Elemental damage in melee weapons

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kompaniet wrote:

Autocthon you seem to be the only one here who favours ele damage over physical. Do you really think elemental damage is stronger?

From a direct damage comparison standpoint no, phys wins. From a utility standpoint elemental damage is better, and if you assume application of shock stacks it becomes more effective in terms of damage if you are playing solo.

However I don't believe that Elemental is non-function or non-viable. An elemental weapon can roll 6 damage affixes (3x Elemental, AS, CC, CD) that makes it comparable with a physical weapon under the assumption that you can use a significant elemental penetration source. It's certainly more difficult to get the same damage of course.