Shields and elemental damage

[JsinOwl 644]

You may have sussed this out already, but…

 

Some weapons have those colored elemental symbols to the left of the attack number. Well, that little symbol becomes important versus enemies with shields. Enemy shields are based on either Arc, Solar, or Void energy and you want to use same element to attack it. Other weapons will still strip them, but using a like element brings it down much faster. This concept will become critically important when playing with the Mythic modifier active, where using the right element becomes a necessity rather than a luxury.

 

Unfortunately, enemies don't announce what type of shield they have. You either need to know from experience or ‘poke’ them. If you hit a shielded enemy, a brief glowing nimbus of color will appear around them and as you may expect from the symbol colors:

White/Blue = Arc

Orange = Solar

Purple = Void

 

Some of the basic ones I know:

Fallen Captains – Arc

Vex Minotaurs – Void

Hive Wizards - Solar

 

[TigerBurge 2,375]

Nice post Mr. Owl

I was wondering what the elemental damage was for.

[BO7H B4RRELS 2,456]

Good stuff, thanks for posting this.