Elemental damage

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There are four subtypes of elemental damage.

• Fire damage
• Earth damage
• Lightning damage
• Cold damage

Elemental damage is mainly dealt by elementalists, since they specialize in taming and controlling the four elements. However, elemental damage sources come from a range of professions, and likewise, many professions have specific counters or bonuses against certain elemental attacks.

Any damage from the four elemental sources counts as elemental damage, and thus a skill like Elemental Resistance will protect against all four sources, while one such as Mantra of Frost will only defend against cold damage. Rangers, for instance, have an inherent +30 AR against elemental damage, and thus are better defended in the face of elemental sources than other professions.

There are no known sources of "pure" elemental damage without one of the four subtypes.

Contents 1 Equipment which protects against elemental damage 2 Skills which protect against elemental damage 3 Skills which benefit from elemental damage 4 See also

[edit] Equipment which protects against elemental damage

• Armor
  • Dreadnought Insignia
  • Sentinel's Insignia
  • Basic Ranger armor
  • Wanderer's Insignia
  • Aeromancer Insignia
  • Geomancer Insignia
  • Hydromancer Insignia
  • Pyromancer Insignia
• Inscriptions
  • Focus item Inscriptions
    • "Man for All Seasons"
• Suffix upgrades
  • Axe Grip of Warding
  • Hammer Grip of Warding
  • Sword Pommel of Warding
  • Bow Grip of Warding
  • Dagger Handle of Warding
  • Spear Grip of Warding
  • Scythe Grip of Warding
  • Staff Wrapping of Warding

[edit] Skills which protect against elemental damage

• Stances
  • Dryder's Defenses
  • Elemental Resistance (reduces armor vs. Physical damage)
• Wards
  • Ward Against Elements
  • Ward Against Harm (also increases armor vs. other damage types)

[edit] Skills which benefit from elemental damage

• Stances
  • Storm Chaser
  • Storm's Embrace
• Wards
  • Ward of Weakness

[edit] See also

• Damage type

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Damage types
Elemental damage	Cold damage • Earth damage • Fire damage • Lightning damage
Physical damage	Blunt damage • Piercing damage • Slashing damage
Miscellaneous	Chaos damage • Dark damage • Holy damage • Shadow damage