Attributing Equipment: Difference between revisions

== Enchantment Overview ==

Elsword, like many other MMO's has a unique Elemental Enchanting System. In Elsword, elemental stones are known as Elshards, and there are seven types of them: Fire, Water, Nature, Wind, Light, Dark, and Mystery.

[[Image:Mysterysolvs.png|right]] El Shards can be found in all maps as a rare drop. It appears as a black crystal on the floor, and it is actually the Mystery El Shard. You can either collect them to get a random element enchanted or refine them by right clicking on them with an ''El Shard Mystery Solver'' (displayed on the right) in your inventory. It can be bought from Helen or any Alchemist NPC located in any town for 2000 ED.

The amount of possible enchants relies on the weapon's rarity. Typically it is two, but once weapons are level 40+, 3 elements become available.

Having element resistance decreases the chance of the element activating when you are hit by a matching elemental attack, and it also decreases the effects of said element on you(i.e. fire does less damage, dark drains less HP and MP, etc). The first armor enchantment grants 75 corresponding resistance, while the second bumps it to 110.

== How to Enchant ==

==== Guide ====

The first enchantment on a weapon requires as many Elshards as half the weapon's level. The second enchantment on a weapon requires as many Elshards as 1.5 times the weapon's level. The third enchantment on a weapon requires as many Elshards as 3 times the weapon's level. Weapons of unique rarity add 1 level to the formula.  

For example if you were to enchant a Lv40 weapon with Fire for the first time, you would require 20 Fire Elshards. If it was a unique Lv40 it would require 21 Elshards instead. For a second Enchantment, you would require 60 more Elshards.

1st enchantment [Level of equipment / 8]

 

2nd enchantment [Level of equipment * (3/8)]

 

Here is a full list of the effects of each element. There are two groups of elements; stacking and instant effect. When dual enchanting a weapon, you can only hybrid one element from each group. For example, you can mix Fire and Light, but mixing Water and Nature is impossible.

These elements' effects can be stacked up to three times each, hence the name of their group. The afflicted will have a tiny exclamation marks on top of the status effect bubble which indicate how many successful inflictions have been inflicted; for example if a weapon has 3 fire slots and inflicts thrice successfully within each infliction's timeframe, there will be 3 tiny exclamation marks on the bubble and the burn deals 180% of the weapon's attack power over 10 seconds.

'''Weapon Attack = Magic Attack + Physical Attack (Does not include upgrades)'''

Fire drastically deals DoT (damage over time). Its effect can be stacked up to three times. Increasing its enchantment level raises its chance of effect, and the potency of damage it deals. Fire is the perfect damage addition when up against enemies with massive amounts of health. Although deadly in PvP, most players enchant their armor with Fire for resistance against it. Fire works especially well with fast attacking characters and high base attack power, like [[Elsword]] and [[Dark Mage|Dark Magicians]]. Ever since the Element Revamp, Fire can now kill.

Blaze (Lv1) 5% Chance of Effect

Stacked 1 Time: Deals 30% of the weapon's attack power over 10 seconds.

Stacked 2 Times: Deals 45% of the weapon's attack power over 10 seconds.

Stacked 3 Times: Deals 60% of the weapon's attack power over 10 seconds.

Master Blaze (Lv2) 8% Chance of Effect

Stacked 1 Time: Deals 60% of the weapon's attack power over 10 seconds.

Stacked 2 Times: Deals 90% of the weapon's attack power over 10 seconds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

==== [[Image:IceELSTONE.png]]  Water (Freezing) ====

Water drastically decreases movement speed, and lowers the enemy's defense stats. Its effect can be stacked up to three times. Increasing its enchantment level highly raises its chance of effect, and the amount of time the effects lasts for. Water makes it impossible for opponents to escape in PvP, making cutting through the heaviest of armors like paper possible. Water works especially well with characters that require trapping, like [[Sniping Ranger|Sniping Rangers]] and [[High Mage|High Magicians]].

 

 

 

Stacked 1 Time: Lowers movement speed by 30%, and lowers defense by 30% for 10 seconds.

 

Stacked 2 Times: Lowers movement speed by 45%, and lowers defense by 45% for 10 seconds.

 

Stacked 3 Times: Lowers movement speed by 60%, and lowers defense by 60% for 10 seconds.

 

 

 

 

Stacked 2 Times: Lowers movement speed by 45%, and lowers defense by 45% for 13 seconds.

 

Stacked 3 Times: Lowers movement speed by 60%, and lowers defense by 60% for 13 seconds.

 

 

 

Stacked 1 Time: Lowers movement speed by 30%, and lowers defense by 30% for 17 seconds.

 

 

 

==== [[Image:PoisonELSTONE.png]]  Nature (Poisoning) ====

Nature slightly decreases attack speed, and deals slight DoT (damage over time). Its effect can be stacked up to three times. Increasing its enchantment level raises its chance of effect, and the potency of damage it deals. Although not as strong as Fire, the reduced attack speed makes it a good compromise for PvP. Yet many players have an absolute resistance to Nature by now, because it nullifies the threat of getting poisoned, after the time counter ends in the "Contaminated Areas Tunnels". Nature works especially well with fast attacking characters with high base attack power, like [[Elsword]] and [[Dark Mage|Dark Magicians]]. Like Fire, Nature can also kill.

 

 

 

Stacked 1 Time: Deals 20% of the weapon's attack power over 10 seconds. Lowers Attack speed by 8% for 10 seconds.

 

Stacked 2 Times: Deals 30% of the weapon's attack power over 10 seconds. Lowers Attack speed by 12% for 10 seconds.

 

Stacked 3 Times: Deals 40% of the weapon's attack power over 10 seconds. Lowers Attack speed by 16% for 10 seconds.

 

 

Master Poison (Lv2) 8% Chance of Effect

 

Stacked 1 Time: Deals 45% of the weapon's attack power over 10 seconds. Lowers Attack speed by 8% for 10 seconds.

 

Stacked 2 Times: Deals 67% of the weapon's attack power over 10 seconds. Lowers Attack speed by 12% for 10 seconds.

 

Stacked 3 Times: Deals 90% of the weapon's attack power over 10 seconds. Lowers Attack speed by 16% for 10 seconds.

 

 

 

 

Stacked 2 Times: Deals 101% of the weapon's attack power over 10 seconds. Lowers Attack speed by 12% for 10 seconds.

 

Stacked 3 Times: Deals 135% of the weapon's attack power over 10 seconds. Lowers Attack speed by 16% for 10 seconds.

These elements' effects only work once each time they occur, hence the name of their group.

==== [[Image:WindELSTONE.png]]   Wind (Piercing) ====

Wind ignores the enemy's defense, and deals 40% more damage. This also applies when an enemy is knocked down. When an attack activates Wind, the [[Knockdown|knockdown value]] for that attack becomes 0. Increasing the enchantment level raises the chance of effect. This enchantment works well on characters with high damage multipliers like [[Elsword]], [[Rena]], and [[Raven]]. Combined with a high critical hit ratio, the raw power of Wind is a force to be reckoned with.

Master Piercing (Lv2) 12% Chance of Effect

==== [[Image:LightELSTONE.png]]   Light (Petrifying) ====

Light petrifies enemies, making them vulnerable to attacks for a short period of time. Increasing its level of enchantment raises its chance of effect, and the amount of time enemies are petrified. In dungeons, Shock's effect will reset monsters' hit counter after it wears off, allowing for longer combos before knocking them down. Being petrified is similar to having Super Armour. Light works especially well with high one-hit attackers like [[Sniping Ranger|Sniping Rangers]], [[High Mage|High Magicians]], and [[Code Exotic|Code Exotics]]. Also good for [[Lord Knight|Lord Knights]]. However, victims of petrification gain a 10% defense boost for the duration. (Both Physical and Magical Defense apply)

Shock (Lv1) 5% Chance of Effect, petrifies enemies for 2 seconds. Petrified enemies gain 10% defense.

Master Shock (Lv2) 8% Chance of Effect, petrifies enemies for 2.5 seconds. Petrified enemies gain 10% defense.

Triple Master Shock (Lv3) 10% Chance of Effect, petrifies enemies for 3 seconds. Petrified enemies gain 10% defense.

==== [[Image:DarkELSTONE.png]]  Dark (Plagued) ====

Dark drains a certain amount of HP and MP from enemies. Increasing its level of enchantment raises its chance of effect, and the amount of HP and MP it drains. Dark works especially well with characters that have multiple hit moves, like [[Magic Knight|Magic Knights]], [[Dark Mage|Dark Magicians]], and [[Code Architecture|Code Architectures]]. Dark is also very useful for [[Sword Taker|Sword Takers]], as they need to maintain [[Victory of Confidence|over 90% HP]] to dish out maximum damage.

Snatch (Lv1) 5% Chance of Effect, drains 20% of the weapon's attack power as HP and 10 MP.

Master Snatch (Lv2) 8% Chance of Effect, drains 40% of the weapon's attack power as HP and 20 MP.

Triple Master Snatch (Lv3) 10% Chance of Effect, drains 60% of the weapon's attack power as HP and 30 MP.

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==Element Stones==

 

Rare Element Stones that give various degrees of double enchantment per use.

These are obtainable from events and potentially Ice Burners.

| Fire Enchantment Stone

| Water Enchantment Stone

| Nature Enchantment Stone

| Wind Enchantment Stone

| Light Enchantment Stone

| Dark Enchantment Stone

| Wind-Fire Enchantment Stone

| Light-Fire Enchantment Stone

| Dark-Fire Enchantment Stone

| Wind-Water Enchantment Stone

| Light-Water Enchantment Stone

| Dark-Water Enchantment Stone

| Wind-Nature Enchantment Stone

| Light-Nature Enchantment Stone

| Dark-Nature Enchantment Stone