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Hey

Started a new character, and im at level 12 iv been SP farming, so havent yet chose what element, so basically what are pro's / con's of fire, lightening and ice?

Tempted to go fire for STR, but Cold can freeze, and Lightening paralize. hmmm...

Fire if you want to do more damage, Ice if you want to take less damage. At lower levels, ice is better PvP because many players don't carry pills or know how to deal with it. In the long run they are both strong; ice is slow and safe, fire is fast and less safe.

I'd say the element depends on the weapon you're using.

For glaive/spear I would go fire. You can't attack quick enough to have a constant frostbite on them.

For blade/sword it depends on what you're doing. Because you're attacking so much even if they pill they will be refrozen. However, in PvE this is useless, as your goal should be to kill as many as you can, as quickly as you can.

As for bow, from most bowmen i've talked to, they switched from ice to fire because later on the damage is lacking. The ice may seem tempting at first, but in the long run it's nothing but water =D

But as a rule of thumb, I believe bake said it best:

Lightning = paralyze, meaning that you do damage to the higher end of your attack range because paralysis lowers their parry.

Fire = burn which gives damage over time to opponent, also has highest base dmg of all imbues.

Ice = frostbite & Frozen. Frostbite slows down opponent, allows more chances to hit, or run. Frozen stops opponent for at LEAST 1 sec depending on if their pill is strong enough