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No Rest for the Wicked uses five elements - Fire, Ice, Lightning, Plague, and Bleed. They are used by both Cerim and their enemies.

Elemental Damage

Elemental Damage is inflicted by Elemental Attacks, Runes and consumable Bombs by both Cerim and enemies. Weapons by default deal physical damage, not elemental, and have to be infused with elements - by weapon enchantment, utility Rune, infusing a gem into it or using an oil. There are a few weapons that come with infusion by default - indicated by visual effect on the weapon, i.e. Corpse Smeared Blade is infused with Plague.

Elemental Damage is reduced by Elemental Resistances of a particular type by a percentage. Maximum damage reduction from Resistance can be 70%.

Sources

Elemental Infusions

Elemental Infusions (not to be confused with Gem Infusion) are ways to convert Physical damage of a weapon into an Elemental type. Once applied it transforms all weapon attacks and physical Runes into the given element. It does not affect Elemental Runes - these keep their default element at all times. Only one Infusion can be active at a time on one weapon - using multiple sources (like Gems and Enchantments) does not provide any added benefit, even of the same element. The active element is represented by colorful glow on the weapon and is determined by the following priority list:

Oil
Quiver
Gems
Facets
Innate

Elemental Status Effects

Elemental Damage hits inflict Status Effect Buildup on a target, represented by a colored bar under its health bar. The amount of buildup inflicted by a hit is based on damage dealt - more damage leads to filling the buildup bar faster. When the Status Buildup bar is full an additional Status Effect takes place depending on the element .

Scaling: Damage from Status Effects does not scale with damage dealt by a hit. Increases to generic damage from gear Enchantments (i.e. Damage increased by X% of Durability, Damage increased by X% for 6 seconds after Parry) or Ring of Broken Promises does not increase damage of Status Effects, only amount of buildup inflicted. Enchantments that increase specific elemental damage apply that increase to corresponding inflicted Status Effect, i.e. Lightning Damage increased by 15% on Helmet applies to chain lightning inflicted by Shock.

Damage Type	Effect	Notes
Fire	Burn deals damage over time.	When this status effect is fully built-up, it deals 25% more damage. Damage dealt is based on character level and percentage of the buildup bar, dealing most damage at full buildup.
Ice	Freeze temporarily solidifies. Physical damage will shatter frozen targets.	Shatter damage multiplies the attack by 2x.
Lightning	Shock will chain to multiple targets.
Plague	Infection temporarily gives the attacker Lifesteal.
Physical	Bleed deals damage to moving enemies.	Bleed is categorized as Physical and not Elemental.

Advanced Status Effects

Name	Combination	Effect
Searing	FireEnemies and players take damage over time when hit by Fire/Heat Damage. The damage scales with buildup. + PlagueEnemies and players are Infected when they take enough Plague damage. While Infected, healing is reduced and attackers gain 6.5% Lifesteal against the target.	Dealing Fire damage to an infected target will increase fire damage taken.
Overload	LightningEnemies and players are shocked when they take enough Lightning damage. When shocked, lightning buildup is reset and the target and its nearby allies take damage. + FireEnemies and players take damage over time when hit by Fire/Heat Damage. The damage scales with buildup.	Dealing Lightning damage to a burned target will create a powerful lightning AoE.
Fester	PlagueEnemies and players are Infected when they take enough Plague damage. While Infected, healing is reduced and attackers gain 6.5% Lifesteal against the target. + Bleed	Dealing Plague damage to a bleeding target will reduce enemy buildup recovery speed.

Elemental Resistances

Elemental Resistances reduce damage of a corresponding element by a percentage. Maximum damage reduction is 70% but exact value needed to reach that scale with character level - at level 30 a character needs 1500 of resistance value. Formula used to calculate exact damage reduction for resistances is the same one used for calculating damage reduction for physical damage from armor. A final number is calculated as the sum of values from gear multiplied by the sum of increases from rings and enchantments.

Enemies also have their own Elemental Resistances, with exact damage reduction values dependant on enemy type, i.e. Torn have high Plague resistance (around 60%) but lower Fire resistance (around 25%). Default value for most enemies seems to be around 40%.

References

[Breach_Patch_Notes-1] Breach Patch Notes

[Breach_Refined_Patch_Notes-2] Breach Refined Patch Notes