What counts as Elemental Damage?

Grim Dawn Gameplay Discussion
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Fairly new player here. As the title asks, what counts as Elemental Damage? My guess is fire, cold, lightning. What about acid?

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Only fire, cold and lightning.

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Thanks alot.

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One very important thing to be aware of with Elemental damage is the vast difference between +Elemental damage and +% Elemental damage. :smiley:

  • Elemental - Splits the amount equally between the 3 Elemental damage types. So +9 Elemental damage will give you +3 Fire, +3 Lightning and +3 Cold

+% Elemental - Gives the full +% to each damage type, so +9% Elemental give you +9% Fire, +9% Lightening and +9% Cold

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Also worth mentioning is the fact that the flat Elemental damage only applies to attacks/skills that have a Weapon Damage (WD) component to them. And that the flat damage will be modified by whatever the % WD is; 100 Elemental damage on a skill with 10% WD will give you 10 Elemental damage added. Whereas, % Elemental damage is applied globally to all sources of Elemental damage unless otherwise stated.

However, if a gear or skill modifier gives flat/% Elemental damage to a skill (e.g. “35 Chaos Damage to Fire Strike” on the Darkblaze Helm) then it will ONLY apply to that skill.