#Fire vs Ice vs Lightning vs Earth

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azure latch
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I have found hard which type of wizard should I go for when it comes to elements and tried all the spells
going from fangs to cold_snap to ignite and burst and specially static and discharge many spells many combos

But still having trouble what should I specialize
On one hand I would like to go cold for more damage focus on a single creature since lightning tends to hop around creatures
but lightning is really good with multiple mobs
and fang/spike spells are great for area and targetting multiple creatures in a space

Fire is just chaos lol

So let me know what is your experience and what you think its better

unkempt laurel
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You’re on Ars Omega. Just use Divine Smite.

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With the staff, of course.

azure latch
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we dont have omega lol

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my brain just thouth of omega as normal noveau

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we do have glyph and elemental though

jagged kernel
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They all have their merits, but if i had to place them on a ranking and describe them:

4: 🪨 Earth is sadly the worst of the 4, as poison is a commonly resisted status. It is still good, but sometimes being a blockshaper feels more earth mage than the actual earth mage. Doesnt help a lot of the glyphs are overpriced (cough cough spike). Can be pretty good though, it just has nothing on the others. Also, bring a backup damage spell for spiders, as poison does not work on them. I recommend a spike setup
3: 🔥 Fire is a pretty big step up from earth. Fire is still resisted quite a bit, but unlike poison resist, a lot of fire resistant mobs can still be ignited for flare shenanigans. It hits hard, and can do some amazing area denial.
2: This is a very close choice, but i would have to say ☁️ Air is second best. Lightning is used in quite a few powerful nukes, lightning is a great glyph, it can BULLY mekasuits and other energy based armours if you have Ars Elemental, and in general Air glyphs can easily incapacitate and crowd up enemies for massive group damage. The single target is also amazing.
1: 🌊 Water is the best element in my opinion. Big damage, slows enemies, and can do some crazy stuff. shapers_focus is especially good with Water, as each cold snap particle propagates the spell, allowing for some serious power.

All of them are good, but this is my personal ranking!

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however the best focus is probably shapers_focus, no contest

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by the way, Fire, Air, and Water all have threads which setup their "nuke" glyph (thread of kindling, shocking, and freezing respectivly), but earth doesnt have one for poison

Just found out Thread of Spores exists, which is a thread that poisons! Still not enough to redeem earth but at least it exists

azure latch
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I would have to agree with you ^

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i was thinking the same

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i do like my lightnign is funny to nuke thigns out with lightning split and walls lol

slate bluff
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aka just spam earth stuff and one of the cheapest damage glyphs does good damage

azure latch
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I usually use earth but for building stuff alongside the green familiar whose name i forget right now

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but question is fangs earth?

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or what is fangs precisely

unkempt laurel
slate bluff
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it says what "school" it is when holding shift

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the esence also shows

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but

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spike (dollar store fangs)

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is earth