Elementals can command, are formed of or empowered by the elements of nature or physics. Subtypes include but are not limited to:

• Aerokinetic Villains like Al'Akir and Whirlwind have the ability to control wind and air. Some can also become air or use it to manipulate speed.
• Aquakinetic or Hydrokinetic Villains like Chaos, MetalSeadramon and Lapis Lazuli use water and other liquids. They may have the power to generate, manipulate water and/or become water.
• Atmokinetic Villains like Storm King possess the ability to control the weather.
• Chlorokinetic Villains like Poison Ivy, Bushroot and Audrey II can control plant life.
• Cryokinetic Villains like Snow Queen, Douma, Killer Frost and Esdeath can use ice and/or snow-based powers.
• Electrokinetic Villains like Electro, Newtralizer and Livewire use electricity. They may have the power to generate and/or manipulate electricity and some have the ability to become it.
• Geokinetic Villains like Gaea, Kuvira and False Groudon have the power to control the earth (rock, sand and ground; not the actual planet) and/or cause natural disasters such as earthquakes.
• Omnipotents such as Jafar, Unicron, Tirek and Ego can control all of the elements at will, even combining or varying them.
• Omniscients such as Great Intelligence, Slender Man and Reverb can see multiple events at once.
• Pyrokinetic Villains or Pyrotic Villains like Fire Lord Ozai, Entei, Dabi, Azula and Magmion are associated with pyrotic energy; this includes weapons that produce fire like Kratos and the ability to produce and/or control fire at will like Hotstreak and Pyro.
• Umbrakinesis Villains who control darkness and can shape them into physical objects like Sauron.
• In cases like Bill Cipher, Discord, Isaac Ray Peram Westcott, and Zhan Tiri, villains can have multiple elemental abilities or access them through Magic.