Elements

An image showing a Saber with and without the six elements.

Elements in PSU are a basic property of Melee Weapons (only through Item Synthesis by using elemental Photons), Bullets, Techniques, Armors (only applicable to some of them), and Monsters. They are based off the four Greek classical elements - Fire, Ground, Air (Lightning in PSU), and Water (Ice in PSU), with two additions - Light and Dark. Elements are a significant part of the gameplay in PSU. Monsters are weak to the element opposite to the one they are affiliated with, and elements also have distinct Status Effects associated with them. Since due to the use of Bullets and Techniques all weapon types are capable of using elemental attacks, this will complicate combat strategy for all classes.

Elemental Damage

In general, attacks purely of one element will deal additional damage to monsters of the opposite element, but less to monsters of the same one. The amount additional or less will be variable for Striking Weapons depending on their elemental attribute percentage. For example, if a weapon were to have an elemental attribute of 50%, then its damage could only be increased or decreased by 50%, depending on the enemy's element. For Ranged Weapons this is the same, but the elemental attribute is decided by the level of the elemental bullet inserted and the type of ranged weapon. TECHNICs have their own elemental attribute, though it is not detailed in-game, and in addition if all TECHNICs on a TECHNIC weapon are of the same element, a further elemental attribute is granted as detailed in the weapon's menu.

Elemental Properties

Element:	None	Fire	Ice	Lightning	Ground	Dark	Light
Opposite:	n/a	Ice	Fire	Ground	Lightning	Light	Dark
Status Effect:	n/a	Burn	Frost	Shock	Silence	Infection	Confusion
Photon Color:	Green	Red	Blue	Yellow	Orange	Purple	White
Photons:	Photon El-photon Im-photon	Ban-photon	Ray-photon	Zon-photon	Di-photon	Megi-photon	Gra-photon

Also See

• Bullets - Bullets and their elements
• Techniques - Techniques and their elements
• Armors - Armors and their elements
• Monsters - Monsters and their elements

External Links

• PSU-Wiki's article (Japanese)