| Nature | |
|---|---|
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| Element Info | |
| Kanji | 木 |
| Romaji | Ki |
| Classification | Compound Element |
| Basic Elements | Water and Earth |
Nature, occasionally also referred to as "wood" or "plant life", is a compound element and a form of Elemental Bending in Endless Utopia Online. It is formed by merging together Water and Earth.
Background[]
Overview[]
Since Nature is a compound element, there are several prerequisites to learning how to use it. First, the user must have learned and have decent control over both Water and Earth. Secondly, the user has to be equally experienced with both Prime Elements. Lastly, the user also needs big reserves of Aera, and to have good control over it. Considering the first two requirements, this last one should be easy for the user to achieve it.
Nature enables the user to control plant life, and therefore, is a unique element among the twenty natural elements since it allows the user to control alive beings. Because of this, it is among the most difficult elements to control, probably only surpassed by the compound forms of opposed elements (Steam, Dust and Sand). This element also allows the user to control vines, moss, and parts of the plants, such as leaves, seeds, fruits, flowers, pollen, spores, and others. It can also be used to manipulate pheromones and toxins.
To learn Nature, the user needs to "feed" nearby plants with their energy, accelerating their photosynthesis process, and thus making the plants larger and stronger. This process can be made even faster with light "feeding" the plant as well.
Players generally start by learning to grow grass or nearby plants. Experts in Nature can grow plants in a matter of seconds, reshape them to their will to some degree, and create wooden branches/roots with enough strength to break through rocks. Masters of this element can mutate plants into whatever shape and form they may desire, and even grow massive forests.
All Nature users need nearby water, earth, and some form of plant life to perform this technique at all times. Creating forms of plant life is believed to be impossible, so all techniques rely on controlling already existing plant life. This is why most nature users carry many seeds or rely on Conjuration techniques to summon seeds or plants.
It should be noted that Nature allows the user to control living plants, not wood. Wood can be manipulated by using Manipulation. Nature also allows the user to control Fungus, even though they are not plants. Dead plants cannot be controlled.
Strengths[]
- Light and Nutrients: with light and nutrients, the plants grow faster and stronger.
Weaknesses[]
- Nearby Elements: by far, the biggest disadvantage of this element is the necessity of having water, earth, and some form of plant life nearby, all at the same time. Though the need for water can be somewhat bypassed with large reserves of Aera, the need for soil cannot be bypassed as a surface is needed for the plants to grow firmly and properly.
- Fire/Cold: extreme heat or cold can kill plants.
Techniques[]
- Poison Ivy
Trivia[]
- As the combination of the two opposed elements, Nature can be seen as the opposite element of Scorch.