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.
- Revives all dead party members on the spot with full HP.
- Does not restore lost EXP from dying.
- A Holy dragon which deals Holy damage on 3 monsters.
- Deals considerably higher damage than Summon Dragon.
- Useful for bossing.
- Protects all party members from status effects such as Seal, Curse, Darken and Weaken.
- 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.
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
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