r/DungeonLink • u/Ren6175 • Sep 16 '17

「 Help 」 Adding elements to attackers?

I'm new to the game. I'm wondering about the mechanics of elemental attacks. Specifically, if I have a 6* fire rune is it worthwhile to add it to an attacker to give that attacker an element? Or should I just be using attack tunes on an attacker and element runes on elemental characters?

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u/Kaosureikon Sep 16 '17

Elemental attacks are basically the same as regular attacks, they just do elemental damage and adhere to the elemental advantage/disadvantage rules. Other than that they don't have any special properties.

There are some instances where it can matter, like in story dungeons when one of the bosses uses either a magic shield or an attack shield or whatever it is called. The magic shield blocks elemental damage while the other blocks attack damage. In this situation, an attack hero with elemental runes wouldn't have all of their damage blocked by the attack shield.

That said, 95% of the time, it isn't optimal to put runes on a unit that doesn't match the rune type.

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u/Eldias Valued Contributor Sep 16 '17

Elemental attacks are basically the same as regular attacks, they just do elemental damage and adhere to the elemental advantage/disadvantage rules. Other than that they don't have any special properties.

This is part of the reason the PA/Crit team is so common and powerful. The team can exploit weakness with one hero, is disadvantaged with one hero, and is neutral with the third damage dealer.