History VideoGame / Elements

* '''Time:''' [[TimeMaster Time elemental]] has control over the order of the events, he can slow down his opponent, reverse his actions, or hasten himself.

* '''Earth:''' Earth elementals [[DishingOutDirt have power over minerals, metals and terrestrial beings]]. They are [[StoneWall primarily focused on defense]].

* '''Fire:''' [[PlayingWithFire Fire elementals]] have an [[KillItWithFire excellent offense]], [[GlassCannon but are lacking in defensive ability]].
* '''Water:''' [[AnIcePerson Ice]], water, and aquatic beings are under the control of [[MakingASplash water elementals]]. [[JackOfAllStats They have a good balance between defensive and offensive ability]].
* '''Light:''' [[LightEmUp Light elementals]] dispense blessings, heal, and [[LightIsGood befriend angels and other righteous entities]]. [[HolyHandGrenade They are particularly effective again Darkness and Death elements.
* '''Darkness:''' [[CastingAShadow Darkness elementals]] are masters of subtlety, specializing in hiding and stealing hitpoints.
* '''Entropy:''' Entropy is a chaotic and highly random element, [[StrategySchmategy dealing primarily with confusion and relying primarily on luck.]]
* '''Gravity:''' [[GravityMaster Gravity elementals]] deal with mass and size; their ability to accelerate objects makes them formidable enemies.
* '''Time:''' [[TimeMaster Time elementals manipulate the flow of time itself.]]
* '''Aether:''' Aether is the domain of the immaterial things; it is where the stars reside and the media where all the energy waves move. Aether elementals excel in manipulating the dimensions and electricity; most of the creatures they generate are [[NighInvulnerable immaterial]] or [[CloningBlues sister dimension copies of monsters on the field]].

* '''Entropy:''' Entropy is a chaotic and highly random element, dealing primarily with confusion and relying primarily on luck.

* ExtremeOmnivore: The Otyugh can eat pretty much anything, from germs to dragons, provided he's buffed enough. [[ImAnHumanitarian Including smaller Otyugh]].

* GameBreakingBug: Latency, Purify and reflect shields cause desynchronization.
** To ellaborate: Desynchronization causes the AI to take over the opponent player (And of yours as well on your opponent's side). The actions of the (supposedly disconnected) player, however, clash with those of the AI as the game tries to reconnect both players. Side effects include but are not limited to: random healing, spell duplication, quanta screw, opponent summoning creatures at zero cost, opponent summoning ''your'' creatures, weapons played as flying weapons from the hand, and last but not least, mutual accusations of hacking. [[http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,2221.0.html Feast your eyes.]] Its been such a long lasting glitch [[LampshadeHanging it has its hud icon now]].

** Subverted in the Arena, since you can also make an Arena deck which grows in level to become closer to False God's power.

** Nymphs are far worse. You cannot win any in the slots; it turns into a worthless "Relic" card that does [[VendorTrash absolutely nothing]].

* LuckBasedMission: The element specific weapons cannot be purchased and can only be obtained by rolling one of them randomly on the post-game slot machine, which already has a very dim rate for common cards. Any deck who aspires to have a decent chance at PvP or the False Gods requires at least 2 or 3 copies of the same weapon. Have fun.

* LuckBasedMission: The element specific weapons cannot be purchased and can only be obtained by rolling one of them randomly on the post-game slot machine. Any deck who aspires to have a decent chance at PvP or the False Gods requires at least 2 or 3 copies of these. Have fun.

* ImAHumanitarian: The Otyugh can eat pretty much anything, from germs to dragons, provided he's buffed enough.

* '''Aether:''' Aether is the domain of the immaterial things; it is where the stars reside and the media where all the energy waves move. Aether elementals excel in manipulating the dimensions and electricity; most of the creatures they generate are immaterial.

* MegaManning: Crusader, a Light creature, can endow target weapon, which grants him the weapon's attack bonus and skill.

** Also, Stone Skin/Granite Skin gives you extra HP equal to the number of Earth quanta you have -- but only up to 73-74.

* GameBreakingBug: Purify and reflect shields cause desynchronization.

** To ellaborate: Desynchronization causes the AI to take over the opponent player. The actions of the (supposedly disconnected) player, however, clash with those of the AI as the game tries to reconnect both players. Side effects include but are not limited to: random healing, spell duplication, quanta screw, opponent summoning creatures at zero cost, opponent summoning ''your'' creatures, weapons played as flying weapons from the hand, and last but not least, mutual accusations of hacking. [[http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,2221.0.html Feast your eyes.]] Its been such a long lasting glitch [[LampshadeHanging it has its hud icon now]].

** To ellaborate: Desynchronization causes the AI to take over the opponent player. The actions of the (supposedly disconnected) player, however, clash with those of the AI. Side effects include but are not limited to: random healing, spell duplication, quanta screw, opponent summoning creatures at zero cost, opponent summoning ''your'' creatures, weapons played as flying weapons from the hand, and last but not least, mutual accusations of hacking. [[http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,2221.0.html Feast your eyes.]] Its been such a long lasting glitch [[LampshadeHanging it has its hud icon now]].

* ObviousRulePatch: several case.

* '''Earth:''' Earth elementals have power over minerals, metals and terrestrial beings. Earth creatures have special skills that can be used for protection, like burrow: when burrowed, a creature deals less damage, but can't be targeted by common skills and spells. Earth elementals take advantage of advanced shields that will reduce the damage inflicted upon them.
* '''Air:''' Air elementals control any gaseous substance and airborne beings. The numerous air creatures take advantage of their freedom of movement to deal extra damage to their opponent.
* '''Fire:''' Fire elementals are highly destructive; they rely on skills like "Fire Bolt", or "Deflagration" to wipe out the enemy arsenal. Fire creatures deal higher than average damage but are often brittle.
* '''Water:''' Ice, alchemy and aquatic beings are under the control of Water elementals. Some examples of Water elementals skills are: "Freeze", "Ice Bolt", and "Purify", which is used to remove poison. Water elementals have a good balance between offensive and defensive skills.
* '''Light:''' Light elementals dispense blessings and befriend angelic and righteous entities. Light elementals can exalt their creatures, heal them, or deal damage to Death and Darkness elements.
* '''Darkness:''' Darkness elementals are masters of subtleness; they can hide, absorb energies and manage creatures that dwell in the shadows. Darkness elemental can rely on skill like "Steal" or "Dusk Mantle".
* '''Entropy:''' Entropy is randomness; it is that thing that makes a glass unfixable once shattered. Entropy elementals deal with disarray and chaotic creatures; they love to confuse their opponent and gamble with luck and probabilities.
* '''Gravity:''' Gravity elementals deal with mass and size; their ability to accelerate objects makes them formidable enemies. Gravity elementals have skills like "momentum", that will make a gravity creature unstoppable and "gravity pull" that will waste the enemy attacks on a resistant or unessential creature.
* '''Time:''' Time elemental has control over the order of the events, he can slow down his opponent, reverse his actions, or hasten himself.

* BaseBreaker: The Elemental Shards. Some people think they're imbalanced and should be nerfed, others think they should be removed entirely, and some want to rework them as in-elemental cards rather than Other-type.

* GameBreaker: Defied. While some individual cards or combos can be a little insane, the game manages to be pretty well-balanced. Usually, if a certain game-breaking combo is discovered, it is quick to be nerfed.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some of the complaint the returning players make are these. Notably the 1.31 patch, which complete the "Shard" series.

* Flooding doesn't affect Water creatures (which makes sense), but it also doesn't affect neutral creatures. What neutral creatures does the game have? Neutral weapons when made into creatures by Flying Weapon/Animate Weapon, and Malignant Cell. That's it. So why does Flooding not affect neutral creatures? Because if it did, it would affect Malignant Cell.
** For that matter, how about Malignant Cell being a neutral creature in the first place? Aflatoxin, the card that generates it, is a Death card. So why is Malignant Cell neutral instead of Death? To keep it from being affected (read: buffed) by Nightfall/Eclipse. For those who wonder why any of this would matter, Malignant Cell's effect is that it makes another of itself at the end of the turn. See ExplosiveBreeder above.
* Mitosis used to be usable on flown weapon, but after a GameBreaker combo is discovered (Mitosis Long Sword), it is changed. Now it can't target weapons.
* Shard of Readiness' effect: "Time creatures can use their skill twice this turn". When applied to Deja Vu, it creates two copies instead of one. This is also a broken combo, and is soon fixed.

* ObviousRulePatch: Flooding doesn't affect Water creatures (which makes sense), but it also doesn't affect neutral creatures. What neutral creatures does the game have? Neutral weapons when made into creatures by Flying Weapon/Animate Weapon, and Malignant Cell. That's it. So why does Flooding not affect neutral creatures? Because if it did, it would affect Malignant Cell.

* '''Fire:''' Fire elementals are highly destructive; they rely on skills like "Fire Bolt", or "destroy" to wipe out the enemy arsenal. Fire creatures deal higher than average damage but are often brittle.

* '''Darkness:''' Darkness elementals are masters of subtlety; a very balanced element it contains permanent and creature control, healing, direct damage, quanta denial and unique skills like "Steal" or "Nightmare".

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* GameBreakingBug: Purify and reflect shields cause desynchronization

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: A player starts with 100 Hit Points, gets one free Quantum of one element each turn from his Mark, and draws 1 card per turn. The Level 5 computer players and Fake Gods start with 200 Hit Points, and draws 2 cards per turn. The Fake Gods also start with what is essentially two copies of a single normal deck. In short, they have twice as much everything as a normal player. Except for the Mark - they have triple the normal amount. For the Fake Gods, the game's pretty upfront about them not playing by the same rules.

* ZergRush: This is usually the main strategy of mono life. After the 1.31 patch, a Mono Water can also do this. Just put in 6 Nymph's Tears, 12 Water Pillars, 12 Water Pendulums, and enjoy your game.

* '''[[SummonMagic Creatures]]''': These attack your opponent, and can have useful abilities.
* '''Spells''': These give you an effect once, then disappear.
* '''Permanents''': These [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin stay in play when you play them]].

* ''Pillars'': These are your primary source of [[{{Mana}} Quanta]] (singular Quantum). Quanta are the energy you use to play your other cards.
** Some of which are ''Pendulums'', which alternately give you quanta of their element and your "native" element (which you can change outside of duels).
* ''Weapons'': These are another way for you to attack your opponent, and most have useful abilities.
* ''[[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Shields]]'': These defend you. Most focus on defending you against your opponent's attacks.

* '''Aether:''' The power of the immaterial; Aether is the color to use for [[NighInvulnerable immortal creatures.]] It also includes some psionic abilities, including [[MegaManning spell-copying]].
* '''[[BlowYouAway Air:]]''' The power of the wind; Air doesn't have as much of a unifying strategy as some of the other elements, though it is a good element for creature removal.
* '''[[DarkIsEdgy Darkness:]]''' The power of the shadows; Darkness has a thing for healing you by hurting your opponent, and also allows you to steal your opponent's permanents and [[ManaDrain quanta]].
* '''Death''': Power from the grave. Death allows you to poison your opponent and their creatures, and to benefit from creatures dying.
* '''[[DishingOutDirt Earth:]]''' The power of the earth itself. Earth gives you ways to pump up your creatures' defense and bolster your own HitPoints; it also gives you the ability to destroy your opponent's pillars.
* '''[[EntropyAndChaosMagic Entropy]]''': The power of chaos. Entropy has a number of random effects, including mutating creatures.
* '''[[PlayingWithFire Fire:]]''' The power of the flame. Most of Fire's creatures [[GlassCannon are strong attackers, but have little defense.]] Fire also provides removal for both creatures and permanents, and is one of the elements that can inflict burn damage to your opponent.
* '''[[SelectiveGravity Gravity:]]''' The power of, well, gravity. Gravity tends to have creatures with high defense, and also can allow creatures to not be affected by shields. It can also [[ManaBurn rob your opponent of their quanta.]]
* '''[[GreenThumb Life:]]''' The power of nature. Life's creatures tend to be simple beatsticks. Life is also one of the elements that allows you to heal yourself, and can allow creatures to attack more than once per turn.
* '''[[LightEmUp Light:]]''' The power of light and divinity. Light allows you to heal yourself and your creatures.
* '''[[TimeTravel Time]]:''' The power of the arrow of time. Time allows you to draw extra cards, stall your opponent's creatures, or even return creatures to the deck.
* '''[[MakingASplash Water:]]''' The powers of water and [[AnIcePerson ice.]] Water can freeze your opponent's creatures. Most of its creatures have control-oriented effects. Water also can allow you to turn your pillars into creatures.

** To a lesser extent, Lightningstorm which also

* [[ImaHumanitarian I'm a Humanitarian]]: The Otyugh can eat pretty much anything, from germs to dragons, provided he's buffed enough.
* IncrediblyLamePun: The same symbol is used for Time and the in-game currency, Electrum. Like we've never seen that one before.

* RulesAreForHumans: A player starts with 100 HitPoints, gets one free Quantum of one element each turn from his Mark, and draws 1 card per turn. The Level 5 computer players and Fake Gods start with 200 HitPoints, and draws 2 cards per turn. The Fake Gods also start with what is essentially two copies of a single normal deck. In short, they have twice as much everything as a normal player. Except for the Mark - they have triple the normal amount. For the Fake Gods, the game's [[LampshadeHanging pretty upfront about them not playing by the same rules.]]
** On the bright side, you can get one prediction a day on exactly which False God you'll fight next, and their card lists and strategies are all wikied up.

* ZergRush: This is usually the main strategy of mono life.

** Which can be painful facing somebody who can simply ignore weak attacks. The more so if the rusher hit the creature cap early and lacks free space to summon anything effective.

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!!This game notably averts:
* BribingYourWayToVictory: The game's free to play, and donating money doesn't give you any noticeable advantage. While you will get a card for a big enough donation, said card can be gotten without donating.
* GameBreaker: While some individual cards or combos can be a little insane, the game manages to be pretty well-balanced.
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* FairyBattle: You can challenge AI-controlled copies of the Top 500 players' decks. Some players in the Top 500 will intentionally build their decks to include a few rare cards, but no way to play them, and no way to win the game; this makes those rare cards far easier to get.
* FlawlessVictory: If you can win the game with full HitPoints, you get more in-game money.