Best Weapons for: Elementals

[LargeMarge]

What weapon do you think is the best weapon for elementals? In-other-words, what is the best weapon to carry arround for fighting against Elementals?

I'm looking for a Prefix Name, Metal, Weapon Type and a Suffix Name.

For example...Icy Burst Adamantine Rapier of Greater Elemental Bane.

Try to provide some sort of reasoning to why you think your chosen weapon is the BEST.

Thanks for your help.

[wamjratl1]

Depending on build:
Finnese - WoP (currently anyways)
or banishing rapier or scimitar (depending on what ur gonna crit more with) of grtr bane
DPS - I use elemental burst dw axes on my rgr (of the opposite element from what you are fioghting obviously). A XX burst of grtr elemental bane will rock.

At higher levels vorpals can be handy too cuz ellies tend to have serious resists (like fire ellies w/ cold resist etc...)
As far as metal types I'm not sure if one is better than another for elementals. Maybe adamantine? byeshk? i dunno but someone will...

[shores11]

This is a good question because I have often wondered besides just something with elemental bane on it. Earth elementals are sure hard to hit.

[Lymnus]

Highest + Banishing of Greater Elemental Bane.
Weapon types should be rapier, scimitar, kurki, and so forth. 15-20 critters.

[LargeMarge]

Depending on build:
Finnese - WoP (currently anyways)
or banishing rapier or scimitar (depending on what ur gonna crit more with) of grtr bane
DPS - I use elemental burst dw axes on my rgr (of the opposite element from what you are fioghting obviously). A XX burst of grtr elemental bane will rock.

At higher levels vorpals can be handy too cuz ellies tend to have serious resists (like fire ellies w/ cold resist etc...)
As far as metal types I'm not sure if one is better than another for elementals. Maybe adamantine? byeshk? i dunno but someone will...

Can ellies be Vorpaled?

I guess I was looking for more DPS...but if they can be Vorpaled...even better

[Thrudh]

At higher levels vorpals can be handy too cuz ellies tend to have serious resists (like fire ellies w/ cold resist etc...)

You can vorpal elementals? I never knew that... I usually use wounding or banishing weapons on non-rednamed or Elemental Bane weapons on rednamed

[Lymnus]

This potent and feared ability allows the weapon to sever the heads of those it strikes. Upon a roll of natural 20 (followed by a successful roll to confirm the critical hit), the weapon severs the opponent’s head (if it has one) from its body. Some creatures, such as many aberrations and all oozes, have no heads. Others, such as golems and undead creatures other than vampires, are not affected by the loss of their heads. Most other creatures, however, die when their heads are cut off. A vorpal weapon must be a slashing weapon. (If you roll this property randomly for an inappropriate weapon, reroll.)

The effect doesn't specifically say elementals can't be vorpals. But, I'd assume they don't have heads.

[elraido]

If their HD are too high to banish, I found out my Wounding Bastard Sword of greater ele bane to be very usefull.

[Draccus]

If their HD are too high to banish, I found out my Wounding Bastard Sword of greater ele bane to be very usefull.

I stick to wounders as well. In quests like Rainbow in the Dark, which have a mix of elementals and planar creatures, I find I have great success banishing devils, fiendish trolls, trogs, etc. but horrible luck banishing elementals. I just wound them to death.

Post Mod9...I'm not sure

[wamjratl1]

Can ellies be Vorpaled?

I guess I was looking for more DPS...but if they can be Vorpaled...even better

Wow i don't really know actually. Fire ellies and earth ellies appear to have heads. I know you can vorpal mephits but now I'll have to find out about ellies.

[LargeMarge]

I guess I'm looking for Post Mod 9...End Game DPS weapons.

[LargeMarge]

Wow i don't really know actually. Fire ellies and earth ellies appear to have heads. I know you can vorpal mephits but now I'll have to find out about ellies.

I don't think that they can...I want to say that I tried it one time in the Reaver Raid. I kept getting 20's (with a bloodstone on) and nothing ever happened. Its been a while since I've tried it...so I could be wrong.

[talyor]

I know wounders work on elementals, but why do they work the have no blood to cause excesive blood loss. i mean really how do you wound a rock and that just earth elementals.


lol

[epochofcrepuscule]

You cannot vorpal elementals.

The best DPS weapon against them are w/p rapiers/daggers/ss-banishers work on some of them but others tend to get over the actual HD that you can banish. For names obviously, +# appropriate element + grtr elly bane.

[Comfortably]

Next mod, which I would build for, would be to have some of the group use wops, like those dex builds, then have a few str builds come up and smash their stunned teeth in!

[QuantumFX]

Post Mod 9?

Personally, I like Icy Burst <Insert favored weapon type> of Greater Elemental Bane.

Why Icy Burst? Purple Numbers on Fire Elementals and Red numbers on everything else. However I will admit that Turbine is currently adding some screwy Protection from Cold effects on elementals. (And by screwy I mean “More than the 120pts that Prots should cap out at”) But once that prot is stripped away it's a beautiful thing.

[Goldeneye]

I guess I'm looking for Post Mod 9...End Game DPS weapons.

- Greensteel - I use lightning strike, works well

[DragoonPenguin]

Next mod, which I would build for, would be to have some of the group use wops, like those dex builds, then have a few str builds come up and smash their stunned teeth in!

eles are immune to stun!!!!!!!!!! noo!!!1

[Comfortably]

eles are immune to stun!!!!!!!!!! noo!!!1

LMFAO, someone got that at last Was testing you Clam...but you still FAILFAILFAIL!!!

[Molotov]

best weapon i have for elementals is on my blunt specced wf fighter, a +5 frost maul of greater elemental bane, not sure if its the best, but its what i use when i play that character