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kitler53 on 31 March 2013
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JGarret said:
kitler53 said:

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fire, ice, electric, soul are the options.  fire comes "pre-upgraded" btw as in when you get it there are only 3 upgrades instead of 5.

fire is a damage modifier.  it is really good when you are 1v1 and don't need the extra stuff the other elementals do.  i upgraded this one last as i used my other elementals so much i figured it was better to upgrade the base stats of the blades of chaos instead.  

for the other elements when you get them (as bugimmar says) they don't do much but change the color of the blades.  you have to upgrade them to get the useful parts of them.  the triangle move upgrades, the square move upgrades, the rage move upgrade, and the magic attack move upgrades.  all four elementals are unquie in each of these.

ice is unblockable.  there are ton of foes with shields this game.  there is a minigame to de-shield them but often time there are too many foes to be able to win this game ergo the need to use ice until the field is a bit more even.

electric damage stuns.  this is great when you have two larger foes.  when you meet two stone statues (forget their name atm) they can stun lock you if you aren't careful.  electric is amazing at keeping them subdued long enough to get in an attack otherwise you can find yourself blocking for minutes on end.

soul damage is AoE and range.  this is great when you have dozens of smaller foes all coming at once as it will hit them all.  the L1 triangle move will hit your foe regardless of where on the stage they are.  it is almost unfair how powerful this is on some of the boss fights when you can just kite and range them with this.

Thanks a lot!

I had heard enemies in Ascension block far more often than in other God of War games, so it´s true then.

omg, like 10x more blocking.  there is a ton more variety in foes and non of them are "easy".  i wouldn't call the game hard (or harder than III) but if you don't make full use of the various elemental attacks you won't progress in the game.  simple button mashing  square-square-square will get you killed.  ..again and again and again and again.