Synthing Weapons Elements

[Raikku]

What effects do certain elements have with diffrent weapon, I dont get it!

[KazuKun]

...elemental damage? Isn't it kind of self-explanatory? Fire elements makes a weapon fire (and red), for example.

[MaxyGuy]

Fire is good against Ice creatures.
Ice is good against Fire creatures.
Lightning <--> Earth.
Dark <--> Light.

I think it does around 25% more damage. I could be wrong. =x

[Wang_Tang]

This sounds kind of obvious, but if I craft a Fire weapon, for example, will it be weaker against fire type mobs, or do normal damage to them? I was hesitant to craft something with an element on it, just because I thought it might make the weapon less universally useful.

[HiKeRI]

It could drain a % of your dmg on it instead of dealing normal dmg.

[MaxyGuy]

Yes, I'm pretty positive a Fire element against a fire creature will do around 25% less damage.. against other types exept Ice, it should do normal damage.

[HiKeRI]

I guess? or it might drain some of the dmg, i havent tested it yet thought

[Wang_Tang]

Hmm... is there any particular element that's more universally useful than the rest, or should I just make as many different element'ed weapons as i can?

[Kaply]

depends on where you hunt, check out the monster listing on psupedia.
http://www.psupedia.org/index.php?title=Monsters

[HiKeRI]

All of them are equal, so yeah thats your best choice