MapleSea Dragon Rider Soaring Quest!

For those who have not done their quest to get the Skill - Soaring, or find difficulty doing so, this is a mini guide for them!
1. Ok.. getting started:
There is no need to go to any NPC to activate this quest. A light bulb will light up over your char's head to inform you about Chief Tatamo's request.2. Talk to Chief Tatamo in Leafre town and he will tell you a story about how his cropped were stolen blah blah blah... the will then he saw a strange uncle riding a dragon did it and ask you to explore a map in leafre called The Forest That Disappeared.


Upon entering the map, you will get a msg popup on your screen saying you should check out the map behind the portal on the bottom right hand side of the map.
In the Map, there will be a NPC named "Matada" who convinces you that humans can fly. He will then ask you to get some items for him:
1 Small Flaming Feather - Hunt this from Blood Haf
1 Sunset Dew - Buy this in any major drug stores/ pot shops
10 Dragon Essence - So far I got these from Red/Blue Dragon Turtles, the drop rate is quite low though... so be patientAfter getting these ingredients, when you thought that things are over, he will then again ask you to collect something (not again?) and asks you to check with Chief Tatamo in Town.
3. Head to town to talk to Chief Tatamo... luckily... Chief Tatamo had some of the special ingredient in stock and will give them over without asking for anything in return. Thank him and head back to "Matada"
4. Having passed him the special ingredient you received from Chief Tatamo, he would then grant you the skill - Soaring! Too bad it only works in that particular map and the one you need to enter to kill Dragon Rider.

The Life and Tardiness of A Bishop in MapleStory

This is a blog post that incorporates the blogs Moo2Maple and Absolutely Daniel Yoleh.

What does it mean to be a Bishop in MapleStory? 
Is a Bishop just a "spammer" that spams his Ultimate from the levels of 120 all the way to 200? Is a Bishop just a "party essential" because of his key support skills such as Holy Shield and Ressurection? There's much much more to being a Bishop in MapleStory.

The Core of the Bishop
a.) Adaptability
An all out efficient mage class that has the Ultimate - Genesis which attacks up to 15 monsters with Holy attribute. The Bishop can level fast by just spamming Genesis at Skelegons/Skelesauroses.

A Bishop can sell "spamming" services, which lets a client leech purely from the Bishop for a fee while he spams Genesis for a set duration of time. The Bishop and the client both gain EXP from this.

Parties love the Bishop not just for his Holy Symbol buff but also for his Genesis attacking ability which greatly increases the rate of EXP gained for all party members.

b.) Survivability
The survivability of the Cleric/Priest is carried onto the Bishop and is enhanced further.

Bishops that go for bossing runs such as Anego/Samurai Knight/Zakum/Papulatus have added defence buffs such as Invincible and Elemental Resistance.

Anego: Invincible reduces her slap attack by 30% of the full damage, meaning a 12,000 hit slap now becomes a 8,400 hit instead which is survivable for a Bishop who has 3-4k HP +10-12k MP with a Dark Knight's HyberBody buff.

Samurai Knight: Invincible reduces his touch damage by 30% of the full damage as well.

Zakum: Elemental Resistance reduces all of Zakum's elemental attacks on the Bishop by 50% when maxed. This applies to fire/lightning/poison and ice attacks.

Papulatus: Invincible reduces Papulatus's body damage by 30%. Elemental Resistance reduces Papulatus's ice and lightning attacks by up to 50% when maxed.

The Awesome Skills of the Bishop
a.) Genesis

• Deals Holy damage on up to 15 monsters. 

• Very useful for bossing (but is pot consuming).
• Used for fast EXP gain when either soloing or in a party.

b.) Ressurect

• Revives all dead party members on the spot with full HP.
• Does not restore lost EXP from dying.

c.) Bahamut

• A Holy dragon which deals Holy damage on 3 monsters.
• Deals considerably higher damage than Summon Dragon.
• Useful for bossing.

d.) Holy Shield

• Protects all party members from status effects such as Seal, Curse, Darken and Weaken.

e.) Angel Ray

• Deals very high Holy damage to devil based monsters, but attacks a single target at one time only.
• Used as an alternative to Genesis for bossing.
• When combined with Bahamut, deals very high damage to bosses.

 Bosses Suitable for Bishops to Solo
a.) Papulatus
Using both Angel Ray and Bahamut makes a good deal for this boss.

b.) Samurai Knight
Spamming Heal/Angel Ray works effectively on this boss.

Pots Used Frequently By Bishops When Spamming
a.) Ginger Ale
Recovers 75% HP and MP.

b.) Mushroom Miso Ramen
Recovers 80% HP and MP.

c.) Power Elixir
Recovers 100% Hp and MP.

d.) Wizard Elixir
Adds 20 Magic Attack for 8 minutes.

e.) Yakisoba
Adds 10 Magic Attack for a certain duration. 


[This MapleStory guide was written by Daniel Yoleh which incorporates common knowledge regarding Bishops from various sources.]
(C) Wizet, Nexon, Various Authors, Daniel Yoleh 2010