-= The Ice/Lightning Wizard from levels 1-70=- By: WallakU -=-=-=-=- Table of contents -=-=-=-=- 1- Guide opening 1.1- Introductions(please read this for this guide is not for begginers who dont know how to play). 1.2- Why choose Magician? 1.3- The key for a good Magician. 2- Starting the mage levels 1-8 2.1- Getting started. 2.2- Skill point distribution. 2.3- Recommanded areas to train(levels 1-8). 3- The path of the Magician from levels 8-30 3.1- Skill and ability points distribution. 3.2- Training areas(levels 8-30). 3.3- Tips for easy money and good marketing. 3.4- Recommanded avatar wearing(clothes and weapons). 4- The second job advancement(only for people who decide to go for an Ice/Lightning wizard) 4.1- Skill and ability point distribution. 4.2- Recommanded avatar wearing. 5- Conclusion 5.1- The conclusion. 5.2- Speacial thanks. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.1- Introduction: Sup y'all, there are some stuff I'd like to go over before we start the interesting part of the guide. now I hope you understand the fact that this is not a beginners guide, this is a guide for people who has opened other characters and knows a bit about the game. therefor I will not explain stuff like how to play, I will show you the way of becoming the best magician I can think of. now there is one more thing I would like to share with you, the fact that my character has not reached level 70 and im about level 50-60 now but I can help as much as I can and as much as you'll give me. So I hope you'll have fun with this guide and I hope it will help you as much as you can. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2- Why choose Magician? I'll tell you why! The magician is most difficult character in this game therefor it is the best character in the game(at least I think so). dont mistake and think it is an easy character and unless you have other characters to "donate" some money for this character, its going to be a long way... BUT not to worry you have me. ^_^ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.3- The key for a good Magician. The key for a good mage is patience, now you may have heard this over before but the key for a magician is simply having a lot of lot of patience. you'll need to sit down on your ass and train for hours and hours because the mage is a tough character. now look you may be thinking "dam what a bummer I tought mage was fun" dont mistake my words!@!@#$ mage is a very fun character but its also a character that can be really lame and boring sometimes. for example look at me, in level 30 my Claws did 300 each to a fire boar... so you see the mage is not a bad character its just a character that needs to be taken care off(like a pet). _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.1- Getting started: Before you start playing I want you to go to the window of creating a new char(even if you already started one) now in this window I want you to choose EXACTLY the way I tell you to do(even if it takes an hour to get the right combo) STR- 4 DEX- 4 INT- X LUK- X (not more then 11) Now I'll explain as for the STR and DEX it is obvious a mage cant fire a bow nor hit with a sword(who ain't a beginner sword) but for the INT and LUK im gonna ask you to just leave them like this since you get in the start a right amount of skill points that get distributed to each and every one on a random basis that means that if u get 4,4 in STR and DEX all the other skill points will go to INT and LUK as for the LUK I want you to have not more then 11 in it because thats all you need for now. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.2- Skill point distribution: the SP(skill point) in a mage is a simply method acctually. in level 8 you need 20 INT in order of becoming a magician(altought you'll something like 41-43 depending on your dicing in the new character window) now I will recommand you to have something like 11-12 LUK in level 8 in order to wear your clothes. I have a very simply method for the SP distribution, every avatar midway level(that means the levels between the avatar changings) for example between level 20-25 you simply pump the INT all the way but when you buy the new clothes you'll notice you need more LUK every 3-5 levels, so in the level up to level 25 you give the amount of LUK necesery to wear the clothes OR you can go in another method which I use and thats the method of LVL+3 to LUK that means that when you level up each level u give 4 to INT and 1 to LUK in order of keeping you LUK on a +3 basis. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.3- Training areas(1-8) Well in this I can only advice you and not tell you what to do. Since its just a matter of patience VS. other kind of patience... let me explain, if you stay on maple island you can kill monsters and level up untill level 8 and then go to Victoria Island and become a mage OR you can go right ahead to Victoria Island and train on the training grounds of henesys only there In my opinion you level up faster but if its crouded you get KSed(kill stealed) and that can siriously pump up your nervs. So my advice is if you play on a crowded server(SCANIA, BERA etc.) dont go to Victoria Island untill level 8 but if you play on a slow server(Windia, Khia.. etc.) you can go to the training grounds of Henesys right away. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.1- Skill and ability points distribution: SP- I would advice you to stay on the same track as you were before(LVL+3LUK). AP- Any normal and boring guide will have an explanation about every Ability but like I said before im not making a guide for noobs so if you want I'll give you a link to the AP of a magician: http://www.hidden-street.net/characters/magician.php There are two seperated ways to distribute your AP I'll show you both: the inpatient way: the patient way: level AP level AP 8 1- Energy bolt 8 1- Energy bolt 9 3- MP recovery 9 3- MP recovery 10 3- MP recovery 10 3- MP recovery 11 2- MP recovery, 1- Magic claw 11 3- MP recovery 12 3- Magic claw 12 3- MP recovery 13 3- Magic claw 13 3- MP recovery 14 3- Magic claw 14 1- MP recovery, 2- Magic claw 15 2- Magic claw, 1- Magic guard 15 3- Magic guard 16 2- Magic claw, 1- Magic guard 16 2- Magic claw, 1- Magic armor 17 2- Magic claw, 1- Magic guard 17 3- Magic armor 18 3- Magic claw 18 3- Magic armor 19 2- Magic Armor, 1- Magic claw 19 3- Magic armor 20 3- MP recovery 20 3- Magic claw 21 3- MP recovery 21 3- Magic claw 22 2- MP recovery, 1- Magic armor 22 3- Magic claw 23 2- Magic armor, 1- Max MP increase 23 3- Magic claw 24 2- Magic armor, 1- Max MP increase 24 3- Magic claw 25 3- Max MP increase 25 1- Magic claw, 2- Magic armor 26 3- Max MP increase 26 3- Magic armor 27 2- Max MP increase, 1- Magic armor 27 3- Magic armor 28 3- Magic armor 28 2- Magic armo, 1- Max MP increase 29 3- Magic armor 29 3- Max MP increase 30 3- Magic armor 30 3- Max MP increase If you chose the inpatient way your Ability table should look like this: MP recovery- 16(max) Max MP increase- 10(max) Magic guard- 3 Magic armor- 16 Energy bolt- 1 Magic claw- 20(max) If you chose the patient way your Ability table should look like this: MP recovery- 16(max) Max MP increase- 7 Magic guard- 3 Magic armor- 20(max) Energy bolt- 1 Magic claw- 20(max) Now before you jump to conclusions let me say why is this Ability table better then the tables you see in other guides. usually in a regular guide they would say that you need to max magic guard and Max MP increase but I think that magic armor is a better skill since its a skill that gives u 40~ defence at a max level and that is a very helpfull skill for a lower lvled mage since you fight against monsters that deal a low damage(I'll speak about that later) so as the damage is lower you waste less money on potions. back to the magic guard ability, I think this ability is a waste since it depends on the MP that will be wasted instead of the the HP, and please remember that HP potions cost less then MP therefor that skill is not a good skill. and about the Max MP increase now this skill is a good one but its not that important since a mage never suffers from lack of mana for a spell, by that I mean that its simply better to buy potions rather then to max a skill and waste ability points. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.2- Training areas(8-30) Before I'll explain to you the way you will be training: you will face only low damage monsters, that means you wont go to monster that can kill you in less then 5 hits. for example in level 15-18 you will kill Orange mushrooms since they deal 15-20 damage(when you're armorless) and you have 180-230 HP. so here is a table I made for you to see on which creatures do I advice you to train: Level Creature Place 1-10 All kinds of snails Maple island, Training grounds 1 10-15 Slime, Stumps Training grounds 1, the fields next to perion 15-20 Orange mushrooms, Pigs Training grounds 1, Pig beach(if you dont know the location check in the web) 20-25 Party quests, Pigs Kerning City, Pig beach 25-30 Party quest, Horny mushrooms Kerning City, Ent tunnel 1(Sleepywood) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.3- Tips on easy money and merketing: Basicly the mage doesnt need much money until he reached level 25 untill that level all he needs is money for potions and money for his avatars every 3-5 levels. so untill level 25 dont save any money just waste it all on avatar and all the rest on potions. When you reach level 25 start thinking about your money, dont spend it all on potions like before I would advice you to buy a large amount of potions(100-200 depends on the potions recovery) and refill it every now and then. the reason which in level 25 you need to start thinking on how much money you spend and how much money you have is because from level 25 or in some cases level 20 you have more then one option for you clothes/hats/shoes/earrings/gloves. and not like before when you had only one option in the shop. So now I'll give you some tips on getting money: - you need to have patience when you sell something. for example if you got a scroll from a quest or you found one what you need to have is patience because people wont allways buy it in 5 minutes. sometimes you need to wait 2-3 days before you can sell a scroll or any other item you found. - you need to know not to argue about the price. and by that I mean you need to say the price only one time and if he tries to take it down keep saying the price untill he will accept it or move on to someone else. now by that I mean a resonable price and not something too high if you see that people dont even try to buy it make a lower price but dont argue about it NEVER. - try to hunt for monsters that give a good etc.(eccesory items) such as Pigs that give leathers and ribbons that gets solled for a high price(150 per leather 60-100 per ribbon) - If you dont know the price of something you found there are two ways of knowing its price. you can go to the shop and see the price for the item or see for how much its solled for but this usually doesnt work since there are items that are overvalued in this game such as scrolls and ores. and another bad thing about this way is that not all of the avatar are solled in the store. the other way is to go to the rooms in the free market and see the prices that people give for the items that usually works except when the seller is crazy or just gives it a high price. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.4- Recommanded Avatar wearing: level Avatar 8-10 Aprentice Hat, training shirt, training pants, basic boots 15-20 Moon conehead, split piece, split pants, nitty, lemona 20-25 Wizardy hat, doros robe, jewelery boots, morrican 25-30 Ribboned headband, wizard robe, wind shoes, mesana, old raggedy cape Weapon- as for a weapon every 2-3 levels you can change from a staff to a wand. shield- I would advice you to use a stolen fence untill you find a pan lid or something else. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.1- Skill and ability points distribution: SP- keep it the way you did before by level 30 you're supposed to have 28-30 LUK if im not mistaken all the rest should be in INT(should be over 110) AP- here I can help you only if you've become a Ice/Lightning wizard. heres a table of the distribution: level AP 30 1- Ice beam 31 3- Ice beam 32 3- Ice beam 33 3- Ice beam 34 3- Ice beam 35 3- Ice beam 36 3- Ice beam 37 3- Ice beam 38 3- Ice beam 39 3- Ice beam 40 2- Ice beam, 1- Lightning bolt 41 3- Lightning bolt 42 3- Lightning bolt 43 3- Lightning bolt 44 3- Lightning bolt 45 3- Lightning bolt 46 3- Lightning bolt 47 3- Lightning bolt 48 3- Lightning bolt 49 3- Lightning bolt 50 2- Lightning bolt, 1- MP eater 51 3- MP eater 52 3- MP eater 53 3- MP eater 54 3- MP eater 55 3- MP eater 56 3- MP eater 57 1- MP eater, 2- Meditation 58 3- Meditation 59 3- Meditation 60 3- Meditation 61 3- Meditation 62 3- Meditation 63 3- Meditation 64 3- Teleport 65 3- Teleport 66 3- Teleport 67 3- Teleport 68 3- Teleport 69 3- Teleport 70 3- Slow From my line of view this is the best table possible for a Ice/Lightning wizard and now I'd like to explain more about it: I chose to pump the Ice beam before the lightning bolt since its a better skill for lower levels and by that I mean that it deals more damage for less mana. after that I chose to put MP eater because its a skill for a higher level wizard, let me explain why do I think that way. the idea of that skill is that it takes the monsters mana and gives it to you. but untill a higher level such as level 50 I dont think the mage is supposed to fight a monster that has a lot of mana therefor he doesnt need that skill untill a higher level. now I chose to put Meditation because its a good skill but its just like taking a wizard potion/sap of ancient tree therefor I dont think that skill is so important to be put before any of her former skills. as for Teleport and Slow, in my opinion I would'nt put AP for Slow only for teleport but since slow can be helpfull sometimes I left some space for it in the last level. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4.2- Recommanded avatar wearing(30-70) level Avatar 30-35 Golden pride/Green jester,Dark/Blood chaos robe,Magic shoes,Lutia,Wizard wand 35-40 Green matty,Red/Dark starlight,Salt shoes,Noel, Maple staff/Fairy wand 40-45 White guiltian,Red/Dark starlight,Moon shoes,Arten, Llama staff 45-50 White guiltian,Orange/White/Dark calas,Moon shoes,Arten,Cromi 50-55 Dark golden circlet,Orange/White/Dark calas,Gold winded shoes,Pennance,Llama staff/Cromi 55-60 Dark golden circlet,White/Dark anakamoon,Gold winded shoes,Pennance,Cromi 60-65 White/Black saraphis,White/Dark anakamoon,Gold runners,Manute, Cromi 65-70 White/Black saraphis,Brown/Dark requiem, Gold runners,Manute, Cromi Shield- After level 33 if u have enough money go and buy a Esther shield or a mystic shield. after level 40 you must have an esther or a mystic shield. Staff- as for staff after a certain level you keep using cromi so instead of changing the cromi try to upgrade it with scrolls. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.1- Conclusion: Well I had a good time writing this guide I hope you used it well and learned from it but most of all I hope you enjoyed reading it BECAUSE IT TOOK ME QUITE A WHILE TO FINISH IT!!!! :P well have fun and I hope your mage will be the best of the best!! 5.2- Special thanks: thanks to me for beeing so pro and writing a guide in the size of a book:P thanks to POWERsorcer the fatass XD just kidding well for further help and for correncting my mistakes heres my email ----====== Jozel_3000@hotmail.com =====---- here's my char in the game: WallakU BUH BYE !!!