Elements and weapon types

The seven elements

Every unit, weapon, armor and enemy has an element. Six of them form two groups:

Element	Strong against	Weak against
Fire	Wind	Water
Wind	Earth	Fire
Earth	Water	Wind
Water	Fire	Earth
Holy	Dark	Dark
Dark	Holy	Holy
Non-element	Nothing	Nothing

Fire, Wind, Earth and Water form a circle: Fire beats Wind, Wind beats Earth, Earth beats Water, Water beats Fire.
Holy and Dark hit each other hard both ways. A Holy unit deals big damage to Dark enemies, and takes big damage from them.
Non-element units (also called Neutral or Void) have no advantage and no weakness.

Hitting an enemy with the element it is weak to shows Weakness and deals much more damage. The other way round, your unit takes much more damage.

Before a quest, look at the enemies' element on the quest screen and bring units that beat it. Every event page in Quests & Events lists the bosses.

Matching elements on gear

A unit gets a stat bonus from weapons and armor of its own element. This works for every element, including Non-element gear on Non-element units. When two pieces of gear are close, pick the one that matches.

Weapon types

Each unit uses one weapon type and can only equip weapons of that type.

Weapon	Attack type	Guard or charge	Units	Weapons
Sword	Slash	Guard	Units	Weapons
Dual Blades	Slash	Guard	Units	Weapons
Sword and Shield	Slash	Guard	Units
Rapier	Pierce	Guard	Units	Weapons
Dagger	Pierce	Guard	Units	Weapons
Lance	Pierce	Guard	Units	Weapons
Bow	Pierce	Charge	Units	Weapons
Mace	Strike	Guard	Units	Weapons
Sniper Rifle (Gun)	Strike	Charge	Units	Weapons
Automatic Rifle	Strike	Hold to fire	Units	Weapons
Rod	Magic	Guard and charge	Units	Weapons

Attack types and enemies

The attack type decides which enemies take extra damage:

Attack type	Strong against
Slash	Soft-bodied enemies, such as mantises and flowers
Strike	Hard-bodied enemies, such as elementals and skeletons
Pierce	Tough-skinned enemies, such as lizardmen
Magic	Enemies weak to the rod's element: magic gets a larger bonus from element advantage than other attacks

Movement speed

Players compared how fast each weapon type moves around a long map. From fastest to slowest:

Bow
Dagger
Lance and Rapier
Sword, Dual Blades, Sniper Rifle and Mace
Rod

This was measured by players, not stated by the game, so treat it as a rough guide.