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Elemental
There are eight elemental properties in the game: Fire, Ice, Lightning, Water, Earth, Wind, Dark, and Holy.
In turn, there are two separate effects that can be caused by an elemental attribute.
- XA Strenghtening for a caster
- Damage modification for a target
If the caster of an elemental spell has equipment endowed with 'Strengthen: (element)', when they casts spells of that element, their strengthened MA will be equal to [MA * 5/4].
Note that this applies to the MA of the caster, and not to the damage caused by the spell.
Though this will increase the damage of most spells (e.g., Fire 4, Shiva, Holy), if the spell normally does damage that is independent of MA (e.g., Lich), it will do no more damage from the 'Strengthen' effect (the success percentage, however, which does depend on MA, will be increased).
The 'Strengthen' bonus works the same for elemental weapons like Ice Brand and Holy Lance, except it is applied to the appropriate attack stat(s) of the weapon.