Anime Vanguards Elements
Checked 2026-10-14 · Update 15.0
Elements grant passive effects such as debuff immunity, ally buffs or extra boss damage. The wiki lists eleven current elements; these are not a rock-paper-scissors weakness chart.
All eleven documented effects
Worldlines weather can buff or debuff elements by floor. Tournaments can ban an element entirely. Rankings inside one element live on the tier list, and the wiki says those sample units are not in rank order.
| Element | Effect |
|---|---|
| Spark | Immune to damage-reducing debuffs |
| Nature | Immune to range-reducing debuffs |
| Water | Immune to SPA-reducing debuffs |
| Fire | 1% extra damage per placement to other Fire units in range |
| Holy | Status effect time reduced by 50% |
| Passion | 2% extra range per placement to other Passion units in range |
| Curse | +30% damage against bosses |
| Blast | Ignores 10% of enemies' damage reduction |
| Cosmic | Cleanses status effects and debuffs on self; 30-second local cooldown |
| Unbound | +5% critical rate |
| Unknown | Immune to status ailments and debuffs |
Elements and Update 15 towers
Elemental Towers has its own Update 15 rework with separate Solo and Multiplayer versions. Its old elemental skill tree was removed. True Shadow Monarch's System class trees are a different, newly added system.
Battle Towers is a separate set of 17 announced solo towers, including eleven element towers. The developer says they open one week after the 12 October update, implying 19 October 2026; they are not an available farming route on this page's 14 October check.
The wiki distinguishes a unit's innate elements from elements gained after placement through familiars, passives or abilities. An in-match extra element is not automatically valid for a tower's entry restriction; check the mode's current eligibility rules.
Source review: 14 October 2026. All eleven effect descriptions below were checked in the live Elements wikitext. They are wiki-documented values, not our in-game damage tests. Tower availability follows the developer's Update 15.0 notice.
FAQ
What does Unbound do?
The wiki states that Unbound increases a unit's critical rate by 5%. Do not confuse an element passive with a removed Elemental Towers skill-tree bonus.
Do elements have weaknesses?
The copied lines are immunities and ally buffs, not a rock-paper-scissors chart. Weather and tournament bans are the extra rules the wiki states.
Related
Sources
- Official wiki Elements — API checked 2026-10-14; all eleven effects and innate versus post-placement extra elements. Wiki revision 2026-08-19. Wiki contributors; adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Developer Update 15.0 — 2026-10-12 release; developer text checked 2026-10-14 in changelog-live.txt. Elemental Towers rework, removed tree, Monarch System and Battle Towers one-week delay.