MapleStory Before Big Bang - Fire / Poison Mage Skill Build Guide

The Fire / Poison Mage is an underated class in old school MapleStory and is one of the fastest classes to train with during the third job advancement. Using Poison Mist to slowly kill enemies over time, Fire / Poison Mages have strong map control and get even stronger during 4th job.

Whilst all Magician classes become the best mobbers during 4th job due to their full-map attack skills, Fire / Poison outshine most classes in in 3rd job due to their ability to Explosion and Poison Mist attacks, combining to make a huge maps easy to train on. They very much went under the radar before the big bang update, but as the players understood the meta of old-school MapleStory more, they've now shot to the top of the list as one of the quickest classes to reach Level 120.

If you've started to play MapleStory Worlds old school servers, this guide is perfect for you. If you're looking for the modern-day class, check out our Fire / Poison Arch Mage Skill Build for the latest version of Maplestory.

Fire / Poison Mage Highlights

There are many advantages that Fire / Poison mages have in old-school MapleStory. If you're planning on making this class, you'll get:

• Great mobility - every Magician class gets the Teleport skill, allowing them to traverse Maple World much easier than many other classes.
• Meteor - This skill hits the entire map in fourth job and has no cooldown, allowing you to stand in one spot and train.
• Poison Mist -  Poison Mist damages enemies over time and reduces their HP to 1. Combining Poison Mist and Explosion, Fire / Poison mages have the fastest training speeds in 3rd job

You should also be aware of:

• Low HP - Magicians can be slightly "Squishy" with their low HP. But they also get Magic Guard, which basically adds all your MP as HP allowing you to take damage from tougher monsters.
• Costly First Job - First job can be expensive due to having to buy lots of MP pots at the beginning
• Slow Second Job - Second job is quite slow to train
• Bad Bossing Class - Unlike Bishops, Fire / Poison do not provide any support skills for bossing and their single-target damage DPS is quite low.

Overview

Below is an overview of the Fire / Poison Class.

Main Stat: INT

Secondary Stat: LUK

Weapon: Wand/Staff

Job Branch:

• 1st: Magician (Level 8)
• 2nd: Fire / Poison Wizard (Level 30)
• 3rd: Fire / Poison Mage (Level 70)
• 4th: Fire / Poison Arch Mage (Level 120)

Assigning AP

A Magician's main stat is INT, but it also requires LUK stat to wear equipment. When Maple Weapons are released, LUK becomes less important as these weapons don't require LUK.

When rolling your stats for character creation, you want to aim for:

• STR: 4
• DEX: 4
• LUK: 4
• INT: 13

However, rolling this is called a "perfect roll", and so you should accept anything with low LUK and high INT to get going.

You get 5 AP per level in MapleStory. A regular AP build for Magician is:

• +4 INT every Level
• +1 LUK every Level

In order to job advance at Level 8 to Magician, you need 20 INT.

Magician First Job Skill Build

At level 8 you can job advance to Magician. It is very important that you do not over-level in old-school MapleStory due to how skills effect your stats on Level up.

Each level up gives you 3 SP and your Job Advancement gives +1 SP.

• Level 8: Magic Bolt +1
• Level 9: Improving MP Recovery +3
• Level 10: Improving MP Recovery +2, Improved MAX MP Increase +1
• Level 11: Improved MAX MP Increase +3
• Level 12: Improved MAX MP Increase +3
• Level 13: Improved MAX MP Increase +3
• Level 14: Improving MP Recovery +3
• Level 15: Improving MP Recovery +3
• Level 16: Improving MP Recovery +3
• Level 17: Improving MP Recovery +2, Magic Claw +1
• Level 18: Magic Claw +3
• Level 19: Magic Claw +3
• Level 20: Magic Claw +3
• Level 21: Magic Claw +3
• Level 22: Magic Claw +3
• Level 23: Magic Claw +3
• Level 24: Magic Claw +1, Magic Guard +2
• Level 25: Magic Guard +3
• Level 26: Magic Guard +3
• Level 27: Magic Guard +3
• Level 28: Magic Guard +3
• Level 29: Magic Guard +3
• Level 30: Magic Guard +3

Your first SP you get for Job Advancing should be put into Magic Bolt, allowing you to deal more damage to low-level enemies. Then you need to put 5 SP into Improving MP Recovery to unlock Improved MAX MP Increase skill.

Improved MAX MP Increase will give you additional MP stats on Level Up, so it's vital to max this skill as soon as possible. If you miss this skill out in the early levels, you'll be sacrificing MP Stats that you won't be able to get back.

After that, max out Improving MP Recovery so that you rely less on MP Pots and then finally around Level 17 you can start maxing out your main attack skill Magic Claw.

You'll then use the rest of your points to max out Magic Guard, which isn't very useful yet but will be vital once you hit Level 70+.

Fire / Poison Wizard - Second Job Skill Build

At Level 30, you can take on the second job advancement and change into an Fire / Poison Wizard.

Follow this skill build:

• Level 30: Teleport +1
• Level 31: Fire Arrow +3
• Level 32: Fire Arrow +3
• Level 33: Fire Arrow +3
• Level 34: Fire Arrow +3
• Level 35: Fire Arrow +3
• Level 36: Fire Arrow +3
• Level 37: Fire Arrow +3
• Level 38: Fire Arrow +3
• Level 39: Fire Arrow +3
• Level 40: Fire Arrow +3
• Level 41: Teleport +3
• Level 42: Teleport +3
• Level 43: MP Eater +3
• Level 44: MP Eater +3
• Level 45: MP Eater +3
• Level 46: MP Eater +3
• Level 47: MP Eater +3
• Level 48: MP Eater +3
• Level 49: MP Eater +2, Meditation +1
• Level 50: Meditation +3
• Level 51: Meditation +3
• Level 52: Meditation +3
• Level 53: Meditation +3
• Level 54: Meditation +3
• Level 55: Meditation +3
• Level 56: Meditation +1, Teleport +2
• Level 57: Teleport +3
• Level 58: Teleport +3
• Level 59: Teleport +3
• Level 60: Teleport +2, Poison Brace +1
• Level 61: Poison Brace +3
• Level 62: Poison Brace +3
• Level 63: Poison Brace +3
• Level 64: Poison Brace +3
• Level 65: Poison Brace +3
• Level 66: Poison Brace +3
• Level 67: Poison Brace +3
• Level 68: Poison Brace +3
• Level 69: Poison Brace +3
• Level 70: Poison Brace +3

Second job for Fire / Poison Wizards is slow. Whilst Fire Arrow does hit multiple targets, it not as great as Ice / Lightning's Thunderbolt skill. In any case, you'll max Fire Arrow first.

Then you'll want to add some points into Teleport to make it more useful for mobility. Then max MP Eater to save potion costs. If you have plenty of mesos, you can go for Mediation first to get extra damage early on.

Once you've maxed Teleport, then you can max Poison Brace. This is a single-target poison skill; it's not very useful in second job unless you're training on mobs way higher than you, but this requires funding. Plus, you get a much better poison skill in third job.

Slow is useless, you can leave that skill.

Fire / Poison Mage - Third job Skill Build

At Level 70, you can complete the third job advancement and become an Fire / Poison Mage.

Follow this skill build:

• Level 70: Element Amplification +1
• Level 71: Explosion +1, Poison Mist +2
• Level 72: Poison Mist +3
• Level 73: Poison Mist +3
• Level 74: Poison Mist +3
• Level 75: Poison Mist +3
• Level 76: Poison Mist +3
• Level 77: Poison Mist +3
• Level 78: Poison Mist +3
• Level 79: Poison Mist +3
• Level 80: Poison Mist +3
• Level 81: Poison Mist +1, Spell Booster +2
• Level 82: Spell Booster +3
• Level 83: Spell Booster +3
• Level 84: Spell Booster +3
• Level 85: Spell Booster +1, Explosion +2
• Level 86: Explosion +3
• Level 87: Explosion +3
• Level 88: Explosion +3
• Level 89: Explosion +3
• Level 90: Explosion +3
• Level 91: Explosion +3
• Level 92: Explosion +3
• Level 93: Explosion +3
• Level 94: Explosion +3
• Level 95: Spell Booster +3
• Level 96: Spell Booster +3
• Level 97: Spell Booster +2, Element Amplification +1
• Level 98: Element Amplification +3
• Level 99: Element Amplification +3
• Level 100: Element Amplification +3
• Level 101: Element Amplification +3
• Level 102: Element Amplification +3
• Level 103: Element Amplification +3
• Level 104: Element Amplification +3
• Level 105: Element Amplification +3
• Level 106: Element Amplification +3
• Level 107: Element Amplification +1, Partial Resistance +2
• Level 108: Partial Resistance +3
• Level 109: Partial Resistance +3
• Level 110: Partial Resistance +3
• Level 111: Partial Resistance +3
• Level 112: Partial Resistance +3
• Level 113: Partial Resistance +3
• Level 114: Seal +3
• Level 115: Seal +3
• Level 116: Seal +3
• Level 117: Seal +3
• Level 118: Seal +3
• Level 119: Seal +3
• Level 120: Seal +2, Element Composition +1

Third job is where Fire / Poison really starts to shine. By Level 71, you'll be equipped to train extremely fast.

First you cast Poison Mist around the whole map, teleporting between platforms. Then on your second rotation, you cast Explosion to kill the mobs and re-cast Poison Mist again. Rinse and repeat for an effective training method.

You should add points into Spell Booster before maxing Explosion to increase your attack speed, and then max Elemental Amplification for the damage boost.

You can choose between Seal or Element Composition for the final few levels of third job; both are pretty useless!

Fire / Poison Arch Mage - Fourth Job Skill Build

At Level 120, you can take on the fourth and final job advancement and become an Fire / Poison Arch Mage!

Fourth job is slightly different to other jobs in that you need to obtain Skill Books to increase the max level of a skill and also take on a few quests to unlock others. This guide assumes you have everything maxed out, but whilst waiting for skill books you can improve other skills.

Follow this skill build:

• Level 120: Meteor Shower +1
• Level 121: Meteor Shower +3
• Level 122: Meteor Shower +3
• Level 123: Meteor Shower +3
• Level 124: Maple Warrior +3
• Level 125: Maple Warrior +3
• Level 126: Maple Warrior +3
• Level 127: Maple Warrior +1, Meteor Shower +2
• Level 128: Meteor Shower +3
• Level 129: Meteor Shower +3
• Level 130: Meteor Shower +3
• Level 131: Meteor Shower +3
• Level 132: Meteor Shower +3
• Level 133: Meteor Shower +3
• Level 134: Maple Warrior +3
• Level 135: Maple Warrior +3
• Level 136: Maple Warrior +3
• Level 137: Maple Warrior +1, Paralyze +2
• Level 138: Paralyze +3
• Level 139: Paralyze +3
• Level 140: Paralyze +3
• Level 141: Paralyze +3
• Level 142: Paralyze +3
• Level 143: Paralyze +3
• Level 144: Paralyze +3
• Level 145: Paralyze +3
• Level 146: Paralyze +3
• Level 147: Paralyze +1, Maple Warrior +2
• Level 148: Maple Warrior +3
• Level 149: Maple Warrior +3
• Level 150: Maple Warrior +2, Elquines +1
• Level 151: Elquines +3
• Level 152: Elquines +3
• Level 153: Elquines +3
• Level 154: Elquines +3
• Level 155: Elquines +3
• Level 156: Elquines +3
• Level 157: Elquines +3
• Level 158: Elquines +3
• Level 159: Elquines +3
• Level 160: Elquines +2, Infinity +1
• Level 161: Infinity +3
• Level 162: Infinity +3
• Level 163: Infinity +3
• Level 164: Infinity +3
• Level 165: Infinity +3
• Level 166: Infinity +3
• Level 167: Infinity +3
• Level 168: Infinity +3
• Level 169: Infinity +3
• Level 170: Infinity +2, Fire Demon +1
• Level 171: Fire Demon +3
• Level 172: Fire Demon +3
• Level 173: Fire Demon +3
• Level 174: Fire Demon +3
• Level 175: Fire Demon +3
• Level 176: Fire Demon +3
• Level 177: Fire Demon +3
• Level 178: Fire Demon +3
• Level 179: Fire Demon +3
• Level 180: Fire Demon +2, Mana Reflection +1
• Level 181: Mana Reflection +3
• Level 182: Mana Reflection +3
• Level 183: Mana Reflection +3
• Level 184: Mana Reflection +3
• Level 185: Mana Reflection +3
• Level 186: Mana Reflection +3
• Level 187: Mana Reflection +3
• Level 188: Mana Reflection +3
• Level 189: Mana Reflection +3
• Level 190: Mana Reflection +2, Big Bang +1
• Level 191: Big Bang +3
• Level 192: Big Bang +3
• Level 193: Big Bang +3
• Level 194: Big Bang +3
• Level 195: Big Bang +3
• Level 196: Big Bang +3
• Level 197: Big Bang +3
• Level 198: Big Bang +3
• Level 199: Big Bang +3
• Level 200: Big Bang +2, Hero's Will +1

In fourth job you get your full-map attack called Meteor Shower. It allows you to attack the entire map whilst standing in one spot, making you one of the best mobbers in MapleStory!

The next best skill is Maple Warrior, which will boost your stats by %. This is the most in-demand skill book in the game, so it's costly to find it on the market.

Your bossing skill is Paralyze and is the best skill you have for single-target DPS.

Elquines is your summon and the rest of the skills don't matter too much.