Category:Elemental Gorgets

Elemental Gorgets were one of the most obtainable rewards from Chains of Promathia, and remained a staple of Weapon Skill sets for quite a while. When worn during a matching Weapon Skill, these gorgets add 25/256 fTP to the first hit. Several of Merit Weapon Skills have their first hit fTP copied over to all the remaining hits as well. They are also reputed to give +10 Accuracy to all hits of the Weapon Skill, though the evidence for this exact number is fairly weak.

These Gorgets increase Weapon Skill fTP, so they are better used on WSs that start with lower fTP. For example, pushing Asuran Fists from 8 to 8.1 fTP only increases its damage by 1.25% (8.1÷8). Using a Gorget with Tachi: Gekko and 100 TP increases its fTP from 1.5625 to 1.66, a 6.25% (=1.66÷1.5625) increase.

Every Gorget does not work with every Weapon Skill. In order for a Gorget to affect a Weapon Skill, the Weapon Skill must have a Skillchain property that matches the Gorget. Which priority property it is doesn't matter, as long as it matches. Tachi: Gekko, for instance, is Distortion/Reverberation. That means it will work with either Snow Gorget or Aqua Gorget, per the table below.

More recently (with Abyssea), a similar set of elemental belts were added that work essentially the same way.

Element	Gorget	Level 1 Skillchain Property	Level 2 Skillchain Property	Level 3 Skillchain Property
	Flame Gorget	Liquefaction	Fusion	N/A
	Soil Gorget	Scission	Gravitation	N/A
	Aqua Gorget	Reverberation	Distortion	N/A
	Breeze Gorget	Detonation	Fragmentation	N/A
	Snow Gorget	Induration	Distortion	N/A
	Thunder Gorget	Impaction	Fragmentation	N/A
	Light Gorget	Transfixion	Fusion	Light
	Shadow Gorget	Compression	Gravitation	Darkness

References

• Errm... Rukenshin? Citation to come I hope.