On my Crusader, i'm wearing some pieces of armor that add elemental bonus damage to certain skills (in this case, 19% holy damage, and 16% lightning damage). I understand that when a skill or skill rune explicitly states "damage turns into holy", like on Sweep Attack's Gathering Sweep rune, that will be affected by a buff to Holy elemental damage.
However, for other skills, there aren't clear indications like this. For example:
These skill runes have what appears to be a "holy" and "lightning" image behind them, similar to the Gathering Sweep rune, but don't explicitly state that their damage turns into holy or lightning.
So, are skill runes that do not explicitly state their elemental damage, but still have an image LIKE an element, affected by elemental bonus damage?
Best Answer
What platform are you playing on? On PC, I see elemental tags explicitly listed for skill runes, like this:
I can tell you from experience that the answer to your question is yes: these runes convert the skill's damage to the listed element and will be affected by +elemental damage.
"Show Advanced Tooltips" under Options -> Gameplay toggles the display of this extra information.