MapleStory Legion Tier List – Best Characters, Blocks & Artifact

Last Updated on August 30, 2026 by Samuel Franklin

Unlock the legion grid potential with this guide to the best characters, blocks and artifact stats. This critical progression system is your reward for playing the 50+ MapleStory classes and required to face end game boss challenges.

This page has simple guidance for legion priority based on my experience reaching 8k Legion level and tips for new players. I recommend players aim for 6k total legion initially as this maximises your grid size and then push to 8k Legion to efficiently maximise the characters you can use in Legion.

Table of Contents:
– Best Legion Characters & Blocks
– Legion Artifact Best Stats
– How Legion Works
– Legion Grid Bonuses
– Character Rank & Legion Blocks
– Legion Ranks

Best Legion Characters & Blocks

The best Legion characters initially are Hayato, Mo Xuan, Kanna, Demon Avenger, Lynn and Mercedes as they have powerful member bonuses, overlap with important link skills and are powerful classes to push for Legion Champion bonuses. Mercedes also provides one of the best legion blocks initially as the length of archer blocks makes it easier to reach the outer grid bonuses.

My recommended Legion tier list based on the bonus they provide is:

Class	Legion Bonus
Hayato	Critical Damage
Mo Xuan	Critical Damage
Shade	Critical Damage
Kanna	Boss Damage
Demon Avenger	Boss Damage
Erel Light	Boss Damage
Phantom	Mesos
Mercedes	Skill Cooldown
Zero	EXP Obtained
Wild Hunter	Chance to deal increased damage
Lynn	IED
Blaster	IED
Marksman	Critical Rate
Night Lord	Critical Rate
Mechanic	Buff Duration
Corsair	Summon Duration
Aran	Chance to Heal HP

After this core focus on obtaining all main stat classes for your primary character from the MapleStory wiki which combined with your Link Skills progression should fill all available grid slots at 8k legion (36 characters).

Legion Artifact Best Stats

Introduced in June 2024 (V.251 Go West) artifacts add extra bonus stats for completing weekly boss/training missions and once off special mission milestones for Artifact experience and Artifact points.

At max artifact level (60) players will have 9 crystals that can each have 3 selected stats and it takes two max level crystals (rank 5) to reach the max stat boost (level 10). For artifact best stats I recommend Meso drop, item drop rate, critical rate, critical damage, boss damage and IED initially. My recommended artifact layout is below that maximises effectiveness for your entire account.

Meso drop Item drop rate Critical rate	Meso drop Item drop rate Critical rate	Critical damage Boss damage IED
Critical damage Boss damage IED	Damage Attack/Magic Attack Bonus EXP	Damage Attack/Magic Attack Bonus EXP
Cooldown skip Buff duration All stats	Cooldown skip Buff duration All stats	Class or preference based

How Legion Works

The MapleStory Legion (Maple Union in MapleSEA) system rewards players for levelling alternative classes with similarities to the Link Skill system. Each character provides a specific member bonus stat based on the MapleStory class and a block piece for additional stats from the Legion grid.

Initially I recommend players train alt characters to level 140 (Rank S) to minimise time spent and maximise Legion benefits.

• Unlock: Reach 500 total levels across all your characters and speak to Dame Appropriation to unlock the Legion system.
• Legion Level: Only characters above level 60 (level 130 for Zero) contribute to your Legion level and only the highest level characters are included.
• Legion Rank: Rank is based on total Legion level which expands the Legion grid space available and increases the number of Legion character blocks you can assign. Unlocking a new rank also requires Legion Coins.
• Legion Grid: The grid where players connect block pieces from the centre to obtain their desired bonuses. The outer edges are fixed but players can change the internal grid section stats.
• Member Bonuses: Each MapleStory class in your Legion gives a specific bonus.
• Character Rank: Based on your character level and increases the strength of the member bonus and size of the Legion block. This increases at level 60/100/140/200/250 or 130/160/180/200/250 for Zero class.
• Legion Raid Power: Based on your assigned characters to the grid and their combat power (damage range) which increase how many Legion Coins players earn passively through the dragon raid.
• Legion Coins: The currency of the Legion system that is earned passively by your Legion characters raiding a large dragon and an optional weekly quest from Dame Appropriation to actively participate in this raid.
• Legion Shop: Talk to Squire Pancho Sanza to spend your coins on useful account progression items which reset weekly.
• Legion Artifact: An extra bonus stat system based on your weekly boss/training activities and account achievements.
• Legion Champions: Another bonus Legion stat system based on defeating particular bosses with your Legion characters.

Legion Grid Bonuses

The Legion grid is where you place character blocks to unlock grid bonus stats. All grid blocks must be connected together with at least one piece placed in the middle 4 squares.

The recommended grid setup is to place attack or magic attack, main stat, secondary stat and HP along the bottom 4 inner grids and utilising long character blocks (often archers) to create a long horizontal line to reach the outer grid area for the desirable stats of Ignore DEF, Boss Damage, Critical Rate and Critical Damage. Players can also setup a Legion preset for Bonus EXP and Critical Rate/Damage to activate while training. To perfectly optimise your Legion grid there are community developed Legion Solvers available.

The inner grid has 25 squares per stat:

• Stat (STR,DEX, INT, LUK) – 5 per grid square (max 75)
• Attack/Magic Attack – 1 per grid square (max 75)
• HP/MP – 250 per grid square (max 3,750)

Each outer grid area has 40 squares per stat:

• Bonus Experience – 0.25% per grid square (max 10%)
• Critical Rate – 1% per grid square (max 40%)
• Boss Damage – 1% per grid square (max 40%)
• Knockback Resistance – 1% per grid square (max 40%)
• Buff Duration – 1% per grid square (max 40%)
• Ignore DEF – 1% per grid square (max 40%)
• Critical Damage – 0.5% per grid square (max 20%)
• Abnormal Status Resistance – 1% per grid square (max 40%)

Character Rank & Legion Blocks

The Legion character blocks size and shape varies based on the class archetype and their level. The Zero class is the only exception to the table below who gains ranks at level 130, 160, 180, 200 and 250 instead.

Each piece is the following shape at the various ranks and character archetype:
The Lab Server Legion block comes from a 2018 MapleStory event and there have been similar events since for an Enhanced Lab Server Legion Block and Abyssal Expedition Legion Block.

Legion Ranks

Certain Legion Ranks increase the maximum number of grid members or expand the grid size for additional stats with 6k rank (full Legion grid) and the increased in max grid members at 8k particularly notable.

Written by

Samuel Franklin

Samuel Franklin is the founder and lead editor of the Games Finder team and enjoys video games across all genres and platforms.

With over 2,000 hours of MapleStory played since beta Sam has experienced the evolution of MapleStory firsthand and continues to return for the satisfying progression, the thrill of overcoming challenging bosses and the enduring joy of the community interactions. Playing primarily solo as his level 226 Night Lord for the swift ranged attacks and dominating solo boss power Sam is currently exploring the depths of the Arcane River and the expanding Maple World on the Scania server while developing a legion of powerful characters to support his account.

This extensive experience with MapleStory has given him a deep understanding of the game’s mechanics, hidden secrets and ever-evolving game landscape. He is excited to share his knowledge and insights with fellow Maplers, helping them navigate their own unique stories through the world of MapleStory.