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MapleStory Classic World I/L Mage build and leveling guide, Lv 70-120 (CoT2)

Lv 70-12012 min readCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.
I am an I/L Mage. Where do the points go and where do I train?
iWhat I/L Mage build and leveling, Lv 70-120 is
Ice for crowds, lightning for single targets, and the same multiplier the F/P Mage builds around. This page is the climb from 70 to 120: what to stand on in each band and which quests are worth the detour. The I/L Mage page has the other half - every skill, the whole SP order with its levels worked out, and the gear behind it.
Skills and build →

CoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.I/L Mage is a 3rd job, and the Public Release has no 3rd job. This guide is Closed Online Test 2’s: the class, its skills and the Ossyria maps it trains on are kept here as a record, each marked, and may look different when the job comes back. What the release removed

Primary stat
INT
the Magician stat
EXP, 70 to 120
504,615,287
the whole bill for this guide's range
Quest EXP on the way
111,450
0.0% of it
Weapon types
7
this branch can hold

Where the points go

: INT

INT for damage and for accuracy both, so there is no second stat to balance for the numbers - and one for the weapon. Fourteen of the seventeen wands and staves on the ladder below want LUK as well as INT: every rung above level 15, and one of the two at level 15, climbing to 65 LUK for the best of them at level 70. Spending nothing but INT is a real choice, and what it buys you is the level 15 wand for the rest of the game, so make it on purpose: AP does not come back.

: the order, not the levels
  1. 1.Three points: Element Amplification opens at one, Seal at three.
  2. 2.The multiplier first.
  3. 3.Four monsters, slowed, at double range.
  4. 4.One point, because Element Composition needs it.

The whole order, with the level each step lands at, is on the class page. It is kept in one place so the two cannot disagree.

What to watch
  • Element Amplification makes everything cost half again as much MP. Budget for it.
  • Element Composition needs a point in both Ice Strike and Thunder Spear first.
  • Ice and lightning monsters resist the two things you do. The monster pages carry the resistances; read them before picking a map.

What this branch can hold

Weapon typeRows in the gameBest attackUsual speed stage
1H Sword9524
Wand4416
1H Blunt Weapon16155
1H Axe3-4
2H Sword2-5
Dagger3-3
Spear1-6

Read off the item rows by the job each row names, so this list gains a type when the game does. Lower speed stages are faster; the attack speed page has what each stage means and what a Booster does to it.

Level 61–70

16,417,429 EXP · 5 quests open

The level the site models third job at.

Where to stand
MapEXP/hrCarried byPoints
Wolf Territory VCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.7,687,500White Fang (lv 59)18
Icy Cold FieldCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.2,540,000Yeti (lv 65)38
Wolf Territory IVCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.2,039,698White Fang (lv 59)14
Wolf Territory IIICoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.2,038,674White Fang (lv 59)13
Worth taking on the way

Level 71–80

27,990,173 EXP · 0 quests open

Third job skills, and the last band the snapshot has monsters for.

Where to stand
MapEXP/hrCarried byPoints
Garden of Darkness IICoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.2,350,000Lucida (lv 73)15
Garden of Darkness ICoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.2,193,333Lucida (lv 73)14
The Cave of Trial IICoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.1,974,762Cerebes (lv 72)20
Ice Valley IICoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.1,814,286Yeti and Pepe (lv 78)46
Worth taking on the way

Nothing fixed opens in this band.

Level 81–100

129,079,893 EXP · 0 quests open
Where to stand
MapEXP/hrCarried byPoints
The Cave of Trial IIICoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.3,243,810Bain (lv 90)37
Worth taking on the way

Nothing fixed opens in this band.

Level 101–120

345,482,296 EXP · 0 quests open

The level cap the site models.

Where to stand

No map in the snapshot suits this band.

Worth taking on the way

Nothing fixed opens in this band.

The advancement

Closed Online Test 2 carried this class and every one of its skills, and the site models the advancement at level 70, after the level 30 one in Ellinia. No third-job advancement quest was in the test’s quest rows, and the Public Release has no third job at all, so nothing here tells you where to go for it.

The other class guides

Warrior10-30You want to stand in the middle of the fight and would rather learn one thing at a time.Fighter30-70You want the warrior that hits hardest and does not mind that the answer is "swing again".Page30-70You like the idea that the fight gets easier because of something you did to the monsters.Spearman30-70You want the warrior that stands its ground.CrusaderCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.70-120You are a Fighter and you want the damage to keep going up.White KnightCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.70-120You are a Page and you want your damage to depend on what you are fighting.Dragon KnightCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.70-120You are a Spearman, and you would like other people to be glad you turned up.Magician10-30You want to kill things from across the screen and do not mind being fragile while you learn how.F/P Wizard30-70You want damage over time, and you would rather leave a monster dying than kill it outright.I/L Wizard30-70You want to clear whole platforms in 2nd job and can live with thin single-target damage.Cleric30-70You want to never buy a potion again, and you like being the reason a party survives.F/P MageCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.70-120You are an F/P Wizard and you want the ceiling rather than the convenience.PriestCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.70-120You are a Cleric and you want to keep being the reason the party is alive.Archer10-30You want to kill monsters that never get near you.Hunter30-70You want to level fast and stop paying for ammunition.Crossbowman30-70You would rather hit harder per shot than stun what you are shooting at.RangerCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.70-120You are a Hunter and you want both halves: bosses and platforms.SniperCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.70-120You are a Crossbowman and you want the biggest numbers the branch can produce.Rogue10-30You want to move fast, dodge instead of soaking, and land a lot of small hits.Assassin30-70You are a Rogue with a claw and you like big irregular numbers.Bandit30-70You are a Rogue with a dagger and you want the hardest single-target hit in 2nd job.HermitCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.70-120You are an Assassin and you want your damage roughly to double.Chief BanditCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.70-120You are a Bandit and you want the crowd attack you have been missing since level 30.

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