Elphidran Aqua Best Builds

This is a guide on how to make the best Elphidran Aqua build in Palworld. Check out its best active and passive skills, how to build a team around it, and the best builds you could use for it in the base.

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Elphidran Aqua Tier and Stats

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Overall Tier
Combat Tier	Worker Tier	Riding Tier

C Tier Combat Pal

Elphidran Aqua may not be the best combat Pal. Consider using a different Water/Dragon Pal for combat instead of Elphidran Aqua.

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Elphidran Aqua Lv 50 Stats

Elphidran Aqua Best Combat Build

Elphidran Aqua
Work Suitabilities	Lumbering Lv. 2 Watering Lv. 3
Food	6/10
Partner Skill	・ Amicable Water Dragon
Passive Skills	・ Ferocious	・ Nimble
	・ Swift	・ Runner
Active Skills	・ Mystic Whirlwind
	・ Hydro Laser
	・ Acid Rain

	Better suited for your base than combat.
	Good Partner Skill for farming items from defeated Fire Pals.
	Powerful unique attack that's usable for battle.

Elphidran Aqua Partner Skill Effect

No. 80B	Element Type
Elphidran Aqua
	Work Suitability
	Lumbering Lv. 2 Watering Lv. 3
Partner Skill	Description
Amicable Water Dragon	While Elphidran Aqua is your active Pal, it increases the amount of items Fire Pals drop when defeated.

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Elphidran Aqua Base Stats

Stat	Value	Rank
HP	115	21
Atk	80	85
Def	95	44

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Elphidran Aqua Pal Gear

Pal Gear	Materials Needed
Water Elphidran Saddle	Leather x24 Fiber x24 Ingot x18 Paldium Fragment x24
Required Level	Lv. 28

Elphidran Aqua's Partner Skill is Amicable Water Dragon. This is useful for farming drops from Fire-type Pals, but it needs to be your active Pal.

Elphidran Aqua Best Passive Skills

Ferocious	Nimble
Swift	Runner

Ferocious increases Elphidran Aqua's Attack power.

Nimble improves Elphidran Aqua's speed. This stacks with Swift and Runner, giving Elphidran Aqua much needed speed and offense for when it is in combat.

Do note that some of these skills may be exclusive to certain Pals, and the only way to get it on Bushi is to pass it down via breeding.

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Elphidran Aqua Best Active Skills

Mystic Whirlwind	its signature and best attack since it provides crowd control while also hitting multiple enemies.
Hydro Laser	The strongest attack it naturally learns that decimates enemy raiders.
Acid Rain	Another Water-type attack that is great against grouped-up enemies.

How to Use Elphidran Aqua Effectively

Use Elphidran Aqua Against Fire Pals

Being a decent Water Element Attacker, Elphidran Aqua will naturally match up favorably against Fire Pals.

Use Elphidran Aqua for Farming Items

Elphidran Aqua is best suited for farming items from low level Pals, and not combat against high level Pals. With its Amicable Water Dragon Partner Skill, Elphidran Aqua will farm items from defeated Fire Pals efficiently. For direct combat, consider a different Water Pal for combat, like Azurobe or Jormuntide.

Counters for Elphidran Aqua

Use Bulky Electric Pals

Grizzbolt and Mossanda Lux have good defense stats and can tank Elphidran Aqua's Water attacks with minimal risk.

Beware of Electric Buffs

Pals like Sparkit can add Electric damage to their party, making matchups harder for Elphidran Aqua.

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Best Pals to Counter Elphidran Aqua

Pal	Description
Grizzbolt	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Can deal good damage with its minigun when ridden as a mount. ・Consistent tanky Electric Pal. ▶ Grizzbolt Best Builds
Mossanda Lux	Ranking: ★★★★ ・Can deal good damage with its grenade launcher when ridden as a mount. ・Consistent tanky Electric Pal.
Sparkit	Ranking: ★★★★ ・Good Electric options in its list of Skills. ・Can give its party Electric damage with its Partner Skill.

Elphidran Aqua Best Base Build

Elphidran Aqua
Work Suitabilities	Lumbering Lv. 2 Watering Lv. 3
Food	6/10
Partner Skill	・ Amicable Water Dragon
Passive Skills	・ Artisan	・ Work Slave
	・ Serious	・ Lucky
Active Skills	・ Mystic Whirlwind
	・ Hydro Laser
	・ Acid Rain

	Multiple high level Work Suitabilities.
	Has Watering unlike regular Elphidran.
	Powerful unique attack that's great for base defense.

This is a general base worker build for Elphidran Aqua. Depending on what kind of base it's assigned to, there may be a more efficient build or Pal for the job.

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Elphidran Aqua Partner Skill Effect

No. 80B	Element Type
Elphidran Aqua
	Work Suitability
	Lumbering Lv. 2 Watering Lv. 3
Partner Skill	Description
Amicable Water Dragon	While Elphidran Aqua is your active Pal, it increases the amount of items Fire Pals drop when defeated.

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Elphidran Aqua Base Stats

Stat	Value	Rank
HP	115	21
Atk	80	85
Def	95	44

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Elphidran Aqua Pal Gear

Pal Gear	Materials Needed
Water Elphidran Saddle	Leather x24 Fiber x24 Ingot x18 Paldium Fragment x24
Required Level	Lv. 28

Elphidran Aqua's Partner Skill is Amicable Water Dragon. This is useful for farming drops from Fire-type Pals, but it needs to be your active Pal.

As for its Work Suitabilities, it has Lumbering Lv. 2 and Watering Lv. 3. As long as there are no trees or Logging Sites within the base, it can focus on Watering tasks.

Elphidran Aqua Best Passive Skills

Artisan	Work Slave
Serious	Lucky

These four passives are used to give Elphidran Aqua a +115% Work Speed boost, helping it quickly finish its Lumbering and Watering tasks.

Alternatively, Elphidran Aqua can use Hunger and Sanity passives to minimize the amount of breaks it takes. This is useful so that it doesn't get a -30% Attack drop from Work Slave.

Pass Down Skills Through Breeding

Parent 1		Parent 2		Child
Surfent	＋	Elphidran	＝	Elphidran Aqua
Elphidran Aqua	＋	Elphidran Aqua	＝	Elphidran Aqua

Some skills are exclusive to certain Pals, making the only way to get it on Elphidran Aqua is to pass it down via breeding.

Since Elphidran Aqua is a Fusion Pal, you may need to perform a breeding chain to get the best passives onto it. If you want to learn the easiest way to chain breed for the ideal Elphidran Aqua, check out our Breeding Calculator linked below.

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Elphidran Aqua Best Active Skills

Mystic Whirlwind	its signature and best attack since it provides crowd control while also hitting multiple enemies.
Hydro Laser	The strongest attack it naturally learns that decimates enemy raiders.
Acid Rain	Another Water-type attack that is great against grouped-up enemies.

Do note that if you have raids turned off in the world settings, then active skills don't matter for Elphidran Aqua's best base build.

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