Holy (element)

Holy, also known as Light, Sacred Power, Pearl, Mystic, and Spirit, is a recurring element in the Final Fantasy series. It is usually a counterpart of the Dark element and is a strong element against the Undead or enemies affiliated with the Dark element.

Equipment
Many knightswords are affiliated with the Holy Element, some examples being the Mythgraven Blade from Final Fantasy IV, Excalibur, and Save the Queen. Some staves used by White Mages are imbued with the Holy element.

Spells
A common spell affiliated to the holy element is the Holy spell, usually obtained near the end of the game. A less common line of spells include the Dia family which often inflicts holy damage. Other skills and abilities with the same element exist in the Final Fantasy universe. The Holy spell serves as a main plot device in Final Fantasy VII.

Summons

 * Alexander is the most recurring summon of the Holy element, possessing the attack Divine Judgment.
 * Madeen, appears Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, and Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift, where it replaces Alexander as the Holy summon.
 * In Final Fantasy XI, in addition to Alexander, Carbuncle and Light Spirit are available as Holy-element summons.
 * Ultima, the High Seraph is the Holy Esper in Ivalice.

Final Fantasy IV
Under the guise of the Sacred Power element in the SNES version due to censorship. In the original SNES version, equipping an armor resistant to the Dark element makes them weak against Holy and vice versa. This only applies to armor, since it doesn't affect monsters. The Advance version removes this behavior. In the Nintendo DS release, Meteor is Non-elemental. In all other releases, it is Holy-elemental.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Despite the item description, equipment claiming to resist "all elements" in fact only defends against fire, ice and lightning.

Final Fantasy VI
Holy was known as Pearl in the SNES version due to censorship. Nintendo Power oddly referred to it as Spirit in the Enemy Guide section of their Final Fantasy III player's guide.

Final Fantasy VII
As mentioned above, the Holy spell serves as a major plot device and therefore is not usable by the player. The only way to inflict Holy damage is through the use of the Alexander materia. In addition to summoning it, linking the Alexander materia and an Elemental materia onto a character's weapon will add the Holy element to attacks. This is the only way to make use of the the Holy resistance of the Minerva Band and Ziedrich, as there is no Holy-Elemental enemy ability.

Final Fantasy X
Holy is a rare element, and Holy affinities are not shown when an enemy is Scanned. However, in some cases it can be visible. Usually when using equipment with Sensor, a particular line of alignment (weak, resist, etc) will only show up if at least one element falls under it. However, if the enemy has an alignment to Holy, but doesn't have the same alignment to any other element, that line will still show up but appear blank. This only works with Sensor; as Scan always shows all lines regardless.

Spells

 * 1000 Needles
 * Actinic Burst
 * Army's Paeon line of songs
 * Auspice
 * Aurorastorm
 * Banish/Banishga line of spells
 * Barblind/Barblindra
 * Barsleep/Barsleepra
 * Battery Charge
 * Blank Gaze
 * Blindna
 * Cure/Cura/Curaga line of spells
 * Cursna
 * Dark Carol
 * Dark Threnody
 * Dia/Diaga line of spells
 * Enchanting Etude/Bewitching Etude
 * Enlight
 * Erase
 * Esuna
 * Flash
 * Foe Lullaby/Horde Lullaby
 * Foe Requiem line of songs
 * Fowl Aubade
 * Goddess's Hymnus
 * Holy
 * Light of Penance
 * Luminohelix
 * Mage's Ballad
 * Magic Finale
 * Magic Fruit
 * Magic Hammer
 * Maiden's Virelai
 * Paralyna
 * Phalanx line of spells
 * Plenilune Embrace
 * Poisona
 * Pollen
 * Protect/Protectra line of spells
 * Radiant Breath
 * Raise/Reraise line of spells
 * Refresh
 * Regen line of spells
 * Regeneration
 * Reprisal
 * Repose
 * Sacrifice
 * Saline Coat
 * Sheep Song
 * Shell/Shellra line of spells
 * Shining Fantasia
 * Stona
 * Teleport and Recall spells
 * Viruna
 * Warding Round
 * Wild Carrot
 * Yawn

Blood Pacts

 * Glittering Ruby
 * Healing Ruby line of pacts
 * Holy Mist
 * Meteorite
 * Searing Light
 * Shining Ruby

Weapon Skills

 * Flash Nova
 * Seraph Blade
 * Seraph Strike
 * Shining Blade
 * Starburst
 * Sunburst
 * Uriel Blade

Vagrant Story
Light and Dark are an opposed pair.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
The light element is used to represent Layle's Luck stat.

Final Fantasy Legend III
The element goes by the name of Mystic, named after the Mystic Swords. Mystic Swords were called Holy Swords in the Japanese version.

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light
Due to the elemental system used, all lightning based attacks and items inflict light-elemental damage instead of the traditional lightning-elemental damage.

Final Fantasy Record Keeper
The Holy element appears and opposes the Dark element. Abilities using the element are primarily in White Magic spells and Knight abilities.

Abilities
The holy spells are slightly under-powered compared to their same-tier spells of other elements. For example, Dia is as powerful as a 1-Star black magic ability, Diara a 2, and so on. White magic damage can be increased by prioritizing the Mind stat when choosing gear and Record Materia. However, some Black Mages have Holy damage Unique Soul Breaks (and equipment having Shared Soul Breaks) that are based on Magic instead. Alexander deals holy damage and, like all Summons, deals Magic-based damage.


 * Dia (Rarity 2) - Deal light holy magic damage to one target.
 * Diara (Rarity 3) - Deal holy magic damage to one target.
 * Diaga (Rarity 4) - Deal heavy holy magic damage to one target.
 * Alexander (Rarity 4) - Deal two magic Holy attacks to all enemies.
 * Banishing Strike (Rarity 4) - Deal physical holy damage to one target and Dispel it.
 * Saint Cross (Rarity 5) - Deal two physical holy attacks to one target, removes all debuffs from the user and casts Regen.

All Cure spells can also deal Holy damage to undead foes, and the Raise and Arise spells may instantly KO them, excluding bosses. This excludes non-undead enemies vulnerable to Holy.

Weapons and armor

 * Holy Rod (VI) - adds small holy damage boost and changes a rod user's Soul Break.
 * Platinum Shield (XII) - adds small holy damage boost and changes Basch's Soul Break.

Record Materia

 * Light's Wrath (Warrior of Light) - Attack deals Holy damage instead of non-elemental damage.
 * Prayer of the Cetra (Aerith) - Deal slightly more damage with Holy abilities.
 * Holy Knight's Sigil (Agrias) - Attack has a slight chance to deal Holy damage instead of non-elemental damage.

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game
Shine is one of the eight elemental attributes, and one of two special attributes along with Dark of which the player can only control up to two cards from at any time. Shine cards depict heroes of the series and have powerful abilities.

Etymology
Holy has been known as "Spirit".

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