Maple Story Skills: Magic Guard

As you start off on your journey as a magician there are certain skills that might seem pointless at first. However, it's very important to think ahead and get these skills maxed so that your magician will be a good character on higher levels.

One of these skills is Magic Guard, you have to get this skill maxed before level 30. Let's look at the chart for Magic Guard.

1. MP -6; Replace 11% of HP damage as MP for 111 seconds.

2. MP -6; Replace 14% of HP damage as MP for 132 seconds.

3. MP -6; Replace 17% of HP damage as MP for 153 seconds.

4. MP -6; Replace 20% of HP damage as MP for 174 seconds.

5. MP -6; Replace 23% of HP damage as MP for 195 seconds.

6. MP -8; Replace 30% of HP damage as MP for 246 seconds.

7. MP -8; Replace 33% of HP damage as MP for 267 seconds.

8. MP -8; Replace 36% of HP damage as MP for 288 seconds.

9. MP -8; Replace 39% of HP damage as MP for 309 seconds.

10. MP -8; Replace 42% of HP damage as MP for 330 seconds.

11. MP -10; Replace 49% of HP damage as MP for 381 seconds.

12. MP -10; Replace 52% of HP damage as MP for 402 seconds.

13. MP -10; Replace 55% of HP damage as MP for 423 seconds.

14. MP -10; Replace 58% of HP damage as MP for 444 seconds.

15. MP -10; Replace 61% of HP damage as MP for 465 seconds.

16. MP -12; Replace 68% of HP damage as MP for 516 seconds.

17. MP -12; Replace 71% of HP damage as MP for 537 seconds.

18. MP -12; Replace 74% of HP damage as MP for 558 seconds.

19. MP -12; Replace 77% of HP damage as MP for 579 seconds.

20. MP -12; Replace 80% of HP damage as MP for 600 seconds.

This skill replaces a part of your damage with MP, and will be lifesaving on higher levels. At level 1 this skill uses 6 MP and replaces 11% of your damage with MP for almost two minutes. When it's maxed it uses 12 MP to replace 80% of your damage with MP for ten minutes.

With Magic Guard you are able to meet big monsters and have most of the damage done to your MP. As a magician your MP is much higher than your HP, and this skill is absolutely necessary to have. If you have even a level 50 character I would quit and start over again if I had not maxed this one.

You won't see its usefulness until you start receiving 100+ damage, but when you do this skill will be in use constantly. With my level 96 Ice/Lightning Mage I never train without Magic Guard, and if I forget to turn it on I die in a matter of seconds.

This is an absolutely must-have skill - you have to be sure to max this. Don't worry about the cost of MP and thinking that it's too expensive. When you reach higher levels you will see what I mean. A magician without Magic Guard is useless and should be started over again.