In the case of the Arueshalae, the subclass doesn't matter because of her stats, they are terribly exaggerated. In fact, the only thing she losing is a pet, but the ranger bound is still quite strong. From what I tested, she achieves a much better accuracy than Lann, who is pure Zen Archer. The only problem is spell resistance which sometimes blocks buffs for some reason.
As for demons, I am aware that most of them are resistant to electricity, but in the case of blackwater they got 10 or 15 electricity regeneration. At least they fixed it fairly quickly. The problem with the ascended element is that if the player does not know about bracers (they have not worked for a long time), there is absolutely no reason to choose this talent over fire. There are 4-5 electric spells in the game and half of them are terribly weak. The first spell that makes sense is chain lighting which is a level 6 spell.
