Arch Mage (Fire/Poison)

Explorers · Magician

A damage-over-time caster who layers poison and flame, then detonates the stacks with Mist Eruption — DoT keeps ticking through Damage Reflect and weapon/magic cancel.

Primary weapon

Wand · Staff

Secondary

Shield · Magic Book

Main stat

INT · LUK

Playstyle

DoT · detonate

Link skill

Empirical Knowledge

31% on hit to mark the highest-HP enemy — +5% Damage & +5% Ignore DEF per stack (×3, 10s).

Lv9 31% on hit · +5%/stack

Stacks ×3, one per Explorer Mage at master level.

Legion bonus

Max MP +2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6%

Wand or Staff applies a 1.2× multiplier (attack Stage 7 with MP Boost + Agile Magic). A Wand adds +5% crit rate.

Inner ability

Bossing

LegendaryAttack Speed +1

UniqueBoss Damage +10%

EpicDamage to enemies w/ Abnormal Status +8%

Mobbing

LegendaryAttack Speed +1

UniqueBoss Damage +10%

EpicDamage to enemies w/ Abnormal Status +8%

Buff sequence

Ignite

Inferno Aura

Mana Overload

Meditation

2 minMaple World Goddess's Blessing

Epic Adventure

Infinity

Creeping Toxin

Poison Mist

Flame Haze

Elemental Fury

Infernal Venom

Mist Eruption

Raise toggles, ramp Infinity, lay your DoTs, then detonate with Mist Eruption inside the Infernal Venom window. Draft order — confirm with the Explorer Mage Discord.

6th job leveling order

Coming soon

Binds & iFrames

Infernal Venom10s · 360s cd

Ethereal Form3s · 60s cd

Burst & DoT

Mist EruptionDoT detonate

Creeping Toxinspreading DoT

Base stats from skills

Totals count near-permanent sources. Values in (parens) include temporary buffs at full value. DoT-scaled values shown at cap.

Weapon multiplier

1.2×

Innate to the class — no skill sources

Attack speed

Stage 7

base Stage 4

+1+2

Weapon mastery

95%

base +25%

+70%

INT

+60 · +15% AP

+20+40+15% AP+400% APTEMP

Magic attack

+4% · +70

+4%+30+10+30

Crit rate

+40% (45%)

incl. +5% base

+5%+30%+5%

Crit damage

+13%

Damage

+90% (129%)

+50%max +40%max +9%+10%TEMP+20%TEMP

Final damage

+260.99% (492.3%)

+40%×+91%×+5%/DoT×+13%×+8%×+21%

Ignore DEF

+20% (27.2%)

+20%max +9%DEBUFF

Ignore elemental resist

+10%

Buff duration

+50%

Untagged — Untagged — permanent / near-permanentORB — per Combo OrbTEMP — cooldown buffDEBUFF — vs debuffed enemiesAXE — axe equipped

Community resources

Grandis Library MapleStory Wiki Class Discord

Data structure inspired by Grandis Library & community infographics. Class images and data sourced from Nexon.