Talk:Tempest Dragon Bestalg/@comment-27335889-20160427004032/@comment-26479344-20160619161253

@Eklipz20

EWD is actually rather weak as a team buff. You're thinking of elemental re-typing which is a 1.5x flat damage boost for when extra elements are added to the team. Elemental Weakness only applies to native elements, water > fire, lightning > water, etc. and isn't reliable enough to warrant use.

For one, a lot of higher-tier content is EWD immune to prevent the stacking of elements to one-shot or quickly finish off raids/trials, etc. Secondly, if you have a well-rounded squad, you're likely to only have 1-2 units on your team (at best) that can use EWD to their advantage -- and that's banking on the enemy not being resistant or completely immune to EWD.

The reason for this is because it was severely nerfed a long time ago when Zebra/Mare ruled the Brave Frontier scene. They were allowing entire teams to use added elements as EWD and were obliterating everything they touched. EWD needs a re-work, it's too weak right now to even care about and you can't give it to elemental re-typing because it's overpowered as hell -- they'll have to find a middle ground.