Maple Story Skills Explained: Magician First Job Energy Bolt

Every magician will at the start of their journey in Maple Story wonder about Energy Bolt. In this Maple Story guide I will give Energy Bolt a detailed explanation.

Energy Bolt is the first skill point that every magician should put in at level eight, and it should be the only point in this skill. Energy Bolt is good when you first start out because of the low MP cost, but the damage does not justify putting any more points into it later. The main reason why you should even put one point in it is because you need that in order to start your Magic Claw.

Energy Bolt shoots a single bolt of energy at one enemy, and cannot go through walls or any obstacles. The chart from mapletip for this skill is as follows:

Level 1: MP -6; Basic attack 20, mastery 15%

Level 2: MP -6; Basic attack 21, mastery 15%

Level 3: MP -6; Basic attack 22, mastery 20%

Level 4: MP -6; Basic attack 23, mastery 20%

Level 5: MP -7; Basic attack 26, mastery 25%

Level 6: MP -7; Basic attack 27, mastery 25%

Level 7: MP -7; Basic attack 28, mastery 30%

Level 8: MP -8; Basic attack 31, mastery 30%

Level 9: MP -8; Basic attack 32, mastery 35%

Level 10: MP -9; Basic attack 35, mastery 35%

Level 11: MP -9; Basic attack 36, mastery 40%

Level 12: MP -10; Basic attack 39, mastery 40%

Level 13: MP -10; Basic attack 40, mastery 45%

Level 14: MP -11; Basic attack 43, mastery 45%

Level 15: MP -11; Basic attack 44, mastery 50%

Level 16: MP -12; Basic attack 47, mastery 50%

Level 17: MP -12; Basic attack 48, mastery 55%

Level 18: MP -13; Basic attack 51, mastery 55%

Level 19: MP -13; Basic attack 52, mastery 60%

Level 20: MP -14; Basic attack 55, mastery 60%

As this chart shows Energy Bolt has very efficient MP cost, and starts out with a good base damage. However, you should not let this fool you into putting more than one point in this skill. In Maple Story it's very important to think in terms of higher levels, and if you sacrifice points to fill up your Energy Bolt your Maple Story character will suffer.

With one point in Energy Bolt you'll be able to use this spell until your magic claw has reached a good level. After that Energy Bolt becomes obsolete, and you probably won't ever use it again.