History Main / ElementalWeapon

* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'': Guns and grenade mods can have elemental damage. This gives them a damage bonus (with a chance for [[DamageOverTime DoT]]) and makes them more effective against certain targets. The first game had Corrosive (armour), Fire (flesh), Shock (shields) and Explosive (basically "non-elemental" bonus damage). The sequel added Slag (no bonus damage on its own, but it applied a debuff which made the target weaker to everything else), the pre-sequel added Cryo (freezes the enemy solid and decreases their damage resistance), and the third game is slated to add Radiation in place of Slag (increased vulnerability, DOT, and any irradiated enemies explode when they die, possibly irradiating others). Shields similarly had damage resistance (and some also had effects which dealt elemental damage, such as harming enemies that used melee attacks).

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** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'': Dante can acquire Alastor, a lightning sword and Ifrit, a fiery [[PowerFist gauntlet]].
** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'': We have Cerberus (icy 3-pronged nunchuks), Agni & Rudra (fire and wind scimitars), Nevan (electric guitar that can shoot bats), and Beowulf (light-element gauntlets and greaves).

** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'': In Mission 16, Dante acquires an upgraded version of the Cerberus Devil Arm called King Cerberus. This one is a MorphWeapon that has three forms, each with their own element; a three-handled ice nunchaku like the original Cerberus, a fire-tipped bō staff and an electrified three-section staff.

* ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'': Mao sends electricity through his whip, and sets his whip aflame.

** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3'': We have Cerberus (icy 3-pronged nunchuks), Agni & Rudra (fire and wind scimitars), Nevan (electric guitar that can shoot bats), and Beowulf (light-element gauntlets and greaves).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': The first season is a quest to get the four elemental weapons before the baddy does.

* ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'': Most weapons are elemental based and can sometimes cause StandardStatusEffects such as freezing, burns, or paralysis.

** Gas Arrows (Air) explode into a small cloud of gas that can [=KO=] guards from long-range. [[TooAwesomeToUse You never get very many]], but the few you do get can trivialize otherwise difficult sections.

* In RealLife wicca, elemental weapons are also used, though drastically different from any VideoGame ones. Wands are used for Fire, Chalices are used for Water, Athames are used for Air, and Pentacles are used for Earth. Occasionally, the assignation of Wands and Athames are switched.

* Due to the prevalence of [[{{Magitek}} Techno-wizardry]] in the setting, ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' has an awful lot of these over the whole series of sourcebooks, worldbooks, and the Rifter series.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' has Durga -- gauntlet and greaves that can be switched between having fire or lightning effects. ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'' has Undine -- bellows that emit streams of either fire or ice.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' uses a FireIceLightning approach to weapons like these, bringing back the Fire and Ice Rods while adding Thunder Rods as well as physical weapons --- swords, greatswords, and spears -- imbued with those three elements. [[DevelopersForesight Having fire or ice weapons equipped will also keep Link warm/cool in areas with extreme temperatures]].

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' uses a FireIceLightning approach to weapons like these, bringing back the Fire and Ice Rods while adding Thunder Rods as well as physical weapons such as swords, greatswords, and spears imbued with those three elements. [[DevelopersForesight Having fire or ice weapons equipped will also keep Link warm/cool in areas with extreme temperatures]].

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Weiss Schnee's weapon [[NamedWeapon Myrtenaster]], is a rapier with a revolving chamber that provides supernatural effects like ice, fire, barriers, and gravity manipulation. Adam Taurus and Raven Branwen also use blades infused with [[ElementalPowers Dust]]: Adam's is infused with Fire Dust, and Raven uses a revolving chamber of DetachableBlades that are made of different Dust types, and therefore produce different elemental effects.

A SuperTrope to FlamingSword, LaserBlade, FreezeRay, and LightningLash.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': Aqualad has two Water Bearers that when charged create "hard water constructs" usually in the form %%* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': [[spoiler: [[FusionDance Obsidian]] combines Amethyst's whip, Pearl's spear, Steven's shield, and Garnet's gauntlets into... a bladeless greatsword hilt. Then she ''chomps down on it'' and forms a [[FlamingSword blade]] out of her ''[[MagmaMan magma saliva]]'']].%%Examples can't be completely spoilered out. Figure out what to reveal before uncommenting.
of [[HeroesPreferSwords swords]], maces, or [[DropTheHammer hammers]].

* In ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSin'' and ''[[VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII Original Sin II]]'', {{Magic Wand}}s and [[MagicStaff Staffs]] deal damage of a specific element[[note]](Air, Earth, Fire, Poison, or Water)[[/note]] by default, while some other weapons deal elemental damage on top of their usual [[NonElemental Physical]] damage. Some have a chance of inflicting elemental-themed StatusEffects like [[ManOnFire Burning]]. Weapons can also gain elemental damage through {{socketed|Equipment}} runes and/or by ItemCrafting them with damage sources.

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has two examples involving [[AnIcePerson ice people]] Sub-Zero (Who can create swords as well as decoys using ice) and Frost (Who makes daggers out of ice).

** ''VideoGame/DevilMauCry3'': We have Cerberus (icy 3-pronged nunchuks), Agni & Rudra (fire and wind scimitars), Nevan (electric guitar that can shoot bats), and Beowulf (light-element gauntlets and greaves).

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'': Dante can acquire Alastor, a lightning {{BFS}}, and Ifrit, a fiery PowerFist. In the third game, he can get many more: Cerberus (ice 3-pronged nunchuks), Agni & Rudra (fire and wind scimitars), Nevan (electric guitar that can shoot bats), and Beowulf (light-element gauntlets and greaves).