Similar spells in Elemental Wars and Elemental Battlegrounds

This blog post is dedicated to similar-looking spells in Elemental Wars and Elemental Battlegrounds.

	Spells	Elements
Elemental Wars	Whirlwind	Wind
Elemental Battlegrounds	Wind Cannon	Wind

Similarities

Both are shaped like tornadoes;
Both have knockback;
Both are from the same elements.

Differences

Whirlwind's damage is gradual while Wind Cannon's damage is instant;
Both blasts are shaped differently.

	Spells	Elements
Elemental Wars	Typhoon	Bird
Elemental Battlegrounds	Wind Gust	Wind

Similarities

Both are gigantic tornadoes;
Both deal gradual damage;
Players are dragged into both tornadoes;
Both tornadoes are summoned in the player's position.

Differences

Typhoon hangs players inside the tornado while Wind Gust spins them around it;
Both are differently shaped;
Wind Gust's range is far larger than that of Typhoon.

	Spells	Elements
Elemental Wars	Fire God Fury	Fire God
Elemental Battlegrounds	Incinerating Burst	Lava

Similarities

Both are clouds made of red cubes;
Both deal gradual damage.

Differences

Fire God Fury's direction can be changed while the spell is active;
Incinerating Burst's cloud is smaller than that of Fire God Fury;
Incinerating Burst stuns while Fire God Fury does not.

	Spells	Elements
Elemental Wars	Fire Bullet	Fire
Elemental Battlegrounds	Great Fire Blast	Fire

Similarities

Both are large orange fireballs with similar looking trails;
Both are from the same elements;
Both deal instant damage.

Differences

Fire Bullet is slower;
Fire Bullet's trail is thicker;
Fire Bullet only explodes in contact with a player;
Great Fire Blast leaves a patch of fire while Fire Bullet does not.

	Spells	Elements
Elemental Wars	Fire God Wrath	Fire God
Elemental Battlegrounds	Volcanic Eruption	Lava

Similarities

Both involve summoning red columns around the player;
Both deal instant damage;

Differences

Volcanic Eruption creates patches of Lava while Fire God Wrath does not;
Volcanic Eruption also stuns which is not present in Fire God Wrath.

	Spells	Elements
Elemental Wars	Phoenix Meteorites	Phoenix
Elemental Battlegrounds	Meteor Declivity	Earth

Similarities

Both involve crashing meteors into the cursor location;
Both use the same meteor model.

Differences

Meteors have different colors despite using the same model;
Meteor Declivity stuns players while Phoenix Meteorites does not;
Phoenix Meteorites leaves blue lava pools* while Meteor Declivity does not;
Phoenix Meteorites summons a blue aura around the caster while Meteor Declivity does not.
While casting Meteor Declivity, the user cannot move unlike Phoenix Meteorites.

*Currently broken

	Spells	Elements
Elemental Wars	Lightning Flash	Lightning
Elemental Battlegrounds	Lightning Flash	Storm

Similarities

Both share the same name;
Both involve instantaneosly teleporting the player through a lightning bolt;
Both are from the same element despite the different names and medal colors.

Differences

EW's Lightning Flash has a far longer range than that of EB;
The bolt from EW's Lightning Flash is dark blue while the ones from EB's is light blue.

	Spells	Elements
Elemental Wars	Destructive Bomb	Arc of Destruction
Elemental Battlegrounds	Concentrated Blast	Explosion

Similarities

Both deal huge amounts of instant damage;
Both have similar trails;
Destructive Bomb is from an element that is widely considered to be Explosion's EW counterpart.

Differences

Destructive Bomb's color palette is black while Concentrated Blast's is yellow and red;
Concentrated Blast's explosion leaves a crater while Destructive Bomb's does not;
Concentrated Blast has knockback which is not present in Destructive Bomb.

	Spells	Elements
Elemental Wars	Mini Fire Bullets	Fire
Elemental Battlegrounds	Consecutive Fire Bullets	Fire

Similarities

Both are orange small projectiles;
Both are from the same element.

Differences

Mini Fire Bullets does not leave patches of fire or deal burn damage unlike Consecutive Fire Bullets.

	Spells	Elements
Elemental Wars	Flame Body	Fire
Elemental Battlegrounds	Flame Body	Fire

Similarities

Both involve giving the user a fiery body;
Both share the same name;
Both are from the same element.

Differences

EW's Flame Body can only burn players in contact with the caster while EB's boosts the caster's speed and damage when damaging someone, as well as being immune to Fire's burn damage.

	Spells	Elements
Elemental Wars	Shrine of Turbulent Fang	Memory-Make
Elemental Battlegrounds	Wind Tornados	Wind

Similarities

Both involve firing several small tornadoes at opponents;
Both tornadoes move the players around.

Differences

Shrine of Turbulent Fang is shot in a straight line while Wind Tornados is fired from a triangular pattern;
The amount of tornadoes in Shrine of Turbulent Fang is far greater than that of Wind Tornados.

	Spells	Elements
Elemental Wars	Spikes Avalanche	Earth
Elemental Battlegrounds	Aciculated Spikes	Earth

Similarities

Both are from the same element;
Both involve summoning spikes from the ground in a linear direction towards the cursor location.

Differences

The spikes in Spikes Avalanche have similar heights and are titled towards the cursor direction, while the ones in Aciculated Spikes are not tilted and are taller as they are further from the caster.

	Spells	Elements
Elemental Wars	Rock Avalanche	Earth
Elemental Battlegrounds	Rocks Avalanche	Earth

Similarities

Both are from the same element;
Both spells have near-identical names;
Both spells involve firing cube-shaped rocks at the cursor direction.

Differences

The rocks in Rock Avalanche emerge from the ground, while the ones in Rocks Avalanche slowly fade in above the caster;
The user can move while casting Rock Avalanche, something Rocks Avalanche cannot do.
Rocks Avalanche's rocks are faster than the ones in Rock Avalanche.

	Spells	Elements
Elemental Wars	Meteor Rain	Space
Elemental Battlegrounds	Asteroid Belt	Space

Similarities

Both are from the same element;
Both spells involve firing similar-looking large fiery projectiles at the cursor location from above the caster.

Differences

The projectiles in Meteor Rain are described as meteors while the ones in Asteroid Belt are described as asteroids.
Meteor Rain's projectiles are brown spheres while Asteroid Belt's are grey rocks.
Meteor Rain is fired from a medal high above the caster while Asteroid Belt's are fired from a ring of them above the caster but with a far lower height.