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Between those 2 Nian. Definitely. Since you don't know what you encounter the element is not that important. So you can just choose the highest stats.

I think it is smart to balance your elements, preferably every element is present in your arena line up. But others don't see the need for that.

I have 3 adjacent element armors in my line up. But it makes sense to avoid just those, because they can not only be dual strong against others, but also dual weak. Which means in 1 occasion you are very strong, while in other circumstances you will be very weak with adjacent element armor.

The effect of the element combination will be not too big in the Arena in my opinion. Elemental advantage is symmetric. So against every advantage there is a similar disadvantage and on average the element does not matter.

I concentrate on adjacent element armors because in a controlled environment they only have advantages. With only adjacent armors you can be strong against anything you can be strong with other types of armor, and in addition you can be dual strong against other adjacent element element armors.

The difference is simply that with my current EB line up (Glacius +, Armor of the Dragon + and Witch's +, all air/earth) I am single strong against Razorwind, but dual strong against Nian. If instead I would have gathered all kind of element combinations I would have had to rely on (for instance) 1 dual strong air/earth armor, 1 single strong mono earth and 1 single strong air/spirit armor. That would make me weaker.

But about your question: that advantage is not present in the Arena.