Whats the "best" element?

[7wavemaster]

This is pretty self evident.  And if you can please post down below why your favorite element is *blank*.  So we can all know whats your favorite element .

[jmdt]

 

[Sir Valimont]

I will have to go with  for now. I like it because it complements the most other elements well, and it stands alone decently. It has great creature control, plus a damage spell, plus purify, all of which are awesome for a deck. Plus it has decent creatures. And lobotomize / poison with Shard of Readiness or a paired element. Nice and well rounded.

[Kuroaitou]

Although my favorite element is pretty apparent, I think we already two of these topics available...

Favorite Element:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,6472.0.html

'Worst' Element:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,7013.0.html

[Daytripper]

My favourite element is *blank* and I voted for earth.

There is really no ''worst element.'' I suspect people all like aether and entropy because of their disruptions/shieldings. Life, fire and earth are popular for fast damage. Earth has many trick cards as well. Then some people like death and water for poison/killing or freezing. Gravity has the otyugh+high damage blocking. Light can heal and has the ROL strategy. Darkness has denial. Air has the FFQ and olw's eye. And..everybody has at some point needed the hourglass for time. The pharaoh can also work as an alternative FFQ and recently we picked up these scorpions...

So I have used cards from almost every element..except light. Light is a bit defensive and SoGs are an easy substitute for healing. If I had to pick, then worst is light. Obviously it is not that bad. ROL is even strong, though a few counter cards can ruin it if you're prepped.

[Higurashi]

Gravity needs serious help. Unupped monogravity fails so much it's not even funny, and even upped has major problems. Momentum is useful and all, but Gravity can't stand on its own legs. It really needs more damage reduction to help with its relative slowness. Not saying support elements suck. It just seems very lackluster to me.

Aether remains my favourite, because it's the Element of the divine and the unobtainable. To me, that translates into trying to transcend into that state. It embodies wisdom and an eternal quest for improvement to me. It's also the Element of the stars, and I've always been known as the dreamer who looks up into that vast expanse of a starlit sky and becomes filled with a great calmness.

[xdude]

My favourite element is *blank* and I voted for earth.

There is really no ''worst element.'' I suspect people all like aether and entropy because of their disruptions/shieldings. Life, fire and earth are popular for fast damage. Earth has many trick cards as well. Then some people like death and water for poison/killing or freezing. Gravity has the otyugh+high damage blocking. Light can heal and has the ROL strategy. Darkness has denial. Air has the FFQ and olw's eye. And..everybody has at some point needed the hourglass for time. The pharaoh can also work as an alternative FFQ and recently we picked up these scorpions...

So I have used cards from almost every element..except light. Light is a bit defensive and SoGs are an easy substitute for healing. If I had to pick, then worst is light. Obviously it is not that bad. ROL is even strong, though a few counter cards can ruin it if you're prepped.

WUT? Light is the element, which, at least unupped, is faster and more consistent than adrena rush and shriek rush. So, again, WUT?

[Daytripper]

WUT? Light is the element, which, at least unupped, is faster and more consistent than adrena rush and shriek rush. So, again, WUT?

It is no coincidence that immediately a master of light steps up to the defence! Now, I did not say any element is really ''bad,'' though someone seems to be disagreeing about gravity... Indeed I do not use gravity, I would only use gravity pulll, gravity shield, oty and the pulverizer, which needs it. It seems that you don't really need light cards if you don't want to... Then take the pulverizer, eternity, otyugh, the corner stonesof some decks.

But then, how do you light rush someone? Pegasus is the only midrange attacker. And you need to fuel it with air all the time. How do you outrace 6 graboids, 6 golems and 3 shriekers . Or 6 antlions instead? Earth can field 18 units, if you really want to.

I do not have anything against light, I might even have played it, if I had had the cards. For me it is gravity/earth/time and rainbow now, and on my journey through elements I found no way to connect with light at any time. I know such decks exist, I have just been looking in other directions. Blame the 1500 cost for upgrades...

[xdude]

http://elementswiki.co.cc/articles/turns-to-win-study-compilation-by-jdmt/

[Daytripper]

Those are no brainer decks... And I would argue it is not best to use 6 shriekers in earth. 

You can see the light deck has 6 blessings in it and only 9 creatures. That's why I wouldn't call it a creature rush, but I guess you could. A creauture rush can still go on, if half the units get killed.

Beating AI3 may be simple, but that is not what I'm concerned with. No, use 6 graboids, 6 golems, and throw in a couple of reverse times and basislik bloods.. It is not only fast but you might also stay alive if it gets tough. I've haymakered plenty of those light decks... You just cast a few spells on the blessed pegasuses.

So that is why I think plain light is defensive. You hang buffs on yourself that may not work, and you heal yourself... It gives the opponent a totally free game. It can't attack an enemy creature in any way, it doesn't target any permas. That is why a lot of rainbow decks borrow cards from entropy, aether, gravity, fire, earth and time.

Here's something:

''The trials listed have been tested for only 50 games but should be fairly accurate for determining deck speed.''

Shrieker Rush: 7.688 turns to win,
Mono Light Blessed Pegasus Rush: 7.300
 
You cannot really make much of a claim based on 1/3 turn... Especially not with only 50 games and a crude earth deck to compare. I would never use 6 shriekers, not even elite shriekers.

Anyway I might try that some time, but the AI3 was not really my point. I was more talking about earth VS light. Ah well, enough from me for now..Keep voting guys.

[guolin]

I love that Water is tied with Darkness for the most votes. Epic.

I voted Other for "worst" element because Mono-Other is lackluster.

[7wavemaster]

Although my favorite element is pretty apparent, I think we already two of these topics available...

Favorite Element:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,6472.0.html

'Worst' Element:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,7013.0.html

If this is true im sorry for copying.   But i never found a similar thread.