How the Element System Works in Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition (FULL GUIDE) 

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definately clears up why skullkid's ball-throwing combo just nukes ghoma

Finally got my full odds shiny Sheik after 9769 soft resets. too bad she has a quiet nature and shitty IVs

So... Tingle is weak to his own element? That's fitting.

The system is fine, it's just *never explained* in game. How hard is it to put the appropriate element symbol with a down arrow next to the health bar when you target a named enemy?

Hitting enemies in air reduces damage to x0.75, what the Lightning elemental effect does is make it so that your damage now becomes x1.00. Technically you hit harder and "increase damage", but it is more like your juggling damage stops being nerfed. Light Elemental effect (the white X crosses) give 1/16 of the damage cap. Darkness Elemental effect (the purple X crosses) give 2/16 of the damage cap. There is a damage cap when you attack an enemy, so you can never 1 hit kill an enemy (unless it's some lesser enemy like a Lizalfos or a Bombchu). So even if you're max level and use a super attack against a Lv1 enemy character you won't be able to 1 hit kill an enemy, and you go crazy and use Double Bombos (enemy takes 50% more damage) and you use Glass Cannon, and you use the element the enemy is weak against...you STILL won't be able to 1 shot kill the enemy. Most likely the best you'll be able to do is kill it with 2 or 3 shots. This maximum amount of damage you can do on an enemy is called the damage cap (this damage cap also scales depending on the type of attack used, special attack is x8 the damage cap of a regular attack, a Weak Point Smash is x15 the damage cap of a regular attack, but that's a whole other story). Nearly every bonus in the game can be measured in the damage cap, as most bonuses are 1/16 of the damage cap. 1/16 of damage cap = Defenseless, No Healing, Vs _______ (like Vs Dragon), Strong Attack 1-6, Hammer Nice Power in Lorule map, stage elemental bonus, Keep Keeper, Light Elemental Effect, etc etc etc. I can't remember them all, but nearly every attack bonus in this game was 1/16 of the damage cap. 2/16 of the damage cap = Darkness Elemental effect, I think there was one more but that's it 8/16 of the damage cap = Glass Cannon MyFairy skill 9/16 of the damage cap = using Element you enemy is weak against Great Fairy's C1 skill is unique, it essentially doubles her level. Pop her C1 when she's Lv255 and she is the strongest thing in the game since she effectively becomes Lv510 in terms of STR. Young Link get's a stealth 1/16 of damage cap boosts when he is in Fierce Deity mode. Master Sword gets two 1/16 of damage cap boosts, one for each seal you unlock. Cia's C1 doesn't increase her damage directly, rather it just allows her to activate her Darkness Elemental Effect (purple X crosses on enemies) MUCH quicker, in like 3 hits instead of 16. It also prevents her from getting knockback. That "Elemental Magician" MyFairy skill (allows you to temporarily overwrite your weapon's element with the element of your MyFairy) is not worth it, as it only lasts a minute and can only be used once per level. Even then it does not allow you to use the Elemental Effect of the element of your MyFairy. If you have two elements on your weapon, you will cause Elemental Damage ALL the time from both those elements, one is not off while the other is on. However you can only get the elemental effect of the main primary element. Lastly the water (poison water bubble) elemental effect seems to have been weakened in the Definitive Edition. Further, in older versions the water elemental effect would do "ticks" every second or two, and during these ticks the enemy would be damaged. However this would cause juggled enemies in the air to take ticks of damage somehow recover early, allowing your juggle to finish sooner than expected. They changed that in definitive edition, there aren't any more "ticks" of damage, I think it just does a constant small amount of damage like it's poison if I remember right.

the pokemon misconception makes sense when you consider that it kinda is true in a lot of cases. Good guys are weak to dark, villains are weak to light, Darunia and Volga are weak to water, the water types are weak to lightning, and bug girl is weak to fire. The only time it's weird is with Tingle and Midna, Tingle being weak to his own element (on account of his bombs no doubt) and Midna is weak to light (which... Makes sense). Also Lana is a water type but I mean, look at how blue her design is and tell me that it wasn't your immediate reaction anyways

Yes finally someone explains this!! I never understood this system...

From what I understand of the dark type element, it's great for 1v1s against characters, this is especially nice considering some of ghirahims attacks are good for 1v1s.

So to clarify, Sheik doesn’t use the actual Damage of other Elements, she just mimics their after effects?

...This is EASILY one of the best things Fire Emblem Warriors has over Hyrule Warriors- A simple to understand weakness system that doesn't rely on accidently finding out Midna is weak to light when you have to use Agitha to defeat Zelda in a quiz and Midna keeps getting in the way. I assumed there was a mechanic like that in the game, and that quiz just confirmed it.

Dude, thank you for leading the Musou community towards a brighter future :D

I've been wondering about elements in this game for years now, so thank you for this.

I thought most of the Weakness system was rather easy to understand, but Misconception #3 was definitely the surprise for me. Common sense would dictate that you also have the same weaknesses as the enemy versions of the heroes. Maybe they could’ve added that mechanic to only Hero Mode? After all, when you have 25+ hearts, dying isn’t a major concern anymore outside of boss battles.

WHY IS RU-vid RECOMMENDING ME HYRULE WARRIORS ALL OF A SUDDEN

7:59 sorry to all Young Link mains. I’m one myself and this explains a lot in my playthroughs and probably yours too >.

Most of these weaknesses make sense, considering what each individual is.

Is mayonnaise a Pokémon?

I wish I discovered this channel earlier. I have 100% completed this game now, but your guides would've helped me doing so in a much more efficient way.

so basicly shiek IS a pokemon when fighting giant bosses xD

Tingle: *uses fire weapons* Also Tingle: *is weak to fire weapons* ______________________________________________________ Lana: *can use lightning weapons* Also Lana: *is weak to lightning* ______________________________________________________ Young Link: *uses darkness weapons* Also Young Link: *is weak to darkness* ______________________________________________________ There's probably one I missed, but I don't care

So, in order to deplete a boss's weak point gauge, could you say it's generally recommended to use some (combo) attack that causes the specific elemental effect they're weak to, or if each character has a better "standard" combo anyway? Basically I'm wondering if, for example, it's better to spam Sheik's C2 against King Dodongo thanks to the water effect, or if C3->C1 is perhaps just so much stronger that the weakness doesn't matter. I guess I could just find this out for myself though lol

So Sheik doesn't do elemental damage to match her attacks, but do Agitha, Twilli Midna, and the Great Fairy (and any others that can pull more than one element)?

Sooo...let me get this straight: -There is a difference between "Elemental Effect" & "Elemental Damage" -Elemental Effect can be put on a weapon is the weakness of a various big-boss enemies -Elemental Damage is specific to a character and determines which other captains-characters it would be able to beat up quicker, though not linked to a specific weapon (AKA enemy captain Link will be weak to Darkness, no matter which weapon he is using at the time) Is that correct?

THANK YOU

5:55 um what.

Thank you

What about "dark" versions of characters? Like Dark Ruto and some sorts. Do they follow the guide of the normal version, or are they considered weak to light?

You didn't mention field elements in this whole video. Just to clarify, if your weapon matches the field element, and it hits an enemy weak to the element, do those boosts stack? And would the stack apply even if you're using a 4+ weapon with both elements benefitting from one respective type of boost (ex. Link using his Light/Dark sword on Ganondorf, a Light-weak character, while on a Dark-boosted field)?

I have seen this video 4 times. I still have no idea what's going on.

Thank u

What about cucos? No weakness?

Well, I think I understood it pretty well. Didn't know non playable characters had weaknesses, though.

7:06 LaNA-RUTO. I see what Chu did there

I think you left this out, although perhaps they don't have a weakness, but what are Hylian Captains weak against?

so... link zelda impa lana linkle ganondorf have single element affinity despite having multpile weapons. So is young link considered a dark element character? also which attacks from Twili midna's combo has the light damage effect?(considering her weapin offers light+)

But what about the Elemental Defense badges?

Lol I thought the bubble over the head thing was a glitch

How come Medli doesn't have Lightning Effect?

I think it should have been light weapons good against dark weapons like agitha has a light weapon but she is weak against fire

Hey ! It has nothing to do with the video, but because I know you know the game well, do you know why some characters use wrong moves sometimes ? I have screens of Impa wileding the magical sword of link, and zelda using the magic attack of shiek (the trees)

I have the option to load Shiek's weapon with all 5 elements. Good idea?

OK but- what about stages listing "recommended element"- and the related badges? Does playing as a character with (X) element give you a net, consistent bonus? Or is the reccomendation just saying "hey there's gonna be a lot of enemies weak to the Elemental EFFECTS and/or Elemental DAMAGE or (X)"? Why is this so needlessly complex

Deity Link would rank higher if he was Light Element

I need this but for fire emblem warriors, because why does Lisa have a down arrow against axe fighters, and things like that

Hello, I know the video is quite old (and the game too), but I think you forgot an enemy. What about Hyrule Soldiers ? Weak to Darkness I guess ?

My brain died a long time ago because of that

Pretty sure the Hylian Captains are weak to Darkness no? Why would they be the only captain with no weakness?

Wait how is Lana weak to lightning isnt that her element?

why is lana weak to her own element?

I’m still confused

Is this work on the wii u version as well ?

Wait, so Lana is weak to her element? Huh, curious

7:05 Aaah. I see that Lana is a dragon or ghost type Pokémon. She is weak to her own element aka the tomes

Misconceptions in a nutshell: this game is a pokémon game.

So basically the entire system is so complicated it should be thrown in a dumpster fire is what I got out of this video

Why is the game not in English

Maybe deep down we are all a pokemon

Some elemental weaknesses make no sense

Agitha… Is weak to fire... Same with Tingle... I... Did not expect that... I thought they were weak to Dark...

One thing I've noticed and am wondering why, is why do you hardcore gamers always play the Japanese version of games. Is there a difference between the games if they have Japanese language or English?

Subtitulo español :(

Whoa. . . I thought botw battle system was complex lol

Basically pokemon worierrs

Hyrule Warriors isn't Pokemon, got it. It's Digimon.

Just bought the game with a voucher I took breath of the wild and this one since every other game was crap. If Age of Calamity had more content and was actually playable on that weak ass console I would probably go with that. But that game chugs every step you take and I cant stand it. They didnt even managed to make it stable 30 which would be mighty fine. I dont need 60fps on games if the game is stable. Or drops some frames here and there but that crap is constant powerpoint slideshow. Now after this rant time to play some Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition. Thanks for the vid even though little bit late.