If you’ve been playing MapleStory you might’ve heard about Legion and how it can help you get more Stat, Boss Damage, IED, Critical Rate, Critical Damage, and even Bonus EXP. A high legion grants you more options and more legion coins which you can use at the legion shop for multiplier coupons.
Legion utilizes other characters in your account. The higher level characters you have, the better your legion and your entire account will be.
What Is Legion
Legion is this empty grid where you place character pieces into and depending on where you place the piece, you’ll get that bonus. Note that characters also have their own bonuses too.
As you can see from the image the grid is quite large and has a great number of beneficial bonuses. But, when you first start out, your legion will look a lot smaller and will increase in size as you raise your legion rank. To fill out your legion you need to create and level up different characters.
Why Should You Work On Your Legion?
As you play on your main you’ll quickly hit a point where you can’t progress anymore. Levels get harder and finding sources of IED, Critical Damage, and Boss Damage become impossible. That’s where your Legion and Link Skills come in. Check here for Best In Slot Link Skills for Mobbing and Bossing. MapleStory rewards you for trying other classes and making different characters.
Working on your legion will also give you access to the Legion Coin Shop. This shop has great coupons that can increase your Meso Obtained, Drop Rate, Damage, and even has potions that give you half a level at a certain level range. The shop also has Epic Potential Scrolls, Stamps, Master Craftsman Cubes, and Powerful Rebirth Flames.
The game also requires a ton of Mesos to become truly strong and by trying other classes you could find classes you love and eventually make them in bossing mules or side mains.
Also once you unlock your Legion every character in your account will get the Legion benefit no matter what level they are.
Best Way To Level Up Your Legion
The best way to level up your legion is passively through events. The fastest way would be to go and train them all to 200 or 250 but that can be very tedious and annoying to do (especially if you hate that class).
Legion is much easier nowadays now that they have introduced many events to help you level low level characters. Using EXP Vouchers, Extreme Growth Potions, EXP Mini Games, and even AFK EXP zones will be your best option to level up legion characters without having to actually train them.
You will reach 100% reach 8-9k legion if you stay consistent and take advantage of the events and will have done so passively and without much effort. You might worry about missing out of some damage or efficiency by not doing it early but I have seen many times where people try to grind it out for efficiency only to burn out and quit right after. MapleStory is a long grindy type of game and there is no need to rush.
When it comes to leveling your legion you want to focus on what will give you the most benefits. If you’re looking to improve your bossing then go for the ones that give, Boss Damage, Crit Damage, IED, Flat Stat. If you’re looking to improve training you should go for ones that give EXP, Crit Rate, Meso Obtained.
Another tip is to take advantage of Tera and Mega burning and burn the characters that are not enjoyable to level or require a high level for their level 3 link skill.
Benefits To Leveling Legion
Have you seen someone who is the same class but has worse gear than you and is lower level, do more content than you? This is almost always due to legion difference. They are able to skip steps or fund less because of the work they put into their legion. When you’re lower level IED is hard to come by, but if you had high legion you’d had access to +40% IED without having to cube or do anything.
Also, leveling up your legion is not just to give damage or exp to your main. It will also provide you with boss mules that can bring in a ton of meso for your entire account. Those will require some investment of their own but you’ll be able to see returns very quickly depending on how much help an event gave you.
How To Check Your Legion
There are some prerequisites before your legion is unlocked. First off, you’ll need at least a 500 legion score. Which means the total levels of your account and characters has to be at least 500.
Secondly, you’ll need at least one character that has reached level 200 and completed the 5th job advancement. quest Remember that only, level 60+ characters count. To quickly unlock your legion you just need to make at 9 level 60 characters.
Once you have at least a 500 legion, go to your menu (to the right of settings) and select manage Legion.
How To Get Legion Character Pieces
Legion character pieces come from the characters you make in your account. A character can only start showing up in your legion when they reach level 60. When that character reaches higher levels the shape will change depending on the class type.
You’ll notice that as you level up there are different ranks for each piece. The level requirement to reach each rank is listed below.
Legion Piece Level Ranges
Reaching higher ranks will give you a bigger character piece and a better character bonus.
| Rank | Level Range |
| B | 60-99 |
| A | 100-139 |
| S | 140-199 |
| SS | 200-249 |
| SSS | 250+ |
Legion Character Effects
Every class has their own effect and when you place that character’s piece on the grid you’ll get that character effect. You’ll only get the effect when that character is on the grid.
The best effects for leveling are the Bonus EXP, Critical Rate, Meso %, and Critical Damage. The best effects for bossing are IED, Boss Damage, Critical Damage, and chance to deal extra damage.
| Class | Effect | B | A | S | SS | SSS |
| Adele | STR | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Angelic Buster | DEX | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Aran | 70% chance to heal X HP% | 2 % | 4 % | 6 % | 8 % | 10 % |
| Ark | STR | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Battle Mage | INT | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Beast Tamer (RIP) (now Lynn) | Ignore Def % | 1 % | 2 % | 3 % | 5 % | 6 % |
| Bishop | INT | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Blaster | Ignore Def % | 1 % | 2 % | 3 % | 5 % | 6 % |
| Blaze Wizard | INT | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Bowmaster | DEX | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Buccaneer | STR | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Cadena | LUK | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Cannoneer | STR | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Corsair | Summon Duration % | 4 % | 6 % | 8 % | 10 % | 12 % |
| Dark Knight | HP % | 2 % | 3 % | 4 % | 5 % | 6 % |
| Dawn Warrior | HP | 250 | 500 | 1000 | 2000 | 2500 |
| Demon Avenger | Boss Damage % | 1 % | 2 % | 3 % | 4 % | 5 % |
| Demon Slayer | Status Resistance | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Dual Blade | LUK | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Evan | 70% chance to restore X MP% | 2 % | 4 % | 6 % | 8 % | 10 % |
| Fire / Poison Mage | MP % | 2 % | 3 % | 4 % | 5 % | 6 % |
| Hayato | Critical Damage % | 1 % | 2 % | 3 % | 5 % | 6 % |
| Hero | STR | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Hoyoung | LUK | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Ice / Lightning Mage | INT | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Illium | INT | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Jett (RIP) | Critical Damage % | 1 % | 2 % | 3 % | 5 % | 6 % |
| Kanna | Boss Damage % | 1 % | 2 % | 3 % | 5 % | 6 % |
| Kain | DEX | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Kaiser | STR | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Khali | LUK | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Kinesis | INT | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Lara | INT | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Luminous | INT | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Lynn | Ignore Def % | 1 % | 2 % | 3 % | 5 % | 6 % |
| Marksman | Crit Chance | 1 % | 2 % | 3 % | 4 % | 5 % |
| Mechanic | Buff Duration % | 5 % | 10 % | 15 % | 20 % | 25 % |
| Mercedes | Cooldown Reduction % | 2 % | 3 % | 4 % | 5 % | 6 % |
| Mihile | HP | 250 | 500 | 1000 | 2000 | 2500 |
| Mo Xuan | Critical Damage % | 1 % | 2 % | 3 % | 5 % | 6 % |
| Night Lord | Crit Chance | 1 % | 2 % | 3 % | 4 % | 5 % |
| Night Walker | LUK | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Paladin | STR | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Pathfinder | DEX | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Phantom | Mesos Obtained % | 1 % | 2 % | 3 % | 4 % | 5 % |
| Shade | Critical Damage % | 1 % | 2 % | 3 % | 5 % | 6 % |
| Shadower | LUK | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Thunder Breaker | STR | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Wild Hunter | 20% chance to deal X% more damage | 4 % | 8 % | 12 % | 16 % | 20 % |
| Wind Archer | DEX | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 |
| Xenon | STR, DEX, LUK | 5 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 50 |
| Zero | Bonus Exp % | 4 % | 6 % | 8 % | 10 % | 12 % |
When Is The Legion Grid Fully Unlocked?
When you hit 6000 legion, Heroic Legion 2, you’ll have the entire grid unlocked. That doesn’t mean that you’ll be able to fill up the entire grid at 6000, For that you will still need more character pieces.
Legion Grid Max Stats For Each Section
The Inner Grid can be rearrange as you like, the max stats for that is,
- STR, 5 per square (MAX 75)
- DEX, 5 per square (MAX 75)
- INT, 5 per square (MAX 75)
- LUK, 5 per square (MAX 75)
- ATT, 1 per square (MAX 75)
- M.ATT, 1 per square (MAX 75)
- HP, 250 per square (MAX 3750)
- MP, 250 per square (MAX 3750)
The outer grid regions cannot be moved around and max stats are,
- Abnormal Status Resistance 1 per square (MAX 40)
- Bonus Experience 0.25% per square (MAX 10%)
- Critical Strike Chance 1% per square (MAX 40%)
- Boss Damage 1% per square (MAX 40%)
- Knockback Resistance 1% per square (MAX 40%)
- Buff Duration 1% per square (MAX 40%)
- Ignore Defence 1% per square (MAX 40%)
- Critical Strike Damage 0.5% per square (MAX 20%)
Building Your Legion Properly
When you are filling out your legion you have to start with the center. The center of the piece must be within one of the 4 squares of the center. In the image above the blue block must be within the red square to start your grid.
After you get your center started the next pieces you have to place down must be connected to another piece. Note that pieces do not connect diagonally. You’ll know if a piece can be connected if it’s in red or not.
If you have a ton of pieces and aren’t sure how to fit them, you can use this Legion Solver to help you fit everything.
Legion Rank Name and Requirements
The number of characters you can assign to the grid will be based on your legion rank. Each rank upgrade costs legion coins which you can get from the daily legion quest and the passive legion raid. To upgrade talk to Dame Appropriation.
| Rank Name | Required Account Level | Grid Characters Allowed | Legion Coin Required For Upgrade |
| Nameless Legion 1 | 500 | 9 | 0 |
| Nameless Legion 2 | 1000 | 10 | 120 |
| Nameless Legion 3 | 1500 | 11 | 140 |
| Nameless Legion 4 | 2000 | 12 | 150 |
| Nameless Legion 5 | 2500 | 13 | 160 |
| Renowned Legion 1 | 3000 | 18 | 170 |
| Renowned Legion 2 | 3500 | 19 | 430 |
| Renowned Legion 3 | 4000 | 20 | 450 |
| Renowned Legion 4 | 4500 | 21 | 470 |
| Renowned Legion 5 | 5000 | 22 | 490 |
| Heroic Legion 1 | 5500 | 27 | 510 |
| Heroic Legion 2 | 6000 | 28 | 930 |
| Heroic Legion 3 | 6500 | 29 | 960 |
| Heroic Legion 4 | 7000 | 30 | 1000 |
| Heroic Legion 5 | 7500 | 31 | 1030 |
| Legendary Legion 1 | 8000 | 36 | 1060 |
| Legendary Legion 2 | 8500 | 37 | 2200 |
| Legendary Legion 3 | 9000 | 38 | 2300 |
| Legendary Legion 4 | 9500 | 39 | 2350 |
| Legendary Legion 5 | 10000 | 40 | 2400 |
Legion Raid Guide
Legion Raid is necessary when trying to get more Legion Coins. There will be a daily Legion quest, click your yellow lightbulb to accept it. Then open your Maple Legion and click “Start Raid” to do the quests. The quest will be to defeat Dragon Whelps (100), and Golden Wyverns (20).
The characters in your grid will fight a big dragon and their damage will help you get Legion Coins passively till a maximum of 300 coins. If you are at max coins you have to go into the Raid to collect the coins and it will reset.
If you see a green health bar you can attack the big dragon till the green part is gone and you’ll receive more coins. Once the green bar is gone, a shield will appear on the dragon and you won’t be able to damage it anymore.
Legion Raid Power is calculated with each assigned character’s Combat Power.