You have to use everything available at your disposal inEnotria: The Last Songto take down strong opponents that hinder your journey. You will encounter many enemies with strong resistance to particular elements, and to take them down you have to attack them with the element they are weak to.

The elements also inflict enemies with various status effects if you keep attacking them with your infused sword. These status effects can afflicts both the player and the enemy with certain effects, which you could use to your advantage or disadvantage depending on the battle conditions.

The Maskless One is infusing the sword with Gratia in Enotria: The Last Song.

All Elements Strengths And Weaknesses

You will be dealing with four element types in Enotria namelyVis, Gratia, Malanno, and Fatuo. Before you head in to defeat strong opponents, it’s recommended you have the loadouts equipped with someElementalist Perks, that can help you attack enemies with these elements.

Always select specific perks that will infuse the sword with an element the enemy is weak to. You can also equip some additional perks that will boost your elemental damage even more.

The stats menu shows the elements and the status effects.

Gratia

All Status Effects Explained

Both the Maskless One and the enemies can be afflicted by various status effects if they arehit by elemental damage a couple of times. While they mayprovide buffs, they may also give you asevere disadvantageto you, so you have to be careful when you are afflicted by any of these.

Vis

Dizzy

It is one of those status ailments that you have to deal with the most during early game, while you are inflicted by Dizzy,your defense will be severely reduced, but on the flip side,it increases your damage and stamina regeneration, so you will be able to use this to your advantage by not getting hit by opponents in your vulnerable state.

Malanno

Sick

Anyone who is inflicted by Sick willlose their hp over time, which can kill you at crucial moments during battle. You also need toavoid going too closeto an enemy inflicted by Sick asit is contagious.

Radiant

If you are afflicted by Radiant, you will receive somehealing for the duration of the effect. Now this isn’t as good as it sounds, and you are better off avoiding it, as if you willget hit by a strong explosionif an enemy hits you.

Fatuo

Wicked

While you are afflicted by Wicked, anydamage you deal with elements will increase, but there is a catch andenemies will recover HPas they keep hitting you. If you inflict an enemy with Fatuo, you may get some passive healing out of it.