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What is the origin of the fire elemental in fantasy lore?
Fire elementals come from another reality and are created through complex magic rituals. Controlled by magic, they follow their summoner's orders without emotion. The first fire elemental was made by Ransant Alvaro, whose lab was destroyed by fire. Known for their destructive nature, they use fireballs and flames to incinerate. They are immune to poison and strengthened by fire spells.
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What are the weaknesses of a fire elemental in battle?
Fire elementals are weak to silver blades but are dangerous to approach due to their heat. Use frost-spewing and dimeritium bombs for effective damage. Fire spells empower them, while the Aard sign can temporarily put out their flames.
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How do sorcerers control fire elementals in combat?
Sorcerers control fire elementals in combat by casting spells that harness elemental power. Fire elementals, made through complex rituals, attack with fireballs and flames. They are immune to poison and grow stronger with fire spells. Sorcerers should avoid fire spells like Igni and use Aard to temporarily extinguish flames for an advantage.
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What role does a fire elemental play in GW2?
In GW2, fire elementals are summoned for destruction, using fireballs and flame streams to incinerate targets. Immune to poison and bleeding, they grow stronger with fire spells. Controlled by magic, they follow orders without emotion.
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How does a fire elemental differ from a d'ao?
Fire elementals and d'ao differ in their elemental attributes and combat tactics. Fire elementals are forged for destruction, using fireballs and flames, and are empowered by fire spells. They emit intense heat and are best fought with frost and dimeritium bombs. D'ao, as earth elementals, focus on strength and resilience. These differences highlight the unique nature of each elemental type.
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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings[]
There is a hit detection issue during combat with this type of golem, sometimes allowing it to cause damage even when it appears to miss.
Journal entry[]
- Sorcerers proficient in the Art can create gateways to dimensions ruled by the four elements and force the creatures dwelling there to serve them. Herbert Stammelford, one of the members of the first Conclave, had a d'ao, a genie of earth, at his beck and call. At the mage's command it moved a mountain that blocked the view from a window. Contemporary sorcerers are but a pale shadow of the old masters, but they still can do a lot. The most proficient among them can summon fire elementals, perfectly obedient guardians and defenders.
- A fire elemental, similarly to post-conjunction creatures, comes from another reality, and our world is alien to it. According to philosophers, it does not have emotions and does not think the way even trolls and other familiar creatures do. Totally controlled by magic, it obediently carries the sorcerer's orders out. If its master is a passionate smoker, the elemental will provide fire to light the pipe, and if he is threatened, the elemental will incinerate his enemies.
- Fire is not the elemental's sole weapon. If you were ever hit by a flaming bough, you might have a notion what it's like to fight this monster. Witchers rarely deal with them, but they know that the igni sign is useless, unlike the strong style. The elemental's riposte's are truly lethal, thus one should not expose oneself too much. Still, one must keep in mind the possibility of many surprises involving flames. In truth, it is best to politely ask the sorcerer to call his pet off.
- Setting a fire elemental aflame is never a wise idea, so one can forget the igni sign when fighting this being. The creature is also immune to poisons and bleeding. The elemental has no weaknesses, but most of the means available in the witchers' arsenal can be used against it to good effect.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt[]
A bestiary entry can be obtained by reading Of Fire and Stone, which however (while existing in the base game files) cannot be obtained before the Blood and Wine expansion.
Bestiary entry[]
- The first fire elemental was created by Ransant Alvaro. Sadly, flames engulfed his entire laboratory, burning it - along with every other building on his block - to ash.
– Tarvix Sandoval, "Origins of Magic Arcana" - Fire is the most destructive of the elements, thus the aggressive lethality of the creature that embodies its essence should come as no surprise. Fire elementals are forged in complicated magic rituals for one purpose: destruction. And they pursue this with murderous determination.
- This elemental attacks using fireballs and streams of flame which reduce anything in their path to ashes in the blink of an eye. Like golems and other elementals, poison does not touch it nor does it bleed. Fire-based spells not only do no harm but in fact strengthen it - thus one should by no means think of striking it with Igni. Though vulnerable to silver blades, getting within sword's reach of one is dangerous due to the furnace-like heart they emanate. When fighting a fire elemental one should thus strike from a distance, using frost-spewing and dimeritium bombs, for they will do it the most damage.
Combat tactics[]
Fire elementals can use similar abilities to an earth elemental, with the key difference that fire enhances and empowers them. Being harmed by a fire elemental has effects beyond the immediate harm sustained, since they can light clothes and armor on fire. Simply drawing close to a fire elemental is dangerous, due to the intense heat they constantly generate. The flames can be temporarily extinguished by Aard.
Avoid Igni at all costs, this only empowers a fire elemental and re-ignites its flames. Northern Wind bombs are highly effective, freezing the elemental in place. Dimeritium Bombs can prevent it from using certain attacks. Use heavy attacks to speed along the destruction of the elemental.
Associated quests[]
Notes[]
- Elementals can spontaneously form around places of power without interference by a mage. However, towering ones (25 meters/65 feet tall) are extremely rare without a mage assisting in its creation.[2]
Videos[]
Fire Elemental (The Witcher 2) Full HD
The Witcher 3 Fire Elemental Boss Fight (Hard Mode)
Gallery[]
Fire elemental of Vergen (the Witcher 2)
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Gwent card art
Gwent card art
References[]
- ↑ While what appears is a fire elemental, it's incorrectly labeled as in ifrit. To make matters more confusing, ifrits were supposed to appear in the third installment but were later removed during development.
- ↑ The Witcher Role-Playing Game
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