The Complete Elemental Master Guide by Goldie: Difference between revisions

* Needs a lot of catalysts to summon their Elementals & High Elementals,  and apply their ground defensive skills which makes weight management more important than ever.

*Double Casting at max level gives 80% chance for any bolt skills from any sources (either from the Sage's '''{{#skill:279}}''' skill, gears, cards or your own Elementals from Sorcerer & High Elementals from Elemental Master) to be repeated or recasted.

* Striking is a good supportive buff for your party. It gives '''+100 ATK''' & +'''70 Perfect HIT''' at max level. Your friends that play physical classes will surely want you to constantly apply this buff on them.

* Skip this one. No place as a prerequisite skill either. It basically sacrifices your active Elemental & High Elemental Spirit to apply defensive skills to you and your party. Could be a last resort skill if your party is about to get wiped out by Max Pain I suppose.

* The defensive skills applied if you're wondering are the skills '''{{#skill:12}}''' & '''{{#skill:25}}'''. The duration of these skills casted from Elemental Shield is also longer than your normal Safety Wall and Pneuma at Lvl. 1; a normal Lvl. 10 Safety Wall will still be 10 seconds longer than a Safety Wall coming from a Lvl. 5 Elemental Shield.

* This skill will call forth the <span style="color:red;">Fire</span> Spirit <span style="color:red;">Agni</span> which appears in three (3) forms (Child, Adolescent, & Adult) depending on the skill level:

* This skill will call forth the <span style="color:blue;">Water</span> Spirit <span style="color:blue;">Aqua</span> which appears in three (3) forms (Child, Adolescent, & Adult) depending on the skill level:

* This skill will call forth the <span style="color:green;">Wind</span> Spirit <span style="color:green;">Ventus</span> which appears in three (3) forms (Child, Adolescent, & Adult) depending on the skill level:

* This skill will call forth the <span style="color:brown;">Earth</span> Spirit <span style="color:brown;">Tera</span> which appears in three (3) forms (Child, Adolescent, & Adult) depending on the skill level:

When referring to '''Elementals''', this pertains to the Sorcerer's spirit summons (<span style="color:red;">Agni</span>, <span style="color:blue;">Aqua</span>, <span style="color:green;">Ventus</span>, & <span style="color:brown;">Tera</span>). On the other hand, '''High Elementals''' refer to the Elemental Master's spirit summons (<span style="color:darkred;">Ardor</span>, <span style="color:darkblue;">Diluvio</span>, <span style="color:limegreen;">Procella</span>, <span style="color:chocolate;">Terremotus</span>, & <span style="color:purple;">Serpens</span>). Collectively, both Elementals and High Elementals will be referred to as '''Spirits''' from here on out'''.'''

===How to keep Elementals & High Elementals Alive===

Now for defensive stats, you could use the Performer skills '''{{#skill:309}}''', '''{{#skill:2382}}''', '''{{#skill:2351}}''', the High Priest skill '''{{#skill:361}}''', the Soul Reaper's {{#skill:2596}}'''Golem Soul''', the Arch Mage's '''{{#skill:5225}}''' when using '''Lvl. 1''' '''{{#skill:5232}}''', and the Sorcerer skill '''Lvls. 2 and 3''' <span style="color:brown;">'''{{#skill:2468}}'''</span>. We'll have a more in-depth discussion about the Sorcerer insignias in a different [[The_Complete_Elemental_Master_Guide_by_Goldie#Insignia_System|section]], but in a ditch '''Lvl. 2 <span style="color:brown;">Earth Insignia</span>''' will give +'''500''' '''flat HP''' & +'''50''' '''DEF''', while '''Lvl. 3 <span style="color:brown;">Earth Insignia</span>''' will give +'''500''' '''SP''' & +'''50''' '''MDef''' while standing on its AoE. Remember, you have to apply these buffs unto your EM before you summon your spirits. It is also possible to directly apply the Assumptio skill on your summoned spirits but like any other buffs it will expire, unlike when you summon them while possessing all these buffs they will inherit all of it until they die or disappear.  

* If you have Rod as one of your swap gears, always remember to reapply your '''{{#skill:280}}''', '''{{#skill:281}}''', '''{{#skill:282}}''', & '''{{#skill:283}}'''.

*Likewise for '''The Immortal Instance''', both you and Ardor will survive Lasgand's '''{{#skill:83}}s''', and in the event you get hit by his {{#skill:91}} '''Heaven's Drive''' skill, <span style="color:red;">Fire</span> has innate resistance against <span style="color:brown;">Earth</span> property damage. More info on the [[Elements#Elemental_Attribute_Table|elemental table]]. With <span style="color:darkred;">Ardor</span>'s defensive buffs and your own '''{{#skill:288}}''', you can finish both Easy & Hard Mode of The Immortal without ever depending on a {{#item:4128}} like most classes like the Arch Mages just to clear Hard Mode. Simply put, <span style="color:darkred;">Ardor</span> is tailor-fit for this instance hands down.

*<span style="color:darkred;">Ardor</span> is easily the best High Elemental to dish out the highest and most consistent DPS as he can fully capitalize on '''{{#skill:285}}''' (+20% <span style="color:red;">Fire</span> Damage & +30 MAtk) and '''Lvl. 3''' '''{{#skill:2465}}''' (+25% <span style="color:red;">Fire</span> property magical damage & +50 MAtk).

*<span style="color:chocolate;">Terremotus</span> placed a bit higher than <span style="color:limegreen;">Procella</span>. You must be surprised as to why the neglected <span style="color:brown;">Earth</span> element weighs more importance, but that's because he is honestly really strong in '''Varmundt's Biosphere''' ('''Temple'''). Two of the mobs there are  <span style="color:green;">Wind 3</span>/<span style="color:green;">4</span> (Temple Anopheles & Temple Gryphon, respectively), and with an <span style="color:brown;">Earth</span>-endowed '''{{#skill:5380}}''', you can pretty much kill them and Temple mobs are generally much tankier than your regular Biospheres so take advantage of those elemental weaknesses as a true Elemental Master!

=== What are Insignias & How to Use Them ===

Furthermore, insignias provide one of the strongest debuff in the game. Each insignia has the ability to '''boost the counter element''' no matter which level you use. For example, if you use '''<span style="color:red;">{{#skill:2465}}</span>''' at any level, '''any units''' '''inside''' the insignias' 3x3 AoE will take 50% more damage against <span style="color:blue;">Water</span> elemental attacks. If EMs are standing inside the <span style="color:red;">Fire</span> insignias' AoE, they, too, will receive increased damage against <span style="color:blue;">Water</span> elemental attacks of the MVP. This rings true for the other elemental insignias. Okay this part is important, now if you use a '''Lvl. 2''' '''<span style="color:green;">{{#skill:2467}}</span>''' in a party because you have a melee class user and you plan on buffing him with its buffing effects ('''Endow weapon with the <span style="color:green;">Wind</span> property''', +10% ASPD & +10% ATK),  and since he is in melee range and you need to adjust so both of you stand inside <span style="color:green;">Wind Insignia</span> as well as the MVP and you have a '''<span style="color:blue;">{{#skill:2466}}</span>''' placed underneath both of you and the MVP; the MVP will also have its weapon element endowed to <span style="color:green;">Wind</span> which means his attacks will hit like a truck and could possibly kill you both since you two are standing on a <span style="color:blue;">Water Insignia</span>. This could have been prevented if you just used a '''Lvl. 1''' or '''Lvl. 3''' '''<span style="color:green;">{{#skill:2467}}</span>''' instead and that way you could have avoided endowing the MVP's weapon to <span style="color:green;">Wind</span>. While a '''Lvl. 1''' <span style="color:green;">Wind Insignia</span> has neutral effect on the three of you, a '''Lvl. 3''' <span style="color:green;">Wind Insignia</span> would have boosted your <span style="color:green;">Wind</span> property magical skills like '''{{#skill:5370}}''' and you would have even received +50% ACD on your <span style="color:green;">Wind</span> skills (just be sure that the MVP doesn't use any <span style="color:green;">Wind</span> skills or else he benefits from it too). Conversely, if you wanna tank Lasgand's basic attacks, and you happen to use <span style="color:darkred;">Ardor</span> on '''Lvl. 2''' '''{{#skill:2456}}''' ('''Defensive Mode''')  you can place a '''Lvl. 2''' '''<span style="color:red;">{{#skill:2465}}</span>''' underneath Lasgand to forcibly endow his weapon attack to the <span style="color:red;">Fire</span> element so you can tank his hits head on.

=== Recommended Stats & Traits ===

! colspan="2" | <center> My Stats & Traits Allocations </center>

** For every level of {{#skill:5368}}, it increases your <span style="color:red;">Fire</span> & <span style="color:purple;">Poison</span> property magical damage by 2%.

* '''Kasa & Salamander''' from Thor Volcano Flr. 3

* '''Blue Flame Spirits & Tainted Flame Spirits''' ('''S'''/'''N'''/'''G'''/'''M''') from [[Forgotten_Time#Zone_1|Forgotten Time (Zone 1)]]  

* '''Red Flame Spirits & Hot Water Spirits''' ('''S'''/'''N'''/'''G'''/'''M''') from [[Forgotten_Time#Zone_2|Forgotten Time (Zone 2)]]  

* '''Cold Water Spirits & Polluted Water Spirits''' ('''S'''/'''N'''/'''G'''/'''M''') from [[Forgotten_Time#Zone_1|Forgotten Time (Zone 1)]]  

*'''Blue Flame Spirits & Cold Water Spirits''' ('''S'''/'''N'''/'''G'''/'''M''') from [[Forgotten_Time#Zone_1|Forgotten Time (Zone 1)]]  

* '''Dry Wind Spirits & Tainted Wind Spirits''' ('''S'''/'''N'''/'''G'''/'''M''')  from [[Forgotten_Time#Zone_2|Forgotten Time (Zone 2)]]  

* '''Strong Wind Spirits & Blue Earth Spirits''' ('''S'''/'''N'''/'''G'''/'''M''') from [[Forgotten_Time#Zone_1|Forgotten Time (Zone 1)]]  

* '''Blue Earth Spirits & Polluted Earth Spirits''' ('''S'''/'''N'''/'''G'''/'''M''') from [[Forgotten_Time#Zone_1|Forgotten Time (Zone 1)]]  

* '''Dry Wind Spirits & Solid Earth Spirits''' ('''S'''/'''N'''/'''G'''/'''M''')  from [[Forgotten_Time#Zone_2|Forgotten Time (Zone 2)]]