Why is there so much Elemental Damage in the Ancestral Legacy

[Grandork]

It's basically impossible to make a Physical Build in the Ancestral Legacy. Wtf.

[satan.couture]

Shadow is physical if you want to go there. Otherwise you're stuck with generic nodes and light/shield bubbles.

[Enjoyluck]

ice aura is prety good for survibility enemys dont attack almost LOL

[Ishiga]

"Physical" damage isn't a thing in this game. The problem is the devs have neglected their knowledgebase feature entirely this whole time and nothing is properly explained in the game outside of tooltip popups and tutorial windows.

[Ajax Thy Knight]

Physical Build, I'm laughing considering they absolutely gutted the only decent physical build, being 'The Most Powerful' Reapers. Its a shame but what can you do. devs love magic and despise big non dot/elemental builds.

[ninakoru]

Around Shadow are some raw-damage related stuff, around ice, there are some nice ranged/projectiles stuff. Yeah that's a minor? issue, the majority of the ancestral tree is elemental related.

Originally posted by Ajax Thy Knight:

Physical Build, I'm laughing considering they absolutely gutted the only decent physical build, being 'The Most Powerful' Reapers. Its a shame but what can you do. devs love magic and despise big non dot/elemental builds.

Well, I have two physical builds, one with most powerful, both perform over 20m DPS, so... not sure about that, you may need to work a bit harder, don't expect most powerful carries your way entirely.

[Grandork]

Originally posted by ninakoru:

Around Shadow are some raw-damage related stuff, around ice, there are some nice ranged/projectiles stuff. Yeah that's a minor? issue, the majority of the ancestral tree is elemental related.

Originally posted by Ajax Thy Knight:

Physical Build, I'm laughing considering they absolutely gutted the only decent physical build, being 'The Most Powerful' Reapers. Its a shame but what can you do. devs love magic and despise big non dot/elemental builds.

Well, I have two physical builds, one with most powerful, both perform over 20m DPS, so... not sure about that, you may need to work a bit harder, don't expect most powerful carries your way entirely.

It's weird that there's no way to reach deep into the tree without picking elemental related stuff.

[Tahl]

Originally posted by Grandork:

It's basically impossible to make a Physical Build in the Ancestral Legacy. Wtf.

Its a perspective issue, at least for now.
There is no physical damage.
'Skill damage' is made up of raw(mostly on gear) and reaper dmg. Specific reapers have elemental damage but ALL reapers have skills dmg contribution.
Elemental damage here isnt a standalone thing. Its kinda like crit. You dont run 1 dmg with a crit build, you stack crit ontop of normal dmg to get more out of it.
Elemental damage seems to follow the same rules. If you have access to some, buff it for more value. If not, meh.