MapleStory Ice Lightning Archmage Skill Build Guide - Remastered Destiny Update

Ice Lightning Mage (or Archmage as they're called in 4th job) are one of the most popular Explorer classes in MapleStory. Using a combination of different ice and lightning attacks, this mage is great for mobbing and training. Ice Lightning Mage is one of the three pathways a mage can choose and is often described as a really popular class due to it's chaining attacks that can attack mobs all over the map from a single position. You'll start off in Maple Island, where you'll progress to Ellina to advance as a Magician.

Ice Lightning Archmage Overview

• Magician - First Job Skill Build
• Ice Lightning Wizard - Second Job Skill Build
• Ice Lightning Mage - Third Job Skill Build
• Ice Lightning Archmage - Fourth Job Skill Build
• Ice Lightning Archmage - Hyper Skills
• Ice Lightning Archmage - Fifth Job Skill Build
• Changelog

The Explorer mage classes of MapleStory have often struggled behind some of the flashier new jobs released, but Ice Lightning Archmage is one job that has kept it's popularity. If you want a class that is very easy to train and has great mobbing skills, Ice Lightning is definitely a job you should consider. Their Chain Lightning skill can hit multiple platforms and mobs at once, meaning your mobility isn't needed too much. They really excel is tight maps, where they can cover all mobs from a single location. When they get to end-game, they are some of the best farming classes available in the game.

All Explorers got a major revamp in the Destiny V.233 Patch update, including Ice Lightning Arch Mage!

In terms of Bossing, Ice Lightning Archmage neither excels or disappoints. It has some very good skills, like it's Freezing Breath bind skill that will bind an enemy for up to 13 seconds whilst also acting as an i-frame that provides invincibility against one-hit KO attacks. You still use the Chain Lighting skill as your main bossing attack, and damage is relatively good despite the class being one of the first mages to be released.

When you get to 5th job, you'll unlock some of the best map control skills in the game. Ice Age covers the entire map for 15 seconds (and when you can one shot, that means a full 15 seconds of clearing a whole map). You also get Bolt Barrage and Spirit Of Snow which aid in keeping a map clear for long periods of time, maximizing your EXP rates.

Explorer Magicians can job advance into either Bishop, Ice/Lightning Arch Mage or Fire/Poison Arch Mage.

• Weapon: Staff & Wand
• Job: Mage
• Class: Explorer
• Shared Cash Shop Inventory: Explorer Jobs
• Legion Block: +Int (10/20/40/80/100)
• Link Skill: Empirical Knowledge (+1-3% Damage, 1-2% Ignore Def, stacks up to 3 times, 10 sec duration)
• Primary Stat: Int
• Inner Ability: +1 Attack Speed

Magician First Job Skill Build

You can max all your skills in 1st job. All magicians should follow this skill build.

• Energy Bolt (+1), Teleport (+1), Mana Wave (MAX)
• MP Booster (+1)
• Energy Bolt (MAX)
• Teleport (MAX)
• MP Boost (MAX)
• Magic Guard (MAX)
• Magic Armor (MAX)

Your main attacking skill as a Magician is Energy Bolt. The energy bolt is a lot better than the pre-big bang version and can hit up to 4 enemies at once! You will want to max Teleport quite quickly as it allows for better mobility. Magic Guard is your most useful skill that you will be using even when you get to 5th job; it basically turns your MP into HP, allowing you to absorb massive amounts of damage. You can toggle this skill on/off.

MP Boost will increase your Attack Speed, so worth putting a point in it early on.

Skill Description & Overview

Ice Lightning Wizard Second Job Skill Build

You can max all your skills in second job. Start your skill build with:

• Cold Beam (+1), Thunder Bolt (+1), Freezing Crush (+1)
• Agile Magic (MAX)
• Spell Mastery (MAX)
• Freezing Crush (MAX)
• Chilling Step (MAX)
• Meditation (MAX)
• High Wisdom (MAX)
• MP Eater (MAX)

As an Ice Lightning Wizard, you finally unlock two of your specialty attacks. Cold Beam and Thunder Bolt should be used in tandem; when you attack a frozen enemy you have a chance to add a damage stack to the mob. This will increase your damage when you use a lightning based skill (Thunder Bolt) against them. At the lower levels, you may find you don't need to really think about this mechanic- which is fine. But when you get to stronger mobs, being able to use both Lightning and Frozen skills together can really increase your damage output.

Agile Magic is your attack speed boosting skill and Meditation will give you a damage buff.

Skill Description & Overview

Ice Lightning Mage Third Job Skill Build

You can max all your skills in third job. Start your skill build with:

• Ice Strike (+1), Arcane Overdrive (+1), Elemental Decrease (+1)
• Elemental Decrease (MAX)
• Ice Strike (MAX)
• Arcane Overdrive (MAX)
• Element Amplification (MAX)
• Thunder Sphere (MAX)
• Storm Magic (MAX)
• Shatter (MAX)
• Teleport Boost (MAX)
• Teleport Mastery (MAX)
• Frost Ward (MAX)
• Elemental Adaptation (MAX)

Ice Strike is your main attacking skill; you don't get a new main attacking lightning skill (instead Storm Magic amplifies your lightning damage for Thunder Bolt). You do get a Lightning Summon called Thunder Sphere, that you can place down on the map to deal lightning damage to enemies around you.

You will get plenty of damage increasing passive skills in third job.

Skill Description & Overview

Ice Lightning Archmage Fourth Job Skill Build

You can max all your skills in fourth job.

• Chain Lightning (+1), Arcane Aim (+1), Buff Mastery (+1),
• Chain Lightning (MAX)
• Arcane Aim (MAX)
• Buff Mastery (MAX)
• Frozen Orb (MAX)
• Infinity (MAX)
• Elquines (MAX)
• Maple Warrior (MAX)
• Frost Clutch (MAX)
• Blizzard (MAX)
• Freezing Breath (MAX)
• Hero's Will (MAX)

Fourth Job introduces your new main mobbing skill Chain Lightning. This skill is amazing for training; it's lightning will travel to surrounding mobs on different platforms, allowing you to smoothly navigate larger maps. It's even better in smaller maps as training then means you rarely have to move around. Combine that with your full map attack in Blizzard, Frozen Orb and Elquines, you have a very good training class. Freezing Breath is your bind skill and Iframe, whilst also getting some great burst damage from Infinity.

Skill Description & Overview

Ice Lightning Archmage Hyper Skill Build

Hyper skills are available at level 140. You get Hyper Skill Points as you level towards 200, but not enough to max all the skills, so choose wisely. These skills mostly help increase the damage of your current skills.

• Chain Lighting - Reinforce
• Chain Lightning - Spread
• Chain Lightning - Extra Strike
• Frozen Orb - Reinforce
• Frozen Orb - Spread
• Absolute Zero Aura
• Lightning Orb
• Epic Adventure

Ice Lightning Archmage Fifth Job Skill Build

Upon reaching level 200, you will now have access to the V Matrix, which acts as your new fifth job skills. Each class gets their own skills to use, along with boosting nodes to increase the damage of existing skills. To obtain new skills, you open up items called Nodestones, which drop from every mob in Arcane River. You have limited number of slots in your V Matrix, so you want to obtain perfect nodes for maximize your character's damage.

Ice Lightning Archmage's Nodes should include:

• Ice Age
• Bolt Barrage
• Spirit Of Snow
• Jupiter Thunder
• Trinode: Lightning Orb, Chain Lightning, Frozen Orb
• Trinode: Elquines, Blizzard, Thunder Sphere

All 5th Job classes should try to also obtain these:

• Decent Holy Symbol
• Decent Sharp Eyes
• Decent Speed Infusion
• Erda Nova
• Rope Lift
• Mana Overload
• Ethereal Form
• Unreliable Memory
• Mind Delve
• Maple World Goddess's Blessing

Skill Description & Overview

Changelog

20/09/2022 - Updated for Destiny V.233 Update

26/03/2021 - Added new 5th Job Skill from the Awake update.

12/10/2020 - First update