Bishop Class Guide

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Overview

Bishop is a subclass of the original Magician class that specializes in healing and support abilities. This class is known for its ability to heal and buff allies, making them a valuable addition to any party or group.

The Bishop can use a wand or staff and has access to a wide range of skills that allow them to heal allies and provide them with powerful buffs.

Overall, the Explorer Bishop class is a solid choice for players who want a supportive and healing Magician class

Basics

Race Explorer

Job Mage

Class Bishop

Primary STAT – INT

Primary Weapon – Staff or Wand

Sub Weapon Mage Shield or Magic Book

Maplestory bishop class, female holding wand.

Strengths & Weaknesses

ProsCons
Excellent support capabilities: Bishop is primarily a support class and excels at providing healing and buffs to alliesLow damage output: Compared to other classes, Bishop’s damage output is generally lower
High survivability: Bishop has access to healing skills and defensive abilities that can mitigate damageLimited mobility: Bishop’s mobility options are relatively limited compared to some other classes
Party utility: Bishop’s support skills, such as increasing the damage output of party members or providing protective shieldsReliance on party play: While Bishop is highly valued in party play, they are less effective when playing solo
Strong mobbing capabilities: While not their primary focus, Bishops still have decent area-of-effect skills that allow them to clear groups of monsters efficientlyLimited range attacks: Bishop primarily relies on ranged magical attacks

Difficulty

ATTACK
DEFENSE
MOBILITY
DIFFICULTY

inner ability

Line 1Attack Speed+1
Line 2Buff Duration +38%
Line 3Boss Damage +10%

Hyper Skill

Advanced Blessing – Boss Rush

Damage increases when attacking Boss Monsters upon use of Advanced Blessing

Advanced Blessing – Ferocity

Increases the effectiveness of Advanced Blessing’s Attack Power and Magic ATT boost

Holy Magic Shell – Enhance

Increases Holy Magic Shell’s damage reduction rate by a ratio of your max HP

Holy Magic Shell – Persist

Increases the duration of Holy Magic Shell

Holy Symbol – Item Drop

Increases the drop rate when using Holy Symbol

Nodes

Trio Nodes should always be leveled first when possible as these provide the biggest damage boost.

Tri-NodesSkillSkillSkill
Primary Trio
Big Bang

Angel Ray

Bahamut
Secondary Trio
Heavens Door

Genesis

Heal

NODE PRIORITY : CLASS SPECIFIC SKILLS

These Node Skills are 5th Job skills specific to the Bishop class. Priority is based on recommended order of skills to level first in order to maximize damage.

First SkillSecond SkillThird SkillFourth Skill

Divine Punishment

Angel of Balance

Peacemaker

Benediction