3 Teleport Mastery (4)

*'''Level 106''': +3 Teleport Mastery (7)

*'''Level 107''': +3 '''Teleport Mastery''' (10)

*'''Level 108''': +3 Magic Booster (3)

*'''Level 109''': +3 Magic Booster (6)

*'''Level 110''': +3 Magic Booster (9)

*'''Level 111''': +3 Magic Booster (12)

*'''Level 112''': +3 Magic Booster (15)

*'''Level 113''': +3 Magic Booster (18)

*'''Level 114''': +2 '''Magic Booster''' (20), +1 Doom (1)

*'''Level 115''': +3 Doom (4)

*'''Level 116''': +3 Doom (7)

*'''Level 117''': +3 '''Doom''' (10)

*'''Level 118''': +3 Mystic Door (4)

*'''Level 119''': +3 Mystic Door (7)

*'''Level 120''': +3 '''Mystic Door''' (10)

*'''Holy Symbol''': Level 30

*'''Holy Focus''': Level 20

*'''Shining Ray''': Level 21 (or 30)

*'''Magic Booster''': Level 20

*'''Doom''': Level 10 (or 1)

Shining Ray and Heal will be your training skills.  Shining Ray does not need to be maxed because it's replaced by 4th job Angel Ray, but AR requires a mastery book that's dropped by Zakum.  Heal training can allow you to train without the use of Magic Guard on some maps which will maximize MP Eater and minimize pot burn.  1 SP on Door early for parties.  Holy Magic Shell will heal and protect you and your party up to 20 seconds.  Doom can turn mobs into snails for a little while.  It's a non essential, but fun skill.  Alternatively, you could leave it at 1 and max Shining Ray.

Explosion and Fire Demon hit 6, their fast, and have good range.  (Now you know why you didn't get Fire Arrow in second job)  1 SP on Poison Mist early just because it's cool, but it's really not very useful till you get more points on it later.  Don't raise Element Amplification too early, or it will cost you too much MP.

*'''Level 70''': +1 Teleport Mastery (1)

*'''Level 71''': +1 Explosion (1), +1 Poison Mist (1), +1 Fire Demon (1)

*'''Level 72''': +3 Explosion (4)

*'''Level 73''': +3 Explosion (7)

*'''Level 74''': +3 Explosion (10)

*'''Level 75''': +3 Explosion (13)

*'''Level 76''': +3 Explosion (16)

*'''Level 77''': +3 Explosion (19)

*'''Level 78''': +1 '''Explosion''' (20), +2 Element Amplification (2)

*'''Level 79''': +2 Spell Booster (2), +1 Element Amplification (3)

*'''Level 80''': +3 Spell Booster (5)

*'''Level 81''': +3 Spell Booster (8)

*'''Level 82''': +3 Spell Booster (11)

*'''Level 83''': +2 Element Amplification (5), +1 Seal (1)

*'''Level 84''': +3 Element Amplification (8)

*'''Level 85''': +3 Element Amplification (11)

*'''Level 86''': +3 Element Amplification (14)

*'''Level 87''': +3 Element Amplification (17)

*'''Level 91''': +3 Fire Demon (10)

*'''Level 92''': +3 Fire Demon (13)

*'''Level 93''': +3 Fire Demon (16)

*'''Level 94''': +3 Fire Demon (19)

*'''Level 95''': +1 '''Fire Demon''' (20), +2 Burning Magic (2)

*'''Level 96''': +3 Burning Magic (5)

*'''Level 97''': +3 Burning Magic (8)

*'''Level 98''': +3 Burning Magic (11)

*'''Level 99''': +3 Burning Magic (14)

*'''Level 100''': +3 Burning Magic (17)

*'''Level 101''': +3 '''Burning Magic''' (20)

*'''Level 102''': +3 Poison Mist (4)

*'''Level 103''': +3 Poison Mist (7)

*'''Level 104''': +3 Poison Mist (10)

*'''Level 105''': +3 Poison Mist (13)

*'''Level 106''': +3 Poison Mist (16)

*'''Level 107''': +3 Poison Mist (19)

*'''Level 108''': +1 '''Poison Mist''' (20), +2 Teleport Mastery (3)

*'''Level 109''': +3 Teleport Mastery (6)

*'''Level 110''': +3 Teleport Mastery (9)

*'''Level 111''': +1 '''Teleport Mastery''' (10), +2 Spell Booster (13)

*'''Level 112''': +3 Spell Booster (16)

*'''Level 113''': +3 Spell Booster (19)

*'''Level 114''': +1 '''Spell Booster''' (20), +2 Elemental Decrease (2)

*'''Level 115''': +3 Elemental Decrease (5)

*'''Level 116''': +3 Elemental Decrease (8)

*'''Level 117''': +2 '''Elemental Decrease''' (10), +1 Seal (2)

*'''Level 118''': +3 Seal (5)

*'''Level 119''': +3 Seal (8)

*'''Level 120''': +3 Seal (11)

*'''Elemental Amplification''': Level 20

*'''Fire Demon''': Level 20

*'''Burning Magic''': Level 20

*'''Spell Booster''': Level 20

*'''Seal''': Level 11

Explosion will be your fastest training skill. Boost and Amp next to support Explosion.  Fire Demon is your next attack, but you could swap Burning Magic if you still use Poison Breath.  Poison Mist to take advantage of the DoT.  Finish Teleport Mastery for more damage.  Finish Booster for more time.  Max Elemental Decrease for those mobs that are strong to Fire and Poison.  Seal cast fast and is useful with only one point, so it does not need to be maxed early, or at all.

When you reach 120, go to Leafre, Forest of the Priest (Hidden Portal at Valley of the Antelope) and talk to Gritto the 4th Job Instructor. Bring back a Heroic Star and Heroic Pentagon, obtained by killing Manon & Griffey.

Most people say Griffey is more difficult, so do that last. The strategy is the same for both. Don't use Teleport Mastery or Bless/HS, as they will get debuffed anyway and take too long to put back. Do use Magic Guard, and if/when you have time, a macro with Invincible/Magic Armor/Magic Booster. Of course MG is the priority. You don't really need the other, but it saves MP. Put Holy Magic Shell on a Quick Slot so you can see when the cooldown is finished and you can use it again. Putting potions on Quick Slot is also helpful so you can see how many you have left. Minimize last minute changes to your keyboard layout so you don't get confused. A split second delay in thinking could mean you die. You can open the keyboard layout and move the keys you need to the Quick Slot area if needed so you don't need to change what keys you are used to using just to be able to see them.

Go in and immediately use Holy Magic Shell and start attacking. When it runs out, teleport away and hide. Don't worry about attacking the Kents, just hide from Manon/Griffey by teleporting to the left and right side of the map away from them and be ready with the MG and Power Elixer when you teleport past as they will 1/1 and/or debuff you. Don't attack again till you are able to use Holy Magic Shell again first. This will take lots of patience, but it will work. Good Luck.

A level by level build is not realistic as there is no way to predict when you will find, or be able to buy, the required mastery books, but here are some tips to get you started. The Maple Warrior skill book will be given when you finish the job advancement. Angel Ray requires the Angel Ray skill book which drops from Zakum. Most people will agree Angel Ray is the most important skill to max first, but since you probably won't have the book... Post Ascension build, there are several 1 pointers you should get first such as Bahamut because it adds Elemental Resistance. Next max Buff Mastery for the added attack and longer buffs.

If you don't have Angel Ray yet, Buff Mastery is a good choice as it is only 10 SP to max and will improve your other attacks and buffs. Max Angel Ray or Advanced Blessing next depending on if you are able to get the skill book.

;End Result (This shows max all, but you could leave points off Bahamut or Big Bang)

*'''Level 120''': +1 Paralyze (1), +1 Big Bang (1), +1 Meteor Shower (1)

*'''Level 121''': +1 Mist Eruption (1), +1 Arcane Aim (1), +1 Ifrit (1)