| image = FifthHope-TF04MADU-JPEN-VG-artwork.png| caption = Bottom: "[[Elemental HERO Bubbleman|Bubbleman]]". Middle(bottom), left to right: "[[Elemental HERO Sparkman|Sparkman]]", "[[Elemental HERO Burstinatrix|Burstinatrix]]" , and "[[Elemental HERO Avian|Avian]]". Top: (middle, left to right), "[[Elemental HERO Clayman|Clayman]]" on (top) in the card artwork of "[[Fifth Hope]]".

| zh_name tc_name = E・HERO| sc_name = 元素－英雄

| pt_name = HERÓI do Elemento <small>(''TCG'')</small><br />| pt_name2 = HERÓI Elementar <small>(Animeanime)</small>

 "'''Elemental HERO'''" (Japanese: {{Ruby|Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ|エレメンタルヒーロー}} ''Erementaru Hīrō'') is a "[[HERO]]" sub-[[archetype]] of mostly [[Monster Card|monstersWarrior]] monsters used by both [[Jaden Yuki]] and [[Aster Phoenix]] (for a period of time until the latter changed to the "[[Destiny HERO|Destiny HEROes]]" archetype) in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' anime. The former also used this archetype, along with his mentor [[Koyo Hibiki]], in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (manga)|mangaYu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' manga. All members of this sub-archetype They are used by [[WarriorFusion Mask]] monsters, except for in the [[PlantYu-Gi-Oh! D Team ZEXAL]] "[[Elemental HERO Knospe]]" and "[[Elemental HERO Poison Rose]]"; the [[Pyro]] "[[Elemental HERO Heat]]", "[[Elemental HERO Inferno]]" and "[[Elemental HERO Lady Heat]]"; and the [[Thunder]] "[[Elemental HERO Voltic]]"manga. They were designed by [[Kazuki Takahashi]], and are themed after based on comic-book superheroes from in the anime and are based off on natural elements in the manga. "Elemental HERO" Decks focus heavily on [[Fusion Summon]]ing. Most of these fall into two primary "Elemental HERO" monsters categories that can be fused with one another. : [[Normal Monsters Monster]]s from the TV series anime (Named Materials monsters that are specifically required as materials for Fusion SummoningSummons) and the manga counterparts that are retrained versions with also have effects (Fusion Materials are generic). See 'Grouping' section for more information. ==Grouping=="while the [[Elemental HERO Avian|Avian]]", "[[Elemental HERO Burstinatrix|Burstinatrix]]", "[[Elemental HERO Clayman|Clayman]]" and "[[Elemental HERO Bubbleman|Bubbleman]]" are often grouped together because there is at least one Fusion Monster for each pair of them (except "Avian" and "Clayman"), as well as "[[Elemental HERO Electrum]]" using all 4 as s require generic [[Fusion Material]]s. "[[Elemental HERO Bladedge|Bladedge]]", "[[Elemental HERO Wildheart|Wildheart]]", and "[[Elemental HERO Necroshade|Necroshade]]" are often grouped together because there is at least one Fusion Monster for each pair of them (except "Bladedge" and "Necroshade"). "[[Elemental HERO Sparkman|Sparkman]]" was introduced very early on and is usually on cards like "[[Fifth Hope]]" and "[[HERO's Bond]]". "Sparkman" has the most fusions of any Elemental HERO, other than "[[Elemental HERO Neos|Neos]]", with a grand total of 6 ("[[Elemental HERO Thunder Giant|Thunder Giant]]", "[[Elemental HERO Tempest|Tempest]]", "[[Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman|Shining Flare Wingman]]", "[[Elemental HERO Shining Phoenix Enforcer|Shining Phoenix Enforcer]]", "[[Elemental HERO Plasma Vice|Plasma Vice]]", and "[[Elemental HERO Darkbright|Darkbright]]"). "[[Elemental HERO Neos]]" is instead seen as having his own support often grouped with the "[[Neo-Spacian]]s". The manga "Elemental HERO" monsters (unoffically called "Omni Heroes") are also grouped together since they don't have fusions with the anime "Elemental HERO" monsters. These include "[[Elemental HERO Ocean|Ocean]]", "[[Elemental HERO Woodsman|Woodsman]]", "[[Elemental HERO Heat|Heat]]", and "[[Elemental HERO Lady Heat|Lady Heat]]". Lastly, "[[Elemental HERO Stratos|Stratos]]", "[[Elemental HERO Shadow Mist|Shadow Mist]]" and "[[Elemental HERO Blazeman|Blazeman]]" are considered a group of their own due to their superiority over others.

The "Elemental HEROes' designs HERO" monsters are based after the western comics' heroes. In the Japanese version, their nomenclature is "Elemental HERO (term related to its element) "man" (for and as the masculine heroesname implies, with the exceptions they each represent an aspect of "[[Elemental HERO Prisma|Prisma]]" and every "Neos")nature. The This goes beyond only feminine heroes are representing classical elements like earth, fire or water; "[[Elemental HERO Burstinatrix|BurstinatrixWildheart]]", "[[Elemental HERO Lady Heat|Lady Heat]]"for example, "represents the wilderness. Their [[Elemental HERO Poison Rose|Poison RoseFusion Monster]]" and "s typically combine the aspects from their [[Elemental HERO Shadow Mist|Shadow MistFusion Material]]" (the first two having "Lady" instead of "Man" in their Japanese name). Some of the names are changed in the English version. As the name says, the "Elemental HEROes" each represent an element of nature. In western culture, the main elements are fire, water, air, earth, light and darkness, but in eastern culture, more elements are considered, such as lightning, wood, metal and ice, though ice is many times not considered since it's part of "water".

The In the ''[[OCG]]'', all of the [[Main Deck]] monsters introduced in the anime, except "[[Elemental HERO Neos]]" and "[[Elemental HERO Prisma|Prisma]]", follow the naming scheme "Elemental HERO [Term related to its element] Man" (or "Lady", in the case of "[[Elemental HERO Burstinatrix]]" aka "Burst Lady"). In the manga , only "[[Elemental HERO Woodsman]]" ("Forestman" in the ''OCG'') and "[[Elemental HERO Stratos|Stratos]]" ("Airman" in the ''OCG'') follow the scheme while others like "[[Elemental HERO Ice Edge|Ice Edge]]" or "[[Elemental HERO Heat|Heat]]" do not. "[[Elemental HERO Captain Gold]]" is unique to the ''OCG''/''TCG'' and doesn't follow the same theme as the animenaming scheme, but the heroes are still based around those same elementslater cards like "[[Elemental HERO Blazeman|Blazeman]]", "[[Elemental HERO Solid Soldier|Solid Soldier]]" ("Solidman") and "[[Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier|Liquid Soldier]]" ("Liquidman") do.

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| [[Elemental HERO Bubbleman|Bubbleman]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Ice Edge|Ice Edge]]<br />[[Elemental HERO LiquidmanLiquid Soldier|LiquidmanLiquid Soldier]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Neo Bubbleman|Neo Bubbleman]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Ocean|Ocean]]

| [[Elemental HERO Captain Gold|Captain Gold]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Flash|Flash]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Honest Neos|Honest Neos]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Neos|Neos]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Neos Alius|Neos Alius]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Prisma|Prisma]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Sparkman|Sparkman]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Spirit of Neos|Spirit of Neos]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Voltic|Voltic]]<br />[[Winged Kuriboh LV6]]

| [[Elemental HERO Air Neos|Air Neos]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Flame Wingman|Flame Wingman]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Flame Wingman - Infernal Rage|Flame Wingman - Infernal Rage]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Great Tornado|Great Tornado]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Storm Neos|Storm Neos]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Tempest|Tempest]]| [[Elemental HERO Brave Neos|Brave Neos]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Cosmo Neos|Cosmo Neos]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Divine Neos|Divine Neos]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Electrum|Electrum]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Glow Neos|Glow Neos]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Grandmerge|Grandmerge]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Neos Kluger|Neos Kluger]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Neos Knight|Neos Knight]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman|Shining Flare Wingman]]<br />[[Elemental HERO SunriserShining Neos Wingman|SunriserShining Neos Wingman]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Sunrise|Sunrise]]<br />[[Elemental HERO The Shining|The Shining]]<br />[[Elemental HERO Thunder Giant|Thunder Giant]]<br />[[Wake Up Your Elemental HERO]]

The "Elemental HERO" decks mainly archetype has many [[Main Deck]] monsters and [[Extra Deck]] [[Fusion Monster]]s, each with their own varied effects. Historically, the archetype can be built to focus on swarming their Main Deck monsters or their Fusion Monsters; currently, the field with Main Deck "Elemental HERO" monsters are too weak in contrast to the general power level of the game, and later "Elemental HERO" support leaned into their [[Fusion Summon]]ing playstyle more favorably. The pure "Elemental HERO" playstyle aims to Fusion Summon their Extra Deck Fusion boss monsters by [[search]]ing out their required [[Fusion Material]]s and "[[Polymerization (archetype)|Polymerization]]"/"[[Fusion Monster(archetype)|Fusion]]" [[Spell Card]]sas quickly as possible. This can be done through a combination of specific "Elemental HERO" support cards (e.g. "[[A Hero Lives]]" and "[[E - Emergency Call]]"), generic "[[HERO]]" support cards (e.g. "[[Elemental HERO Stratos]]", "[[Elemental HERO Shadow Mist]]" and "[[Vision HERO Vyon]]"), using and non-archetypal [[Warrior]] support cards like (e.g. "[[Reinforcement of the Army]]"). The "Elemental HERO" Fusion Monsters typically have battle-focused effects with little defensive capabilities. Most "Elemental HERO" Fusion Monsters also require Fusion Materials with specific names, but some of them have more generic [[material]]s, thus are much easier to summon. The 6 most notable ones are "[[Elemental HERO Great Tornado]]", "[[Elemental HERO Nova Master|Nova Master]]", "[[Elemental HERO The Shining|The Shining]]", "[[Elemental HERO Escuridao|Escuridao]]", "[[Elemental HERO Absolute Zero|Absolute Zero]]", and "[[Elemental HERO Gaia|Gaia]]", which require 1 "Elemental HERO" monster and a monster with a specific [[Attribute]] as their materials, making them useful choices to summon with "[[Super Polymerization]]" by using an opponent's monster as material. Among these 6, "Escuridao" and "Absolute Zero" are the most commonly used, because "Escuridao's" [[DARK]] Attribute is ubiquitous when mixed with other "HERO" monsters, and "Absolute Zero" has a very strong effect, and also only requires a "HERO" monster rather than an "Elemental HERO" monster as its material, making it even easier to Summon in a general "HERO" [[Deck]]. Following behind are "[[Elemental HERO Sunrise]]" and "[[Elemental HERO Flame Wingman - Infernal Rage]]" whose materials can make use of the varying Attributes of "Elemental HERO" monsters and they both have effects to search out yet another card that can Summon another "Elemental HERO" Fusion Monster ("[[Miracle Fusion]]"and "[[Favorite Contact]]"). For "[[Wake Up Your Elemental HERO]]" is the archetype's powerhouse that requires any number of Warrior monsters and an "Elemental HERO" Fusion Monsters Monster, which can easily use close out games with specified names, its powerful attacks and can float into any Warrior monster from the Deck upon its destruction. An "Elemental HERO" Deck can consider running "[[King of the Swamp]]" and other [[Fusion Substitute Monster]]s are very usefulfor "Elemental HERO" Fusion Monsters with specified materials. They   ===With "Neos" and "Neo-Spacian"==={{See also have access to Rank 4 Xyz Monsters due to cards like |[[Neo-Spacian#Playing style]]}} While "[[Elemental HERO BubblemanNeos]]" is featured as main piece of the "Neo-Spacian" and "[[A Hero LivesNeos]]" archetypes that usually uses [[Contact Fusion]]or other effects to Special Summon the Fusion Monsters that mention "Elemental HERO Neos" as material, this mainly differs from the traditional Fusion Summon playstyle of "Elemental HERO" in general. Over time however, the "[[Instant Neos]]"/"Neo-Spacian" theme has been integrated with the traditional "Elemental HERO" FusionSummon playstyle by the introduction of newer support. These include: "[[Cross Keeper]]" can also be used to summon , the "EN" cards ("[[Elder Entity NordenEN - Engage Neo Space]] and a level 4 WATER monster", then Xyz Summoning "[[Bahamut SharkEN Shuffle]]" and using it's effect to summon "[[Toadally AwesomeEN Wave]]". Lastly, they can ) and new "Elemental HERO" Fusion Monsters that must be used Fusion Summoned such as a bridge to the "[[Masked Elemental HERO Brave Neos]]", "[[Elemental HERO Neos Knight]]" and "[[Elemental HEROShining Neos Wingman]]es". In particular, "Elemental HERO Flame Wingman - Infernal Rage" facilitates the Summon of "Elemental HERO Shining Neos Wingman" by searching "Favorite Contact" which can Summon "Neos Wingman" during the opponent's turn to disrupt the opponent.

As "[[Elemental HERO Spirit of Neos]]" can search "Polymerization" or a Spell/Trap that mentions an "Elemental HERO" monster upon its Special Summon, which facilitates easier use of the niche classic "Elemental HERO" support. Then it can tag itself out with an "Elemental HERO" Normal Monster from the release of Deck. These effects in tandem grant easy access to use the "Omni HEROsElemental HERO" Normal Monsters-oriented cards (Attribute-specifc Fusion Monsters), as well as like the 2 Extra Deck "[[Vision HEROCounter Trap Card]]s ("[[Vision Hero AdorationFeather Wind]] and ", which negates the activation of a Spell/Trap Card with "[[Vision Elemental HERO TrinityAvian]]"), all though it will usually search most of the "Elemental HEROsHERO Neos" can be fused together with each other, as well as other -oriented cards or "HEROs[[Protection of the Elements]]". The "Omni HEROs" basically allow (another Counter Trap Card which can negate the activation of a Spell/Trap Card by using any "Elemental HEROsHERO" monster for its activation requirements as opposed to exist in any deck focused on an archetype of monsters with the same Attribute, and each Attribute allows these "Elemental HEROsFeather Wind" access to Attribute-specific support cards, such as requiring "[[Salvage]]Elemental HERO Avian"specifically).

Perhaps ===Other "HERO" support===Within the entire "[[HERO]]" meta-archetype, the best part of an "Elemental HERO" deck archetypal playstyle is strongly supported by the search/recovery power. Cards like "Salvage[[Vision HERO]]", combo ("Shadow Mist[[Vision HERO Faris|Faris]]", → "Blazeman[[Vision HERO Increase|Increase]]", → "[[Legacy of a Vision HEROVyon|Vyon]]", ) since "Vyon" can search out "[[Polymerization]]"and can [[Fusion Recoverysend]]", [[Elemental HERO Shadow Mist]]"to the [[GY]] to search out more needed "Elemental HERO " monsters. The Shining"Vision HERO" [[Fusion Monster]]"s, "[[E - Emergency CallVision Hero Adoration|Adoration]]" and "[[Reinforcement of the ArmyVision HERO Trinity|Trinity]] can be used ", are also good options for an "Elemental HERO" Deck to run due to go into many plusestheir generic Fusion [[Material]]s of just any "HERO" monsters.

The "[[Xtra HERO]]" [[Link Monster]]s provide many helpful benefits to the "Elemental HEROesHERO" somewhat lack protection, as they are mostly offensiveplaystyle. "[[Safe ZoneXtra HERO Infernal Devicer|Infernal Devicer]]" can directly search out up to 2 listed [[Fusion Material]]s on a "HERO" is useful hereFusion Monster, making it most strongly support the "Elemental HERO" and can cause an easy OTK by comboeing it "[[Evil HERO]]" playstyle of [[Fusion Summon]]ing monsters with specific materials. "[[Vision Xtra HERO TrinityWonder Driver|Wonder Driver]]"can recover "Polymerization" and "Fusion" [[Spell Card]]s, making it useful for longer combos or grind games.

There is ===How "Elemental HERO" supports other "HERO" sub-archetypes===On the other side, the "Elemental HERO" archetype (specifically, a great few individual members) are vital combo using pieces to the overall "[[Mask ChangeHERO]], " meta-archetype playstyle. The most important "Elemental HERO" monster with regards to the entire "HERO" archetype is "[[Elemental HERO Absolute ZeroStratos]]", a non-once-per-turn searcher for all "HERO" monsters and the ideal choice for "[[Masked HERO AcidA Hero Lives]]". First fuse any "[[Elemental HEROShadow Mist]] monster and " is a Water Attribute monster with once-per-turn searcher for all "HERO" monsters when [[Polymerizationsent]], or any card that can fuse monsters, to get the [[GY]] (usually by "[Elemental [Vision HERO Absolute ZeroVyon]]. Use "), but it is also a searcher for "[[Mask Change]] to send " [[Spell Card]]s, which enables the [[Elemental HERO Absolute ZeroSpecial Summon]] back to of the Graveyard and summon powerful "[[Masked HERO Acid]], remember that when " monsters (most notably "[[Elemental Masked HERO Absolute ZeroDark Law|Dark Law]] is removed from the field, it destroys all of your opponent's monsters, " and "[[Masked HERO Acid|Acid]]'s effect says that when it is summoned ", usually Summoned by using "Absolute Zero" to perform a board wipe); the field, all variety of your opponent's Spells/Traps are destroyed, effectively clearing your opponent's field. This combo works perfectly because [[Attribute]]s the "Elemental HERO" monsters have makes them ideal for summoning "Masked HERO Acid" monsters with "Mask Change" or "[[Mask Change II]] only needs a Water Attribute monster like " (while the Levels of "Masked HERO" Fusion Monsters align with those of "Elemental HERO" Fusion Monsters for "[[Elemental HERO Absolute ZeroForm Change]] and "), making "Masked HERO" monsters good options even in a pure "Elemental HERO" build. In return, "Masked HERO" monsters themselves can be fused together for "[[ChangeContrast HERO Chaos]] " for its useful Quick Effect to negate a card to be Summoned's effects on the field.

Lastly"[[Elemental HERO Solid Soldier]]" and "[[Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier|Liquid Soldier]]" are good monsters to [[Normal Summon]], due as they can [[Special Summon]] needed "HERO" monsters (usually "Shadow Mist" to their high recovery search for "[[Mask Change]]") and /or provide useful advantage after being used for a Fusion Summon (reviving a "HERO" monster from the GY via "Solid Soldier" or allows [[Draw a card|drawing of 2 cards]] + a discard with "Liquid Soldier"). Lastly, "[[Elemental HERO Honest Neos|Honest Neos]]"is an [[ATK]]-booster for all "HERO" monsters, and "[[Elemental HEROesHERO Sunrise|Sunrise]]" won't is a [[Fusion Monster]] with generic "HERO" [[Fusion Material]]s that can search out "[[Miracle Fusion]]", a powerful Fusion Spell Card that can use monsters in the [[GY]] as Fusion Materials, allowing a Fusion Summon with zero card loss to the [[field]] advantage. "Wake Up Your Elemental HERO" requires an "Elemental HERO" Fusion Monster and any number of Warrior monsters (ie. the vast majority of the "HERO" archetype) which can be stopped by disabling used to close out games with its high ATK and its attacking-oriented effects, or be destroyed to Special Summons Summon another "HERO" monster from the Deck. Most "Evil HERO" Fusion Monsters also require specific "Elemental HERO" monsters as their non-Fusion Monsters Materials, which can stand on their own until Special Summoning is allowed againbe aided with the aforementioned "Xtra HERO Infernal Devicer".

* [[Elemental HERO Honest Neos]] / * [[Elemental HERO Neos Alius|Neos AliusLiquid Soldier]]

* [[Neo-Spacian Grand MoleCross Keeper]]* [[Tin GoldfishWinged Kuriboh LV6]] (for [[Elemental HERO Absolute Zero|Absolute Zero]])*[[King of the SwampKaitoptera]] 

* [[Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights]](Traditional Format/''OCG'' only)|normal spells =* [[A Hero Lives]]

* [[Mask Change]] with [[A Hero Lives]]* [[Miracle Fusion]] / [[Fusion Gate]] with [[Terraforming]]* [[Fusion Substitute]] / [[Polymerization]]*[[Fusion Tag]]

|quick-play spells = * [[Mask Change]]* [[The Warrior Returning AliveSuper Polymerization]]|normal traps =* [[Favorite Contact]]* [[Magistery Alchemist]]|counter traps =* [[Protection of the Elements]]

* "Elemental HERO" Decks monsters often lack protection on , and as such the player can often easily have their own[[field]] cleared by mass destruction cards and effects like "[[Dark Hole]]", "[[Raigeki]]" and need generic protection cards outside of the archetype"[[Evenly Matched]]".* Unless you're using Pure "Masked HEROesElemental HERO", they monsters have very little Quick-Play weak disruption and Trap Cards to useoppression power, so they are unable having little ability to disrupt or prevent the opponent's plays, save for "Honest Neos" and "Absolute Zero".* "[[Gozen Match]]" is particularly annoying can significantly disrupt a pure "Elemental HERO" Deck due to their many Attributesvariety of [[Attribute]]s.* FinallyAs all "Elemental HERO" non-[[Contact Fusion|Contact]] Fusion Monsters [[Nomi|cannot be]] [[Special Summon]]ed in other ways than [[Fusion Summon]], cards like "[[Skill DrainNon-Fusion Area]]" and/or "[[Angel O7Dimensional Barrier]]" can cease and desist prevent these Fusion Monsters from being Summoned easily. Furthermore, cards like "HERO[[Nekroz of Unicore]]" can have their effects, which would be significant against these Decks because without substantial Spell/Trap support, many of the negated.* As "Elemental HERO" monstersare mostly Warrior-Type, including quite a number of cards such as "HERO[[Cipher Soldier]]" Fusion Monsters, do not possess significant sustainability stat-wise whilst on the "[[Warrior Elimination]]" and "[[fieldThere Can Be Only One]]" can pose as a threat to such decks.{{Archseries navbox}}{{Archseries navbox (anime)}}{{Archseries navbox (manga)}}{{Archseries navbox (D Team)}}{{Archseries navbox (Duel Links)}}