2026-07-24

Elemental Debuff System: Status Effects, Synergy Chains & Damage Formula

Status durations, synergy chains, the damage formula, anti-synergy traps, and capture bonuses. The strategic reference for elemental reactions.

9 elements7 debuff statuses4 synergy chains

Element-reaction bonus is a SEPARATE damage bucket from type-chart advantage. They stack multiplicatively. A single Wet status on a Water target can double your Electric DPS.

Worked example:Electric vs Water target: type-chart ×2.0 + Soak status reaction ×2.0 = ×4.0 base damage.

Elemental status mutex

All 7 elemental statuses share ONE slot. Only one can be active at a time. Applying a new elemental status immediately replaces the current one.

Exception: Poison, Comatose, float-stun, poison gas and other non-elemental statuses are NOT bound by this rule. They can coexist with elemental statuses.

The damage formula

Element-reaction bonus is an INDEPENDENT damage bucket from type-chart advantage. They stack multiplicatively.

final = base × typeChart(2.0 / 0.5 / 1.0) × reaction(2.0 / 1.0) × global

Capture rate bonus

All 7 elemental statuses give +30% capture rate. Comatose gives +35%.

Full status & synergy list

1. Fire → Burn · 15s · DoT: % MaxHP per tick · ↑— · ↓—
2. Water → Soak · 10s · Vulnerability marker. Enables Electric, blocks Fire · ↑Electric · ↓Fire
3. Electric → Electrify · 10s · Short stun · ↑Water · ↓—
4. Ice → Freeze · 3s · Hard CC: lock + freeze animation · ↑— · ↓—
5. Ground → Muddy · 10s · Movement slow. Enables Leaf, blocks Electric · ↑Leaf · ↓Electric
6. Leaf → Ivy-Covered · 10s · Root/snare. Target cannot move · ↑Fire · ↓—
7. Dark → Blind · 4s · Disables target tracking · ↑— · ↓—
8. Dragon · —
9. Neutral · —
10. Poison · 18s · DoT. % MaxHP per tick. Applied by Dark-element skills

Cross-element synergy chains:

• Soak + Electric → 2.0× · Water skills apply Soak → the next Electric attack gains a 2.0× reaction multiplier. Bidirectional: Electric skills apply Electrify, and Water attacks vs Electrify targets also gain 2.0×.
• Electrify + Water → 2.0× · Reverse of the Wet→Electric chain. Electrical status (applied by Electric skills) acts as a vulnerability marker for incoming Water attacks. Same 2.0× multiplier.
• Ivy-Covered + Fire → 2.0× · Grass skills apply IvyCling (vines wrap the target) → Fire attacks ignite the vines for a 2.0× reaction. Vines burn away (consumed).
• Muddy + Leaf → ~2.0× · Ground skills apply Muddy → Grass attacks gain a reaction multiplier (likely 2.0×, community test pending).

Anti-synergy warnings:

• Muddy + Electric → ~0.5×? · Muddy actively REDUCES incoming Electric damage. Ground + Electric is NOT a combo. It's a trap. The exact multiplier is inferred (~0.5×?) and unverified.
• Soak + Fire → ~0.5×? · Soak actively REDUCES incoming Fire damage. Don't combo Water→Fire. The exact multiplier is inferred (~0.5×?) and unverified.