Elements in Anime Vanguards are unit traits that change how a unit handles debuffs, status effects, team buffs, boss damage, damage reduction, crits, or special immunity. The full set is small, but each element can matter when you are comparing units for Worldlines, tournaments, and team builds.
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Debuff Protection
These elements reduce the impact of debuffs or status effects. Spark, Nature, and Water block reductions to a specific combat stat, while Holy shortens status-effect time.
Spark
Spark protects its unit from debuffs that would reduce damage, making it a defensive element for keeping damage output stable.
- effect
- Immunity to damage-reducing debuffs.
- Effect Category
- Debuff protection
- Affected Stat
- Damage
- Target Scope
- The unit with Spark
- Stacking Or Cooldown
- Passive immunity
- Linked Unit Count
- 26
- Example Units
- Wolf (Resurrection), Dave, Dave (Cyber Psycho), Lizard, Lizard (Fission)
- Worldlines Note
- Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs.
Nature
Nature protects its unit from debuffs that would reduce range, helping range-dependent units keep their coverage.
- effect
- Immunity to range-reducing debuffs.
- Effect Category
- Debuff protection
- Affected Stat
- Range
- Target Scope
- The unit with Nature
- Stacking Or Cooldown
- Passive immunity
- Linked Unit Count
- 41
- Example Units
- Koguro (Unsealed), Friran, Friran (Teacher), Cat, Cat (Stupid)
- Worldlines Note
- Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs.
Water
Water protects its unit from SPA-reducing debuffs, helping attack-speed-focused units avoid slower attack timing.
- effect
- Immunity to SPA-reducing debuffs.
- Effect Category
- Debuff protection
- Affected Stat
- SPA
- Target Scope
- The unit with Water
- Stacking Or Cooldown
- Passive immunity
- Linked Unit Count
- 42
- Example Units
- Ice Queen (Release), Clatakiri, Clatakiri (Mochi), Elastic Captain (Pirate), Roku (Super 3)
- Worldlines Note
- Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs.
Holy
Holy shortens status effects by half, making it a protection element for units that need to recover from status pressure faster.
- effect
- Reduces status-effect duration by 50%.
- Effect Category
- Status duration reduction
- Affected Stat
- Status effects
- Target Scope
- The unit with Holy
- Stacking Or Cooldown
- Passive duration reduction
- Linked Unit Count
- 31
- Example Units
- Armored Mage, Armored Mage (Requip), God, God (Above Heaven), God (Standless)
- Worldlines Note
- Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs.
| Image | Name | Description | effect | Effect Category | Affected Stat | Target Scope | Stacking Or Cooldown | Linked Unit Count | Example Units | Worldlines Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spark | Spark protects its unit from debuffs that would reduce damage, making it a defensive element for keeping damage output stable. | Immunity to damage-reducing debuffs. | Debuff protection | Damage | The unit with Spark | Passive immunity | 26 | Wolf (Resurrection), Dave, Dave (Cyber Psycho), Lizard, Lizard (Fission) | Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs. | |
| Nature | Nature protects its unit from debuffs that would reduce range, helping range-dependent units keep their coverage. | Immunity to range-reducing debuffs. | Debuff protection | Range | The unit with Nature | Passive immunity | 41 | Koguro (Unsealed), Friran, Friran (Teacher), Cat, Cat (Stupid) | Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs. | |
| Water | Water protects its unit from SPA-reducing debuffs, helping attack-speed-focused units avoid slower attack timing. | Immunity to SPA-reducing debuffs. | Debuff protection | SPA | The unit with Water | Passive immunity | 42 | Ice Queen (Release), Clatakiri, Clatakiri (Mochi), Elastic Captain (Pirate), Roku (Super 3) | Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs. | |
| Holy | Holy shortens status effects by half, making it a protection element for units that need to recover from status pressure faster. | Reduces status-effect duration by 50%. | Status duration reduction | Status effects | The unit with Holy | Passive duration reduction | 31 | Armored Mage, Armored Mage (Requip), God, God (Above Heaven), God (Standless) | Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs. |
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Team Aura Buffs
Fire and Passion help other nearby units of the same element. These are the most team-shape-dependent elements because their value depends on placement and matching element coverage.
Fire
Fire supports other Fire units nearby with a small damage aura that scales by unit placement.
- effect
- Grants 1% additional damage per unit placement to other Fire units in range.
- Effect Category
- Same-element team aura
- Affected Stat
- Damage
- Target Scope
- Other Fire units in range
- Stacking Or Cooldown
- Scales per unit placement, as listed by the source
- Linked Unit Count
- 41
- Example Units
- Iscanur (Pride), Choy Jong En, Choy Jong En (Guild Leader), Company Captain (Hybrid), Leo
- Worldlines Note
- Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs.
Passion
Passion supports other Passion units nearby with a range aura that scales by unit placement.
- effect
- Grants 2% additional range per unit placement to other Passion units in range.
- Effect Category
- Same-element team aura
- Affected Stat
- Range
- Target Scope
- Other Passion units in range
- Stacking Or Cooldown
- Scales per unit placement, as listed by the source
- Linked Unit Count
- 33
- Example Units
- Astolfo, Astolfo (Rider of Black), Demon Leader, Demon Leader (Control), Horsegirls (Racers)
- Worldlines Note
- Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs.
| Image | Name | Description | effect | Effect Category | Affected Stat | Target Scope | Stacking Or Cooldown | Linked Unit Count | Example Units | Worldlines Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | Fire supports other Fire units nearby with a small damage aura that scales by unit placement. | Grants 1% additional damage per unit placement to other Fire units in range. | Same-element team aura | Damage | Other Fire units in range | Scales per unit placement, as listed by the source | 41 | Iscanur (Pride), Choy Jong En, Choy Jong En (Guild Leader), Company Captain (Hybrid), Leo | Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs. | |
| Passion | Passion supports other Passion units nearby with a range aura that scales by unit placement. | Grants 2% additional range per unit placement to other Passion units in range. | Same-element team aura | Range | Other Passion units in range | Scales per unit placement, as listed by the source | 33 | Astolfo, Astolfo (Rider of Black), Demon Leader, Demon Leader (Control), Horsegirls (Racers) | Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs. |
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Damage Modifiers
These elements change how a unit deals damage. Curse is boss-focused, Blast helps against enemy damage reduction, and Unbound adds critical-rate value.
Curse
Curse is a boss-focused damage element, giving its unit a larger damage bonus when attacking bosses.
- effect
- Increases the unit's damage against bosses by 30%.
- Effect Category
- Boss damage modifier
- Affected Stat
- Damage against bosses
- Target Scope
- The unit with Curse
- Stacking Or Cooldown
- Passive modifier
- Linked Unit Count
- 39
- Example Units
- Lich King (Ruler), Demon Hybrid (Chainsaw), GG, GG (Possessed), Igros
- Worldlines Note
- Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs.
Blast
Blast helps its unit punch through enemy damage reduction by ignoring part of that reduction.
- effect
- Ignores 10% of enemies' damage reduction.
- Effect Category
- Damage reduction bypass
- Affected Stat
- Enemy damage reduction
- Target Scope
- The unit with Blast
- Stacking Or Cooldown
- Passive modifier
- Linked Unit Count
- 37
- Example Units
- Rogita (Super 4), Conqueror vs Invulnerable, Delusional Boy, Lord of Shadows, Rogita
- Worldlines Note
- Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs.
Unbound
Unbound raises its unit's critical rate, making it a damage modifier for units that benefit from critical hits.
- effect
- Increases the unit's critical rate by 5%.
- Effect Category
- Critical-rate modifier
- Affected Stat
- Critical rate
- Target Scope
- The unit with Unbound
- Stacking Or Cooldown
- Passive modifier
- Linked Unit Count
- 34
- Example Units
- Alocard, Alocard (Vampire King), Brolzi Super (Wrathful), Byeken, Byeken (Ronin)
- Worldlines Note
- Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs.
| Image | Name | Description | effect | Effect Category | Affected Stat | Target Scope | Stacking Or Cooldown | Linked Unit Count | Example Units | Worldlines Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curse | Curse is a boss-focused damage element, giving its unit a larger damage bonus when attacking bosses. | Increases the unit's damage against bosses by 30%. | Boss damage modifier | Damage against bosses | The unit with Curse | Passive modifier | 39 | Lich King (Ruler), Demon Hybrid (Chainsaw), GG, GG (Possessed), Igros | Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs. | |
| Blast | Blast helps its unit punch through enemy damage reduction by ignoring part of that reduction. | Ignores 10% of enemies' damage reduction. | Damage reduction bypass | Enemy damage reduction | The unit with Blast | Passive modifier | 37 | Rogita (Super 4), Conqueror vs Invulnerable, Delusional Boy, Lord of Shadows, Rogita | Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs. | |
| Unbound | Unbound raises its unit's critical rate, making it a damage modifier for units that benefit from critical hits. | Increases the unit's critical rate by 5%. | Critical-rate modifier | Critical rate | The unit with Unbound | Passive modifier | 34 | Alocard, Alocard (Vampire King), Brolzi Super (Wrathful), Byeken, Byeken (Ronin) | Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs. |
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Self Cleanse / Special
Cosmic and Unknown are special-case elements. Cosmic has a self-cleanse with a local cooldown, while Unknown keeps the source-backed ??? wording plus an immunity note.
Cosmic
Cosmic lets its unit cleanse status effects and debuffs from itself, with a 30-second local cooldown.
- effect
- Cleanses status effects and debuffs on self.
- Effect Category
- Self cleanse
- Affected Stat
- Status effects and debuffs
- Target Scope
- The unit with Cosmic
- Stacking Or Cooldown
- 30-second local cooldown
- Linked Unit Count
- 31
- Example Units
- Divalo (Requiem), Arin, Arin (Rumbling), Boo, Boo (Evil)
- Worldlines Note
- Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs.
Unknown
Unknown is intentionally unclear in the source: it is shown as ???, with a note that affected units are immune to status ailments and debuffs.
- effect
- Source lists the main effect as ???, with a note that the unit is immune to status ailments and debuffs.
- Effect Category
- Special immunity
- Affected Stat
- Status ailments and debuffs
- Target Scope
- The unit with Unknown
- Stacking Or Cooldown
- Unclear in source
- Linked Unit Count
- 5
- Example Units
- Song Jinwu and Igros, Sokora, Sokora (Angra Mainyu), Smith John, Warlord (Of the Sea)
- Worldlines Note
- Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs.
| Image | Name | Description | effect | Effect Category | Affected Stat | Target Scope | Stacking Or Cooldown | Linked Unit Count | Example Units | Worldlines Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmic | Cosmic lets its unit cleanse status effects and debuffs from itself, with a 30-second local cooldown. | Cleanses status effects and debuffs on self. | Self cleanse | Status effects and debuffs | The unit with Cosmic | 30-second local cooldown | 31 | Divalo (Requiem), Arin, Arin (Rumbling), Boo, Boo (Evil) | Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs. | |
| Unknown | Unknown is intentionally unclear in the source: it is shown as ???, with a note that affected units are immune to status ailments and debuffs. | Source lists the main effect as ???, with a note that the unit is immune to status ailments and debuffs. | Special immunity | Status ailments and debuffs | The unit with Unknown | Unclear in source | 5 | Song Jinwu and Igros, Sokora, Sokora (Angra Mainyu), Smith John, Warlord (Of the Sea) | Worldlines weather can apply element-specific buffs or debuffs. |
What elements change in a build
Some elements are defensive, like Spark, Nature, Water, and Holy, because they help a unit resist damage, range, SPA, or status pressure. Others change damage output directly: Curse helps against bosses, Blast pushes through enemy damage reduction, and Unbound raises critical rate.
Fire and Passion work more like team auras because they help nearby units of the same element. Cosmic and Unknown are the special cases: Cosmic cleanses status effects and debuffs on itself, while Unknown is still shown with ??? and an immunity note, so it should be treated carefully instead of guessed.
Why the section matters
Rarity is not the useful way to compare elements. The important question is what the element does: protection, same-element support, damage modification, or special self-cleanse/immunity. That split makes it easier to match an element to the problem you are trying to solve.
FAQ
How many elements are in Anime Vanguards?
There are 11 listed elements: Spark, Nature, Water, Fire, Holy, Passion, Curse, Blast, Cosmic, Unbound, and Unknown.
Which Anime Vanguards elements protect against debuffs?
Spark protects against damage-reducing debuffs, Nature protects against range-reducing debuffs, Water protects against SPA-reducing debuffs, and Holy reduces status-effect time by 50%.
Do Fire and Passion work on every unit?
Their listed buffs are for other units of the same element in range. Fire buffs other Fire units' damage, while Passion buffs other Passion units' range.
What does Unknown do in Anime Vanguards?
Unknown is intentionally unclear in the listed effect text. It is shown as ???, with the note that the unit is immune to status ailments and debuffs.
