Elemental Damage Boost

Elemental Damage Boost

Buff ID	55
Passive ID	50

Elemental Damage Boost (also known as Elemental Weakness Damage or EWD for short) buffs and passives are boosts to damage upon dealing damage to an enemy of the opposing element to the attacking unit. It is one of three multiplicative damage bonuses, with the other two being Spark Boost and Critical Damage Boost.

The base value of Elemental Weakness Damage starts at 150%, assuming no other resistances are in effect. This will always take in effect as long as the unit is dealing any form of advantageous damage, including elemental buffs. This is represented by big numbers that appear when dealing advantageous damage.

All bonuses to elemental damage stack additively. Unlike critical damage, elemental damage does not have a cap. Additionally, any resistance applied to elemental weakness damage is always subtractive to the bonus value instead of multiplicative.

Damage becomes halved if the unit is dealing disadvantageous damage, which is represented by small numbers upon dealing damage.

Of particular note is that Base Element Resistance only applies if the unit is naturally weak to the target element, in the same way that buffed elemental weakness damage only applies in that situation.

1 Interactions with Elemental Paradigm
2 Interactions with Shield Buffs
3 Examples of Application
4 Formula
5 In-Game Descriptions
6 Relevant Links

Interactions with Elemental Paradigm

If the conditions for Paradigm 3 are met, all Elemental Damage Boost effects will have their buff durations extended by 1 turn.

Interactions with Shield Buffs

Shields, such as from units like Tridon, have elements of their own, including weaknesses and resistances. As such, earth shields take additional damage from fire elements and less damage from thunder elements until the shield buff wears off.

Units with any element of the Shield buff do not change their attacking elements.

Examples of Application

Spirit Conjurer Astrid equipped with Heaven's Edge contains all Added Elements, as well as the 100% elemental damage boost from the sphere.
- If hitting a Fire enemy, Astrid will utilize all Elemental Damage bonuses from Heaven's Edge, applying 250% (150% base + 100% from Heaven's Edge) elemental damage to it. This is due to Astrid's element being Water, being advantageous over Fire.
- If hitting a non-Fire enemy, Astrid will only utilize the base Elemental Damage bonus, applying only 150% as opposed to 250% from the previous example. This is due to Astrid's element being Water, which is hitting elements that are not disadvantageous to Water.

Formula

In-Game Descriptions

Buff	Namespaced ID	In-Game Description
Fire Dmg Up	`DESC_BUFF_FIREDMGUP`	Boosts Fire elemental damage.
Water Dmg Up	`DESC_BUFF_WATERMDGUP`	Boosts Water elemental damage.
Earth Dmg Up	`DESC_BUFF_EARTHDMGUP`	Boosts Earth elemental damage.
Thunder Dmg Up	`DESC_BUFF_THUNDERDMGUP`	Boosts Thunder elemental damage.
Light Dmg Up	`DESC_BUFF_LIGHTDMGUP`	Boosts Light elemental damage.
Dark Dmg Up	`DESC_BUFF_DARKDMGUP`	Boosts Dark elemental damage.

Relevant Links

Active and Passive Effects in the Brave Frontier series
Brave Frontier
Attacks	Regular Damage • Random Target Damage • Lifesteal Damage • Proportional Damage • Fixed Damage • Multi-element Damage • Non-Lethal Proportional Damage • HP-scaled Damage • Piercing Proportional Damage • BB-scaled Damage • Consecutive Damage • Element Squad-scaled Damage • Element Target Damage • Piercing Damage • Negative HP-scaled Damage
Recovery	Healing: Burst Healing • Gradual Healing • Heal when attacked • Heal on Spark • HP Absorption • HC Efficacy • Heal on Enemy Defeat • Heal on Battle Won Revive: Revive • Chance Revive • Guaranteed KO Resistance • Chance KO Resistance Status / Debuff Prevention: Status Cure • Status Negation • Parameter Reduction Negation • Effect Negation
BB Gauge	Burst BB Gauge Fill • Gradual BB Gauge Boost • BB Gauge Refill • BC Efficacy • BC Fill when attacked • BC Fill on Spark • BC Fill on Guard • BC Fill on Enemy Defeat • BC Fill on Battle End • BC Fill when attacking • BC Cost Reduction • BB Gauge Consumption Reduction • BC Fill when attacked while guarding • BC Fill after taking damage • BC Fill after dealing damage • BC Fill after receiving HC
Parameters	Parameter Boost • Elemental Parameter Boost • Type Parameter Boost • Self Parameter Boost • Parameter Conversion • Self Parameter Conversion • Max HP Boost • Self Max HP Boost • Attack Boost on Status Afflicted Foes • HP-conditional Parameter Boost • Parameter Boost for First X Turns • BB-conditional Parameter Boost • Element Squad-based Parameter Boost • Gender Parameter Boost • Flat Parameter Boost • Parameter Boost based on HP remaining • Turn-based Parameter Boost • Break Atk Parameter Limit • Break HP Parameter Limit
Ailments & Debuffs	Status Ailments: Poison • Weakness • Sickness • Injury • Curse • Paralysis Special Effects: Status Infliction Added to Attack • Status Counter • Status Infliction on Critical Debuffs: Parameter Reduction • Parameter Reduction Added to Attack • Parameter Reduction Counter • Max HP Reduction • Critical & Elemental Damage Vulnerability • BB Gauge Reduction • Drop Rate Reduction • BC Efficacy Reduction • Active Healing Reduction • Passive Healing Reduction • HC Efficacy Reduction • OD Gauge Reduction • DoT • Piercing DoT • BB Atk Reduction • Leader Skill Lock • Sphere Lock • Extra Skill Lock • Gradual BC Drain • Turn Skip • Time Stop • KO Resistance Negation • Doom • Amnesia • Ennui • Inflict Effect when attacked
Damage Boosts	Spark Damage: Spark Boost • Self Spark Boost • Spark Boost based on HP • Spark Vulnerability • Spark Critical • Elemental Spark Boost • Spark Boost for First X Turns Critical Damage: Critical Damage Boost • Elemental Critical Damage Boost Elemental Damage: Elemental Damage Boost Normal Attack: Hit Count Boost • AoE Normal Attack Miscellaneous: BB Atk Boost • BB Atk Boost based on HP • Ignore Defense • Added Elements • Extra Action • Brave Burst Recast • Martyr
Defensive Effects	Damage Mitigation: Damage Mitigation • Elemental Mitigation • Guard Mitigation • DoT Mitigation • Specific Damage Mitigation • Chance Mitigation • Damage Reduction to 1 • Elemental Mitigation for First X Turns • Normal Attack Mitigation Damage Resistance • Ignore Defense Negation • Barrier • Damage Counter • Taunt • Stealth • Shield • Evasion • Final Charge
Raid	Raid Healing • Raid Parameter Boost • Raid Boss Reveal • Raid Teleport • Raid Flee • Raid Damage Mitigation • Raid Item Drop Rate Boost
Other	Drop Rate: BC Drop Rate • HC Drop Rate • Zel/Karma/Item Drop Rate • HP-conditional Drop Rate Boost OD Gauge: Instant OD Fill • OD Gauge Fill Rate • Gradual OD Fill Player Boosts: Player EXP Boost • Summoner EXP Boost • ABP & CBP Boost Conditional Effects: Conditional Effect after taking damage • Conditional Effect after dealing damage • Conditional Effect after receiving BC • Conditional Effect after receiving HC • Conditional Effect after sparking • Conditional Effect on Guard • Conditional Effect on Critical • Conditional Effect after Overdriving • Conditional Effect based on HP Added Effects: Added Effect based on HP • Added Effect to Brave Burst • Added Effect to Leader Skill Enemy Exclusive: Element Shift • Buff Removal • Summon Unit • Retire • Damage Immunity • OD Gauge Reduction Miscellaneous: Target Chance Boost • HP-conditional Target Chance Boost • Effect Occurrence Shift • Increased Brave Burst Activation Chance • Effect Purge • Effect Duration Boost • Instant Synergy Gauge Fill • Refill Consumable Items • Mana Bubble Shield Unavailable: Ignore Sphere Combination Rules