Elemental Gems Question ?

[CptnSpandex]

So i know obviously that there are plenty of weapons with elemental attack at various power levels already in the game but my question is if i use a flat stat bow with no elemental can you gem for say fire attack and still get the fire attack to proc ?.

[Linnéa]

No you need to have a weapon equip that carries some kind of elemental stat already. gems don't give any if there is none.

[CptnSpandex]

So you can make an already elemental weapon stronger but if you have a flat damage weapon with no elemental you will just do flat damage and i gather you then just use attack gems instead. The reason im asking this is because i see build videos on youtube with people using a rampage weapon and on their build they are stacking elemental gems ????.

[Bort]

Lots of options. Attack up, weakness exploit, critical up, various coatings. More for ranged weapons, I don't play them so I'm not as familiar.

[CptnSpandex]

But i mean why are they stacking fire attack and dragon attack gems with a rampage weapon ?

[archonsod]

Originally posted by CptnSpandex:

So you can make an already elemental weapon stronger but if you have a flat damage weapon with no elemental you will just do flat damage and i gather you then just use attack gems instead.

Depends on the weapon. If the weapon has a decent natural affinity (40% for example) then boosting affinity might be more useful than attack - with 2 Critical Eye the weapon hits 50% affinity meaning half of your attacks (assuming you can aim) will benefit from +25% damage. Add 2 levels of Attack Boost on the other hand and you're only getting +6 damage to all attacks.

[Bum]

if you have a flat weapon with no element you can maybe add an element with ramp up

[4thQueen]

Originally posted by CptnSpandex:

But i mean why are they stacking fire attack and dragon attack gems with a rampage weapon ?

You can put elemental damage on Rampage weapons with their Ramp-Up skills.