The Fastest Element

[Regyptic]

Upped Aether

Turn	Draw	Play	Damage	Cumulative
1	5 Aether Towers 2 Ball Lightning	5 Aether Towers Ball Lightning	5	5
2	Fractal	Ball Lightning Fractal(>Ball Lightning) 7xBall Lightning	8*5=40	45
3	Electrocutor	Electrocutor	5	50
4	Fractal	Ball Lightining Fractal(>Ball Lightning) 8xBall Lightning	9*5+5=50	100

4 turns for Aether going first. Pretty sure the quanta works out right.

[rob77dp]

Alright, I see in the table that Aether has a 7-turn non-complete kill... I have a 7-turn full-kill Aether solution to share, below.

Unupped Aether

Turn	Draw	Play	Damage	Cumulative	Quanta Pool
01	Aether Pillar x6, Lobo	Aether Pillar x6	0	0	7 Aether
02	Phase Spider	Spider, Lobo	9	9	8 Aether
03	Phase Spider	Spider	13	22	12 Aether
04	Fractal	Fractal (Spider), Discard Spider	13	35	7 Aether
05	Aether Pillar	Pillar, Spider x2	21	56	9 Aether
06	Aether Pillar	Pillar, Spider x3	33	89	9 Aether
07	Lightning	Lightning, Spider x2	46	135	10 Aether

Edited per CuCN comment below... because I did somehow forgot to add Mark quanta production.

Did you forget quanta from the mark?

Upped Aether

Turn	Draw	Play	Damage	Cumulative	Quanta Pool
01	Aether Tower x5, BL x2	Towers, BL x1	5	5	11 Aether
02	Fractal	BL x1 > Fractal (BL) > BL x7	40	45	6 Aether
03	Phase Recluse	Phase Recluse	7	52	9 Aether
04	Fractal	BL x1 > Fractal (BL) > BL x8	52	104	6 Aether

[CuCN]

Did you forget quanta from the mark?

[majofa]

Unupped Aether

Turn	Draw	Play	Damage	Cumulative
1	6 Aether Pillar Phase Spider	6 Aether Pillar	0	0
2	Lobotomizer	Phase Spider Lobotomizer	4 + 5 = 9	9
3	Phase Spider	Phase Spider	4x2 + 5 = 13	22
4	Fractal	Fractal(>Phase Spider) Discard(Phase Spider)	4x2 + 5 = 13	35
5	Aether Pillar	Aether Pillar 2x Phase Spider	4x4 + 5 = 21	56
6	Spark	3x Phase Spider Spark	4x7 + 5 + 3 = 36	92
7	Lightning	2x Phase Spider Lightning	4x9 + 5 + (5) = 46	138

[Kakerlake]

Unupped Aether

Turn	Draw	Damage	Cumulative
1	7 Aether Pillar	0	0
2	Nymph	7	7
3	PU or Nymph	7x2 = 14	21
4	PU or Nymph	7x3 = 21	42
5	PU or Nymph	7x4 = 28	70
6	PU or Nymph	7x5 = 35	105

Unupped Light
(mark of Air)

Turn	Draw	Play	Damage	Cumulative
1	6 Pillar, Peggy	Pillars	0	0
2	Blessing	Peggy	3	3
3	Glory	Glory, Blessing, Dive	6x2 +7 = 19	22
4	Blessing	Blessing, Dive	9x2 +7 = 25	47
5	Photon	Photon, Dive	9x2 +7 +1 = 26	73
6	Photon	Photon, Dive	9x2 +7 +2 = 27	100

[Regyptic]

Upped Aether

Turn	Draw	Play	Damage	Cumulative	Quanta Pool
01	Aether Tower x5, BL x2	Towers, BL x1	5	5	11 Aether
02	Fractal	BL x1 > Fractal (BL) > BL x7	40	45	6 Aether
03	Phase Recluse	Phase Recluse	7	52	9 Aether
04	Fractal	BL x1 > Fractal (BL) > BL x8	52	104	6 Aether

Phase Recluse costs 4 meaning you only have 8 quanta next turn and can't play Fractal.

I've found a slight improvement to the one I posted.

Upped Aether

Turn	Draw	Play	Damage	Cumulative	Quanta
1	5 Aether Towers Phase Salvager Ball Lightning	5 Aether Towers Phase Salvager	6	6	10
2	Fractal	Ball Lightning Fractal(>Ball Lightning) 7xBall Lightning	8*5=40	46	6
3	Electrocutor	Electrocutor	5	51	9
4	Fractal	Ball Lightining Fractal(>Ball Lightning) 8xBall Lightning	9*5+5=50	101	6

It turns out Phase Salvagers do have a use - 1 damage overkill!

[rob77dp]

Upped Time (5.125)

Turn	Draw	Play	Damage	Cumulative	Quanta Pool
1	Time Tower x6, Ghost(uu) x1	Towers#1-6, Ghost(uu)#1	7*1=7	0+7=7	0+13-6=7
2	Ghost(U)#1	Ghost(U)#1	7*1+9*1=16	7+16=23	7-7+7=7
3	Ghost(U)#2	Ghost(U)#2	7*1+9*2=25	23+25=48	7-7+7=7
4	Ghost(U)#3	Ghost(U)#3	7*1+9*3=34	48+34=82	7-7+7=7
5	Ghost(U)#4	Ghost(U)#4	7*1+9*4=43	82+43=125	7-7+7=7

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Upped Fire (4.118)

Turn	Draw	Play	Damage	Cumulative	Quanta Pool
1	Burning Tower x2, MP x1, Crema x2, Destroyer x2	Tower(2) >MP >Crema(2) >Destroyer(2)	7*2=14	0+14=14	9
2	Seraph(U)	act-Destroyer(2), Serpah(U)	9*2+12=30	14+30=44	3
3	Fahrenheit(U)	Fahrenheit(U)	9*2+12+5=35	44+35=79	3
4a	MP#2	MP#2	9*2+12+5+4=39	79+39=118	4
4b	Fire Lance ('cuz theyz kuhl!)	Lance	9*2+12+(5+1)+3=39	79+39=118	5

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Spoiler for I think I can improve just a SLIGHT BIT on your Unupped FIRE, majofa:

Unupped Fire

Turn	Draw	Play	Damage	Cumulative
1	5 Burning Pillar Ash Eater Immolation	5 Burning Pillar	0	0
2	Crimson Dragon	Ash Eater(Immolation) Crimson Dragon	12 = 12	12
3	Fahrenheit	Fahrenheit	12 + 6 = 18	30
4	Crimson Dragon	Crimson Dragon	12x2 + 5 = 29	59
5	Lava Golem	Lava Golem	12x2 + 5 + 5 = 34	93
6	Phoenix	Lava Golem(Growth) Phoenix	12x2 + 5 + 7 +7 = 43	136

Can it get any faster?
And I believe this moves Fire into 2nd place for unupped monos with no RNG or Shards.

Unupped Fire (6.138)

Turn	Draw	Play	Damage	Cumulative	Quanta Pool
1	Burning Pillar x7	Pillars (7)	0	0	8 =0+8
2	Fahrenheit(uu)	Fahrenheit(uu)	(4+2)=6	0+6=6	13 =8-3+8
3	Crimson Dragon#1	Dragon#1	(4+2)+12=18	6+18=24	11 =13-10+8
4	Crimson Dragon#2	Dragon#2	(4+1)+12*2=29	24+29=53	9 =11-10+8
5	Seraph(uu)	Seraph(uu)	(4+1)+12*2+10=39	53+39=92	8 =9-9+8
6	Phoenix	Phoenix	(4+1)+12*2+10+7=46	92+46=138	9 =8-7+8

[majofa]

Unupped Aether

Turn	Draw	Play	Damage	Cumulative
1	7 Aether Pillar	7 Aether Pillar	0	0
2	Turquoise Nymph	Turquoise Nymph	7 = 7	7
3	Turquoise Nymph	Turquoise Nymph	7x2 = 14	21
4	Turquoise Nymph	Turquoise Nymph	7x3 = 21	42
5	Spark	N/A	7x3 = 21	63
6	Fractal	Fractal(>Spark)	7x3 + 3x8 = 45	108

Found 3 more damage.