Guides

I was bored so I made up a list of the best and worst elements to use in each coliseum venue, based on the frequency of opposing elemental enemies in each venue (also accounting for the elements of bosses). Each list is in relative order from most good (for best) or bad (for worst).

Golem Worskshop
Best: arcane, wind, earth, lightning
Worst: light, water, fire ice

Kelp Beds
Best: plague, lightning, light, ice
Worst: wind, fire, water, earth

Mire
Best: earth, light, fire, lightning
Worst: nature, wind

Ghostlight Ruins
Best: plague
Worst: earth, wind

Harpy's Roost
Best: wind, nature, water
Worst: lightning, light, ice

Crystal Pools
Best: nature, plague, arcane
Worst: wind, fire

Boreal Woods
Best: shadow, fire/lightning
Worst: water, nature/plague

Rainsong Jungle
Best: nature, plague, wind
Worst: arcane, light

Volcanic Vents
Best: earth, water, wind
Worst: ice/plague, lightning, arcane, light

Arena
Best: lightning, arcane, ice/fire, nature
Worst: shadow, plague, wind, water

Waterway
Best: ice, nature, plague
Worst: fire, light, arcane

Redrock Cove
Best: plague, lightning, arcane
Worst: fire, wind, water, earth

Bamboo Falls
Best: water, ice/nature, plague
Worst: earth, lightning, fire

Forgotten Cave
Best: water, nature, plague
Worst: fire, arcane

Sandswept Delta
Best: arcane, lightning, nature, light
Worst: wind, ice, fire, maybe shadow

Scorched Forest
Best: earth, light, fire
Worst: nature, maybe plague

Woodland Path
Best: fire, ice, plague, wind
Worst: arcane, water, nature

Training Fields *has 2 of all elements, rankings based on encounter chance
Best: nature, earth, fire, wind
Worst: light, arcane, plague, lightning

Elements with the most Bests: nature, plague, lightning
Least Bests: shadow, light, water
Most #1 Bests: plague/earth, nature
No #1 Bests: light

Element with the most Worsts: fire, water/wind, arcane/light
Least Worsts: shadow, plague, lightning, ice/nature/earth
Most #1 Worsts: fire/wind
Least #1 Worsts: light (only Training Fields)

Here's a chart showing which elements are strong/weak against others

@qwigoqwaga

Also good for Ghostlight is Water and Nature.
(it also might be a good idea to find the best elements to go against the mage types in each venue because they are the only ones that deal elemental damage, the others just deal physical damage which is the same regardless of element.)

This is really cool and helpful!

@Qthorse1

Just because it's not on my list doesn't necessarily mean it's not good. There's a lot of relatively neutral matches that will do just fine. I believe there is a reason Arcane is popular in the Mire, but I don't remember what it is.

@Arrakis

That's a good point. Non-mages occasionally do use elemental magic, but it's much more common with mages.

@qwigoqwaga @Qthorse1 Arcane is particularly good in the Mire because it receives regular damage to Brilliant Psywurms and half damage from regular Psywurms, which are some of the faster and tankier elemental enemies in the Mire!

Is Water good for scorched forest?

@Afterdeathsaint

Water is probably pretty good since water is strong against fire, which the Scorched Forest has the most of.

@qwigoqwaga
ok thanks!